Comments on: Breaking and entering with LEGO

By: L@go

L@go — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 13:30:21 +0000

Hi – I’ve been reading this blog for a couple of years now, but just had to register to say that I’m pretty certain that Thanel is right in this instant. As long as you don’t know who the actor is, the only way to tell whether this is Norwegian or Danish are the (almost inaudible) words at the very end of the clip – which sound distinctively Danish, not Norwegian, to me. As for the words on the wall: That would be just the same in Danish as in Norwegian.

By: gar vrebalovich

gar vrebalovich — Tue, 02 Aug 2011 02:46:17 +0000

Thanel: It must be two versions containing the same lego scene, not just a reenactment, but the exact same clip. This is the norwegian version, at least: http://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olsenbanden_gir_seg_aldri

By: Jai

Jai — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:57:49 +0000

Ha! That’s amazing! Definitely a fun-looking build; seems a little bit Seussian, too.

By: Thanel

Thanel — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 23:34:20 +0000

gar: Is this from another movie in the series, not T.O.G. Never Surrenders? I haven’t seen the series, so the source of the clip is less certain than the Danishness of Never Surrenders, which was filmed in Denmark and Belgium by a Danish director, written by two Danes, and starred a whole boatload of Danish actors.

Denmark and Norway have been two distinct states since the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Isn’t Kristiania just the former name of Oslo?

By: gar vrebalovich

gar vrebalovich — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:32:38 +0000

PS: The reason its Danish is because Norway was still Kristiania back then. sorta parta Denmark

By: gar vrebalovich

gar vrebalovich — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 21:28:32 +0000

Thanel: Just googled it, Its danish in origin, and probably directed by a dane, as well. BUT; The casting, language and location is norwegian/in norway. Grew up with this, as i said. I know this, cause I live there. I recognize the language and locations.

By: proudlove

proudlove — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 20:53:48 +0000

I read it as ‘bricking and entering’. Very cool video.

By: Thanel

Thanel — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 19:10:48 +0000

^ I’ve just learned so much about this series. Thanks for the excuse to expand my store of (mostly) useless knowledge. Seriously.

This particular film is actually Danish, but the series spans about 30 years and is split almost evenly between Danish and Norwegian productions.

By: gar vrebalovich

gar vrebalovich — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 18:40:42 +0000

The movie is Norwegian, not Danish. Watched this movie as a kid ( in norway )

By: alldarker

alldarker — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 10:29:22 +0000

Wow… Both the stair climber and the walker are pretty amazing builds, especially considering they were built with the parts available in 1979!

I also wouldn’t mind seeing a remake of this scene in a new movie (perhaps Mission: Impossible?) using Mindstorms…