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( sick_boy, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:48, archived)

They've replaced him now
with an animated version, even changed his voice to an actors. How upsetting must that be for him? Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha Ha. Shit, quarter to 4! Last time I looked it was 2 o'clock
(cheapstudent, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:50, archived)

I think..
..Nick Park should sue over the latest advert.

plasticine models with contraption that dresses him in bed and puts him in car etc....
( sick_boy, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:53, archived)

Thats not plasticine,
that computery type malarkey.
( bovine www.richardtingley.co.uk, visit or I kill you, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:55, archived)

/pedant
it is plasticinesque and in the same vein. *hrumph*
( sick_boy, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:03, archived)

Death to banks
and all their minions. They are (as my man Horace Andy once said) the root of all evil
( Finite appears to be falling apart, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:56, archived)

but also must be the source of all good in that case

( thirdman Ia! Ia! R'lyeh Cthulhu ftagn! Ia! Ia! Mglui nafl, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:01, archived)

not plastercine, its all CG
and probably done by Nick Park :)
( Lumpbucket says: Try Giddy 3! http://www.giddy3.co.uk, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:56, archived)

Have you noticed
how Howard is now an animated 3d model, strangely, he's much more bearable.
( bovine www.richardtingley.co.uk, visit or I kill you, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:51, archived)

and
did you notice they made him into a white man?
(gutbobs, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:53, archived)

A little bit,
I think its now quite a well done advert.
I could never understand the concept of him sitting on a big swan singing Tom Jones songs.
( bovine www.richardtingley.co.uk, visit or I kill you, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:59, archived)

and
Did you notice that he has the most unconvincing Brummie/Black Country accent ever?
( bleepbloop, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 16:22, archived)

I hadn't noticed
animated you say?
(cheapstudent, Fri 10 Jan 2003, 15:56, archived)