{"id":3691,"date":"2013-05-17T10:00:42","date_gmt":"2013-05-17T17:00:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/?p=3691"},"modified":"2013-05-16T14:16:27","modified_gmt":"2013-05-16T21:16:27","slug":"allow-star-trek-legos-to-take-you-into-darkness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/awesomeness\/allow-star-trek-legos-to-take-you-into-darkness\/","title":{"rendered":"Allow Star Trek LEGOs To Take You Into Darkness"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><i><a href=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lego_federation_flag.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3693 aligncenter\" alt=\"In service of the LEGO federation.\" src=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.net\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lego_federation_flag.jpg\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"620\" height=\"346\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lego_federation_flag.jpg 620w, https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/05\/lego_federation_flag-300x167.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 620px) 100vw, 620px\" \/><\/a> <\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>Star Trek Into Darkness<\/i> is either the second or 12th entry in the franchise.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all a matter of perspective.\u00a0 As Kirk and crew are once again unleashed upon theater audiences, what better way is there to turn a geeky and critical eye upon the latest and (*gasp* possibly) greatest <em>Star Trek<\/em> than by viewing the film&#8217;s trailer through LEGO-tinted glasses?<\/p>\n<p>There is just one caveat\u2014while <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/user\/antoniotoscano87?feature=watch\">Antonio Toscano<\/a> is quickly making a name for himself with his frame-by-frame LEGO versions of big-budget movie blockbusters like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=mO4fP1DwBeo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><i>Iron Man<\/i><\/a>, it&#8217;s important to keep in mind the gold standard of LEGO movie trailer productions,\u00a0which\u00a0just so\u00a0happened\u00a0to take place in a galaxy, far, far away. <\/p>\n<p>First, behold, for LEGO <i>Darkness<\/i> is upon you.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lego Star Trek Into Darkness Trailer\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A7JGT0yxxMw?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>For those keeping track, there&#8217;s even a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RMToBw-pSsU\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">nice side-by-side comparison<\/a> of the real trailer and Toscano&#8217;s LEGO trailer.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, behold once again Jay Silver&#8217;s 2002 Brickfest winner, which may have been better than what was to follow in theaters a few years later (aka <em>Episode III: Revenge of the Sith<\/em>).<\/p>\n<p>(From Jay Silver, now of <a href=\"https:\/\/brickfilms.com\/groups\/wiki\/docs\/history-of-brickfilms\">Brickfilms<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lego Star Wars: Rise of The Empire.\" width=\"620\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zUgB3sqHDnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Star Trek Into Darkness is either the second or 12th entry in the franchise.\u00a0 It&#8217;s all a matter of perspective.\u00a0 As Kirk and crew are once again unleashed upon theater audiences, what better way is there to turn a geeky and critical eye upon the latest and (*gasp* possibly) greatest Star Trek than by viewing [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":3694,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14],"tags":[197,273,37],"class_list":["post-3691","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-awesomeness","tag-lego","tag-star-trek","tag-star-wars"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3691"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3695,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3691\/revisions\/3695"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3694"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3691"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3691"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bensbargains.com\/thecheckout\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3691"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}