There was a time when everything was “Star Wars” vs. “Star Trek.” If you wanted to be a knowledgeable geek, you studied up on your Boba Fetts and your Nyota Uhuras, knew the difference between a Stormtrooper and a Klingon, and you were good to go.
Then the next generation of geekdom came along, and made life good for young actors like William Moseley. “I was up for Harry Potter way, way back,” remembered the 20-year-old. “But I don’t quite fit the bill, I think.”
Instead, Moseley would later land the role of Peter Pevensie, one of the British children who were transported to a magical land in 2005’s “The Chronicles of Narnia,” and returned home with $300 million in domestic box-office money. And although Moseley will return to Narnia again next month with the sequel “Prince Caspian,” he admitted to us that he’ll always wonder what life would’ve been like behind eyeglasses and a lightning-bolt scar.
“It would have been fun,” he said of “Potter” possibilities. “But I was thinking the other day, if I could have chosen one part for myself, I would have chosen Peter every single time. It’s a dream come true to play a part that’s so heroic, and something that’s successful that people like. It’s such a privilege.”
Now, two more geek-tastic franchises are ready to join the party this winter, and Moseley told us that he’s a fan of both. “Twilight is just the next level,” he said of Stephenie Meyer’s book’s relation to “Narnia,” “Potter” and the others. “It’s got the vampire thing; I know exactly what you’re talking about.”
“It seems like they make every comic book into a film,” Moseley added, giving us a peek at his most beloved geek world of all. “‘Watchmen’ is my favorite of all-time.”
If you could walk into a theater and watch the finished print of either “Watchmen,” “Twilight,” “Prince Caspian” or “Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince” at this very moment, which would you choose? Why?
P.S: Twilight's a waste of space and time.
Nothing beats Harry Potter.
NOTHING.
Twilight of course!
TWILIGHT of course...
hands down.
TWILIGHT
Narnia PWNs all the franchises out there! ;)
I absolutely adore the Narnia books. Twilight and Harry Potter can wait.
I love Narnia, but am holding out for Twilight all the way!
i'm just really excited to see what they do with the movie
my #2 would be harry potter
From: Shannin The #1 Harry Potter Fan!
I love Harry Potter, but HBP...well, I didn't like the OoTP movie; I hope HBP is better.
Harry Potter would probably be my second choice, but Watchmen is just too great of a story to be topped by all of those kids movies. I don't even know why it's in the same category since it's not even a "young adult" book.
Twilight seems like it'll just keep on with the tradition of ruining vampire movies and mythos just to impress teens.
HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE OFCOURSE!
have you read the book?! its going to be amazing!!!!
Larry, you're our hero... did you really have to ask???
I am a great fan of the films, books and all about HP! I also received a letter from J.K.Rowling :D
After seeing Harry Potter, I would see Twilight and then Prince Caspian.
Watchmen? No way...
there are no harry potter days or narnia days because MTV choses not to have them. twilight tuesdays only exsists because you love the books so much
i am so P offed with MTV for dissing harry potter like that. Weren't you guys just supproting it like crazy last year for the 5th movie? And how can you state that when HP has had no publicity because unlike the twilight set they like to keep their filming underwraps. they don't have wild fans girls and boys taking illegal footage of the
movie. I hope when the HP6 trailer comes out that you guys don't start to claim harry potter because you ruined it. any HP news that i see on MTV i will take as crap because thats just wrong..
You can't even compare the series but i guess MTV has become a company based on their crew members personal opinions rather than whats really going on. i can't stand MTV now. hope you don't support hp cuz that would be stupid now
Then would be Twilight. I LOVE those books, but I feel like the movie is going to ruin it, in my personal opinion. My image of the characters will get all messed up, just like with Harry Potter.
Thirdly, Harry Potter. Last summer, when the last book came out, I was absolutely positively obsessed with Harry Potter. The magic has kind of worn off (no pun intended). My obsession has toned down to a mere glimmer of what it once was, and I am not looking forward to the Dumbledore death.
I have absolutely no idea what Watchmen is, but I will probably go google it right now.