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DIE HARD 5/24/05
The PP Guru is giddy as one's of the Joker's laughing fish today- no sooner than the PP Guru got all the way through with the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 2 DVD collection, my colleagues at WHV go around and release another crop of 28 golden episodes in the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 3 DVD collection.
These are the last of the first run episodes before FOX Kids decided to retitle the show to the Adventures of Batman & Robin and only ran them on Saturday mornings - a network manuever that evidently led to the show's demise- but in this volume of the last of the daily syndicated episodes - we see that the producers at WB Animation really upped the ante on this set with a brevy of new cast additions, most notably the introduction of Ra's Al Ghul, who has a key role in this summer's Batman Begins extravaganza. Other villains and characters of interest would be the first appearances of Bane and Scarface & the Ventriloquist, Baby Doll, and Lock-Up - the latter two created by Paul Dini - who has probably penned more episodes than anyone else on the show. Batgirl is first introduced, along with another DC guest star western legend, Jonah Hex and not many people know this- but this was the last official voice over performance of Elizabeth Montgomery before she sadly passed away in 1994 on the episode, 'Showdown' which guest starred Hex. Could've been a precursor to HBO's Deadwood by the looks of it.
Although skimpy on the extras, three commentaries; two audio and one video - plus a spotlight on Batgirl- WHV does throw in a extra episode bringing the episode count to 29 episodes. This set also marks the first time that they are animated menus rather than the still ones. The PP Guru would harbor a guess is that they are trying to make things real spiffy looking for by the time the new movie welcomes itself at your nearest multiplex, as well any other related merchandise that carries the golden seal of Bat approval.
The four disc set retails for $44.98 - but since the PP Guru is a stud card carrying discount member of the Central Perk club down on the studio lot- he purchases his for only a measely $ 22.00 and some pocket change.
So, nyah, nyah, nyah.
Another DVD set of high prestige karmic worthiness - well at least on a cult status POV is the companion volume to the Challenge of the Superfriends - the Superfriends Season 2 set which sees another 16 episodes with the likes of lessly toned down animated versions of Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman & Robin joined with those stiff board shape-the changing Wonder Twins, who, besides getting in some hot sibling cartoon hanky panky, help battle alongside our Justice League Light against mighty hordes of robot cowboys, green silly putty, and ....um,....Dracula.
The extras inclues a music video set to the shaking booty wiggling super heroic exploits of Jayna and Zan and a Pajama-Rama Superfriends retrospective with special fat ass guest star Kevin Smith. And if you are fortunate enough to get through this entire set without any guilt, you should maybe pass it on to your grandkids. That ought to make you the grand poompa at all the sleepovers.
The two disc (and one double sided - the PP Guru might add) set retails for $27.00. Of course, with the PP Guru's discount - his only comes out to a paltry $ 13.00 and whatever change he has left over from his milk money.
As told to:
~ Coat
DIE HARD 5/24/05
The PP Guru is giddy as one's of the Joker's laughing fish today- no sooner than the PP Guru got all the way through with the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 2 DVD collection, my colleagues at WHV go around and release another crop of 28 golden episodes in the Batman: The Animated Series Volume 3 DVD collection.
These are the last of the first run episodes before FOX Kids decided to retitle the show to the Adventures of Batman & Robin and only ran them on Saturday mornings - a network manuever that evidently led to the show's demise- but in this volume of the last of the daily syndicated episodes - we see that the producers at WB Animation really upped the ante on this set with a brevy of new cast additions, most notably the introduction of Ra's Al Ghul, who has a key role in this summer's Batman Begins extravaganza. Other villains and characters of interest would be the first appearances of Bane and Scarface & the Ventriloquist, Baby Doll, and Lock-Up - the latter two created by Paul Dini - who has probably penned more episodes than anyone else on the show. Batgirl is first introduced, along with another DC guest star western legend, Jonah Hex and not many people know this- but this was the last official voice over performance of Elizabeth Montgomery before she sadly passed away in 1994 on the episode, 'Showdown' which guest starred Hex. Could've been a precursor to HBO's Deadwood by the looks of it.
Although skimpy on the extras, three commentaries; two audio and one video - plus a spotlight on Batgirl- WHV does throw in a extra episode bringing the episode count to 29 episodes. This set also marks the first time that they are animated menus rather than the still ones. The PP Guru would harbor a guess is that they are trying to make things real spiffy looking for by the time the new movie welcomes itself at your nearest multiplex, as well any other related merchandise that carries the golden seal of Bat approval.
The four disc set retails for $44.98 - but since the PP Guru is a stud card carrying discount member of the Central Perk club down on the studio lot- he purchases his for only a measely $ 22.00 and some pocket change.
So, nyah, nyah, nyah.
Another DVD set of high prestige karmic worthiness - well at least on a cult status POV is the companion volume to the Challenge of the Superfriends - the Superfriends Season 2 set which sees another 16 episodes with the likes of lessly toned down animated versions of Aquaman, Wonder Woman, Superman, Batman & Robin joined with those stiff board shape-the changing Wonder Twins, who, besides getting in some hot sibling cartoon hanky panky, help battle alongside our Justice League Light against mighty hordes of robot cowboys, green silly putty, and ....um,....Dracula.
The extras inclues a music video set to the shaking booty wiggling super heroic exploits of Jayna and Zan and a Pajama-Rama Superfriends retrospective with special fat ass guest star Kevin Smith. And if you are fortunate enough to get through this entire set without any guilt, you should maybe pass it on to your grandkids. That ought to make you the grand poompa at all the sleepovers.
The two disc (and one double sided - the PP Guru might add) set retails for $27.00. Of course, with the PP Guru's discount - his only comes out to a paltry $ 13.00 and whatever change he has left over from his milk money.
As told to:
~ Coat
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