Showing posts with label Smurfs. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Smurfs. Show all posts

Thursday, July 17, 2025

Superman - the Movie Merch

 I saw Superman (2025) at Ballston last night. I thought the movie was a standard superhero movie and I consider them all B movies by definition. It was fine by me, but not great and I don't need to see it again. I was hoping for more though.


There were way too many uninteresting fights. My buddy who went with me and isn't a superhero movie fan was really bored by these and turned off by the lack of the development of the characters.

Supes costume looked curiously clunky to me. Anyone else?

Mr. Terrific was cool though. 

I really, really could have done w/o the Ultraman twist.

The dimensional rift as shown, was really stupid and unnecessary.

Here's the comic book creators that were credited. Rich Johnston always covers this at Bleeding Cool, so I'd recommend checking out his column. 

 
OK, enough of that. Let's get down to the merch, and other ephemera (ie the FF poster). I don't go to the movies very often anymore so I was surprised to see a mini-mart opened in front of the concessions.

  

 
Nice Fantastic Four poster in the lobby; I'm sure these will be collectible, but I miss the giant displays of cardboard that the theaters used to have.

 

I'm not sure what this table in the lobby was for...

    
the now-common overdone popcorn bucket...  
 
Pillows and blankets in case you need to sleep in those darn recliners that you can't get away from...

 


...and what appears to be a popcorn maker with Superman powering it with his heat vision


and the Smurfs were not ignored as their next movie opens this week...
 
 
 


Sunday, December 08, 2013

Art car in Arlington

This artfully decorated car usually parks on George Mason Drive near Four Mile Run in Arlington, VA. How many of the cartoon characters on the roof can you name?




Thursday, August 04, 2011

Smurfs in Rehobeth Beach

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Spotted last week - Smurfs toys at Rehobeth Beach's Browse-about bookstore.

Monday, July 14, 2008

Smurfs don't destroy DC marriage in the end

"After 'I Do,' a Time for Separation From Too Much Stuff," By Jenny Rough, Special to The Washington Post Monday, July 14, 2008; C08. Although 'honoring' Smurfs sounds like a reason for a divorce to me.