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."

Comments

was

[Dr_Banzai]

correction: the trailer WAS available.

Direct link to movie

[Anonymous Coward]

ftp://ftp.newtek.com/multimedia/movies/Batman_Net. mov

Legos?

[TomHandy]

It's odd, they keep mentioning LEGOs, but these are using the C3 Construction Blocks (they even have a banner link to them). I know "LEGO" as a term has probably gone the way of kleenex and xerox as brand names that are now used to refer to just about anything that is at all like them, but it seems like since they are actually utilizing a specific company's products and model kits here, they would not refer to them as LEGOs.

Re:Legos?

[slim]

"Lego" or "Lego Bricks": Not "Legos".
See the rec.toys.lego FAQ:

Dear Parents and Children
The word LEGO(R) is a brand name and is very special to all of us in the LEGO Group Companies. We would sincerely like your help in keeping it special. Please always refer to our bricks as 'LEGO Bricks or Toys' and not 'LEGOS.' By doing so, you will be helping to protect and preserve a brand of which we are very proud and that stands for quality the world over. Thank you!

Susan Williams
Consumer Services (Susan's name is a pseudonym for the service dptmt.)

Trailer Down Already?

[joel8x]

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?

White Stripes

[Savatte]

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.

Forget the trailer

[FatBobSmith]

The movie is already done and it's quite good.

http://www.daveschool.com/BATMAN/index.html

Pow! Blam! Thwock!

[Deep Fried Geekboy]

Holy slashdot effect, Batman!

Blam!

Re:Wikipedia and Legos

[yotto]

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

Proofread please!

[hellfire]

I personally hate when someone misspells my own name, especially when my name is right in front of their friggin nose. I also hate when slashdot doesn't even proofread their own articles, when the correct spelling of other people's names is right in front of them.

Mark Hamill people...Hamill!! It's right there on the front page of the link! Lazy lazy lazy... sheesh.

Computer generated?

[sdo1]

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

Doesn't say. How much?

[FreeLinux]

How much did it cost to produce this "little" student project?

3D computer graphics animation.
Professional sound and scoring.
Real life movie stars for voices.

All this stuff costs Disney millions of dollars for a 90 minute movie. How much did it cost for this little project?

Forget Lego...

[ShawnDoc]

Forget Lego's, I want to see a Batman movie made using nothing but Eggo's! Delicious.

BitTorrent link

[TheSHAD0W]

http://degreez.net/Batman_Net.mov.torrent