Secret Compass

Bradley has embarked on a new adventure with our good friend and his business.  I added a nice shiny button on the side on the blog to check it out.  They are dealing in high end movie collectibles and overall awesome nerdy things.  It is truly my husband's dream job.  I can't tell you how many times in the last 7 years we have been together that Bradley has HAD to shown me something incredibly nerdy and awesome on the internet. I'm not sure where he finds the stuff and yes there has been many times where I have given the standard "thats nice dear" and rolled my eyes and walked off .  It is a perfect fit for him and the best part is it is with  2 of our really close friends as well as my best friend.  So Bradley will be searching out products, contacting the production company and selling them on the website.  The best part is we all have to go to ComiCon next July for the business.  I am already giddy with delight at the thought.

Now most of their stuff seems to me like it is more interesting to the male species but here are a few of my favorite things they are selling. 

Love love love Edward Scissorhands

Life Size Robby the Robot...Life Size!!!  That is just awesome. 

Metropolis Maria Robot... of course. 

Oogie Boogie!

Joker Statue. Mmm... Heath Ledger? Yes please!

Metropolis

I am super excited for the re-release of one of my favorite movies this Friday, Metropolis, whis is a 1927 silent film by Frtiz Lang.  It is one of the most expensive silent films ever made at 5 million dollars and takes place in a futuristic urban dystopia and explores social uprising among the underground workers against the social elite that live lavishly above ground. 

The character Maria is by far my favorite.  She tends to the workers and their children and preaches salvation and becomes the worker's savior like figure.  Freded, who is part of the social elite,  follows her one day underground and is appaled by the condiditions.  The story goes on and eventually an evil robot Maria is made and the movie is a silent whirwind of awesomeness not to mention the time period and styling are wonderful.  

When I first watched the movie there were gaps of missing film.  The movie is being re-released because the various scenes that had been lost of the years were found in Argentina and the movie has been made whole again.