I think the Harry Potter movies are proof that audiences love that stuff. They love the idea of magical objects and they like learning the rules of those objects and what they do.
Scott DerricksonAny conqueror in human history has always been ultimately someone who exists purely for the expansion of their own ego, through amounting more.
Scott DerricksonThat's to me what always is compelling about villains. I am much more interested in how they think than in what they even do.
Scott Derrickson