Never saw this coming! Chip n Dale Rescue Rangers Blu Ray Complete Series. The things that get a physical release and don't, things that are club only and general release... Disney makes no sense at all.
No love for Animal Farm, the first UK animated feature film issued with an X certificate (18 to US readers)? A ground breaker if ever there was one.
And I loved watching Marine Boy as a little kid.
I remember seeing Animal Farm on cable though I'm not sure if I saw the whole film. Was it really over 18? That would be "R" rated in the states. Well, they didn't have the rating system back then.
Marine Boy is my favorite anime character. (Notice my avatar?) I have all the DVD's.
There’s “Sinbad Jr. And His Magic Belt” which was originally started by Sam Singer, and then revamped by Hanna-Barbera, of which only a handful of episodes are lost, though some can be viewed on You Tube.
No love for Animal Farm, the first UK animated feature film issued with an X certificate (18 to US readers)? A ground breaker if ever there was one. ----------------------------------------------------------- I remember seeing Animal Farm on cable though I'm not sure if I saw the whole film. Was it really over 18? That would be "R" rated in the states. Well, they didn't have the rating system back then.
Are you referring to the 1954 version of ANIMAL FARM? According to the IMDB, that film received a "U" rating in the UK, i.e., (Universal – Suitable for all). A U-rated film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over.
Another was the “Out Of The Inkwell” revival that featured Koko The Clown and briefly featured creator Max Fleischer at the drawing board, and was distributed by Seven Arts Productions. At least two episodes can be viewed on You Tube.
No love for Animal Farm, the first UK animated feature film issued with an X certificate (18 to US readers)? A ground breaker if ever there was one. ----------------------------------------------------------- I remember seeing Animal Farm on cable though I'm not sure if I saw the whole film. Was it really over 18? That would be "R" rated in the states. Well, they didn't have the rating system back then.
Are you referring to the 1954 version of ANIMAL FARM? According to the IMDB, that film received a "U" rating in the UK, i.e., (Universal – Suitable for all). A U-rated film should be suitable for audiences aged four years and over.
Thunderbirds 2086- I was trying to remember the name of an 80's anime series inspired by The Thunderbirds. I found it and it was actually called "Thunderbirds 2086" for the English market!
Megazone 23 was a short lived OVA series in the 80's. It appeared to be created by the folks who did Macross (Robobtech in the US) The odd thing about the series was the apparent change in artistic style halfway thru the series. The Blu Ray is up for pre-order at The Right Stuff and Amazon.
Hanna-Barbera's "Where's Huddles?" which was a Summer '70 replacement for "The Glen Campbell Goodtime Hour" and was rerun on Sunday afternoons the following Summer, featured the voices of Cliff Norton as Ed Huddles and Mel Blanc as Bubba McCoy who played football for the fictional L.A. Rhinos along with Jean Vanderpyl as Marge, Marie Wilson as Penny and Alan Reed as their coach Mad Dog Mahoney, and is noteworthy as only the second Hanna-Barbera series (after "The Flintstones") that Blanc, Reed and Vanderpyl supplied their voice talents to.
Well this is bizarre! This series combines miniatures and people in monster costumes with 2D animation. Anything shots of human characters are in 2D animation with 2D backgrounds. The rest of the footage are real sets and miniatures.
Well this is bizarre! This series combines miniatures and people in monster costumes with 2D animation. Anything shots of human characters are in 2D animation with 2D backgrounds. The rest of the footage are real sets and miniatures.
Well this is bizarre! This series combines miniatures and people in monster costumes with 2D animation. Anything shots of human characters are in 2D animation with 2D backgrounds. The rest of the footage are real sets and miniatures.
That was NUTS! I loved it! Thanks, Sol.
Glad you got a hoot out of it. It's indeed bonkers!
Speaking of bonkers here's Don Bluth's follow up laser disc game to Dragon's Lair- Dragon's Lair 2 Time Warp.
Some history:
After the huge success of Dragon's Lair Don Bluth and Company immediately started on a second game. But instead of a follow up to Dragon's Lair they made Space Ace. Dragon's Lair was credited for saving a sagging Video Arcade market. However the resurgence didn't last long and by the time Space Ace was released the home video game market took over. Space Ace wasn't the hit they hoped for as Dragon's Lair was eventually considered a novelty with limited game play. Not to mention to hard to play!
Not only were the Video Arcades facing a second crash, Don Bluth was facing financial issues for the "hundredth" time. His backers pulled out of Dragon's Lair 2 before it was ever finished.
When Don Bluth found new investors for his films his team worked on the side to finish the game. This took years. Dragon's Lair 2 Time Warp was released on home gaming systems first. Eventually a laser disc cabinet was released in what was left of the Video Arcades.
I never saw the Arcade version nor ever played the game. I eventually got an unmentionable copy of the animation at a convention on VHS tape along with Dragon's Lair and Space Ace. This was way before its commercial release on CD ROM, CD, DVD and Blu Ray. I never did get Time Warp in any fashion (other than on the VHS tape) but own Lair and Ace in almost every commercial release put out on disc.
I played both Dragon's Lair and Space Ace to death in the Arcades in the 80's. I was an expert at both games and could play them thru to the end with only three lives. Usually without losing a life.
In honesty Time Warp was my least favorite of the three for various reasons and the games play looks much to fast even for me! It's so fast you can't really enjoy the animation.
One laser disc game Bluth was developing that never got past the drawing board was called Sea Beast. The protagonist was a sailor and the damsel in distress a mermaid!
