Where's the NTSC "Philopher's Stone"?

[RoninFox]

They didn't alter the movie because the thought american's were dunces, they altered the book, and the movie just reflects this.

True, I think the question still stands though.  Why alter the book in the first place?

[Raven]

They didn't alter the movie because the thought american's were dunces, they altered the book, and the movie just reflects this.

True, I think the question still stands though.  Why alter the book in the first place?

I think that you'd have to ask the publishers on that one.  It wasn't J.K. Rowlings call.  I'm sure they though "Sorcerer's" would sell better. 

[RoninFox]

It's not just that one word either apparently.  My brother followed the book series and according to him there are quite a few differences in the text, mostly just changing a word here and there to make it more "American"  I can't stand that personally.  I may live in America, but if I buy a British book written by a British woman I'd personally prefer to see the British word.

[BathTub]

Yeah I heard stuff like Jersey was changed to Sweater, stuff like that.

[Just Some Guy]

Yep.  Football to soccer and the like.  There's a lot of cultural references which were changed for the US market which made me get the Canadian editions of things rather than the US.  I thought it was similar with the changes for the movie but apparently not...

[bratpop]

I think that considering this book got bazillions of kids to start reading, although of course the publishers didn't know that at the time, it would be fairly stupid and frankly quite sinful if said kids ran around not only wearing witch hats but asking the local bobby where the nearest lorry stop was and to please not to ticket them for using the zebra crossing whilst the lights were against them, not to mention failing all their exams because they used British spellings like "colour" and "grey" and "aluminium." It's fine if you learn American English first and then read a British book but not okay if you learn British grammar without even realizing it. Besides all that, you'd need a bloody glossary at the back of the book, not because of stupidity, but because Americans simply don't KNOW what a lift is. So why bother?

Anyway, do you complain that the Bible was translated to English? Harry Potter ain't Shakespeare, it's just written in another langauge. One that invented the letters H and R but fails to pronounce them all the time. And sometimes T. Now tell me, what's the point of that? 'Arry Paw'uh indeed.

[Just Some Guy]

Anyway, do you complain that the Bible was translated to English?

Yes.  I don't care what Martin Luther says; the only allowable translation is Latin.

[BathTub]

I am now curious bratpop, what do you think a lorry is?

[torgosPizza]

I think that considering this book got bazillions of kids to start reading, although of course the publishers didn't know that at the time, it would be fairly stupid and frankly quite sinful if said kids ran around not only wearing witch hats but asking the local bobby where the nearest lorry stop was and to please not to ticket them for using the zebra crossing whilst the lights were against them, not to mention failing all their exams because they used British spellings like "colour" and "grey" and "aluminium." It's fine if you learn American English first and then read a British book but not okay if you learn British grammar without even realizing it. Besides all that, you'd need a bloody glossary at the back of the book, not because of stupidity, but because Americans simply don't KNOW what a lift is. So why bother?

Anyway, do you complain that the Bible was translated to English? Harry Potter ain't Shakespeare, it's just written in another langauge. One that invented the letters H and R but fails to pronounce them all the time. And sometimes T. Now tell me, what's the point of that? 'Arry Paw'uh indeed.

What?

[Keroppi20]

I think that considering this book got bazillions of kids to start reading, although of course the publishers didn't know that at the time, it would be fairly stupid and frankly quite sinful if said kids ran around not only wearing witch hats but asking the local bobby where the nearest lorry stop was and to please not to ticket them for using the zebra crossing whilst the lights were against them, not to mention failing all their exams because they used British spellings like "colour" and "grey" and "aluminium." It's fine if you learn American English first and then read a British book but not okay if you learn British grammar without even realizing it. Besides all that, you'd need a bloody glossary at the back of the book, not because of stupidity, but because Americans simply don't KNOW what a lift is. So why bother?

Anyway, do you complain that the Bible was translated to English? Harry Potter ain't Shakespeare, it's just written in another langauge. One that invented the letters H and R but fails to pronounce them all the time. And sometimes T. Now tell me, what's the point of that? 'Arry Paw'uh indeed.

"Truly, you have a dizzying intellect."

[bratpop]

I think that considering this book got bazillions of kids to start reading, although of course the publishers didn't know that at the time, it would be fairly stupid and frankly quite sinful if said kids ran around not only wearing witch hats but asking the local bobby where the nearest lorry stop was and to please not to ticket them for using the zebra crossing whilst the lights were against them, not to mention failing all their exams because they used British spellings like "colour" and "grey" and "aluminium." It's fine if you learn American English first and then read a British book but not okay if you learn British grammar without even realizing it. Besides all that, you'd need a bloody glossary at the back of the book, not because of stupidity, but because Americans simply don't KNOW what a lift is. So why bother?

Anyway, do you complain that the Bible was translated to English? Harry Potter ain't Shakespeare, it's just written in another langauge. One that invented the letters H and R but fails to pronounce them all the time. And sometimes T. Now tell me, what's the point of that? 'Arry Paw'uh indeed.

What?

I said that's not the toothpaste.

[killeroo]

They didn't alter the movie because the thought american's were dunces, they altered the book, and the movie just reflects this.

True, I think the question still stands though.  Why alter the book in the first place?

They altered the book because I, like most Americans, will go into an epileptic fit if I hear an elevator referred to as a lift.

[BathTub]

But then you don't get to suppress the laugh at the terrible joke each time you get in and see 'Schindler's Lifts"

[Indomitus]

But then you don't get to suppress the laugh at the terrible joke each time you get in and see 'Schindler's Lifts"

See, as an American, I would still laugh (or suppress it) but I would do so imagining tall shoes instead of a mechanism for moving to another floor of a building.  That, or a brazier.  Schindler's lifts and separates!

[Johnny@theFair]

I just bought the Harry Potter Riff and was going to make my DVD.  I too have the NTSC version (Philosophers) DVD.

Has anyone used the Sorcerers Stone mp3 Riff on the Philosophers Stone DVD?  Do they mention "Sorcerer's Stone" on the mp3 Riff?



(I also have the Sorcerer's Stone DVD, but wanted to use the Philosophers Stone DVD)