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Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Tophet Campaign
Released in VHS Tape by Columbia Tristar Hom (19 February, 2002)
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Directors: Sean Song, Alan Caldwell, Audu Paden, Chris Berkeley, Sam Liu, David Hartman (III), and Jay Oliva
The Roughnecks take a breather from combat (or so they think) to scout the desert planet Tophet for a possible base, and meet a race of tall, lizardlike, apparently friendly aliens they dub "skinnies." But nothing is as it seems in this intergalactic war, not even the double-crossing skinnies, who have laid a deadly trap for the humans. The truth behind their collaboration hides an even more disturbing twist in the bug infestation of the universe. Dry, desolate, and full of wide-open spaces, "The Tophet Campaign" is a sci-fi take on a World War II platoon drama in the African desert. It lacks the visual spectacle of other adventures but makes up for it with heavy artillery (including an experimental cyborg soldier loaded with firepower) and more complicated character dynamics. The eerie mental breakdown of telepath Jenkins gives the Roughnecks their first casualty of the war. --Sean Axmaker
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CAUTION: Warrior bugs are bigger than they appear on your TV
This disc contains episodes 11 thru 15 of Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (40 episodes altogether). We are introduced to a new alien species called the Skinnies (a concept taken directly from Heinlein's novel) and the very survival of the Roughnecks squad may hinge on whether the Skinnies prove to be friend or foe.

The CGI quality varies from episode to episode as there were two different animation studios involved in the production (Foundation Imaging and Flat Earth Productions). To understand how the two studios were able to collaborate and create one of the best CGI series of all time, this disc has an extensive Technical Commentary track which allows animators from both effects houses to weigh in. There is also a Filmmakers' Commentary to offer perspective from the Columbia/Tristar writers, directors, and the voice actor for my favorite character, T'Phai (voiced by Steve Staley).

So in case you hadn't noticed, I am extremely satisfied with this DVD. The "CHAS" episode (ep. 13 where a cybernetic robot is assigned to the Roughnecks squad) is also a fan favorite which is essential Roughnecks viewing. So what are you waiting for? Go buy this DVD!

ANOTHER great DVD in the series
The Tophet campaign takes the Roughnecks to an alien desert planet. There they encounter more bugs, a race nicknamed the Skinnies and we get more insight into the characters and their relationships.

Although the plot and characterization *could* always be deeper, compared to most tv and almost all animation on USA TV, the quality is extremely high.

The animation, while a little rough in places, really starts to explore and expand the CGI medium. Some of the shots in this set are absolutely stunning!

Rounding out the DVD are two sets of commentaries, one by the filmmakers and one by the technical people. Talk about replay value! I think this is outstanding and raises the bar for DVD production of an animated series.

I also like how the series is arranged in 5 part story arcs (and all 5 parts per disc). Makes it great to watch! Highly recommended! The only problem with this is that Sony is releasing this series, like they did the TV series, are being released out of order. :b

This Show DESERVED A Wider Audience
A long time ago, I grew to accept the fact that all of my friends say I'm too hard on movies.

Having seen thousands of them in my life, I've grown cynical. Sure, I'm largely a sci-fi enthusiast, but I've had to look outside my comfort zone to find new, guilty pleasures. They're increasingly hard-to-find. So, I've accepted the grim reality that there is very little out there left in the land of entertainment for surprise or delight -- like seeing STAR WARS for the first time -- and one DVD is just a flick filling time until the next one comes available for rental or purchase.

Then, along came the ROUGHNECKS ...

This installment, I've already watched three times in under a week.

Call me a geek.

This outing of the Emmy-nominated ROUGHNECKS: STARSHIP TROOPER CHRONICLES only serves further evidence that this show -- utilizing state-of-the-art CGI technology along with highly-stylized fiction -- deserved a wider following that it will hopefully be treated to on DVD.

THE TOPHET CAMPAIGN is years ahead of other CGI-based adventure shows because its premise is a formula that works: action ... and plenty of it. Our heroes, the Roughnecks -- part of a futuristic Mobile Infantry fighting for mankind's survival against a race of sentient killer bugs --, are actually allowed to endure psychological as well as physical challenges, encouraged to face their own personal demons, and continue to grow in each subsequent arc of the overall story. After all, when's the last time 'Captain Planet' learned he might be wrong?

The story unfolds at a frenetic pace: the bugs have taken Tophet, where a race referred to as the Skinnies turn out to be unanticipated allies waiting to lure humanity into a trap. However, NOTHING is what it seems here, and that's perhaps the greatest attribute to the entire ROUGHNECKS series. Despite some story elements that might have been explored or even lifted from other works, the show continued to push its own bar higher, delivering plot twists almost at the same rate the soldiers deliver bullets.

The climax is an almost blockbuster-movie-caliber turn, with the adventure quotient turned up even higher, as Johnny Rico and Dizzy Flores and the rest of the troopers learn that Tophet holds far more secrets than they could've ever imagined.

One spectacular outing after another, THE TOPHET CAMPAIGN can be enjoyed by fans of the STARSHIP TROOPERS movie, general science fiction, or action/adventure enthusiasts alike. It's one DVD well worth the price.

The Powerpuff Girls - Boogie Frights
Released in VHS Tape by Hanna-Barbera (23 October, 2001)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Directors: Craig McCracken, Robert Renzetti, John McIntyre, Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez (II), Lauren Faust, and Randy Myers
Starring: Cathy Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily, and Tara Strong
It's hard not to love the Powerpuff Girls. They're cute, color coordinated, and can kick as much bad guy bootie as a Marvel Comic superhero. The title episode in "Boogie Frights" has nothing to do with the R-rated movie, but takes its inspiration instead from the disco anthem "Boogie Nights." When the lights go out in Townsville, boogying bogeymen slide out from under beds and turn the town into an all-night disco. Or do they? "Slumbering with the Enemy" has nothing to do with the Julia Roberts movie, but with a slumber party and a strange-looking party crasher--Mojo Jojo in drag! In "Ice Sore," Blossom finds out she has a new power--ice breath! Bubbles and Buttercup are jealous until Professor Utonium reminds them that superpowers can cause as much harm as good. In the "Rowdyruff Boys," the girls meet the evil triplets--three color-coordinated bad guys made from snips and snails and puppy dog tails. Where did they come from? The evil mind of Mojo Jojo, of course! In "Helter Shelter," Bubbles's penchant for bringing home strays goes a bit too far. The mice are one thing, the baby whale another! The tape includes a Powerpuff Girls video with music by Shonen Knife, a preview of the Cartoon Network series Samurai Jack, and an episode of Courage the Cowardly Dog. --Kathy C. Fennessy
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Not A Bad Selection ...
Best cartoon in the collection is "Slumbering with the Enemy," where Mojo Jojo becomes Mojesha and parties all night with the Powerpuff Girls and their friends. The dress-up sequence involving all four is quite funny. Worst cartoon in the collection is the new cartoon "Helter Shelter." Bubbles loves stray pets, but the latest one - a baby whale - gets the sisters into trouble. No enemies, no fights, but a return of Blossom's ice breath powers. It just does not have the same feel as the classic PPG episodes. The rest of the cartoons are quite good, especially the nightmare monster world meets Star Wars parody on "Boogie Nights". The Samurai Jack preview and Shonen Knife videos are quite cool, and the extra Courage the Cowardly Dog cartoon is funny (especially for those of you who remember the old Clutch Cargo cartoon series.)

The best Powerpuff video collection
This is the first of three in a series of detailed reviews from the videos comprising the Powerpuff 3-Pack. Video: Boogie Frights, and it is the best of all the Powerpuff collections.

The title episode is a take-off on the disco song, not the movie with Mark Wahlberg and Burt Reynolds. Pop culture references: disco music, Saturday Night Fever, and a funny one involving the Death Star battle in Star Wars:A New Hope. The Boogie Man hatches a sinister plot to plunge Townsville into eternal darkness, into one long disco party. One of the most precious scenes involve Blossom and Buttercup arguing about wanting to stay up late. In the middle of this, a large lump scooches thru the middle of the bed. A nervous Bubbles pops up, surrounded by her stuffed animals. Awww!! There's also a theme of confronting one's fear that comes up in the end. (Rating: 5)

"Slumbering With The Enemy" has the Powerpuff Girls inviting all the girls for a slumber party at their place. Guess who else shows up? A certain simian with blonde pigtailed hair and long dress called... Mojeesha! The girls keep an eye on "her" and time and again, embarrass themselves by interpreting "her" attempts to join in as acts of evil. But why is "she" here anyway? The montage of Mojeesha and the Girls in various costumes are great fun. (Rating: 5)

"Ice Sore" features Blossom's ice powers, which comes in handy during a real scorcher of a day. Blossom's tendency to trust authority, particularly the Professor's, and her guilt when her good intentions go wrong, are demonstrated here. Her powers cause some jealousy from her sisters, whose powers don't seem to equal something so useful. (Rating: 5)

The Shonen Knife video for "Buttercup" features clips from various episodes as well as a flurry of freeze frames of certain villains. Although primarily about Buttercup, it features the other girls as well. The song's snarling power-pop/punk rhythms match Buttercup's power punches to a tee. (Rating: 5)

One of the best stories in the series is "The Rowdyruff Boys", in which Mojo Jojo, after being foiled time and again by the Puffs, decides to create the antithesis of the Girls. Remember the old rhyme, "sugar, spice, and everything nice." What are little boys made of? How Mojo gets the ingredients are great. However, Mojo's substitute for Chemical X proves just as effective, and the three boys really beat the stuffing out of the Girls, making the Boys one of their most formidable adversaries. However, the way the Girls achieve their victory is one of the most creative solutions ever seen. (Rating: 5)

"Helter Shelter" is a unique episode in that there are no villains to be fought. Rather, the girls have to deal with Bubbles and her proclivity to bring back animals. Despite being lectured about this by the Professor, she outdoes herself by bringing home a baby-whale, which she places in the middle window of their room like the car at the Hard Rock Cafe. The frenzied scene where they frantically try to find a hiding place for the whale in the house is the funniest, as is the exchange: "The professor's gonna have a cow." Bubbles says: "NO! A baby whale!" Bubbles is clearly a champion for animals, a tried and true romantic. (Rating: 5)

A perfect 5 rating for the Girls all-around!

Powerpuff Girls Save the Day
Powerpuff Girls prove that simplistic animation, along with an awesome soundtrack and effects can wipe out all animation competition. The episodes are great, just the perfect formula for any hardcore fan or beginner. My favorite is Boogie Frights, where the monsters from under the bed come out to play. A really neat take on Boogie Nights, you'll love the animation sequence on that episode. The rest are awesome too. This is what fans needs.

Roughnecks - The Starship Troopers Chronicles - The Hydora Campaign
Released in VHS Tape by Columbia Tristar Hom (19 February, 2002)
MPAA Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Directors: Sean Song, Alan Caldwell, Audu Paden, Chris Berkeley, Sam Liu, David Hartman (III), and Jay Oliva
After chasing the bugs out of the solar system in "The Pluto Campaign," S.I.C.O.N. tracks the enemy's retreat in hopes of finding the invaders' homeworld. Razak's Roughnecks are in the first wave of humans to hit water-dominated Hydora, a refueling planet infested with deadly new armies of alien insects. This second campaign in Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles is packed with whiplash action scenes, but it also ups the ante in a startling manner. Psychic soldier Jenkins gets a shock to the system after a meeting of minds with the Brain Bug: the bugs' final solution is the complete extermination of the human race. As hatched by the show's animators, the fierce dart-spewing ripplers and amphibious water tigers are marvelously sinister-looking things, more "realistic" than the humans. That's a fair tradeoff. The stylized 3-D computer animation makes this look unlike any other high-tech sci-fi TV adventure. --Sean Axmaker
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ROUGHNECKS - A series that grows on ya. Part II.
Campaign numero two. Hydora. A water planet. After pursuing the huge Transport Bug from Pluto, the SICOM MI troopers find themselves at a water planet where the Transport Bug lands to refuel itself.

In this campaign, the characters continue to grow and develop. Carl Jenkins develops his mental powers to a new height when he confronts the first appearance of a brain bug.

Hydora is a planet of apparently dense water that doesn't allow itself too much for boiyancy and swimming. So the troopers wear a inflatable life perserver in case they fall in. Which, unfortunately happens a lot. However there is land on this planet but it's mainly just like corral reef type stuff and caves. While being a water planet, we get to see a lot of new hardware. Water skiffs, jet ski type thingies and some weapons that go kablooey.

In this campaign we see basically one type of bug. The Ripplers, who this time are animated a bit better than they were in Pluto. The Ripplers' main weapon is a volley of sharp barbs that come from their mouths. This of course provides a new problem for our MI troopers. However we do see some regular warrior bugs, but being a water planet, the Ripplers are more suited for this planet.

Now the action once again is top-notch. We see a lot of nice explosions of bugs going kablooey. There's a really great scene at the end with lots of stuff going on. Be sure to check out the technical commentary during that section.

But all in all, this campaign is quite exciting, but a bit tedious at times due to the static environment they're in.

The battle against the bugs continues. . .
"Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles- the Hydora Campaign" continues the story of Razak's Roughnecks, an elite unit in the Mobile Infantry as they face the 'bugs', a terrifying alien race bent on the destruction of humankind.

After discovering the 'bugs' on Pluto, the Roughnecks follow the threat to Hydora, a world covered in water. Hoping to find the bug's home world, the squad discovers a planet that is one of the Arachnid's conquered worlds. On missions ranging from reconnaissance to search-and-destroy, our heroes face new perils with every new bug species. The Hydora campaign comes to a climax when the Roughnecks discover a brain bug, a massive swollen grub that acts as the unifying mind of the bug armies. Only Carl Jenkins, the squad's psychic has any hope of facing the bug and destroying it.

"Roughnecks" represents the best CGI animation that ever came to TV. Animated by Foundation Imaging (who also did digital effects for Babyon 5 and Star Trek: Voyager), the series has a sophistication and realism never before accomplished on the small screen. In Hydora, I was amazed by the superior water effects, atmospheric 'haze' and first rate character animation. What is equally remarkable is that the story and characters are sophisticated enough for even this adult to enjoy. If you've seen the earlier DVD's (Pluto campaign and Tesca campaign) you know what I'm talking about. If you haven't seen this series yet, you're in for a real treat! Any serious fan of science fiction, computer animation or good storytelling will love this series.

A Great Installment In A Great Series
The 2nd installment of the Roughneck series lives up to expectations. After the Pluto campaign, MI follows a bug transport to Hydora, a refueling planet populated with kamikaze flying bugs. THe battle is long and costly with MI outnumbered 75 to 1.
The 1st episode has MI landing for Recon and discovering the kamikaze bugs. Jenkins gets a meesage that the Bugs want nothing less than the eradication of humanity, to which Flores responds "Duh".
SICON wants to demy the planet to the Bugs and begins a campaign.The 2nd episode sees a meeting between Rico and Ibanez which doesn't turn out exactly like Rico wants. The 3rd episode has MI on an Egg Hunt, for the nest of the kamikaze bugs. The 4th is the most interesting. Jenkins must use his telepathic powers to probe an officer's mind to find a missing squad. What Jenkins finds is a Brain Bug that controls all other bugs. In the mental battle, Jenkins crushes, actually explodes, the Brain Bug and ends the Hydora campaign. But the war is far from over.
In the episodes, the characters mature and merge into a better fighting team. The episodes are coherent and fit together well. The narration is superb. The CGI is great, not superb. The action scenes are terrific and enjoyable.
The Series are not for just for teenagers.

No Small Affair
Released in VHS Tape by Columbia/Tristar Studios (20 January, 1998)
MPAA Rating: R (Restricted)
Director: Jerry Schatzberg
Jon "I'm Not Matthew Broderick!" Cryer had what appeared to be a breakthrough role in this diverting but inconsequential romantic comedy. (Still, once you've broken through, you need to follow up, something Cryer didn't manage.) In fact, it proved to be more of a springboard for its other star, a then-little-known soap-opera star named Demi Moore. Cryer plays a high-school photographer with a colossal crush on a budding female rock star (Moore). She thinks he's cute--like a puppy--but he thinks her interest indicates the kind of romantic longing only a teenage boy would fantasize about with an older woman. Still, when her love life tanks, this eager beaver is there to console her, thoroughly misreading her intentions. What wit this film has springs from Cryer's kinetic, fast-talking performance as the kind of perpetually wise-cracking kid that was Broderick's stock-in-trade at that point. Otherwise, it's the kind of story only an adolescent male would find believable and moving. --Marshall Fine
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EG Daily's ten minuets on screen save the day
Jon Cryer is little too hormonal, Demi Moore is a little too "husky" but E.G Daily in the small role of Cryer's older brothers' girlfriend rocks. If is wasn't for her talking him into going to a bar he would never have met Laura (Moore) and had his virginity taken and his heart stomped on (all the while taking great candid's of a pre-boob job Moore).

FUNNY! FUNNY! FUNNY!
If you liked JON CRYER in "PRETTY IN PINK", you'll find him especially charming in this cute flick! As a matter of fact, I found all the characters uniquely charming and clever...DEMI and JON work great together as 'ageless' companions.

OH MY GOD!!! THIS MOVIE IS AWSOME!!!
This is a great movie about a kid who spends his life savings and throws away his dream of photography only to help a lovely lady get her dream of becoming a famous singer. You have to watch this movie! It never gets boring and the story is great. And the only thing that makes it alot better is that its got Demi Moore and she looks mad HOT in this movie!!!

The Powerpuff Girls - Meet The Beat-Alls
Released in VHS Tape by Warner Home Video (23 October, 2001)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Directors: Craig McCracken, Robert Renzetti, John McIntyre, Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez (II), Lauren Faust, and Randy Myers
Starring: Cathy Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily, and Tara Strong
Townsville's cutest cops curb a brutish invasion by a new breed of mop tops in Meet the Beat-Alls, a Powerpuff caper so packed with sly Beatles references it could sink a yellow submarine. Forget the under-15-minute running time--here, Bubbles, Buttercup, and Blossom face the longest and windingest road of their crime-fighting careers, as Mojo Jojo, Him, Princess, and Fuzzy Lumpkins band together to become the Beat-Alls--the Bad Four--a collective that soars to the pole position on the most-wanted charts, sending girls screaming. When the police cry out for help--they need somebody--the girls gather their gumption and go forward with a plan to break up the Beat-Alls: They enlist Moko, a white-costumed monkey with seductive Asian flair, to pose as a performance criminal. Fellow simian Mojo Jojo, who thought he was a loner, goes bananas; soon the other Beat-Alls beat it and the girls bust in and break the news that Mojo's going nowhere, man. All that spoofing doesn't sap the Powerpuffs of their superheroine steam: In "Bought & Scold" they square off against Princess, whose daddy throws down the cash to crown her mayor; in "Bubblevision" they're a sight for sore eyes, even though one of them looks dorky in her new glasses, as a giant ant rips through town; "Jewel of the Aisle" finds them firing away at a gem thief posing as cereal hero Lucky Captain Rabbit King; and demented lout Lenny's plan to possess the Powerpuffs comes crashing down in "Collect Her." If you're old enough to get the gags, allow the title episode to edge out other potential Powerpuff purchases, it's that clever. Otherwise, whatever propels you, rest assured that not one of these episodes will let you down or leave you flat. For children ages 7 and up. --Tammy La Gorce
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Somewhat solid collection of PPG episodes
Fortunately, "Meet The Beat Alls" is one of the few shining moments. When Mojo, Princess, Fuzzy Lumpkins, and Him realize that the four together can defeat the Powerpuff Girls, they team up to become the Beat Alls. Be it album covers, song titles, or that one person blamed for breaking up the Fabs, there are more Beatles references than one can throw a power punch at. I found forty-five. (Rating: 5)

"Bought And Scold" has Princess Morebucks having her father buy her Townsville. Once becoming mayor, the Princess makes crime legal, to the chagrin of the Powerpuff Girls, who become unemployed, so to speak. Quick, what's that saying, "hoist by her own petard"? Or is it she who lives by the decree... whatever. (Rating: 4)

"Bubblevision" has Bubbles having eye trouble and having to wear glasses. Unfortunately, Blossom and Buttercup laugh and make fun of her. Crimony, stop picking on Bubbles, girls! Pop culture reference: giant ants and the Blondie song "Attack Of The Giant Ants." (Rating: 5)

Inbetween are a few goodies, such as a brief clip of Mojo on Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, the Apples of Stereo video of "Signal In The Sky," featuring the Fish Balloon from "Uh Oh Dynamo," and a brief look at the making of the Powerpuff Girls movie with creator Craig McCracken and the talented ladies who do the Powerpuff voices. Cavadini, Strong, and Daily, keep it up! (Rating: 4)

"Jewel Of The Aisle" involves a thief who steals a jewel which he accidentally drops in a factory manufacturing Lucky Cap'n Rabbit King Nuggets, which are a cross between Trix and Captain Crunch. Guess who buys the cereal? There's an obvious reference to the Trix rabbit and the thief's failed attempts to get it is reminiscent of Warner Brothers cartoons. (Rating: 3.5)

"Collect Her" is an unpleasant piece of work about Lenny, an obsessed Powerpuff Girls memorabilia collector who discovers to his horror that his collection is--(gasp!) complete. What else is there to collect? I say unpleasant because of what some fan obsessions can lead to: can anyone say John Lennon or Rebecca Schaeffer? (Rating: 2)

The Time Squad bonus cartoon involves going back in time to help out Lincoln, who, fed up with being dubbed Honest Abe, becomes a jerk bent on playing practical jokes on people. Including these other cartoons is reminiscent of the B-feature after the A-picture done back in the 1930's. (Rating: 3)

Overall rating: (5+4+5+4+3.5+3+2+3)/8=3.6875, rounded up to 4.

Meet the Beat-Alls
I have to agree that the definite highlight of the Powerpuff Girls are their satirical references to pop culture. Take for instance the episode where they meet Lucky Captain Rabbit King, mascot of his own cereal (does that ring a bell?) They do it again in "Meet the Beat-Alls." After Mojo Jojo, Princess, Him, and Fuzzy Lumpkins can't take one more whupping from the PPG, they band together to from the Beat-Alls. Here's where the fun starts: as the episode progresses, the lyrics from the everlasting songs of the Beatles play in tune to the word play. Some examples are Hey Jude and Help! It will give you more than a chuckle after watching "Meet the Beat-Alls" more than once.

So Funny You May Hurt Yourself
I'm not THAT big a fan of the Beatles, or the Powerpuff Girls.
I've only occasionally watched the PpG, and, while I'm familiar
with most of the Beatles music, like anyone who listens to
classic rock radio, I'm hardly an expert in them.

"Meet the Beat-Alls", though, is screamingly funny. Yes, there
are jokes that will fly right over the heads of casual Fab Four
fans, but if you know the songs reasonably well, there's plenty
here to keep you amused.

You may be saying, "But I taped this off the air -- why buy
a copy?" Well, despite the fact its a crystal-clear DVD
transfer, the disk includes Mojo Jojo's commentary on "Meet
the Beat-Alls", which has even more Beatles humor.

Alvin & the Chipmunks - Meet the Wolfman
Released in VHS Tape by Universal Studios (29 August, 2000)
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Director: Kathi Castillo
Average review score:

I'm never goin to grow up
Dude to prove I'm never going to grow up I watched this movie. This was funny. As usual the Chipmunks and Chipettes put on a great performance with a few songs. The whole Theodore the bad dude image was funny...

AWESOME!
Everytime I watch this movie I like it more and more! It has both the Chipmunks and the Chipettes in it! Cool huh? It also has awesome songs in it too! Munks on a mission, The Monster is in you (I think that is what this one is called) and Everything is going to be alright. Everything is going to be alright is my personal favorite. The Chipmunks and Chipettes sing this one at a dance. I've played this song again and again. The only disapointment I had was there was only three songs. The Chipmunk Adventure had 8! But besides that this movie is AWESOME! I suggust buying it, if you love the Chipmunks and Chipettes! =)

THE CHIPMUNKS ROCK!!!@
THE CHIPMUNKS ROCK BUY THIS MOVIE & YOUR CHILD WILL ENJOY SINGING AND DANCEING. WHEN I WAS YOUNGE I USE TO WATCH ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS. NOW AT THE AGE OF 13 I STILL ENJOY THIS MOVIE & ALL THE OTHER ONES. I ENJOY THE SONGS: 1 THINGS OUT THERE 2 GIRLS OF ROCK AND ROLL & MUNKS ON A MISSTION. THEY ARE THE HIT FOR YONGE &OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alvin & The Chipmunks Meet the Wolfman
Released in VHS Tape by Universal Studios (28 August, 2001)
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Director: Kathi Castillo
Average review score:

I'm never goin to grow up
Dude to prove I'm never going to grow up I watched this movie. This was funny. As usual the Chipmunks and Chipettes put on a great performance with a few songs. The whole Theodore the bad dude image was funny...

AWESOME!
Everytime I watch this movie I like it more and more! It has both the Chipmunks and the Chipettes in it! Cool huh? It also has awesome songs in it too! Munks on a mission, The Monster is in you (I think that is what this one is called) and Everything is going to be alright. Everything is going to be alright is my personal favorite. The Chipmunks and Chipettes sing this one at a dance. I've played this song again and again. The only disapointment I had was there was only three songs. The Chipmunk Adventure had 8! But besides that this movie is AWESOME! I suggust buying it, if you love the Chipmunks and Chipettes! =)

THE CHIPMUNKS ROCK!!!@
THE CHIPMUNKS ROCK BUY THIS MOVIE & YOUR CHILD WILL ENJOY SINGING AND DANCEING. WHEN I WAS YOUNGE I USE TO WATCH ALVIN & THE CHIPMUNKS. NOW AT THE AGE OF 13 I STILL ENJOY THIS MOVIE & ALL THE OTHER ONES. I ENJOY THE SONGS: 1 THINGS OUT THERE 2 GIRLS OF ROCK AND ROLL & MUNKS ON A MISSTION. THEY ARE THE HIT FOR YONGE &OLD!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Powerpuff Girls - Bubblevicious
Released in VHS Tape by Hanna-Barbera (23 October, 2001)
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Directors: Craig McCracken, Robert Renzetti, John McIntyre, Genndy Tartakovsky, Robert Alvarez (II), Lauren Faust, and Randy Myers
Starring: Cathy Cavadini, Elizabeth Daily, and Tara Strong
This trio of crime-fighting superheroines must work around kindergarten obligations, and if you've seen the Cartoon Network series you know they must save the world before bedtime. But they rise to the challenge with the help of their guardian-creator, Professor Utonium. In the Emmy-nominated title episode, Bubbles gets fed up with being "the cute one," while her comrades get the better assignments, so she takes on a series of ugly baddies, resulting in many fires and explosions. There are five episodes on this 60-minute tape, including the double-episode "Uh-Oh Dynamo," which finds the girls battling a monster at the city park. The trio finally vanquishes it from inside a huge robot, but not before the entire downtown appears leveled. In "Mr. Mojo's Rising," the girls must rescue the professor when he is kidnapped by an evil megabrained monkey. "Powerpuff Bluff" introduces three hoodlums who impersonate the girls and rip off Townsville's denizens, landing the real girls a spell in the pokey. "Cat Man Do" will teach youngsters to go the shelter for their pets, as the kitty (voiced by Mark Hamill) the gals "rescue" from a crimelord's compound turns out to be a mind- controlling fiend. Parents scrutinizing violent content, beware; otherwise for ages 7 and up. --Kimberly Heinrichs

Average review score:

PowerPuff Bluff...great for the audience it was meant for!
I have to say that I purchased this DVD by chance ... because my 3-year old is infatuated with the PPG's! Great buy for what I paid for it. I can't begin to tell you the countless times she's watched it ...

There is plenty of action and the Cat-Man-Do episode is adorable. You will read other reviews from people who don't take into account what audience this series generally speaks to. I am an adult and I enjoy watching it, but I don't expect it to challenge my intellect or mesmerize me with super plot-twists. It's supposed to be colorful, endearing, funny and generally just a cartoon.

If you're looking for a DVD with more "guts", stick to those written for your age audience. If you're a PPG fan and looking for a good fix, PowerPuff Bluff is great, as long as you don't expect a ton of extras...it doesn't have them.

It helps if you think of them as Ginger, Sporty, & Baby, Jr.
What is it about the Cartoon Network that appeals so fully to both kids *and* adults? It's not only the nostalgic old cartoons but also the brilliant new ones, top among them the Powerpuff Girls! Never seen them (or don't have the Cartoon Network)? You owe it to yourself to get this video with some of the best episodes of the series. Parents with very young children should be warned that the action (or "fantasy violence," as the TV warning says) can sometimes be strong, but the good guys (er, girls) always win and there's enough that works on both levels to amuse and entertain both the old and young kids. The standout episode of this tape is "Bubblevicious," where sweet, innocent Bubbles laments not being 'hardcore' enough to take on the meanest villains her sisters Blossom and Buttercup can. Visual jokes and pop-culture references (including a very funny brief visual homage to 'Spinal Tap') make this the smartest cartoon show since 'The Simpsons'--full of fun and irreverance but without the gross-out humor of some of its 'Cartoon Cartoon' companions on the TV network. There's enough cute Powerpuff Girls merchandise out in the stores to challenge Pokémon, but the first and best thing you need is this tape! As the Talking Dog would say: "It's good! It's good! It's good! It's good!"

Hilarious and tasteful
This is an awesome cartoon. It's funny and cute, and great for both adults and children. "Bubblevicious" is a must see for Bubble's fans, and "Telephonys" is hilarious. The other episodes are great as well. The evil, super intellegent chimp Mojo Jojo (the Girl's archvillian) is actually a unique and rather likeable villian. If you like the Powerpuff Girls, you will love this DVD.

One final note: the box for this DVD claims there is a, Courage the Cowardly Dog, episode on it; but, instead you get to be tortured by the poorly drawn and very lame, Sheep in the Big City, cartoon.

The Rugrats Movie
Released in VHS Tape by Paramount Studio (01 April, 2003)
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Directors: Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien
Starring: Elizabeth Daily and Christine Cavanaugh
The first theatrical film from the popular Nickelodeon TV series became the surprise hit of the 1998 holiday box-office crunch, trouncing the highly competitive kids market. The key ingredient to the Rugrats' success is the writing. Venturing into their first theatrical movie, the pals--including the intrepid diaper-wearing Tommy Pickles, the nervous Chuckie, the twins Lil and Phil, and the wonderfully prissy Angelica--garble English into funny prose ("I want those fugitives back in custard-y!") and use movie references in their fantasy life. The opening here is a dead-on spoof of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The big news for the movie is that Tommy gets a new baby brother, named Dylan (or Dil for short). The rest of the film has no real plot but is a series of adventures as the clan gets lost in the forest riding an inventive Reptar wagon that is the '90s equivalent of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Parents search for the kids, the kids learn new lessons, everyone goes home happy. The Rugrats Movie is not as wildly appealing as A Bug's Life but is far goofier and wackier with its animation. There's also a tremendous sense of joy that is often missing from cartoons these days, and the songs used in the film--from such diverse musicians as Busta Rhymes, Iggy Pop, Lisa Loeb, Lou Rawls, Beck, and Devo--add to the fun. It's an acquired taste, but the creators' first efforts to take the 10-minute TV sketches into an 80-minute feature pay off.

The video contains a short (Winslow Doc) from Nickelodeon's series CatDog. Although the animation is similar, one can only hope the series does not reach the popularity of Rugrats. --Doug Thomas

Average review score:

Rugrats Movie!
Ok this movie is definitely not as good as the Nickelodeon cartoon but it has it's moments and is a good movie for kids which is basically who this movie is intended for so just let them enjoy it. I read some reviews from people saying this movie has foul language and too much potty humor, I did not notice any foul language. Words like potty, poop and diaper were used but I would hardly call that foul language and I think that it's just plain bizarre to get offended by common words like that and I think any fan of the Rugrats should watch this movie at least once and if your child or grandchild likes it than it's probably worth buying it for them!

The Biggest Event in Rugrats History
Though the Rugrats started out on Nickelodeon they made a huge leap from when they started somewhere after 1990 to now. In the movie Angelica and Spike find out Angelica's favorite doll cynthia is missing. Angelica thinks the babies Tommy Chuckie Phil and Lil and Dil have her doll. Through out the adventure in the reptar wagon which was supposed to be shiped off to Japan The babies set out to find the wizard who lives in the woods. This story also makes a bad relationship between the babies. Phil Lil and Chuckie don't like Tommy as much because of Dil. This is a movie you don't want to miss.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this movie!! My favorite part is when Susie and Angelica sing A Baby is A gift From Above. Chuckie is my favorite. This movie tells the story of young Tommy Pickles and his friends Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Susie and his nasty cousin Angelica. In one of the first scenes in the movie, Tommy's new brother, Dylan Prescott Pickles is born, being nicknamed Baby Dil. Tommy's household is very different after Dil is born because Dil cries alot and gets all the attention. Then one day, Phil and Lil decide that they think Tommy dosen't want Dil anymore, so they put Dil in the Reptar Wagon, Stu's newest invention and plan to drive Dil back to the "hopsicle" but Tommy spots them and right then Dil decides to steal Cynthia from Angelica. Angelica tries to stop him but Dil accidentally starts the Reptar Wagon and it accidentally rolls out of the house and into the woods. Luckily, all the Rugrats are in the wagon. Meanwhile, Angelica and Spike, her "butthound" try to find the babies so Angelica can get Cynthia back. It is a great movie which everyon of all ages should see!!

The Rugrats Movie
Released in VHS Tape by Paramount Studio (01 April, 2003)
MPAA Rating: G (General Audience)
Directors: Igor Kovalyov and Norton Virgien
Starring: Elizabeth Daily and Christine Cavanaugh
The first theatrical film from the popular Nickelodeon TV series became the surprise hit of the 1998 holiday box-office crunch, trouncing the highly competitive kids market. The key ingredient to the Rugrats' success is the writing. Venturing into their first theatrical movie, the pals--including the intrepid diaper-wearing Tommy Pickles, the nervous Chuckie, the twins Lil and Phil, and the wonderfully prissy Angelica--garble English into funny prose ("I want those fugitives back in custard-y!") and use movie references in their fantasy life. The opening here is a dead-on spoof of Raiders of the Lost Ark.

The big news for the movie is that Tommy gets a new baby brother, named Dylan (or Dil for short). The rest of the film has no real plot but is a series of adventures as the clan gets lost in the forest riding an inventive Reptar wagon that is the '90s equivalent of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Parents search for the kids, the kids learn new lessons, everyone goes home happy. The Rugrats Movie is not as wildly appealing as A Bug's Life but is far goofier and wackier with its animation. There's also a tremendous sense of joy that is often missing from cartoons these days, and the songs used in the film--from such diverse musicians as Busta Rhymes, Iggy Pop, Lisa Loeb, Lou Rawls, Beck, and Devo--add to the fun. It's an acquired taste, but the creators' first efforts to take the 10-minute TV sketches into an 80-minute feature pay off.

The video contains a short (Winslow Doc) from Nickelodeon's series CatDog. Although the animation is similar, one can only hope the series does not reach the popularity of Rugrats. --Doug Thomas

Average review score:

Rugrats Movie!
Ok this movie is definitely not as good as the Nickelodeon cartoon but it has it's moments and is a good movie for kids which is basically who this movie is intended for so just let them enjoy it. I read some reviews from people saying this movie has foul language and too much potty humor, I did not notice any foul language. Words like potty, poop and diaper were used but I would hardly call that foul language and I think that it's just plain bizarre to get offended by common words like that and I think any fan of the Rugrats should watch this movie at least once and if your child or grandchild likes it than it's probably worth buying it for them!

The Biggest Event in Rugrats History
Though the Rugrats started out on Nickelodeon they made a huge leap from when they started somewhere after 1990 to now. In the movie Angelica and Spike find out Angelica's favorite doll cynthia is missing. Angelica thinks the babies Tommy Chuckie Phil and Lil and Dil have her doll. Through out the adventure in the reptar wagon which was supposed to be shiped off to Japan The babies set out to find the wizard who lives in the woods. This story also makes a bad relationship between the babies. Phil Lil and Chuckie don't like Tommy as much because of Dil. This is a movie you don't want to miss.

I LOVE THIS MOVIE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this movie!! My favorite part is when Susie and Angelica sing A Baby is A gift From Above. Chuckie is my favorite. This movie tells the story of young Tommy Pickles and his friends Chuckie, Phil, Lil, and Susie and his nasty cousin Angelica. In one of the first scenes in the movie, Tommy's new brother, Dylan Prescott Pickles is born, being nicknamed Baby Dil. Tommy's household is very different after Dil is born because Dil cries alot and gets all the attention. Then one day, Phil and Lil decide that they think Tommy dosen't want Dil anymore, so they put Dil in the Reptar Wagon, Stu's newest invention and plan to drive Dil back to the "hopsicle" but Tommy spots them and right then Dil decides to steal Cynthia from Angelica. Angelica tries to stop him but Dil accidentally starts the Reptar Wagon and it accidentally rolls out of the house and into the woods. Luckily, all the Rugrats are in the wagon. Meanwhile, Angelica and Spike, her "butthound" try to find the babies so Angelica can get Cynthia back. It is a great movie which everyon of all ages should see!!

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