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Star Trekkin' across the universe! Plus Venture Bros. and Tiny Toons!
…on the right word and soothing any fears that this might be “fake Trek“. Far more consistent than any of the Star Wars, Superman or Indiana Jones revamps, this certainly… |
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Peter de Seve Breaks the Ice with Ice Age: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs
…character might move and behave. For instance, Buck. He a really fun character— a blending of Indiana Jones and Colonel Kurtz!— with a particularly unique shape. He’s very cylindrical because… |
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Ice Age coverage, Chuck does Tom & Jerry, and more of Saturday Morning
…in a few days ago unannounced and post his DVD review for Tom & Jerry: The Chuck Jones Collection. These cartoons have been slapped down a bit over the years,… |
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We now return you to our normal operating service…!
…Jones Collection, while Rodney and Randall have each added one review too. Most recently, Rodney has appraised Transformers: Complete First Season 25th Anniversary Edition, and without wishing to use the… |
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Tom and Jerry’s Greatest Chases: Volume 2
…flaws, editing among them), and a recent Chuck Jones release for the duo, Warner has finally reverted back to the original release format – Greatest Chases, first used in their… |
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Race To Witch Mountain
…to leave such films behind. Hayley Mills and Dean Jones may have entertained in the 1960s, and Kurt Russell’s Dexter Riley college comedies may well have been fun, but this… |
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Bedknobs And Broomsticks: Enchanted Musical Edition
…witch again, and together they went back in time to 1666, where they met a fake magician named Emilius Jones. Walt had purchased the rights to the combined story, but… |
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Uncensored Bosko: Volume 1
…but are a far cry from exhibiting the beauty of the Silly Symphonies, the personality of Bugs Bunny or the exquisite timing of Chuck Jones. One knock against Harman-Ising is… |
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Scooby-Doo, Where Are You?: The Complete First and Second Seasons
…leader of the group was Freddy Jones, an ascot-wearing fellow who looked like a dandy but was actually smart and serious. Daphne was a cute curvy redhead who was a… |
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Superman: Brainiac Attacks
…of Luthor’s hamming that Susan Blu must have encouraged. And I didn’t care for the music of Thomas Chase Jones either— it was simply generic and uninteresting. Don’t worry, though…. |
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Star Trek: The Animated Series
…performance as Sarek in Yesteryear, Stanley Adams as Cyrano Jones in More Tribbles, More Troubles, and Roger Carmel as Harry Mudd in Mudd’s Passion. Final Cut: I know that some… |
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Popeye 75th Anniversary Collector’s Edition
…worthwhile nuggets. Mueller’s Mad Monster, for example, has some nice special effects and a Chuck Jones-like mad scientist vibe going for it. And poor Gene Deitch had the ugliest cartoons,… |
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TaleSpin: Volume 2
…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… |
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The Sylvester And Tweety Mysteries: The Complete First Season
…Hubie and Bertie, as well as the mina bird from Chuck Jones’ Inki series. Outback Down Under – Obviously, this one takes place in Australia, where Granny investigates a sheep… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…agency’s biggest client. ABC had been looking for some educational children’s animation, and when Chuck Jones recommended the idea, Eisner closed the deal in that same meeting. This is how… |
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The Animatrix
…of Dreamcatcher. The director, Andy Jones, who previously worked on Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within, borrows the technological advances made on that film to produce a stunning short. The movie… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
…the marvellous work on Davy Jones and his crew, most of whom required a substantial amount of CGI makeup. A blooper reel projected how easily visual effects can go wrong… |
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Co-director Chris Renaud on No Time For Nuts
…you do with Scrat that maintains his essence but is unexpected?’ I definitely was thinking of the way that Chuck Jones would approach the Looney Tunes characters, and also even… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…I mean a real creative leader in the classic mold of Walt Disney, Max Fleischer, Chuck Jones, Tex Avery… Pixar is truly innovating and leading, and people are following them…. |
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Eric Goldberg takes us on a Character Animation Crash Course!
…book. Before he passed away, Chuck Jones had offered to write it. AV: Was there anything you wished to include in the book or on the CD that you couldn’t… |
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A Conversation with Ben Balistreri
…Kahl, Marc Davis, John Lounsberry, Ward Kimble, Chuck Jones, Tom Orb, are some of my favorite old time animators. Some current favs are Nicolas Marlet, Carlos Grangle, Craig Kellmen, Craig… |
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How director Steve Anderson met The Robinsons!
…animation, we talked about and looked at animation drawings of the classic films, a lot of Chuck Jones drawings from Looney Tunes, saying “that type of animation would fit with… |
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Jonatha Brooke and Joel McNeely: the Pixie-Powered Music of Return To Neverland!
…Jones and the Attack of the Hawkmen, James Cameron’s Ghosts of the Abyss, Holes, his videogame score for Star Wars: Shadows of the Empire, and James Cameron’s (again!) Dark Angel… |
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Bolt: Mark Cotta Vaz on The Art of Bolt
…to Indiana Jones: The Best of the Lucasfilm Archives, and Industrial Light + Magic: Into the Digital Realm. AV: What is the difference between a “making of” and an “art… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!
…Jones, when they take the Ark and put it in that huge warehouse. You’re pouring yourself into these projects only to see them disappear. But you guys, who listen to… |
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The Quest For Camelot: Special Edition
…Jones Productions, where he was put forward as a promising director during the building of Warners’ feature animation division. Many were surprised at the choice, as his independent short was… |
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LaserDisc Archives: A Primer On The LD Format
…versions of the Star Wars and Indiana Jones trilogies in official, widescreen and digital sound versions are plugging up eBay with requests for players and discs. Animation fans, too, are… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Behind The Scenes At The Walt Disney Studios
…very reminiscent of Chuck Jones’ Duck Amuck (1953) in which another duck, Daffy, is teased by an unknown animator. The show closes with the Night On Bald Mountain sequence from… |
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Who Framed Roger Rabbit: Vista Series Special Edition
…Wundersamen Abenteuer Von Herbert Hase Im Trickfilm Land has to be a favorite – and some early Chuck Jones contributions), Stills, and Publicity, with some really great alternate poster artwork… |
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The Adventures Of Ichabod And Mr Toad: Gold Classic Collection
…Adventures Of J Thaddeus Toad Esq! In the late-1990s, Disney tried to turn the tale into a live-action adventure directed by Monty Python’s Terry Jones (and featuring a few of… |
