Harry Potter and the Mild Sensuality
First off — let me declare that I never cared for the Harry Potter books. I read ’em, I thought they were fine kids’ books, but I did not think they were brilliant and I have no idea what the fuss was about. Now, the same deal with the movies, but I will say this — the people who make the trailers for the Harry Potter movies are absolute geniuses, because they’ve make Half-Blood Prince look incredibly awesome, certainly far beyond the actual awesomeness of the finished product. they do this every time, for every movie. Well done.
Also, note that this Potter flick is warning of “mild sensuality” in the flick. I’m calling it now — the first film of Deathly Hallows will be rated R for nudity and sexual situations, and the second will feature hardcore Gryffindor-on-Hufflepuff action, rendering all further Potter fanfic unnecessary. In my dreams.
About The Author
Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.