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Re: The Brick Testament - David vs Saul
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Fri, 6 Jul 2007 18:30:33 GMT
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Hey Brendan,
Another great outing.
Pin the spear on the minstrel - I like the inset pillars on the wall of Saul’s
main hall. Also, the spear decoration is a nice idea, but I’m not 100% on the
execution. I wish the clips for the third and fifth spears were somehow in a
nicer arch with the other clips. I don’t have a good build solution to do so,
though. In 10-11 that’s a great solution to account for both whatever’s holding
the spears and also the holes in that tapestry piece and make them naturally
part of the scene. In 12, is there a specific identity for the guy standing
next to David who’s not just another soldier? He’s not in the next two scenes.
Unique wedding gifts - In the first scene I really like the front of that
building. What are those squares - the bases of jack stone pillars? Also the
wheel above the door is great - is that simply held by gravity? I do think
there are missed opportunities in this story for references to your homoerotic
reading of David and Jonathan - perhaps Jonathan should be hiding out watching
Michal watching David? In 18:22 I like the wall detail of having a gap with
studs above and below. Great floor patern as usual. A barrel overflowing with
bloody foreskins is gory in the manner we all want from the BT. In the wedding
scene, I love the flower garland. Threading those must have been a bear.
If at first you don’t succeed, kill kill again - Hmm, in 1-3 I don’t think that
lid is going to fit the barrel - won’t Saul be suspicious when he see’s David’s
fingers holding it up? :) The bridge, complete with Jar-jar head, is
outstanding. Is that head merely propped up there? I also like the micro
castle in the background - I’ll have to note that on microbricks. The scene of
lowering David out of the window is very effective, and using the teddybear as a
decoy is funny.
Do the hokey pokey - Hmm, I’m not a big fan of the teepee; it seems very out of
place, though once you’ve committed to teepees, the microscale versions are a
cute solution. In 24, the tall naked Saul is surprisingly effective.
BFF - More forays into the homoerotic reading of David and Jonathan. While I
understand that this is a potential reading of this relationship, and it fits in
with the less than reverent treatment in general, I do have to say that I don’t
like way that some will assume that any close male relationship must be so
(like, for instance, Jesus and John, or Frodo and Sam) (btw, I’m not saying that
you do this in general), especially in this case since David is sort of
aggressively heterosexual - multi wives, having Uriah killed because he was
lusting after Bathsheba, many children. Of course one could argue that this
simply says he was aggressively sexual and that he could have been bi, but this
was in a very anti-homosexual culture. Anyway, I’m sure others have discussed
the relationship of David and Jonathan to death, and I’m generally more
interested in the LEGO aspects. That said, the “running into the field” scene
is great and very romantic - maybe it could have used a few flowers in the
field. In general this whole story was very well shot. In 33 I particularly
like how the spear is suspended off-screen. In 35,41 I don’t think the kneeling
David works very well - at first I was confused as to what that was supposed to
be. In 41 there’s a nice subtle bending of David’s legs that is effective.
Hee hee, he said “nob” - The floor here is very nice. At first I thought it was
a headlight mosaic, but it’s just plain old studs-up tiles (hmm, maybe that’s an
oxymoron). Also the wall made of Jack Stone pillars is good. Doeg lurking in
the background is very effective. I assume we’ll see him again. I like the
all-yellow alcove set off from the gray room. In that alcove, what is the
groove in the wall about 6 bricks above the floor? For some reason I’m not a
fan of the cloth wrapped around the sword - it somehow seems “unLEGO”, even
though I assume that is official.
Looking forward to the next installments.
Bruce
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| (...) Thanks! (...) Those are the very same pillars seen in Saul's throne room. Modular building is fun. (...) Yeah, I tired out numerous configurations of elements to try to get a nice fan shape for the spears and that was the one that looked best, (...) (17 years ago, 7-Jul-07, to lugnet.build.ancient, FTX)
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