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May 28, 2010 6:36 PM

Fly
posted by St. Alia of the Bunnies (29 comments total)

I saw this a few days ago. It's pretty clever.

I'm not as fond of the CGI stuff as I am the claymation.
posted by cjorgensen at 6:38 PM on May 28, 2010

As cliché as "waiter there's a fly in my soup."
posted by furtive at 6:40 PM on May 28, 2010 [3 favorites]

GAH THE BOX OF SPIDERS
posted by mhoye at 6:40 PM on May 28, 2010 [2 favorites]

Should have used the techno trousers.
posted by Dr-Baa at 6:49 PM on May 28, 2010

Fly:Road Runner::man and dog:Wile E. Coyote
posted by Halloween Jack at 6:52 PM on May 28, 2010 [1 favorite]

Very cute but as mhoyeso eloquently put it "GAH" spiders!!!
if I ever request a mefi pony it will be for a required OMG!Spiders!!11! warning
Thanks, Alia!
posted by pointystick at 7:00 PM on May 28, 2010

Man, I love Aardman. Thanks for posting this!
posted by Pope Guilty at 7:07 PM on May 28, 2010 [1 favorite]

Heheh, reminds me of the classic Pink Panther cartoons where Pink is dealing with a fly or mosquito, etc.
posted by darkstar at 7:11 PM on May 28, 2010

The aardmancommercials YouTube collection has a number of choice non-commercials: here's a non-claymation thing on clichés...
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:28 PM on May 28, 2010

oops...
posted by oneswellfoop at 7:28 PM on May 28, 2010 [2 favorites]

That poor dog-creature.
posted by goodnewsfortheinsane at 7:33 PM on May 28, 2010

It's no Breaking Bad. :)
posted by You Should See the Other Guy at 7:37 PM on May 28, 2010 [5 favorites]

For a different point of view, watch the Academy Award winner for best animated short, the 1980 film The Fly.
posted by twoleftfeet at 7:43 PM on May 28, 2010

Go, and cook yourself AN EGG!
posted by ropeladder at 8:00 PM on May 28, 2010

Roadrunner + Mr Bean + Wallace & Gromit + Mousehunt = Meh.
posted by Sys Rq at 8:37 PM on May 28, 2010

also, Blind Date (a 'light' romantic tale)
posted by oneswellfoop at 8:41 PM on May 28, 2010

I'm going to admit that I'm sick of animations. They begin to feel the same to me. The rhythms, the tone of humor, the setups, the "cleverness." I think something about the CGI (the overhead, perhaps?) makes animators risk-averse.

There may be some CGI shorts out there that go against what I'm saying. I'd like to see them.
posted by argybarg at 9:06 PM on May 28, 2010 [3 favorites]

I'm going to admit that I'm sick of animations.

"Animations"? Dude, they're cartoons.
posted by Nothing... and like it at 9:27 PM on May 28, 2010 [1 favorite]

Thanks for reminding me of The Cat Came Back animation. Childhood scars renewed.
posted by cmoj at 9:40 PM on May 28, 2010

Yay, Aardman!

AUGH SPIDERS!
posted by cmyk at 10:22 PM on May 28, 2010

argybarg: "I'm going to admit that I'm sick of animations. They begin to feel the same to me. The rhythms, the tone of humor, the setups, the "cleverness." I think something about the CGI (the overhead, perhaps?) makes animators risk-averse.

There may be some CGI shorts out there that go against what I'm saying. I'd like to see them."

Kiwi!
Oktapodi
Alma
Pigeon Impossible
Pretty much any short film by Pixar
posted by Rhaomi at 11:11 PM on May 28, 2010 [3 favorites]

...Moth...
posted by progosk at 11:39 PM on May 28, 2010

Wallace's and Gromit's, retarded siblings.
posted by Skygazer at 11:48 PM on May 28, 2010

I liked it!
posted by Drexen at 4:12 AM on May 29, 2010

I'd like it better if it came with rose-colored glasses.
posted by thinkpiece at 5:03 AM on May 29, 2010

Rhaomi: Oktapodi you linked is grand. Helps that I've been to Santorini. :-))

I liked Fly. But I'm just that kind of guy.
posted by Goofyy at 7:02 AM on May 29, 2010

Great link ! And the aardvark youtube channel has tons of good stuff too
posted by motdiem2 at 7:09 AM on May 29, 2010

for the cat owners
posted by TrialByMedia at 8:02 AM on May 29, 2010 [4 favorites]

Oh wow, TrialByMedia, I didn't get 20 seconds into that before I was laughing out loud. When kitteh starts chittering up into the lampshade, I couldn't contain myself. That has to be one of the fastest "Zero-to-LULZ" I've experienced in a while.
posted by darkstar at 1:13 PM on May 29, 2010