Over The Garden Wall 10th Anniversary short film

[The Lensman]

Over The Garden Wall. Considered by many to be essential Autumn viewing, this wonderful masterpiece celebrates it's 10th anniversary this year. I stumbled across an official short film paying tribute to this amazing series, and holy shit, what an amazing tribute! It was the stop motion project I didn't know I wanted and damn if I wouldn't like to see the entire series redone this way as a viewing alternative, it was just that damn good. And that's a Rock Fact! Most of the standout elements of the show get a shout out and every character is there in puppet form in some capacity. Hey, it's just over 3 minutes, but the "sets", scenery and puppets are amazing, the music is just gorgeously done and hit me in the feels. If you're a fan of the show, and missed this wonderful little tribute, well here you go:

And what do you know, they posted a "Making Of" video too!:

And if you've never seen the show, well here's the trailer for the home release and it's the best trailer for the show:

The show starred Elijah Wood, Christopher Lloyd, Tim Curry, John Cleese, Bebe Neuwirth, Chris Isaak, Shirley Jones and Jack Jones (RIP) with songs by the latter two. Great Halloween / Autumn viewing. If you haven't seen it, well....check it out. It's a well crafted, tight story with lots of detail and foreshadowing. It's been called a child's version of Dante's Inferno and there's a crap ton of video's about the myriad influences from vintage animation, music / songs, symbolism, meaning and just what the heck The Unknown is. Sad, and frankly strange, that America never got a blu-ray edition of this mini-series, just DVD. IIRC, only Australia got a BR release.

 

[The Scrooge Doctor]

I knew this short was coming out but couldn't remember when until I stumbled on it today. Absolutely breathtaking work for the stop animation and a reminder of how much I loved the original show.

Also reminds me that I really need to sit down and watch it again. It's been far too long.

 

[The Lensman]

I knew this short was coming out but couldn't remember when until I stumbled on it today. Absolutely breathtaking work for the stop animation and a reminder of how much I loved the original show.

Also reminds me that I really need to sit down and watch it again. It's been far too long.

I have the DVD and it's been on my "Halloween / Autumn Viewing" list since mid-October. Thankfully it works just as well as "Autumn viewing" as it does "Halloween viewing". And yeah, that short just blew me away. I loved the storybook / diorama feel of it all and was surprised at how well it translated into stop motion puppetry. I knew it would be special from the opening shot with the iconic half moon. The narration and music that builds until we see Greg and Wirt is (chef's kiss). The first shot of them is just absolutely gorgeous and nails the beauty and vibe of the show. That was such a magnificent "set", with the moon beam hitting them. Just nailed it. I'd love that as a framed pic.

It really sucks that the show didn't get a proper blu-ray release. I was hoping that this being the 10 anniversary of the show that it'd get a proper blu-ray release. Would love to know why that it is.