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Presenting Felix the Cat: The Otto Mesmer Classics 1919-1924
…Felix to Egypt again in this green-tinted effort. Felix In Hollywood (1923) – A serious actor laments that he must go into motion pictures in order to make a living…. |
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A Fond Look Back At Filmation: Part 2
…of Liza Minnelli as Dorothy, reprising her mother’s role from the MGM classic motion picture. The Young Sentinels was shown on NBC in 1977, and featured three racially-diverse youths who… |
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Cinderella: Platinum Edition
…motion in the animation came in part from this method of preparing the film. The film was last available on VHS and laserdisc in 1995, and its last time in… |
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Flash Gordon: The Complete Series
…same anymore. Anyone who loved the first season was bound to be disappointed in the second, while those that stopped watching the first season likely never came back to see… |
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The Legend Of Prince Valiant: Complete Series, Vol. One
…faces that go off model frequently and convey only a limited range of emotions. The animation tries hard to convey a lot of motion, but the limitations of the budget… |
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Mickey Mouse Clubhouse: Mickey Saves Santa
…with the main menu being especially attractive, with snow falling down over a scene at the clubhouse, and the figures in the scene contributing some motion. The actual bonus features… |
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New interview, Robinsons promising for Disney, more Treasures, Popeye is coming
…As for the film itself, I know that many animation fans hated it, and resented its Oscar nomination (never mind its win), for various reasons— the motion capture vs. “true”… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season One
…and Master Billy, explaining the green screen, motion capture process that the show allegedly uses. Once again, what should have been lame verges on genius, making each of the special… |
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Popeye: A Sailor’s Story
…began his career in a rather unassuming way, as a bit player in an already well-established comic strip by E.C. Segar (1894-1938). The Chester, Illinois native had been a motion-picture… |
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The Archie Show: The Complete Series
…DVNR, with outlines disappearing when characters are in motion, but this clears up in future episodes. Generally, the shows look pretty spiffy considering their age. The rapid production schedule resulted… |
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Beetle Bailey: The Complete Collection
…so many of the sixties cartoons, the promised visit of an Army dignitary sets the plot into motion, as Sarge and Beetle take turns tying to turn each other into… |
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Teen Titans: The Complete Fifth Season
…level of excitement and anticipation was able to generally grow with each story. Disc One Homecoming is a great start to the season, as it immediately sets into motion the… |
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Batman: The Complete Animated Series
…just for the continuity touches, including seeing a between-model Dick/Robin, there is genuine emotion in this episode that makes it rank near the top. Rather than just offering up some… |
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Otto Messmer And Felix The Cat
…Winkler package in early 1922, for which Winkler skillfully found solid distribution and promotion. Felix’s popularity took off, resulting in a wide variety of licensed products that proved to be… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: Special 30th Anniversary Edition
…and so he designed the slow-motion movements of the trains that fit the song very well. Another highlight from this group of songs includes “Lolly, Lolly…” where they teach children… |
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The Animatrix
…theatre moved in a matrix-like way). Looking back, we know that The Matrix was a landmark motion picture that redefined the way action movies were made. The bullet speed camera… |
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Walt Disney Treasures: Tomorrowland: Disney In Space And Beyond
…Motion about how every action has an equal and opposite reaction. Most of these segments are animated with some live action and still footage is used as well. Several scientists,… |
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Scooby-Doo and the Samurai Sword
…The events are set in motion when the curator at a Japanese culture museum in Tokyo is attacked by the apparent ghost of the Black Samurai. It can be said… |
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Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
…a new donut-encrusted logo for the motion picture. Now removed from You Tube, two unfinished scenes from the film were shown, both in animatic form with some animation. Descriptions of… |
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Phil Nibbelink talks Romeo & Juliet: Sealed With A Kiss
…the character you’re looking at would be done in full Disney-style motion. AV: What would you say was the budget for the movie? PN: Oh, I’ve been told I shouldn’t… |
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Cartoons Then and Now: Jerry Beck talks Woody, Popeye and More!
…set up, which I was on to promote the Popeye DVD. That was a good promotion. The Woody Woodpecker DVD set didn’t get that sort of promotion at all. Comic-Con… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Five: Animation with James Baxter and Thomas Schelesny
…backgrounds. I think the high point for that was the entire sequence at the end of the movie when the beast is carrying Robert. In order for that motion to… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Six: Director Kevin Lima and exec producer Chris Chase
Enchanted’s popularity is undoubtedly down to two men: director Kevin Lima and executive producer Chris Chase. While Lima honed his creative vision for the film and drew out perfect performances… |
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Bruce Broughton: The Great Prince of Bambi II‘s Music
…traditional elements, like melody and harmony, to project some emotion. I tried to fashion themes and phrases that were reminiscent of the romantic music from the 40s. I relied a… |
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DisneyToon Studios and The Sequels That Never Were, with Tod Carter
…major motion picture studios, well known within this circle, and his list of credits continues to grow. His work for Warner Bros. includes animation for Quest For Camelot and Space… |
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Once Upon A Time In New York City: Oliver & Company’s Composer J.A.C. Redford!
…for the Arts, a guest lecturer at USC and UCLA, and on the Music Branch Executive Committees for the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and the Academy of… |
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The One That Started It All… The Making Of Snow White
…“These were cartoons, just drawings” he said later, “but they gave definite emotion and were real for the audience”. The applause was echoed a few months later, when Walt was… |
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The Prince Of Egypt: Signature Selection
…epic re-telling of the story of Moses. When Steven Spielberg asked Jeffrey Katzenberg what made a great animated motion picture, the ex-Disney exec mentioned the grand themes of a powerful… |
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Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs: Platinum Edition
…Technicolor full-length animated musical motion picture. A wonderous marvel back then, just as amazing CG features astound audiences today, Snow White still holds up as a triumphant technical and creative… |
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LaserDisc Archives: A Primer On The LD Format
…two hours to sit on one disc. The added speed in rotating this longer discs, however, did not allow freeze framing, or slow motion replay, so many effects films and… |

