Episode 3: Harry Potter!

[Gilberto]

Sean and Brooks discuss the Simpsons Movie and the newest Harry Potter, also what makes Potter such a cultural phenomenon and what drives Cuba Gooding's unfortunate career decisions...

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[Scary Gary]

I've actually never seen nor read any of the Harry Potter movies or books.

[lynn]

Well this podcast isn't exactly the best place to get all the info on them, although I do like the term pot-head being brought into use. The most recent HP movie was terrible in every way. Many of the others have been at least visually interesting, but this one the CG castle was so bad, and they missed all the best set-pieces of the book. What sort of movie misses the big fight scene at the end of the book in favour of.... nothing much really. anti-climax much.

[Gilberto]

We're not much of an authority. I like the movies okay, but never had any interest in the books.

[gretl]

O.W.L. or G.E.D.?

A nice online wizarding correspondence school sounds pretty good after 3 or 4 years of nearly dying horribly at the hands of ultimate evil, doesn’t it Harry? I bet you’d rather spend your educational hours in your boxers, eating Toasters Strudles in front of a laptop than struggling to survive against insurmountable odds while all of your friends and loved ones are maimed and murdered (all while still trying to maintain a respectable GPA). Let Neville be the chosen one for a while. Get yourself a mother effing wizard associates degree! No employer really checks to see where you went to school anyway.

[lynn]

lol, poor Harry, so much Voldemort.