farmageddon is awesome :)
just as good as the first one, except they've conjured the cutest animated alien ever
― imago, Sunday, 20 October 2019 20:20 (four years ago) link
We dragged out a DVD of Pirates! and watched it last night. I am convinced that Nick Park and his core Aardman production team had very limited creative input on the script. The characters, their problems and their solutions were very much off-the-shelf Hollywood stock elements, gaudied up a bit, but ultimately flat. It relied on pushing the action; you didn't need to absorb the humor or savor it as Aardman usually prefers. The design, otoh, showed a lot of the Aardman flair for backgrounds.
I'd rate it as 80% Sony Pictures heavy-handedness and 20% Aardman light-heartedness.
― A is for (Aimless), Sunday, 26 April 2020 18:43 (four years ago) link
The screenplay is adapted by Defoe from his own books, and the movie is directed by Aardman head & co-founder Peter Lord. Park doesn’t even work on the spin-offs of his own characters, and iirc his only recurring co-writer is Bob Baker, who has never been an Aardman employee.(And is now 80, so unlikely to be on retainer as a regular consultant)
― donald failson (sic), Sunday, 26 April 2020 20:00 (four years ago) link
― imago, Sunday, 20 October 2019 20:20 (one year ago) bookmarkflaglink
VINDICATION
― imago, Monday, 15 March 2021 15:02 (three years ago) link
Why yes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx1tfy3JuKI
― Ned Raggett, Thursday, 17 June 2021 17:58 (two years ago) link
feels important that this be good
― imago, Thursday, 17 June 2021 18:03 (two years ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=icfv_T5pkdI
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 6 September 2023 21:06 (seven months ago) link
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_-Kz67kea8Q
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Wednesday, 15 November 2023 14:58 (five months ago) link
The arduously crafted sequel that no one asked for, lol. But ... sure.
― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 15 November 2023 16:31 (five months ago) link
https://www.avclub.com/chicken-run-studio-aardman-is-apparently-running-out-of-1851033934
Modeling Clay. They're running out of Modeling Clay.
― an icon of a worried-looking, long-haired, bespectacled man (C. Grisso/McCain), Sunday, 19 November 2023 15:01 (five months ago) link
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2023/nov/21/wallace-and-gromit-aardman-animations-reassures-fans-over-clay-shortagehow odd, it seems an incorrect rumour was reported at exactly the same time Aardman have a movie out
― kinder, Wednesday, 22 November 2023 00:14 (five months ago) link
glad i didn't put that in the good news story thread now
― Tyler Perry's Cystitis (Noodle Vague), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 00:43 (five months ago) link
Doesn’t seem to be any contradiction between the incorrect rumour of “their supplier closed down so they bought up all the stock and will have to source a new supply in the future” and the statement of “we have lots of stock currently and have been investigating new supply for the future”can they mould a fresh Julia Sawahla voicebox from the new material, though
― vashti funyuns (sic), Wednesday, 22 November 2023 01:13 (five months ago) link