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1252733 No.1252733 [Reply] [Original]

"The Stone is known in the US books and films as the Sorcerer's Stone, which is also the name of the US book & movie. This was so because American children were presumedly not as familiar with real-world mythology surrounding the Philosopher's Stone."
Sauce: http://harrypotter.wikia.com/wiki/Philosopher's_Stone#Behind_the_scenes

That's right, because American audiences were considered too dumb and uncultured, they changed the name of the fucking book and the name of an important plot element.

America is that dumb.

>> No.1252736
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1252736

>America is that dumb.
Not
>England thinks America is that dumb.

>> No.1252735

man i was ten fucking years old and i thought that was stupid

i was reading it and i was like "man this gives immortal life and gold, it is clearly the philosopher's stone, why don't they just call it that"

i was an unpopular child

>> No.1252739

>>1252736
>implying there isn't a very good reason why England thinks that

>> No.1252740

For shame on those children being ignorant of medieval alchemical practices and terms, for shame!

>> No.1252743

>>1252740
...when it seems audiences in other countries were not perceived to be too dumb for the original name.

>> No.1252746

>>1252736
>American publishers think America is that dumb.
>Breaking the rules of implying

>> No.1252756

Well it is the target audience of Harry Potter, dumb kids

>> No.1252757

>yet another America vs. Europe thread

This shit became boring and uninteresting years ago, why do people persist with it?

>> No.1252764

>Scholastic Corporation bought the USA rights at the Bologna Book Fair in April 1997 for US$105,000, an unusually high sum for a children's book. They thought that a child would not want to read a book with the word "philosopher" in the title and, after some discussion, the American edition was published in October 1998 under the title Rowling suggested, Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone.

>> No.1252766

See also: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Wittgenstein

>> No.1252778

>>1252757
because these fuckign americans keep making all these fucking threads. death to america! الفطائر أود

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1252809

>Harry Potter is 30 years old

>> No.1252835

So you're mad because Americans are "dumbing" down a movie. Well, why doesn't Europe remake the films... oh wait, Europeans don't know how to make film. I don't know where it goes wrong exactly, few scientist do, but somewhere between the filming or editing process you manage to insert a whole lot of suck into the film.

>> No.1252856

>>1252733

how dare they simplify a children's book, for children. how dare they

>> No.1252883

>>1252835
>mixing up plurals and singulars
1/10

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1252889

>> No.1252911

>>1252856
It was a childrens book in britain too. Why do american children need it simplified further?

>> No.1252915

>>1252835
Name 3 truely excellent american films/ movies from the last 12 months. Not a flashy cgi fest but a truely well told story, shot well and presented in a magnificent manor. I will wait, this will take you a while.

>> No.1252930

Who the fuck gives a shit?