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Holy LEGO Blocks, Batman!

Posted by timothy on 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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  1. Trailer Down Already? by joel8x · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I can get the page to load, but the movie itself times out. Man that was quick. How many posts of "Make sure there is a mirror before putting a story on the front page" will it take before the editors get it?

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    1. Re:Trailer Down Already? by joel8x · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Fine and dandy, but WTF is the point of posting a story that is soley based around a media file that no one can see before even a single comment is posted? It seems like an interesting concept and its too bad no slashdot readers can see it today.

      If this happens as often as it does and and enough people complain about it, than maybe the process will change, regardless of what the FAQ states.

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  2. White Stripes by Savatte · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Check out the Fell In Love With A Girl video by The White Stripes. Pretty much the same idea, but guaranteed to have better music than this Batman project.

  3. Re:Legos? by Renaissance+2K · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, if you heard the movie was made with C3 Construction Blocks, would you be as intrigued as if you heard LEGOS? Honestly, to the average joe, C3 Construction Blocks could be little slaps of pressure treated wood that they use in designing models. As usual, it's all marketing.

  4. Computer generated lego blocks?! by Zangief · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Why not some old REAL lego blocks?

  5. Re:Legos? by truedfx · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Well, if you heard the movie was made with C3 Construction Blocks, would you be as intrigued as if you heard LEGOS?

    No. Can you now guess why it'd be nice to know about that in advance?

  6. Re:Forget the trailer by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Hamill did the voice of the Joker in the animated series, that's why he was casted.

    As for Adam West, well, you can't have Batman unless you have Adam West. That's just the rule.

  7. Re:Legos! Legos! Legos! by KaptajnKold · · Score: 3, Insightful

    Originally, Lego = Lek Godt. That's Norwegian, directly translated "Play Well".

    Actually LEGO is a danish acronym for "Leg godt". Which means the same thing. It's bad enough that the norwegian usurpers have stolen our North Sea oil. But they won't get away with stealing our beloved LEGO! As a dane a can only take so much from a former colony of ours.