Showing posts with label hobbit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label hobbit. Show all posts

Sunday, August 4, 2013

Hobbit Wave 2 3.75 inch Figure Images

I know this is fairly old news, but I just got around to really looking into it.  One of my favorite toy lines in a long time was The Hobbit.  I bought the entire first wave except Grinnah for whatever reason, but I have loved all of them!

I sadly haven't seen the movie yet.  When it came out, I wanted to see it in the higher frame rate, and I never got around to making the trip to a theatre that had it.  Now, I feel I have waited long enough that I might as well wait for the extended cut on Blu-Ray.


The next wave apparently gives us the rest of the dwarves.  This is fairly impressive considering how many there are!  Unfortunately, from what I'm reading, if you had the first wave you are going to have some double if you want them all.

Apparently, the new single figure assortments include Radagast, Thranduil, Azog, Beorn, and another Gandalf.  In addition, there will be some box sets with multiple figures.  One of these includes Nori, Ori, Dori, Gloin, and Thorin (pictures above).  Four new dwarves, and one I already have.  Not the end of the world, but was it necessary to put him in there?

There is also a Mirkwood pack including Legolas, Tauriel, Thranduil, Fili, and Kili.  Since Thanduil is apparently available in a single carded version, I should be able to pass on this considering I have all the others already.

The final box set includes Invisible Bilbo, Bifur, Bombur, and Oin.  This isn't horrible, but I really don't have a need for an invisible Bilbo.  I know many people do, so it is far better than another regular Bilbo.




I'm always looking for new fantasy figures in this scale, and I assume these will fit in just like like wave 1 did.





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Friday, May 17, 2013

Are movie run times increasing?

I've worked in a movie theatre for years and been a fan of movies for much longer.  I have never really paid attention to movie run times in the past, they didn't really effect me.  If a movie was abnormally long, I would take note, but I didn't really care otherwise.  Once I started being a projectionist, I soon began to care.  The longer the movie, the longer I had to stay at night after later shows.  This works both ways though, the longer I have to stay, the more I get paid.

Anyway, I began thinking about this more and more.  I honestly feel like movies have gotten much longer in the last five years.  Maybe it is just that the more memorable movies are getting longer.  Maybe action scenes in movie are just getting longer and more frequent.  Is there a pattern here?  I've decided to look into it further.

First, I'm just going to list the top box office films for a few years and their run times.  By the way, I do want to add I'm not going to be looking into any article similar to this, I want to discover all the information on my own!

1999

  1. Star Wars: Episode 1 - 133 minutes
  2. The Sixth Sense - 107
  3. Toy Story 2 - 92
  4. Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me - 95
  5. The Matrix - 136
1999 Average: 1 hour 52 minutes

2000

  1. How the Grinch Stole Christmas - 104 minutes
  2. Cast Away - 143
  3. Mission Imposisble II - 123
  4. Gladiator - 155
  5. What Women Want - 127
2000 Average: 2 hours 10 minutes

2001

  1. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone - 153 minutes
  2. The Lord of the Rings: Fellowship of the Ring - 178
  3. Shrek - 90
  4. Monsters Inc. - 90
  5. Rush Hour 2 - 90
2001 Average: 2 hours 0 minutes

2002