Aardman Animations

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Just saw the new 'Creature Comforts' on ITV and it reminded me just how great Aardman stuff is. All the little details the makers sneak in, the character's expressions, the in-jokes, and so on. So I decided to make a thread about it. Which is your favorite Aardman Animation and why?

I voted 'The Wrong Trousers' as it was the first one I saw so it has that charm for me. And it had so many great moments (the jam/toaster machine, the model railway chase, and the Techno-Trousers).

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I'm going with "The Wrong Trousers" for the same reasons as you, first Aardman I saw, and it really got me into the excellence that is "Wallace & Gromit".  Plus, it has a penguin with a gun, and an Indiana Jones spoof. Great stuff.

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Aardman, an inspiration to budding British animators everywhere. All two of them. 

 I enjoyed "The Wrong Trousers", but my vote goes to "Chicken Run" for it's originality. Anyone who can make a half decent feature length film about chickens is obviously doing something right.
 Small anecdote: after the film, my mother told my always on-the-ball Nan about how they animated Chicken Run, the way in which they moved the models a little bit at a time and so on. To which Nan replied "Oh, you mean they weren't people in costumes?" 

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The wrong trousers was my favorite.

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Wrong Trousers is a classic

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I voted for "A Grand Day Out", because it was the first one I saw.  I love Gromit's facial expressions (especially during the launch sequence).

Moreover, Wallace just wouldn't be the same without the inimitable voice of Peter Sallis.

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The three Wallace and Gromit films definitely rank as highest, but Wrong Trousers edges ahead purely for the train chase. 

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I love the high tech machines in The Wrong Trousers(?) that they use to make breakfast and stuff. 

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I don't know... Chicken Run is great but Trousers has a penguin desguised as a chicken that gets stuck in a bottle... Discisions Discisons...

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Loved those movies.

The Wrong Trousers got my vote, a real Wallace and Gromit classic. I only saw Chicken Run once, and can't remember it that well, but I can say it was great when I saw it.

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Where's Rex The Runt?  The first series was an instant classic - not to mention the first Aardman product to get complaints for 'language'   

One episode had the 'Happiness Cake' song - better than Futurama's songs even.

I did have the video tape of Rex Series 1 - but  it was in my VCR when it was stolen   

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I remember seeing 'A Grand Day Out' when I was younger and I was almost in tears when the robot was left behind at the end... at least I think that's what happened. So it will get my vote, even though 'The Wrong Trousers' is great.

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"A Grand Day Out" was great.  I love how the moon was actually made of cheese and they brought their crackers with them. But "The Wrong Trousers" has my vote, as you can see. 

 

Originally posted by Me:
The wrong trousers was my favorite.

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I like all of the Aardman animations though I missed the creature comforts. Most of my mates watched it and they all said it was good. But my favorite would have to be the wrong tousers.

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"The Wrong Trousers", it had an evil penguin in it, how can it not be the best?

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The wrong trousers and A close shave where  great and really fuuny. I boted for Creature Comforts because I love the animals in it.

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Wow, I thought I'd be the odd one out by voting 'Wrong Trousers'. People agree with me for once 

 

Where's Rex The Runt?

The what? I haven't heard of that one. These are all those that Nick Park was involved in though.

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Oh its just so hard to choose. My best friend is a complete Aardman nut and loves all his work. I guess I'll vote for The Wrong Trousers though because it was the first Wallace and Gromit I ever saw, and the animation in that is simply astounding 

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Oh I was gonna start this thread the other day!  I have always liked Aardman Animations' films, and I loved Creature Comforts and Wallace & Gromit 

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'Wong Trousers', I love that penguin, he's so clool! 

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The Wrong Trousers - that was really great.

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Dammit, how do I choose between The Wrong Trousers and Chicken Run?  Well, I'll vote for Chicken run anyway, just because it's longer.  But the Wrong Trousers is my favorite of all the Wallace and Gromit shorts.

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The Wrong Trousers is the best, no doubt about it and no one can convince me otherwise.

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The Wrong Trousers- Can't wait for
WALLACE AND GROMIT MOVIE!
2004!
WOO!
W00T!

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Wow, the Wallace and Gromit movie's coming out next year?  Does anybody know which month it's supposed to get released?

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Originally posted by planetcutie:
Where's Rex The Runt?  The first series was an instant classic - not to mention the first Aardman product to get complaints for 'language'   

 Yay, Rex The Runt! Now we're talking.

 "What d'you think is in the center of the planet, Vince?"
 "Tuesday."

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Why did so few people vote for Chicken Run? That was a funny movie.

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I've never seen chicken run, but I'm not planning to go out of my way to see it.

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Rex the runt was pretty cool, I didnt realise it was Aardman tho

I cant choose they are all so awesome

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Originally posted by Mouse On Venus:
  Yay, Rex The Runt! Now we're talking.

 "What d'you think is in the center of the planet, Vince?"
 "Tuesday."

Loved that show, only saw a few of them though....just recently found one on tape 
I like how they always cut away to another scene just as a character was about to swear...."Oh f...." Classic 

And I didn't know this was Aardman either but hooray now I do....now I have to go find Wallace and Grommit on video wheeeeee....

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Time to bump a super old thread for something new:

I just watched Wallace And Gromit In A Matter Of Loaf And Death online and I have to say they still got it. The best part was seeing Wallace's ass!

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"McFlea" album in Gromits music collection, lols occured.

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You see, Victor, there's hope for the vegetables yet.
Not the ones I’m looking at.

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Wallace's ass? Don't you get enough of Gromits'?!

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The website says it's being shown on Christmas in England.  Did it get released early over here or ZOMG TORRENT PLZ!!?

Just kidding.  I would never actually ask for illegal downloads per PEEL's bylaws.

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Torrent is out there alright, it was released early in Oz I think.

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I'm waiting until Xmas day to see it, can't wait. It's gonna be clool! Haha still saying it 5 years later...

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Damned Australians have all the luck...and all the marsupials.

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Cow and Chicken! Holy crap I love that show.

*Nostalgic memories!*

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Wrooooong threaaaaaaaaaad?