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Holy LEGO Blocks, Batman!
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."
correction: the trailer WAS available.
Holy slashdot effect, Batman!
Blam!
I'm not wrong. You haven't thought about it hard enough.
There's also one one Karma Whoring if anybody's curious to learn more.
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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
--- What parts of "shall make no law", "shall not be infringed", and "shall not be violated" don't you understand?
Forget Lego's, I want to see a Batman movie made using nothing but Eggo's! Delicious.
Or see the http://www.rathergood.com/punk_kittens/ version with cats
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.
Les Miserables Volume 1 now up with my reading of