That was afantastic ep of "Ghostbusters". I recall seeing it for the first time
at 4:30 in the afternoon, just after getting off work back when I was one of
Them Danged Rev'nooers, and being glad that I was alone in my apartment, so
that no one could see me crying.
And I deny the existence of that other show you spoke of.
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From : Keith Johnson <keithbjohn...@comcast.net>
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
yeah: the music, the animation, the demon lore, the voice acting--all were
superb. I've mentioned it before, but I loved the one when Winston was called
on to fight a demon who'd bedeviled one of his ancestors. Winston had to
believe that he was descended from this magic worker, but was having difficulty
doing so. When he finally says "I believe!", he goes through a
transformation/regression, quickly wearing clothing from past eras. One of
those trappings he wears is the rags and chains of a slave. I was floored by
that scene. The first season or two were full of intelligent writing like that.
I also liked it in the early days when Slimer just babbled incoherently, and
was just a ghost. Later, when he could form understandable words, he was
portrayed more as a child than a shade. I quit watching at that time.
Oh--did you ever try to watch the series that unfortunately won the rights to
call itself simply "Ghostbusters"? The won with the guys who had an ape on
their team, an Archie-type jalopy that could fly through time, and who always
seemed to fight the same bad guy every week. Horrible!
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Another oldie-and-goodie for my list.
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>From : Keith Johnson
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I'd love to see The Real Ghostbusters again. The first couple of
seasons--before they lobotomized it into Slimer and the Real Ghostbusters--were
excellent. I saw the Dresden Files on there too, which is great.
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Keith, there was a web site that had those last three in their entirety. The
place was shut down the day after I found it, the old story about rights and so
on. :-(
Myself, I've only used Hulu a few times, my last visitt not for myself, but for
a dear friend who missed an ep of NCIS she really had her mind set on viewing.
I went there to obtain and send her the link to it. Before that, it was to
catch up on 'The Dresden Files".
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Date : Tue, 24 Mar 2009 05:26:29 +0000 (UTC)
>From : Keith Johnson
To : scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com
Wow, this is pretty cool! Frustrated at having missed back-to-back eps of
"Legend of the Seeker" yesterday, I went to the series' website to watch it
online. As I clicked on one of the eps, I noticed that it was a Hulu feed.
Hulu, perhaps you've heard of it? :)
I haven't done much with it past glancing at a few things. Not currently owning
a nice widescreen computer monitor or flatscreen TV, I never much saw the need
to watch programs on my 14" laptop screen. But I have to admit, the speed with
which "Seeker" streamed surprised me. And the clarity--wow! Even on my old IBM
T42 laptop running pokey WinXP, the picture looked great. Intrigued, i then
navigated to the Hulu website. Wow.
One reason I haven't been as much of a You Tube nut as some people--such as my
brother, who's always on me for not watching movies there--is that a lot of the
stuff on You Tube is not all that great quality. I especially hate going full
screen with an animated clip, only to get a pixelated, blurry image. Other
sites like Apple have great looking trailers, but sometimes the download speed
is a bit slow. Hulu impressed me by offering the best of both aspects. I found
myself going to the Animation section (of course), and was greeted with a
wealth of choices. Too many to mention them all, but not everything I could
want (no old Looney Tunes or Popeye, Felix the Cat seems to be the inferiour
version from the late 20th Century). But still, enough things to keep me very,
very happy. Let me mention just a few things that caught my eye:
Exosquad!
http://www.hulu.com/exosquad?c=Animation-and-Cartoons
The late great cartoon that showed Americans could actually make a good,
serious 'toon. Fifty-one eps (a handful are missing). Makes me very, very
happy! I will note the quality isn't the greatest--not that it's bad, but the
series itself never had the sharpness and beauty of something like Robotech or
any other Japanese 'toon. But still, it looks the same on Hulu as I remember it
on broadcast TV. If you've never watched this show do yourself a favor and
check it out.
Rocky and Bullwinkle
http://www.hulu.com/rocky-and-bullwinkle-and-friends?c=Animation-and-Cartoons
The classic, satirical 'toon from the '60s, which even includes great stuff
like Mr. Peabody and his boy Sherman! Haven't seen yet if my fave, Fractured
Fairy Tales, is included as well. But with thirteen twenty-two minute eps, I
think it must be there. Talk about a blast from the past!
Speed Racer
http://www.hulu.com/speed-racer?c=Animation-and-Cartoons
The Monster Car! The Great Race! The Supersonic Car! All the great,
horribly/amusingly dubbed episodes you remember loving as a child. I don't care
how many times I see 'em (and I own several), hearing that theme, watching that
cool car jump across a chasm or roll along the bottom of a lake, and listening
to the characters' hyper speech--it's still great fun!
Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids
http://www.hulu.com/fat-albert?c=Animation-and-Cartoons
This 'toon is like a snowy day in January: too cool for school!
And even....
Bravestarr
http://www.hulu.com/bravestarr?c=Animation-and-Cartoons
the adventures of Marshall Bravestarr, the Native with animal-based powers who
protects the people of the planet New Texas. Like Exosquad and many
American-made 'toons of that time, it's not exactly the sharpest, finely
detailed cartoon around, but it has nice pastels. And I still get a kick of of
"Equestroid" Thirty-thirty speaking fondly of his beloved gun Sarah Jane!
Now, if only they could pick up eps of the awesome 'toon "The Real
Ghostbusters", "Battle of the Planets", and "Starblazers", I'd be ecstatic!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQdwk8Yntds
