Saturday Morning Lamentations

A bit of old news for those in the know, but I am super-bummed that both Young Justice and Green Lantern the Animated Series are NOT being renewed on Cartoon Network...

Young Justice featured the teenage sidekicks of some iconic super-heroes in the Justice League, that really saw the characters grow AND have an engaging (and often angsty) plot, while Green Lantern really pulled off what became an epic cosmic space adventure...

My consolation prize is a whole slew of great selections from Cartoon Network have been added to Netflix, including the entire Justice League series, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. Also making my way through the Ultimate Spider-man cartoon, which is classic Saturday morning fun, filled with fun sight gags such as...

and...

*sigh* I do love my animation.

Tuesday's tunes: Christmas Time is Here (Instrumental)

Christmas Time is Here...and that means the play count goes up on all of my Vince Guaraldi Trio tracks in iTunes :) What, no one else obsseses over their music listening stats?

*crickets*

He's not a Bad Guy

I was extremely pleased by Disney's Wreck-It Ralph, a wonderfully tender and introspective animated tale. Here are my highlights:

• Top-notch voice casting
• Good balance for an "all-age movie", something Pixar's recent movie "Brave" didn't have
• As an older viewer, a healthy dose of nostalgic video game characters: everything from Pac-Man to Street Fighter 2
• For an animated movie, it hits on the more mature themes of identity and self-image
• *sniff*...What? No, I'm not crying during a cartoon...I just have something in my eyes... *sniff* It's so touching, pass the tissues...

I definitely recommend it if you can catch in the theater, or once it comes out on DVD.