WB Archive Collection: Discs On Demand!

[Randall]

I'm not sure Dacey was alive yet in the 80s!

OK, we have Atom Ant, but I would have loved to see it released as The Secret Quirrel/Atom Ant Show. Still, it's great to see the Pup and Bears shorts will also be included!

[droosan]

Wow -- I'm pleasantly surprised to learn that Precious Pupp and The Hillbilly Bears are a part of The Complete Atom Ant DVD set! I'd long-ago resigned myself to the notion that this would collect Atom Ant segments, only.

That bodes well for Squiddly Diddly and Winsome Witch appearing in a possible future Secret Squirrel DVD set .. should Warner Archive choose to offer one. Speaking of which, WA: SPECTRE is coming to theaters soon .. and Warner Bros' own The Man from U.N.C.L.E. re-vamp will be on DVD around the same time. Gotta strike while the iron is hot..!

The 1990s H-B toon 2 Stupid Dogs had an occasional segment titled Super Secret Secret Squirrel, which was actually a rather worthy successor to the 1960s show! I still have most of that series on 'taped-off-the-air' VHS cassettes, from 'way back when .. but it'd be cool to see it offered by Warner Archive, too, someday. Maybe.

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Yup; I first encountered Twice Upon A Time on HBO in the mid-1980s .. and I also had the movie for many years on Laserdisc. I'm glad to see Warner Archive making this quirky and fun-to-watch animated feature available for new & wider audiences to discover and enjoy -- but I'll be buying it too, to finally hear both versions of the soundtrack (the Laserdisc only had the 'family-friendly' dialogue).

WA's DVD cover art is missing ScuzzBopper, though (Botch's head 'scream'writer of nightmares, who dresses like a court jester) .. he has some of the best lines in the movie!

[gaastra]

Justice league unlimited Blu-ray complete series. Shocked this one is not getting a full release.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Justic ... ries/21595

[Randall]

More and more, disc sales are becoming web-based. Store DVD shelves are being replaced by other products, so this makes sense. It's more efficient, too---- no need to press thousands of discs for thousands of stores and hope they sell. I'm just glad to see JLU come out on Blu-ray.

[James]

Got this via email. Not sure if it is new or even newsworthy so thought I'd put it to you guys:

Subject: TWICE UPON A TIME

Message: The Warner Archive has just release a DVD of this film after 30 years on the shelf:

http://www.amazon.com/Twice-Upon-Time-J ... pon+a+time

[Ben]

Yeah, this comes from director John Korty, who is obviously glad to see his film finally come out and want to tell as many people as possible!

Unfortunately we didn't get a review copy but it's on my own personal wish list to pick up in my next WBAC batch sometime before the end of the year.

[gaastra]

It's Saturday supercade time! (Thanks to sony!) Looks like two episodes are lost! That stinks.

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Qbert- ... t-Of/21659

[EricJ]

(Thanks to sony!)

Good thing Q*bert made his Wreck-It Ralph cameo before Pixels...

[gaastra]

Real adventures of jonny quest season 2

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Real-A ... on-2/21680

Galtar!!!
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Galtar ... ries/21679

Secret Squirrel is coming! Has the other two segments also!

http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/news/Secret ... ries/21681

[Randall]

After a period of seeing few H-B releases from them, Warner Archive is on a roll again!

I'm a big fan of the maligned and semi-disastrous Real Adventures of JQ, and am grateful to see Season 2 finally being offered, and in its entirety yet.

Secret Squirrel was a must, especially after Atom Ant came out (though a co-release would have also sat well with me).

But Galtar?! Wow, that's one for fanatics only! That may include me, of course.

[Ben]

He has the poweeeeerrr!!!

[gaastra]

"But Galtar?! Wow, that's one for fanatics only! That may include me, of course"

I loved watching it as a kid.

[Randall]

Never seen Galtar, but I'd like to!

Next up: Rankin-Bass's Wind in The Willows.

http://www.wbshop.com/product/code/1000 ... EWAC151104

I'm not enough of a R-B fan to go for this, but nice to see it coming out amidst all the H-B material.

[EricJ]

It's.............definitely NOT the Cosgrove-Hall stop-motion version, or even the Disney animated version.
R-B is not known for its intense voice performances or subtle story interpretations.

[Ben]

There were a couple of cel animated WITW features in the 80s and 90s, none of which (despite the admittedly evocative poster art of R/B's version) matched up to the 1949 Disney featurette-length segment or the long-running Cosgrove-Hall stop-motion series, both perfect in their own ways.