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From what I've been able to observe, Archie is still publishing digests .. they're just no longer being distributed to newsstand vendors (supermarkets, drugstores, etc). Which is definitely a huge departure, for them! But current issues of Archie digests -- there are a couple of Halloween digests pu...

The lushly artistic 1985 film Angel's Egg -- directed by Mamoru Oshii -- has gotten a 4K remaster. GKIDS will screen the movie in theaters on November 19th .. presumably to be followed by a 4K / Blu-ray release, early next year. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4X9LM3aTiyY The girl's hair in this mov...

40 out of 45 Peanuts TV specials in one boxed set is pretty darn great.

and even having this 'missing' special available to view on YouTube still counts as a 'win' IMO .. (but only while it's still there, of course).

Yeah… that's [trimming the runtime of The Wizard of Oz from 102 minutes to 75 minutes] actually a deal breaker. What’s the point in that? Kind of feels like they converted a film, but couldn’t "afford" to do the whole thing. Ironic if they cut out Over The Rainbow…! ;) Apparently, it's a 'Las Vegas...

I was a bit disappointed this evening to learn that the MSG Sphere presentation of The Wizard of Oz has been trimmed down to 75 minutes (versus the original film's 102 minutes) runtime. That definitely wasn't mentioned at all in CBS News Sunday Morning 's story. :| This information makes their ticke...

The Henson studio has partnered with General Mills for this year's 'Monsters Cereal' ad campaign. Here's a first look .. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce2cp4JGnI8 The characters' designs mesh so well with the Muppet aesthetic, that it's amazing no one had thought of doing this before. :o It'd be n...

Very interesting use of AI image enhancement and image expansion to transform The Wizard of Oz into a 16K wraparound experience for the 'MSG Sphere' venue.

I'm definitely tempted to wander over to Las Vegas in a month or so, after it opens.

The movie is fantastic .. everything I wanted it to be. :D and the inaugaral El Capitan screening I'd attended was introduced by Kevin Feige, live on stage .. :o .. along with composer Michael Giacchino, and the director, producer, and costume designer for the film; Disney must've just flown 'em all...

I'm seeing FF tonight..! been looking forward to it all year.
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The complete Bullet Time short (pilot?) cartoon, which was shown at Comic-Con earlier today. ( warning: quite a bit of Spümcø-style 'gross-out' visuals, and PG-13 video-game violence). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MuSVSuLHdes .. and whattaya know; Bill Wray DID work on it..! I'd figured he must'v...

AFAIK, Bullet Time is a short film about playing video games .. and is purposely meant to evoke a 1990s aesthetic mix of Ren & Stimpy , Rocko's Modern Life , Cow & Chicken , Spike & Mike animation festivals, Rude Dog & The Dweebs .. and yes, probably even 'Spuds McKenzie', too! Based on this trailer...

Here's the relevant section of a recent podcast providing details on WA's next major Hanna-Barbera animated TV series set .. the complete Huckleberry Hound , on 11 Blu-ray discs! :D https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LKaR4t-eAQw It's coming in August .. though it's not available for pre-order from WA's...

dunno about anyone else, but I was unable to connect with A-V (both the forum and the main site) for the past few days; I got a "connection timed out" or "service unavailable" message, whenever I'd tried.

happy to finally get through, this morning..!

Bullet Time is coming soon ..



.. with a soundtrack by Danny Elfman, apparently.