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Posted by Peter Berrett (Member # 672) on 01-07-2007, 04:51 PM:

Hi all

Yesterday I purchased Wallace & Gromit - 3 Cracking Adventures (3 Amazing Adventures in the US) DVD and now finished watching the 3 shorts on it. 5 stars for clever animation, great direction and in each case, a great storyline.

I must say I am a big W&G fan now and can't wait for more. I have already ordered my Were-rabbit dvd.

I wonder however whether W&G are popular in the USA. W&G is a very English style of humour and I suspect that American who are used to a punch line style of humour may not find the subtle humour funny. Having had an English grandparent I see a lot of my grandfather's culture in these films.

So for those readers in the US - do you find W&G funny? Or just strange?

Also are any of the W&G short films available on super 8 or 16mm?

cheers Peter

Posted by Stephen Furley (Member # 1277) on 01-11-2007, 04:10 PM:

If the Australian version of the 'Were rabbit' DVD is the same as the UK one, which I think it may well be, because my 2-disc edition is region 2 and 4, look out for the short 'Stage Fright'; I thought it was rather good.

Posted by Kara Tillotson (Member # 3899) on 01-11-2007, 05:13 PM:

OOh i LOVE W&G! I am not sure how US people in general feel about them, however, I am aware that the same sort of people who like other British imports like Mr bean, like W&G

Posted by Allison Parsons (Member # 2728) on 01-11-2007, 07:37 PM:

I just picked up Creature Comforts 2, which now completes my whole W&G/Aardman collection until Flushed Away comes out. [thumbsup]

Great stuff!

Posted by Wayne Keyser (Member # 2420) on 01-11-2007, 07:41 PM:

I'm in the US and I (and my family) love W&G - their Christmas-theme DVD is especially enjoyed by my wife (I married a "Christmas elf" so choosing presents is a no-brainer ... as long as it's got a Santa, I've done something brilliant).

I would be inclined to say that the average American moviegoer can't rise to the intellectual strain of appreciating Aardman-style humor - you need Rob Schneider to please the average American (or else, any actor willing to be seen onscreen uttering the word "bootylicious"). But for the Public-TV crowd, W&G rule.

Posted by Phil Blake (Member # 2012) on 01-14-2007, 09:55 AM:

One of my few xmas gifts was a dvd of the GOGS , not sure who made them , it was clay - mation similar to Wallace and Gromit only a little rougher and perhaps an animated variant of the 1981 movie Caveman (ringo starr barbara bach).Anyway I enjoyed it muchly and recommend it to G & G lovers.

Posted by Paul Burt (Member # 3743) on 01-29-2007, 11:56 AM:

I've been a fan of Aardman studios since 'Creature Comforts.' I bet I've seen 'The Wrong Trousers' a dozen times or more. I even used it as a teaching tool during a stint as a teacher of ESL. Most people i know who've seen the 3 W&G shorts are fans. They were shown on PBS many times some years ago. So to answer the question, even though 'Flushed Away' tanked (as it were), yes, W&G are quuite popular here in the states.