Road Trip III
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tealinJuly 16th, Part 1
Much to the shock and horror of most people who visit my website, I'm sure, I did not go to any sort of Midnight Muggle Madness and get a copy of HP6 then spend all of the sixteenth reading it. This is what I did do (after waking up and eating breakfast, of course):
The Maritime Museum - The first glimpse of my all-time #1 favourite movie star. (Not counting the time I saw her from the trolley the night before)
Twinkletoes - These are my feet ... ON THE ACTUAL DECK OF THE SURPRISE!!!
Looking Forward - A lovely view of the deck ... note the conspicuous empty spot where Ubiquitouspitt should have been.
M&C II: The Hunt for Red October - Those dirty commies are harrying the Surprise. (There was a Russian sub (part of the museum) docked behind the ship ... a coincidence, I'm sure, but amusing.)
Corpse Bride Setup - Upon entering the exhibition hall, we made a beeline for the Corpse Bride exhibition. They had some of the puppets from the movie in a setup ... the thing that amazed me more than anything (and, unfortunately, not visible in this picture) is how they were able to balance in practically any pose, like they didn't subscribe to the laws of gravity. Freaky.
Wallace & Gromit - Dreamworks had some Over the Hedge stuff but my primary interest was the Wallace and Gromit setups. (They had clips from the movie playing, too, but I couldn't hear it very well and didn't want to ruin it for when I saw the final thing.) Anyway, here's what looks like Wallace's lab with some sort of ... rabbit device.
Into the Woods - Wallace and Gromit are accosted by ... Elvis in the woods?
The WardrobeDisney's Narnia exhibit was pretty awesome. You had to walk through a wardrobe to get in it. It was a very cool wardrobe. I found the wardrobe set piece more interesting than the contents, nearly. Maybe even actually.
More Wardrobe - it was a pretty darn cool set piece. It looked like solid wood, and it was a gorgeous wood, too ... cedar, maybe? And HUGE.
An Armour Medley - Weta rocks. They just do. If ever Redwall gets made, in any form, the producers ought to kidnap their costume/prop designer. And it looks so real ... like something you'd see in a museum.
Kong Chess - A chess set for King Kong. I will go see this movie just for the Jackson take on the 30s. Or whatever photogenic decade in which it is set.
Much to the shock and horror of most people who visit my website, I'm sure, I did not go to any sort of Midnight Muggle Madness and get a copy of HP6 then spend all of the sixteenth reading it. This is what I did do (after waking up and eating breakfast, of course):
The Maritime Museum - The first glimpse of my all-time #1 favourite movie star. (Not counting the time I saw her from the trolley the night before)
Twinkletoes - These are my feet ... ON THE ACTUAL DECK OF THE SURPRISE!!!
Looking Forward - A lovely view of the deck ... note the conspicuous empty spot where Ubiquitouspitt should have been.
M&C II: The Hunt for Red October - Those dirty commies are harrying the Surprise. (There was a Russian sub (part of the museum) docked behind the ship ... a coincidence, I'm sure, but amusing.)
Corpse Bride Setup - Upon entering the exhibition hall, we made a beeline for the Corpse Bride exhibition. They had some of the puppets from the movie in a setup ... the thing that amazed me more than anything (and, unfortunately, not visible in this picture) is how they were able to balance in practically any pose, like they didn't subscribe to the laws of gravity. Freaky.
Wallace & Gromit - Dreamworks had some Over the Hedge stuff but my primary interest was the Wallace and Gromit setups. (They had clips from the movie playing, too, but I couldn't hear it very well and didn't want to ruin it for when I saw the final thing.) Anyway, here's what looks like Wallace's lab with some sort of ... rabbit device.
Into the Woods - Wallace and Gromit are accosted by ... Elvis in the woods?
The WardrobeDisney's Narnia exhibit was pretty awesome. You had to walk through a wardrobe to get in it. It was a very cool wardrobe. I found the wardrobe set piece more interesting than the contents, nearly. Maybe even actually.
More Wardrobe - it was a pretty darn cool set piece. It looked like solid wood, and it was a gorgeous wood, too ... cedar, maybe? And HUGE.
An Armour Medley - Weta rocks. They just do. If ever Redwall gets made, in any form, the producers ought to kidnap their costume/prop designer. And it looks so real ... like something you'd see in a museum.
Kong Chess - A chess set for King Kong. I will go see this movie just for the Jackson take on the 30s. Or whatever photogenic decade in which it is set.
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Date: 2005-08-07 04:09 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2005-08-07 06:41 am (UTC)Red October may be a movie star too, but it does not have the exquisitely swooping lines of the Surprise, the intricate rigging, the thrilling sails, the subtle but stately colour palette, the craftsmaship of detail ... nor does it have the life that comes of being a fundamentally handmade and manually operated human construction. It's a floating forested island made from a forest, constructed and manipulated by creatures who evolved to suit the arboreal and terrestrial environment it recreates. A tall ship is a testament to human history, prehistory, and biology: a submarine would have been invented by a caddis fly.
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Date: 2005-08-08 02:57 am (UTC)But then again, the Red October can go underwater. Which is where it belongs if it ever dares to dream little tin-roof dreams of outstrutting the HMS Surprise!