Tuesday, July 31, 2012
Sunday, July 29, 2012
Chris's Couch: Star Wars/Sesame Street/Muppets Crossover
Dork Note: Back when I would have taken a laser blast for Lucas!
Fisher-Price Little People DC Super Friends
Dork Note: I bought the Wonder Woman Invisible Plane for my daughter! She LOVES it! Now Fisher-Price should release an Aquaman Bathtub Playset for her to use.
Saturday, July 28, 2012
Forgotten TV Heroes: Man from Atlantis
Dork Note: I spent a summer in our pool trying to swim like a friggin' "Man from Atlantis" dolphin. All I got for my trouble was a back ache.Clipped from Wikipedia: Man from Atlantis is a short-lived American science fiction television series that ran for 13 episodes on the NBC network during the 1977–1978 season, following four successful television films that had aired earlier in 1977.
History: The series stars Patrick Duffy as an amnesiac man given the name of Mark Harris, believed to be the only surviving citizen of the lost civilization of Atlantis.[1] He possesses exceptional abilities, including the ability to breathe underwater and withstand extreme depth pressures, and superhuman strength. His hands and feet are webbed, his eyes are unusually sensitive to light, and he swims using his arms and legs in a fashion suggestive of how a fish or marine mammal uses its flippers. Following his discovery, he is recruited by the Foundation for Oceanic Research, a governmental agency that conducts top secret research and explores the depths of the ocean in a sophisticated submarine called the Cetacean.
Fun Fact: On the 12th episode, a new female lead character replaced Elizabeth Merrill, Dr. Jenny Reynolds, played by actress Lisa Blake Richards. The last episode did not feature any female lead character.
Fun Fact:: The "Foundation for Oceanic Research" headquarters building was represented by the Point Fermin lighthouse in San Pedro, California.
Novels and Comics: In 1977, Dell Publishing published a novelization titled Man from Atlantis #1, written by Richard Woodley, which was followed by Man from Atlantis #2: "Death Scouts" from the same author. The line continued unnumbered with Killer Spores (1977) and Ark of Doom (1978), also by Woodley, the latter being the retitled novelizaton of "The Disappearances". In 1978, Marvel Comics published seven issues of a Man From Atlantis comic book, written by Bill Mantlo with art by Frank Robbins and Frank Springer.
Toys: Kenner began development on a Man From Atlantis line of action figures and toy vehicles in 1977, but it never proceeded past the prototype stage.
Friday, July 27, 2012
Scooby-Doo Gang meets Batman VS The Brady Bunch meets Wonder Woman - which one is better?
Dork Note: I voted for Scooby-Doo/Batman but my daughter voted for Brady Bunch/Wonder Woman...so it's a draw.
Dork Note: Superman also appeared in The Brady Bunch cartoon as well, but I couldn't find a video or image of it.
Dork Note: Superman also appeared in The Brady Bunch cartoon as well, but I couldn't find a video or image of it.
Thursday, July 26, 2012
MAN OF STEEL - Official Trailer
Updated with Fan-Made Trailer
Fan-Made Trailer
Pa Kent Voice Over
Jor-el Voice Over
Dork Note: Wow, this trailer caught me a bit off guard. Was not expecting this type of trailer or visual style. It definitely peaked my interest.
Dork's Superman Back-In-Time Trailers:
Superman the Movie Trailer
Dork's Superman Back-In-Time Trailers:
Superman Returns Trailer
Superman the Movie Trailer
Wednesday, July 25, 2012
Tuesday, July 24, 2012
The Awesome 80's Intros from TMS Entertainment!
Mighty Orbots - 1984
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers - 1986
Bionic Six - 1987
Visionaries: Knights of the Magical Light - 1987
Dork Note: All of these shows have some much reboot potential!
Rob's Room: Bill Graham presents BATMAN
Bill Graham presents BATMAN (March 1966)
Want it! I love the the Fillmore handbill posters.
ebay auction
Want it! I love the the Fillmore handbill posters.
ebay auction
Monday, July 23, 2012
Matt's Mantle: Geek Chic - The Finest Dork Furniture Money Can Buy
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"The League" - Custom high quality storage for comic lovers.
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Cool Artist: Pixel Mixer
Dork Note: I think this is the artist "artist name" but not sure since the blog is not in English.
Sunday, July 22, 2012
Saturday, July 21, 2012
BBC's The Fades
Dork Recommended: Just finished watching The Fades - another cool BBC show. I hope they bring it back sometime in the future!
1989 - Uncanny X-Men Animated Lineup
Dork Note: This was found by marvel1980s. Jason Shayer always finds the cool stuff! I wish there was more details about the image.It must be from the X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men (commonly known as Pryde of the X-Men) an animated television pilot originally broadcast in 1989 on the Marvel Action Universe television block, featuring Marvel Comics’ mutant superheroes the X-Men. The pilot aired infrequently in syndication, and was later released on video.
Clipped from Wikipedia: Critical response
The reaction from fans to the pilot is generally mixed. Although praised for its high quality animation (which was as previously mentioned, provided by Toei Animation, who also animated Dungeons & Dragons, G.I. Joe, Transformers, and Jem), fans simply felt that the pilot for the most part, came across as too campy for a comic (especially under the guidance of John Byrne and Chris Claremont) with often dark and adult oriented themes like X-Men. The on-screen action sequences had to be severely curtailed for a children's cartoon show, and the episode only superficially deals with sort of social issues often dealt with in the comics, such as isolation, intolerance, racism and bigotry.
Furthermore, purists were not fond of the way certain characters were portrayed in the pilot. For instance, Kitty Pryde was seen in their eyes as coming across as too much of a whiny damsel-in-distress (although this may have been intended to be the start of her character arc, eventually evolving into a stronger, more mature heroine). Fans also found it confusing to see the White Queen be portrayed as a member of the Brotherhood of Mutants. This Brotherhood was a mix of Magneto's group (with the inclusion of Toad) and Mystique's (with the inclusion of Pyro and the Blob) along with the previously unaffiliated Juggernaut and White Queen. Most importantly, fans were upset at the sound of the traditionally Canadian Wolverine, speaking with an Australian accent. This casting error seemed to stem from a brief run-through of the script in which, mockingly, Wolverine calls the traditionally Australian character Pyro, a dingo. In the final version, however, Wolverine calls Toad a "dingo" rather than Pyro.
According to Rick Holberg (as taken directly from the book X-Men: The Characters and Their Universe), storyboard artist and finalizer for Pryde of the X-Men and Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends:
I ended up being the voice director on the show, and I was forced to use the Australian version of Wolverine (which coincidentally, foreshadowed the casting of Australian actor Hugh Jackman in the live-action X-Men film), because all of this Australian stuff was popular at the time - the Mad Max films, Crocodile Dundee, and so on - it was going to turn out (in the comics) that Wolverine was an expatriated Australian. The direction of the character however never got beyond the plotting stages and Wolverine remained Canadian in the comics.
Friday, July 20, 2012
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Wednesday, July 18, 2012
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