I am a bit late with my Loot Crate review from December. I received my crate right before the Holidays and well, things got a bit backed up. I finally got to explore the crate today and there were some very cool things inside. The crate itself becomes the Bat Cave which is great because the exclusive Funko Pop figure was Joker Batman-Batman. That is what he’s called. It is Batman dressed as The Joker as Batman. You can kinda get stuck in a loop there.
A bunch of other things were included. some good some not that special. The theme was Anniversary because so many properties have Anniversaries this year (ahem… Transformers turned 30, where was their representation). Some of the big ones were Marvel turning 75 and Batman 75 plus The Simpsons are 25 and Tetris is probably around that same age. Ghostbusters are 30 and their item was pretty much the lamest part. Otherwise it was a strong box filled with fun stuff. I loved the piece done about Zen Monkey Studios. That guy is amazing. Check out all the things in the crate. Oh and there were “I Am Groot” socks!
Have you been to the movies to see “Into The Woods” yet? This movie is getting great reviews and it is one that I am looking forward to seeing once I can get to the movies again. In the meantime I have a new featurette and some interesting Filmmaking notes about the movie to share with you.
FILMMAKING FACTS
Production on “Into the Woods” began in September, 2013 at Shepperton Studios and on locations throughout England.
Stephen Sondheim has received eight Tony® Awards, more than any other composer in history. He has won seven times: Best Music and Best Lyrics for “Company” (1971); and Best Score for “Follies” (1972), “A Little Night Music” (1973), “Sweeney Todd” (1979), “Into the Woods” (1988) and “Passion” (1994). His eighth honor was a 2008 Special Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre.
The foundation of the Woods set, built on Stage H at Shepperton Studios, was made up of 2,000 tons of soil, over 600 ferns, acres and acres of ivy and countless pallets of moss and turf.
95 percent of the trees used on the Woods set were real trees, which included 30-foot pine trees and hundreds of 25-foot oak tree branches, the leaves of which had to be removed and replaced with artificial ones (so they would last longer). The remaining five percent were full-sized whimsical trees constructed from plaster.
There were four cows cast to play Milky-White. Their names were Tug, Diamond, Two Fold and Pearl.
Rapunzel’s hair in the film is 20 feet long. The braid is made from real hair and weighs almost six pounds.
The music for the film was pre-recorded over a two-week period at Angel Studios in London with a 56-piece orchestra, composed of some of the best musicians from the London Symphony Orchestra and London Philharmonic.
