#and on god the minute i heard the narrarator i just KNEW it was sean. turns out i was 100 RIGHT

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If you have not seen the Lego Monkie kid documentary, I highly suggest watching it. Like Right. Now.

Rant (/POS VERY BIG /POS) about it under the cut

you guys you guys you guys you guys

The amount. Of FUCKING effort. Lego put into this show. Is so much more than I've ever fucking seen from anything else ever.

I can not believe how involved the team got to make sure they were 100% accurate to the legend. And it took this video to make it actually hit that Journey to the West is an actual freaking legend.

Sun Wukong is more than a fictional character for the Chinese. Everyone in China knows who he is straight up. There's a whole ass fucking statue of Tang Sanzang who was apparently a freaking REAL, ACTUAL PERSON.

This is not meant to sound ignorant, I always knew that the legend was more than just a story. This documentary.. it just opened my eyes so much wider with how important it truly is. And the fact that Lego went above and beyond to do all this, to make China happy, that is a true company right there.

They were concerned for the kids. They made sure the designs of the characters weren't looked as racist. That the designs of the mechs put every ounce of respect for the culture as possible. There were so many firsts that came with this show and holy shit it makes my heart melt.

I don't know if it's allowed, but one of these days I will make it a top priority to go down to the Tang Sanzang statue and pay my respects. This legend has done so much for me, and from here on out I will show Sun Wukong and JTTW more respect than before. This was such an amazing thing to watch I even cried.

Watching grown adults talking about the "power of friendship" and playing with toys and having fun at their jobs and going out to explore.... God that is the life and passion that should be for everything. It's not an immature, childish dream. It can be real.

Lego made it real.