Lego film festival
January 5, 2009 1:06 pm Film festivals and awards, Internet
Weltraffer from Jesus Diaz on Vimeo.
Awesome Lego videos: See your favorite toy in action
Here’s a good way to kick off 2009.
My favorite tech blog, Gizmodo.com, has announced the winners of its “Go Miniman Go!” video contest. It’s all part of the hoopla celebrating of the 30th anniversary of the Lego mini-fig (those little posable plastic guys).
Click here to watch the top five winners, which range from a pretty persuasive argument about the right to “bear arms” (yes, there is a pun there) to the Lego equivalent of “We Are the World.” Pretty touchy-feely stuff.
My favorite is “Weltraffer” (I presume this means something profound in Danish), which basically chronicles the whole of European history in about four minutes. With Legos.
You can also see videos by the three acclaimed Lego filmmakers who judged the “Go Miniman Go!” contest. Check it out.
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AFTERNOON UPDATE: More Lego fun!
Guess what? There’s also a photo component to the “Go Miniman Go!” celebration.
The Lego-lovin’ bloggers over at The Brothers Brick invited their readers to stage elaborate Lego tableaux based on pop culture events (such as the 1980 rollerskating flop “Xanadu” or Iron Maiden’s World Slavery Tour), historical events or their own twisted imaginations. Here are the results.
Of course, the one that caught my attention immediately was this brilliant “300″ spoof by keithcku. Genius.
Tyrone Huevo :
Date: January 5, 2009 @ 11:03 pm
Legos remind me of Legoland, which leads me back to San Diego, which has a football team, which is in the playoffs, and with luck — check that! …. make that a lot of luck (call it Legoluck) it may lead the Bolts through the division playoffs to the AFC championship and ultimately victory in the Superbowl. So Legos remind me of the San Diego Chargers, which reminds me of one of the greatest games ever played … the 1981 AFC Division Playoffs at the Orange Bowl between the Bolts and the Dolphins. Which leads me to Mr. Clutch, No. 18, wide receiver Charlie Joiner. Two years later I waited on Charlie Joiner and his wife at the TGI Fridays in Mission Valley. Mr. Clutch ordered a burger and a Lite Beer. Go Bolts!
Pat :
Date: January 6, 2009 @ 9:29 am
Oh, boy. Looks like Tyrone Huevo is doing his yearly bandwagon jump with the Chargers. You never hear him talk about the Bolts unless it’s playoff time and the Chargers are actually in it (and doing well).
What would the Man from Moqui think?
Lukas :
Date: January 6, 2009 @ 4:06 pm
Its amazing to see our movie in different Blogs all over the world just because we entered this gizmodo challenge
“Weltraffer” is a neologism created from Welt (world) and Zeitraffer (time lapse). Its german
You may watch some more Brickfilms on our Homepage or download it in fullHD here: http://nichtgedreht.de/2008/07/weltraffer/
Lukas
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Date: January 9, 2009 @ 10:36 am
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