Forum Overview :: Motherfucking News :: Adults only care about the news if there's a parallel to a childrens' book

[quote name="Flavio"]<a href="http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/02/19/590659.html&cvqh=itn_lostfingers">Scientists conducting research not even remotely related to Harry Potter, hack journalist goes for reference anyway.</a> Every time I hear an adult talk about Harry Potter, or spot a college student in lecture hall reading one of the books, I'd like to give the benefit of the doubt and assume they're well written for all ages. But I've always partially suspected that stunted maturity/comprehension was at work, a suspicion supported by how stupid the movies are and the adult fanbase mostly consisting of people who hang up Ziggy and Cathy comics (<i>and girls who love Nightmare Before Christmas. -Jhoh</i>). "At least they get kids to read." Like HP is a gateway drug to quality literature. No, no it's not. It leads down a slippery slope that ends with <a href="http://www.boxofficemojo.com/movies/?id=eragon.htm">Christopher Paolini getting 100 million dollars</a>.[/quote]