Rowling drops the gay bomb.

[EPW]

Donkey punch?

[Dis]

I'm not going to describe it here. one of those terms teenage boys make up I think. . I can no longer keep up with the things kids come up with these days. Look it up in urban dictionary if you dare. It's not a romantic type sexual activity.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by Dis
I'm not going to describe it here. one of those terms teenage boys make up I think. . I can no longer keep up with the things kids come up with these days. Look it up in urban dictionary if you dare. It's not a romantic type sexual activity.

Q F T!!

I mean, I assume it is..

[Elok]

You know, whenever I hear the phrase "donkey punch," I can't help thinking of Captain Falcon from SSB...then giggling like a schoolgirl. "Donkey...PUNCH! Donkey...PUNCH!" The move that didn't make it to the U.S. version.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Barnabas
I wish she had said "a homosexual" instead of gay, that way it would have been more shocking

I wish she'd said "chocolate racetrack rider" instead of gay, that way it would have been more shocking.

I wonder how many parents burned their kids' copies of the books.

In other news, the His Dark Materials movies are going to suck because the Americans have compelled the removal of the anti-religious material, which was the whole point of the book (other than the armoured polar bears).

[Kuciwalker]

In other news, the His Dark Materials movies are going to suck because the Americans have compelled the removal of the anti-religious material, which was the whole point of the book (other than the armoured polar bears).

Please tell me you're kidding

[Sandman]

The anti-religious schtick was overblown, anyway.

[Agathon]

Originally posted by Sandman
The anti-religious schtick was overblown, anyway.

It was the only decent thing about the books. Otherwise, they were just rubbish.

[Jon Miller]

While I am not as big a fan of the series as many (although they were decent), I don't think that removing the anti-religion stuff leaves the story in place.

JM
(not talking about Harry Potter)

[Imran Siddiqui]

Originally posted by Proteus_MST
That´s the good thing about making a book series that, from the begnning on, offended religious nutters (because of magic). You don´t have to care about their feelings and can freely introduce characters that piss them off even more (like homosexual magicans).

QFT

I think the upcoming encyclopedia she needs to say the wizarding world legalized gay marriage back in the 70s .

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Agathon
In other news, the His Dark Materials movies are going to suck because the Americans have compelled the removal of the anti-religious material, which was the whole point of the book (other than the armoured polar bears).

I thought the movies were going to suck because the books sucked.

[DaShi]

Originally posted by Imran Siddiqui


QFT

I think the upcoming encyclopedia she needs to say the wizarding world legalized gay marriage back in the 70s .

And that they get their magic from Satan.

[Elok]

Originally posted by Agathon
In other news, the His Dark Materials movies are going to suck because the Americans have compelled the removal of the anti-religious material, which was the whole point of the book (other than the armoured polar bears).

? I haven't been following it too closely, but I thought someone new had taken the helm and put all the religion-is-evil crap back in out of respect for the author. It's The Dark is Rising that is now irrevocably ruined, thanks to %$#! Hollywood.

Anyway, I second DaShi. The first one wasn't bad (though I hated that bratty little girl), but as the series went on and he got more and more obsessed with how Jesus was out to keep us from having fun, well, it all went down the crapper.

[Jon Miller]

I have to admit I didn't read the 3rd novel.

JM

[Elok]

Originally posted by Jon Miller
I have to admit I didn't read the 3rd novel.

JM

IIRC, they discover that the rifts made by the dimension-slicing knife are causing dust/dark matter to vanish and creating phantoms, which is bad. Also the two heroes have to split and live in their own worlds, since living in another world causes premature death or something. So they have to part forever and close all the doors.

Oh, and there's this nonsensical visit to the land of the dead, and they win a war against heaven. They almost lose when the evil angel who's been running things in senile-god's name corners them, but the evil blonde chick manages to distract him by shaking her butt or something. Yeah, he's been de facto ruler of the universe for like 6K years, but he apparently never even thought of using that power to get laid, so the female form makes him as stupid and awkward as a thirteen-year-old. I had to laugh at that part. Oh, and there's this Ambiguously Gay Angel Duo too, they were kind of funny.

That's about it, I think.