Reviews Archive for Randall Cyrenne

It’s The Easter Beagle, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition

Though not especially “deluxe,” this disc nonetheless contains two pretty darn good Peanuts specials as well as a nice featurette.

Bravestarr: Volume One

Here we have thirty-three episodes of westen-style space opera, as the good marshal battles numerous outlaws on New Texas.

Turok: Son Of Stone

The Gold Key dinosaur fighter returns in this unexpected film adaptation that brings plenty of action but a less than likeable hero.

What’s New Scooby-Doo?: Complete 3rd Season

Scooby gets a little post-modern, but it’s still the same gang.

Be My Valentine, Charlie Brown: Remastered Deluxe Edition

Warner kicks off its Peanuts collections with three specials focusing on Charlie Brown’s (lack of) love life.

A Charlie Brown Valentine

Three Charlie Brown specials look at love in the Peanuts corner of the world.

The All-New Super Friends Hour: Season One, Volume One

Camp reigns supreme in the second incarnation of Super Friends, where we meet to the lame yet appealing Wonder Twins for the first time.

The New Adventures Of The Lone Ranger And Zorro: Volume 1

Two heroes of yesteryear see their legacies handled nicely by Filmation.

Teen Titans: The Complete Fourth Season

This season has some of the dumbest episodes yet but also a scary season-long arc that ends with Raven’s demon father bringing armageddon.

The Batman: The Complete Fourth Season

The fourth time’s the charm for this series, which finally begins to emerge from the shadow of its predecessor at this point. It did this by developing better villains, better stories, and bringing Robin onto the show at last. Not only is Robin cool, he even makes Batgirl work better.

Walt Disney Treasures: The Chronological Donald, Volume Three

Donald remains as entertaining as ever in this third volume of his classic shorts, and the specs on this one aren’t bad either.

The Hanna-Barbera Treasury

Jerry Beck brings animation fans another treat. The text in this one may not bring any revelations, but the book fulfills its intended purpose as a very cool scrapbook.

Return To Never-Land: Pixie-Powered Edition

Call us crazy, but we really liked this Disney sequel, though the special features don’t offer any sort of upgrade over the previous DVD edition.

TaleSpin: Volume 2

This well-done, typical Disney Afternoon show comes in a pretty mediocre DVD set.

DuckTales: Volume 3

The initial season of the show comes to an end here, plus this set includes the two extended specials that comprised the series’ “second season” and introduced Bubba and Gizmoduck. Collectors will continue to be disappointed in the care Disney took with putting this show on DVD, but the quality of the series itself still shines through.

Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection

The comic strip army private struggles to satisfy his superiors, not to mention weak scripts and limited animation.

The Super Powers Team: Galactic Guardians

Firestorm joins the team in this last hurrah for The Super Friends.

The Adventures Of Aquaman: The Complete Collection

This early DC Comics cartoon holds up surprisingly well, in a goofy Silver Age comic kind of way, and the 2-disc set also offers up a nice featurette about the character.

The Archie Show: The Complete Series

The first of a planned series of DVDs spotlighting the shows based on the Archie Comics series offers plenty of nostalgic fun in this nicely-packaged set.

Josie And The Pussycats: The Complete Series

The legacy of Dan DeCarlo is celebrated by this DVD set of the cartoon show featuring his characters from Archie Comics. The show invites comparisons to both The Archie Show and Scooby-Doo, but these comparisons are favorable.

Superman – Doomsday

The first “DC Universe Animated Original Movie” takes on a story too big for its own good, but the extra features are very nice.

Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law: Volume Three

The final volume of the Hanna-Barbera spoof delivers lots of yucks for adult viewers who can handle the desecrating of old favorites.

Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show: The Complete Series

This season is marginally better than the early ones, with the addition of Firestorm adding some interest, not to mention the spectacle of seeing Darkseid crushing on Wonder Woman.

The Muppet Show: Season Two

This could be one of the finest seasons of any TV show in history. Jim Henson and his collaborators were in their prime, and the guest stars this season are amazing.

Birdman & The Galaxy Trio: The Complete Series

Thanks to a watering down of the Hanna-Barbera artists that season, this show is not quite as special as Space Ghost & Dino Boy, but it still has that Toth magic touch.

Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series

This show is a favorite of Hanna-Barbera devotees, largely due to the design work by Alex Toth, who gets a terrific feature-length documentary on this set.

Darkwing Duck: Volume 2

While even the best episodes fail to reach the heights of similar fare, the show remains good-natured. The video, audio and packaging are mediocre, but fans at least get dang for their duck with 27 episodes.

The Tick Vs. Season Two

The mighty blue bug of justice returns! But he still hasn’t caught up with the guy who stole all the bonus features!

Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 1933-1938

The Fleischer Popeye cartoons are at last available to own in an authorized DVD edition. The cartoons are glorious, and Warner put together a fine set of extras to go with the restored cartoons. It was worth the wait!

The Secrets Of Isis: The Complete Series

Joanna Cameron stars as a schoolteacher with the powers of an Egyptian goddess in the classic Filmation live action Saturday morning series.