S1E40 - Harry Potter Universe - “I made a sandwich because I was so angry”

Harry Potter Universe


In this episode:


With the upcoming release of Fantastic Beasts and Where to
Find Them, we wanted to discuss our love of the Harry Potter
franchise and kind of survey the series and expanded universe.

With the books, we love them. They’re a part of our
childhoods and young adulthoods, and on re-reads, they stand up
just as well. Void has listened to the audiobooks of Harry Potter
multiple times, while Beej never has. He’s only read the physical
books over and over again.

We discuss the change in tone the books take, going from
children’s books in the first three, to the serious war story in
the last set. That tone is also carried over into the movies,
with each director doing his best to fit the tone and atmosphere
of the movie with the narrative’s intended audience.

We discuss the extended universe of Harry Potter, which
includes new short stories, Pottermore, the Cursed Child, as well
as the upcoming Fantastic Beasts film. Void loves them. A lot. He
keeps up with them, reads as they come out and has become
invested in the world. Beej, however, feels all the expansion
makes the idea of the original series lose its charm, and he
doesn’t feel as though the world is fleshed out enough for this
expansion. He’s open-minded, though and will eventually dig in
and read about the American setting he’s not into.

Which brings us to Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.
It’s set in the American past (1920s?), and it’s the first Harry
Potter movie that’s specifically written as a screenplay. We are
hoping this makes it more cohesive as a narrative; however, the
explosion from a single movie to a trilogy to a 5-movie series
before the first one has debuted makes us a little wary. Judgment
will be reserved until we see it, and we will certainly do a
Weekly Geekery segment on it when we do.



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Weekly Geekery


Beej - Marvel Unlimited (half off right now with promo code
STRANGE) / Supergirl / going back to watch Daredevil on Netfix

Void -  More Gamefly ( Dishonored 2 ) / Skyrim Special
Edition / NES Classic Woes



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