We spoke to the man making viral Lego-style AI videos for Iran

dtagames

They didn't include the latest and best one, a terrific rap video that got the producer banned from YouTube. A press website posted this archive copy: https://youtu.be/5G9DNx7xIIc?si=XxIep3pySW7ZS8zb

oa335

Non-paywalled link: https://archive.is/Rocgc

jmann99999

Has anyone figured out what AI tool the "Mr. Explosive" team is using to make these? I find the quality of the LEGO animation to be really good. I have made stop-motion LEGO videos in the past, and this is impressive. Thanks for any insight.

drnick1

It's quite clear in view of recent events that the mullahs aren't interested in negotiating for the good of their people. It is obvious to anyone that if Iran put all the resources they poured into secret nuclear facilities and missiles into economic development, infrastructure, and education, Iran would be in a completely different place today. Sadly, the regime's primary objective is self-preservation, and the only language it understands is violence.

ChrisArchitect

Previously: The team behind a pro-Iran, Lego-themed viral-video campaign https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47661065

vvpan

I know, I know, this is not the platform. But however I dislike the war (which sounds across-the-board unpopular except with Republican senators) having love for a regime that massacres protestors by the thousands is cruel and perverse.

georgeburdell

It’s really bizarre to me that, even before the war, the mainstream western media ignored the 30k protesters getting massacred in January. They have been using kid gloves with the Iranian regime for some time, like this article exemplifies.

abernard1

Most likely motivational media for their new child recruits: https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/news/2026/04/iran-recruitm...

deaux

A lot of comments talking about the Iranian regime. The videos I've seen say nothing positive about the Iranian regime, all they do is rightfully criticize the US regime that carried out an assault out on Iran, which as expected has led to nothing but more suffering for the Iranians, without improving their lives. That the Iranian regime killed thousands of protestors says nothing about both the legitimacy and the effects of the attack on Iran, and believing otherwise is caused by being raised on US propaganda. If you truly care about the Iranian people, you'd be agreeing with these videos, because the attack has only made their lives worse. And this was completely expected, look at how the last two times of the US attacking a country in the Middle East went.

shubhamjain

The article sounds like the author is visibly upset why these videos are being shared, which are mere “propaganda” to them. “Slop”, “factually inaccurate”, “Iran, the most repressive country for press freedom.” “We spoke” is doing a more than necessary work here. Maybe just ask a few things and wrote what we had decided to write. My problem isn’t with those claims, which are true, but setting a narrative where a single country is exploiting social media for propaganda while clearly ignoring the crimes of much worse actors here.

Johnny_Bonk

Day after day, reality seems less and less real… when I was a kid I didn’t think war would include LEGO style psyops videos…

b00ty4breakfast

condemning the US != condoning the Iranian regime. This is not rocket appliance, you guys; saying it's wrong to murder cat burglars while they eat dinner with their kids is not an endorsement of burglary (especially when the murder is about collecting life insurance rather than stopping burglary)

warabe

Why is this flagged?