Members phaeton Posted October 11, 2005 Members Share Posted October 11, 2005 Bummer! The Aardman warehouse burned to the ground today. CNN Clonk Nobody was hurt but all the props and sets and history is completely gone. How sad. (Of course we saw the new movie on Saturday.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Spencer Crewe Posted October 12, 2005 Members Share Posted October 12, 2005 WHAT?!!! That is rotten beyond belief..... I'm now a bit sadder than I was 5 minutes ago. At least no one was hurt.... Cheers!Spencer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Base Posted October 12, 2005 Members Share Posted October 12, 2005 That's my hometown, my family still live there. Apparently some of the debris was landing in the yard of another storage facility owned by my Dad's employers...! My guess is arson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Lakesidedave Posted October 12, 2005 Members Share Posted October 12, 2005 Very sad. I woke up monday morning to find ash all over my car, and the distinctive smell of burnt building in the air. Aardman had a rollercoaster weekend - first hearing that the new movie was no.1 in the US over the weekend, then this. But, as the estimable Nick Park said, when interviewed shortly after, it all pales into insignificance when compared to what has happened in Kashmir. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Tedster Posted October 12, 2005 Members Share Posted October 12, 2005 Heya Dave, howya doing? Of course you guys crossed my mind when I saw that the building was in Bristol. Lovely town. Tragic that history like that can be lost. My most valuable possessions (besides actual living family members) are videotapes and pictures of my kids when they were young. That's irreplaceable. I have to transfer them to DVD and put 'em in a safe deposit box. Of course you can't do that with a whole warehouse... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members fantasticsound Posted October 12, 2005 Members Share Posted October 12, 2005 That's a shame. Chicken Run was hilarious. And a lot less violent than that other recent Mel Gibson feature... Glad the Mr. Park has perspective on the matter, though. The first words out of Mr. Wilkinson's mouth when he awoke and was informed our trailer full of band gear had separated from the tour bus were, "So long as no one was hurt, it's alright. Gear can be replaced." Fortunately, that was exactly the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Branwyn Posted October 12, 2005 Members Share Posted October 12, 2005 That sucks!!! I love Wallace and Grommit, it's so sad to hear that all their props and sets and history really has been destroyed. But again...at least no one was hurt. Clay can be replaced and remolded...humans can't. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Members Super 8 Posted October 14, 2005 Members Share Posted October 14, 2005 I'll bet that dreaded Feathers McGraw is somehow behind this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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