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- Toons of the 2000s: Top 5 Significant Headlines from the '00s
posted by Ed Liu on
Monday, November 16th, 2009.
We wanted to name the biggest news stories for animation as part of our look back at the past decade. We arbitrarily...
- Cartoon Intro Cavalcade: Cowboy Bebop
posted by Ed Liu on
Thursday, October 22nd, 2009.
The opening credits to Cowboy Bebop are like the best improvised jazz: it may seem spontaneous, but close analysis reveals powerful structure and intelligence underneath. While improv jazz...
- Cartoon Intro Cavalcade: G.I. Joe (1985)
posted by Ed Liu on
Monday, September 28th, 2009.
I've mentioned my love of the G.I. Joe opening credits sequence before. The opening credits in the video clip embedded below are the ones that started off the full TV series, but the...
- Wallace and Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death" Full-Frame vs. Widescreen Comparison
posted by Ed Liu on
Friday, September 25th, 2009.
Do not buy the Wallace & Gromit: A Matter of Loaf and Death DVD or the new Wallace & Gromit Complete Collection DVD.
Apparently, both DVDs...
- Robert Zemeckis Just Sees What He Wants to See
posted by Ed Liu on
Monday, September 14th, 2009.
Robert Zemeckis is going to remake the Beatles' Yellow Submarine using his "performance capture" CGI animation techniques, and the news is being received with a number of catcalls...
- Why I Like "G.I. Joe" Over "The Transformers"
posted by Ed Liu on
Thursday, July 16th, 2009.
On the surface, G.I. Joe and The Transformers are pretty similar. They were both released at the same time to capitalize on the relaxing of regulations that prohibited TV shows based...
- July 4th Special: Shout! Havoc and Let Slip the Joes of War!
posted by Ed Liu on
Saturday, July 4th, 2009.
What better way to celebrate the July 4th holiday than with some Real American Heroes: the men and women of G.I. Joe, coming to DVD on July 14, 2009, courtesy of those...
- The Chico Marx Effect
posted by Ed Liu on
Wednesday, June 24th, 2009.
During his Presidential campaign, Barack Obama asked for a new, freer, and more open conversation about issues of race, saying, "I have never been so naïve as to believe that we can get beyond our racial...
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