Shaun the Sheep: The Flight Before Christmas
Netflix has releasedShaun the Sheep : Flight Before Christmasjust in clock time for the holiday time of year , and the Aardman Animation inadequate film may contain a sequence spoof theFast & Furiousfranchise . Aardman Animation is a British film studioknown for stop - motion clay animation technique , well get laid for creatingWallace and Gromit . The fictional character of Shaun the Sheep was in the beginning introduced in the Academy Award - winning Wallace & Gromit scant , A Close Shave , before receiving his own spin - off serial publication .
TheShaun the Sheepseries bare on BBC for five seasons before moving to Netflix in 2020 for season 6 . There have also been two feature films so far , includingShaun the Sheep MovieandA Shaun the Sheep Movie : Farmageddon , as well as a twist - off series for younger audience members calledTimmy Time . In 2015 Aardman released the Christmas special , Shaun the Sheep : The Farmer ’s Llamasand have come it up with a new vacation short release on Netflix .
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There were plenty of sci - fi Easter eggs andhidden joke inA Shaun the Sheep Movie : Farmageddon , which lovingly parodies alien encroachment films . With a three - way chase scene , a heist scenario , and a audacious escape , The Flight Before Christmastakes the same approach with the action at law genre . Although the gags are still the focussing , inThe Flight Before Christmasthey are often deliver alongside high - octane , halt - apparent movement thrills . A few of these moments could be seen as spoof of the popularFast & Furiousfranchise .
In one of the scant ’s most exciting moments , Shaun and the bunch of sheep Salmon P. Chase after a car unknowingly carrying Timmy away from his family . They fittingly take Salmon P. Chase in a recreation of Santa ’s sleigh , complete with a cutout Rangifer tarandus precede the commission through the snowy countryside . pursue them as they follow Timmy is Bitzer the sheep dog , chase down both with a brace of elf brake shoe used as makeshift skis and candy canes as pole . The Fast Saga chase scenesare often punctuated by moments of unbelievable feats , and Bitzer mirrors this as he accidentally takes flight of steps during the by-line . The sheepdog shares the same comedic reactions to the absurd action as Roman Pearce ( Tyrese Gibson ) in theFast & Furiousfilms .
Another game point often used in theFast & Furiousfranchise is the creative jury-rigged add-on to vehicles . Whether modify to tow a monumental safe , fit out with parachute to lessen from a plane , or rockets to fly into place , there is little the vehicles in theFast & Furiousfranchise ca n’t do . Bitzer follows suit when he fit Santa ’s sledge with The Farmer ’s homemade pop , with the carbonation leave the tricked - out vehicle to take flight of stairs . profligate & Furiousrelies on ridiculous stuntsas a root of amusement , andThe Flight Before Christmascomedically embraces the fatuity of such feats .
Despite one being a blockbuster action franchise and the other being a stop - apparent motion animation clowning franchise , there are also thematic similarities betweenShaun the Sheepand theFast & Furiousfilms throughoutThe Flight Before Christmas . Like Universal ’s successful series , there is an emphasis on family inShaun the Sheep : The Flight Before Christmas . The crazy chase and unbelievable stunts carried out by Shaun and the gang are all in an effort to save Timmy , and the resolution is a happy reunification between family member . It will be interesting to see what the stop apparent motion fibre mockery next ifShaun the Sheep 3continues this formula .
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