Superman was created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster and first appeared in June 1938 in ... more
the first issue of Action Comics. He became the hero of his own cartoon series in 1941, with Fleischer Studios turning out 17 highly rated episodes over the space o...
Advantages: distracts the children Disadvantages: not funny, humour very simple and mostly slapstick or toilet houmour.
and has ruined the image of Mr Bean for me. At first I was curious and quite excited - I had hoped the comedy would be on the same lines as the original but I was wrong.
The soundtrack is mostly orchestral with symbols, drums and flutes to emphasise dramtic turn arounds and Beans thoughts. The vocals, as the televised original series is basically mumbles and whimpers with the odd 'ooooo' sound. Another thing that irritates me is the fact that they have tried to modernise him and have given him a girl friend, not that that ever get together, lord no, what would happen to teddy, where would he sleep!? Irma Gobb is more a romantic interst whom Bean tries to impress, but rarely suceeds.
In this single DVD volume you get 8 episodes, each lasting about 15minutes in length and include; 'In The Wild', 'Missing Teddy', 'No Parking', 'Bean's Bounty ...
Advantages: great music, acting and storyline Disadvantages: only two episodes on this one dvd, and they cut the tune!
Isn't it wonderful when those child hood memories come back to you, and whats even better is when they are in snazzy updated (graphics and sound wise anyway) version, such as this dvd.
Fraggle rock, as most can remember was another genius creation from Jim Henson. For those out of the loop, or are lucky enough to be too young to remember, he's the same man who is responsible for the existence of the muppets, sesame street and of course - the fraggles!
COST: £4.99
PLACE OF PURCHASE: eBaY
CERTIFICATE: U
NUMBER OF DISCS: 1
REGION: 2
This DVD contains 2 episodes which are run back to back which cuts on time and makes the whole running only 48 minutes in length. What they've done with the orginal format is quite displeasing actually, although this version is less fuzzy than the vhs one they've cut down the episodes so that theres ...
Advantages: its Superman on DVD! Disadvantages: those damn snapper cases
with the blockbusters of today, the effects are great you cant even see the wires that make superman fly (sorry to ruin the magic) and the plot even though it is over the top still makes me want to watch over and over again.
The disc is a dual layer double sided DVD (DVD-18 disc). Side A contains the movie (120 min) a feature length commentary by director Richard Donner and Tom Mankiewicz, ten deleted scenes, awards won and a 5.1 music only track.
Side B contains the special features. “Taking flight: the development of Superman” Documentary (30 min) “making Superman: filming the legend” documentary (31min) “the magic behind the cape” documentary (23 min), three screen tests, additional music cues, deleted scenes, vintage TV spot, trailer, Storyboard to screen (DVD rom only) Web links and English Subtitles.
(120 min ...
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