The Return of the '90s

[noonchild]

I thought I read that a few of the Goonies cast said they'd never come back for a sequel.  

I personally have had enough with bringing back the old.  More often then not it's bad, for me anyway    If it was good the first time, why make it again?  Hollywood is bankrupt in the idea department and now we have Smurf and A-Team movies.  

[Blackthorne]

I had the Toy version of The Sword of Omens from Thundercats, and I was always pissed that the eye didn't glow, growl and that the sword didn't grow when you shouted "Thunder.... Thunder..... Thundercats..... HO!"


Hahah.  Loved Thundercats too.


Bt

[NW15]

Does anybody here remember Drop Dead Fred?
They are thinking of remaking that movie.
They want Russell Brand to play Fred.

Can you believe that?

[wilco64256]

Drop Dead Fred really?  Interesting.

[NW15]

Drop Dead Fred really?  Interesting.

Yes, I used love that movie of as a kid, but I do not think they need to remake it.

[Delling]

I love Drop Dead Fred! (probably something to do with the preponderance of real world megabeasts )

[NW15]

I love Drop Dead Fred! (probably something to do with the preponderance of real world megabeasts )

Do not make movies like they use to. 

[dark-daventry]

I am a huge Thundercats addict. I own the complete series on DVD and I totally plan on watching the new series once it premiers on Cartoon Network. Whether it's any good or not is another story, but I'm going to give it a chance.

I don't think I'd care to see new episodes of these on television (because they would likely be horribly butchered unless the original creators were involved), but I'd like to see Disney's Doug and Recess get re-aired, or at least get DVD releases. Nickelodeon's Doug was released on DVD (except for a couple episodes, the master copies of which were somehow lost), but I didn't get to see it until Disney ordered more episodes for network television in their One Saturday Morning block. So while the Nickelodeon version is fine, I want to see Disney's sequel on DVD as well, because those are the ones I grew up with. And Recess is just flippin' awesome; in 11 1/2 minutes they tackled real-life subjects without the episodes feeling rushed or crammed together. It deserves a chance to live again.

Recess was one of the defining shows of my childhood. I loved that show to the ends of the earth and beyond. The problem is that Disney hardly releases their old classic shows on DVD the only ones I've seen have been Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin and Darkwing Duck (there may be a few more in there, but the names are eluding me presently). I want the Aladdin animated series on DVD along with Recess and so many other classic disney shows that I grew up on. I don't care if they do it as a DVD on Demand thing from Amazon. As long as they get these shows out and about on DVD I'll buy them. There are plenty of pirated DVDs of them (very high quality too) but I'd rather not resort to that method. If five years from now these shows aren't out, or on the horizon to come out, I may have to though.

[NW15]

I am a huge Thundercats addict. I own the complete series on DVD and I totally plan on watching the new series once it premiers on Cartoon Network. Whether it's any good or not is another story, but I'm going to give it a chance.

I don't think I'd care to see new episodes of these on television (because they would likely be horribly butchered unless the original creators were involved), but I'd like to see Disney's Doug and Recess get re-aired, or at least get DVD releases. Nickelodeon's Doug was released on DVD (except for a couple episodes, the master copies of which were somehow lost), but I didn't get to see it until Disney ordered more episodes for network television in their One Saturday Morning block. So while the Nickelodeon version is fine, I want to see Disney's sequel on DVD as well, because those are the ones I grew up with. And Recess is just flippin' awesome; in 11 1/2 minutes they tackled real-life subjects without the episodes feeling rushed or crammed together. It deserves a chance to live again.

Recess was one of the defining shows of my childhood. I loved that show to the ends of the earth and beyond. The problem is that Disney hardly releases their old classic shows on DVD the only ones I've seen have been Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin and Darkwing Duck (there may be a few more in there, but the names are eluding me presently). I want the Aladdin animated series on DVD along with Recess and so many other classic disney shows that I grew up on. I don't care if they do it as a DVD on Demand thing from Amazon. As long as they get these shows out and about on DVD I'll buy them. There are plenty of pirated DVDs of them (very high quality too) but I'd rather not resort to that method. If five years from now these shows aren't out, or on the horizon to come out, I may have to though.

That is true. Also the thing with Disney they do not release all the episode on dvd when they do.

[dark-daventry]

I am a huge Thundercats addict. I own the complete series on DVD and I totally plan on watching the new series once it premiers on Cartoon Network. Whether it's any good or not is another story, but I'm going to give it a chance.

I don't think I'd care to see new episodes of these on television (because they would likely be horribly butchered unless the original creators were involved), but I'd like to see Disney's Doug and Recess get re-aired, or at least get DVD releases. Nickelodeon's Doug was released on DVD (except for a couple episodes, the master copies of which were somehow lost), but I didn't get to see it until Disney ordered more episodes for network television in their One Saturday Morning block. So while the Nickelodeon version is fine, I want to see Disney's sequel on DVD as well, because those are the ones I grew up with. And Recess is just flippin' awesome; in 11 1/2 minutes they tackled real-life subjects without the episodes feeling rushed or crammed together. It deserves a chance to live again.

Recess was one of the defining shows of my childhood. I loved that show to the ends of the earth and beyond. The problem is that Disney hardly releases their old classic shows on DVD the only ones I've seen have been Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin and Darkwing Duck (there may be a few more in there, but the names are eluding me presently). I want the Aladdin animated series on DVD along with Recess and so many other classic disney shows that I grew up on. I don't care if they do it as a DVD on Demand thing from Amazon. As long as they get these shows out and about on DVD I'll buy them. There are plenty of pirated DVDs of them (very high quality too) but I'd rather not resort to that method. If five years from now these shows aren't out, or on the horizon to come out, I may have to though.

That is true. Also the thing with Disney they do not release all the episode on dvd when they do.

Or they decide to be idiots and release their sets in further sets. By that I mean season X volume X. Because of this, the entire second half of Gargoyles Season 2 is missing. Apparently, Season 1 sold well enough to make a season 2 set, but Disney decided to only release the first half of season 2. Why, I'll never know. So they put out Season 2 Volume 1, but it didn't sell well enough to finish off the season. So essentially we have a season and a half still being actively distributed on DVD, but may never see the final half of season 2 or season 3 on DVD. Can anyone say "massive fail much"?

[NW15]

I am a huge Thundercats addict. I own the complete series on DVD and I totally plan on watching the new series once it premiers on Cartoon Network. Whether it's any good or not is another story, but I'm going to give it a chance.

I don't think I'd care to see new episodes of these on television (because they would likely be horribly butchered unless the original creators were involved), but I'd like to see Disney's Doug and Recess get re-aired, or at least get DVD releases. Nickelodeon's Doug was released on DVD (except for a couple episodes, the master copies of which were somehow lost), but I didn't get to see it until Disney ordered more episodes for network television in their One Saturday Morning block. So while the Nickelodeon version is fine, I want to see Disney's sequel on DVD as well, because those are the ones I grew up with. And Recess is just flippin' awesome; in 11 1/2 minutes they tackled real-life subjects without the episodes feeling rushed or crammed together. It deserves a chance to live again.

Recess was one of the defining shows of my childhood. I loved that show to the ends of the earth and beyond. The problem is that Disney hardly releases their old classic shows on DVD the only ones I've seen have been Ducktales, Rescue Rangers, TaleSpin and Darkwing Duck (there may be a few more in there, but the names are eluding me presently). I want the Aladdin animated series on DVD along with Recess and so many other classic disney shows that I grew up on. I don't care if they do it as a DVD on Demand thing from Amazon. As long as they get these shows out and about on DVD I'll buy them. There are plenty of pirated DVDs of them (very high quality too) but I'd rather not resort to that method. If five years from now these shows aren't out, or on the horizon to come out, I may have to though.

That is true. Also the thing with Disney they do not release all the episode on dvd when they do.

Or they decide to be idiots and release their sets in further sets. By that I mean season X volume X. Because of this, the entire second half of Gargoyles Season 2 is missing. Apparently, Season 1 sold well enough to make a season 2 set, but Disney decided to only release the first half of season 2. Why, I'll never know. So they put out Season 2 Volume 1, but it didn't sell well enough to finish off the season. So essentially we have a season and a half still being actively distributed on DVD, but may never see the final half of season 2 or season 3 on DVD. Can anyone say "massive fail much"?

I do not understand that. Once they start releasing the seasons. They should not stop.

That is what they did with Ducktales and Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers. They just decided to stop releasing the episodes. I know I do not all the episodes.

[Blackthorne]

Sometimes getting licensing rights is what gives them trouble with releasing all the seasons.  Copyright and broadcast laws are tricky with a lot of the old cartoons.... buncha crap if you ask me.  Legal redtape always gets in the way.

As for DUCKTAILS, ha!  I love that... in fact, my wife started randomly singing the theme song before bed the other night, and now I can't stop humming and singing it as I walk about the house.... "might solve a mystery.... or rewrite history.... DUCKTAILS, ooh-wee-ooh!"


Bt

[dark-daventry]

Sometimes getting licensing rights is what gives them trouble with releasing all the seasons.  Copyright and broadcast laws are tricky with a lot of the old cartoons.... buncha crap if you ask me.  Legal redtape always gets in the way.

As for DUCKTAILS, ha!  I love that... in fact, my wife started randomly singing the theme song before bed the other night, and now I can't stop humming and singing it as I walk about the house.... "might solve a mystery.... or rewrite history.... DUCKTAILS, ooh-wee-ooh!"


Bt

I own the first two Ducktales volumes on DVD, and I haven't gotten to purchasing the third, but I plan to. AMAZING SHOW! WITH AN AMAZING THEME SONG!

As for the licensing issues, I know for a fact it's only the sales (or lack thereof) that are the issue behind the Gargoyles DVD sets. Greg Weisman (the creator of Gargoyles I think. He had a very prominent involvement with the show's first two seasons at least, as well as the now recently ended comic book series that continued the show) said as much.

[Enchantermon]

I want the Aladdin animated series on DVD along with Recess and so many other classic disney shows that I grew up on.

Ah, Aladdin. I'd love to see that on DVD as well; I miss that show.
Amazon's Video on Demand would be a great way to see these shows come back, since it wouldn't require Disney to sink money into printing DVDs and boxes. But like BT said, there could also be copyright issues to contend with, and those can be expensive (and sometimes impossible) to resolve.

[dark-daventry]

I want the Aladdin animated series on DVD along with Recess and so many other classic disney shows that I grew up on.

Ah, Aladdin. I'd love to see that on DVD as well; I miss that show.
Amazon's Video on Demand would be a great way to see these shows come back, since it wouldn't require Disney to sink money into printing DVDs and boxes. But like BT said, there could also be copyright issues to contend with, and those can be expensive (and sometimes impossible) to resolve.

As is the case with the Malcolm in the Middle DVD sets. The first season is out, but the remaining ones aren't because of music licensing issues. One of the most iconic, and in my opinion, one of the best TV shows EVER is being held up by music licensing issues. I'm pretty sure the sales of the DVD sets will more than pay off those licenses. The first season sold well enough for the next season to be released on DVD, but nearly like 8 years have passed since that time. You'd think that in 8 years time they could resolve these issues and finally release one of the best (and funniest) shows of all time. Truly a gem of Fox's old days. Granted, Malcolm in the Middle isn't strictly 90's, but I'm pretty sure it at least started in the mid-late 90's sometime. The least they could do with all of these shows is put them on Netflix Instant Streaming. They can test the waters that way; see who's interested in what title.

[Ultima992]

It seems like this year has brought and is bringing quite a few 90s things back into circulation:

-A new King's Quest game, by Tell Tale (along with IA's KOS, ADGI's KQ3, and TSL)
-A new 2D Sonic the Hedgehog Game
-A new Donkey Kong Country game, done much in the same style as the originals.
-Beavis & Butthead is coming back to MTV this summer with BRAND NEW episodes, for the first time since it's cancellation in 1997
-Independence Day is going to have 2 sequels

And more....

The 90's are in... i am waiting for the 50's to come again...

[Enchantermon]

As is the case with the Malcolm in the Middle DVD sets. The first season is out, but the remaining ones aren't because of music licensing issues. One of the most iconic, and in my opinion, one of the best TV shows EVER is being held up by music licensing issues.

Interesting. Quantum Leap had some issues with this, which they solved by replacing the music. But I don't know if that's plausible with Malcolm, as I never watched it. There might be too much to reasonably replace (or it may not be possible).

[KatieHal]

That same issue is why The Wonder Years isn't available on DVD yet either. And the music is really integral to that show, replacing it just isn't an option. A shame, it was such a great show.

[dark-daventry]

That same issue is why The Wonder Years isn't available on DVD yet either. And the music is really integral to that show, replacing it just isn't an option. A shame, it was such a great show.

They had a lot of issues with music for Freaks and Geeks (BEST. SHOW. EVER!) that held up the DVD release for a while. They could have easily replaced the music, but they opted to work out all the licensing first because the soundtrack for each episode is really like an additional dialogue track. It's that integral to the show. Eventually, they worked out the issues and Shout Factory (my saviors right now) released the complete series set on DVD. ReBoot is also coming to DVD soon from Shout Factory.

[Big C from Cauney island]

OH MY GOD. Excellent thread..

Teenage mutant ninja turtles was more '87-'90.  I have the Turtles forever DVD. Awesome.  Also, I have all the original action figures including april o'neil.  And lets not forget the arcade game (actually in the arcade) from 1990, back when VGA graphics were just starting to come into play.

I do remember drop dead fred.

Goonies of course. Duck tales, THUNDERCATS! HOOOOOOOOO! Yea, of course. But I think these were more '80s than '90s.  But, since were mixing..

Commodore 64! In particular, the game "ghostbusters".  Countless hours on that. He- man, punky brewster, strawberry shortcake, etc...  And lets not forget the original nintendo. I won't even list those games too many.

I will post more once I read more.  These kids nowadays just don't know. Ninja turtles were the $%^&.

(Posted on: February 21, 2011, 01:12:12 AM)

And the Aladin movie. Plus the genesis game was cool. Mortal kombat, street fighter 2 for snes...