I enjoyed the minecraft videos most because the narrators either took time to actually express thoughts and feelings about the universe that were well-thought-out, or they let their creations speak for themselves. I posted this video because it was the most impressive build, though it has no talking. I believe it is a great homage to the books and movie, and it's a great nostalgia trip for people who are familiar with the subject. It takes a lot of time to make a build this large (even in creative), and the artist/gamer was obviously trying to do a good job (and mostly succeeded). Even though Minecraft is just like legos, where the pieces are all there in set colors and etc., it takes skill to build something this cohesive with the level of detail present.
Monday, October 27, 2014
Legos...I love legos!
So, the primary type of video for my topic, the Enderverse, is video clips from the Ender's Game movie and reviews of the books/movie. It took some digging to find other things, primarily because most of the content for the Enderverse is not images or video. (There's only one book that has been made into a movie.) I found some fan trailers, a few book trailers, a few musical pieces inspired by the series (pretty painful to listen to, actually), and even a Halo tribute that was using trailer and movie footage to compare story lines and character origins. But then I stumbled upon my favorite...Enderverse Minecraft builds.
It was a little hard for me to do this post because many of the fan and amateur videos out there on my subject are not well done or fairly frivolous. There are a lot of people who see Ender's game as a movie with a bunch of little boys playing mock war games, and all they like to talk about is the battleroom. For me, the books are much deeper and more meaningful, and I have very strong opinions about them. Many of the videos about my subject were paying homage (but sometimes doing it very well). Others were trying to share their love of the books/movie or criticize aspects of them (some of these were good, others kind of lame or naive.). And a few were parodies (the majority of these weren't really funny).
I enjoyed the minecraft videos most because the narrators either took time to actually express thoughts and feelings about the universe that were well-thought-out, or they let their creations speak for themselves. I posted this video because it was the most impressive build, though it has no talking. I believe it is a great homage to the books and movie, and it's a great nostalgia trip for people who are familiar with the subject. It takes a lot of time to make a build this large (even in creative), and the artist/gamer was obviously trying to do a good job (and mostly succeeded). Even though Minecraft is just like legos, where the pieces are all there in set colors and etc., it takes skill to build something this cohesive with the level of detail present.
I enjoyed the minecraft videos most because the narrators either took time to actually express thoughts and feelings about the universe that were well-thought-out, or they let their creations speak for themselves. I posted this video because it was the most impressive build, though it has no talking. I believe it is a great homage to the books and movie, and it's a great nostalgia trip for people who are familiar with the subject. It takes a lot of time to make a build this large (even in creative), and the artist/gamer was obviously trying to do a good job (and mostly succeeded). Even though Minecraft is just like legos, where the pieces are all there in set colors and etc., it takes skill to build something this cohesive with the level of detail present.
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I think fans that make stuff in mine craft are exceptionally creative. I have a buddy who made a picture of Christopher walken and he told me that it took him forever to make. I think it is fascinating to see how our topics can be manifested in so many different mediums.
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