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Oh very well then. 😛 I started this project mainly to share and curate my experience of 4K or otherwise very high quality transfer to Blu-ray on an OLED TV for either films I haven’t watched in many, many years, or that for one reason or another I didn’t get around to watching when they...

My review of the film is here.

My review of Gladiator II is here.

My wife and I are going to see Gladiator II on an IMAX screen this afternoon, so it made sense to watch Gladiator the night before. I’d only watched Gladiator a couple of times back in the day on cable TV in the early 00s. I was very impressed with it when it released. This time the movie...

I watched the Blu-ray for Lust for Life last night, curious to revisit this classic on home theater with an OLED and via a high quality transfer to Blu-ray. It’s a pleasure to revisit older films that in recent years have been remastered either in 4K or in some cases from an even higher scan of...

So the metal or plastic “buckles” (as the manual refers to them) for the capes just pop in and out of slots on the body? The buckles for the drape cape seem very firmly fitted into those slots. I’m a bit anxious about potentially breaking the buckles off by tugging at them too hard to get them...

I haven’t tried the magnets yet on any of the three InArt figures I now own (Gandalf, Aragorn, and Superman). I use standard black oval crotchbrabber stands for all my figures. They’re unobtrusive and keep the focus on the figure. I use them also because of limited display space. Also to keep...

Just a few out of the box snaps, while I had a few moments this afternoon. Interesting that he photographs as pretty darned imposing but that's not necessarily the effect I get in-hand.

Ah, ok. I’ll wait and see for the HT BvS Supes 2.0 then. Still would have to have a new head sculpt for me to even consider. Yeah, fair point about the moveable eyes. I’ll spend a little more time with it this evening and try getting some photos over the weekend. I may warm to it. I...

👍 A fair summary of what we’re saying: InArt is more movie accurate but also more bland compared with Hot Toys. The facial expression on the standard resting face InArt head sculpt doesn’t pop on the shelf. (The angry heat vision head sculpt is an improvement over Hot Toys but that’s not what...

Received mine today and just got it out of the box for a quick inspection. At first glance no obvious quality issues, I’m not seeing any flaws. Again just taking a quick look though. Honestly, I’m a bit underwhelmed by this figure. Slightly regretting selling my Hot Toys JL Superman to make...

Aren’t the seller fees fairly high for eBay? I use FB’s One Sixth Republic Buy-Sell-Trade (BTS) and have enjoyed pretty good success.

Got invoice from OSK, paid it. Looking forward to the figure on general principles. Love the character, etc. But honestly I’m not that hyped about it either because in most of the pics and videos I’ve seen it’s looked a bit doll-like to me. Or is that because after collecting for seven years...

Ah right. I was thinking of the way Egyptian dynasties often worked. There is at least one scene I can recall in Gladiator that shows Commodus seeking an incestuous relationship with Lucilla, and I think I extrapolated from that, incorrectly. In real life Lucilla was Commodus‘ sister and she...

It’s shown in the trailer that Lucius Verus’ mother is Lucilla who was Commodus’ wife, but Lucius is actually Maximus’ son. She tells him that. She had an affair with Maximus. I’m being just a little glib by calling it “alternative history” but I’m going from what real world history says...

Just from what little I’ve read so far, like Kingdom of Heaven there are huge departures from real world history. This is basically the story of Maximus’ son Lucius Verus. Sort of an MCU “What If”-like treatment, i.e., alternative history fantasy.

RIP. As an actress she was just super likable. She really blew up for a while there in Hollywood like late 70s through the 80s.

I actually don’t care about all the diorama accessories for this figure. The figure itself is all I care about. I just want the latest greatest upgraded BvS Batman because I love that character.

I look at it this way: I’ll probably sell this HT BvS Batman 2.0 once the InArt BvS Batman gets released. But in the meantime I’ll enjoy it while I have it for a small fraction of the retail price if I were to keep it. I’ll probably take a slight loss on it on resale, but that’ll then be the...