cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/47253352
May 12, 2026
As the team at Tehran-based Explosive Media keeps churning out viral artificial intelligence-generated Lego-style animated videos condemning the US-Israeli war on Iran, a Cuban version of the clips reacting to President Donald Trump’s threats to attack the island appeared Monday on social media.
First posted by Havana art historian and digital content creator María Teresa Felipe Sosa, the video was shared by users including US investigative journalist Ryan Grim and Explosive Media, which added, “Welcome to the #LRF Cuba,” or Lego Resistance Front.
Of all the things, why Lego? Is it to appeal to children or what? Always seemed so odd to me
Adults love Legos and the Lego movies and video games are huge. It also captures nostalgia for many, which can capture Gen Z attention.
Plus it gets people talking about it. It’s a smart play.
AI videos work best when there’s a good amount of inputs. Sometimes, AI can’t make a picture, one famous example is a wine glass filled to the brim. Lego has several movies, all of which had a very consistent visual style, and lots of diversity in camera angles, screen content, etc. It also stays away from being too realistic and the uncanny valley.
This is also why AI is good a “ghiblifying”, there’s lots of really consistent data to train on.
There’s also a shit ton of fan made stop motion Lego videos online that it was trained on.
Presenting actual footage of the school strikes would be gruesome.