'Uncomfortable' Harry Potter detail spotted in trailer which could ruin series for many

What do HBO's upcoming adaptation of Harry Potter and Stephen Graham's gut-wrenching series Adolescence got in common?

Absolutely nothing, and yet the two are being heavily compared online. Here's why.

Yesterday HBO dropped the first trailer for the new adaptation JK Rowling of Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, the first season in its ambitious 10-year plan to reboot the iconic wizarding franchise for a TV audience.

The trailer gives us our first look at Dominic McLaughlin in action as the boy who lived as well as teasing several major departures from the original books and film series.

However that's not all the differences which have been picked up on by super fans who spent last night dissecting the trailer frame by frame.

Let's see if you can spot the differences below:

Anyone who's recently revisited the Daniel Radcliffe films or is particularly clued up on post-production in filmmaking will have noticed that the teaser looks a little... dull.

Perhaps it's the fact that we've all grown up since our first exposure to the Wizarding World and no longer experience the same whimsy as we did in childhood.

Or maybe it's because Harry Potter is the latest franchise to fall victim to the low contrast colour grading used in most modern films and TV shows.

Which is where our previous comparison to Adolescence comes in.

"They really made adolescence harry potter," read one unimpressed viewer on X, while a second agreed: "The first few scenes in the Harry Potter trailer looked like a new season of Adolescence."

"this whole trailer feels less magical than like the entirety of the pre existing harry potter films, sorry to say but this is just weird lol," a third fan penned, going on to note that how the low contrast of the trailer made it feel 'fake'.

"Hagrid looks like a businessman wearing a hagrid cosplay and nothing looks good lol, it looks fake and lacking any colour," the user added.

"It’s missing that little spark. Maybe I'm just too nostalgic for the color [sic] grading of the 2001 film," added a fourth.

Meanwhile a fifth reaction gave a more blunt assessment, labelling the trailer 'Soviet Potter'.

The colour grading wasn't the only glaring difference either, with fans also attributing the films' magical feel to the work of composer John Williams.

Williams scored the first three films of the franchise, with 'Hedwig's Theme' being reused as a motif throughout the rest of the films.

'Hedwig's Theme' of course being the iconic piece of music which all of us hear and instantly go 'Harry Potter' within the first couple of seconds of it playing.

"Its missing the enchanting music too. It only has generic trailer hype music. That was a huge missed opportunity," read a reaction from one disappointed fan, while a second added: "The problem also comes from the music, it has no positive impact in the trailer and makes the whole thing feel really flat and fade."