The New Batmobile Is HUGE! (But Superman Is Kinda Small...)
My wife and I took a rare opportunity to leave the kids behind and run off to Hollywood!
We spent a day at Universal and another at Warner Brothers and came away with some awesome, geeky memories and a few tidbits to share!
The sign on the chair warns that if you sit in the chair you will make Morpheus angry. Wouldn't want to do that. Seeing it up close was plenty cool! (Those legs up above belong to a bunch of "Smiths".)
At 6'3 with a wife at 5'8 it was fun to have her looking down at me for a change at Bilbo's place.
It was really weird when I turned 34 and realized that my mental image of Jesus (pre-resurrection) should now always look younger than me. A lesser yet similar feeling overcame me as I realized, standing next to his costume, that Henry Cavill's "Superman" has shoulders that are just a little lower than mine. It feels wrong to be taller than Superman. Of course it's also no fun to be rounder than Superman...
The black version was there (along with the Batmobiles from all 7 films), but this one was easiest to get a picture for scale. I was shocked at how small it seemed in comparison to how it looks on film.
This massive beast from the upcoming "Batman V. Superman" was more what I expect from a Batmobile. And unlike the Tumbler this thing is WAY to wide to even remotely fit into a single lane of traffic. It dominates nearly the entire width of a neighborhood street!
What can't be seen in any picture is how shockingly "fake" everything looks to the naked eye. Every one of these cars looked plastic (made of fiber glass) and the costumes looked like little more than great cosplay costumes. A close look at the 1978 Superman cape revealed craftsmanship that is even outclassed by a half-decent costume shop version of today! Amazing what lighting does to all of these props and costumes!
The trip was loads of fun, but also reminds me now that in our longings for something greater, even our fantasies fall short under scrutiny. But one day, Yahweh will give us more than even the most fertile imagination could ask for!
(Ephesians 3:20-21, ESV) Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
We spent a day at Universal and another at Warner Brothers and came away with some awesome, geeky memories and a few tidbits to share!
The sign on the chair warns that if you sit in the chair you will make Morpheus angry. Wouldn't want to do that. Seeing it up close was plenty cool! (Those legs up above belong to a bunch of "Smiths".)
At 6'3 with a wife at 5'8 it was fun to have her looking down at me for a change at Bilbo's place.
It was really weird when I turned 34 and realized that my mental image of Jesus (pre-resurrection) should now always look younger than me. A lesser yet similar feeling overcame me as I realized, standing next to his costume, that Henry Cavill's "Superman" has shoulders that are just a little lower than mine. It feels wrong to be taller than Superman. Of course it's also no fun to be rounder than Superman...
The black version was there (along with the Batmobiles from all 7 films), but this one was easiest to get a picture for scale. I was shocked at how small it seemed in comparison to how it looks on film.
This massive beast from the upcoming "Batman V. Superman" was more what I expect from a Batmobile. And unlike the Tumbler this thing is WAY to wide to even remotely fit into a single lane of traffic. It dominates nearly the entire width of a neighborhood street!
What can't be seen in any picture is how shockingly "fake" everything looks to the naked eye. Every one of these cars looked plastic (made of fiber glass) and the costumes looked like little more than great cosplay costumes. A close look at the 1978 Superman cape revealed craftsmanship that is even outclassed by a half-decent costume shop version of today! Amazing what lighting does to all of these props and costumes!
The trip was loads of fun, but also reminds me now that in our longings for something greater, even our fantasies fall short under scrutiny. But one day, Yahweh will give us more than even the most fertile imagination could ask for!
(Ephesians 3:20-21, ESV) Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think, according to the power at work within us, to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen.
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