 The New Wallace and Gromit movie, has got the *locals* worried |
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 Oct 8 2005, 12:58 AM
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 Probably sees visions  Group: Established Members Posts: 510 Joined: 8-May 03 From: The occupied territories of Tooting. Member No.: 296  |
This is one of the oddest things I've heard...
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In Portland, rabbits are called underground mutton or furry things. Posters for the new Wallace and Gromit film on a south coast island will not feature the word "rabbit" because of a local superstition. Because burrowing can cause landslips in quarries, residents of Portland, Dorset, instead call the creatures underground mutton or furry things. Posters for the new film, The Curse of the Were-Rabbit, on Portland do not use the word, to respect local folklore. Instead they simply say "Something bunny is going on". Les Ames, mayor of Weymouth and Portland, told BBC News that the animals could cause dangerous landslips in the quarries the isle is famous for. "If the word rabbit is used in company in Portland there is generally a bit of a hush," he said. "In the olden days when quarrying was done by hand, if one of these animals was seen in the area, the quarryman would pack up and go home for the day - until the safety of the area had been reconnoitred. "It is an unwritten rule in Portland that you do not use the word rabbit." A spokesman for Aardman Animations said they -------------------- Politics is war without bloodshed, while war is politics with bloodshed... I like catnip.
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Oct 8 2005, 08:12 AM
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 Perfection Personified Group: Established Members Posts: 1,128 Joined: 17-December 04 From: Land of the Wombles! Member No.: 1,548 Gender: Male |
Wow. A film promotion being considerate to the area it is advertised? Well I never.
Bit of a slap in the face to Guy Richie's Revolver who advertised the violent film at the site of deadly shootings. -------------------- "Too often Fate,
By all abhorred, To savage poison, Adds the sword" - Boethius, The Concillations of Philosophy |
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Oct 9 2005, 06:13 PM
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 I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,959 Joined: 12-May 04 From: Victoria B.C. Member No.: 1,112 Gender: Female |
Wallace and Gromit looks like an excellent film. I started watching it last night. Loved the rabbit trying to bop one guy in the nose. Unfortunately my brother, we went together, has a tendency to just up and leave if he feels like it. As I'm the one giving him a ride to / from theatre it means I also leave the film. At least he paid for the movie this time. I still haven't seen the ending for War of the Worlds for the same reason.
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Oct 10 2005, 01:24 AM
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It's a great story isn't it? And, more importantly, it's another good reason to subscribe to the RSS feed of my blog, http://www.matazone.co.uk/blog/?p=176
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Oct 10 2005, 03:50 PM
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 I plug directly into my computer Group: Established Members Posts: 3,640 Joined: 18-November 04 From: Manchester Member No.: 1,488 Gender: Male |
Have you heard about the fire at Aardman Animations? Everything including sets, recordings and all the memoribilia that they had there from Creature Comforts, Chicken Run, Wrong Trousers, Grand Day Out and others was destroyed.
It's terrible that all that memorabilia from all these great films has been lost. But, no-one was hurt so it's okay there. -------------------- QUOTE (Peter Griffin) Math, my dear boy, is nothing more than the lesbian sister of biology. |
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Oct 10 2005, 05:12 PM
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'Trouble Down Pit' now online! Group: Admin Posts: 10,141 Joined: 22-February 03 From: Southern UK Member No.: 1 Gender: Male |
A squeaky voiced individual wearing white gloves and apparently with two black discs stuck to his head was spotted fleeing the scene.
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Oct 10 2005, 05:38 PM
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I plug directly into my computer Group: Established Members Posts: 3,640 Joined: 18-November 04 From: Manchester Member No.: 1,488 Gender: Male |
I heard it was a small black and white character with a red rubber glove on his head.
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Oct 10 2005, 06:27 PM
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 Wait for the uprising Group: Established Members Posts: 3,177 Joined: 7-April 05 From: In a cave in Scotland Member No.: 1,735 Gender: Female |
You've both got it all wrong- they arrested a small underground mutton trying to dig away in it's getaway tunnel.
It is being held for police questioning. -------------------- We are unraveling our navels so that we may ingest the sun. DARIA IZ GOOD ON TOAST TOAST IZ GOOD ON DARIA |
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Oct 12 2005, 09:31 PM
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I'm afraid I'm back. Group: Established Members Posts: 3,389 Joined: 23-September 04 From: Cambridge Member No.: 1,308 Gender: Male |
Is it just me, or has anyone else noticed that warehouses have a strange habit of burning down?
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Oct 13 2005, 12:20 PM
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This one has the side benefit of not only being a good insurance scam but also promoting the film at the same time. The biggest shame is that they couldn't fit a few of Tracey Emin's works in there before they started it.
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Oct 13 2005, 01:08 PM
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 Remorseless posting machine Group: Moderators Posts: 5,749 Joined: 19-July 03 From: Bloody London Member No.: 466 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Mata @ Oct 13 2005, 01:20 PM) The biggest shame is that they couldn't fit a few of Tracey Emin's works in there before they started it.  Oooh, controversial  I rather like Emin, myself, but that's a topic for another thread, should you care to start it.
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Oct 13 2005, 07:26 PM
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 Shut up, noob! Group: Established Members Posts: 5,760 Joined: 7-June 03 From: The Dina, No Flo Member No.: 367 Gender: Male |
When will this be available in the States? My brother, dad, little sister and I love Wallace and Gromit.
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Oct 13 2005, 08:56 PM
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I'm afraid I'm back. Group: Established Members Posts: 3,389 Joined: 23-September 04 From: Cambridge Member No.: 1,308 Gender: Male |
QUOTE (Mata @ Oct 13 2005, 01:20 PM) The biggest shame is that they couldn't fit a few of Tracey Emin's works in there before they started it. Ooh, Mata, whoever said it was deliberate? I think you'd better come and answer a few questions at the station. -------------------- |
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Oct 15 2005, 02:17 PM
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I plug directly into my computer Group: Established Members Posts: 3,640 Joined: 18-November 04 From: Manchester Member No.: 1,488 Gender: Male |
I think it was put best by Mitch Benn, in this song braodcast today on the It's Been A Bad Week Show (The Worst Week of the Week Award, Awarded Weekly on a Week by Week Basis):
It was an ordinary day, When the dreadful story broke. How the greastest heros In the land, went up in smoke. Oh the nation wept as one, Couldn't believe that they were gone. Yes, everybody felt it, When Wallace and Gromit melted. The people hung their heads and mourned, Those stars of the silver screen. Who wouldn have thought we'd feel such pain, At the passing of lumps of plasticine? At their hour of victory, They were snatched away so cruelly. And everybody cried, When Wallaec and Gromit got liquified. Yeah -------------------- QUOTE (Peter Griffin) Math, my dear boy, is nothing more than the lesbian sister of biology. |
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Oct 16 2005, 12:37 AM
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'Trouble Down Pit' now online! Group: Admin Posts: 10,141 Joined: 22-February 03 From: Southern UK Member No.: 1 Gender: Male |
That's very somber.
Anyway... Has anyone seen it yet? Did they like it? Sues and I plan to go see it at some point just on the principle that Aardman haven't done anything badly yet so why would they start now? I don't think it's a good idea to end every sentence in a paragraph with a question mark, is it? -------------------- Trouble Down Pit: Still updated every Monday and Friday
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Oct 16 2005, 12:21 PM
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 Take apart your head Group: Established Members Posts: 1,323 Joined: 17-January 05 From: Old Hampshire Member No.: 1,599 Gender: Male |
I saw it on friday, the late night showing with only 5 or so people in the audience. I don't think its too much of an overstatement to say its the best film ever made by anyone ever.
Its pretty much standard Wallance and Gromit fare, but feature length. My house mate got bored towards the end, saying it went on too long, but I think they managed to keep the humour all the way through. NOTE: So you don't have to, I waited all the way through the credits to see if they had any chicken-run style extra scenes at the end. They don't. I was sat in the cinema on my own at one in the morning. Man, did I feel stupid. -------------------- |
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Oct 16 2005, 02:18 PM
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I saw it on Friday. I loved it. The style, the plot, the jokes, it was great. And as sad as it is with the warehouse burning down, it's great publicity.
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Oct 17 2005, 12:39 AM
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I could have written a short novel by this point Group: Established Members Posts: 1,959 Joined: 12-May 04 From: Victoria B.C. Member No.: 1,112 Gender: Female |
I went back, by myself this time without picky little brother
, and watched the whole film. I liked it. I liked the nod to Watership Downs and the in-jokes refering to earlier Wallace and Grommit episodes.I'm glad you stayed until the end Novander. I'd been kicking myself for not doing so. I was wondering if I'd missed anything. Thank you for doing it. -------------------- It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion, It is by the beans of Java that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking becomes a warning, It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. - SpeakertotheLost |
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Oct 17 2005, 07:11 PM
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 Lord of the Keys Group: Established Members Posts: 2,197 Joined: 1-October 04 From: Wonderful-smelling dwelling in French-Canada Member No.: 1,329 Gender: Female |
QUOTE (Mata @ Oct 15 2005, 08:37 PM) Anyway... Has anyone seen it yet? I saw it a few weeks ago and liked it very, very much. The evening was only magnified in wonderfulness after a jaunt on a McDonald's plastic castle. I regressed about five years, yes, but that's not a very large number of years. If you think about it. Also: QUOTE (Righteous @ Oct 13 2005, 03:26 PM) When will this be available in the States? My brother, dad, little sister and I love Wallace and Gromit. It's been here for a bit, might be delayed in Florida? -------------------- can I kiss your dopamine? In a way I wonder if she's living in a magazine |
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Oct 22 2005, 05:46 PM
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Shut up, noob! Group: Established Members Posts: 5,760 Joined: 7-June 03 From: The Dina, No Flo Member No.: 367 Gender: Male |
It's come out in the theater in my town! I want to see if my dad and brother would be interested in going. We love Wallace and Gromit.
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Oct 22 2005, 11:18 PM
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 Obliterates Everything He Kisses Group: Established Members Posts: 634 Joined: 8-October 03 From: Dundee owns me! Member No.: 633 Gender: Male |
Just back from seeing it now - all I have to say is: Go. See it. Now.
T'was amazing! Even although it's aimed at a younger audience a lot of the humour is aimed towards <uses term loosely> adults. Definate must see! I'm going to bed now - hopefully to dream of Hutch! (If you go, you'll know what I mean  )Fal xXx -------------------- The bookworm - bellydancing tart of Snuggles Harem
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Oct 23 2005, 03:49 PM
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 : insert cultural reference here : Group: Established Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 9-October 05 From: Normal For Norfolk Member No.: 2,054 Gender: Female |
I loved it. Even though all the brats in the cinema were kicking seats and crying and laughing in all the wrong places and such (I'm not a kid person). But I kept laughing the whole way through. The best part was that box that Wallace used to cover himself. Me and mum were still laughing when we got home.
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Oct 23 2005, 05:29 PM
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 Don't do that. Group: Established Members Posts: 2,270 Joined: 13-March 05 From: Richmond , London, UK Member No.: 1,683 Gender: Male |
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heh heh hee.... I thought it was good. I mean who doesn’t like Wallace and Grommet? It was a laugh. I saw it with some of my friends. The story line was quite good… but had some bad points. It just makes me feel a bit irritated that they can be bothered to do ALL of that clayamation! -------------------- |
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Oct 23 2005, 05:31 PM
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: insert cultural reference here : Group: Established Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 9-October 05 From: Normal For Norfolk Member No.: 2,054 Gender: Female |
Yeah, I must admit I sat there thinking "Blimin 'eck these people have NO life!"
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Oct 23 2005, 05:33 PM
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Don't do that. Group: Established Members Posts: 2,270 Joined: 13-March 05 From: Richmond , London, UK Member No.: 1,683 Gender: Male |
Yeah.... But then they did make ALOT of money out of it...
Apparently it took them a day to do 3 seconds! -------------------- |
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