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New Wallace and Gromit Shorts

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the stuff-to-get dept.

disco_stu00 writes "Aardman Animations has produced 10 new one-minute Wallace and Gromit shorts entitled Cracking Contraptions in preparation and training for the upcoming feature length film. BBC News has the first short available for download."

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  1. Worship at the church of Shaun the Sheep by Dynamoo · · Score: 5, Interesting
    Shaun the Sheep (from A Close Shave is a huge cultural icon in the UK, even more so that Gromit. In five hundred years time when archaeologists dig through the remains of our era, they'll clearly come to the conclusion that the plethora of Shaunie socks, toys, character bags, ornaments, mouse mats etc are part of some religious thing.

    Umm maybe that's just my confession that all of these items currently exist in my household. Plus a single solitary Gromit.

    One.. two.. three.. baaaah!

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  2. Re:Wallace eyes the export market... by Chillas · · Score: 3, Interesting


    Odd, since the word "soccer" is a British invention.

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  3. Wallace & Gromit: The Game by Alioth · · Score: 4, Interesting
    Additionally, Frontier Developments are making a Wallace and Gromit game. How well it'll translate to a game, I don't know, but FD do seem to have some good animation stuff.

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  4. Re:I'm looking forward to the movie... by simong_oz · · Score: 3, Interesting

    ...a soft yorkshire accent like that of Wallace is entirely appropriate. It makes perfect sense.

    Heh, as a foreigner (Australian, no less) living in Yorkshire, I reckon that's because a proper yorkshire accent would need subtitles!

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  5. Re:I'm looking forward to the movie... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Interesting

    That's funny. I've lived in Minnesota and California, and people in both states believe that they have no accent, and that news reporters all are trained there or come from there so they're understandable everywhere.

    I've discovered that the "not having an accent" concept is ridiculous. EVERYONE has an accent... and nobody thinks they have one. Your background determines what sounds normal and what doesn't. National newscasters are trained to be generic, but you'll still notice certain words that sound wierd to you if you listen closely enough, because of YOUR accent.