lol username Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Vitruvius, as he appears in the prologue, will be the exclusive minifigure for the special DVD Blu-Ray whatever thingy, apparently: http://brickset.com/article/10555/the-lego-movie-blu-ray-to-include-vitruvius-minifig STUDZ, emily and BerixMaster2010 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted March 20, 2014 Author Share Posted March 20, 2014 He is coming. Hold on to your butts. aidenpons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jimbob Posted March 20, 2014 Share Posted March 20, 2014 Millions of people will be picking up the box and reading the titles in Morgan Freeman's voice. Seaborgium 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted August 24, 2014 Author Share Posted August 24, 2014 Concept art for Vitruvius and Wyldstyle on this blog. I like the worn out face alternative for Vitruvius' blindness, but his glowy orb eyes add a lot of character that I wouldn't want taken away. lol username 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=By5hkB65Xkg In case you missed the first one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOQxxNYSHR0 Both of them were done by Brotherhood Workshop. aidenpons 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Posting this screencap ProfessorBrickkeeper nabbed so that it isn't lost buried in the gallery. Thanks, I totally missed this. If you could get a clear screen of the Thunder screaming his head off as he flees the golf ball, too, that would be awesome. I tried myself but kept getting stuck with a blur slightly but noticeably obscuring his face. ProfessorBrickkeeper and Quisoves Potoo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 It's from The Emmet Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQwDUzqIq5I emily 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorBrickkeeper Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Going back through all my screenshots of Johnny Thunder from TLM (Uploaded to a gallery here), I came across yet another example of the antics of the Thunder which I missed the first time going over my images. Oh, by the way, could somebody with proper permissions please move ?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent> to ?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent> Quisoves Potoo and emily 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Quite a lot of images there... All somewhat non-standard expressions. Here's one I snapped for Brickipedia earlier today that's a bit more of a normal face. It's only a single frame or so, after Ma and Pa cop hug Good/Bad Cop, so I'm not surprised it went unnoticed. emily and Quisoves Potoo 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben24x7 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Sorry, this is a useless post, I thought people were saying the Johnney Thunder scenes were all from the Lego Movie which confused me. Fudge.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 When does that image appear? Does it only appear on a certain copy of TLM?Look three posts up from your own. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted September 11, 2014 Author Share Posted September 11, 2014 Oh, thanks for pointing that out! I hadn't been paying attention to the Emmet Awards at all. Johnny and the Zookeeper definitely seem to be there as a couple, they usually glance at each other to share their reaction to whatever antics are going down, most importantly in the instance when they hold hands as they describe the premise of the Ma and Pa Cop award and how it is about showing your love for family. This actually works out really well, coincidence or no; the Zookeepers bio indicates she looked after the dinos the adventurers brought back from Dino Island, giving a neat premise as to how the two met. And of course he flirts with the girl standing on the other side of him. Stay classy, Johnny. ProfessorBrickkeeper 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben24x7 Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Why do I feel that sometime soon someone will send a message to Lego saying "Now, give Johnny a voice"? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProfessorBrickkeeper Posted September 11, 2014 Share Posted September 11, 2014 Why do I feel that sometime soon someone will send a message to Lego saying "Now, give Johnny a voice"?Actually, (and I believe this was mentioned earlier in this topic) the animation co-director/supervisor on TLM, Chris McKay, was signed onto The LEGO Movie sequel as director when the sequel was announced. In an interview around the time of the TLM premiere, McKay actually talked about a few characters he wanted to either make cameos in TLM2 or characters he wanted to have as more important characters. When he said this, he specifically said that "I’d love to resurrect Johnny Thunder!â€. With ideas like that, I think TLM is in good hands. (But alas, no mention of the Infomaniac! ) Oh, and the interview is here: http://www.moviefanatic.com/2014/02/the-lego-movie-exclusive-what-characters-for-sequel/ Ben24x7, Quisoves Potoo and aidenpons 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted September 29, 2014 Author Share Posted September 29, 2014 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e4hXFl2ICVI&list=UUp_mZttcKNIcUBVdi0wTdIA Set 70818: The set that comes with waffle, alternate-construction Unikitty, Benny, happy-faced Lord Business, one of the film's most iconic props and GHOST VITRUVIUS. All for $20.00. And Emmet's car is there too because, hey, why not? Can you tell I'm excited? Because I'm excited. lol username, ProfessorBrickkeeper, aidenpons and 2 others 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben24x7 Posted September 29, 2014 Share Posted September 29, 2014 Excited? Yes. Hyped? No. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted October 10, 2014 Author Share Posted October 10, 2014 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lego-batman-spinoff-movie-works-738631 eeehhhhh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 I have more faith in the Ninjago (and now Batman) movies than The LEGO Movie 2. Obviously, The LEGO Movie came out pretty darn well. I'm uneasy about a sequel attempting to top it, or even live up to it - the original movie's big reveal is, well, revealed, and its message told. What could a sequel do that isn't just more of the same superficial content, without the real meat of the first movie? Good animation, maybe some fun writing... But what story is there to tell that wouldn't come across as some sort of awkward footnote? It'd need to take some other angle. The Ninjago and Batman movies (hopefully) are setting out to do different things. If the Ninjago movie's teaser is any indication of the final product (and I hope it is), it's a very self-aware movie that pokes fun at its source material without mercy. And if the Batman movie ends up doing the same sort of thing with the DC universe (or perhaps beyond the DC universe)... I think I might enjoy that, at least once or twice... I'm not trying to predict the future - we don't know what these movies will ultimately end up being. In the long term, what I'm afraid of happening is LEGO movies falling into the same trap as TT games: Start out with a solid product, iterate on it and try different things, become some sort of staple, and eventually just end up milking the series with filler/gimmicks once the ideas on how to evolve and improve on the core gameplay/movie equivalent of gameplay have run dry. Time will tell. McJobless, Quisoves Potoo, aidenpons and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
le717 Posted October 10, 2014 Share Posted October 10, 2014 http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/heat-vision/lego-batman-spinoff-movie-works-738631 [citation needed], because they do not do so much as say something like "insider sources tell us...". Not saying it is not true, but if you >check the history... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted October 11, 2014 Author Share Posted October 11, 2014 I have more faith in the Ninjago (and now Batman) movies than The LEGO Movie 2. Obviously, The LEGO Movie came out pretty darn well. I'm uneasy about a sequel attempting to top it, or even live up to it - the original movie's big reveal is, well, revealed, and its message told. What could a sequel do that isn't just more of the same superficial content, without the real meat of the first movie? Good animation, maybe some fun writing... But what story is there to tell that wouldn't come across as some sort of awkward footnote? It'd need to take some other angle. The Ninjago and Batman movies (hopefully) are setting out to do different things. If the Ninjago movie's teaser is any indication of the final product (and I hope it is), it's a very self-aware movie that pokes fun at its source material without mercy. And if the Batman movie ends up doing the same sort of thing with the DC universe (or perhaps beyond the DC universe)... I think I might enjoy that, at least once or twice... I'm not trying to predict the future - we don't know what these movies will ultimately end up being. In the long term, what I'm afraid of happening is LEGO movies falling into the same trap as TT games: Start out with a solid product, iterate on it and try different things, become some sort of staple, and eventually just end up milking the series with filler/gimmicks once the ideas on how to evolve and improve on the core gameplay/movie equivalent of gameplay have run dry. Time will tell. Fair enough. I guess I'm looking at it from a different perspective. As someone else put it, "The one thing I thought this version of Batman didn't need was backstory." Obviously the focus of this spinoff won't necessarily be Batman's origin, but the underlying thought process holds true for me. Batman, as a character in the LEGO movie, is an element that contributes to the creative piece that is the whole of the film. He's a great character; he's funny, he is a great foil to Emmet, he's a tribute to a pillar of popular culture. But he is all of those things in order to contribute to the greater picture - the film isn't about Batman, it's about father-son relationships. Batmans is one of many pieces that builds up the narrative around that core. A Batman spin-off isolates him from the rest of the equation and puts him in the spotlight. It sounds nice at first glance (who doesn't want to see more wacky Batman antics?), but when the soul of the film is "it's about Batman, who is the funny person because reasons," it robs it of a lot of potential to emotionally connect with the audience. It might be a fun romp, maybe we'll get a good parody of DC comics out of it, but I can't think of a spin off in existence that maintains the emotional core of the source material (though I would love for this film to buck the trend). As far as TLM 2, I have more faith in it because I believe that they will be able to do something different. There are ways to create a sequel that stays true thematically but still does new things - the relationship between father and son is ripe with topics and angles from which to pick, and a new story could potentially grow out of that. That's not to say I'm entirely confident that the writers will actually accomplish this - but it's nice to hope. As for the Ninjago film, I'm cautiously optimistic, but at this point we know so very little about how the film will be approached that I don't want to judge it in any regard. I agree that we're definitely in for a treat if it follows the style of the teaser, though. Jimbob 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lol username Posted October 11, 2014 Share Posted October 11, 2014 It might be a fun romp, maybe we'll get a good parody of DC comics out of it, but I can't think of a spin off in existence that maintains the emotional core of the source material And I wouldn't want it to. We've got The LEGO Movie already, and a sequel to that on the way. If any movie should attempt to be The LEGO Movie 2, it should be The LEGO Movie 2. This is a movie about LEGO Batman. I'm hoping they treat it as such, giving us something appropriately fun, and leaving the role of "successor of The LEGO Movie" to the actual successor of The LEGO Movie. Quisoves Potoo, aidenpons, Seaborgium and 1 other 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
emily Posted October 12, 2014 Author Share Posted October 12, 2014 And I wouldn't want it to. We've got The LEGO Movie already, and a sequel to that on the way. If any movie should attempt to be The LEGO Movie 2, it should be The LEGO Movie 2. This is a movie about LEGO Batman. I'm hoping they treat it as such, giving us something appropriately fun, and leaving the role of "successor of The LEGO Movie" to the actual successor of The LEGO Movie. I see what you're saying. I guess that what a movie about LEGO Batman represents to me isn't what I think I personally want to see come from the franchise. But then, this is coming from the person who was sure that the original LEGO Movie and the relaunch of BIONICLE would be completely unworth his time. I should probably be a little more open-minded, but it can be quite tempting at times to indulge in cynicism. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PlatonicWaffles Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 The Vitruvius figure that came with the limited editions in most regions is apparently being packaged with rereleases of the film in time for Christmas in the UK. Is it me, or is it too little too late? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ben24x7 Posted November 4, 2014 Share Posted November 4, 2014 Well, the time it took for the DVD to release was half a year... ...So, yeah, I guess it is way too late for these rereleases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rock Monster Posted November 6, 2014 Share Posted November 6, 2014 Personally, I thought that the film was rather good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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