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| | Posted: | | | | Toon Time! Spider-Man is an animated television series that ran from September 9, 1967 to June 14, 1970. It was jointly produced in Canada (for voice talent) and the United States (for animation) and was the first animated adaptation of the Spider-Man comic book series, created by writer Stan Lee and artist Steve Ditko. It first aired on the ABC television network in the United States but went into syndication at the start of the third season. Grantray-Lawrence Animation produced the first season. Seasons 2 and 3 were crafted by producer Ralph Bakshi in New York City.The series revolves around the scientific-minded teenager Peter Parker who, after being bitten by a radioactive spider, develops amazing strength and spider-like powers. He decides to become a crime-fighting, costumed superhero; all the while dealing with his personal problems and the insecurities resulting from being a teenager. Spider-Man risks his life to fight super-powered criminals such as Mysterio and the Green Goblin; however, New York Daily Bugle editor J. Jonah Jameson views him as a criminal, and he is continually writing front page headlines declaring him as such.The Power Of Dr. OctopusSeason 1 - Episode 1APeter Parker has been sent on assignment by J. Jonah Jameson to investigate mysterious lights seen by citizens in the vicinity when his car crashes. Following a quick change into Spider-Man to rescue his vehicle, the mysterious lights cause him to stumble upon Dr. Octopus's secret lair only to soon thereafter find himself captured by one of its booby traps. Dr. Octopus plans to use his new weapon, a device which generates electronic impulses which will disrupt all the gas, water and power lines within a section of the city, to show off his tremendous intellect and power. Can Spider-Man possibly escape in time to save the city from Dr. Octopus?My Thoughts:While I wasn't even born yet when this series started I do remember watching the reruns of this show throughout my young childhood. It was always one of my all-time favorite cartoons. And Spider-Man was always my favorite superhero. Which does seem weird considering I have always had a bad case of arachnophobia! As soon as this set became available on DVD I was sure to order it. Now I am glad I did since it is now OOP. I always thought that they should have started this series with the origin story. But for some reason they didn't. But that is a minor thing. I believe most people even then knew the origin story. At least they used one of his famous villains for the first episode. | | | | Pete |
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| | Posted: | | | |  Title: The Devil's Messenger Year: 1962 Director: Herbert L. Strock Rating: NR Length: 71 Min. Video: Full Frame 1.33:1 Audio: English: Dolby Digital: Mono Subtitles: N/A Stars:Lon Chaney, Jr. [Lon Chaney] Michael Hinn Ralph Brown John Crawford Bert Johnson Chalmers Goodlin Plot:Three macabre tales of terror are featured in this frightful thriller hosted by the incomparable "Mr. D" (Lon Chaney Jr.). A psychotic photographer is faced with a beauty that haunts his pictures and dreams in one tale. A scientist becomes obsessed with a frozen "Ice Princess" that leads to an unfortunate ending in another tale. Finally, a man fears his own death after a visit with a fortuneteller in the last of these horrifying stories. Extras:Scene Access My Thoughts: This is another anthology that came in that 100 movie boxset I recently got. This one I enjoyed quite a bit. Of course Lon Chaney, Jr. plays the devil. Sitting in hell checking everyone in... when Satanya (played by Karen Kadler) who is there because she committed suicide. He gives her the chance to earn her way out of hell by making her the Devil's Messenger. Her job is to deliver items to people that are about to do something to earn their way to hell. Which is the wraparound story for the three stories (deliveries that she has to make) in this movie. while I enjoyed each of the movies.... the first one was best by far. The image on this release is decent with some flaws. The audio is pretty good... except for the scenes in hell... which seemed to be recorded in a cave as there is a problem with echoing making it harder to understand what is being said. But over all I am definitely glad I got this one in the set. My Rating: 3.5/5 | | | | Pete |
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