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Post by Deleted on Aug 19, 2008 16:53:29 GMT
Te DVD boxset of Pole Position arrived on my doormat this morning and I shall soon be watching one or two episodes of it out of nostalgia.
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Post by Deleted on Aug 22, 2008 14:25:07 GMT
I've now watched the first two episodes of Pole Position and spent much of the time critisising it. The funniest bit had to be in episode 2 when the bad guys lid a trap consisting of a trip wire made from rope which was attached to a branch stuck into the ground which itself held a giant boulder behind it. One of good guys sprung the trap and the branch was pulled out of the ground and released the giant boulder which promptly demolised a wooden hut even through it wasn't strong enough to uproot the branch in front of it.
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Post by Grand Moff Muffin on Aug 22, 2008 15:53:26 GMT
Pah. I refer you to the master, for re-writing the laws of physics:
Martin
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 7, 2008 22:42:54 GMT
The episode of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe dubbed 'Happy birthday Roboto' is utterly tops. If only Roboto had appeared again.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 20, 2008 21:52:38 GMT
I've been trying to watch the 1990 He-Man show, but it's hard going. It hasn't aged at all well. Lacks the charm and craft of the 80''s he-man/she-ra shows or the fun of the 2002 reboot. Decent premise and starts ok, but quickly tapers off into mediocrity. Skeletor is fun though, but not enough to save it. Ah well.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Sept 21, 2008 9:52:21 GMT
Is that the awful New Adventures of He-Man where he and Skeletor spend more time flying around in space? I remember watching that during school holidays along with other terrible cartoons such as, er, Ox Tales!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 21, 2008 11:23:24 GMT
That's the one. I had a mild nostalgic fondness for it which has now been obliterated. Some cartoons should never be watched as an adult.
*weeps*
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Sept 22, 2008 16:28:34 GMT
So true. I'm currently having difficulty watching my Pole Position boxset. I've only watched the first four episodes so far and all have been terrible. The third episode was mindless pap with the two heroes chasing after a villian on a motorbike around a tight mountain course before one of the heroes cars goes over the edge. The other hero uses a winch to pull the others car back up onto the mountain road whilst se is still in freefall and they carry on. They drive around the corner and catch up with the motorcyclist! It then goes into a bizarre scene where a chicken has been trained to respond to a flute tune (which actually sounds like a computer generated tune). The chicken walks through a tiny hole in a door of an ancient treasure cave, pecks on a series of modern-day computer keyboard buttons in this ancient cave and the main cave door opens allowing anyone to gain access to the treasure. It was all over my head!
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Post by The Doctor on Sept 22, 2008 17:17:54 GMT
I remember Pole Position being awesome, which is why I have vowed never to watch it as an adult as I just know it would not hold up. Title sequence still great though.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 20, 2008 23:35:26 GMT
Watched an episode of He-Man earlier. Jings, Battle-Cat really hates Orko!
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 20, 2008 23:43:19 GMT
I spotted a compilation DVD in Zavvi of the Filmation DC cartoon super-hero shows. One day I am going to be drunk and I'll buy it, sure as fate.
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Oct 21, 2008 19:41:25 GMT
Still trying to finish watching the thirteen episode show on DVD known as Pole Position - two months after I brought it!
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Post by The Doctor on Oct 21, 2008 19:53:47 GMT
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Feb 24, 2009 13:52:27 GMT
Jay Scheimer, who voiced many Filmation characters ie Queen Marlena in He-Man, has passed away according to he-man.org
-Ralph
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Post by Deleted on Mar 7, 2009 18:31:30 GMT
I've just purchased the second boxset of M.A.S.K from Amazon and am awaiting its arrival. I enjoyed watching the first boxset and it was much better than some other 80's cartoons that I have seen recently.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2009 12:03:34 GMT
While I'm waiting for my M.A.S.K DVD's to arrive I'm filling my time watching yarrr versions of Pigeon Street!
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Post by Benn on Mar 15, 2009 12:24:38 GMT
Tah hell with Pole Position, when do we get the Jayce and The Wheeled Warriors DVD's?
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Post by The Doctor on Mar 15, 2009 13:22:01 GMT
R1 DVD's are available, if you have a multi-region player.
-Ralph
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Post by Benn on Mar 15, 2009 14:14:54 GMT
Really? Amazon.com, here I come!
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Post by Deleted on Mar 15, 2009 23:50:33 GMT
You don't need a multi region DVD player to watch the Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors DVD's because they aren't region locked. They play perfectly well on my British DVD player.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 1, 2009 18:28:35 GMT
The release date for the second M.A.S.K DVD boxset has been put back until some other time so in the meantime I've been scouring Youtube for anything to do with eighties cartoons. It was here that I discovered the official music video for the end theme tune to the Raccoons cartoon - possibly the best cartoon theme tune made in the eighties.
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Post by The Doctor on Apr 1, 2009 19:22:39 GMT
It was great. I was so annoyed when Neighbours started in its slot and Children's BBC lost 25 minutes.
-Ralph
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2009 17:55:21 GMT
I was very pleasantly surprised to see in ASDA that The Real Ghostbusters has at long last had a DVD release. £6.91 for season 1. I think I'll be grabbing one of those in due course!
-Ralph
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Post by Nigel on Jun 16, 2009 17:58:59 GMT
I never cared for it myself. One of the very few cartoons I didn't enjoy watching as a child.
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Post by Deleted on Jun 16, 2009 20:24:24 GMT
I was never a big fan of The Real Ghostbusters either. It was a cartoon that I watched just because it was on but I never found it too interesting.
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Post by blueshift on Jun 16, 2009 20:52:27 GMT
Real Ghostbusters is one of those few series that is just as good, if not better than you remember it.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2009 21:17:58 GMT
I loved it then and I love it now, having enjoyed the odd ep in dark corners of the interweb. One of the few cartoons I can enjoy pretty much the same way as when I was a kid. An essential DVD purchase. I have been wanting it to come out for 10 years, damn it!
The early seasons, that is. Let us speak not of 'Slimer and The Real Ghostbusters' abomination that formed later episodes. Nor of 'Extreme Ghostbusters'. Shudder.
-Ralph
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Post by blueshift on Jun 16, 2009 21:24:16 GMT
Extreme Ghostbusters wasn't awful, it just was a bit boring. The last two eps had all the Real Ghostbusters in, and was okay.
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Post by The Doctor on Jun 16, 2009 21:27:03 GMT
Extreme Ghostbusters hurt me to watch.
AARGGGHHH, the flashbacks!
It looked so shit too.
-Ralph
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Post by Hero on Jun 17, 2009 8:00:49 GMT
Ralph, is that Real Ghostbusters a full season set?
I was'nt too hot on Extreme Ghostbusters either, but I thought the last two episodes were okay. I heard they were going to bring in Samhein as the main villain for the next season which never got produced, but his action figure saw the light of day.
I'm trying to hunt down Filmations Ghostbusters and the 70's live action show out of curiosity.
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