This is blog three and frankly really overdue as I’d intended to write this after having seen Potter 7 part 1 and just put it off and off why? Who knows maybe laziness or possibly only about 4 people read the article (get the violins out) or because I think of things to write about that sound good then I utterly forget to jot them down to refer to so I end up writing rubbish but I shall preserver.
So why is my blog title sound like I’m talking finances ? Well whilst watching the new Potter flick with a varied bunch of work friends I got to thinking about just how long ago it was when we first saw Harry, Ron and Hermione getting into trouble and learning just the right spell at the right time as the one who must not be named slowly gathers power to ruin all their fun. Now let me say I’ve not read the books (but Santa is ment to be fixing this) but am a fan of the movies so I can’t compare the two but what I can say is I’ve invested the best part of a decade watching all these characters grow up have their first kiss have to deal with death all things we as humans go through so we can relate now I’d call that an investment wouldn’t you? Once the film had finished (and for me who hasn’t read the films on a bit of a cliff hanger) came away thoroughly happy with what I’d seen. It wasn’t until a couple of people I’d seen it with commented that a lot of the movie was just three kids wondering the countryside, which in effect is true about Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows pt1 but whilst they saw this as a negative I didn’t possibly I’m just trying to justify the franchise as a whole or maybe because I have invested so must time over the years I just enjoyed seeing the characters again. The film seemed very focused on the relationship triangle of Harry, Ron and Hermione and just how far they’ve come to the point of breaking, this in itself was a great watch for me but again maybe I’m just making excuses for myself.
When I got home I started thinking about other films or shows I watch and just how important the characters are to not just the success of the show but enjoyment of it. A good example of this is an anime I watch called Bleach which has just hit 301 episodes of which I have seen every one even the filler (crappy non-canon story arcs designed to fill when main canon is still being animated) which calculates to about 7224 minutes of a show, god only knows what I might of achieved in that time that would of been of actual use to me it doesn’t bare thinking about.
However I’ve got to 301 and without trying to ruin anything for anyone who might go away and look this show up the big bad villain has just transformed into this uber powerful version of himself and three of my favourite characters are having to combine efforts to even try and slow him down whilst the protagonist Ichigo is having the worst case of self doubt ever. Now what I’ve just typed is going to mean nothing to pretty much any one who reads this however I invested over 7000 minutes of my free time to see Kisue Urahara (my personal favourite character) finally get to the nitty gritty and fight the big bad boss so when he did I was so into it I was cheering and screaming “oh no he didn’t” because that is what I’ve been wanting to see. Bleach isn’t just about one character in fact it very cleverly juggles a vast cast of characters almost all of which (filler aside) I like for one reason or another even the bad guys I like because they are just so evil their not annoying or just someone to push the narrative along they are all in it for their own greedy selfish sometimes tragic reasons, it’s a great show.
I guess what I’m getting at is if you invest in a character or characters you like or admire or just think are a bad ass mutha’ ( I <3 Kiskue) then what does it matter if they are wondering around the countryside or they take 7000 minutes of T.V time to cut lose you’ve put the time in so just enjoy it; then again if Harry doesn’t start pwning things in Deathly Hollows pt2 I’ll have to open a can of Kiskue on someone’s ass.
See you SpaceCowboys
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