They were.

I'm not disuting that.  I just mean that they couldn't wait for the opportunity to tell the joke.

Does anyone know if the chat is broken at all? I don't seem to be able to enter.

I'm having a bit of a dilemma at the moment.

On the one hand, I'm really enjoying what I've been doing with the Marvel Brickfilm Universe lately. Not only has it given me a chance to work on some levels of action I wouldn't necessarily attempt in an original brickfilm (most of my own ideas are much more grounded or, uh, quieter) but it also feels great to engage with material that I love. I consume a massive amount of comics (I currently have about 10gb on my computer alone, not to mention all the physical comics I own) so it's fun for me to try and reinterpret some of those stories or characters into LEGO form. I also want to do the same for some of my favourite DC superheroes at some point too.

I feel like I should be doing more of my own stuff - it's not like I have a shortage of ideas - but at the moment at least, I just don't feel motivated enough to do any of them beyond the odd episode of Vampire Town, and I'm feeling like I may even stop that once I've reached the fourth episode (episode 2 is mostly filmed, 3 is written, 4 is fully planned). This isn't the "are original brickfilms better" debate, I just feel like all the material I've come up with is going to waste. I wish I had time to work on everything but compromises have to be made, and ultimately I'm more motivated to do my Marvel stuff, but I still feel it's a shame not to be using the wizards/agents/monsters material I spent so long working on last year. Maybe I'd feel differently if the BFCU had taken off, though I doubt it. I guess I just have too many ideas but it's still difficult to say yes to one thing and no to another.

"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein

One of the things I guess I want to prove is that licensed brickfilms can be just as good as original ones, which is why I'm moving away from doing shorts. My upcoming Black Panther brickfilm (and Invasion to an extent) is an attempt at making something that's told more as a story in itself than relying on the gimmick of "look at this video! it's awesome because Lego + Avengers!", which is what the first two Avengers Tower episodes were (I regret nothing).

The thing is that while I'm proud of a lot of my superhero work so far, and it's helped me develop a lot of my skills, the thing I look back on as being my best brickfilm is Ozymandias, which I made well over a year ago for college (the UK meaning of college, not university). I consider that my greatest success for so many reasons, but mainly for things that I don't know that I could apply to telling a licensed IP storytelling (for instance, telling an upbeat and almost storybook post-apoc story, which I don't think there are many of).

At some point this year, I have another 'proper story' I want to tell; a brickfilm about a single Hunnic warrior lost in battle. It's something I've been writing for quite a while and like Ozymandias, I think it's something I'd come out of feeling very proud of. The balance thoughis that I don't want to rush it while my drive is currently geared more in favour of something else; if I do the Hun thing, I don't want it to be rushed and half-hearted.

Originally, I started the year with a plan to alternate between different projects. I think I may go back to that. Change is as good as a rest, as you say.

"Nothing goes down 'less I'm involved. No nuggets. No onion rings. No nothin'. A cheeseburger gets sold in the park, I want in! You got fat while we starved on the streets...now it's my turn!" -Harley Morenstein

Happy pi day!

I wish I could take greater advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime day. But I've eaten pie, I guess that's all I'm really obliged to do.

Yo, I ate a KitKat Bar.

So I guess you could say I'm the hottest crap in the bathroom staaaaalll. You could also say I deserve to have it aaaaaaaaallll.

Youtube @TheRealSonjira I consider it a personal defeat if my pee is not perfectly clear every time.]

"Pi Day" is also, fittingly, Albert Einstein's birthday. By serendipity, it's the first posthumous birthday of the Chic Fil-A founder, Truett Cathy.  The "local" (45 mins away) Chick Fil-A didn't have any specials for the day.