'A fire-breathing chicken': Fans react to HBO's new Harry Potter Hogwarts house crests
Dubai: The four Hogwarts houses have new crests, and the reaction online has been swift and largely unimpressed. HBO unveiled the redesigned emblems for Gryffindor, Slytherin, Hufflepuff and Ravenclaw at a Back to Hogwarts event in Australia, timed to 1 September, the date Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone was first published and the date the Hogwarts Express departs in the books. The new…
HBO has unveiled redesigned crests for the four Hogwarts houses in preparation for the release of Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone on September 1st, 1997, the date the books were first published. The new designs strip away the detailed heraldic features of the original Warner Bros. crests, opting for simpler, more stylized house mascots placed within plain colored circles.
Fans have reacted negatively to the changes, with many comparing the new Ravenclaw eagle to a "fire-breathing chicken" and expressing disappointment in the loss of the original film design.
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