"The Transformers: The Movie" exists in the shadow of "Star Wars." The young Autobot Hot Rod's ascension to Rodimus Prime parallels Luke Skywalker becoming a Jedi, Arcee's head is modeled after Leia's bun hairstyle, and the film's Orson Welles-voiced villain, Unicron, is a mechanical planet that eats other planets — it's like the Death Star, but if it were a Transformer.
"Star Wars" didn't become the media franchise of the world because of its box office haul, but largely because of merchandise sales. Toy companies made a killing on "Star Wars" action figures, among them Hasbro, owner of "Transformers." Partly thanks to "Star Wars," movies and TV shows began to be designed to include characters and vehicles that could be turned into toys. "The Transformers" and its sister show, "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero," were the epitome of this -- they were literal toy commercials disguised as cartoons,...
"Star Wars" didn't become the media franchise of the world because of its box office haul, but largely because of merchandise sales. Toy companies made a killing on "Star Wars" action figures, among them Hasbro, owner of "Transformers." Partly thanks to "Star Wars," movies and TV shows began to be designed to include characters and vehicles that could be turned into toys. "The Transformers" and its sister show, "G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero," were the epitome of this -- they were literal toy commercials disguised as cartoons,...
- 2/11/2023
- by Devin Meenan
- Slash Film
Pre-Order the set on Amazon!
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
And DC Entertainment Present
Batman:The Complete Animated Series
Deluxe Limited Edition
Coming October 16, 2018 To
Blu-ray™ Box Set And Digital
Burbank, CA – Batman: The Animated Series, the most acclaimed animated
super hero television series in history, arrives this fall in an all-encompassing package befitting its
revered place in the annals of fan-favorite entertainment. Remastered for the first time since its
broadcast airing from 1992-1995, Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited
Edition will be available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital and in a stunning Blu-
ray™ box set ($112.99 Srp) on October 16, 2018.
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the Emmy Award-winning series captured the imaginations
of generations, setting the standard for super hero storytelling for the past quarter-century with its
innovative designs, near-perfect voice cast and landmark approach to DC’s iconic characters and
stories. Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited...
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment
And DC Entertainment Present
Batman:The Complete Animated Series
Deluxe Limited Edition
Coming October 16, 2018 To
Blu-ray™ Box Set And Digital
Burbank, CA – Batman: The Animated Series, the most acclaimed animated
super hero television series in history, arrives this fall in an all-encompassing package befitting its
revered place in the annals of fan-favorite entertainment. Remastered for the first time since its
broadcast airing from 1992-1995, Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited
Edition will be available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital and in a stunning Blu-
ray™ box set ($112.99 Srp) on October 16, 2018.
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the Emmy Award-winning series captured the imaginations
of generations, setting the standard for super hero storytelling for the past quarter-century with its
innovative designs, near-perfect voice cast and landmark approach to DC’s iconic characters and
stories. Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited...
- 9/11/2018
- by The Atari Nation
- Legions of Gotham
Burbank, CA – Batman: The Animated Series, the most acclaimed animated super hero television series in history, arrives this fall in an all-encompassing package befitting its revered place in the annals of fan-favorite entertainment. Remastered for the first time since its broadcast airing from 1992-1995, Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition will be available from Warner Bros. Home Entertainment on Digital and in a stunning Blu-ray box set ($112.99 Srp) on October 16, 2018.
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the Emmy Award-winning series captured the imaginations of generations, setting the standard for super hero storytelling for the past quarter-century with its innovative designs, near-perfect voice cast and landmark approach to DC’s iconic characters and stories. Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition box set includes all 109 thrilling episodes, plus two bonus disks containing the recently-remastered, fan favorite animated films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.
The...
Produced by Warner Bros. Animation, the Emmy Award-winning series captured the imaginations of generations, setting the standard for super hero storytelling for the past quarter-century with its innovative designs, near-perfect voice cast and landmark approach to DC’s iconic characters and stories. Batman: The Complete Animated Series Deluxe Limited Edition box set includes all 109 thrilling episodes, plus two bonus disks containing the recently-remastered, fan favorite animated films Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and Batman & Mr. Freeze: SubZero.
The...
- 7/24/2018
- by ComicMix Staff
- Comicmix.com
Ron Hogan Apr 4, 2019
The Tick is back on Amazon Prime Video and it's tremendous fun. Here's how the show achieves what its creator envisioned 21 years ago...
In 1994, I was about to be a freshman in high school. Despite being “too old” for cartoons, there wasn’t really anything else on television on Saturday mornings while I was waiting for wrestling to show up on my television screen. I remember most of the cartoons I saw only in the vaguest terms: the creepy face of Louie Anderson’s gargoyle animated child or a screaming purple cat. I know the name of both shows because I looked them up prior to writing this article, but I couldn’t tell you anything about them. However, one show I watched regularly in the mid to late '90s stuck with me well into adulthood, and that’s the 1994-96 animated version of The Tick.
The Tick is back on Amazon Prime Video and it's tremendous fun. Here's how the show achieves what its creator envisioned 21 years ago...
In 1994, I was about to be a freshman in high school. Despite being “too old” for cartoons, there wasn’t really anything else on television on Saturday mornings while I was waiting for wrestling to show up on my television screen. I remember most of the cartoons I saw only in the vaguest terms: the creepy face of Louie Anderson’s gargoyle animated child or a screaming purple cat. I know the name of both shows because I looked them up prior to writing this article, but I couldn’t tell you anything about them. However, one show I watched regularly in the mid to late '90s stuck with me well into adulthood, and that’s the 1994-96 animated version of The Tick.
- 8/25/2017
- Den of Geek
Ron Hogan Aug 25, 2017
The Tick, out now on Amazon Prime Video, is huge fun. Here's how the show achieves what its creator envisioned 21 years ago...
In 1994, I was about to be a freshman in high school. Despite being “too old” for cartoons, there wasn’t really anything else on television on Saturday mornings while I was waiting for wrestling to show up on my television screen. I remember most of the cartoons I saw only in the vaguest terms: the creepy face of Louie Anderson’s gargoyle animated child or a screaming purple cat. I know the name of both shows because I looked them up prior to writing this article, but I couldn’t tell you anything about them. However, one show I watched regularly in the mid to late 90s stuck with me well into adulthood, and that’s the 1994-96 animated version of The Tick.
See related...
The Tick, out now on Amazon Prime Video, is huge fun. Here's how the show achieves what its creator envisioned 21 years ago...
In 1994, I was about to be a freshman in high school. Despite being “too old” for cartoons, there wasn’t really anything else on television on Saturday mornings while I was waiting for wrestling to show up on my television screen. I remember most of the cartoons I saw only in the vaguest terms: the creepy face of Louie Anderson’s gargoyle animated child or a screaming purple cat. I know the name of both shows because I looked them up prior to writing this article, but I couldn’t tell you anything about them. However, one show I watched regularly in the mid to late 90s stuck with me well into adulthood, and that’s the 1994-96 animated version of The Tick.
See related...
- 8/25/2017
- Den of Geek
Nickelodeon is staging a major reunion (of sorts) later this month. We just hope the network ordered enough pizza to go around.
RelatedDuckTales Revival on Disney Xd: First Photo of Scrooge McDuck’s Team
The March 27 episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (11/10c), titled “Trans-Dimensional Turtles,” finds the famous foursome — Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo — traveling to another dimension, where they encounter alternate versions of themselves from the original 1980s Ninja Turtles cartoon.
Cam Clarke (Leonardo), Rob Paulsen (Raphael), Barry Gordon (Donatello) and Townsend Coleman (Michelangelo) all return to voice their respective turtles, with Pat Fraley also coming back to voice the nefarious Krang.
RelatedDuckTales Revival on Disney Xd: First Photo of Scrooge McDuck’s Team
The March 27 episode of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (11/10c), titled “Trans-Dimensional Turtles,” finds the famous foursome — Leonardo, Raphael, Donatello and Michelangelo — traveling to another dimension, where they encounter alternate versions of themselves from the original 1980s Ninja Turtles cartoon.
Cam Clarke (Leonardo), Rob Paulsen (Raphael), Barry Gordon (Donatello) and Townsend Coleman (Michelangelo) all return to voice their respective turtles, with Pat Fraley also coming back to voice the nefarious Krang.
- 3/7/2016
- TVLine.com
Twenty years ago, Pixar, Tom Hanks, and Tim Allen brought Woody, Buzz Lightyear, and the world of “Toy Story” to life. Since then, Pixar Animation Studios has spawned some of the film industry’s most memorable voice actor work of all time. Much of that work is in no small part thanks to behind-the-scenes leaders like casting director Kevin Reher and casting manager Natalie Lyon, both of whom will be honored with the Backstage Vanguard Award for Casting this Saturday, Nov. 14, at the Pacific Design Center during a sit down interview and ceremony moderated by 2014 Backstage Vanguard winner Pat Fraley. The second annual Voice Arts Awards will take place on Sunday, Nov. 15. Expressing gratitude for the Society of Voice Arts and Sciences’ recognition, Reher and Lyon admitted to falling into voiceover casting a bit by happenstance. Reher began in film financing before developing a Pixar voice selects database as the...
- 11/11/2015
- backstage.com
So if you haven’t noticed, the Thursday of New York Comic Con has kiiiiiind of turned into “Turtles Day” for me, in the sense that Nickelodeon does their press and events for the current animated Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show on that Thursday, and since I love Turtles and the current show, that’s where I’m at each year for whatever they offer.
This year, that means I had the pleasure of interviewing Ciro Nieli (Executive Producer/Director), Brandon Auman (Executive Producer/Head Writer), Hoon Lee (voice of Master Splinter), Rob Paulsen (voice of Donatello), and Greg Cipes (voice of Michelangelo) about the show. They dished about everything from the upcoming season to whether Raph and Mona Lisa are really going to maybe have babies in, like, Season 6 or something (heh). I also got to go to the rockin’ Turtles panel (in which cast and crew geeked out...
This year, that means I had the pleasure of interviewing Ciro Nieli (Executive Producer/Director), Brandon Auman (Executive Producer/Head Writer), Hoon Lee (voice of Master Splinter), Rob Paulsen (voice of Donatello), and Greg Cipes (voice of Michelangelo) about the show. They dished about everything from the upcoming season to whether Raph and Mona Lisa are really going to maybe have babies in, like, Season 6 or something (heh). I also got to go to the rockin’ Turtles panel (in which cast and crew geeked out...
- 10/13/2015
- by Emily S. Whitten
- Comicmix.com
A couple days ago, Whoopi was seen exiting from the set of the new live-action Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. The very talented entertainer, who has won an Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony Award, had many people scratching their heads as to whom she might be playing. The only possible clues was that she was wearing a large, crazy-haired wig, and a jumpsuit covered up her character's wardrobe. But today, I was contacted by a source, KrispinWah, who informed me that Whoopi Goldberg ("Ghost") will be playing Bernadette Thompson, an editor at Channel 6 News and more importantly, April O'Neil (Megan Fox) and Vernon Fenwick's (Will Arnett) boss. Right away, fans of the the popular 1987 animated series should be able to recognize that name... sort of. See, in that series, April O'Neil's boss was Burne Thompson (voiced by Pat Fraley & Townsend Coleman). So, for Michael Bay's Tmnt the character will be...
- 5/31/2013
- ComicBookMovie.com
The Screen Actors Guild Foundation presents “How to Get Paid for Reading Books,” featuring a panel of experts explaining what it means to be an audiobook narrator and how to get into the business, on Thursday, Jan. 10, at 6 p.m. Pst. The event will be live streamed online at SAGFoundation.org.Panelists include Jason Ojalvo, vice president at online audiobook provider Audible.com and founder of Audiobook Creation Exchange, which connects voice actors with books; Scott Brick, a film, television, and radio actor who has recorded more than 500 audiobooks and is the winner of 2003 and 2008 Audie Awards and over 40 Earphones Awards; Patrick Fraley, a multiple Audie Award winner and nominee who has produced hundreds of audiobook demos and has taught vocal performance for four decades; Hillary Huber, who has recorded nearly 150 audiobooks and was one of Audiofile magazine’s Best Voices of 2010 and 2011. According the SAG Foundation, discussion topics will...
- 1/10/2013
- backstage.com
Welcome back to our weekly look at the new podcasts available at our “partners in podcast crime” the GeekCast Radio Network. As usual here’s our weekly look at the podcasts from Gcrn, This Week in Geek and the latest toy review videos from Baltmatrix, with descriptions and links to each and every podcast for your audio/visual pleasure!
Gcr – Episode 40 – Tmnt Franchise
To Close out the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spotlight we have been doing, we sit down with four turtle fans, that have loved every aspect of the franchise. We talk about the Comics, the three Animated Series, the films, the music, the video games, toys, and so much more! So grab some pizza, get your ninja skills ready, and prepare for this podcast to vanish without a trace!
Interviews – Patrick Fraley
In this interview on GeekCast Radio, we celebrate our Turtles Week by talking to the voice of Krang.
Gcr – Episode 40 – Tmnt Franchise
To Close out the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles spotlight we have been doing, we sit down with four turtle fans, that have loved every aspect of the franchise. We talk about the Comics, the three Animated Series, the films, the music, the video games, toys, and so much more! So grab some pizza, get your ninja skills ready, and prepare for this podcast to vanish without a trace!
Interviews – Patrick Fraley
In this interview on GeekCast Radio, we celebrate our Turtles Week by talking to the voice of Krang.
- 11/9/2012
- by Phil
- Nerdly
In more 'Beta Ray Bill' news, Cartoon Network's "The Super Hero Squad Show", will air the first two parts of the "Six Against Infinity" arc, written by Nicole Dubuc, directed by Patty Shinagawa, Saturday July 23 2011 :
"...in 'The Saga of Beta Ray Bill', 'Thor' bids farewell to 'Mjolnir' and defends the 'Korbinites' from a mysterious warlord named 'The Stranger', assisted by 'Beta Ray Bill', a janitor on the space station..."
Actor Pat Fraley provides the voice of Beta Ray Bill with John Barrowman as 'The Stranger'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek 'Beta Ray Bill'...
"...in 'The Saga of Beta Ray Bill', 'Thor' bids farewell to 'Mjolnir' and defends the 'Korbinites' from a mysterious warlord named 'The Stranger', assisted by 'Beta Ray Bill', a janitor on the space station..."
Actor Pat Fraley provides the voice of Beta Ray Bill with John Barrowman as 'The Stranger'.
Click the images to enlarge and Sneak Peek 'Beta Ray Bill'...
- 7/4/2011
- by Michael Stevens
- SneakPeek
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