[ SECRET POST #2971 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2971 ⌋

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Comments

[fscom]

05. http://i.imgur.com/FPokxll.png

[(Anonymous)]

"americanism"

you're getting snobby and america-bashing over a CHILDREn's MOVIE?

[sarillia]

This is America-bashing?

[(Anonymous)]

Snobby? Maybe! America-bashing? Uh... no? It wasn't intended as such; I don't really see how it could logically be taken as such. Is this a knee-jerk reaction that someone pointing out the [perceived] Americanness of something is automatically expressing anti-American sentiment somehow...?

It stuck out like a sore thumb because the film itself struck me as very, very British - quite self-consciously so, I thought. Thus the title seemed like a sloppy mistake. Though esteefee's comment downthread may well be right in supposing that it was more likely a marketing decision.

[iceyred]

I don't care about the film/movie debate, but that 'Shaun the Sheep Movie' instead of 'The Movie' is bugging me now. Dammit.

[(Anonymous)]

The Sheep Movie's name is Shaun. Obviously.

[ketita]

Yeah I'm more bugged by all the permutations you listed at the bottom. Shaun the Sheep Movie is so weird.
For a minute I thought it was like a spoof on 'Shaun of the Dead' but with sheep or something.

[esteefee]

I don't know much about film marketing, OP, but I'm just guessing they didn't want to have to pay for two sets of promotional materials and masters of the film for the U.K./U.S. and they opted for whichever was the biggest market. It usually comes down to $$ with these decisions.

I could be totally wrong of course. Just a guess.

[(Anonymous)]

Movie is only an Americanism if you have no notion of the history of either film or language.

[shortysc22]

as someone who doesn't understand why the OP would say it's an Americanism in the first place, would you care to explain?

[(Anonymous)]

(OP)

There are lots of words that have a history in British-English, but are still not used by Brits much/at all today ("gotten" springs to mind). I have no idea whether "movie" is technically/historically correct within the parameters of British-English, but the fact remains that it is a word Brits in general tend not to use.

(...Cue a string of people telling me that I'm clearly wrong as they're British and they use it, no doubt. Maybe it's becoming more commonplace with global communication eroding vernacular differences.)

[(Anonymous)]

Don't care 'bout that; I just want to know whether I can go and see the movie without having watched the series and still enjoy it. I've only seen A close shave and haven't bothered yet with a whole new series with no Wallace nor Gromit in it. Opinion on this matter?

[(Anonymous)]

The movie film doesn't require any knowledge of the series. Though if you've seen the series* you know what you're in for and whether you're likely to enjoy it or not. It's much like a regular episode only 12x longer.

*Not to be confused with Timmy Time, which is the preschooler-oriented spin-off. Though you may be able to watch some episodes of either through the BBC website, possibly depending what country you're in.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/shows/shaun-the-sheep
http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbeebies/shows/timmy-time

*has kids and has all this stuff bookmarked*

[dancing_serpent]

I don't care, I just want to watch it! *g*

[kaleidoscope]

No comments on the debate but for some weird reason, I got the image in my mind of Shaun of the Dead. Now I'm picturing Zombie!Wallace and Zombie!Gromit. Would there still be a craving for cheese?

[(Anonymous)]

Head cheese

[(Anonymous)]

I actually first read the secret as "Shaun of the Sheep" and thought it was a play on "Shaun of the Dead."

[(Anonymous)]

Language evolves and we adopt words from other languages, deal with it.

[(Anonymous)]

Don't give a crap about the Americanism, but in what language is "Shaun the Sheep Movie" remotely grammatically correct?

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[(Anonymous)]

Image: promo art for Shaun the Sheep Movie

Text: …It should be FILM. MOVIE is an Americanism.

This irked me more than the fact that the film’s title is “Shaun the Sheep Movie”, rather than “Shaun the Sheep: the Movie” or “The Shaun the Sheep Movie”.

…My petty grievances are even disproportionate to each other.

[snowcipher]

I love Shaun the Sheep and didn't know there was a movie/film starring just him. Yay!

Btw OP, this is how I feel when there are Britishisms in fic for American fandoms. Can't be helped, right?

[(Anonymous)]

Shaun the Sheep Film would sound so stupid though.

But it should definitely be The Shaun the Sheep Movie / Shaun the Sheep, The Movie

[(Anonymous)]

Eh, I prefer to avoid the american words in movies clearly set outside of america. Really throws me out of the world or theme when they go do something so damned ~american~.

It's not funny, it's not cute, it's not comedy you are just throwing us all out of the scene cause you can keep your america out of anything.

[(Anonymous)]

I agree! I was ALSO angry when the trailer announced the release date as being "February 27th" (or whatever) instead of "27th February". There's no need for it!

[(Anonymous)]

FWIW, I agree.