I got this little Ewok LEGO minifigure in one of the Advent Calendars, and I have found I enjoy making humorous shorts of him (well, two so far—but more to come). I wouldn’t call it true “stop motion animation“—I’m much too lazy and busy for that—but it’s super fun. Today, I’m sharing some of my little Ewok videos.
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Last weekend I flew up to Indianapolis to see Back to the Future (1985) in concert, meaning that a live symphony orchestra performed the Alan Silvestri score. My older brother, who lives in Indianapolis, found the concert, which was performed by the excellent Indiana Symphony Orchestra.
The funny thing is that my brother and I did not realize they were screening the film until we arrived at the venue; we thought it was just going to be music from the movie, not music with the movie. My brother was skeptical until we went to our seats, and saw a massive screen suspended above the orchestra:
The venue itself was pretty cool; it is an historic theatre located on Indianapolis’s famous Monument Circle:
They also had a classic DeLorean parked out front:
I typically drive up to Indianapolis once a year to see my older brother, but this trip required me to fly up and back in the span of about thirty-six hours. I was really impressed with how smoothly American Airlines made the whole process.
I have not always had the best experiences flying, but this trip the airline did not seem to treat me like cattle to be abused and mistreated. It’s also amazing how easy it is to fly when you can just toss everything into a bookbag.
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I had entirely too much fun with the LEGO® Star Wars™ 2024 Advent Calendar, especially playing with the different little builds in humorous ways.
I pulled some pieces from other sets and made a fun little re-enactment of a famous scene from one of my favorite films, 1985’s Back to the Future:
A recent installment of Open Mic Adventures inspired this pick, which I knew would show up on my list somewhere. I’m not sure where I intended to put it, but I knew it would be in the top five; indeed, it should probably be higher, but it’s fresh on my mind, so I’m putting it at #5.
The film is one of the enduring classics of the 1980s. It hit theaters on my half-birthday—3 July 1985—and was ever-present during my childhood on VHS (recorded from television broadcasts, of course). The film franchise even inspired the name of my old brass quintet, Brass to the Future.
The flick, of course, is Robert Zemeckis’s science-fiction classic Back to the Future (1985).
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