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"2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
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lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad
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Mon, 1 Jan 2001 11:26:37 GMT
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Hi all,

It is my very great pleasure to announce that my newest movie, "2001: A Lego
Odyssey" is now playing at a website near you! It's been a labor of love, and
one of the reasons I got a digital camcorder in the first place. Of course it's
a homage to "2001: A Space Odyssey" (how timely!), and if you liked that movie,
you won't want to miss this one! It'll make you laugh, it'll make you cry,
it'll make you say "what the heck is that supposed to mean", just like you did
in Stanley Kubrick's original movie!

If interested, please visit

http://eksl.cs.umass.edu/~atkin/movies/

and download a version appropriate to your connection speed. It's a four minute
movie, so the files are *very* large, but well worth it in my honest opinion.
:) Make sure the sound is turned up!

Have a very Happy New Year!
-- Marc Atkin

P.S. Sorry for the large crosspost - the movie contains parts relevant to all
these groups - you'll see...



Message has 20 Replies:
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Uh.....wow. Yeah that's definately some very nice work....in fact it kinda makes me want to watch the real famed film that I have yet to see for real. Sweetness sound and stuff. And the "LDRAW-flying through space with the bricks on either side" (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
THAT WAS EXCELLENT! Any plans for "2010: Odyssey Two" when that year arrives????? Adrian "Marc Atkin" <atkin@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message news:G6HEGD.8M2@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) and (...) it's (...) movie, (...) did (...) minute (...) (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Marc, That was fantastic! Great work. To anyone thinking about downloading it: It IS worth the wait. J- "Marc Atkin" <atkin@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message news:G6HEGD.8M2@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) and (...) it's (...) movie, (...) did (...) (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
WOW! That is really amazing. Excellent job! I love the ending, so true to KuBRICK's own vision! ;-) (...) it's (...) movie, (...) minute (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Mark, FANTASTIC work. That was a work of art, my friend, and a great homage to Kubrick. Great use of the original score, including the "buzzing voices" you used for the obelisk. :) I also loved the evolution of the different bricks though the years. (...) (24 years ago, 1-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
That was great! After watching it about 3 1/2 times it keeps getting better. By far the best part was when the guy in "LEGO Today" saw his brick and it was a burp and he frowned! That was great! Awesome movie! --Kyle LUGNUT# 791! (URL) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
(...) <snip> That is the coolest thing I have seen in a long long long time. The BURP is excellent. ~Mark "Muffin Head" Sandlin (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
I loved it, but my 6yr old didn't get it. At first anyway. He watched it again and thinks it's the best of the 5 Lego films I showed him. BRAVO!!! (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
My two little boys and I loved it! They kept saying "Again!" We must have watched it 5 or 6 times. -Chuck (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
(...) Please tell me! What equipment/software did you use? Darrell King darrellk@pixelmonkey.net (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
(...) Oh my dear sweet lord in heaven, that is one of the coolest things I have ever seen in LEGO. One of the top 3 or 5, certainly. eric (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
I don't mean to assume, but I'm interested in how you did this. Judging by the QT format is it safe to say you used some type of digital video camera (like the every day Hi8 / Digital8 Cameras) and transferred it over firewire to something like (...) (24 years ago, 2-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Impressive! Royce (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Real monolith
 
Surely by now, you've seen this? (URL) J. Sayatovic mailto:trin@1.net (replace '1' with 'one') "Marc Atkin" <atkin@cs.umass.edu> wrote in message news:G6HEGD.8M2@lugnet.com... (...) Lego (...) and (...) it's (...) movie, (...) did (...) minute (...) (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
(...) Yes indeed! Very cool work, especially the psychedelic cascade of bricks! In other news: (URL) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Wow!.. It took forever to download (56k modem, slow connection, 2k/sec mostly) but worth well. It is very nicely done..:-) Selçuk (...) (24 years ago, 3-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
(...) To make the 17th reply, YOUR MOVIE IS AWESOME! I haven't had a chance to see the original yet (although I have read the book), but your expert use of a camera, and the plotline, made it beyond words. Of course, some people cannot appreciate (...) (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
(...) Wow, this is amazing, worth the time it took me to find a player that would understand it (Windows media player and Real Player 7 did not, Quicktime did.). George (24 years ago, 4-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation, lugnet.general, lugnet.year.2001, lugnet.build, lugnet.space, lugnet.town, lugnet.cad.mlcad)
  Re: "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!
 
Wow! Marc, that was absolutely fantastic. I showed it around and work, and people loved it. Utterly brilliant. But, I have a question - what exactly is in the silhouette picture that pops up during the monolith sequence? I thought that the point of (...) (24 years ago, 12-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation)
  File sizes drastically reduced (was "2001: A Lego Odyssey" - A New Lego Movie!)
 
For your information: Thanks to a tip from Marc Leidy ((URL) I was able to reduce the file sizes of the movie by a factor of about three or four. The smallest version is now only 6.2 MB and is at 320 x 240 resolution. So you might be able to see (...) (24 years ago, 17-Jan-01, to lugnet.animation)

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