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First full trailer! That princesses scene is pretty neat. Seeing them all together, poking fun at their own tropes, and being rendered in the Frozen/Tangled CG style is great. However, I'm not really sold on this movie yet. We have yet to see a shred of actual plot, so right now it just seems like the movie is just shoving as many pop culture references in our faces as possible, and this trailer feels more like a giant ad for Oh My Disney than anything else.

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Don't you mean bouncing corpse? LOL I think it looks cute. Unoriginal, just like most things that Disney is putting out these days, but cute. Ah, excellent news. I was worried what was going to happen after Gigantic got cancelled. This actually sounds pretty awesome and more intriguing than Gigantic, so I'm excited.

Relax, dude, it's just a generalized expression. I'm sure there are people out there that did want to see a Han Solo movie and that's fine, but if you're so sick of hearing people say they didn't, then clearly many fans (if not most) don't care about Han's origins. The fact of the matter is that it doesn't matter how exactly he met Lando and Chewie or how he made the Kessel run or whatever. We know that he did, and that's all we need to know to understand his character, so unless the movie tells us something significant about him that we didn't know before, there is no point in this movie existing other than for the audience to kill a few hours and for Disney to make money. Again, I haven't seen the movie, so I could be wrong, but from the reviews I've seen, there don't seem to be any big revelations about Han's character that justify this movie's existence. If you are one of the people who wanted to see this film and were satisfied by it, great. But don't go attacking others who aren't. It is this kind of hateful responses from people defending the latest movies that helped those of us who didn't enjoy them get embittered towards this franchise and the rest of the fandom. Are we not allowed to have critical thoughts and our own opinion? Can't we have a civilized conversation about this franchise that we're all passionate about without calling names or throwing around nonsensical phrases like "no one hates Star Wars more than Star Wars fans?" I'm not sure if you are correct about your assumptions about what fans want. Perhaps this is what people who liked TFA, but didn't like TLJ wanted, but for someone like me who didn't like either, this is exactly the opposite of what I want. That's precisely what I didn't like about TFA, that it was just a poor reenactment of ANH. TLJ tried to break free of that mold, but in my humble opinion it failed because Rey and Kylo still act just like Luke and Vader while Luke himself didn't act like himself at all. But that's just my opinion.

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Not surprising at all. For me, it's a bit of both. To say that I've been disappointed with the new trilogy as well as Rogue One would be an understatement and I'm clearly not the only one. Disney has been massively mishandling the franchise from the start in my opinion as they're playing it too safe for the most part by rehashing stories and characters we already know and pumping out too many of these movies. It's quantity over quality and no respect to the fans in favor of making money. If they want to make a bunch of "Star Wars Stories", at least they could make ones that people actually want to see and tell us NEW stories instead of what we pretty much already know. The fact that the Lego sets keep being rehashes for the most part too doesn't help. I have not seen Solo and have no interest to do so until it comes to Netflix or TV and morbid curiosity gets the better of me, but from what I hear it's just an average heist movie in the SW universe with a bunch of fan service and little to no surprises, and that's arguably the worst thing you could do to a franchise like SW - to make it mediocre and pandering. TLJ was bad, but at least it tried to take risks. No one asked for a Han Solo movie, especially not one without Ford, and no one cares how he met Chewie and Lando or how he did the Kessel run, etc., so I think Solo probably would have been received better if it wasn't about Han & friends at all and instead featured a completely new crew of smugglers with an original story. I'm not excited at all for the Boba Fett movie (that character has always been overhyped anyway). The only "solo" movies that I'd be somewhat interested to see would be an Obi-Wan or a Darth Maul movie with the original actors reprising their roles from the prequels, but aside from those, I just want them to tell stories that are completely unconnected to the main series. At this point, I think it might be best if the Mouse pulls a Thanos on Kathleen Kennedy and replaces her with someone who actually understands what makes Star Wars so great and that if they want this franchise to be successful in the long term, they need to slow down and tell good, original stories. Hopefully the poor performance of Solo will give them the motivation they need to start course-correcting.

I absolutely agree! As you said, this would be the closest we will ever get to fulfilling our dream of building with an endless supply of bricks and a great use of VR! I have an HTC Vive and have been looking for such a game, but sadly I haven't found one. The closest thing we have right now is Minecraft for VR/AR and similar apps such as 3D Sunshine, but nothing actually resembling Lego bricks. I have actually been tinkering with Unity and learning how to use it to develop VR games, and if I ever become comfortable enough with it to create my own game, this will be one of the first projects I will attempt to do. However, I still have a lot to learn before I get there, so don't expect anything from me anytime soon. Hopefully TLG will soon finally adopt this technology and make an official app themselves, even though most of their target demographic probably doesn't have a VR headset. Something as simple as adding a VR mode for LEGO Worlds would be a great start!

It's everyone's favorite unicorn-kitten princess, Unikitty! The breakout star from The LEGO Movie recently got her own cartoon show and I decided to make a giant sculpture of her. This is a 8:1 scale replica of the bipolar ruler of Cloud Cuckoo Land. The tail was the most difficult part to recreate and I'm not completely happy with it, but overall I think it turned out pretty good. You can turn her head, roll her eyes, pose her eye brows, and spin her horn. But best of all, the back of her head can be opened up to reveal a playset inside. This playset is a representation of Unikitty's mind. As we all know, her mind is all sunshine and rainbows, but she keeps her anger locked up deep inside a corner of her mind. When she gets angry, her angry self breaks out of its cage and unleashes her fury! I tried to build it out of existing parts so that I could potentially build it IRL if I felt like it. This is why I had to make the neck in lime green instead of cool green. I think the only part I used that doesn't exist in these colors is the light royal blue 1x1 cone at the top of the horn. So it is possible to build it for the most part, but I think it will be too much trouble tracking down all the parts in the correct colors. This was going to be an Ideas project, but sadly it was rejected due to it being based on a current IP. Thanks for looking, and remember: Stay positive!

Velma shouldn't be too hard to make yourself with the parts from that Go Brick Me set. As for Voltron, I like the idea. Something like this:

Hi everyone! This is a microscale recreation of the Marvel Super Heroes set 76051 Super Hero Airport Battle for the 60th Anniversary of the LEGO Brick contest on Brickset. Here is a pic of the original set for comparison. I tried to include as many details as I could. And here's a back view of the build: I hope you like it.

Thanks! Yeah, I wish I had the Helicarrier so that I could include those microfigs. Oh well.

I just thought of two more shows. After Tartakovsky was able to give Samurai Jack the ending that it deserved, I would love to see Adult Swim give him the opportunity to finish Symbionic Titan as well. Also, Celebrity Deathmatch. I loved that show as a kid and there are certainly a few celebrities these days that I'd love to see beat the clay out of each other. There were talks of bringing it back a few years ago, but sadly it didn't happen. One can always hope though. If it was so great, why do you want it rebooted?

Well, that Solo trailer was about as underwhelming as expected. The only things I liked are Glover as Lando and that shot of the ISD in the cloud, but that's about it. What's up with all the random tentacle monsters in Star Wars lately? Was that one of the purrgil from Star Wars Rebels? This might just be the first Star Wars movie I won't see in theaters. On a brighter note, I finally got to experience Secrets of the Empire for my birthday yesterday and it was AWESOME! It's fairly short (it's 30 mins, but half of that time is spent briefing you on the mission, putting on the gear, etc.) and once the secret is revealed, it is not really explained what the significance of it is, but the level of immersion was amazing and it's just super fun to become rebels in stormtrooper armor and blast stormtroopers with your own squad like a real life SW Battlefront! If you ever get a chance to try it, I highly recommend you do! This! Seriously though, don't pirate movies (or Lego), kids. Thank you for giving your detailed thoughts on TLJ. I much prefer a lengthy analysis over the "SHUT UP YOU WHINY LITTLE FANBOYS!! THE MOVIE IS AMAZING!!!!" type of comments that I usually see. That said, I will have to respectfully disagree. I get what the movie was going for, I just think it was executed poorly. It seems like it was so focused on being subversive that it forgot to tell a cohesive and satisfying story.

All the cartoon lovers are over in this thread: There is also this thread for Disney/Pixar movies specifically:

I like Mercy a lot too, even though the recently added revival time does get frustrating sometimes. I like her pacifist attitude and German voice lines since I grew up in Germany myself. I'm also quite liking Moira since she can fight better than Mercy. She's surprisingly effective in deathmatches. On defense, I usually go with Bastion or Torb. Pretty cheap characters, I know, but they're just so much fun! Orisa is pretty good too on certain maps. For CTF, I always go with Symetra. Looking forward to the Lunar New Year event! By the way, if you haven't already, you need to watch Overwatch House!

Is it though? If their stories are going to be as uninspired as this trilogy, I have no interest in another EU surge. Personally, I have no problem with the good vs. bad stories. It's kinda what makes Star Wars what it is and part of its charm is that feeling of being a classic fairytale set in space with wizards and sword fights and princesses and good and evil. It's how you execute them that counts. The PT certainly had its shortcomings, but its story was not one of them. While it had similar themes as the OT, it wasn't a straight-up copy of it like TFA and TLJ were. There are many examples in Legends that show how it could have been done better. People usually point to the Thrawn trilogy as the prime example of how a sequel trilogy should have been handled and I very much agree. It had the same heroes, same factions, same kind of good vs. bad story, but the world around them had changed and the main villain was so different from the ones that had come before that it felt new while still feeling like Star Wars. Plus it introduced other new characters that were actually interesting and endearing like Mara Jade. Basically, what I'm saying is that the good vs. evil stories are fine as long as they don't follow any of the previous movies in the saga beat for beat. That's like saying what's the point in watching Titanic if you already know the ship is going to sink. Much like life itself, movies are about the journey, not the destination. The PT was about showing how exactly the galaxy got to such a dark place by the events of ANH and how someone destined for greatness can turn into one of the most evil beings in the galaxy. I think it's a bit more complex than a simple reversal of outcomes, but even if you look at it that way, it's still much better than the exact same outcomes which is what the sequel trilogy has been giving us so far. As for Rogue One... yeah, that movie was pretty pointless. I think the idea was to give extra weight to Leia's mission to deliver the plans to the Alliance in ANH by showing the sacrifices the rebels had to make to get them, but it wasn't really needed.

That's a shame as both TMNT reboot series that have been made were excellent and Transformers Prime was great as well. I forgot to mention Invader Zim. I know there's supposed to be a movie coming out, but I'd like the series to return as well.

That show was good, but personally, I think aside from that cliffhanger it was fine the way it ended. The main story was wrapped up, so I don't think it needs a comeback. In fact, I'd say that, while an inferior show, Sonic Underground is more in need of a conclusion as the main arc there never got finished. That is not to say I wouldn't want to see more of 1993 Sonic, but yeah, not gonna happen. By the way, I also really wish CN would let Tom Warburton do his KND sequel, Galactic Kids Next Door!

I watch a lot of cartoons, so the shows that I'd like to see return are mostly animated shows which got canceled prematurely and should be continued so that they can get the proper ending they deserve. These include Spectacular Spider-Man, Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Tron Uprising, Thundercats (the 2011 reboot), Teen Titans (CN needs to redeem this franchise after utterly ruining it with TTG), and Futurama. The latter already returned from cancellation once, so I don't see why it couldn't do it again. Sure, Futurama isn't really a story-driven show and is probably fine the way it ended, but I just can't get enough of it. Also, I grew up with the Disney Afternoon shows and Disney XD has done a pretty good job with the DuckTales reboot, so I wouldn't mind seeing modern incarnations of the other shows as well, like Darkwing Duck, Rescue Rangers, and TaleSpin, so that today's generation of kids can enjoy these shows too. Fortunately we already got a conclusion to Samurai Jack and it seems that Young Justice and Animaniacs will be returning soon as well, so thankfully I don't need to include those on this list.

Well, so much for that rumor. But it will be released soon according to a recent tweet from Ron Howard which started the rumor. Yeah, all this talk about "killing the past" and all those dumb plot twists trying to break free of the mold, and yet all these movies still stick so close to the story of the OT that it seems pretty hypocritical. Let's hope the new trilogy will be a lot more original, although after how Rian handled this movie I don't have much faith. Personally, I'm actually OK with an Obi-Wan movie as I wouldn't mind seeing more of Evan McGregor playing this character, although I'm probably biased since he's my favorite character. So true.

There is a rumor that a trailer is going to drop tomorrow, but no confirmation so far. Nevertheless, the fact that we haven't even gotten a teaser yet so close to release is troubling indeed. It shows that either A) Disney doesn't have much faith in the movie (for good reason), so they don't bother advertising it, B) The movie is still so much of a mess that they don't have enough footage ready yet to be used for a trailer, or C) All of the above. Option B seems unlikely since the movie is due to release in a few months and it's not like that has stopped them from releasing a trailer before (*cough*Rogue One*cough*). Either way, it's going to be a disaster. I predict that this movie will be a rushed, under-advertised mess with different tones/directing styles and questionable casting that nobody asked for in the first place. And yes, I don't like any of the sponsored commercials either. My least favorite is the Walmart "Be Jedi Ready" ads. I mean, what does that even mean? Be ready for The Last Jedi? If so, why would you need merchandise to be ready for a movie? It's very nitpicky, I know, but it just bugs me. But seriously, the laziness of the commercials just adds on to the feeling of these movies being blatant cash grabs. PS: You may want to remove that somewhat spoilery part about Leia from your quote.

Looks like this is the first year I didn't win. Oh well, better luck next year. Thanks again for another exciting raffle and congrats to the lucky winners! Oh, and Merry Christmas or whatever the heck you celebrate this time of year!

From days of long ago, from the uncharted regions of the nerdy-verse, comes a legend, the legend of Nerdtron: Defender of the 80's! A mighty robot loved by good, feared by evil! This totally tubular titan is comprised of some of the most iconic pop culture vehicles of the 80's, such as the Ecto-1, Delorean time machine, A-Team Van, and the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Party Wagon, and Nerdly forms the head. Sporting a glorious mullet, shoulder pads, and a walkman, our heroic 80's icons are ready to take on the Shredder, Biff, ghosts, or any other evil foe that threatens our nostalgia! This is my entry for the Nerdvember contest on Bricknerd. It was inspired by an illustration that I came across in an image search. If this isn't the nerdiest, most 80's thing you've ever seen, I don't know what is! Nerdtron: Defender of the 80's by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr Here he is, ready to spring into action! Nerdtron action pose by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr Behold the glory of the back of Nerdly's mullet! Nerdtron back by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr When he's not fighting crime, Nerdtron likes to relax and listen to some rad 80's tunes on his walkman. Even giant robots need a break sometimes. Nerdtron resting by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr Here are Nerdly and the vehicles when they haven't formed Nerdtron. Some assembly required. Nerdtron disassembled by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr I had a lot of fun designing 6-wide versions of these iconic vehicles, so let's take a closer look at them. First up we have the DeLorean time machine from Back to the Future. Nerdtron DeLorean front by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr Nerdtron Delorean back by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr When there's something strange in your neighborhood, who ya gonna call? The 6-wide Ghostbusters Ecto-1 of course! This one was the most detailed and most challenging one to build at this scale. Nerdtron Ecto-1 front by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr Nerdtron Ecto-1 back by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr Cowabunga! Here come the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in their Party Wagon! Nerdtron TMNT Party Wagon front by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr The two Technic holes in the back are where the legs slot into. Nerdtron TMNT Party Wagon back by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr I love it when a MOC comes together. Such as this A-Team van. Nerdtron A-Team Van front by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr Nerdtron A-Team Van back by Okay Yaramanoglu, on Flickr I apologize for the poor quality of the pictures as I had to take them last minute. I hope you like it nonetheless.

Well, I liked parts of The Last Jedi, in fact it might be my favorite out of the Disney era films, but let me be the first to say that overall I was not impressed. Like that YouTube reviewer above says, lots of things happened and yet it seems like we are in the same situation at the end as we were at the beginning of the movie. At first it looked like the franchise was going in a new direction, but I feel like in the end it just fell back to the same-old-same-old which is disappointing. While I do like what they did with the classic characters, the new characters had the same problems as they did in TFA and did nothing to win me over. Many questions remain unanswered, the lightsaber fights are weak, and the locations, ship designs, and battle sequences are very uninspired. Even the humor (which there is a lot of) is not as good as in TFA. I did like some of the themes in it and there were indeed some surprises, although not necessarily for the better. Sorry, but this is not nearly as good as ESB or RotJ which it borrows heavily from, even if it's not a beat-for-beat remake like TFA was.

I understand. That's why I said "kind of pointless" as I do know that the whole point of movie adaptations is to bring those great stories to people who don't play video games (and make more money out of them). True, Hollywood seems very much bereft of originality these days, but isn't adapting a popular video game just as unoriginal as adapting a popular book? Just a thought. I disagree. I mean, I'd definitely want to see Rapture in its prime as well, but only as a flashback during the film. I don't know how much you know about BioShock, but there are many plot twists which are revealed the more you learn about what happened before the events of the game, and one of the best parts about the game is being dropped into this dark, mysterious place and gradually unveiling its secrets, so I'd want the movie to have the same feel.