Batman has parent issues.

Spastik Chuwawa has recently posted this stupid but hilarious short film onto his YouTube. See how 'cool' I was there? I didn't even say 'channel' after 'YouTube'. 'YouTube' becomes the noun. Heck yeah.

Please, if you think it's stalling, it's not. Go with the flow, man.

Sale Pitch

Good ol' Zach Macias (aka. ZachMG, Mindgame Studios) has recently made a short, random, and really quite disturbing film about a car seller's sales pitch. Though it's rather crazy, and the use of language is rather uncalled for (but I usually don't mind bad language). It really doesn't matter, he never actually says it. But he intended to. There's a big difference there.

As I said, it's a bit... strange

You guys will be happy to know that the Dane Cook bandwagon has finally slowed and stopped. SO FAR... DUM DUM DUMMMMMMM!!

Farvel!
~John

Lego Man Prank Call

Dane Boe of YouTube's GagFilms has recently (well, Febraury) tried a prank call on a local building company hoping to enlist a Lego man into their staff. Hilarity ensues.


*Elvis Sound

Lego Star Wars fan 'finds' two MORE Chrome Darth Vaders

This "lucky" Lego SW fan has recently found two chrome Darth Vaders in a new Lego set he bought. Yeah right. Yawn. Just so you're not so gullible (you do know it's written on the ceiling, right?) as to think it's real, here's the evidence why:

• He already has a Chrome Darth Vader. So (as I was learning about in Maths only a few hours ago), the probability of him getting another (let alone two!) is very very low.
• Why would he make a video saying he will open a box to show the public he is not that lucky?
• He seems remarkably unsurprised that he's found another two CDVs
• He opens the box by ripping off the back. Thus, he may be hiding the fact that the popper tab thingie is not working because he hid the two CDVs in there.
• He manages to not notice the second CDV until he is done blabbing about the first.
• Both CDVs are in the same place, the furthest down from the 'top' where he opens the box from.

See? FAKE FAKE FAKE. Go spam his YouTube, children. Be off with you! Fly, my pretties, FLY!

Pointless Adventure 3

A new set of Brickfilmers, Lumpycowstudios, brings us the third installment in the Pointless Adventure series...


The film, as a whole, is very much like the Brickfilmers' name. Sure, it's funny, it has a little bit of style, and it's good for a laugh, but on a deeper level it's rather immature and doesn't make much (if any) sense.

The film is one of many zombie Brickfilms out there on YouTube, part of a huge phoenomenon which is almost as big as the Indiana-Jones-Brickfilm cult, which has really gotten on my nerves lately. Why the heck do so many people make the same film?

This film, however, stands out from the others. It has a real Brickfilming style, and it is clear that the makers have a talent for emulating physics and blood with Lego. Look closely at the blood effects, and you will see what I mean by that.

The sound effects are too loud. Again. And half of them are boring iLife sound effects (which come as default with every Mac - trust me, I have one).

As far as plots go, er... well, there's some pesemistic dude who lives on his own though sounds like he's 16, who has a very loud, half-deaf friend (the most annoying part of the whole movie) and some other mad, possibly high girl who tags along and shoots zombies. The stumble through a badly thought-out, mad, zombie-fighting plot, and end up saving the world or something. I'm not quite sure. It just kinda... happens.

Apart from that, I really rate this Brickfilm. Though it may be amateur-ish, mad, and full of the plot that some 15 year-old American teenagers would think up (and have), it has a certain style in its Brickfilming and building, and some great animation techniques. So just ignore the plot.

~John

Hand Car

One of our most devoted fans, Dave Boddy, has emailed me to tell me of his latest Brickfilm - entitled 'Hand Car'.

Boddy's newest film is certainly in keeping with his mad, quick-fire, hilarious style. Though it's quite short, it has a whole load of stuff compacted into its 41 seconds. This is one of few Brickfilms to show flair not just in Brickfilming, but in building the sets too. 'Hand Car' contains footage of Boddy's huge railway bridge .

Thanks to Dave Boddy for letting me know about his great film!

~John

Dane Cook gets squashed by an elephant on a bicycle

Hah!
I bet you thought you'd seen the last of the Dane Cook bandwagon. You are very wrong, monsieur! This is not the end, not even the beginning of the end. THIS IS THE BEGINNING OF THE BEGINNING!!!

Yet another Dane Cook movie by that great (though not-so-great after this awful-but-quite-witty bandwagon) Brickfilmer, 0ldScratch . This is my least favourite of the bunch, that's why I published this one last. Plot = 0. Interesting animation = 0. Time and hard work put into this = 0.000. Yes, I even added in decimal places to show just how crappy this movie is.

Breathing Space

Brickfilms.com now have a YouTube podcast thingy, on which they post the 'best' Brickfilms out there.

They have posted, and I quote the following, and film with a description of "my first, worst, and really lame movie", and another film in which a dull, lifeless, stupid 'Brickfilmer' monologues whilst posing minifigs under police cars and only remembers what he was going to say 20 seconds into the movie. He then continues to monologue in a dull, confused way for five minutes after that. I never considered self-harm before that movie, but during it... if there was a knife around, I wouldn't be here typing this.



However I HAVE found something 'decent'. This film is called 'Breathing Space', and is a sci-fi 'thriller' in which a robot malfunctions and some spaceman chases it around a spaceship. The film is very Space Odyssey-esque, and has the same mood and feel to it. Its graphics are good for an amateur, and the CGI robot interacts well with the real environment. Faces of the minifigures are edited in afterwards, but do not blur when the 'fig is out of focus. This causes huge aesthetic issues.

The music is, on the whole, heavy metal-ish and ghastly. It aims to try and up the tempo of the otherwise slow and dull film, and fails in that respect. Sound effects are loud and glitchy, and I found the film much more enjoyable with the sound muted.

The film, as Chris would say, has no plot. Well, it has a beginning (robot malfunctions), a middle (spaceman chases robot into room without gravity) and... well, that's it. For some reason, if you throw your helmet onto a malfunctioning robot, it is put back to normal. What the HELL? I watched the ending five times, and I still don't understand WHY that happens? Why is he smiling? Why is the gravity back? What actually HAPPENED?

So, all-in-all, a pretty crappy film. However, the credits are good. That's about it.

So please DON'T visit the Brickfilms 'podcast' (ie YouTube account).


~John

Dane Cook gets goosed by a Pirate with a hook for a hand.

Life doesn't get much better than this: yet another Dane Cook movie. Did you know that for every one successful suicide attempt, there are 20 failed suicide attempts? So don't go about killing yourself too soon. Watch the movie first. Then consider the consequences.

This time, I bring you something new. Well, it's a Dane Cook movie from 0ldScratch . Yes, another one, but I've been pretty obsessed with SpastikChuwawa's films for a few days now. I seriously think that these films destroy the underlying purpose and point of Brickfilm-making... for all you budding Brickfilmers out there, please note that a good Brickfilm requires hard work and time put into the project.

Dane Cook gets squashed by a psychic Cephelapod

Trust me, you will die before I run out of these things. And I don't care how old you are, you will die.

Woah, surprise surprise - this Dane Cook Brickfilm has NEW CREDITS! Yay! Variation!
This is why evolution was so much better than boring old creation theories. Maybe Dane Cook movies should evolve and some could maybe become extinct by natural Dane Cook movie selection. I'll ring up Darwin. Dang, he's dead.

Dane Cook movie by SpastikChuwawa .

Dane Cook gets dashed against the rocks by a wise Indian chief

THIS BANDWAGON WILL NEVER END!!! MWA HA HA!!


No, seriously. There's so many of these ever-so-slightly-witty movies that I don't think I'll ever get through all of them, let alone make up so many descriptions of them. So, once again, SpastikChuwawa brings us another Dane Cook movie. In this delightful installment of the Dane Cook saga, Dane gets dashed against some rocks by a wise Indian chief. Woah, this is bound to win Oscars.

Dane Cook gets slapped by a hobo with a fish

If you thought I was gonna give up on the whole 'Dane Cook short movie' front, think again. There's loads more of these to come.

This short by SpastikChuwawa is a nice little witty movie if you have a minute or two to spare and you're already in a good mood, for this won't cheer you up out of a depression or depressed stupor. It's not that good. Pfft.

The many moods of Dane Cook

I will never give up on these things. Never in a kazillion years. Unless you pay me.

Self-proclaimed comedian Dane Cook has many moods, as shown in Oblong Picture's newest film. These really are light work. Or 'γW'. LOL, you just got science pwned.

Gears of Solace

This film was a joy to behold, the camera was perfectly still and clear, the voices fitted the characters and the movement was crisp. one bad thing was the complete and utter rubishness of the plot, mainly beacuse it didn't have one, this really let the film down. However, it was extremely funny, especially the last bit with the three kids. Overall, a funny movie with no plot.
Chris

Dane Cook gets purple nurpled by a ginger

It's not just 0ldScratch (or Oblong Pictures) that has jumped on the Dane Cook bandwagon. Our good friend SpastikChuwawa (maker of Ants, Tender Family Moments, and Poopoo bridge) has also joined the Dane Cook revolution with this short but sweet Brickfilm.

For those of you who don't get the title, it's an American term. Over here, in England, we call it a 'purple herman'. Whatever, just watch the video.

Dane Cook gets sicked up on by a possessed little girl

Many of you may know 0ldScratch (or 'Oblong Pictures') from his amazing films back in the hayday of Brickfilms.com, 'Out of Time', 'Rapunzel' and many more. Now he's back, after a long down-time in which he only made films for competitions.

His latest film is a decent show of his talent, following the Dane Cook bandwagon, from which I will be featuring many films in the coming weeks. One thing to look out for in this film is the quality of the building - he has excelled himself in that aspect, at least.

Bunnies

Apart from the really annoying titles and lack of story, this video is pretty good. It's smooth, and pretty funny. One thing though, those spring sounds are SO ANNOYINGLY LOUD! It was created by Olsonstudios and you can view it on YouTube by clicking her.



-Luke, editor

Star wars: Revenge of the Brick

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Lego Stargate

Hmm, it's been a while since we posted a Video post here. I gotta get some more people in to review this stuff...

Stand by to sit at your computer for the next 4 minutes 55 seconds in utter awe. This guy - some german fellow - will blow you away with this amazing recreation of Stargate in Lego. Wow.

The Elevator

"What the..." I think as I watch this film. This film has no point, no plot and absolutely no future. The wobbly camera makes it hard to watch, the shaky animation makes it look like it is made by an amateur, the strange music makes it even weirder and stupider than it already is. The person who made this should go dig himself a hole and stay in there, so to avoid the masses who will hunt him down and kill him and his Lego things. All in all a rubbish film with no plot, point or future. The director should stop making films now if all his films are like this.

Chris.