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AVATAR!! MORK!!MARY HARTMAN!! MARY HARTMAN!! Herc’s Season-Box DVD Vault!!
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I am – Hercules!!
Though Nickelodeon only started transmitting Avatar: The Last Airbender 
less than two years ago, M. Night Shyamalan has already announced that he is mounting a series of three live-action movies based on the highly-rated franchise.
Though animated in Korea, it’s actually an American production originating in Burbank, Calif. AICN’s own Moriarty says of the new set streeting today:
… this show is smartly designed, and it’s written smart. There’s no talking down to an audience, at least not in the episodes I saw. … I was able to pick up with the first episode of season two and not feel like I was really missing anything. … the closest thing I’ve ever seen to Miyazaki on television. … It’s not an expensive show, but it’s so smartly stylized that the inexpensive animation never comes across as a negative. The show definitely has a sense of humor, but it also has some thrilling action scenes that are not just place-holders. There’s a sense that the show really is progressing, that these characters are growing. It’s all heading somewhere, and isn’t just some stagnant meandering repetition of a basic formula. None of the five episodes I saw struck me as being the same story, and that’s rare enough with this sort of program.
Read Moriarty’s entire review of the set here.
Hopeless Pictures, also streeting today, is a zippy semi-improvisational 9-episode animated sitcom from the Independent Film Channel. It's about Mel Wax, the head of an independent film studio. Multi-episode arcs deal with an attempted hostile takeover, an out-of-control overseas production, and the collapse of Wax’s marriage. It stars Michael McKean, Jennifer Coolidge and Bob Balaban - three actors who have appeared in all of Christopher Guest’s fauz-documentaries – with support from Jonathan Katz (playing a professional therapist), Lisa Kudrow, Buck Henry, Martin Mull, Jerry Stiller, Anne Meara, John Michael Higgins, Paul Dooley, Emmy Laybourne, David L. Lander, Nora Ephron, Rob Reiner, Paul Weitz andPaul Reubens.
You can buy Walker: Texas Ranger: The Complete Second Season, strap your DVD remote on a giant lever, and pretend you’re Conan O’Brien as you call up random scenes.
This completely awful martial-arts actioner was co-created by Paul Haggis, who wrote on tons of awful TV (“The Love Boat,” “Diff’rent Strokes,” “Who’s The Boss,” “Michael Hayes,” “Family Law”) for the first 50 years of his life, then went on to write two Oscar-winning scripts (“Million Dollar Baby” and “Crash”), as well as “Casino Royale,” “Flags of Our Fathers” and “Letters From Iwo Jima.”
Herc’s Popular Pricing Pantry
UPDATED!! About 10 seconds ago, Amazon launched its 136-title “Huge TV Sale.” Some prices:
$14.97 Green Acres Season One
$14.97 Green Acres Season Two
$14.97 Green Acres Season Three
$14.97 The Magnificent Seven Season One
$15.97 Arrested Development Season Three
$15.97 The Bob Newhart Show Season Four
$15.97 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season One
$15.97 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season Two
$15.97 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season Four
$15.97 Tru Calling Season Two
$15.97 Reba Season Two
$15.97 Reba Season Three
$15.97 Reba Season Four
$16.47 The Bob Newhart Show Season One
$16.47 The Bob Newhart Show Season Two
$16.47 The Bob Newhart Show Season Three
$16.47 The Mary Tyler Moore Show Season Three
$16.47 Reba Season One
$17.47 Rat Patrol Season One
$17.47 She Spies Season One
$17.97 Errol Morris’ First Person: The Complete Series
$19.97 Alien Nation: The Complete Series
$19.97 Angel Season Two
$19.97 Angel Season Three
$19.97 Angel Season Four
$19.97 Angel Season Five
$19.97 Arrested Development Season One
$19.97 Arrested Development Season Two
$19.97 The Big Valley Season One
$19.97 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season One
$19.97 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Two
$19.97 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Three
$19.97 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Four
$19.97 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Five
$19.97 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Six
$19.97 Buffy the Vampire Slayer Season Seven
$19.97 Dark Angel Season One
$19.97 Dark Angel Season Two
$19.97 Dead Like Me Season One
$19.97 Dead Like Me Season Two
$19.97 Dharma & Greg Season One
$19.97 Fame Season One
$19.97 Harsh Realm: The Complete Series
$19.97 Hill Street Blues Season One
$19.97 Hill Street Blues Season Two
$19.97 Jeremiah Season One
$19.97 The Lone Gunmen The Complete Series
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Two
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Three
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Four
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Five
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Six
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Seven
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Eight
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Nine
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Ten
$19.97 M*A*S*H Season Eleven
$19.97 Malcolm in the Middle Season One
$19.97 Millennium Season One
$19.97 Millennium Season Two
$19.97 Millennium Season Three
$19.97 NYPD Blue Season One
$19.97 NYPD Blue Season Two
$19.97 NYPD Blue Season Three
$19.97 NYPD Blue Season Four
$19.97 Over There Season One
$19.97 The Pretender Season One
$19.97 The Pretender Season Two
$19.97 The Pretender Season Three
$19.97 The Pretender Season Four
$19.97 Remington Steele Season One
$19.97 Remington Steele Season Two
$19.97 Remington Steele Season Three
$19.97 Remington Steele Seasons Four and Five
$19.97 Roswell Season One
$19.97 Roswell Season Two
$19.97 Roswell Season Three
$19.97 That ‘70s Show Season Two
$19.97 The White Shadow Season One
$19.97 The White Shadow Season Twp
$19.97 The X-Files Season One
$19.97 The X-Files Season Four
$19.97 The Young Riders Season One
$24.97 Firefly: The Complete Series
$24.97 Space Above and Beyond: The Complete Series
$24.97 That ‘70s Show Season Two
$24.97 That ‘70s Show Season Four
$24.97 That ‘70s Show Season Five
$24.97 The X-Files Season Three
$24.97 The X-Files Season Five
$24.97 The X-Files Season Six
$24.97 The X-Files Season Seven
$24.97 The X-Files Season Eight
$24.97 The X-Files Season Nine
$27.97 That ‘70s Show Season One
$29.97 Murder One Season One
$29.97 Murder One Season Two
$29.97 Poltergeist Season One
$29.97 The Shield Season One
$29.97 The Shield Season Two
$29.97 The Shield Season Three
$29.97 The Shield Season Four
$29.97 Stargate Atlantis Season One
$29.97 Tru Calling Season One
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Avatar: The Last Airbender 2.x Vol. 1
Beyond Reality 1.x <--- NEW!!
Hopeless Pictures 1.x
Walker: Texas Ranger 2.x
The Waltons 4.x
The Waltons 1.x-4.x
Next Week
Benny Hill: Hill's Angels Vol. 6
The Big Valley 2.x Vol. 1
Dallas 6.x
I Dream of Jeannie 3.x
Janice Dickinson Modeling Agency 1.x
Law & Order Special Victims Unit 3.x
Legend of the Dragon Vol. 2 <--- NEW!!
Legend of the Dragon Vol. 3 <--- NEW!!
Lucky Louie 1.x
Murder She Wrote 5.x
Three's Company: Jack's Favorites
February 6
Anything But Love 1.x/2.x
Baywatch Syndicated 3.x
Ben 10 1.x
Charlie & Lola Vol. 3
Charmed 7.x
Mad About You 3.x
Masters of Horror: Family
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Fast Forward
Teen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo
February 13
All in the Family 6.x
Beauty and the Beast 1.x
Emergency 3.x
Fat Friends 1.x <--- NEW!!
The Golden Girls 7.x
The Hills 1.x
Hustle 2.x
Masters of Horror: Pelts
Men Behaving Badly: The Complete Series
Reno 911! Most Wanted Uncensored
Sonic X: 6.x
Zoey 101 1.x
February 20
Alias Smith & Jones 1.x
Bullshit! 4.x
Curious George: Zoo Night
Family Ties 1.x
Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea 2.x Vol. 2
What's New Scooby Doo 1.x
February 27
Captain N: Gamemaster: The Complete Series
Da Vinci's Inquest 1.x
Dog The Bounty Hunter: Best of 3.x
The Doris Day Show 4.x
The Flip Wilson Show: Best Of
Ghostbusters Vol. 1
Girlfriends 1.x
The Immortal: The Complete Series
Magnum, P.I. 6.x
The Rockford Files 3.x
The State Within: The Complete Series
Voltron Vol. 3
March 6
Doctor Who: The Invasion
Doctor Who: The Sontaran Experiment
Foster's Home For Imaginary Friends 1.x
Hawaii Five-0 1.x
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Northern Exposure 6.x
Sabrina The Teenage Witch 1.x
SNL: The Best of Steve Martin
South Park 9.x
Stargate Atlantis 2.x
March 13
Baby Looney Tunes Vol. 3
Bosom Buddies 1.x
Cool McCool: The Complete Series
I Love Lucy 7.x-9.x
Loonatics Unleashed 1.x
Mile High 1.x <--- NEW!!
The Pretender: The Movies
Robin of Sherwood Vol. 1
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 4.x
Without A Trace 2.x
March 20
Batman Beyond 3.x
Christy: The Complete Series
Garfield: Ode To Odie
JAG 3.x
JAG 1.x-3.x
The Jeffersons 6.x
Justice League Unlimited 2.x
Maude 1.x
McHale's Navy 1.x
Miami Vice 3.x
Miami Vice 4.x
Milton The Monster: The Complete Series
Morel Orel: Vol. 1
NewsRadio 5.x
Run's House 1.x/2.x
Sleeper Cell 2.x
The Wild Wild West 2.x
March 27
The Addams Family 1.x Vol. 2
The Brady Bunch: The Complete Series
Family Affair 3.x
Fantastic Four Vol. 1
Full House 6.x
The Jeffersons 6.x <--- NEW!!
Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman Vol. 1 <--- NEW!!
Mind of Mencia (Uncensored) 2.x
One Foot in the Grave 1.x
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Jan 23, 2007 2:24:45 AM CST
Cupid Is Now Losing!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
by darth fabulous
Go here right now and vote, dammit!
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Speaking of DVD's, who the hell won that Alias DVD boxset contest? A winner was never announced.
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Can anyone tell me why this box set does not exist? I will tell you why. People will stop eating. They will stop sleeping. The only thing they would ever be able to do for the rest of their lives will be watching Chuck.
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and my adolescence and my adulthood. Why is this predator allowed to roam free?
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I suppose you think you could reprint a press release, tack on a quote from elsewhere on this site, and then run 10 screens of Amazon links. It's not as easy as it looks.
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Louise Lassiter used to freak me out as a child. I think I shit my pants a few times.
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"It’s not an expensive show, but it’s so smartly stylized that the inexpensive animation never comes across as a negative."
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Go here:
http://www.sonypictures.com/sphe/tvondvd/indexpoll.php
Only one choice is required. PICK CUPID DAMMIT! -
Complete. Oh thank fuck, that means it's over.
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Can FERNWOOD TONIGHT be far behind?
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Not really. I do like the theme song. Janice Dickinson used to look that good; now she's a old, hateful hag inside and out. The Odd Couple Season One?
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I like the Amazon links and often click on them, what's the big deal? It saves my lazy ass from having to type it in address bar.
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What the hell is this 'Farce of the Penguins' thing?
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i've looked over this item a couple of times. what am i missing?
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I doubt we'll ever see FERNWOOD on DVD for the same reason we'll never see WKRP: music rights. Both shows were pure genius and both liberally used commercial music since home video wasn't even around when they were produced. The fact that very few people really remember either one (though more remember WKRP than FERNWOOD) means that the chances of seeing either are slim to none.
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I've heard and seen rumors that WKRP is coming out on DVD in April, but without it being intact with the music it had when it was broadcast, it will be a soulless empty shell.
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Jan 23, 2007 11:18:20 AM CST
Wow, they're actually releasing season 5 of Newsradio?
by osmosis jones
No Phil = No Sale
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My understanding was that Hugh Wilson was involved in helping pick out the replacement music for the DVD release.
Also, could someone teach Herc the "target="_new"" tag please?
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i look foward to seeing more and dr strange looks promising...
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Unrated season 1 comes out 2/6, according to Amazon at least. On widescreen no less!! KAMEHAMEHA!!!
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Remember the German Shepard, what had all those adventures and suffered from flashbacks to Viet Nam?
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According to IMDB Abrams and Lindelof cowrote an episode in the second season entitled "The Drill." I've been interested in watching AVATAR for a while, but that clinched it.
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He says "I have AIDS Walker." True story.
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i bought a bootleg set of WKRP discs from a guy online a few months ago -- all 90+ episodes, all original music, no commercials. granted, they look just like what they are -- dubbed from vhs tapes made in the 70s & 80s, but for $20 it was well worth the money. they will never release them on DVD because the licensing of the music would cost a fortune, so bootlegs are the only way to get that sweet WKRP fix.
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He waits until Season 3 comes out on DVD.
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Of course: www.chucknorrisfacts.com
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They should put out Run Joe Run. Also, they should put out Electra Woman and Dyna Girl. Classic Kroft show.
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Many thanks for all the low downs on those great dvd deals. You da man.
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...and I mean Ace from the Ambiguously Gay Duo. Check it out.
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It looks like the R1 DVDs are going to be pan&scan just like how BBCAmerica presented the series, unlike the letterbox format that SkyTV originally televised them in.
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seriously... i thought thats what it said...
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Any word?
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yes, it sucks. don't know if it's out yet, but even if it was, it ain't worth buying.
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I think Herc should put a link up every week for Desperate Housewives his favorite and the funniest show on TV!
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...always. He does it like a champ.
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Finally!
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I can't believe it. Dabney Coleman and Louise Lasser were brilliant in it. Definitely one of the most subversive American TV shows of all time.
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...would have been J. Jonah Jameson with Robert Guillome (sic) at his side as Joe "Robbie" Robertson. I always liked the idea of Telly Savallas as The Kingpin, but in the time that such a cast would have been possible (early to mid 90s), the CGI would not have been good enough to make him look 500 lbs realistically. But then again, Nikki Cox would have made a fine Mary Jane Watson back then.
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It was yesterday!
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Who was the Second-to-last Airbender?
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About time they're releasing the "Untouchables." Great acting, directing and most of all stories! Fictional, true, but highly entertaining! Robert Stack delivered the goods!
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My 70's cop fix will be satisfied, praise Baby Jesus (the Jesus I prefer, like Ricky Bobby) - ah, if only Stone and Keller had gone to Hawaii to work with McGarrett! Or if Magnum and McGarrett had cracked a case on the rock - sweet!
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I'm surprised at how little press Avatar gets on this site. If this cartoon was made 20 years ago M. Night Shamalayn making the series into a movie would be the biggest thing since Peter Jackson and LotR. Fellow adult geeks: I recommend you check this show out. Watch a few episodes from the first and second seasons. The show has a more intricate story line and character development than 24 and Lost put together. It puts other "top adult" shows to shame.
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