I'll say it again from a previous piece, I like the Harry Potter series. And yes, mainly I've seen the films and read bits of books on occasion...think I read through all of Deathly Hallows at some point...but regardless, I like the series and the world it brings to us.
And now, we'll be getting a more outside look of things. For a vast majority of things, we see the stage as Hogwarts, school for Witchcraft and Wizardry. But now, we'll be taking a further view, back into the Muggle world before things go to the stage of Potter. If this timeline thing I glanced at is right, this is about the time Voldemort is born (and I mean that literally, not when Tom Riddle BECAME Voldey). And apparently there's some connection with Dumbledore and the wand....and apparently this trilogy (yes), spans somewhere around 19 years...wow.

ANYWAY, I haven't seen the film JUST yet, but hopefully will soon. It looks pretty good and I'm interested to see the new stage for how the Wizarding World and the Muggle one interact. And it surprised me that Johnny is playing who I presume will be our leading antagonist throughout the trilogy as well. But I suppose that'll be an interesting plus.

It's also interesting how a minor thing is taken, Fantastic Beasts the book featured in the books, emerges as a trilogy of features. But it kinda makes sense. "Beasts" (Randall continues to roll his eyes at me everytime I say the word) are one of the factors that may combine the Muggle and Wizarding worlds. I mean personally I don't know if these two worlds are ACTUALLY seperate, or if they exist in the same place and are just figurative terms. Maybe that's Potter 101, but work with me here.

I'm also wondering how Newt's relationship to his bag-full-of-creatures are. I mean the guy seems rather...spiny-nerdy-frazzled type...no offense, nothing wrong with that. It just seems like he gives the impression he "gets" these creatures. The dangerous ones aren't to be killed and farmed for ingredients, they're living just like everyone else. Or at the very least he may have a respect for them. Maybe that's why he has a leading book on the matter, that he's brave enough to have that mentality of "let me understand" rather than "good, use, bad, kill". At least that's what I hope he's like, does seem to have the concern in the trailers.

Anyway, rambling and I am tuckered...I'm looking forward to the film and hoping Potter Fans won't go all Sonic Fans on the thing out of the gate. Sub-series are fun to dip into. Give it till the sequel at least.

Now...closing...the suitcase....a safe would've been harder to transport, but a heck of a lot more secure ya think...?