My Pet Monster: The Complete Series (1987) Review

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(More customer reviews)This DVD set contains all 13 episodes (16 if you count the episodes that are split up) of the 1980s Saturday morning cartoon series on two discs.
The show follows Monster who lives with a boy named Max. When Monster wears his handcuffs, they turn him into a stuffed animal. Max often does this as a way to maintain the secret of Monster's existence from others. Max's sister, Jill, and friend, Chuckie, are the only ones that know this secret. The two main adversaries in the show are Mr. Hinkle, a neighbor who always thinks Max is up to something, but isn't sure quite sure what, and Beastur, a large monster who hates light and wants to bring Monster back to Monster Land.
I thought the picture quality was as good as most 1980s cartoon sets. I still enjoyed watching the episodes after all these years. I think a lot of today's children would enjoy the show as well. The only negative of this set is that it doesn't have any extras. If you bought the Canadian release of a year ago, this set is the same except for slightly different packaging.


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My Pet Monster is an animated series about a young boy, named Max, who goes to a toy store looking to purchase a new toy in the hopes that he will find a new best friend. What he finds is an odd looking monster with a pink face and purple body which also happens to wear mysterious cuffs around its wrists. At home, Max inspects the cuffs and attempts to remove them. In succeeding, he watches in amazement as his curious looking toy magically comes to life; growing six feet tall and having an appetite for garbage! What ensues shortly after are a series of unpredictable adventures involving Max, Monster and many of their friends, as they try to maintain the secret of Monster's existence and keep him from being dragged back into Monster Land through a dimensional door by the villainous Beastur.

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Storm Hawks: Tales From the Atmos Review

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(More customer reviews)This is the second DVD of the action-packed CGI series "Storm Hawks". You may have seen it on Cartoon Network.
The adventures continue in 5 new-to-DVD episodes starring the brave Sky Knight Aerrow, the sassy navigator Piper, the sharp wit and sharper shooting of Finn, the super strong Wallop Junko, the cautious carrier pilot Stork, and their furry friend Radarr. Take to the skies as this fearless squadron goes on some way cool episodes that will really blow your mind like:
"Best Friends Forever": Piper makes a new friend named Lark. However her new friend turns out to be an old enemy of hers.
"Black Gorge": Stork warns the others about a terrifying area known as the Black Gorge. When Aerrow and the others get lost in it, they should have listened to Stork in the first place.
"Absolute Power": While Aerrow and Radarr head out on a new mission, they let Finn be in charge for a while. Obviously, Finn's leadership goes to his head.
"Velocity": Sky Knights all over Atmos compete in a race to get a very important treasure.
"Fire and Ice": The evil Repton and his cronies try to make things steamy for the Storm Hawks when they turn a freezing cold Terra into volcanic proportions.
Bonuses include a look at the evil Cyclonians from the Dark Ace to Master Cyclonis herself. Also look for a bonus mini-comic just like the first DVD.
So what are you waiting for ? Jump in your souped-up flying vehicle and take to the skies with the all-new "Storm Hawks" series !

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In Atmos, thousands of islands of rock, called "Terras" shoot up from the clouds, each housing strange creatures and societies. Their only defense against an evil empire are squadrons of fearless "Sky Knights", who patrol the roadways and skyways with their incredibly fast and powerful transforming vehicles, shifting gears from easy rider to easy glider. No Sky Knight squad was more legendary than the Storm Hawks, but that was before the dark forces of Cyclonia put them out of commission. Now these five fearless teens have taken up their quest, their gear and their name.

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He-Man and the Masters of the Universe: The Complete Series Review

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(More customer reviews)There's no denying it: BCI Eclipse had some incredible animated titles that risked becoming forever lost to the archives of time once the company was forced to shut its doors this past year. Fortunately Mill Creek Entertainment, which by the way is distributed by BCI's parent company, Navarre, has acquired the rights to bring many of BCI's titles to the home market once more. Even more impressive still is that these sets will be packaged up and sold as complete box sets (rather than individual season releases).
In the case of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, this set represents the complete 2002-series release by Mike Young Corporation. Coming in at a total runtime of 960 minutes, this set spans 4 discs and contains the same clear-plastic slipcase and artwork-style as the previous BCI releases.
The extras contained are only slightly less thorough than the individual season releases and include:
End of Episodes Morals
Interviews with Toyline Artists from Mattel and The Four Horsemen
12 audio commentaries
Scripts for episodes 1-40
A PDF Comic Book for unproduced episode #40
Notably missing from this set are the original art cards (a pair was included in each of the three season releases).
Now let's take a look at the show itself:
Fans are treated to what many consider the most accurate and exciting rendition of the He-Man and the Masters of the Universe saga. Debuting in 2002 under the Mike Young Productions umbrella, this latest rendition of the He-Man source material closely follows the original Filmation standard set in the early 1980s with modernized animation quality and in-depth stories that further built upon the original characters and environments. The first season consisted of the following 26 episodes:
The Beginning Part 1
The Beginning Part 2
The Beginning Part 3
The Courage of Adam
Sky War
The Deep End
Lessons
Siren's Song
The Ties That Bind
Dragon's Brood
Turnabout
Mekaneck's Lament
Night of the Shadowbeasts
Underworld
The Mystery of Anwat Gar
The Monster Within
Roboto's Gambit
Trust
Orko's Garden
Buzz-Off's Pride
Snake Pit
The Island
The Sweet Smell of Victory
Separation
The Council of Evil Part 1
The Council of Evil Part 2
Season two consisted of the following thirteen:
The Last Stand
To Walk With Dragons
Out of the Past
Rise of the Snake Men Part 1
Rise of the Snake Men Part 2
The Price of Deceit
Of Machines and Men
Second Skin
The Power of Grayskull
Web of Evil
Rattle of the Snake
History
Awaken the Serpent
In case you're just tuning in, no this isn't the Filmation version of the show so many of us recall with warm fuzzies from our youth. This is in fact the third (and most recent) animated iteration of He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. Produced for Cartoon Network by Mike Young
Productions, this version ran from 2002 until 2004 where it went for two full seasons (26 in the first season, 13 in the second). Along the way it managed to snag a very well deserved Daytime Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing (2004).
While there are few who could argue successfully that anything could replace the original Filmation series, Mike Young Productions managed to capture all of the elements that made the original so successful and to bring them up to modern standards of animation quality, sound work, and script writing. As a result the mythos had been brought to an entirely new generation of fans while simultaneously pleasing fans of the original.
Without giving too much away (I hate spoilers personally), I will say that the origins of Snake Mountain will begin to unfold in the second-half of the first season in addition to the complete origin of the Dark Hemisphere which imprisons Skeletor and his minions. New characters are plentiful as well and contain some slick back-story efforts, which make even the original Mattel toys a lot more desirable. Among the notables includes the stories of Two-Bad, Cobra Kahn, Cyclone, Roboto, Moss Man, Zodak, and Stinkor. Many of these characters were never fully fleshed out in the original show (if they appeared at all) and would have remained only in the imaginations of those who played with the toys if not for the spectacular effort here. We are also treated to a couple of new looks for He-Man himself including an amped up version of he and Skeletor in combat and his ever impressive winter gear which includes a flowing fur cape and a heavy battle ax.
The Snakemen element introduced in the first season develops into sheer brilliance in the second (and unfortunately final) season! Not to insinuate that the Masters didn't have their hands full as it was with Skeletor and his minions, this time around the threats to peace and justice come in from all angles in the form of the Skeletor and company, the Snake Men, and the Evil Horde! Yes, you read that correctly- She-Ra's arch nemesis, Hordak, who just so happens to have been Skeletor's mentor, shows up in Season 2 within Skeletor's origin story that finally ties all of the loose threads of Mattel's franchise together once and for all.
I often like to wonder what ground Mike Young's team would have covered had the show continued. Would they have expanded to include He-Man's sister (She-Ra's) story arc? Could have writer Larry DeTillio revisited some of his wise dragon influence? A shame that we'll probably never know.
All in all, the show simply continued to build upon the foundation first set by Filmation in the 1980s and thanks to Mill Creek Entertainment, can be yours in its entirety for the cost of each of the single season releases.

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2002's HE-MAN AND THE MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE was a revival of the classic 80's cartoon. These new episodes focus on the early adventures of Prince Adam, who, having just become Eternia's most powerful guardian HE-MAN, grapples with his new, awesome powers. HE-MAN must lead the MASTERS OF THE UNIVERSE into battle against the villainous SKELETOR and his evil warrior henchman, who scheme to rule Eternia and spread chaos through the kingdom. This Complete Collection starts with the three-part movie that shows how Price Adam becomes He-Man and leads Man-At-Arms, Teela, Ram Man, Buzz-Off, Mekanek and other MASTERS OF THE UNIVESE as they battle Skeletor, Trap Jaw, Tri-Klops, Evil-Lyn, Mer-Man and other villains for control of Eternia.

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