Uh-oh, it looks like your Internet Explorer is out of date. For a better shopping experience, please upgrade now. We found 0 results for toys-games-lego-movie-lord-business-evil-lair/27706095. Please try another search or browse our recommendations below.Based on the current hit (and very awesome) LEGO film comes The LEGO Movie Videogame. Following the same plot as the film, play as Emmett, Wyldstyle, and other heroes as they explore locations in the movie like Brickburg city, Wild West Flatbrush Gulch, crazy Cloud Cuckooland, and more as they try to thwart Lord Business’ evil plans. The game is available for all current game consoles, but reviewed on Xbox 360 here. At heart, it plays like any other LEGO video game. Sock enemies, bash blocks and build new LEGO structures, drive vehicles, use teamwork, and solve puzzles. Collect LEGO studs to buy new characters and vehicles to use in Free Play, and find hidden red and gold LEGO bricks to unlock cheats and other goodies.
Just like the others, a second player can join in and hop out at any time for some co-op fun. Similar to other more recent LEGO titles, you reach levels via a hub world which encompasses all the areas in the game. This title seems to have a little more emphasis on mini-games, too. In some sections, you may have to build structures by following the instructions, and match pieces where they go in a time limit. Or you might have to do a rhythm-based dancing sequence to the “Everything is Awesome” song. You can also collect hidden items like LEGO kits and pants. Only problem with this game is the same found in other LEGO titles. It can be a bit buggy sometimes. I got stuck in a corner more than once, for instance, and needed assistance to break free. Also, you may want to see the movie first before playing this game in case you don’t want things spoiled for you, as the video game has lots of footage from the movie in it. But I highly recommend you go see the movie regardless, as it’s very good and rivals even some of Pixar’s works.
While The LEGO Movie Videogame is more of the same, it’s still a fun co-op adventure for the whole family, just like the film. The LEGO Movie Videogame is rated E for Everyone with ESRB descriptors of Cartoon Violence and Comic Mischief. You can punch, shoot, and zap bad guys, but they just fall down or go to pieces when defeated. They make it perfectly clear that everything is made out of LEGOs, so violence isn’t really that bad. If you’re OK with your kids watching the movie, they’ll be fine with the game, too. I’d be OK letting any kid play any of the LEGO games, personally. If you are defeated, you just appear right back where you were with a minimal loss of studs, so it’s not too frustrating. Even though the game has tons of spoken voice, reading skill is still helpful for the menus and tips. If a younger player does need assistance, another can join in at any time. Which is always recommended, as LEGO games are more fun with a friend anyway. And take your kids to see the movie, too, it’s great.
Tags: Game Reviews, Movies with ChildrenWASHINGTON -- Facing a tight re-election battle, Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Thursday got an "endorsement" from Lord Business -- the villain from "The Lego Movie," which Johnson once characterized as "propaganda" against business owners. The endorsement -- shared exclusively with The Huffington Post -- was a setup from the campaign of Johnson's Democratic opponent, former Sen. Russ Feingold, to highlight an issue of contention between the two candidates: the Trans-Pacific Partnership. On Thursday, a staffer dressed as Lord Business went to Johnson's Milwaukee office to offer his endorsement -- on the condition that he come out in favor of President Barack Obama's trade agreement. Feingold opposes TPP, while Johnson has yet to declare a position, claiming he wants to read the full text of the deal before making a decision. However, Johnson voted last year to give Obama "fast-track authority" to authorize trade negotiations with limited congressional oversight -- a vote that Feingold has been quick to point out.
Trade is a major issue in the Wisconsin Senate race, where voters are concerned that TPP could jeopardize the state's manufacturing jobs. The progressive Feingold, whom Johnson ousted from the Senate during the tea party wave in the 2010 elections, came out against the deal last May, calling it "a raw deal for Wisconsin families." "We want to encourage exporting Wisconsin products — not Wisconsin jobs," he said in February. Feingold has touted his long-standing opposition to trade deals, including his vote against NAFTA in the 1990s, and has made the negative effects of free trade the subject of prior campaign ads. Johnson, a businessman, has supported previous U.S. trade deals, arguing that free trade "lifts all boats" and would create jobs. His campaign criticized Feingold's position against TPP, calling it an attempt to score "cheap political points by condemning this deal before he'd even read it." As for why Lord Business and "The Lego Movie" are relevant to the race, Johnson last year claimed the film is "insidious" anti-capitalist propaganda against business owners because it depicts Lord Business as an evil executive destroying the world for profit.
“I actually called a gentleman, it was a couple months ago, he was so upset, he took his children to an animated movie ... guess who the villain was? That propaganda starts very early,” Johnson said. When The Huffington Post's Ryan Grim wrote about the incident, Johnson responded on his blog, musing that “some liberal writer at The Huffington Post ... can’t seem to figure out why I or anyone else would say this about ‘The Lego Movie,’ and he insinuates some kind of conspiracy.” Last August, the blog post became the subject of an ethics complaint from a Democratic watchdog group because it was featured on Johnson's Senate website and then mysteriously deleted, along with a few other posts targeting Feingold. The Senate Ethics Manual states that senators and staff members cannot use Senate Internet “for personal, promotional, commercial, or partisan political purposes.” On Friday, Feingold's campaign will feature the "endorsement" in an email to supporters, fashioned as a letter addressed to Johnson "from the desk of Lord Business."