"Earthquake of the Century" Lost Lego Stop Motion Film
Jun 8, 2022 0:28:13 GMT
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Post by crumbelivable on Jun 8, 2022 0:28:13 GMT
Hey,
I know that looking for lost internet videos on here is an exercise in futility, but there's a certain lego stop motion film I used to watch over and over back in the day and still regularly quote that had a reasonable amount of views, and I remember quite clearly. It's a little lego stop motion video made around 2009 or so called "Earthquake of the Century."
The short starts with our protagonist, his name is John or Joel or something like that, sitting in his home when a small earthquake hits. He proceeds to go outside and walk or drive to his workplace, some science lab that specializes in monitoring earthquakes. The head of the lab, a typical scientist character with a half German half Russian accent, explains he has invented a new device for predicting earthquakes. Our protagonist, his assistant, explains that it works similar to sonar, sending a sound wave through the earth to look for disturbances in the mantle, typical Hollywood pseudoscience stuff. A man with a particularly gruff voice puts down the two, calling the concept outrageous, that it will never work. Our protagonist and the professor vow to prove him wrong, and leave with the device to test it on the outskirts of the city.
Outside testing the device, the professor is shocked to find that the devices is saying that a very big earthquake will be occurring in only a few hours. Concerned about this, the professor and the protagonist rush back to the lab to inform them of the devices findings, which when they check again, state the earthquake will begin in only a few minutes. The gruff man voices his conern again, calling the device unreliable this time, when suddenly, the earthquake begins, just as the machine predicted. As the chaos unfolds, and the roof of the lab begins the cave in, the professor exclaims "What was that about it being unreliable? You see? You see? This is what happens! This is what happens when you don't listen to science-" and is promptly crushed by a brick falling from the ceiling, as is everyone else.
There's a montage of chaos unfolding around the city, and when the dust settles, the protagonist and the professor crawl out of the rubble and head outside, meeting a group of concerned survivors in the street. Rumbling begins again, which scares the survivors, but the professor confirms this is only an aftershock. The aftershock is still powerful enough to level the remains of the building, prompting the protagonist and professor to flee.
Eventually, the protagonist runs into a friend of his, Hank, I think his name was, who speaks with a very nasally, nerdy voice. They decide to get out of the city via the port taking Hank's car to do so. My memory of this part is a little hazy, but I remember around this time they run into my favorite character, whose name is Anthony or Jimmy or something like that. He speaks in a very unusual voice, somwhere between a posh British accent and a southern drawl, with a tic of saying "myess, indubitably" a lot. He tells our heroes that the port is destroyed, but that he has a plane they can take out of the city.
The heroes have a different car than Hank now, but no room for Jimmy, as I will call him. Jimmy appear with a car, and when they question where he got it, he proudly exclaims "I shtole it!". The four of them make their way to the airport via the highway, severely damaged after the earthquake. Part of the highway collapses, leaving hanks car hanging precariously on the edge. The protagonist gets out and tells Hank to lean forward, then back, before ultimately just walking over, opening the door, and pulling him out just before the car falls. "I still had payments on that!" Hank laments.
Eventually, the four of them reach the airport, but the gate it shut. Jimmy finds a solution by driving his car through the gate, smashing it to pieces. They arrive at his plane, which has no fuel in it, thus Jimmy needs some time to fill it up. Shortly into fueling, the professor, who still has the earthquake detecting device, detects that an even more powerful earthquake is about to start. He insists that everyone leave in the plane now, and that he stay behind, despite Jimmy's claims that they barely have any fuel.
The plane leaves, the next earthquake starts, and as the professor watches on, he exclaims "Go, now, or you die like me, for mother russia-" and is crushed by debris. The plane leaves as the hangar explodes. But all is not well. Because they had no time to fuel up the plane, the plane quickly begins to sputter and slow down "Oh bloody hell, were out of fuel! Were gonna crash!" Jimmy explains, the cockpit devolving into a cacophony of panicked screaming as the plane falls from the sky, smashing into pieces on the ground, killing everyone on board. (When asked why he did this, the creator stated "I killed them all so there wouldn't be a sequel.")
I last saw this video sometime around 2018 or 2019. Sometime after that, it was removed for some reason. I remember it had at least 100k views last time I saw it. If anyone knows where I can find this video, or would like to help me recreate it, please let me know!
I know that looking for lost internet videos on here is an exercise in futility, but there's a certain lego stop motion film I used to watch over and over back in the day and still regularly quote that had a reasonable amount of views, and I remember quite clearly. It's a little lego stop motion video made around 2009 or so called "Earthquake of the Century."
The short starts with our protagonist, his name is John or Joel or something like that, sitting in his home when a small earthquake hits. He proceeds to go outside and walk or drive to his workplace, some science lab that specializes in monitoring earthquakes. The head of the lab, a typical scientist character with a half German half Russian accent, explains he has invented a new device for predicting earthquakes. Our protagonist, his assistant, explains that it works similar to sonar, sending a sound wave through the earth to look for disturbances in the mantle, typical Hollywood pseudoscience stuff. A man with a particularly gruff voice puts down the two, calling the concept outrageous, that it will never work. Our protagonist and the professor vow to prove him wrong, and leave with the device to test it on the outskirts of the city.
Outside testing the device, the professor is shocked to find that the devices is saying that a very big earthquake will be occurring in only a few hours. Concerned about this, the professor and the protagonist rush back to the lab to inform them of the devices findings, which when they check again, state the earthquake will begin in only a few minutes. The gruff man voices his conern again, calling the device unreliable this time, when suddenly, the earthquake begins, just as the machine predicted. As the chaos unfolds, and the roof of the lab begins the cave in, the professor exclaims "What was that about it being unreliable? You see? You see? This is what happens! This is what happens when you don't listen to science-" and is promptly crushed by a brick falling from the ceiling, as is everyone else.
There's a montage of chaos unfolding around the city, and when the dust settles, the protagonist and the professor crawl out of the rubble and head outside, meeting a group of concerned survivors in the street. Rumbling begins again, which scares the survivors, but the professor confirms this is only an aftershock. The aftershock is still powerful enough to level the remains of the building, prompting the protagonist and professor to flee.
Eventually, the protagonist runs into a friend of his, Hank, I think his name was, who speaks with a very nasally, nerdy voice. They decide to get out of the city via the port taking Hank's car to do so. My memory of this part is a little hazy, but I remember around this time they run into my favorite character, whose name is Anthony or Jimmy or something like that. He speaks in a very unusual voice, somwhere between a posh British accent and a southern drawl, with a tic of saying "myess, indubitably" a lot. He tells our heroes that the port is destroyed, but that he has a plane they can take out of the city.
The heroes have a different car than Hank now, but no room for Jimmy, as I will call him. Jimmy appear with a car, and when they question where he got it, he proudly exclaims "I shtole it!". The four of them make their way to the airport via the highway, severely damaged after the earthquake. Part of the highway collapses, leaving hanks car hanging precariously on the edge. The protagonist gets out and tells Hank to lean forward, then back, before ultimately just walking over, opening the door, and pulling him out just before the car falls. "I still had payments on that!" Hank laments.
Eventually, the four of them reach the airport, but the gate it shut. Jimmy finds a solution by driving his car through the gate, smashing it to pieces. They arrive at his plane, which has no fuel in it, thus Jimmy needs some time to fill it up. Shortly into fueling, the professor, who still has the earthquake detecting device, detects that an even more powerful earthquake is about to start. He insists that everyone leave in the plane now, and that he stay behind, despite Jimmy's claims that they barely have any fuel.
The plane leaves, the next earthquake starts, and as the professor watches on, he exclaims "Go, now, or you die like me, for mother russia-" and is crushed by debris. The plane leaves as the hangar explodes. But all is not well. Because they had no time to fuel up the plane, the plane quickly begins to sputter and slow down "Oh bloody hell, were out of fuel! Were gonna crash!" Jimmy explains, the cockpit devolving into a cacophony of panicked screaming as the plane falls from the sky, smashing into pieces on the ground, killing everyone on board. (When asked why he did this, the creator stated "I killed them all so there wouldn't be a sequel.")
I last saw this video sometime around 2018 or 2019. Sometime after that, it was removed for some reason. I remember it had at least 100k views last time I saw it. If anyone knows where I can find this video, or would like to help me recreate it, please let me know!
