I am about to reveal something that might shock some ardent fans of Lord of the Rings: I don’t like Frodo. As a character, I think he’s annoying. Sure, Pippin makes mistakes more often than Frodo does, but the mistakes Pippin makes are small compared to Frodo’s, and Pippin is a much more likable character anyway. But,…
LeakyCon.com released some very helpful logistical details about A Very Potter Senior Year yesterday, regarding lines and recordings. I want to write today not only about the lines, because I can all but confirm that I will be the main stage volunteer coordinator for this event and I want things to go smoothly, but also…
It’s hard to believe that in just three short weeks from today, I will be on a plane to Chicago. It’s even harder to believe that it was already a year ago today when I was on a plane back from Orlando. Last year, I attended my first convention, LeakyCon 2011, where I had the…
From start to finish: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 1 is a much more difficult game than I had previously anticipated, compared with the relative ease of the previous games to complete. Also by comparison, this is the only game in the franchise that is not set within Hogwarts. (The Goblet of Fire video game did…
From start to finish: Where Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix gave me what I really wanted out of a Harry Potter game–authentic free exploration of a realistic Hogwarts–Half-Blood Prince really improved on that concept. Even more previously inaccessible locations were added to Hogwarts (thanks to the Aurors for opening them), making the…
As many Pottermore fans have already been made aware, the first four chapters of Chamber of Secrets have now been made available to all members. Slytherin House, who won the Inaugural House Cup for Sorcerer’s Stone–which didn’t include any last minute points announcements by Dumbledore, making this Pottermore House Cup win very non-canon–were granted access…
Structure: One of the main problems with this movie is that it doesn’t start with the same excitement as the other two. Sure, when C. S. Lewis wrote The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, he didn’t start with the Germans bombing London, or when he wrote Prince Caspian, he didn’t start within Narnia, showing…
While The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe stayed very true to the original text, its sequel, Prince Caspian strayed from it. However, since Prince Caspian has been cited as among Narnia fans’ least favorite of the series, I suppose it is likely that the filmmakers thought it wise to take liberties to change the…
The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe has long been one of my favorite movies, as it is based on one of my favorite books by C. S. Lewis, and I think the movie does the book justice for many reasons. Storyline: As the movie opens, planes fly in out of darkness. It makes for…
J. K. Rowling’s newest novel, The Casual Vacancy, will be released on September 27th. On July 3rd, we received our first glimpse of the cover, which is to be the same both in the U. K. and in the U. S. at least, shown to the left. Rowling fans have already shared their two cents…