Fatherhood Fridays #10: OccupyPotter
1. Bert & Ernie Record GPS Voices
Bert & Ernie have a long, long history together. They’ve can always be seen, hand-in-hand, getting into trouble. They act like some old married couple that enjoys arguing at the most inappropriate time, leaving you stranded at a gas station with $3 bucks to fend for yourself while all you want to do is go see Who Framed Roger Rabbit and then…
But I digress.
Ernie used to be my favorite growing up, but then I realized how oblivious and obnoxious he can be. So, Bert and I have become kindred spirits. Just leave me alone, with my book in hand, so I can have some peace and quiet for once.
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Walt Disney and JK Rowling made love children.2. Harry Potter as Drawn by Disney
The new Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, Part 2, comes out today on every device and media possible…
So, in honor of this day, I present to you a really rad find. Someone, who may or may not have worked for Disney, decided to create images of a ton of characters from the Harry Potter movies. Lo and behold, I found them and was compelled to share them with you. You special people.
Anyway, it would be okay with me if my son were Harry Potter every Halloween from now until he’s 42. The age of 42 is enough. Maybe.
These images are so rad. If I knew how to draw something other than stick figures and explosions, I totally would do this to all my favorite movies. Wouldn’t you?
CLICK THE ENLARGE!I said I wouldn’t cry, but I did.
When I saw the movie in theaters, I lost my FRIGGING MIND. We found a last minute sitter and have a real thing for reading and magic and nerd-stuff. Maybe it was the lack of the sleep, or the fact that I’d been brainwashed by the books, but, man, when I saw images of children fighting for their lives… Alright, losing it again.
So, for your enjoyment/satirizing pleasure, here is a a little photo booth picture my wife and I did immediately following the last Harry Potter film. I think you get the Sally Struthers picture I’m painting for you, right?
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And now today’s BONUS ROUND, what do you think the future will look like?
I bet you don’t think it will look like this:
Yep. This is future. Click picture to enlarge.Where are the hoverboards, I ask you? Where are the teleporters? Where are the hose-washable furniture pieces that would be too soggy sit on, let alone be in the same room with after a hot day in Los Angeles?
Where? In a crazy person’s mind. That’s where.
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Where are the flying cars? Where are the self-lacing power Nikes? Where are the one-size-really-fits-all sports jackets? Lies! ALL LIES!!!
Then again, we do have 2019 to look forward to. Just think: in eight years, we’ll have life-like human replicants, flying cars (again), no more sunlight, and be able to visit the off-world colonies “off the shoulder of Orion.”
Hose-washable sofas? YES, PLEASE! In fact, if they can make drywall and hard-wood floors water-resistant enough, I could just spray down the whole house instead of the sweeping/vacuuming/scrubbing regime that my wife and I go through almost daily!
Also, I’m pretty sure it’s okay to get choked up at Harry Potter. In both book and movie form, ***SPOILER***
Dumbledore rushing up to Harry exclaiming “You brave wonderful boy!” for some reason really got me!
For me, in the Harry Potter movie, it was when Snape says “always” with all the flashback with Lily. I cried so much!
Like a baby. (Raising my hand)
On Harry Potter: For me the book series was almost a separate set of characters in my mind than the Movies. When each finished, I felt I had two separate losses of my friends. The drawings are rad! You can tell the artist really loved the characters.
On the Future: I just watch Back the Future II the other day with my kids. My jaw dropped when I realized the big future scenes take place in 2015…just a measly 3+ years from now. I’m thankful that the shiny multicolored hats and the lack of door knobs haven’t manifested but the fascination for the 80′s and awesome 3D have. We have a lot of work to do to catch up with Speilberg’s ideas of 2015…or at least another Roswell incident so we can steal some more alien technology. Ok, I’m done.
Those Harry potter pics were drawn by Makani from Accio Brain, I’m pretty sure. She’s been doing them for years and years. A wonderful artist!
Correct. To my knowledge, she has never worked for Disney; that’s just her personal style. She’s done lots of work for Valve, though!
Ok, let’s get it out of the way: I’m not a H.P. fan (gasp)!
……but my grandma had her living room set covered in plastic so I’m pretty sure she was able to hose them down back in the day….
i found this the other day and was highly impressed. the title is “if harry potter was an anime”
http://imgur.com/A9o5X
LOL! Ah, Bellatrix, you dirty, slingshot-bikinied vixen. Too bad Mad Eye wasn’t depicted, that one would have been super rad.
i thought snape on the bed of lilies was a nice touch. i’m still in denial that it’s all over…
I’ve been watching the last one over and over the past couple of days. Still crying.
yeah.. me too.. *sniff