Comments on: AFOL: A Blocumentary by Jess Gibson

By: wunztwice

wunztwice — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:40:16 +0000

As both an AFOL ‘community member’ AND a filmmaker I give this piece two thumbs way up!

Although there were a few things I could point out as a bit extraneous, they in no way detract from the overall quality of the work presented. This is a real Doc! No sides are taken, the interviewed FOLs are each given fair shake, and simply explain the hobby and it’s attraction. The video is informative, engaging, fun, and it’s great to see some familiar faces! I have to say I am a bit envious Mr. Gibson thought of this before I did.

As a rural resident in the Pacific NW I would appreciate a bit more feel for the whole vast spectrum of landscape and culture the NW has to offer, and how that plays into builders. But seriously this is a 30-minute video, and it does a great job covering what it does.

Hats off to Mr. Gibson and all those featured. A great little piece of film-making and I hope to see more very soon. In fact, these would make a very nice little series/compilation, and could touch many separate areas of AFOL-dom and LEGO in general.

Here’s hoping to see it in as many film festivals as possible!!!

By: Catsy

Catsy — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 17:35:51 +0000

^ Now watch said guy be the builder who made one of your favorite MOCs. :)

By: Seriously

Seriously — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 15:34:29 +0000

Couldn’t have edited out sweaty guy at 25:10 huh…eeeeeww!

By: worker201

worker201 — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 07:00:11 +0000

Learned a lot more than I thought I would from that video. I need to come to a SeaLUG meeting some time.

By: Starwars4J

Starwars4J — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:48:45 +0000

It was a really great watch. Definitely inspired me a bit more to go to a Con this year ;) Brian, we could always do a road trip to Chicago for BW.

By: Catsy

Catsy — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 18:13:19 +0000

Amazing work! I can’t wait to see future installments. There really is a seemingly infinite world to explore in this community, and I’m glad to see Flickr getting the shout-out it deserves.

I see my son and I at 21:20 appreciating Jason’s mantis during the public expo, a shot of the Hornet at 28:35, and apparently that brief demo I gave of my assault rifle actually made it in at 22:13. I gotta show this to the family. :)

Bravo!

By: Fred

Fred — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 17:04:27 +0000

Best half hour of my week :)
and that’s vs Olympics!

By: notenoughbricks

notenoughbricks — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:33:55 +0000

High quality piece of film making right here. Well worth the 30 minutes of any AFOLs time to watch this.

Damn, these were some immense LEGO collections. Quite astounding.

I’ve got to get to a CON this year. Too bad there isn’t one in NY. Oh well, I can always get to DC or Chicago pretty easily by plane/train.

Thanks for sharing this with the community! Hope this gets the brains behind this film noticed.

By: MetroiD

MetroiD — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 12:15:24 +0000

What a cool movie. That’s precisely the stuff I love most about the AFOL Community. Wish I hadn’t seen it though – can’t quite get to Brickcon unless I move to Seattle… which is a rather appealing notion!

By: Begend

Begend — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 08:03:44 +0000

This was absolutely incredible. GREAT JOB Jess. This was so well made it could have been on discovery channel. I would watch many seasons of this show. PLEASE keep making these. I didn’t want it to end!!!

By: Mike

Mike — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:21:11 +0000

I would love to get out to brickcon. I’ve got a brother as well as a good buddy both living out there now, so the pile of reasons to go is getting bigger by the minute.

By: Brickwares

Brickwares — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 07:09:51 +0000

That was great. Lots of interesting stuff, and I got to see some familiar faces in there, and relive the group build.

By: Nannan

Nannan — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:31:45 +0000

What a treat :)

By: Andrew

Andrew — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:24:59 +0000

^ LOL! I couldn’t help heaving a great (fat) sigh watching myself in this video. You’re not alone.

By: Lino M

Lino M — Sat, 20 Feb 2010 06:23:14 +0000

God, I’m fat!