It would be great to have more women making films here. I think we'd get more diversity creatively in the stories being told, that way. I know all too well that the AFOL community and filmmaking are somewhat male-centric, so I think that's why the intersection of the two is even more so.

It's funny, because if you were going by the profiles, you'd think that the majority were women. When I saw your's first, I thought that Smeagol survived mount doom, and is now an attractive woman called Philip

When you think of it, the majority of people on YouTube are probably men. It's quite strange when you think of it, and there doesn't seem to be any explanation!

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I have to say, I find it incredibly depressing that just 18 of the 38 brickfilms on the first page of Releases aren't based on licensed themes of some sort.

I love comic book heroes and some of these brickfilms are really great, but the lack of originality kills me.

I don't necessarily think all presold-IP brickfilms represent a lack of originality. 80% do (there are so many "Lego Spider-man fight" and "Lego Star Wars lightsaber mission duel battle" brickfilms that aren't original at all) but the process of creating fanfiction can be really helpful in developing both animation and writing skills, and can produce some really stunning work when people really put some effort into it. After all, it's a project that they're passionate about. Unfortunately, the best material based on licensed works gets buried under waves of dross, so I can understand your viewpoint - I used to be of the same viewpoint, but then I gave in, tried my hand at some things, and had a good time doing it.

Of course, what with the MBU, I would say that I have done my best to encourage members to branch out and do something a bit different, and I think Immortal Iron Fist and Death's Head are proof that it's worked to a degree. Joebor1777 and Lisaisanut have both created brickfilms to really be proud of, licensed theme or not.

I hate to be the one to say it, but often people like that - who don't take the time to give as much as they take - aren't always the best to have in a community anyway. While I think it would be best to find a way to encourage them to be more active (and I'm all for helping to think up some methods), a lot of these posters simply won't be interested in watching other peoples' work or providing help and feedback in the other forums.

But hey, doesn't mean it's not worth trying to encourage them to post more.

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I agree. Original Brickfilms are much better. I haven't made Star wars or DC/Marvel brickfilm and probably never will. We should bring back the superhero contest. That would churn up some Originality.

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Jampot nailed it. The majority of IP-based brickfilms are unoriginal, only put here to get views, which in turn makes the creator money. However, I cannot say that all of them are unoriginal. I have seen a few that I really liked, and I didn't mind at all that they were licensed brickfilms. I liked them because they were funny, and that the IP wasn't just attached as a gimmick, but because it worked with the film. Honesty, in my opinion, I think people should be required to have 10 posts before being allowed to post to the directory. It might cut out on a bunch of people who only spam up the directory to get hits on their videos.

I don't think we need to have the "hate all IP films" mentality. We need to encourage people to post, be more creative, make more original films (original doesn't necessarily mean not use IP, it just means make the story more original), and become better animators.

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