What do you get when you combine eight films, 10 years and $6 billion? Apparently a suicide watch. The Harry Potter films are done, finis, kaput - and I have yet to see one. But I am not the target market. I do own every episode of "Firefly".
Older, wiser fans - they of "Star Trek" and "Star Wars" - have wisdom to impart to today's youngsters about how to cope with withdrawal; namely spend money going to conventions and act out stuff.
Eric Geller, who manages social media for a popular “Star Wars” fan website said, "people at conventions do some amazing things. The best example is the 501st Legion, a group of guys in stormtrooper costumes. They do charity events. They do droid hunts.”
Droid hunts?
It's not as cool as it sounds. You get caught and win a prize or something.
And if you are convinced author J.K. Rowling is really done writing these stories, well, I have an authentic Quidditch broomstick from the 2008 championship to sell you.
In 20 years, if not sooner, there will also be a move reboot, just as "Star Trek" did. Until then, there is always fan fiction. Seriously, one time a journalism intern came into the office bleary-eyed and late and disclosed it was because she was up until 4 AM reading "High School Musical" fan fiction. "Some of it is really good," she said.
