October 26, 2011 Johanna TV News One comment

Green Lantern: The Animated Series Sneak Peek

In preparation for the debut of Green Lantern: The Animated Series, Warner has released this first scene of the new cartoon: The one-hour debut special will air on Cartoon Network Friday, November 11 at 7 PM. Further episodes of the CG-animated series will launch next year as part of the “DC Nation” programming block. The premise draws from recent comics, most obviously in use of the Red Lanterns (a concept I thought would be considered too edgy for a kids’ […]

October 16, 2011 Johanna DCU Original Animation 2 comments

Batman: Year One

We’d been anticipating this one, since buzz from friends was good. We were hearing that it was faithful to the classic Frank Miller/David Mazzucchelli story while still being entertaining in its own way. Our friends were right. Batman: Year One is a little over an hour, but it’s solid and unflagging. It moves from key moment to key moment without wasted space. I’d rather see something this good at this length than something longer where my attention wandered. It will […]

Jem and the Holograms: The Truly Outrageous Complete Series cover

October 14, 2011 KC Television Reviews 3 comments

Jem and the Holograms: The Truly Outrageous Complete Series DVD

Review by KC Carlson Probably best known for its earwig of a theme song (“It’s truly, truly, truly outrageous!”), Jem and the Holograms holds a unique place in animation history, is of interest to comic book historians, and has a truly dedicated fanbase — how many other long-defunct cartoon shows have their own annual convention? It’s also an incredibly influential show, having ties to both music and fashion, an extremely collectible toy line, and most likely inspired a generation of […]

October 13, 2011 Johanna Warner Archive 3 comments

Finally! A Meaningful Jean Harlow DVD Collection

This year would have been Jean Harlow’s 100th birthday (in March), so fans were hoping for some recognition in terms of a nice centennial DVD set. (The only significant release of her films on DVD previously was a TCM Greatest Classic Legends collection, but that was a repackaging of four movies previously available separately. While fine films, they weren’t her best-known or most significant to her career personally. And really, isn’t “Greatest Classic Legends” multiply redundant?) Now, Warner Archive has […]

October 12, 2011 Johanna Comic Book Films One comment

Avengers Movie Trailer Released

Marvel’s The Avengers (apparently the official name of the film) will be released in theaters May 4, 2012. Here’s the first trailer: What do you think? My favorite bits are the snarky Robert Downey, Jr. comments, but then, he’s my favorite film superhero. I really wish there was more than one woman, and I’m not a fan of Scarlett Johansson. I’m more eager to see Thor now, though, because Chris Hemsworth looks like he’s having fun. I would have liked […]

October 10, 2011 Johanna TV News 2 comments

Girl Superheroes Get Cartoon “Super Best Friends Forever”

At a kids’ entertainment conference in France earlier this month, Sam Register, Executive Vice President for Creative Affairs at Warner Bros. Animation, revealed some of the company’s upcoming plans. Other sites focused on the CGI Beware the Batman cartoon (featuring “the sword-wielding samurai” Katana and “new villains” from the “villain library”), but I was more interested in a throwaway remark. He also announced that the one-hour DC Nation block, which premieres in spring 2012, will include a mixture of animated […]

Captain America in action, sliding down a bannister

October 9, 2011 Johanna Comic Book Films Leave a comment

Captain America / Captain America II: Death Too Soon

The Shout! Factory Captain America double feature will be available on October 18. The disc contains two films, the 1979 Captain America and its sequel, Captain America II: Death Too Soon. In both movies, Captain America/Steve Rogers is played by Reb Brown, who looks the part well enough but doesn’t have much charisma. From the beginning of the first film, where we’re tracking a van driving along the California coastline while an instrumental ballad plays, it’s pretty clear that yes, […]

October 9, 2011 Johanna Comic Book Films 3 comments

Green Lantern on Blu-ray

I was pretty excited to see this movie at home, since I’d missed it on its summer run in theaters. I know some feel that an effects-heavy film should be seen on the big screen, but I dunno, any movie that opens with an alien ghost sucking yellow spirits out of astronauts, I’m more comfortable seeing that from my couch. I wasn’t expecting to devote 100% of my attention to Green Lantern, since I was already familiar with the high […]

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