What the Harry Potter HBO Series MUST Get Right

We're starting a brand new journey through Harry Potter.But this isn't a reread.With the new HBO Harry Potter series on the way, we're going back through the books to talk about what we hope finally makes it onto the screen, what the original movies left out, what they actually got right, and where HBO has an opportunity to give us something completely different.For our first episode, we're starting exactly where Harry Potter begins: The Boy Who Lived, The Vanishing Glass, and The Letters from No One.How much time should we spend following Vernon Dursley before Harry even appears? Will we see the Wizarding World celebrating Voldemort's downfall? How much of Harry's childhood should HBO show? Who was actually sending all those Hogwarts letters? And could these first three chapters really fill an entire episode?We also revisit the first 13 minutes of Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone and, shockingly, say some nice things about the movie.Plus, Harry Potter trivia, Hagrid's questionable cooking, our defense of Hagrid's Tale, Hermione erasing her parents' memories, and another round of Fred vs. George.⚡ In this episode:What we want from HBO's Harry Potter seriesThe Boy Who LivedWhat the movies skipped from Chapter 1How HBO could introduce Harry PotterHarry's childhood with the DursleysThe Vanishing GlassThe Letters from No OneWho actually sent Harry's Hogwarts letters?Book vs. movie differencesPredictions for HBO's first episodeWhat do YOU want to see HBO add back from these first three chapters?⏱️ Timestamps00:00 Intro + Harry Potter news07:25 Hagrid's questionable food14:30 Harry Potter trivia + debates21:15 Our HBO Harry Potter series begins22:05 The Boy Who Lived27:10 How HBO should open the series34:25 What HBO NEEDS to include36:15 The Vanishing Glass41:00 What we've already seen from HBO45:50 The Letters from No One49:30 What the movie got right51:10 Could this all be Episode 1?53:00 What HBO needs to add back58:50 Ultimate Harry Potter Trivia1:02:00 What's nextBUY ULTIMATE HARRY POTTER TRIVIA ON AMAZON: ⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/43AlBoT⁠⁠⁠Connect with Us:Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/halfbloodpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.tiktok.com/@halfbloodpod⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠