I honestly had too many ideas and all of them popped up after I saw the ingredients and theme. None of my original battle plan survived meeting the Theme/Ingrdients.
On the 2 hour thing. You can also think about in movie terms. Two (2) hours is the general length of any movie. Alot of action can happen in that snapshot of life.
For myself I am going to use the 3x3 cause I like symmetry.
Sean