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Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
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lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars
Date: 
Mon, 9 May 2005 02:40:03 GMT
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In lugnet.mediawatch, John Riley wrote:
> In lugnet.mediawatch, Kelly McKiernan wrote:
> > In lugnet.mediawatch, Paul Janssen wrote:
> > > I just watched a short Lego star wars movie on cartoon network, really funny!!!
> > > I hope it airs again soon so I can tape it. Both my kids enjoyed it, and we all
> > > wish it was longer...
> > 
> > Same here, we liked it a lot. My kids especially liked the ending. We've already
> > watched it 2-1/2 times (I love my Tivo).
> > 
> > Good animation, fun concepts. It really seems to take off from the concepts of
> > the LEGO Star Wars video game just released, hopefully it'll get more airplay in
> > different places, since it's a great publicity piece and just fun. I also saw a
> > name or two I recognized in the credits.
> > 
> > And I noticed one of the segment directors was "Mark Hamill" - coincidence? :)
> > 
> > - Kelly
> 
> I liked it, too, especially the animation during the credits.  I also liked that
> new ships were built; my main grievance about the comics in the instruction
> books is that they don't showcase the alternate models (they used to; the first
> Star Wars sets prominently showed off alternates).  The animators did a good job
> in this respect, creating new ships out of several sets.  That's what Lego is
> all about.

Exactly. That's why I also like the concept of the new LEGO SW video game, too.

> As for Mark Hamill, that is THE Mark Hamill.  There's a behind the scenes
> feature with him on the website:
> http://www.treehouseanimation.com/
> Here you can see the movie, download wallpapers, and some other stuff (I'm in
> the process of installing the proper plug-ins).

Coolness! I didn't go to the web site right away, and now it's "down for
maintenance" - wonder why they didn't realize the massive bandwidth it would be
consuming in the hours after the short was aired.

Thanks,
Kelly



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  Re: Lego Star Wars on Cartoon Network
 
(...) I liked it, too, especially the animation during the credits. I also liked that new ships were built; my main grievance about the comics in the instruction books is that they don't showcase the alternate models (they used to; the first Star (...) (21 years ago, 8-May-05, to lugnet.mediawatch, lugnet.starwars)

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