by Shawn Robare | Aug 10, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So I think I like the pacing of covering 3 episodes a week, though only 1 a day or so, pacing for the Cartoon Commentary! column. It’s also doing wonders for my ego in terms of output on Branded. Anyway, though, lets get back into the Dungeons and Dragons cartoon...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 9, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
So jumping back into Dungeons and Dragons today, we’ll take a look at the second episode which first aired on September 24th, 1983 and was titled The Eye of the Beholder. This episode was co-written by Mark Evanier (who was providing his last bit of input into...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 8, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
In preparing for this week’s Cartoon Commentary! post I think I may have bitten off more that I can chew in terms of the ground I’d like to cover. As I stated in the CC! preamble, I’d live to go through a cartoon series one DVD set at a time, which means...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 7, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
There seems to be this trend with pop music where at times it becomes so manufactured that it gets to a point of pure absurdity, sometimes with a pleasant fun outcome, and sometimes with an insanely silly one. For my money some of the fun ones have been crazes such as...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 2, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I’m still trying to catch my breath after a nutty weekend full of video games, Dim Sum, and seeing the Simpsons movie, compounded by coming down with the flu on Monday and being in bed for two days straight. I won’t let the flu keep me from my regularly...
by Shawn Robare | Aug 1, 2007 | Branded in the 80s, Read
I suppose I should start off this first Dungeons and Dragons Cartoon Commentary column by talking about where I was (nostalgia/memory-wise) right before I received this DVD set. I guess this is sort of my first confessional about a basic lack of knowledge of the...
