26: Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them – Show Notes
First Segment
- Thunderbirds
- Algonquin
- Control of the “Upper World”
- Menominee
- Control of the Rain and Weather
- Ojibwe
- Created by Nanabozho
- Enforces morality
- War with Serpents/Underwater Creatures
- Misikinubik
- Algonquin
- Roc
- Legendary Bird of Middle Eastern/Indian Origin
- Occamy
- Origin of Name
- Occam’s Razor
- Old Bastardization of the word “Alchemy”
- Ouroboros
- Ubiquitous World Symbol
- Greek “Eating Tail”
- Used in Western Alchemy
- Jormungandr
- “The World Serpent”
- Ouroboros Symbol
- To Infinity and Beyond
- Origin of Name
Second Segment
- The Original Book
- Published in 2001
- Written as a Textbook
- Gap Between The Goblet of Fire and The Order of the Phoenix
- Quidditch Through the Ages
- Original Content
- Rowling’s Interest in Newt Scamander
- Rowling’s Screenwriting Debut
- Producers David Heyman and Lionel Wigram
- Original Producers Behind the Harry Potter Franchise
- Producers David Heyman and Lionel Wigram
- Heyday Films and The British Film Scene
- Relationship with Warner Brothers
- What Else Could They Do in the Harry Potter World
- Newt Scamander Documentary
- Rowling’s First Screenplay
- Revised withe David Yates and Steve Kloves
- Critical and Popular Reception
Third Segment
- Q and A with Matt Cox
Fourth Segment
- Not a Fan of This Movie but Very Hopeful for the Franchise
- The Astoundingly Creative Mind of J.K. Rowling
- At First, Didn’t Believe this was Written by J.K. Rowling
- Harry Potter for Infinity?