Geek Culture & Nostalgia
Remember those awesome DVD sets of Saturday Morning Cartoons from the 60s and 70s I reviewed? Well, since I got my hands on those sets, my biggest hope is that we would get a 80s set, and thanks to Warner Bros we finally did.
Just like the last sets, there are some toons I’m familiar with, and some I’d never even heard of. To me, that’s a big part of the appeal of these sets.
Tom and Jerry Tales is a modern interpretation of the classic animated duo that ran on CW4Kids from 2006 until 2008. Warner Bros. has released previous DVD volumes of collected episodes, but this is the first time it’s been released as a season set.
The Complete First Season is a 2-disc set containing the first 13 episodes of Tom and Jerry Tales. The show is a throwback to the vintage shorts, each containing three shorter stories full of the violence and mayhem that we grew up loving.
The set contains 39 short stories in total, with a runtime of 294 minutes, so if you’re buying for your kids it’s a great deal. Overall it’s not the classic Tom and Jerry that we (and our parents) grew up with, but it’s a worthy homage.
Tom and Jerry Tales: The Complete First Season is available to own on DVD now.
There’s something about the idea of a Thor movie that is starting to interest me. Maybe it’s the fact that I don’t know much about Thor, and don’t see how they’ll make him fit into the realistic movie universe they are crafting with the Iron Man movies.
The first pic of Chris Hemsworth as Thor was released today, and I kinda dig it. I’d love to see some hammer and/or helmet action, but this will do for now. I guess we’ll find out in 2011 how Captain Kirk’s daddy does as the god of thunder.
What do you think?
via Yahoo
This came out of left field. Latino Review received this pic and they’re claiming it’s a head from the 2011 live action TMNT movie that was being planned. I haven’t heard anything else about this movie since Nickelodeon snatched up the turtles. Could it still be on? Are they going for a more natural turtle look? Did I just stare at this image for an hour speculating what it would look like talking?
Hopefully we’ll get answers to all those questions except for the last one. That is between me and my computer screen.
Via Topless Robot
Update – It’s not for a movie. Surprise surprise.
Trevor Hutchinson is a graphic designer and illustrator based in Australia who has been working on Transformers for IDW Publishing, dressing up as a classic Disney animator, and various other awesome things.
Over at his blog he’s got a beautiful Transformers desktop wallpaper that you should all download. The Transformers movies can’t be unseen if you’ve watched them, but great art like this helps erase the memories.
Are you an artist looking for some exposure? Send me your retro-inspired wallpapers and I’ll post them up!
