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Heavy Metal: Collector’s Edition
…a way of linking the stories together into a somewhat cohesive narrative. The linking device they decided on was only partially successful, but it was enough. The moviemakers created the… |
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Spider-Man: The New Animated Series: Special Edition
…banking satellite signals. The Kingpin is the big villain here, sporting the complexion and voice of The Kingpin from the Daredevil movie, but with the bulk of the comics version…. |
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Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition Giftset
…Are Go (1:33:06) The main titles include one for “TV Century 21 Cinema Productions” and the familiar Thunderbirds theme. The first scene features the assembly of a modular spacecraft, the… |
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Nausicaa Of The Valley Of The Wind
…is little surprise that Torumekian troops arrive the next day to investigate the crash, but the people of the Valley are surprised to find themselves under attack. There are high… |
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Wacky Races: The Complete Series
…other over the head with clubs) and their Boulder Mobile; the Gruesome Twosome and the Creepy Coupe (with a dragon along for the ride); the Red Max and his propeller-driven… |
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Perils of Penelope Pitstop: The Complete Series
…a thing. Scratch Tracks: The “cliffhanger” feel of the show is greatly enhanced by the “player piano” music, not to mention the dynamic narration by the talented Gary Owens. Janet… |
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Drawn Together: Season One
…open with a written warning that these cartoons are NOT for kids. Pay attention! They’re not kidding! In addition, the episodes on the DVD are uncensored, restoring all the cursing… |
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DuckTales: Volume 1
…US television markets on the basis of the Disney name and the show’s concept. They took two years then to prepare the initial 65 episodes, ensuring that the show had… |
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Tim Burton’s Corpse Bride
…the time was how CGI films would dominate the nominees, as cel-animated filmmaking fell by the wayside. For release year 2005, however, there were no CGI films among the three… |
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Justice League: Season One
…or more versions of each in the comics over the years. They settled for the modern-day Flash (Wally West), and a nearly forgotten Green Lantern, the dark-complexioned John Stewart— the… |
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Teen Titans: The Complete First Season
…teenaged superheroes juggle videogames, personal disputes, and saving the world. The Sweatbox Review: They fight for truth, justice, and the last piece of pizza…! They’re the Teen Titans, stars of… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume One
…characters and the zest that the stories contain. It may not be great television, but it is great fun. Plus, with the extras available on the set, and the wealth… |
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The Venture Bros.: Season One
…the disturbance. Home Insecurity has a great set-up, with the minions of Baron Underbheit encountering the henchmen of The Monarch as they all try to break into the Venture compound… |
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Justice League Unlimited: Season Two
…a high note, the creators thought they had gone out with a bang. When they unexpectedly got picked up for another season, they revamped the show, expanded the League’s roster,… |
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Batman Beyond: Season Three
…of thirteen episodes, the producers of Batman Beyond had the opportunity to explore more of the original Batman’s past should they choose, but as this collection shows, they kept the… |
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Defenders Of The Earth: The Complete Series, Volume Two
…of the heroes this time out, with the interiors carrying their respective model sheets. The outer slipcase, in the tradition of the He-Man sets, switches to having the villains take… |
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Popeye The Sailor: Volume 1 1933-1938
…after years of lamenting the fact that these gloriously great golden age cartoons were not available on home video. Due to legalities involving the rights to these cartoons, they have… |
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Looking ahead to the long weekend
…anemic DVDs of Cars and Ratatouille, but I’m really jazzed about the possibilities of presenting behind-the-scenes material within the context of the movie itself, which is what BluRay will offer…. |
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The Muppet Show: Season Two
…of The Great Gonzo. The show got plotlines to a greater extent in Season Two than what was seen previously, and the increased interaction with the guest stars meant the… |
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Superman – Doomsday
…else that I did not care for. It’s ironic then that the weakest part of the comic book story is the strongest part of the movie version. The movie opens… |
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Teen Titans: The Complete Fourth Season
…the other episodes. I know my child enjoys the goofy Titans stories a great deal, and that’s fine. I prefer the harder-edged stories that they tend to utilize in their… |
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Batman: The Complete Animated Series
…sympathetic Catwoman in the two-parter The Cat And The Claw, and the return of Adam West to the franchise in the terrific Beware Of The Grey Ghost. West voiced The… |
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Schoolhouse Rock!: The Election Collection
…More Kings, The Shot Heard ‘Round the World, Fireworks, Mother Necessity, and The Great American Melting Pot. Three of the shorts deal with the American Revolution and the American Declaration… |
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A Pup Named Scooby-Doo: The Complete 2nd, 3rd & 4th Seasons
…features great stories with clever villains. I love the running gags and the clever puns used on the show. The characters are funny and consistent throughout the episodes and the… |
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Dalmatians 101: Marc’s wife Alice Davis talks about her Legendary husband
…also the first time that they were printing the artists’ work right on the cells through Xerox. And the animators were pleased with it because for the first time they… |
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Get Enchanted! Chapter Two: Disney executive Doug Short, Giselle’s champion!
…the version we presented to the Studio. So, for me, that was probably the definitive moment, the most important role I played, I think: getting the draft of the movie… |
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Ariel’s Song: Robert Reece, a fortunate writer under the sea!
…scenes and I was lucky enough to get involved. It was exciting to be in the booth as the actors recorded the tracks and then eventually see the scenes I… |
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Lorraine Feather & George Griffin on You’re Outa Here
…about Max Fleischer’s Out of the Inkwell, but the transformation, in the bridge, of these hands into animation also made me think about the beginning of Fantasia, with the orchestra… |
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The Incredible Mr Limpet
…what they come up with and how they make it work, but for the time being, the original is more than adequate. Even in these uncertain times, The Incredible Mr… |
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Chuck Jones: Extremes And Inbetweens, A Life In Animation
…the Jones-directed The Grinch. Much of the animation is completed, although some music and dialog is missing. The clip condenses the first half of the story down adequately for the… |

