Straight out of the 70’s we have The Superfriends Season 1, Volume 1 coming to DVD on January 5, 2010! Warner Home Video has announced that the two-disc Collector’s Edition will feature the first eight episodes of the series:
- “The Power Pirate”
- “The Baffles Puzzle”
- “Professor Goodfellow’s G.E.E.C.”
- “The Weather Maker”
- “Dr. Pelagian’s War”
- “The Shamon ‘U'”
- “Too Hot to Handle”
- “The Androids”
Unfortunately no special features -if there even will be any- have been announced. Watch for this to become available for pre-order on Amazon.com soon!
The series featured the adventures of DC Comics book heroes Superman, Batman, Robin, Wonder Woman, and Aquaman. These five superheroes along with superheroes in training Wendy, Marvin, and Wonder Dog focused their abilities on putting away criminals, saving lives, and stopping terrible disasters. Each episode of the SuperFriends was geared to present, not only action, but also some lesson of educational value. A number of other famous DC comic book heroes appeared: Plastic Man, The Flash, and Green Arrow Eight 1-hour timeless adventures in a Deluxe 2-Disc Collector’s Edition showcase the universe’s greatest heroes paving the way for a brighter future.
Coming to DVD later this year is a great animated mini-series that aired on Cartoon Network’s [adult swim], G.I. Joe Resolute. This PG-13 version of a G.I. Joe cartoon is geared towards an older audience and I must say, it’s incredibly exciting and fun to watch. Originally airing in ten five-minute episodes and an eleventh ten-minute episode, this series added a slightly more reality based feel to the G.I. Joe cartoon. I definitely recommend any G.I. Joe fan to check this one out on November 3 when it hits DVD, I doubt you’ll be disappointed.
Paramount is including on this disc all eleven episodes along with a few special features:
- Storyboards
- Interviews with Filmmakers
- “Now You Know” Featurette
- Joe Files
G.I. Joe is a highly trained, classified special operations unit composed of men and women from around the globe. Officially, these warriors don’t even exist. Few know the truth – that G.I. Joe fights a secret war, as the first and last line of defense against forces that seek to plunge our world into chaos. Wherever there’s trouble, G.I. Joe is there. In G.I. Joe: Resolute, the raging battle between G.I. Joe and Cobra Commander has never been more intense. Every life is at stake… and even the good guys can die. All games end today…Now you know… and knowing is half the battle.