Comic-Con 2008


The Sword in the Stone and The Jungle Book 2 Contest - Winners Announced!
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South Park: The Complete Eleventh Season
The Sword In The Stone: 45th Anniversary Edition
The New Adventures Of The Lone Ranger And Zorro: Volume 2
Freakazoid!: Season 1
Tiny Toon Adventures: Season 1, Volume 1
Once Upon A Time…Walt Disney
Teen Titans: The Complete Fifth Season
The Batman: The Complete Fifth Season
Astro Boy (2003): The Complete Series
Astro Boy (1980): The Collection Box Set
Astro Boy (1963): Ultra Collector’s Edition Sets 1 & 2
Batman: Gotham Knight (Blu-ray/DVD)
The Jungle Book 2: Special Edition
The Richie Rich Scooby-Doo Show: Volume One
He-Man And The Masters Of The Universe: Volume Two
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The Chosen One
Book Review: The Astro Boy Essays
WALL•E
Kung Fu Panda
Hi-Def Toons: Justice League: New Frontier (Blu-ray Disc)
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Perfect Nightmare: Mike Cachuela on storyboarding Christmas
Perfect Nightmare: Henry Selick on Making Christmas before time!
Tony Bancroft balances the yin and the yang in directing Mulan
Author Tim Hauser’s “axioms” on The Art Of WALL•E
Harry Gregson-Williams: Scoring the Return to Narnia!
Frank Walsh: On set with Prince Caspian’s Final Battle
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Roy Disney Presents At The Newport Film Festival 2008
The Animated Seuss
Enchanted’s Visual Heritage
Popeye: A Sailor’s Story
Hanna And Barbera: A Cartoon Appreciation, Part 3
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Toy Story 3 makes playdate? Gnomeo & Juliet & Sprackling?
Chris Sanders no longer on American Dog?
Rumors abound for Disney, Fox projects
Comic-Con 2006: Animated Coverage!
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2006: A Year In Review
Watershipped Rabbits And Plagued Dogs: The Animated World Of Richard Adams
Pinchcliffe Races Home: A Look Back At Caprino Studios
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DVD Deals
DVD Easter Eggs
MIA-DVD
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The Muppets return, with icons of the Seventies

We have one DVD review to close up the week, as I take a look at The Muppet Show: Season Three. If you pine for the 1970s, then you should get a kick out of this season, featuring as it does such icons as Sylvester Stallone, Raquel Welch, Jean Stapleton, and many more. The Muppet Show had a well-established vibe by this time, and there isn’t a dud in this bunch of 24 shows. The bonuses are probably the best yet seen for this series on DVD, mainly thanks to an amazing relic— a one-hour public television show hosted by Jim Henson that predated even Sesame Street! I treasure this set just for this bonus alone, but the Muppet Show episodes are really, really good too!

I’m waiting on some discs to come in, but hope to have more reviews up over the next week, maybe even over the weekend. Sadly, no one offered me the new Fantastic Four or Boondocks sets which streeted this week, but I’ll likely purchase them anyways, and there are always other titles to look at. Ben has more reviews up his sleeve too, but he’s swamped with other projects for a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, try to get to the cinema this weekend to catch The Incredible Hulk, which is currently scoring a “72” on the Tomatometer! Then remember that another classic Popeye set comes out next week, as well as two more Disney movie re-releases, all of which we shall be reviewing ASAP. More interviews to come too!!

So stay tooned, and have a great weekend! -Rand.

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