Geek Culture & Nostalgia
Ok, so this one doesn’t specifically say it’s Thanksgiving, but I think it’s pretty obvious. Enjoy the 1948 Donald Duck short Soup’s On, if you haven’t eaten yourself into a Turkey coma already.
You can read more about Soup’s On at DisneyShorts.org.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone, and I’ll see you on Monday. Try not to trample anyone to death on Black Friday.
In honor of Thanksgiving, here is a classic Tom and Jerry short that takes place on Turkey Day, The Little Orphan. The only thing better than a wonderful Thanksgiving feast is an animated one, so cheers!
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Fantastic Mr. Fox is probably the most unique movie you’ll see this year, and that’s saying a lot. We’re talking about a year that’s seen films like Coraline, Up, Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs, and the upcoming Avatar. Still, I think Fantastic Mr. Fox sits on a level of its own.
We saw the movie last night at a free sneak peek in Indianapolis, and there wasn’t an empty seat in the theater. There was a surprising number of adults without kids, but there was plenty of families as well.
The whole theater was rolling with laughter. Fantastic Mr. Fox doesn’t play out like a kid’s movie at all, it’s basically just a Wes Anderson film that happens to be stop motion. The dialog is witty (and hilarious), the voice acting is great, and the staging and attention to detail is what you would expect from an Anderson film.
Out on DVD today is one of my favorite cartoons from the 90s, if not my all time favorite; Superman: The Animated Series. I’ve always been a huge Superman fan, and when the Batman crew decided to take on the Man of Steel, I knew it was going to be the best adaptation of the character yet.
Superman: The Complete Animated Series is a massive 7-disc DVD set from Warner Bros. that contains all 55 episodes of the show, with a few bonus features spread throughout the discs. You probably know if you’re a fan of this show or not, and if you don’t own any of the previous DVDs, I’d say you definitely need to pick this one up.
In this edition of Watch This!, I bring you a classic 1934 Popeye short: We Aim to Please. This short depicts Popeye and Olive Oyl as restauranteurs during the Great Depression, so you can be sure a lot of hysteria and fistfights ensue. Also, you can count on Wimpy trying to score some free hamburgers.
This short is availalbe on the awesome Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938 Vol. 1 DVD set.
