THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS FOR THE ENTIRE SERIES

When Stanley Q-Brick released his phenomenal THAC entry "Eye.To.Eye.With.Creation." last year I fell in love. With the aesthetic, the visual style, the small touches in the sets and animation that set it apart from the usual fair, and most of all, the world and concept. Naturally, this film was relatively short, but the consequences of the ideas it was playing with run very, very deep. I knew the potential this film had, and so I was thrilled when I found out there was going to be a sequel.
"A.Supernova.in.Three.Acts." is the definition of a perfect sequel. It takes everything from the original and expands on it in highly satisfying ways. The world we got the tiniest taste of in the original turns out to be a rich meal. The visual style is refined to perfection, and now freed from the restraints of a timed contest Stanley truly goes wild. Beautiful and detailed sets fill the frame as the characters struggle to understand the existential questions we too find ourselves pondering. In this world, just as in our own, religion and science both strive to understand the same things, and naturally clash at times. And just like the first part, this film leaves you wanting more.
"Echoes.of.a.Dreaming.Skull." is in some ways somehow even more ambitious than the previous film. Now we get to see the corporate interests that were behind the efforts in the last film and how they struggle to deal with the ramifications that float in the wake of it. The story here in some ways feels more straightforward, but more surprising. Which brings me to BRAWL.
During BRAWL last year Stanley released "The Star Collector", another beautiful film with a very different style to this trilogy. Perhaps said style is why I didn't pick up on the fact that this film was clearly swimming in the same waters as the Cosmogenesis films were. I didn't connect the dots when "The Star Collector" was released, but when it was revealed to be part of this saga, it clicked perfectly into place. How could it not? It's the coda to this whole body of work.
In so many ways, we create ourselves. Our parents create themselves. Their parents did the same. Life is cyclical in many different ways. The seasons repeat. Water is recycled. The planets dance around the sun, over and over. Creation is life. Life is creation.
"The universe burst into existence from life. Not the other way around."

This is one of the few brickfilms where you don't care that you're watching something made with LEGO. Set aside half an hour and go watch it now.

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