…lacklustre show called Super Friends. The show, saddled with contemporary parent concerns about violence on Saturday mornings, could muster little action and about as much interest from viewers. The odd…

…In fact, it’s pretty good. The voices are a little different, but actually surprisingly true to the originals. The animation is just okay, but let’s be honest— the earliest Charlie…

…that it is. Final Cut: Purists may very well dislike this version. They may find it a little too shiny, or think it has a little less heart. Taken on…

…all of us there are hundreds of little guys going about their business; each one helping us out in their own little way. Osmosis, like Martin Riggs, “Popeye” Doyle and…

…a few musical numbers! For kids in the 1960s and 70s, this was classic television animated fare, and for those who remembered the Santa Claus special, it was a little…

…with artistic solutions to the lack of money and time he had to finish the film. It’s just most of the other choices that seem more than a little odd…

…with the voice of Arnold Stang (Top Cat). Now, thanks to Image Entertainment’s April 2003 release, animation buffs can see for themselves what an odd little film this is. In…

…draftsmanship. The plots were also somewhat repetitive, always featuring the gang wandering about for little apparent reason in their van (the “Mystery Machine”) until they stumbled upon some mysterious being…

…Assumedly, the success of 1977’s Star Wars had a little to do with that. The name change was a bit of an odd choice, as few episodes actually take place…

…come jumping in to inject a little energy into the show. Spy spoofs have come and gone over the years, and while many have been memorable, there are many that…

…his early serialized works (recently available in a nifty little digest from Dark Horse Comics). It was named for the famous silent sci-fi film by Fritz Lang, although at the…

…source material? Please bear with me. I need to give you a little history lesson first… Back in 1980, DC Comics was known for having the best-known superheroes in the…

…who came up with the selection on either of these two collections, or why they were in authority to do so matters little…the Casper cartoons were always lightweight affairs, never…

…of the show varies from episode to episode, with most looking about the same, but the odd one can be a little softer or a little brighter, and an occasional…

…editions released to DVD. So there’s very little point in me covering some very old ground once again in terms of how significant the special is, or how it continues…

…to just before John Byrne and Marv Wolfman reinvented him in 1986, and the various animated series like Spider-Man And His Amazing Friends, The Fantastic Four and little odds and…