Ah, thanks for these. We are inveterate Aardman addicts -- we actually watch a few Shaun the Sheep episodes EVERY NIGHT -- and so you may not be aware that paying homage to old movies, TV shows, and music is something that they employ in every episode, sometimes in very inside-y ways. For instance, in Pig Trouble, part of the theme music from Babe -- Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony -- plays. Here's a site that deconstructs many of these inside homages: https://shaunthesheep.fandom.com/wiki/Pig_Trouble
I never would have guessed Wallace and Gromit movies were so full of these homages! And I love the way you stack this very niche genre with classic horror and the classics of the canon. You do the humanities proud!
Ah, thanks for these. We are inveterate Aardman addicts -- we actually watch a few Shaun the Sheep episodes EVERY NIGHT -- and so you may not be aware that paying homage to old movies, TV shows, and music is something that they employ in every episode, sometimes in very inside-y ways. For instance, in Pig Trouble, part of the theme music from Babe -- Saint-Saens' Organ Symphony -- plays. Here's a site that deconstructs many of these inside homages: https://shaunthesheep.fandom.com/wiki/Pig_Trouble
I haven't seen this site before, thanks Lisa!
I never would have guessed Wallace and Gromit movies were so full of these homages! And I love the way you stack this very niche genre with classic horror and the classics of the canon. You do the humanities proud!
Thank you, Anne!! It’s very much an excuse to write about things I love :)
I have thoroughly enjoyed this series! Thanks, and looking forward to the next one.
Thank you so much!!
Gee, thanks for spoiling the end of Beowolf for us, Doc! 😉
Loved this series - looking forward to what's next!
I did put a spoiler warning!! You never know!! Thanks, Mata :)
Great read. You could spice it up with a passage about Jung's archetypes.
my new year’s resolution was to swear off Jungian archetypes
That is an amazing comeback 😂
You are forgiven 😉
I haven’t read that one, I read the Seamus Heaney translation which I love!