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I was looking at some DVDs on DVDaf.com when I noticed that 20th AEs of the 3 original Wallace and Gromit shorts. This should be very interesting. No extras have been announced yet. What will they have? Extras old and new? Correct speed (the last 2 releases were somewhat slow. Somethin' to do with certain fps.)? HIT and Lionsgate only know. I'm loking foward for these releases. DVDaf has the cover art, but amazon has better pictures:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/ ... eimprovemz

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These 3 DVDs will be released on Febuary 10th, 2009.

Odd since they JUST got another DVD last year....

I may check them out but then again I may not. Right now I already have the WB DVD that they called 'The Incredible Adventures of...' and have been planing on getting the newest DVD in the Shaun the Sheep V1 two-pack, anyway.

We will have to see if it's worth it but right now the big question is when is the 'A Matter of Loaf and Death' R1 DVD coming?

-Sky

As much as I love Wallace & Gromit, I've already got the WB/BBC release (for the extras) and the DreamWorks release (for "Crackin' Contraptions").

I'll wait for a release that brings together the three shorts with "A Matter of Loaf and Death".

And I'm still waiting for "Shaun the Sheep: Seasons 1 & 2"...

albert

I wonder if The Wrong Trousers will be the version with the altered music. If so, I'll just buy the DVD with all three shorts.

TBA

Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf or Death

Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

Who to thought all 4 shorts would go to Blu-Ray? As for the latest Wallace and Gromit short, I predict the DVD will be availble in October. That seems like the likely month.

I can't wait to finally see A Matter of Loaf and Death! I need a date ASAP!

-Sky

20th Anniversary. Ouch, I feel old. Remember watching the original one in Spike and Mike's Sick and Twisted Animation Festival with the origianal Beavis and Butthead(Frog Baseball) among others. Where did all that time go.

I don't have any of the DVDs, so this is happy news. I went through somewhat of a phase when I was younger.

[quote=""blu-ray.com""] Our favorite English clay-made inventor/cheese connoisseur and his very resourceful pet dog are stop-motioning their way onto BD. Hit Entertainment, which specializes in TV products for children, is entering the Blu-ray arena with the release of 'Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection' on September 22.

The disc will include all four Wallace and Gromit shorts: "A Grand Day Out", "The Wrong Trousers", "A Close Shave" and "A Matter of Loaf and Death". There is no information on technical specifications or special features at this time.

The original aspect ratio of the first three shorts is 1.33:1, whereas "A Matter of Loaf and Death" is 1.78:1. Hopefully Hit Entertainment will respect the respective original aspect ratios, unlike what they did with the Wallace and Gromit spinoff 'Shaun the Sheep', which is cropped to 1.33:1 in the US DVDs.

It might be noted that this is not really a complete collection, as it lacks the only feature film starring these two characters: 'Wallace and Gromit in: The Curse of the Were-Rabbit'. However, the rights for that movie belong to Dreamworks Animation. Similarly, no mention is made of the "Cracking Contraptions" webshorts.
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Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf or Death


The Complete Collection--------------------The Complete Collection [Blu-ray]

As Wallace would say: "Smashing!"

I have to say I love that Blu-ray cover art. It's a bit too bad the feature length 'Curse of the Were-Rabbit' wasn't included (is there any news about that hitting Blu by any chance?) but considering the rights and all that, it makes sense. Chicken Run being released wouldn't hurt either.

A Matter and Loaf and Death is already hitting the UK. However, the blu-ray is encoded at 50 fps, rendering it incompatible with a great many US players.

JiminyCrick91 wrote:I can't wait to finally see A Matter of Loaf and Death! I need a date ASAP!

-Sky

You can torrent it if you want, Sky. It's quite good and probably my second favourite W&G short ("A Close Shave" is my favourite).

I think I'll hold off on the Complete* Collection boxset and just get "A Matter of Loaf and Death" on its own, especially if the other three shorts don't add anything new (bonus features wise) that's not already on the previous DVD releases (2000, 2001, 2005, 2007, 2009). And given that "The Wrong Trousers" has had the different music since 2001's BBC/Warner release.

albert

*except for The Curse of the Were-Rabbit and any new shorts that may be made before Peter Sallis dies (I don't want to be the morbid one, but the guy is 88 and Nick Park said they'll retire W&G after his death since no one else can play Wallace)

I'd love to get the complete collection on blu-ray (just for the anti-scratch stuff they put on the discs) but if the shorts are going to be 4:3, that won't work on a blu-ray....at least for me. When they put 4:3 on blu-ray, it's in a little box in the middle of the screen in a 16:9 frame. That just looks silly. That's why I watch the dvd version that came with the blu-ray of Pinocchio. I don't have a widescreen tv, so boxed 4:3 on a 4:3 tv just doesn't work.

Escapay wrote:

JiminyCrick91 wrote:I can't wait to finally see A Matter of Loaf and Death! I need a date ASAP!

-Sky

You can torrent it if you want, Sky. It's quite good and probably my second favourite W&G short ("A Close Shave" is my favourite).

albert

Yeha, I know.... I watched the opening seconds online but it just did not feel right. I must watch it on DVD or TV. Thanks anyway.

-Sky

Specs for A Matter Of Loaf and Death, the the 4-Disc DVD set and the Blu-Ray are revealed!:

http://www.dvdtimes.co.uk/content.php?contentid=71125

"Lionsgate and Hit Entertainment have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Wallace & Gromit: The Complete Collection on 22nd September 2009. Created and directed by Nick Park, this collection includes all four made for TV Wallace & Gromit adventures. They are: A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close Shave and their latest title, A Matter of Loaf and Death.

Priced at $29.98 SRP on 4-Disc DVD and $29.99 SRP on Blu-ray Disc, extras are the same on both formats and outlined below…

A Grand Day Out
-Audio commentary with creator Nick Park
-“Amazing Adventures of Wallace & Gromit” featurette
-4 Cracking Contraptions

The Wrong Trousers
-Audio commentary with creator Nick Park
-“Inside The Wrong Trousers” featurette
-3 Cracking Contraptions

A Close Shave
-Audio commentary with creator Nick Park
-“How It Was Done” featurette
-3 Cracking Contraptions

A Matter of Loaf and Death
-Audio Commentaries with the director and editor
-“How They Donut” The Making of A Matter of Loaf and Death featurette
-Demo DVD Rom-Game of Wallace & Gromit’s Grand Adventures
-Shaun the Sheep Off The Baa Bonus Episode

In addition, the DVD set includes packaging that features the duo in 3-D molded forms.

A Matter of Loaf and Death will also be available separately on DVD priced at $14.98 SRP."

Well that settles it, I'll be skipping out on the collection set and just get "A Matter of Loaf and Death" on its own.

I wonder if the commentaries for the three shorts are newly recorded (since it only credits Nick Park) or simply misinformation and will be the commentaries that were already made with Park and several other members of the W&G team.

Spottedfeather wrote:When they put 4:3 on blu-ray, it's in a little box in the middle of the screen in a 16:9 frame.

It's either that or vertical cropping.

Spottedfeather wrote:That just looks silly.

Not on a 16:9 television.

Spottedfeather wrote:I don't have a widescreen tv, so boxed 4:3 on a 4:3 tv just doesn't work.

Because Blu-Ray players are supposed to be connected to a 16:9 television.

albert

Escapay, what if I bought this collection? Will I be missing out on the original framework of the movie? Any good "Making Of" I will not be seeing? I've been wanting to buy all of Wallace and Grommit but now seeing this coming out, I want to go for this instead.