Way before video games became a common household appliance there were things known as “board games.” Some of you may remember these ancient relics as methods of entertainment by which friends and family members would gather around a wooden table and play. No digital graphics, no online co-op, rumble paks or first-person shooters – just […]
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No matter how classic or profitable a series or franchise is, studios are always in the market of appealing to a younger audience with a new version of the property. With the success of shows like Muppet Babies and The Flintstone Kids, Hanna-Barbera decided to revisit the formula in 1988 for Scooby-Doo. As many already […]
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It seems inevitable, almost like clockwork, that action movie stars attempt to expand (or resuscitate) their careers by venturing into more family friendly territory at some point. Whether this is because they are overcome with a sudden love of slapstick comedy and kid-centric humor or, the reason I ALWAYS bet on, they are desperate and […]
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With the success of his iconic adaptation, Batman: The Animated Series, in 1994, creator Bruce Timm was asked to produce a companion series to the darker crime drama. The natural jumping off point was Superman, the equally recognizable and ever immortal character from DC Comics. With Batman: TAS ensuring the success of DC translating in […]
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By the late nineties Warner Bros. had reached the nadir of their animated series lineup, creativity just kind of depleting into abysmal series after abysmal series. Two really bad efforts in particular mark WB’s run of awful animated series in the late nineties. The first is Histeria!, the product of censor badgering for an educational […]
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[EDITOR’S NOTE: Seeing as how this Halloween falls in the year 2013 the crew at SKC decided to invite 13 of our blogging brethren for a monster-sized countdown, weekdays now until Halloween day, celebrating each person’s favorite Halloween movie or animated special.] When it came time to choose my pick for our Halloween 13 blog-a-thon […]
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Blockbuster Training Video – Part 1 If this doesn’t take you back to the 90s nothing will. Not only is this training video full of nostalgia because of the poor acting, leopard print shirts and MTV-style “color static” backdrops, but because it’s freaking Blockbuster! Man I miss those clamshell VHS cases. Anyway, as bad as […]
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[EDITOR’S NOTE: Seeing as how this Halloween falls in the year 2013 the crew at SKC decided to invite 13 of our blogging brethren for a monster-sized countdown, weekdays now until Halloween day, celebrating each person’s favorite Halloween movie or animated special.] I still remember my first memory of Halloween. I was a 10 year […]
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Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice! As a product of the 90’s this refrain should stir up feelings of nostalgia and excitement, and possibly have you checking around for any rogue sand worms under the bed or in the closet, just to be safe. I mean, it does for me at least. In an era where they were […]