Topic: What would be more original?

I was thinking about this recently..........Everyone likes to create Brickfilms with Star Wars, Batman, Indiana Jones minifigures
and those movies can be totally original sometimes. But I like the idea of creating original Brickfilms with "non-themed" minifigs (like the good old yellow ones).

So begs the question: What would be more original, "themed-minifigs" (Star Wars, Batman, Indiana Jones etc...) or "non-themed minifigs"?

Describe why you think filming with either kinds of minifigs is better or worse.

I'm working on getting my studio back up and running, so stay posted...

Re: What would be more original?

Non-themed is original. If you make a Star Wars Brickfilm or an Indiana Jones Brickfilm or a Batman Brickfilm (not as much), people will say it's unoriginal and other brickfilmers have do it like 10000000000 times before. I personally like non-themed more.



EDIT:

KG, right below this post, wrote:

Are.

You.

Serious.

Who? Me?

Last edited by LASF (July 11, 2011 (07:37pm))

Re: What would be more original?

Are.

You.

Serious.

Re: What would be more original?

I feel like the answer to this question would be that original characters are more original, by definition. I'm not sure why the question would ever be raised. mini/blankexpression

http://i.imgur.com/wcmcdmf.png

Re: What would be more original?

I... I... don't even...

Re: What would be more original?

I disagree, originality is kinda cliche and unoriginal.

https://i.imgur.com/IRCtQGu.jpg

Re: What would be more original?

Aardvark minifigs are the most original and non-conformist.

EDIT: Just picked up the irony in my own post given that OP's name is anteater201.

Last edited by Stoppedmotion (July 11, 2011 (06:24pm))

Re: What would be more original?

It's too early/late for April Fools, Anteater201.

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Re: What would be more original?

I think he's serious, so I'll fill him in. Minifigures from your imagination are more original because original means you came up with it on your own. Minifigures from licensed themes are from stories already told, so they're unoriginal.

Re: What would be more original?

I think original has to do with how the story is executed, not whether they're licensed or not. Like I made this completely original video of a clone trooper who crashes on a planet and goes mad, and then this old man turns into a zombie, and then the duck! (I never published it because the animation was no good)
But I would agree that it's a lot easier to make something more original with characters you invented yourself, for obvious reasons.

Re: What would be more original?

mini/blankexpression

You do realize minifigures have nothing to do with original storylines, right?

I'm guessing not.

-JK

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Re: What would be more original?

That's what I said!

Re: What would be more original?

No minifigs are original, because Lego makes them, making them unoriginal. Case closed

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Re: What would be more original?

Though I guess the only way to truly to decide I have to revert back this song

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3b6MnCvjts

Watch the whole thing by the way folks.