Stoic

[omarsonic9]

So thats....... wait wat?!

[Hypastpist]

"Not a single fuck was given that day"

[Johnathon394]

@Hypastpist that will be my catchphrase from no one. Thank you sir.

[ricardopaiva88]

This is actually the cynicism philosophy, but good try tough. Stoicism and cynicism are quite similar, the latter preaches that we should focus only in the things in our power, and disregard everything not in power (Epictetus) on the other hand, the former would disregard all conventions and traditions in society worthless when confronted with virtue.

[exeuroweenie]

This was well done.Philosophy and literature aside,people always told me I acted stoic.The mawkish would accuse me of showing no emotion.So much for not wetting your pants and blubbering in public.What passes for emotion is sometimes fleeting,manipulative,or just plain tawdry.Little kids turn on the waterworks to get what they want.Some obviously never outgrow it.

[MegaAlabamafan22]

wtf

[pm41224]

This was inspired by a beatmaniaIIDX song.

[MultiAnalphabet]

what i see here is just wrong and puts stoics into a bad position. Especially the last scene with the girl being chased and shot does not show how a "true stoic" would react. He would try to save her, but he wouldnt feel any emotional  pain if he failed.

Yes for a stoic life means nothing but he wouldnt just stand still and do nothing in such a moment but he would be emotional unaffected.

[weretiger12]

Explains why he didn't move in infinity squared

[luigiblox]

@weretiger12 no its beacause he is.................. CHUCK NORRIS

[turboman10000]

Its a little wierd when they walk off the screen and the footstep noise just ends.

[fostersfan88]

poor alex, he crashed.....lol 

and alice went next to (her dad) lol!!!!

[BernieVonBeam]

Alice's dad

[FitlisFleader]

your great!

[fostersfan88]

i still dont get what it means

your going to have to dumb it up more for me

so it means your too filled with an emotion to care about whats going on?

[DarthBrickStudios]

Nope, he just doesn't care. If you watch till the end it gives an explaination. ;)

[Hellsconsort]

@fostersfan88 It means you don't react to the same extreme's of emotion as regular people.

[ABCarlough]

@fostersfan88 it didnt say not caring it said seemingly unaffected. ie having the diciplin to not be overwhelmed by emotions (sortof).

[blocklandiscool]

lol XD

[xMercuryx56]

Stoic means not moving?

[shinyleafsblog]

so it means, "un-moving during anything,"?

[BiologicallySuper]

No, Stoic means "Someone who does not appreciate or is unaffected by emotions (fear joy grief pleasure pain" NOT EMO!!! NOT UNMOVING!!! UNAFFECTED!!!

[odstrooper117]

awsome

[Shadow151197]

Stoic = Keanu Reeves

[Ruphondorm]

so technekly stoic means emotian less?

[miles305678]

Awesome! as are all your vids, but your GO MINIMAN GO proved to me that your the best brick filmer!

[TheLEGOKID2000]

isnt that allis s dad

[ValkrieEye]

It was very good but kind of boring

[elviscoolguy]

so is mine

[mrlegoman1234]

my dogs a stoic!

[hemir9]

Lol Your animation rules your voice rules and i crap my pants outta ur jokes!!!!

"no i dont crap my pants" "but i do lol my ass off"

[spya105]

chuck norris would have loved this

[DarkAgent117]

you would think anyone would run away if someone was shooting a gun lol

[Soldierman870]

clever

[rgaleny]

@Soldierman870 i agree. and just love the TAO. (Yin-Yang) Shanti!!

[bricksstudios]

Interesting

[MartialShadow]

While the general idea is correct- one should be unaffected by things outside of one's control; it is unlikely a stoic who studied under Zeno, Chrysippus, Epictetus or Aurelius would stand passively by as a woman an innocent is harmed IF there is something within their power that can prevent it.

[LockDown4000]

nerd

[Hyenix]

(Headache)

[sockironer]

how this manages to get 3 thumbs down when it perfectly sums up why the film is inaccurate is beyond me,,well said

[dorcha2442]

Good animation

[egadslarads]

As I understand things a stoic is one that does not take their religion seriously and why should they when the law was lost in josiahs days and the dog exists because nations want people to take their laws seriously. If we were all germans in germany (for one example only) where we we all be? killing innocent one's because one obeyed the law of the land at the time? Meglomaniac people see other people as followers (dogs) and this is oppression and unjust let them reason leth their be chaos.

[ChrisKolodychuk]

lol

[wisconsinlegoboy]

yes

[norjansonjoe]

Can you just make Dictionary videos anytime and post them?

[dohoon1117]

I think where the woman that got shot was from:Close Encounters of the third kind montage clip and at 0:18 it was Nathan Wells.

[Homerball667]

Derik ran away cause he saw Alice's dad.

[izzyC98]

omg! A lady was standing behide and and got shot and Alice's dad didn't care one bit!

[helldog124]

ALICE!!!!

[Eddifrillson]

watta hella

[CpFamo]

Heeeeeh funny

[CandiceJ]

Alex at 0:35!

[LEGOaddict456]

hes just standing there while that lady got shot!

[999manman]

i saw derrick!

[blackbeltjedi]

I saw Alex and Nathan Well's figure.

[miles305678]

The ancient Stoics are often misunderstood because the terms they used pertained to different concepts in the past than they do today. The word stoic has come to mean unemotional or indifferent to pain, because Stoic ethics taught freedom from passion by following reason. But the Stoics did not seek to extinguish emotions, only to avoid emotional troubles by developing clear judgment and inner calm through diligent practice of logic, reflection, and concentration.

[bubblytar]

you looked that up on wikipedia, didn't you

[miles305678]

Yes lol,

but its true I later looked it up on,

National Geografics site.

[LadyShiva16]

Ok, that is like totally Spock, off Star Trek!

[byronpaulson]

wikipedia is for n00bs. cna u tell me the difference between things within ones control vs things out of ones control acrodding to epictetus?

[chica476]

@miles305678

And body conditioning as well.

[pilot7893]

He must be very easy to animate

[legomad]

Lol!

[Gilatshia]

is this movie like some sort of definition?

[Dewfilms]

I was hoping for that little humor twist at the very end. Great film overall though. :)

[miles305678]

Thats was not the point

[CassetteMaster]

wow1

[ScytheKing]

Great work!

[moviemaster13]

awsome, brilliant, great!!

[ddrblank777]

oh yeah, and great film Nathan.

[steviedicks]

Do you have to be a sertain age to have a brickfilms account

[ddrblank777]

yeah, 13.

[HopefullyUnexpected]

this was not random. it was an excellent distillation of how I feel about stoicism. I just looked it up and did a youtube video about emotion and i had to look up stoicism for it, and this video definitely hits the spot. I think the definition at the end was unnecessary/only necessary for educational purposes, not for artistic purposes.

[samxma]

lol it was random :) i like it

[yermaan]

Good stopmotion but the story line was poinless...