There are two versions of the first Harry Potter film because Americans thought the term "Philosopher" sounds too "boring".
>>216042329The second potter film is the only good one.
the actual reason there are two versions of the first film is because the chamber of secrets is the same film as the first one with minor differences
They did it with the book too and the american one is dumbed down and had gay pictures. Luckily the Queen decreed Canada smart enough for the real book so I got to enjoy it.Come to think of it, I wonder how much this has affected americans shitting on the series
>>216042329Eurotards will make fun of us, but Sorcerer's Stone sounds better.
>>216042329Alchemy is bunk that doesn't deserve to be associated with philosophy in any form.
>>216042357Mary GrandPre’s artwork is great. Another Cancuck seething
>>216042357Fuck you, prick!!!
>>216042358>but Sorcerer's Stone sounds betterNo, it doesn't? The philosopher's stone is a thing in mythology with countless cultural references to it, even in current popular culture. Even American kids know it.The sorcerer's stone is literally something a localizer made up because they thought the book would sell better for dumb Americans for some reason. Maybe they were right, but it's still cringe.
>>216042424>logic and rationale why the titles were chosenPhonetically, Sorcerer's Stone sounds better. It's catchy. Philosopher's Stone sounds something GRRM would come up with. Doesn't matter if audiences know what means, or if the other title was chosen for stupid reasons.
they didn't know what a philosopher was
>>216042329It's an American film, thus the American one is the authentic version
>>216042456Well, if you don't know what it mean, I guess sorcerer's stone sounds better because of the alliteration. But when you know what it mean, philosopher's stone sounds a lot cooler. As I said, changing it probably paid off from a marketing standpoint.
>>216042357They also specified that a specific Hogwarts student is black, and this one student would go on to date Ginny because of course
>There are two versions of the first Harry Potter film because Americans thought the term "Philosopher" sounds too "boring".
>>216042424>Even American kids know itthey don't
>>216042364I do enjoy Alchemy Mondays thoughhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkfLZAErAmI
>>216042601Ok probably. American teenagers definitely do though.I found it cool about the HP books is how it referenced a bunch of mythological stuff which I learned about later on in my life
>>216042357yeah replacing that one word completely ruined the entire book and really the whole series and all the films as well. I'm just glad some people got to experience the true version without this huge series altering change
>>216042775It officially established Dean as black which really does change alot because it degrades Ginny's character
>>216042329Wait, what happens when they actually name it? Did they record two versions of each line?
>>216042424sounds gay>b-but it’s le history!sounds gay. Sorcerer is badass. Philosopher sounds faggy
>>216042357Another win for Canada
>>216042835I bet you watch dubbed anime.
>>216042801We already knew he was black
>>216042329>because Americans thought the term "Philosopher" sounds too "boring".that's not whyit's because the publisher (of the book) was concerned the average American wouldn't know what a philosopher was
>>216043046That's even fucking worse.
>>216043155I'm an American and I still don't know what it means. I can guess of course, but I never bothered looking into it. Stupid Eurofags.
>>216043155I'm wondering if the OP is what Americans got told, after they realised their version had a different name to everyone else's
>>216042329God I fucking hate Europeans. It was one guy who thought sorcerer sounded more magical and Rowling agreed with him.
>>216042329Who gives a nigger shit. Harry Potter is for incel weirdo loser faggots who LARP for attention. Shit is gay as fuck.
Sorcerer's Stone is better but Euros have their little inferiority complexes and need to broadcast how much smarter they are, so they pretend Philosopher's Stone doesn't sound like marble mouthed mush.
>>216043193Are fucking serious?
>>216043350Yeah. Now what, faggot? You gonna cry?
>>216043224that might be why they picked 'sorcerer', but it's certainly not why they changed the title in the first place:>"Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was renamed in the US because Americans don't know what a philosopher is">"The title was changed to "Sorcerer's Stone" in the U.S. because publishers believed that American children might not be familiar with the term "Philosopher"">"The US publisher changed it to Sorcerer's Stone because they thought American kids were too thick to read a book with "philosopher" in the title"I was alive at the time, it was in the news: not only was it thought that the children wouldn't understand the word, but of more concern was that the parents wouldn't be able to define it for them eitherhence the renamingI remember it being discussed on a radio show, and everyone having a great big laugh
>>216042424>The philosopher's stone is a thing in mythologyHarry Potter isn't real dumbass
In the actual context of the movie, where Nicolas Flamel IS a wizard who did/does magic, he wouldn't be a philosopher who philosophized, he'd be a sorcerer who did sorcery
>>216043012She can't keep getting away with it
>>216042927yeah just let me watch the subtitled version of Panty and Stocking with Garter Belt. It's so funny!
>>216043531A "philosopher's stone" is an idea that predates the book. If it was Harry Potter and the Lich's Phylactery you wouldn't change it to the Sorcerer's Phylactery
>>216042835This>>216042927Dubbed anime is soul and iconic
>>216043640Yes, retard, you would change it.To Horcrux.
>>216043640In this case you would actually change it to Harry Potter and The Philosopher's Philactery. You seem like an genuine retard, anon.
>>216043693That's completely different. A horcrux is functionally the same but it is not an explicit reference. Do you complain that all the spell names are wrong when there's sure to be some that overlap with another fantasy story's magic spells?
>>216042927You’re right
>>216043447Neither is the philosopher's stone
>>216043755>A horcrux is functionally the same but it is not an explicit reference. I don't imagine Rowling actually came up with the idea for an evil wizard who can survive being killed because he put his soul into some piece of crap trinket(s) that has some significane for him on her ownHorcruxes are also more similar to Phylacteries than the Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone in the books is to the one in real mythology.
>>216043828>Phylactery> : guarding from or preventing the spread or occurrence of disease or infection >: something prophylactic>especially : a device and especially a condom for preventing sexually transmitted infection or conceptionfor a jew you seem like a fucking idiot
>>216042329It's because philosopher's has ||four syllables||. Americans shorten all words because they're retarded. They don't even pronounce the H in "herb" for Pete's sake.
>>216043898nigger you were talking about a lich's phylactery don't be disingenuous and then call someone else a jew
>>216043948>don't even pronounce the H in "herb" for Pete's sake.yes we do, about half the timetry watching a fucking american thing besides a marvel movie or whatever, fagnext you'll have a panic attack when you realize americans pronounce route as both root and route
>>216043828It depends on when she came up with the idea. There's no real evidence she had thought of why Voldemort survived until book 5, which was released 6 years after Philosopher's Stone and after 2 films had been released. When she was writing Order of the Phoenix she wasn't really the same writer she was when she wrote Philosopher's Stone.
>>216043828I'm ngl I grew up with the Harry Potter books/movies, and only recently saw some of LOTR.It seems like she got the idea of a Horcrux from the Ring in LOTR, it basically acts the same (Tempts the user) not sure it's a movieism but I think Gandalf said something about Sauron pouring his essence into it (I interpreted this as his soul)Only saw the extended version of Fellowship so far.
>>216044022Sauron is a necromancer
>>216042424Yeah 8-year-olds fucking love allusions to alchemical concepts from the middle ages
>>216043948Also, because it sounds better.
>>216042329The Madness of King George III was renamed to The Madness of King George, because Americans would think it's a sequel and they wouldn't go to see it because they didn't watch the first two movies.
>>216043949>newfag who doesn't know how to use 4chan award
Publishers routinely re-titled books for different markets before the internet was a big thing, especially when the author doesn't have much name recognition.Philosopher's Stone was changed to Sorcerer's Stone because American publishers believed the title it might confuse people into believing it was about philosophy. The French version was even more drastic - it changed the title to Harry Potter a l’Ecole des Sorciers (Harry Potter at the School of Wizards).Before Harry Potter, Phillip Pullman's 1995 young adult fantasy novel was published in the UK under the title "Northern Lights" as the first of a planned three-part series called the Golden Compasses. It was released a year later in the US in 1996, and at some point between the UK and US publications, he changed the title of the series to His Dark Materials. The US publishers insisted that the first book be titled "The Golden Compass" because they thought it would sell much better, and they were right, and Pullman kept the convention for the title of the next two books.
so what do foreigners call someone that actually only does philosophy if they're calling alchemists/sorceres philosophers?
>>216044207Things were better before globalism forced everything to be the same everywhere
>>216044441genocide advocates
>>216042329Why did Americhads get a much better looking poster than britcucks?
