I’m off to go see Harry Potter later today, which effectively ends the decade long relationship I’ve had with this series. It’s hard to think that I was just a kid when this all started, maybe a year older than Harry at the most. But now I’ve grown up, and he’s grown up, as has the rest of his gang as seen above. It’s hard to remember just how little they all were when this thing started, and even if the movies have flaws, I maintain that they were perfectly cast in almost every role.
I don’t really care if people give me shit for liking Harry Potter, though I do take offense to any comparisons that say it’s like being a Twilight fan. As Stephen King said “”Harry Potter is about confronting fears, finding inner strength, and doing the right thing in the face of adversity. Twilight is about how important it is to have a boyfriend.” Not to mention that the writing disparity between JK Rowling in Stephanie Meyer is just lightyears wide.
I miss this series, and have since the last book was released. I like the films, but as I already know what’s going to happen, they’re never quite as exhilarating as the books were. It seems crazy to think you could be out of breath in anticipation turning the pages of a book, but that’s how I felt reading most of the series.
I hope the Potter-verse lives on in some form, and the Rowling perhaps decides to revisit it someday with more books. That will probably happen right after George Lucas makes episodes VII through IX, but I can dream can’t I?
So here’s to you Harry, thanks for being a part of my growing up.

I wasn’t going to do another one of these so soon, but I felt I had to jump on the Hogwarts Express before it fully left the station. One of the coolest things about the series was watching the young actors grow up before our eyes. They were all just kids when it started, but now they’re big and tall, and quite good looking.

Obviously one that’s caught our eye more than most has been Miss Hermoine Granger. She started off as a frizzy haired know-it-all, but grew up and the actress who plays her, Emma Watson, is now 21 and gorgeous. She’s classically beautiful in a way you don’t see often in Hollywood anymore, and I thought she was a prime candidate for our feature which has spotlighted the likes of Mila Kunis, Christina Hendricks and Olivia Wilde before. She has a far different look than any of them, but is still absolutely stunning in her own right.

So I’ve done the exceptionally taxing job of hunting through the internet to find the absolute best pictures of Emma Watson in existence. I’m happy with my finds, and hopefully you will be as well. Check out the gallery below:

Sony may claim that their next console is years away, but I have a hunch that next E3 we’ll at least be seeing some hint of the upcoming Playstation 4, which must be released lest it get left in the dust by WiiU and whatever Microsoft will end up premiering that claims to have “Avatar-like graphics.”

But until then, all we can do is speculate, and one digital artist decided to invent his own concept for the PS4. Over at Yanko Design, they’ve put together a brand new system that not only looks nice, but has some imaginary specs to boot:

Check out the full gallery of the concept below: