Yeah, I was thinking the same thing!Thank you for getting us out of the Hanna-Barbera realm. I was afraid we were going to be stuck there forever...
Also short lived, also based on a video game and also has a Medieval setting!
This, unfortunately, seems to be the case. However, the initial DVD releases of Dragon's Lair, Dragon's Lair II: Time Warp, and Space Ace also had 'inferior' video transfers; all three were later 're-mastered' for the Dragon's Lair: 20th Anniversary DVD boxed set (which remains the best presentation of the video for these games, IMO).Ben wrote:BTW, the HD versions {of Dragon's Lair & Space Ace} are the standard eds upscaled, and not true HD, going from what I understand about the video quality on those titles.
Could be because Babu was HB's own property, while the name and assumed likeness of "Jeannie" may still be held by Sony Screen Gems. (Evidently Sony would give them such a piiinch! )droosan wrote:Not that I've ever seen .. and I've watched Boomerang fairly regularly for the past six years.
Though, Laff-A-Lympics (which co-stars Babu, the 'apprentice' genie) has aired occasionally.
You are correct, Sony/Columbia holds the license for Jeannie while HB holds the licensing for Babu. They would have to pay Sony to air it......which is most likely why it hasn't been seen.DROOSAN WROTE:
Not that I've ever seen .. and I've watched Boomerang fairly regularly for the past six years.
Though, Laff-A-Lympics (which co-stars Babu, the 'apprentice' genie) has aired occasionally.
Could be because Babu was HB's own property, while the name and assumed likeness of "Jeannie" may still be held by Sony Screen Gems. (Evidently Sony would give them such a piiinch! )
Just guessing, but figured it might've been a similar reason to why any references to the Addams Family cartoon were expunged from Warner's Scooby-Doo disks.
Most of the promos on Boomerang use existing footage from old cartoons .. and the few which do have 'new' animation are created digitally; either by re-animating vintage artwork with 'compositing puppetry' (á la Space Ghost Coast to Coast), or entirely from 'scratch' with vector animation software like Flash or Toonboom.schnzchx wrote:someone sold me a "cel" on ebay which they claimed was from Boomerang........it had Jeannie with blonde hair......so it obviously was not from the original cartoon, but thought it might have been used in a promotional spot for the cartoon.