I know we're all tired of The Matrix, but I had to post this video for its amazing Lego animation and not really the scene it's replicating. Apparently it took 440 hours to make, which is impressive, then kind of depressing when you realize it resulted in a YouTube video less than a minute and a half long, including the credits. Ah well. Maybe that includes trying to find all the specific Legos needed to make the video; if so, I'm sure 200 hours were spent trying to find enough clear one-nubbed Legos to make the trail for the bullets. (Via Geekologie)
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doc_ock_4mugen said:
Holy shit! Now that's what I call devotion...
I don't know but some part of me wants to play a Lego Matrix Trilogy game...
dWhisper said:
Okay, I'll be that guy this time. It's Lego (technically LEGO) bricks, not Legos.
Not bad, there's been a great deal of good stop animation done with Lego recently, and a Lego Matrix game couldn't possibly be worse than the games already out for the one-hit, two-stinker trilogy. What would be awesome is putting that Lego humor around the cast, maybe getting Neo running around as Ted...
DoctorSmashy replied to dWhisper:
I'm still pushing for a Lego Movies Line. You know, there'd be horror sets (Jaws, complete with boat and Quint's bloody, scowling minifig torso) action (Die Hard: Need I say more?) and even a classic line (Titanic, with boat, Citizen Kane, Casablanca, etc). This idea might not be kid-friendly, but I say screw 'em, if only for the adorable John McClane and Hans Gruber minifigs that you could make fight by your bed at night. *sigh* A nerd can dream, can't he?
dWhisper replied to DoctorSmashy:
The simplest joy of Lego is the ability to make and build whatever you like. It only takes the bricks and imagination
Anonymous replied to dWhisper:
It's just I'm lazy. If I have the means, and a lot of time some day, I'll give it a whirl.
Hmmm... replied to DoctorSmashy:
Titanic in the same sentence with Citizen Kane and Casablanca? EEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWWW!!!!!
DoctorSmashy replied to Hmmm...:
Hey, I'm not saying I'm a fan. It's just probably how Lego would to see it.
Ben replied to dWhisper:
Thanks for that. I was wondering if I'd have to be that guy this time. Ah hell, I'll say it anyway too:
There is/are no such thing as "Legos"! STOP SAYING IT!
Gleeman said:
That is pretty awesome!
demoncat said:
the makers sure know how to use their geniuses with legos and take their love of the matrix to a new level. though the poor lego neo really had a hard time with his weapons due to the lego hands
Mad Mutt said:
I have loved LEGO Brand toys since 1981, when I first personally discovered them. However, Fuck LEGO the Company! Today, they OVERSUCK! Not the toys, kidz, the Effin' COMPANY! And ya know what? I'll call MY STUFF legos if I want to, anytime and anywhere, including right here. They are MY "legos" and the Company can go take a flying fuck at a rolling doughnut for all I care! In the meantime, I'll just go play with my LITTLE "l" legos and ignore the Company's whiny little wishes. GOT IT???
John replied to Mad Mutt:
I agree: the toys are incredibly awesome and they're great for building creativity and imagination, especially when so many kids are being raised on video games and other passive forms of entertainment.
The LEGO corporation itself is just that: a corporation. In case anyone hasn't seen it, they have an entire page on their website dedicated to copyright, trademarks, how people should refer to their toys, and what is/ isn't allowed:
http://www.lego.com/eng/info/default.asp?page=fairplay
Mad Mutt replied to John:
John, as an extremely literate and over-educated 61 year old nerd, I actually took the time to read the whole page to which you linked. While I completely comprehend, and for the most part agree with the LEGO Corporation's stance regarding their trademark and their products, I still maintain that once I've purchased the little buggers, they are MINE, to do with as I please. Ergo, let the word go forth from this time and place, to friend and foe alike, that henceforth and forever, MY toy bricks shall be referred to by the common noun "legos". Anyone who disagrees with this risks the Awful Wrath of the one and only world reknowned "Insane Canine". (And this time, I really really mean it........:)~
doc_ock_4mugen replied to Mad Mutt:
so are they (LEGO)gonna sue people if they say "check out what I built with my legos!"instead of "check out what I built with my LEGO bricks!" (Are non brick shaped pieces bricks too?) This is too damn confusing...
jyuichi replied to doc_ock_4mugen:
Chill out. Its just like how you makes a Xerox copy not a Xerox, you put on a Band Aid bandage not a Band-Aid and you sneeze into a Kleenex tissue not a Kleenex.
Simple protection against generization of the trademark.
Geoff said:
Ah, I remember the days when depressed wannabe-hacker shut-ins thought that the Matrix was going to be the new Star Wars... bad times.
The Man With Two Brains said:
All that time spent... and they fucking forgot to use HAIR for the characters!!! That's really a pretty stupid mistake to make.
Bingo said:
Really cool video. You have to be very patient to create something like that.
