Wallace and Gromit blasted by long-running fans for ’embarrassing’ changes
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Just weeks after Wallace and Gromit dropped ‘four cracking half-hour specials’ in 4K Ultra HD, fans have shared their disappointment at the quality. The restored masters of the British animated comedy franchise, featuring our dynamic titular duo, include 1989’s A Grand Day Out, 1993’s The Wrong Trousers, 1995’s A Close Shave and 2008’s A Matter of Loaf and Death.
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The 4K quality promises Ultra High Definition (UHD) which creates clearer, crisper visuals. The additional Blu-ray also features ten beloved short films and the feature-length The Curse Of The Were-Rabbit. But not everyone has found this to be the case for the newly restored Aardman Animations series from Academy Award-winning creator Nick Park.
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Reddit user Walopoh declared them ‘garbage AI remasters’, claiming that the restoration had ‘removed all texture’. The user also shared comparison photos from the original and restored versions to further prove the point with one image showing text that looks considerably less decipherable in the upscaled version.
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‘The original work is altered under the guise of preservation, but in reality, the essence and details of the original are lost. What appears to be “detailed” is an illusion, which will lead to a degradation of the work’s integrity over time,’ ok-pianist9407 shared.
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‘Thank you for doing this and warning everyone. We need to “shout” it from the rooftops for Aardman to do better and void Shout Factory products from now on. This is an embarrassment,’ DrLee_PHD echoed, referring to Shout! Factory’s Collector’s Edition version that is listed at $119.98.
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