i will never not be deeply amazed at the painting of ma gui in the minister's office. i don't have a screenshot handy but you know the one: stunning likeness of a dude who lived 10K years ago, with white background.

LOL that is a very good point. I'm quite unobservant so that never really quite clicked. Unless the bad special effects are in my face and MOVING, I just don't notice...

i can only really think of them as a paired unit, so to speak. :D

I'm exactly the same. Not that they don't each matter to me individually, but the important thing is how they are together.