Seven-Foot Long Minifig-Scale Serenity Model Is a Lego Masterpiece

reported on i09 by Lauren Davis

Adrian Drake spent 475 hours over the course of 21 months to build this painstakingly accurate model of Firefly's Serenity entirely out of Lego bricks. The result is this 135-pound, seven-foot long, 70,000-brick beauty that looks especially shiny paired with its minifig crew.

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http://io9.com/5931903/seven+foot-long-minifig+scale-serenity-model-is-a-lego-masterpiece

Kumi Yamashita

Constellation - Mana

Wood panel, brads, single sewing thread

40 cm x 30 cm x 3 cm

2011

Constellation: This body of work consists of three simple materials that, when combined, produce the portraits: a wooden panel painted a solid white, thousands of small galvanized nails, and a single, unbroken, common sewing thread.

See more at the artist’s site:

http://www.kumiyamashita.com/constellation/

Daniel Craig as James Bond 3

Skyfall [PG-13]
(a.k.a. James Bond 23)
2012 Sony
Driected by Sam Mendes

Grade: A
Up-graded from B

+1: Cast (Daniel Craig as James Bond, Jedi Dench as M, Javier Bardem as bad guy, Silva).
+1: Stunts over gadgets.
+1: Silva’s false teeth.
par: Near endless supply of hench men.
par: M’s courtroom monologue.

[overview of Fandango]
 

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away

Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away 3D [PG]
2012 Paramount
Directed by Andrew Adamson

Grade: C
Up-graded from C

-1: Story.
par: Original segments versus segments featuring resident Las Vegas shows.
+1: Beatles and Elvis songs.
+1: Art direction.
-1: Versus a live Cirque du Soleil performance.

par: 3D

[overview on Fandango]

Slave Leia PSA from Kaley Cuoco

With so many choices available to women who costly, there’s no reason everyone needs to be Slave Leia.


Slave Leia PSA Starring Kaley Cuoco - Watch More Funny Videos

Directed by Zachary Levi, featuring Team Unicorn’s Clare Grant, Rileah Vanderbilt and Milynn Sarley.

http://www.break.com/comic-con-san-diego-2011-nerd-machine/slave-leia-psa-starring-kaley-cuoco-2081901

http://www.break.com

The Hobbit, part 1

The Hobbit, An Unexpected Journey [PG-13]
2012 Warner Brothers, New Line Cinema
Directed by Peter Jackson

Grade: B+
Up-Graded from B

-1: Length.
+1: Cast: Martin Freeman (as Bilbo Baggins), Andy Serkis (Gollum).
+1: Art Direction (Andy McLaren, Brad Mill, Brain Massey).
+1: Visual effects and performance capture.
par: Story structure and installment within a series.

[overview on Fandango]

Red Dawn

Red Dawn [PG-13]
2012Film District, MGM
Directed by Dan Bradley

Grade C+
Up-graded from C

par: Chris Hemsworth (as Jed Eckert).
+1: Patriotic/ thriller.
-1: Clear depiction of enemy’s (North Korea) plans and goals.
par: Jed’s rallying speech, “For them this is just some place, for us it’s our home”.
+1: Convincing rebel, guerilla fighting.

[overview on Fandango]