GOF WTF

[mhalachai]

A polite rant to the makers of the Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire movie:

Okay, first the promo image that started all of this:


emphasis added

Now, the rant. Yes, we all know that dearest Tom was named for his muggle father, with his grandfather's name as his middle name. In HBP we learned that "Morvolo" was his maternal (wizarding) grandfather's name. When the setmakers were making the movie, they could not have known what would be in HBP.

However.

There's an author out there, by the name of J.K. Rowling. I wish someone on set had called her up and said, "Jo, we're making the tombstones for the graveyard scene. What's Tom Riddle's father's middle name? Because it can't be 'Morvolo,' because that's his grandfather's name!"

And JKR would say, "Glad you called! No, Morvolo is not the middle name of Voldemort's father at all!"

*grumble* The movie isn't even out until December and already I'm ranting.

ETA to rant: According to my math from the tombstone, Voldemort's father was 28 when he was killed? That makes him ELEVEN when he sired his son. RAR!