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My favorite genre of internet film, the stop-motion, is a weird sort of internet viral. Most internet videos are made more quickly and cheaply than their slicker counterparts in film and TV. But part of the joy of stop-motion is how damn long it takes. That's true as ever in this Lego reproduction of the "Trinity Help" scene from The Matrix. (Lego is a versatile and popular tool for stop-motion, as previously seen in JK Wedding Entrance, Lego rap videos, and the stunning 8-bit Trip.)



What makes this project special is the extensive documentation of the production process in seven other videos.Here's a faraway time-lapsed look at the shooting process. It reveals the cool thing about shooting the Matrix in stop-motion: You're already working in bullet-time.



Finally, watch the reproduction side-by-side with the original:

There's more info (like why reproducing the whole film would take 25 years) at the short's official site.