Incredibly Awesome Lego Animation Bifecta: The Two Towers and The Wire
What do the second movie in Peter Jackson’s Lord of the Rings film adaptation and HBO’s acclaimed crime and drugs drama have in common? Well, both are good, both star living human beings, and both recently had awesome Lego brick films made of them and sent to me by their creators. Now, I imagine most of you will gravitate towards The Two Towers video above, it being the nerdier of the two properties, of course, but even if you haven’t seen The Wire, I highly recommend you watch the video below, too. Because Lego minifigures running drugs, getting drunk on the job and shooting each other never needs any context.
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