In 1988, Tim Burton introduced us to a foul-mouthed freelance “bio-exorcist” ghost, simply named Beetlejuice (or, to those sticklers out there, Betelgeuse). Like most entities of his ilk, chanting his name three times would give him power, allowing him to interact with the real world and perform hauntings and create monsters. Michael Keaton took on […]
Felix Vasquez Jr.
Felix Vasquez Jr. is a pop culture and movie fanatic born and bred. He's a lover of all things horror, admires Superman, loves to listen to classic rock, drowns himself in nineties nostalgia on his free time, and has been writing for almost twenty years. His writing can be found on various online outlets including Crave, Joblo, and Beyond Hollywood; He's also currently running his own movie review website, Cinema Crazed.
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“Let’s get warty!” Premiering in the U.S. during Thanksgiving weekend on FOX Kids (1992) the Battletoads pilot episode was a clear attempt by DIC to tap into the popularity of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Based on the NES beat’em-up of the same name, Battletoads boasted a massive fan base and was ripe for an animated […]
Tagged with: 90s, animation, Battletoads, cartoon, Saturday morning
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(Re)Animations: X-Men The Animated Series (1992)
“Previously on, X-Men…” was one of the trademark openings kids in the nineties heard every Saturday morning while watching the FOX Kids line up. It was during this time, in the midst of the networks third year (which also included Batman: The Animated Series), that FOX and Saban Entertainment teamed up to take on on […]
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Judging by the news from FOX lately, fans of “Fantastic Four” aren’t sure they’re getting a movie with their beloved foursome of superheroes at all. Hopefully, the impending “Fantastic Four” reboot won’t go down in history with another (very loose) adaptation from the comics: “The Thing.” Flung from the far reaches of 1979, Hanna Barbera […]
Tagged with: 70s, Fantastic Four, Marvel Animation, Saturday morning, Stan Lee, The Thing
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“No place to Hide! No Place to Run! The Mutant Age Has Now Begun!” “Pryde of the X-Men” (also known as “X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men”) is an animated pilot I mostly remember thanks to its VHS release in 1989 that my brother and I must have borrowed from my cousin a thousand times over. […]
Tagged with: 80s, 90s, animated, cartoon, Marvel Animation, Pryde of the X-Men, X-Men
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Lost Signals: VR Troopers (1994)
In 1994, “Power Rangers” mania was at an all time high and every kid in the world followed the adventures of the teenagers with attitudes fighting monsters with giant robots and cool costumes. Also during that time, every company tried to strike while the iron was hot looking for their own successful variation of the […]
Tagged with: 90s, Power Rangers, Saban, television, tv series, VR Troopers
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(Re)Animations: Justice League Unlimited (2004)
In 2004, Justice League was coming to an unofficial end, the intended series finale “Star Crossed” which found the team battling Hawkgirl’s native people (Thanagarians). Shockingly, Cartoon Network and Warner decided to revive the series with a successful reboot (and new theme song), branding it Justice League: Unlimited. The new series picked up right after […]
Tagged with: 2000s, animation, Batman, Bruce Timm, cartoons, JLU, Justice League, Justice League Unlimited, Superman
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(Re)Animations: Justice League (2001)
For many years, Bruce Timm and the DC/Warner Bros. partnership aspired to bring fans an animated series that chronicled the adventures of DC’s biggest super team: the Justice League. Though the development of the series spelled doom for Batman Beyond, many fans would agree that the sacrifice was well worth it. Super Friends (1973) was […]
Tagged with: 2000s, animation, Cartoon Network, DC Comics, Justice League, Warner Bros.
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“And then from the field of the future, a new king will come… to save the world of the past!” One of the best memories I have growing up was that every morning before school, I’d turn on Channel 9 here in NY, and watch cartoons before school. Yes, they played cartoons before school, on […]
Tagged with: 90s, animation, cartoons, King Arthur, knights, Saturday morning
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Freak-a-me! Freak-a-You! 1995 was a pretty good year for Warner Animation, and one of their most unconventional series that managed to out weird even “Animaniacs,” was “Freakazoid!” Mixing absurd comedy, pop culture references, and their very own super hero, “Freakazoid!” is a twisted and hysterical comedy series about a blue skinned superhero who drives his […]
Tagged with: cartoons, Freakazoid!, KidsWB, Madman, parody, Saturday morning, superheroes