Combined team of heroes against the League of notorious villains Started in 1999, a full-fledged collaboration between Danish LEGO and Lucasfilm led the entertainment industry to an extraordinary breakthrough. The themed plastic sets based on George Lucas’s Star Wars were able to protect the toy manufacturer from imminent bankruptcy, and also marked the beginning of a New era in the field of Related Products, providing a franchise with much more profit than traditional movie rentals. Following an ever-expanding line-up of Star Wars-related kits, Lego has continued to bring popular films and TV series to the world of plastic designers, achieving even more impressive financial and creative figures. Toys based on Revenge of the Sith, the final episode of the Space Saga directed by George Lucas, were followed by sets from the Indiana Jones and Batman series. In addition to standard plastic sets, Lego added numerous short cartoons and video games to the license, doubling the already incredible popularity of traditional designers.
It is noteworthy that Lego attracts the attention of not only children, but also older people who are not averse to spending a few free hours for instructions on assembling a set. One of these older children was Thomas Fife, who bought, probably, all available game sets based on popular films, comics and books. Having organized an independent animated film studio for a couple of friends, Fife zealously began to create numerous short films, making a bent on his favorite Star Wars. First of all, taking up the development of a series of comedy Christmas shorts, the new director did not abandon the idea of a crazy unification of disparate universes in order to surprise fans with a truly extraordinary spectacle that is guaranteed to attract the attention of a network audience. Thus, having got his hands on game sets created based on “Star Wars”, “Batman” and “Indiana Jones”, Thomas Fife created an amusing compilation short film called “Lego Star Wars, Batman and Indiana Jones Movie”.
A special plot in contrast to the already mentioned Christmas stories, this tape can not boast, and this it and nothing to do. Instead of thinking through a complex intrigue, Fife sketched in the frame of popular characters from various stories in order to send them to a brutal massacre, which could not but go to the delight of fans of selective black humor. A combined team of brave heroes led by Batman, Luke Skywalker and Indiana Jones faces an axis of evil in the person of the Riddler, Darth Vader and Irina Spalko. Faced in neutral territory, irreconcilable rivals take the opportunity to dot the endless confrontation once and for all, but equal forces prevent either side from striking the final blow. And then the heroes that the villains have to come up with something more than a banal frontal attack. In the course there is cunning, quirkiness and, as always, the blackest humor performed by Thomas Fife, who did not lose his ardor!
Being not bound by license and plot frames, the director allowed himself any liberties that only came to his mind. It is somewhat upsetting that in addition to sharp jokes and smiling hard comedy situations, Thomas Fife did not work on the plot, but from his creative style you should not expect special deep reasoning. The very fact that Darth Vader, Riddler, Indiana Jones and Robin converge on the same arena can cause logical dissonance. And in such a situation, talking about the detailed development of history, the elaboration of characters and glimpses of drama is simply meaningless. The presented short film is designed to amuse, laugh and surprise, nothing more.
“Lego Star Wars, Batman and Indiana Jones Movie” is a traditional, unstoppable comic spectacle with no hint of logic or drama. This is a black comedy with no limitations. Nothing special from the short film is not worth waiting, but if you have a few minutes of free time and want to know what you can do with the Lego designer, then you can get acquainted with Fife’s work. The main thing is to be prepared for full-blown anarchy, challenging common sense and sadness.
7 out of 10