The Lego Movie: Everything is Awesome!

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Neo Rasa: Mar 8, 2007; Everyone should play DUKE games.

Athletic Footjob posted:

Can't stop picturing him doing cocaine in costume now.

"So, ever been with a gold plated dude before?"

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:02

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# ? May 29, 2024 18:39

Triskelli: Sep 27, 2011; I AM A SKELETON
WITH VERY HIGH
STANDARDS

Did we ever figure out if the Double Dare theme was actually in the movie?

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:05

Athletic Footjob: Sep 24, 2005; Grimey Drawer

Neo Rasa posted:

"So, ever been with a gold plated dude before?"

"Beep boop beep!" *snorts while projecting raining dollar bills*

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:20

PassTheRemote: Mar 15, 2007; Number 6 holds The Village record in Duck Hunt.

The first one to kill wins.

Triskelli posted:

Did we ever figure out if the Double Dare theme was actually in the movie?

For a few seconds, yes

# ? Mar 13, 2014 01:31

CommanderApaul: Aug 30, 2003; It's amazing their hands can support such awesome.

It was the "10 Seconds Later" in between the Think Tank and the TV Studio, right?

My 6yo has been repeating "I'm here to see.... your butt!" and "Honey, where are my paaaaaaaannnnnnts?" for the last month, and he finally had a good week at home with mom AND stayed dry overnight all week, so I took him to see it again yesterday afternoon. Being free to pay attention to background stuff made the movie even better, I can't wait for this to be out on bluray.

On a negative note, every store I went to yesterday and today is completely out of movie lego sets. We have the motorcycle/SWAT chase set, but I really want a MetalBeard for my desk at work and want to get my son the Bad Cop set with the Copodiles. I've never seen sets sell out like that other than Christmas time. The LEGO Group has to be making some serious bank.

# ? Mar 16, 2014 18:00

Ensign_Ricky: Jan 4, 2008; Daddy Warlord
of the
Children of the Corn

_{or something...}

CommanderApaul posted:

It was the "10 Seconds Later" in between the Think Tank and the TV Studio, right?

My 6yo has been repeating "I'm here to see.... your butt!" and "Honey, where are my paaaaaaaannnnnnts?" for the last month

Thank god it's happening to other parents and not just me.

# ? Mar 16, 2014 18:08

RodShaft: Jul 31, 2003; Like an evil horny Santa Claus.

Ensign_Ricky posted:

Thank god it's happening to other parents and not just me.

My wife has to put up with it and she didn't even see the movie.

# ? Mar 16, 2014 18:46

CommanderApaul: Aug 30, 2003; It's amazing their hands can support such awesome.

Ensign_Ricky posted:

Thank god it's happening to other parents and not just me.

If my 2-yo starts mimicking him, I think my wife will kill me.

# ? Mar 16, 2014 20:49

Captain Invictus: Apr 5, 2005; Try reading some manga!; Clever Betty

If you're in the Nashua New Hampshire area, the Toys R Us there has a bunch of the Ice Cream Truck, Garbage Truck, and Bike Chase movie sets still in stock.

# ? Mar 16, 2014 22:28

Neurion: Jun 3, 2013; The musical fruit
The more you eat
The more you hoot

Captain Invictus posted:

If you're in the Nashua New Hampshire area, the Toys R Us there has a bunch of the Ice Cream Truck, Garbage Truck, and Bike Chase movie sets still in stock.

Likewise if you're a bit further south in the Natick, Massachusetts area, the Lego store at the mall still has bunches of Ice Cream Truck, Super Cycle Chase, Lord Business' Evil Lair, MetalBeard's Duel, and I think Castle Cavalry.

# ? Mar 17, 2014 00:37

asecondduck: Feb 18, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

Neurion posted:

Likewise if you're a bit further south in the Natick, Massachusetts area, the Lego store at the mall still has bunches of Ice Cream Truck, Super Cycle Chase, Lord Business' Evil Lair, MetalBeard's Duel, and I think Castle Cavalry.

Thanks for the tipoff, I'm probably gonna pick up Super Cycle Chase.

# ? Mar 17, 2014 00:53

CommanderApaul: Aug 30, 2003; It's amazing their hands can support such awesome.

lelandjs posted:

Thanks for the tipoff, I'm probably gonna pick up Super Cycle Chase.

I have this set, and it is as awesome as it looks. The motorcycle is lots of teeny tiny pieces and feels like playing with a movie prop. Everything else I'm just gonna order from LEGO direct.

# ? Mar 17, 2014 01:10

Maxwell Lord: Dec 12, 2008; I am drowning.
There is no sign of land.
You are coming down with me, hand in unlovable hand.

And I hope you die.

I hope we both die.; Grimey Drawer

I haven't bought any of the movie sets, but I did end up buying a Galaxy Patrol thingy so I could get started building spaceships.

And after tweaking the design I started thinking "this could really use more bricks." It's downright sneaky.

# ? Mar 17, 2014 01:29

Oracle: Oct 9, 2004

Barnes & Noble of all places had quite a few of the cheaper movie sets when I was there this Saturday. All of the minifig blind bags were long gone, of course.

# ? Mar 17, 2014 03:41

LARGE THE HEAD: Sep 1, 2009; "Competitive greatness is when you play your best against the best."

"Learn as if you were to live forever; live as if you were to die tomorrow."

--John Wooden

re: Emmet moving during the live-action Will Ferrell shot, I took that to be an allegory for how prone Legos are to disappearing, even when they appear to be right there in front of you, because the pieces are so small. That's why Will Ferrell didn't necessarily reach down and pick Emmet up despite there being no way he would've gone very far.

Bongo Bill posted:

The thing about modern society is that it doesn't make much difference whether the idea that a film encourages its audience to spend their money on is specifically named in the process. Of course this movie is a commercial: the challenge is to find one that isn't.

With that in mind, The Lego Movie was very good, funny, positive, smart, etc.

The final message is not that individuality is necessarily preferable to conformity, though it's true that's what it seems to say at first. Rather, the message is that neither is superior. It's a strong argument that capitalism doesn't have to be the bad guy. One leaves the theater keenly aware that the film is saying that if neither the Master Builders nor Lord Business are wrong about the right way to play, then the only wrong way to play is not to. Or, in other words, it is wrong not to play. "Buy all our playsets and toys!" indeed. This is the obvious part.

What's not so obvious is that it also questions the value of a social order based on consumption. It's a shell game within a shell game: seeing through the false dilemma between conformity and individualism only reveals the true dilemma between the perpetuation and cessation of that order. Obviously, the film comes out strongly in favor of perpetuation; it takes place in a world literally made of bricks, and if there were no building with bricks, there would be nothing.

What's smart about this movie is that in revealing the shell game (i.e. it teaches you that "Conformity vs Individualism" is a trick question), it also equips the audience to question and even reject its very compellingly delivered deeper thesis. Emmet rejecting Lord Business' assertion that you must follow instructions is Emmet rejecting The Lego Group's assertion that you must buy Legos, and by extension it is also Emmet rejecting society's assertion that you must participate in capitalism. Emmet saying that Lord Business doesn't have to be the bad guy is Emmet saying that there is no moral imperative not to buy Legos just because The Lego Group spends all that money to make you think you want to buy Legos. It is Emmet saying that capitalism does not need to be smashed.

Well, of course the film would write him as saying that, as the film is capitalism. It's not a fair or balanced message; the system wants to live. But the point is: all of this is in the film. This is a movie that presents strong, clear ideas about how to think about modern society. Like the instructions in a Lego set that teach you how the pieces fit together so you can build something else, you can tear this movie apart and use its rhetorical components to construct an alternative worldview. And like Legos, those components are of high quality.

Great points, all.

# ? Mar 17, 2014 07:57

nerdbot: Mar 16, 2012

Finally saw it today. I was really impressed with how they balanced out cute Lego jokes, tons of fanservicey nods (I HAD that Shaq set, man. That EXISTED), good standalone humor, and a genuine, real-rear end plot. I was a big Lego nerd as a kid but I would've loved this film without that emotional attachment to the toys, I think. But I mean, being able to go "I HAD THAT DRACULA FIGURE" and "I HAD THAT SHAQ FIGURE" helped.

If I were to complain about anything, it's that the movie goes at a mile a minute, and it causes a few scenes to just lack breathing room and the scenes that do slow down feel a little jarring, almost. I feel like the movie coulda been better with even just one more minute.

# ? Mar 18, 2014 01:05

demota: Aug 12, 2003; I could read between the lines. They wanted to see the alien.

A friend pointed out that Vitruvius has a beard, a tie-dyed shirt, jeans, and sandals. He isn't a wizard. He's a hippie. He just looks like a wizard to Finn.

# ? Mar 18, 2014 02:04

Adeline Weishaupt: Oct 16, 2013; by Lowtax

Even better is that he doesn't even have that in the first scene, he just looks like a normal wizard; it's just that he let himself go after years of hiding.

# ? Mar 18, 2014 02:43

Chibs: Jun 28, 2004; bring it back

demota posted:

A friend pointed out that Vitruvius has a beard, a tie-dyed shirt, jeans, and sandals. He isn't a wizard. He's a hippie. He just looks like a wizard to Finn.

I think he had wizard garb and an actual staff in the intro, only to lose it after the rise of Lord Business (and probably to a vacuum cleaner or gap in the floor).

E: oops, time stamps

# ? Mar 18, 2014 03:35

Ensign_Ricky: Jan 4, 2008; Daddy Warlord
of the
Children of the Corn

_{or something...}

So it looks like Lord and Miller are in talks for a major franchise.

# ? Mar 20, 2014 17:57

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Oh poo poo.

# ? Mar 20, 2014 18:02

Macaluso: Sep 23, 2005; I HATE THAT HEDGEHOG, BROTHER!

No loving way. Yessss

# ? Mar 20, 2014 18:12

DivisionPost: Jun 28, 2006; Nobody likes you.
Everybody hates you.
You're gonna lose.

Smile, you fuck.

Ghostbusters 3 is loving VALIDATED if they sign up. Good Lord.

# ? Mar 20, 2014 18:18

Adeline Weishaupt: Oct 16, 2013; by Lowtax

I have no doubts that L&M could make a funny film about bustin' ghosts; I do have some reservations about it being particularly true to the spirit of the franchise. Though they shouldn't try to recreate that lightning in a bottle, the various talents that were involved are in equally varied state's of retirement, mortality, and some just aren't as good as they used to.

Lord and Miller's talents lie greatest when they have external ideas that they can play with. Clone High played with the tropes of high-school dramas, sitcoms, and historical figures. The Lego Movie played with audience expectations and the nature of licensed characters. 21 Jump Street took a rediculous concept, lampshaded it, and wrapped it around a plot of reliving your youth.

I have no doubt that they could make a funny film about bustin' ghosts; but I have no illusions about it being a Ghostbusters film, and that's what makes me excited.

# ? Mar 20, 2014 20:00

Crappy Jack: Nov 21, 2005; We got some serious shit to discuss.

I could see them doing something where we follow a new group of Ghostbusters operating in LA, and everybody is constantly giving them crap for not living up to the old guys, while at the same time calling them derivative. "Why can't you be more like them? Those guys are really good. You remember that time they fought a giant marshmallow? That was crazy. You new guys suck. Oh, wow, you're living in a firehouse? How frickin' original, you guys are trying too hard."

# ? Mar 20, 2014 20:13

Lobok: Jul 13, 2006; Say Watt?

umalt posted:

I have no doubts that L&M could make a funny film about bustin' ghosts; I do have some reservations about it being particularly true to the spirit of the franchise. Though they shouldn't try to recreate that lightning in a bottle, the various talents that were involved are in equally varied state's of retirement, mortality, and some just aren't as good as they used to.

Lord and Miller's talents lie greatest when they have external ideas that they can play with. Clone High played with the tropes of high-school dramas, sitcoms, and historical figures. The Lego Movie played with audience expectations and the nature of licensed characters. 21 Jump Street took a rediculous concept, lampshaded it, and wrapped it around a plot of reliving your youth.

I have no doubt that they could make a funny film about bustin' ghosts; but I have no illusions about it being a Ghostbusters film, and that's what makes me excited.

Out of all those it's been 21 Jump Street that seems to offer the most hope. Taking an old franchise and reviving it decades later allows them to say all sorts of stuff about remakes and the 80s and actors passing torches. Plus the Ghostbusters movies have so much to mine in terms of death, the supernatural, science, celebrity culture, New York, civil rights, small business, and much more.

For every reason you should have been excited for 21 Jump Street based on Clone High I feel you can say the same about Jump Street and Ghostbusters.

# ? Mar 21, 2014 03:59

asecondduck: Feb 18, 2011; by Nyc_Tattoo

Ensign_Ricky posted:

So it looks like Lord and Miller are in talks for a major franchise.

You want to make a film based on an existing property that seems impossible to adapt. Who you gonna call?

# ? Mar 21, 2014 05:14

got any sevens: Feb 9, 2013; by Cyrano4747

lelandjs posted:

You want to make a film based on an existing property that seems impossible to adapt. Who you gonna call?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kSpvtwt-4HU

It's just...perfect.

# ? Mar 23, 2014 08:27

wafflemoose: Apr 10, 2009

Loved the movie. Benny is my favorite character, 80s Space Lego ruled and they should bring it back.

# ? Mar 23, 2014 16:49

CommanderApaul: Aug 30, 2003; It's amazing their hands can support such awesome.

Starhawk64 posted:

Loved the movie. Benny is my favorite character, 80s Space Lego ruled and they should bring it back.

Then I have some good news for you: Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!

# ? Mar 23, 2014 23:29

Yvonmukluk: Oct 10, 2012; Everything is Sinister

Ensign_Ricky posted:

So it looks like Lord and Miller are in talks for a major franchise.

Oddly appropriate, since Lego Ghostbusters is a thing that's happening.

# ? Mar 23, 2014 23:44

Ensign_Ricky: Jan 4, 2008; Daddy Warlord
of the
Children of the Corn

_{or something...}

CommanderApaul posted:

Then I have some good news for you: Benny's Spaceship, Spaceship, SPACESHIP!

Also, over on TeeFury, Benny Stardust is a thing.

# ? Mar 24, 2014 00:22

Intel&Sebastian: Oct 20, 2002; colonel...
i'm trying to sneak around
but i'm dummy thicc
and the clap of my ass cheeks
keeps alerting the guards!

side one, track one - five years (and up)

# ? Mar 24, 2014 21:20

Waffleman_: Jan 20, 2011; I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna I don't wanna!!!

Have all of the rules of the sea.

# ? Mar 24, 2014 22:31

Lord Twisted: Apr 3, 2010; In the Emperor's name, let none survive.

For me, best laugh was Dumbledore and Gandalf.

'but... But... '
' You're a butt. '
*staff high five'

# ? Apr 4, 2014 20:40

Athletic Footjob: Sep 24, 2005; Grimey Drawer

Lord Twisted posted:

For me, best laugh was Dumbledore and Gandalf.

'but... But... '
' You're a butt. '
*staff high five'

Me too! Nothing funnier than like two of the most powerful wizards enjoying a butt joke.

# ? Apr 4, 2014 21:02

IUG: Jul 14, 2007

Why is there no release date for this yet (at least on Amazon where I checked)? I excepted to see all the retailers falling over themselves to have the most ridiculous elaborate disk case, made from Lego?

_{_{And then I buy the cheapo bluray only release. Maybe the two disk if it has lots of special features.}}

# ? Apr 4, 2014 23:53

algebra testes: Mar 5, 2011; Lipstick Apathy

IUG posted:

Why is there no release date for this yet (at least on Amazon where I checked)? I excepted to see all the retailers falling over themselves to have the most ridiculous elaborate disk case, made from Lego?

_{_{And then I buy the cheapo bluray only release. Maybe the two disk if it has lots of special features.}}

It only just opened in Australia. I guess they want it to have a full run everywhere first.

# ? Apr 5, 2014 15:55

Timby: Dec 23, 2006; Your mother!

LordPants posted:

It only just opened in Australia. I guess they want it to have a full run everywhere first.

Heck, it's still in first-run theaters (at least in Wisconsin), and it only came out two months ago in the U.S. I'd expect home video sometime in June or July.

# ? Apr 5, 2014 16:07

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# ? May 29, 2024 18:39

computer parts: Nov 18, 2010; PLEASE CLAP

Timby posted:

Heck, it's still in first-run theaters (at least in Wisconsin), and it only came out two months ago in the U.S. I'd expect home video sometime in June or July.

Yeah, it took about 4 months for Frozen to come out on Blu-Ray so I'd expect something similar here.

# ? Apr 5, 2014 16:29

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