…with toy-maker Mattel who had come up with the toys to go along with the show. Rumor has it that Mattel had created toys for Arnold Schwarzenneger’s Conan The Barbarian…

…his son Thaddeus becomes ever more apparent. Our Doctor Venture (called Rusty by his dad) is neurotic, impatient, and treats those around him with disdain and impatience. He also isn’t…

…Marvel Films, and his influence seems to have rubbed off on the writers. Story ideas are often bold and melodramatic— and frequently silly— and dialog tends towards being unnatural. Of…

…to whether or not I think it was a good idea. The execution hasn’t changed either, given that the 65-episode run was all basically a single “season” created for the…

…by a number of new and old teen heroes. The series had a couple of runs in the psychedelic 1960s and the groovy 1970s before petering out… and then writer…

…film’s Original Prologue runs six minutes, offering an erudite view of our solar system and space travel, all reportedly factual. There is little animation here, relying instead on NASA footage,…

…think? Disc 1 Nevertheless, there is a nice mix of adventures on this set of 27 episodes (out of a 65-episode run), which starts out strongly with the Indiana Jones-like…

…previously unexplored market (save for Paramount’s continuous flogging of their various Star Trek franchises) that’s seen terrific growth as we all run out to add the shows we used to…

…Bill of Rights has been announced. Civil liberties for robots will continue to be a running theme on the show, obviously meant to provide the same social commentary that appeared…

…episodes, although its last original episodes were run on Comedy Central in 1996 (while Fox was content to run repeats). The chief reason for the change of networks was that…

…Japanese 52-episode run, that being the second one, which introduced Atlas. I do not know why this was missing, as it apparently showed up on the Australian set (on an…

…the first disc also has the twelve quarter-hour segments done for the following season. This makes for a total of seventeen Lone Ranger tales, and over four hours of runtime…

…It was to be a dream come true for DC Comics fans. After years of producing the definitive Batman cartoon, and a pretty decent Superman show, it was rumored that…

…Harman and Rudy Ising, responsible for the Happy Harmonies; a series of well intentioned and expertly made (Disney himself outsourced one of the Silly Symphonies to Harman-Ising) cartoons, but which…

…“new” versions of these cartoons in order for the restorations to continue. First introduced as television filler during the run-up to The Princess And The Frog’s theatrical release, long-time fans…

…target, both having, in a way, too big an ego to lend themselves to an animated character and give up some of the spotlight. Originally, Gladiator Maximus himself, Russell Crowe,…

…sticks to – its own rules. It’s filled with tiny, intricate details, and when I saw it for the first time in a theater last year, I wanted to go…

…upon the four thrones, her rule will be over. Reunited, the children discover that Aslan has made the ultimate sacrifice to save Edmund and must face the Witch with their…

…Hyde Pierce a run for his money. His mad scientist (played with shades of his similar character in Mickey Mouse’s 1995 short Runaway Brain) is great value, and, as with…