Comments on: Gettysburg in Lego

Gettysburg in Lego

marxchivist — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:02:54 -0800

The Battle of Gettysburg in Lego, done by 7th Graders: Day 1; Day 2; Day 3. [youtube links] Lots of blood and flying bodies. Complete with Matrix references. Soundtrack by The Eagles, Queen, and Richard Strauss. [via]

By: chillmost

chillmost — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:14:22 -0800

Awesome.

By: dubold

dubold — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:23:56 -0800

yeah, wow, that's pretty incredible. The voiceover is completely hilarious. Hope they get an A.

By: flapjax at midnite

flapjax at midnite — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:25:24 -0800

I've got a neighbor here in Tokyo who's a total Legos geek. He's gonna love this.

By: ibmcginty

ibmcginty — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:27:49 -0800

A little less elaborate: Star Wars Episode IV according to a 3-year-old. (Via).

By: designbot

designbot — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 06:54:22 -0800

This is the best thing ever.

By: OmieWise

OmieWise — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:01:33 -0800

This is just fabulous, and awesome in the literal sense! So many great things come together in this post. Thanks.

By: misha

misha — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:16:13 -0800

This is great! My 7th grader's teacher would love it.

By: pokermonk

pokermonk — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:31:03 -0800

Man, I remember being a 7th grader and making movies with soundtracks by Queen and the Eagles. Those have got to be the biggest selling Greatest Hits albums of all time. (Actually, yeah... that's not too far off.)

By: MrVisible

MrVisible — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 07:47:32 -0800

"They've retreated!" "That's basically a surrender." "That means we win!" This is all kinds of greatness. Wrapped up in awesome. Smothered in cool.

By: splatta

splatta — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:02:44 -0800

This kid's sense of timing, lighting and camera movement is pretty impressive for a 7th grader. Really enjoyable, especially the telegraph bit in part 3.

By: miss lynnster

miss lynnster — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 08:54:30 -0800

Okay, I loved that on various levels. First off, it rocked. But secondly, it makes me really want to dig into the box underneath my bed and pull out the old tape cassettes of my friends and I in third grade. In particular, I recall we made an AWESOME episode of Charlie's Angels (plus commercials) where the main plotline was that the Angels were sick of never getting to meet Charlie so they all piled into a polkadotted van and kidnapped him, only to discover that he was hideously ugly and toss him out of the van onto the freeway. Oh, but that's not all... we also had a secondary plotline where Bosley had over time become too insanely jealous of all of the attention the Angels were getting, so he got a sex change and dubbed himself Boselena. Yep, our screenplay worked on SO many levels. Well ok, so not as many levels as the freakin' Battle of Gettysburg. But whatever.

By: Alvy Ampersand

Alvy Ampersand — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:09:15 -0800

This made my day. Great post, and kudos to those kids!

By: kirkaracha

kirkaracha — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:16:35 -0800

Lego General Lee is a total badass.

By: tylermoody

tylermoody — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 09:58:47 -0800

easily the coolest thing I'll see all week.

By: LooseFilter

LooseFilter — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:32:19 -0800

Yeah, that was full of awesome. My favorite bit is about 0:45 into the third clip, when recently-shot-guy falls next to blown-up-and-dismembered guy and says "Hey Russell." Golden.

By: aftermarketradio

aftermarketradio — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:38:31 -0800

Yeah, that was full of awesome. My favorite bit is about 0:45 into the third clip, when recently-shot-guy falls next to blown-up-and-dismembered guy and says "Hey Russell." Golden. The greatest thing about about this part is that the dismembered guy fell into a pile a leaves, and his name was Russell. I wonder if the kids meant for this to be a subtle nod to the joke "What do you call an armless, legless man in a pile of leaves?" If so, I am so afraid of these geniuses.

By: marxchivist

marxchivist — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:45:22 -0800

Current Favorite Bit: Day 2, 0:24. Officer: "What a beautiful view." Soldier: "I hope you know there are people dying out there." Officer: "Well, if there wasn't a war going, it would be one great view." Also Day 2, 2:26. The guy flying by in the background. On preview: aftermarketradio, you got it. I was wondering why the guy fell in a pile of leaves. This gets better the more you watch it.

By: Hugonaut

Hugonaut — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 10:47:39 -0800

That was amazing. Packed with historical tidbits and Three Stooges comedy moments this was great. Those kids really like to say "fungus." And I never knew Pickett's swore so much. Comedic gold. Using Ballroom Blitz for the credits was so randomly perfect. Can anyone go wrong with stop motion Legos? I doubt it.

By: es_de_bah

es_de_bah — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:05:25 -0800

yeah, either these kids got some major help from mom or dad, or we're looking at the future brothers chap. shit, dude.

By: Hugonaut

Hugonaut — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:32:34 -0800

Thanks for that, ibmcginty. "The shiny guy always worries." He sure does.

By: Megafly

Megafly — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 11:49:34 -0800

I like the guy who gets killed...and then his hat gets shot off. A reversal of the scene from Saving Private Ryan.

By: chunking express

chunking express — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 16:10:17 -0800

General Reynolds! No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

By: lemuel

lemuel — Wed, 27 Feb 2008 20:51:25 -0800

one of the bloodiest battles in the history of warfare re-enacted by 7th graders.