Harry Potter and the Half-Baked Snit

Potterphiles are so eager to see The Half-Blood Prince they’re threatening to… not go see it? Online petitions warn that fans plan to boycott the postponed opening day. Not sure yet what they’ll do the day after that. But something!

Potter fans are also airing their grievances on social networking sites like Facebook and YouTube. A Facebook group named The Delay of Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince Has Ruined My Life is calling for a nationwide boycott of the film on opening day…

Fox News recently suggested Potter star Daniel Radcliffe’s highly anticipated — and entirely nude — debut in Broadway play Equus triggered the delay from the studio, which doesn’t want the chaste image of the bespectacled wizard tarnished.