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Default Upside - down saber saw?

Mike Spencer wrote:
writes:

I think it would be ultra kewl to make a garden gate
with one of Lemony Snicket's deliciously creepy
Evil Eyes featured near the top.

--Winston


Where on-line do I find a pic of those particular creepy Evil Eyes?


They are seen in various forms throughout the film.
The one I find compelling (and am unable to find on
the net) is in the form of a sort of 'Steampunk Solar
Weapon' in the top of a tower, wielded by
Klaus Baudelaire to rescue his sister during the
'Woeful Wedding' sequence.

It is the tool described in:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baudelaire_family
To wit:
"In the movie version of the first three books, during
the time when Olaf is forcing Violet to marry him,
Klaus finds a giant magnifying glass which focuses
the light. He finds that it is a clear shot to the
house, indicating that Olaf used this glass as a
method of arson."

Some wonderful 'eye' image files come up as search
results of 'Steampunk evil eye':
http://goo.gl/6LXTz
http://goo.gl/1pNRv
http://goo.gl/Tep5i

(I've heard of Lemony Snicket but never read/saw the books/flicks or
whatever.)


I found the film _A Series Of Unfortunate Events_
quite entertaining. The end of the sequence
_The letter that never came_ is Violet Baudelaire
reading a letter that finally arrives from her
murdered parents. It reduced me to babbling
tears. It ends:

"At times the world can seem an unfriendly and
sinister place. But believe us when we say there
is much more good in it than bad. All you have
to do is look hard enough. And what seems to be
a series of unfortunate events, may in fact, be
the fist steps of a journey."

I did a jeweler's workbench once: exotic wood top, legs/ends embodied
creepy eyes in metal but more giggly than Evil -- sort of Kilroy Was
Here meets Henry Moore. I don't think I have a pic.


Sounds very cool!
Post a link if you do run across a pic, please.

--Winston