The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part just came out in theatres, and it’s just as awesome
as the first!
It has heart, it has humour, and it’s got a whole LOT of references and Easter Eggs.
So today, we’re counting down some of our favourites with our list of the top 10 Easter
Eggs you missed in the lego movie 2 the second part!
And heads up, there’s some serious spoilers on this list.
It’s all by no means a comprehensive list, so if you want to see us do a part 2 and talk
more about other references and Easter eggs we found while watching the film, give us
a shout in those comments below at the end of the video.
But now, onto the easter eggs!
10 The Fellowship of the Ring At the start of the film, Emmett has a dream,
or rather a vision, of the now Apocalypseburg and all of it’s inhabitants falling into
“our-mom-ageddon”.
The dream features a whole lot of familiar faces, including Lucy, falling into what appears
to big a big firey hole.
One of those individuals who falls into the hole is Gandalf in essentially what is a recreation
of the scene from The Fellowship of the Ring in which Gandalf holds onto a ledge to say
his final words to Frodo and the gang before falling into the depths of a hellish hole
to fight the Balrog.
While there’s no Balrog in Emmett’s dream, it still makes for one hell of a good joke
and reference.
9 Chris Pratt While this Easter Egg is pretty darn obvious,
especially to anyone whose seen the trailers for the film, we still had to point it out.
The film introduces a new hero into the fray who aids Emmett on his quest to save his friends
from the dangers lurking in the Systar system.
His name is Rex Dangervest, and he’s cool as hell.
His character is an amalgamation of a bunch of Chris Pratt’s cinematic storylines, referencing
his career, from Jurassic Park to Guardians of the Galaxy, all of which are references
in his introduction sequence, along with the fact that he used to have baby fat and no
longer does.
Fans of Chris Pratt will recognize this as a reference to the fact that the actor had
lost a ton of weight before taking on the role of Star Lord in Guardians of the Galaxy.
In addition to that, Rex has a whole crew of Raptors he’s trained as his space ship
crew, and even mentions listening to his mix tapes too loud, the former being a Jurassic
park reference and the latter being a Guardians reference.
8 the Raptors Speaking of Rex’s raptors, the character
has chosen some pretty great names for his crew members, all of which are sci fi film
references.
The two most notable ones are Ripley and Conner, the former being a reference to Sigorney Weaver’s
Ripley from the Alien franchise, and the latter being a reference to Sarah and John Connor
from the Terminator franchise.
7 The Invisible Plane There’s a ton of references to Wonder Woman’s
various looks throughout the years (and various toy spin offs) all throughout the film, but
one nice moment in particular is a major shoutout to the character’s history in the comics,
and even in previous animation adaptations.
There’s a moment towards the end of the film where Rex is making a get away, and comes
across Wonder woman seemingly floating in the air.
She’s inside her invisible plane, which was a seldom used but iconic mode of transport
the character made use of, first appearing in the comics in 1942 in Sensation Comics
issue 1.
Prior to the Crisis on Infinite Earths when the character was given the ability to fly,
she would use her invisible plane in order to get around.
Rex highjacks the invisible plane, although it’s never seen again in the film (quite
literally, not a pun there friends).
6 Sparkly Vampires Once our heroes have arrived in the Systar
system and have met Queen Watevra Wa’Nabi and learn of her plans to marry Batman, they’re
brought to a ‘spa’ in the system in order to get ready for the wedding, which appears
at first to be a brain washing tactic.
Or at least it does to Lucy.
The spa, which is covered in sparkles and glitter, is manned by a vampiric character
who, upon introducing himself, goes on listing a bunch of qualities that align pretty darn
perfectly with that of Edward the vampire from the Twilight series.
Those familiar with the Twilight books or films will find this quite hilarious.
5 Time Travel After it’s revealed who Rex Dangervest really
is, Rex talks Emmett through his whole back story again, but the truthful version, which
includes a whole sequence with him time travelling.
He builds a time travel device, but in order to do so, he grabs bricks and parts from other
famous time travelling pop culture figures.
This includes the DeLorean from Back to the Future, Tartis from Doctor Who, and the hot
tub from Hot Tub Time Machine, amongst other references.
4 Intermission Animation About mid way through the film just as the
action is really kicking off before the wedding ceremony, the film cuts away to a really brief
scene that’s done in old timey animation, featuring multiple characters dancing along
with the title Intermission above them.
This is actually a reference to the intermission animations that used to appear in films primarily
during the 50s and 60s, often at drive in movie theatres, or for films that were quite
long in length, encouraging movie goers to take a break to use the washroom and, in particular,
buy snacks.
It’s a nice little throwback to film history in general.
3 Mad Max Right off the bat, we’re introduced to a
new take on Bricksburg; because of invaders from the Systar system constantly destroying
any construction the citizens of Bricksburg accomplish, the lego land has become an post
apocalyptic wasteland now known as Apocalypseburg.
Apocalypseburg is one major reference to Mad Max, from it’s aesthetic, to the wardrobe
it’s citizens now wear, and, in particular, a sequence in which our favourite characters
all drive through the desert to take on a particularly vicious alien invader, General
Sweet Mayhem, which matches up pretty perfectly with the iconic chase scene in the recent
Mad Max Fury Road in which tricked out crazy vehicles speed their way through the desert
towards battle.
It’s pretty darn epic itself.
Lucy even has a whole moment before Emmett interrupts her brooding that matches up pretty
well with a few shots of Charlize Theron’s Furiosa.
2 Bruce Willis Another reference to an iconic action film
here at this number!
At the spa we mentioned earlier, there’s a quick cutaway reference to Bruce Willis,
who is actually voiced by the actor.
He’s sitting in what appears to be a hot tub.
This isn’t the only time in the film he makes an appearance though.
As Lucy is trying to escape, she ends up travelling through air ducts, where she just so happens
to run into Bruce Willis again, who claims that the air ducts are totally not his home.
This is a reference to Die Hard, the 1988 action film that starred Willis and famously
features the actor crawling through an air duct, which has become one of it’s more
iconic scenes.
1 2001 A Space Odyssey For any sci fi or classic film nerds out there,
you’ll really appreciate this one.
After the gang is abducted and taken away to the Systar system, Emmett builds the remains
of his dream house into a space ship of his own to follow them.
Upon travelling through space, prior to being saved from crashing into an asteroid field,
his space travels may look pretty darn familiar to Stanley Kubrick fans.
There’s a short sequence that’s a major reference to the iconic director’s 2001
A Space Odyssey, specifically the film’s Star Gate sequence.
In the Lego Movie 2, it’s called travelling through the stair gate, because, you know,
stairs.
Nicely done.
There we have it friends!
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Are you planning on going to theatres to catch it?
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