![]() ![]() ![]() In general W&G's world seems larger now, and camera moves have gotten considerably more complex, which paradoxically seems to work against Aardman's lo-fi charm. The choice of baking (which may have sparked from nothing more than a play on Bob Baker's name - it is his likeness, after all, featured on the clueless baker killed during the pre-credits sequence) calls for quite a bit of CG, as the animators had to go in afterwards to add the puffs of flour and clouds of steam that surround much of the action. It's not a particularly inspired story, though it does offer the usual number of clever moments, especially between Gromit and his long-lashed poodle friend Fluffles. So, while it was satisfying to see Wallace smitten in subsequent adventures, the introduction of a third character - whether Shaun the Sheep, who spawned his own stop-motion series, or any number of awkward-looking ladies - always seemed to have the same effect of edging Gromit out of the picture (in A Close Shave, the poor mutt goes to jail while Wallace is off courting Wendolene).īecause Wallace's job changes with each episode, Loaf and Death finds him baking, not the most exciting of careers perhaps, but convenient, as Park and longtime co-writer Bob Baker have devised a plot in which a former Bake-O-Lite spokesmodel (a few carbs heavier these days) intends to murder all the local breadmakers, with Wallace being her 13th victim. ![]() The Wrong Trousers showed what happened when a tenant, the sinister penguin Feathers McGraw, came between the pair. ![]()
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