Thursday, April 20, 2006
I've got the backlog down by two and have effectively kept it below 230 despite picking up a couple new titles (mostly dollar ones) and then skimming through my backlog. While I've watched some Maison Ikkoku episodes (finishing the second disc of box 2) I am not really tackling any big sets.
Snoopy Come Home: I watched this on Wednesday night for the first time in perhaps half a decade and yet I was amazed not only at how much I remembered but how much I forgot. Thurl Ravenscroft singing "No Dogs Allowed" brought back memories like nothing else.
While the Bill Melendez animation is certainly no where near as technologically sophisticated as today's cartoons and frankly is on par with the specials, nothing more and nothing less. What I did find interesting was the amount of "cartoon acting" on the part of the characters that I missed as a kid. Snoopy constantly rolling his eyes and having looks of disgrace as he was tied up by the girl who found him made me crack up like nothing else.
One other note, Snoopy Come Home was the first animated Peanuts to feature Woodstock. In many ways, Woodstock is perhaps an almost "jump the shark" moment for Peanuts. Most of the really deep stuff would be gone and Snoopy and Woodstock became sort of what made Peanuts the "cute funnies" at the end of the strip's life. Of course, that's just my take.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!: I picked this up in the $5:50 bin down to Wal*Mart. The movie is funny as ever and looks as good as it should. There are some bits of dust on the film due to the quick transfer but it's certainly passable.
That all said, the umpire scene is always my favorite.
Magical Meow Meow Taruto: Magic Journeys - Volume 3: This is one that I had in the backlog way too long. The show is too cute and fun to leave there and it's now starting to have a plot. Now I just have to buy that last volume.
Snoopy Come Home: I watched this on Wednesday night for the first time in perhaps half a decade and yet I was amazed not only at how much I remembered but how much I forgot. Thurl Ravenscroft singing "No Dogs Allowed" brought back memories like nothing else.
While the Bill Melendez animation is certainly no where near as technologically sophisticated as today's cartoons and frankly is on par with the specials, nothing more and nothing less. What I did find interesting was the amount of "cartoon acting" on the part of the characters that I missed as a kid. Snoopy constantly rolling his eyes and having looks of disgrace as he was tied up by the girl who found him made me crack up like nothing else.
One other note, Snoopy Come Home was the first animated Peanuts to feature Woodstock. In many ways, Woodstock is perhaps an almost "jump the shark" moment for Peanuts. Most of the really deep stuff would be gone and Snoopy and Woodstock became sort of what made Peanuts the "cute funnies" at the end of the strip's life. Of course, that's just my take.
The Naked Gun: From the Files of Police Squad!: I picked this up in the $5:50 bin down to Wal*Mart. The movie is funny as ever and looks as good as it should. There are some bits of dust on the film due to the quick transfer but it's certainly passable.
That all said, the umpire scene is always my favorite.
Magical Meow Meow Taruto: Magic Journeys - Volume 3: This is one that I had in the backlog way too long. The show is too cute and fun to leave there and it's now starting to have a plot. Now I just have to buy that last volume.
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