Sunday, June 2, 2024

THE EPITAPH VOL. 80 - COMPLETE COLLECTION TWO-FER TV EDITION!

THE EPITAPH VOL. 80 - COMPLETE COLLECTION TWO-FER TV EDITION!

TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN: 
THE COMPLETE SERIES (2018-2023) 
&
THE POWERPUFF GIRLS: 
THE COMPLETE SERIES (1998-2004)

TOM CLANCY'S JACK RYAN: 
THE COMPLETE SERIES 
(2018-2023) 
8-Disc 4K Ultra HD Set 

Label: Paramount Pictures Home Entertainment 
Region Code: Region-Free
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 1476 Minutes
Audio: English Dolby Atmos (TrueHD 7.1) with Optional English Subtitles
Video: HDR10 2160p Ultra HD Widescreen (1.78:1) (Season 1), HDR10 2160p Ultra HD Widescreen (2.00:1) (Season 2), Dolby Vision HDR10 2160p Ultra HD Widescreen (2.20:1) (Season 3), Dolby Vision HDR10 2160p Ultra HD Widescreen (2.39:1) (Season 4), 
Directors: Jann Turner, 
David Petrarca, Kevin Dowling, Shana Stein, Lukas Ettlin
Cast: 
Abbie Cornish, John Krasinski, Wendell Pierce, Betty Gabriel, Michael Kelly, Michael Pena, Nina Hoss, Noomi Rapace, John Hoogenakker, Ali Suliman

Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan: The Complete Series (2018-2023) collects all 4 seasons of the riveting Amazon series, a glossy, high-octane, and explosive spy thriller starring John Krasinski (A Quiet Place) as CIA analyst Jack Ryan as he's thrust into dangerous field assignments in different countries across the globe. All four seasons are presented in 2160p UHD widescreen, each season presented in a different aspect ratio for whatever reason, with seasons 1-2 getting DTS-HD MA 5.1 audio and HDR10, while seasons 3-4 gets Dolby Atmos audio and HDR10 Dolby Vision upgrades. This set is a re-package of the four previous individual seasons, with nothing new added, no Blu-ray counterparts, and no digital codes. Curiously this four season set is packaged in an oversized DVD case with flipper trays housing the discs, which seems a strange choice, it feels cheap and the disc kept falling out of mine, which felt slightly warped, perhaps by the heat of the Arizona sun during shipping. Regardless, the A/V presentation for all four seasons is top-notch, looking superior to their 4K streaming versions, and two seasons into the show I am good and hooked. along with my wife.  

Special Features: 
- Deleted Scenes (34 min) 

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THE POWERPUFF GIRLS: 
THE COMPLETE SERIES 
(1998-2004)
12-Disc DVD Set

Label: Warner Bros. Discovery Home Entertainment 
Region Code: A
Rating: Unrated
Duration: 1800 Minutes
Audio: English Dolby Digital with Optional English Subtitles
Video: Fullscreen (1.33:1) 

Cartoon Network's The Powerpuff Girls was an animated series that ran for six seasons, when my own kids were younger there were not a lot of toons that appealed to both them and myself to be honest, but this was one of the ones I actually liked at the time, and they loved. Set in the city of Townsville, where Professor Utonium and his three superpowered kindergarten-aged girls Blossom, Bubbles, and Buttercup, protect the town from a myriad of villainous and baddies, their nemesis being the bad-monkey named Mojo Jojo and his evil-monkey minions. The show was vivid and vibrant, the girl-power themes were wonderful, and while the three young girls had superpowers they had to deal with a lot of age-appropriate issues as well. The show looked phenomenal the first couple of seasons with series creator Craig McCracken (Dexter's Laboratory) teamed-up with Genndy Tartakovsky (Primal), having a retro Hannah-Barbera 60's pop-art style about. This set has been out of print for a minute so kudos to WBDHE for putting in back in print, even if they didn't give us an HD upgrade. The complete series, all 78 episodes of the six season run, are collected on 12 DVD discs housed inside an clear, high-capacity Epik Pak keepcase, loaded with hours upon hours of extras, with cool artwork and a side-loading slipcover with the same artwork.

Special Features:
Season One
- The Powerpuff Patrol – live-action version used for promotion
-Craig’s Commentary on The Whoopass Girls – Pencil & Color
Season Two
- Staylongers – Various cartoon celebrities stuck on a Survivor-type island
- Anger Management – Powerpuff Girls interstitial
- Mojo Commentary – Slumbering with the Enemy – Mojo Jojo’s discussion of the episode
- Mayor Commentary – Something’s a Miss – The Mayor’s discussion of the episode
- Mojo Jojo’s Evil Bio – Getting to know Mojo Jojo
- Mayor’s Welcome – The Mayor introduces the town of Townsville
- Show & Tell – Blossom – Blossom introduces herself to her kindergarten class
- Show & Tell – Buttercup – Buttercup introduces herself with a bent toward pummeling bad guys
- Show & Tell – Bubbles – Bubbles talks about sugar, and spice, and everything nice
Season Three
- Shonen Knife – “Buttercup (I’m a Super Girl)” – Music video
The Apples in Stereo – “Signal in the Sky (Let’s Go)” Music video
- Reflections – commercial spot for Cartoon Network
Season Four 
- Morning in the Life – live-action spoof of what it would be like to live in Townsville
- Blooper Mayor – fake bloopers
- ‘Twas the Fight Before Christmas: 2003 Christmas Special – 44-minute Christmas episode
Season Five
- Hospitalville – The Mayor becomes Mayor of Hospitalville – one-minute commercial
- Future Spaceman Town – The Mayor becomes Mayor of Future Spaceman Town
-Transylvania City – The Mayor becomes the Mayor of Transylvania City
- Mitch Rocks #3 – Mitch tells us which words “rock” and which are “lame”
Season Six
- Good Car Day – The professor struggles with car trouble
- Laundry Day – Various Cartoon Network characters do their laundry
- The Powerpuff Girls Rule!!!: Special 24-minute episode to celebrate 10th anniversary
- The Powerpuff Girls: Who, What, Where, How, Why…Who Cares? – interviews with the crew dedicated to making The Powerpuff Girls

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