Aardman Newest: Pib and Pog

[SFGalSJG]

Aardman just teamed up with AtomFilms and released brand new Pib and Pog episodes online:
http://www.atomfilms.com/films/pib_pog.jsp

[MonkeyFunk]

So, do these come under web animation, or...?

[lupercal]

So, do these come under web animation, or...?

Being on dialup, I haven't watched them, but this is an interesting question.

For example, the later episodes of the 'The Critic'* were web-only (though they're now on DVD), but the bulk of that show was on TV. Would you review the web episodes of 'The Critic' seperately from the TV ones? I'd say no: in my review I mentioned that they were seperate, but I did't think they required their own listing.

So, new episodes of Pib and Pog would seem to come under the same umbrella. But (as I don't know), let's say the bulk of P&P material now exists as web animation, although it's based on a conventionally animated original, broadcast on TV and available on DVD. How is this different from 'The Critic', except that the bulk of 'The Critic' was on TV, and there were a dozen or so web episodes years later?

Without having watched them, I would say that if the P&P web episodes are purely web episopes, and that they outweigh the original in sheer volume, they probably deserve their own web entry (obviously with a link to the original),

However, if they're available on DVD as well, I'd be inclined to put them under 'direct to video', as they'd more in the way of a customary sequel.

Loop

* FWIW, probably my favourite ever animated series

[MonkeyFunk]

Pretty sure they're not on DVD, so it boils down to whether or not they were screened at festivals before they reached the web.

I did some research, and all I could turn up was that, apparently there was a Pib and Pog short called "Show and Tell - Peter's Room" that was screened at Annecy, but isn't amongst the ones posted on Atomfilms :irked:

[MonkeyFunk]

Found this:
http://money.cnn.com/news/newsfeeds/articles/prnewswire/NYTU11417072007-1.htm
So, yes, looks like it's a bona fide web series. Except for "Show and Tell - Peter's Room", which looks like it'll have to go under short films. Assuming anyone manages to dig it up.