July 21, 2005
… might as well take the time to mention Harry Potter & The Plastic Brick, particuarly since I found this on Brickshelf today.
The creator seems to be going for a representation of the movie-version of the castle, what with the tan bricks and all. The tower-caps are off, however - they should be a sand green, not black. I also nitpick with his use of green to represent the mountain Hogwarts is perched above - for my own preference, I would choose a dark gray brick scheme to better illustrate rock.
It’s hard to find reason to complain with the scale of the creation - this thing looks huge and is a sprawling representation of the castle. I particularly like the detail of the Great Hall.
This is the second “big” (and excellent) version of Hogwarts I’ve seen. Wanna see the first? Oooh!
Whereas the castle at the top of the post uses too little color, this one - I think - uses too many. Also, it splits Hogwarts into two different buildings, and splitting the cliff into light and dark gray pieces makes it a tad too confusing for my old and creeky self.
Allison Seltzer and I had discussed building a version of Hogwarts similar to those above. Of course, we discussed this the summer after the first movie had come out and we’d both been lounging around my apartment watching it time … after time … after time. We even drew up schematics … the castle proper would be perched on a “mountain” considerably higher than either of those two, and we were going to make an effort to put every detail of the castle into the construction. Of course, this never wound up happening, and who knows where she is now?
So when I found that on Brickshelf I smiled wistfully and remembered.
Looks cool, but I’m trying to cut down my spending, so maybe I’ll just shave the writing off the keys of the keyboard I’ve got now, right?
Coat Check: Quantum Sagas.
One thing I enjoy about watching movies at N.’s place is that the basement gets so dark its hard to be distracted by stuff. When I watch a movie at my place, I’ll pause it half a dozen times to go to the kitchen, the bathroom, or just putz around on the internet. It’s hard to totally escape, y’know?
So I’m thinking off trying to “black out” my living room. The big problem is the front window. I’m on the ground level, and my windows overlook the parking lot. When people come home late, their headlights illuminate my humble abode. I’ve already got Landlord-Installed-and-Owned blinds on the windows … they’re okay, but insufficient. I want to mount a curtain so I can cover the windows more effectively. I was thinking about something like this for IKEA (ok, can’t find it on the online site but its in the catalogue … two mounting points with a heavy cord between them) … two of them, actually. One to mask off the insufficient-parking-lot blinds, the other to hang at an angle from the kitchen wall connecting to the hall-wall so I can have a big, nice, blacked-out movie theater.
Well, as nice as a 25″ screen movie theater can be.
… that less than a week from its release to the bookstores, there’s already a tentative release date for Harry Potter And the Half-Blood Prince listed on IMDB. In pre-production already? Dear goodness!
… when the one day I absolutely positively (yes, I know I spelled that wrong) need to have off for … I forgot to request off for. No big (I hope). I think I can get it covered …
In any case, with less than a week to go:
July Baltimore Bloggers Happy Hour
Organized by her, and her.
Tuesday, July 26, 2005
5:30pm-whenever
Nick’s Fish House
Also, everyone e-mail this guy and give him your cell phone number so he has no excuse to not show.
(We gotta get another photo of him in that same pose with a big goofy grin and an empty bottle of beer in his hand).
UPDATE:
No fear! I’ll be there!
