Holy LEGO Blocks, Batman!

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Posted by timothy on Sunday March 13, 2005 @06:59AM from the in-your-copious-free-time dept.

Decaffeinated Jedi writes "Students at the Digital Animation and Visual Effects (DAVE) School are working on a film that will bring everyone's favorite caped crusader to life through the magic of computer-generated LEGO blocks. 'Batman: New Times' features Adam West as the voice of Batman, Mark Hammil as the Joker, Dick Van Dyke as Commissioner Gordon, and Courtney Thorne-Smith as Catwoman. A rather impressive trailer is available now."

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was by Dr_Banzai · 2005-03-13 07:01 · Score: 5, Funny

correction: the trailer WAS available.
This is a by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-13 07:03 · Score: 2, Funny

Joke-r, right? It's a riddle-r to me why anyone who do this. Maybe it's just to demonstrate the penguin power of Linux.
Pow! Blam! Thwock! by Deep+Fried+Geekboy · 2005-03-13 07:14 · Score: 5, Funny

Holy slashdot effect, Batman!

Blam!

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Re:Wikipedia and Legos by yotto · 2005-03-13 07:17 · Score: 5, Funny

There's also one one Karma Whoring if anybody's curious to learn more.

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Lego? Batman? by flumps · 2005-03-13 07:18 · Score: 2, Funny

Joker: hahahah.. now we can see the face behind the mask of Batman!! ...

Robin: Holy bump on the head, Batman!

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Computer generated? by sdo1 · 2005-03-13 07:22 · Score: 4, Funny

through the magic of computer-generated LEGO blocks
Computer-generated?!?!? Hang on a second. That's CHEATING!
You're supposed to BUILD something (physical) with Lego's. Take a picture of it. REBUILD slightly. Repeat. String together pictures into movie.
Computer-generated LEGO's are for wusses!
-S

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Forget Lego... by ShawnDoc · 2005-03-13 07:26 · Score: 5, Funny

Forget Lego's, I want to see a Batman movie made using nothing but Eggo's! Delicious.
Re:White Stripes by glimmy · 2005-03-13 08:08 · Score: 3, Funny

Or see the http://www.rathergood.com/punk_kittens/ version with cats
Re:Doesn't say. How much? by STrinity · 2005-03-13 08:46 · Score: 3, Funny

uh, I kind of assume that they just ripped soundbites from the stars and put them in the movie.

WTFV. Unless Van Dyke's been in a movie where he references Batman and Joker in the same sentence, it's original voice work.

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Re:Not playable under Linux? by Anonymous Coward · 2005-03-13 13:55 · Score: 1, Funny

Shocking. A movie encoded with a proprietary Apple codec plays great in your proprietary Apple media player?
Any other dumbfoundingly obvious statements to make?
Re:Proofread please! by Bill+Hayden · 2005-03-13 15:13 · Score: 2, Funny

Well, now we know conclusively that hellfire is Mark Hamill. Some people can't help but blow their own cover...

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Blocky. by TLSPRWR · 2005-03-13 18:12 · Score: 2, Funny

Yea, the trailer's pretty good, but man, the graphics are so blocky!