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Date: 2005-05-13 07:11:27

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I didn't bother reading all the crap other people have posted on this forum (c'mon if you want to bitch whine at each other, arrange a time and place away from us) so i'm sorry if someone has already said this; is this going to be a proper "W&G" film, or is it going the way of "Chicken Run"? I say this because there's a massive difference between the two.

Wallace and Gromit was made in the UK for british tv. Let's face it, original W&G wasn't expected to even reach America, in fact the first stuff was only going to be shown here (uk) on tv every Christmas. Everything about W&G feels british from the crackers & cheese jokes to the look of the sets and Wallace in general. It's clear to see why Americans don't like it as much; it'd be like making U571 historically accurate by using british sailors instead of american ones, or leonardo di caprio being english in Titanic; they'd hate it because it wasn't about them. Sometimes a great film is ruined by casting the wrong person to get more sales.

And here's my point; Chicken Run was different because they threw Mel Gibson in there as an american rooster to appeal to the American market. When i was watching "Chicken Run" i was wondering why Nick Park wrote in the token American guy on a farm full of english chickens? While we're at it, why didn't he throw in a hispanic chicken, an asian chicken and a russian chicken, stereotype them as much as possible and make more jokes about their nationalities? If you're still not convinced, take a look at Fowler the old RAF chicken, and tell me the Americans don't just love that heavily-stereotyped, elderly-english-gentlemen character? I'm 21 and i've never heard anyone talk like that.

W&G was true to its english humour (which let's be honest is very different from the American's) and didn't feel the need to boost their sales and the cost of its excellent humour. If Nick Park tries to appeal to crowds out of the Uk, he'll end up making a film completely different from "A Close Shave", "The Wrong Trousers" and "A Grand Day Out". Stick with model railways, porridge cannons, cheese & crackers and cardigan-wearing sheep jokes, those are the gags that made Wallace and Gromit great.