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TMNT

Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Groundchuck, Dirtbag, Scale Tail & Tattoo)

Time for more TMNT characters! This time, I grab a quartet of villains from assorted times in the show’s history! Always dead-on target, Groundchuck aims to please Shredder. This mutated weapons expert is the Foot Clan’s hooved hoodlum of choice. Chunky and beefy, Groundchuck is Grade A when it comes to grinding up the Turtles. Pushing the Teens to their limit with his electro-prod and … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Groundchuck, Dirtbag, Scale Tail & Tattoo)

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Jab’s Disney Reviews: Treasure Planet

TREASURE PLANET (2002):Written by: Ron Clements, John Musker, Rob Edwards, Ted Elliot & Terry Rossio The backstory to the making of this movie is more interesting to me than the actual film itself, which is totally forgettable. Clements & Musker, two A-level directors responsible for The Little Mermaid, basically begged the studio for 12 years to make this, being rejected every time. Again and again, they were … Continue reading Jab’s Disney Reviews: Treasure Planet

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Sailor Moon SuperS (Final Summation)

SAILOR MOON SUPERS:-… sigh… well, HERE GOES… Out of all the seasons of Sailor Moon, the fourth seasons, Sailor Moon SuperS (said like “Supers”, but with a big “S”, because reasons), is almost universally the most disliked by the show’s adult fanbase. Even back in the 1990s, in the early days of the widespread online anime fandom, SuperS was seen as pretty weak- the only … Continue reading Sailor Moon SuperS (Final Summation)

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Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (The VEHICLES!)

Next up, I take a look at all the iconic gear used by the Turtles over the years- the cheapest toys you could buy kids and still count as vehicles (the Cheapskates) to the mighty Technodrome itself. THE TECHNODROME: Probably the most iconic Villain Base in TV history (even over SNAKE MOUNTAIN from He-Man!), The Technodrome is the home base of Krang, and nearly constantly seen … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (The VEHICLES!)

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Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Moon S – The Movie

Luna’s human form. SAILOR MOON S- THE MOVIE:-So they released another one-hour feature after the end of Sailor Moon Super, and again, it’s out of continuity. Unusually, however, it’s based off of a manga story- a side-story Naoko Takeuchi did on larger paper in a “tankobon” (like a trade paperback for us). This movie’s ALSO about a Giant Space Meteor like Sailor Moon R was, with the magical … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Moon S – The Movie

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Jab’s Disney Reviews: Brother Bear & Home On The Range

BROTHER BEAR (2003):Written by: Tab Murphy, Lorne Cameron, David Hoselton, Steve Bencich & Ron J. Friedman -I figured “what the hell?” and rented this one- it’s one of the latter-day Disney films, and didn’t do to well or get very well-received, but it’s… okay. Ish. It basically has some cool set pieces and one VERY awesome transformation sequence that reminds you how mind-blowing this studio is, but … Continue reading Jab’s Disney Reviews: Brother Bear & Home On The Range

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Jab Looks At: Dino Riders!

When I was a young Jab, there was only ONE cartoon and toyline that I could have called my favourite, and that one is Dino-Riders. Dino-Riders is another Merch-Based 1980s cartoon, this one from TYCO Toys. What sets it apart from the pack is that if features ALIENS FIGHTING IN LASER WARS WHILE RIDING GIANT ARMOURED DINOSAURS. It’s like the grab-bag of every single sweet thing in … Continue reading Jab Looks At: Dino Riders!

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Jab’s Disney Reviews: Chicken Little & Meet The Robinsons & Bolt

Okay, it’s another pair of “Disney movies Jab hasn’t actually seen”, so this will serve the purpose more of documenting the strange early days of Disney’s CGI animation attempts.  CHICKEN LITTLE (2005):Written by: Steve Bencich, Ron J. Friedman, Ron Anderson, Mark Dindal (director) & Mark Kennedy -One of the most universally-reviled Animated Canon pictures of all time, this one was named after a propaganda cartoon made … Continue reading Jab’s Disney Reviews: Chicken Little & Meet The Robinsons & Bolt

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Jab’s Game Reviews: World Heroes

WORLD HEROES: World Heroes is pretty much the bastards child of SNK’s fighting game series. There are worse one-shots and little-known side games (Aggressors of Dark Kombat, for example), but the four games comprising the World Heroes Universe stand out as being beneath SNK’s notice for the most part. The first game came out in 1992, hot on the tails of the success of Street Fighter II, … Continue reading Jab’s Game Reviews: World Heroes

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Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Scumbug, Antrax & Wyrm)

Sent to eliminate the bug problem in the Technodrome, a mild-mannered exterminator got accidentally oozed and mutated into the scampering, sickening Scumbug. Unable to face other customers, Scumbag saddled up with Shredder as his ace assassin. Armed with his poisonous pinchers and a tank full of Anti-Turtle Spray, this rude roach chews his way through almost anything. His power claw and bullet-proof shell make him … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: TMNT (Scumbug, Antrax & Wyrm)

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Movies/TV, Sailor Moon

Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie

SAILOR MOON SUPERS- THE MOVIE:-And now we come to the final movie in the Sailor Moon movie trilogy, SuperS! This one made less than half what Sailor Moon R: The Movie did, and the SuperS and Sailor Stars seasons did less and less well as time went on, so the studio wisely ended things here. Again, the continuity here is kejiggered, Sailors Neptune, Uranus & PLUTO active, but no Sailor Saturn mentioned at all. … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Moon SuperS: The Movie

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Jab’s Disney Reviews: Mulan (animated)

MULAN (1998): Written by: Robert D. San Souci, Rita Hsiao, Chris Sanders, Philip LaZebnik, Rymond Singer, Eugenia Bostwick Singer, Dean DeBlois, John Sanford, Tim Hodge, Burny Mattinson, Barry Johnson, Ed Gombert & Chris Williams Mulan is one of the last movies of the Disney Renaissance, and is rather more popular than many of the “Late Renaissance” movies- it’s definitely done better and been considered better than Hunchback, Pocahontas and Hercules, in … Continue reading Jab’s Disney Reviews: Mulan (animated)

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Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Moon SuperS (163-166)

And now, at last, we’ve reached the FINALE of Sailor Moon SuperS! All the endgame moments have ramped up- Helios’s body is trapped by Queen Nehalennia! The Amazoness Quartet have been humanized and met up with the Sailors as enemies and as friends! Sailor Chibi-Moon has redoubled her efforts to save her friend Helios, but was captured by the enemy! Let’s get two it! EPISODE … Continue reading Jab’s Reviews: Sailor Moon SuperS (163-166)

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Jab’s Disney Reviews: Hercules

HERCULES (1997) Written by: Ron Clements, John Musker & Barry Johnson Ahhhhh HERCULES. This one’s a funny one for me, because at the time I HATED IT, largely due to the bastardization of Greek Mythology (it’s easier to define what they got RIGHT than what they got WRONG, and basically it’s that Hercules was the son of Zeus, killed some of the same monsters, hooked up with … Continue reading Jab’s Disney Reviews: Hercules

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