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12/20/2005: He-Man & She-Ra Christmas Special on DVD!

Aside from today’s entries that will be posted TODAY, the Advent and Advert Calendars are finally up to date! On the Advent side, we’ve got some sticky Santa situations mucking up what should’ve been a righteous celebration after Waiterbot’s defeat, and no, I have absolutely no idea how it’s going to end up. On the Advert side, old commercials from Radio Shack, Burger King, Little Debbie and beyond all conspire to make your holiday season just a weeeee bit more Christmassy. Hope you’re digging it.

What’s probably going to end up being the highlight of my 2005 Christmas season is up above. The He-Man & She-Ra Christmas Special is out now on DVD! Holy shit, I’d repeat it but you just read it and whatever but just know that it bears repeating. I’m glad I finally gave up on trying to be a VHS guy for no other reason than the fact that I had such a big VHS collection, because I just can’t believe the amount of awesome shit coming out on DVD. This one just takes the cake. It’s really cheap, too — so cheap that I was expecting a bare bones affair. This is anything but a bare bones affair. First off, the box has that weird 3D etching that makes He-Man and friends seem ever so slightly like they’re going to jump off and eat me, and secondly and thirdly and fourthly are the insane amount of special features, ranging from commentaries to a music video. This one’s a keeper, a beautiful, beautiful keeper. Click here to read my old shoddy review of the only cartoon in history featuring a goody-version of Skeletor, or better yet, buy the damn DVD!

I’m a sucker for candy canes, nyuk nyuk nyuk. While I actually do prefer the original minty canes above all else, I can’t resist trying out the many thousand new candy canes on the market meant to taste like specific, popular candies. I’ve had everything from Spree candy canes to Hershey’s Chocolate candy canes, but if I had to make my bid and spend the rest of my life with one and only one brand, I think I’d have to go with Starburst. Jesus Mary are these things goooood.


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Discussion Thread: 123 comments

For the sake of being the first to post, let me just say that I hate Candy Canes. I freakin LOVE the idea of them…so Christmasy, but they totally gross me out. All covered with your own spit for however long it takes you to eat them. And kids invariably get that sticky crap all over their hands….ick. Glad someone out their eats them, just don’t ever let me see you doing it.

Ghosted by *JEM* @ 12/20/2005 3:06 PM EST

speaking of He-Man, I noticed all He-man toys were 75% off in the discount shelf of my local deptartment store. I guess the return of He-man didn’t catch like they were hoping.

Ghosted by Gene @ 12/20/2005 3:07 PM EST

I never knew about a MOTU Xmas Special until now. Between the new and the old tv series I prefer the new one. Skeletor looks really cool in the new series and I don’t know why Cartoon Network for LatinAmerica cut it off!!!
Buuaaaaaa!!!!!!

(merry Xmas for all of you!!)

Ghosted by Yelinna @ 12/20/2005 3:14 PM EST

Blueberry candy canes, cinnamon candy canes, cherry candy canes, and strawberry-kiwi candy canes all rock. I don’t know if I’ve seen any this year, what with the proliferation of "name brand" candies making canes, but I remember eating the hell out of the "gourmet" candy canes when I was a kid. We’d usually get 5 or 6 different flavors, use them as tree decorations, and just pick them off at our leisure.

Ghosted by ZiZak @ 12/20/2005 3:14 PM EST

I had no clue that was out on DVD. I loved it as a child but I’m a bit warry to watch it again and spoil the magic. I also wish candy canes were available year round, but then again that might spoil their special magic.

Ghosted by thescifiguy @ 12/20/2005 3:16 PM EST

The other day we were trying to find some standard candy canes, but could only find the wacky variant candy canes.

On the plus side, I did see a five pound Hershey’s bar.

Ghosted by marioshoku @ 12/20/2005 3:18 PM EST

I’m with Jem, I can’t stand candy canes. Usually, though, I’ll buy some and put them on my tree. Friends come over and eat them, and I feel like I’m enjoying them vicariously. Even though that sounds kind of gross.

And I’ll never get over how they make He-Man and She-Ra all lovey dovey. Arms around each others’ waists, swords crossing…ick.

Ghosted by Rosella @ 12/20/2005 3:21 PM EST

Ok, I just caught myself up on the calendars, and I have to say that
"Sometimes my parents would get all clever and leave a half-eaten cookie on the plate for me to gawk at in awe, but I admit that much of the effect was lost as they’d typically bite the cookie in half with me standing right there. I never understood that."
was frickin’ hilarious. Fine job you’re doing, Matt!

Ghosted by ZiZak @ 12/20/2005 3:39 PM EST

Matt, I picked up a Stinkor mini-statue at Sam Goody today in the mall. They’re the same scale as the MOTU figures and by the same guys who made them. I knew you were a fan of el stinkola so I thought I’d pass the news along. They had a few more left when I went today (along with Grizzlor and Clamp Champ).

http://cornerstorecomics.com/images/af_motu_ministat2_stinkor_L.jpg

Ghosted by Double G @ 12/20/2005 3:41 PM EST

Mmmmm. . .an update 20 mins before work is done . . .I will read the update and save the calender for tomorrow. . .or tonight.

Ghosted by Geoffinsanity @ 12/20/2005 3:42 PM EST

has anyone seen the folgers christmas commercial?its the one from the late 80s and at the end the camera shows a gift basket with the modern folgers coffee plastic container with the resealable lid.ive seen this commercial 1000 times.i know its old because in the commercial he opens the old ass metal folgers can with a can opener.i wondered if anyone noticed the modern gift basket at the end?

Ghosted by becki @ 12/20/2005 3:45 PM EST

i dont know why i posted my comment about the commercial. i just thought the way they added the modern looking gift basket looked cheap,like they didnt want to make a new commercial.
just ignore this,im bored!!

Ghosted by becki @ 12/20/2005 3:47 PM EST

Jelly Belly has candy canes with flavors based off of their jelly bean line. I didn’t buy this particular set of flavors, but one of the boxes contains popcorn-flavored candy canes. I looked in the ingredients and it actually has salt in it.

Iiiiiiick

Ghosted by Brandon @ 12/20/2005 3:55 PM EST

dont worry becki, a few of us discussed the hell out of it a couple weeks ago. i think we saw it when rudolph was on.

and ya, i thought the change at the end was crappy. i thought the new plastic canister in the basket just messed it up.

Ghosted by schroeder @ 12/20/2005 3:58 PM EST

omigod, i cant WAIT for the update!

nothing going on at work, i just keep checking back over and over, it’s making me feel crazy.

i know it takes time to make such quality entries, matt, but HURRY UP!!!!!

Ghosted by schroeder @ 12/20/2005 4:00 PM EST

These calendars are getting better by the day!!

And nice with adding the "X-Entertainment" on the screen of the new Adverts, so no one can claim them as their own. Some idiots will try to take em anyway, but they’re still gonna be yours! :D

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 12/20/2005 4:13 PM EST

Merry Christmas!. No, that’s not what I want to say. Christmas comes but once a year. No, that’s not true, it comes about 20 times for me, stupid fertile family. Have a safe holiday… no, I know:

I can’t believe it’s not butter. Alright, I don’t have anything to comment on, I’m just waiting for my Mare Wares. I hope wares means what I think it does because nothing else rhymes with Mare.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 12/20/2005 4:22 PM EST

Ah, yes. Who needed a Coleco Donkey Kong when you had a Tandy KingMan. I’m sorry Billy, but the stores were all out of "Simon", so you get "Copycat." I know you wanted Decepticon Shockwave, but here’s a Radio Shack Galactic Man.
Actually, those were cool, in a Paralell-
Earth kind of way.

Ghosted by kingklash @ 12/20/2005 4:26 PM EST

Ahh, the day before heading home for Christmas for the usual week. Finishing up my annual viewing of "Santa Claus: The Movie" On DVD! Boo yah! Course it’s kinda weird, being that Santa dies in the first five minutes to be reborn by weird star powers. But man I love the first movie where he becomes Santa Claus, rather than the second movie it becomes for some odd reason when it has to go to modern day.

Man what a weird (albeit cool) movie!

Ho Ho Ho, Merry Christmas from my Terrifying Claws to yours!

Ghosted by Terror Claws Cole @ 12/20/2005 4:26 PM EST

i for one am happy that they are recycling the old holiday standard commercials. it gives me a warm fuzzy

Ghosted by bitchpants @ 12/20/2005 4:35 PM EST

I have to say that my favorite flavor candy cane has always been Spearmint. Damn hard to find which makes them all the better when I do.

Never saw the He’man special, but looking at He-man and She-ra arm in arm like lovers who can’t keep there hands off each other just creeps me out completely. With He-mans smile and the surprised look on She-ra’s face one can only wonder where there hands are.

Ghosted by Wenthral @ 12/20/2005 4:37 PM EST

Matt,
Really enjoying the Advent and Advert calendars. You’re outdoing yourself this year, man.

Also, I’ve been seeing x-e mentions all over the place. You had a mention in the last Wizard that came out about a month ago, and today on IMDB they’ve got a link to the old Spidey Crayola review. Not real sure why, but I guess this will probably result in some increased traffic.

Chris

Ghosted by Chris Martin @ 12/20/2005 4:40 PM EST

Now that you mention it Wenthral, every time I glance at the DVD I keep thinking the emblem on She-Ra’s chest is He-mans oddly bent hand feeling her up. Look at it real quick and see if you can see it.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 12/20/2005 4:43 PM EST

schroeder,yourcomment made me feel better.i should have been in on that discussion about it.glad other people noticed it,now i dont feel like im the only one who notices such things.no one else gets it when i point the commercial out to them. i think x-entertainment is my home.you people understand me!

Ghosted by becki @ 12/20/2005 4:50 PM EST

dohopoki I’ll raise my glass and toast to that! "To fertile families!! hear hear!"

Ghosted by Double G @ 12/20/2005 5:04 PM EST

dohopoki
The arm you are looking at is She-ra’s going behind he-man. You can see his at all. both though almost have to have there hands resting squarely on each others ass.

Ick, aren’t they brother and sister or something?

Ghosted by Wenthral @ 12/20/2005 5:14 PM EST

I just picked up the He-Man and She-Ra Xmas DVD the other day. Almost didn’t, though, it wasn’t on the Xmas list I submitted to my mother a week after Halloween. But she sent me out to FYE to get stuff for my brothers along with 3 DVDs of my chosing. Got that one, Garfield Holiday (which I have on VHS as well), and some cute fluffy girly anime I’m sure no one else is interested in.

I know how you feel about the VHS collection thing. I’ve got about 1,000 videos and with the incoming DVDs I’m getting freaking swamped. I keep meaning to just set the DVR to transfer them while I sleep, but I keep forgetting or run out of discs. When Real Ghostbusters comes out in Feb, the random ep volumes won’t have 3 eps I have on my DVD and I’ll wind up getting 3 more discs, then they’ll announce season-sets coming out, then I’ll have to start slitting throats. *hiss*

Ghosted by Mystie @ 12/20/2005 5:15 PM EST

I suppose it is the wrong shade of arm now that you mention it. I don’t care, I’m going to keep seeing what I want to see.

Ghosted by dohopoki @ 12/20/2005 5:19 PM EST

Matt, of course we’re diggin’ it. I won’t get a chance to check the Advent till tomorrow, sniff. Anyone want to buy me a new computer for Xmas? Anyone??

I love candy canes. All flavors. Although I think my favorite are the Hershey’s Chocolate Mint ones, because if you use them to stir your cocoa it’s an orgasm in a mug. I bought 2 boxes of candy canes so far this year, cinnamon and regular. I’m the only one around who eats them and I’ve been mowing through them like they’re going out of style.

Never saw the He-Man special that I can remember, but I loved me some She-Ra as a kid, so maybe I did and I just don’t remember. Then again, I never had cable till age 14, so I probably haven’t seen it. And yeah, I am royally creeped out by the cover picture. Royally.

Off I go to Grandma’s house to make some fudge for work…I’ll be back tomorrow with an extra 10 lbs. from eating the scraps.

Ghosted by Nicole @ 12/20/2005 5:25 PM EST

Speaking of He-man, I hope everyone got to read this Penny Arcade from Friday.

Ghosted by Jessica Marie @ 12/20/2005 6:10 PM EST

*Warning* I’m about to answer a question posed in the previous thread.

Earthwormgoddess (and anyone else who’s interested), I picked up one of those adorable little pound puppy ornaments today at Toys ‘R Us (In the girly section near the Cabbage Patch Kids).

Ghosted by Rhino @ 12/20/2005 6:10 PM EST

Thank you for that link Jessica Marie (laughed my butt off)! Between that and the advent and advert updates, a crummy day just got a lot brighter. Also, I bought the He-man and She-ra Christas Special a couple of weeks ago and it was better than I remember it. I’m pretty sure this shows just what a horrible loser I am but oh well…

Ghosted by Bludge @ 12/20/2005 6:28 PM EST

Anyone else been to a radio shack where they have like 50-100+ overstock of those Pocket Repeaters (Simon-ripoffs)? They must have made fourty billion of the things.

Ghosted by AlphaCentaurian @ 12/20/2005 6:42 PM EST

I like the idea of candy canes, but I never seem to eat them because I’m not big on peppermint and I never get out to the store and look for the other flavors.

So far most of my non-material Christmas wishes have come true: my financial aid will come through but it will be a few days late so I have to keep registering for classes, getting dropped, and re-registering. I got all A’s and B’s this semester. I don’t know how my mom’s cousin is doing but I know my great-aunt’s party is still on, which means she’s in a good enough mood to THROW a party, which means her son is not near death or anything like that. So, things are looking good for me this Christmas!

Ghosted by jazzy @ 12/20/2005 7:39 PM EST

"I tried my best to speak logically about a transforming Grayskull heroine who’s asking a mermaid for help in finding a rare gem that’ll make a dimensional portal work so a guy with a bowl on his head can teleport an alien magician back home. Kill me."

Genius. Sheer genius.

GREAT review.

Ghosted by dj BC @ 12/20/2005 7:52 PM EST

That He-Man DVD is hillarious. My boyfriend and I really enjoyed it–we laughed hysterical at the She-Ra music. I guess we forgot that it sounded like leftover 70s porno music. That music video had us rolling–they’re talking about "love." Aren’t they twins? Buy this if you have the chance–its such a retro Christmas special! It also comes compelte with the Filmations closing logo title card.

Ghosted by Allison @ 12/20/2005 8:18 PM EST

With a lack of music here at home (I didn’t feel like lugging home CDs and my dad doesn’t exactly know how to download mp3s) the X-E 2005 jukebox is treatin’ me really nice.

Ghosted by Jeff Mack @ 12/20/2005 8:58 PM EST

Went to BEST BUY (and a ton of other places yesterday) doing the Christmas shopping. They did not have the HE-MAN and SHE-RA CHRISTMAS SPECIAL that I was so eager to get. So, I just ordered it off AMAZON. I have never seen it but I know that it will be great. I also picked up the MOTU SEASON 1 as part of my Christmas. Me and Mrs. Manimal are just going through the motions this year and buying presents for each other in the open. No surprises but we still we plan on wrapping the gifts. Go figure.

Ghosted by The Manimal @ 12/20/2005 8:59 PM EST

I saw the "He-Man & She-Ra Christmas Special" at a couple of places up at the malls, including Suncoast Video and Best Buy. I was a good girl and didn’t buy it, as I was Christmas shopping and needed to save money, but I may pick it up after the holidays if I can find it again (and if I can’t, I may just go to Amazon).

Nicole, I love the Hershey’s Chocolate Mint candy canes, too. I must have eaten a ton the first year my mom found them. I only have regular cheap ones on the tree, and I usually don’t eat them. It’s too much for me, and my family has plenty of candy of its own.

Ghosted by starwenn @ 12/20/2005 9:48 PM EST

Matt hasn’t said anything about the hideous transit situation in New York. From what I’ve seen on the news, there’s no way he’s not getting affected….

Ghosted by Mars @ 12/21/2005 12:31 PM EST

Watching Leno now (dont ask, tuned in early for Conan)

Big Bad Voodoo Daddy is singing the Snowmiser/Heatmiser song now!!

Wow, and Jay said it was from their new cd too. :D

Ghosted by Invader Norbert @ 12/21/2005 12:34 PM EST

Yeah, I picked up MOTU season 1. I was expecting the first episode to be like the beginning of He-Man with the Sorceress giving him the sword and all. Of course I couldn’t remember ever having seen said episode, but I figured I’d just forgotten it. But it just jumps right on in, and I don’t mind. I’m sure I completely didn’t care as a kid, as long as I got to see Beastman getting his butt kicked once again.

Ghosted by Gabbylicious @ 12/21/2005 3:34 AM EST

Wow. Flsvoured candy sticks. The mint ones are boring enough that I have one left over from last year. It’s now hanging on Tree #1. We have ‘four’ trees, of varying sizes, ranging from Twig to Bough. Deck the halls, and stuff.
So, uh, yeah. I need some flavoured ones.

Loving the Santa II arc in the advent calendar. Hate to admit it, but the Waiterbot thing didn’t really have that same awesome appeal that the past two calendars had. Maybe because it was more focused on him than the actual presents, which just got a passing mention. Though I guess they are just wagons and kegs, there’s still a bunch of fun to be had with them. As the Holy Cow showed.

Ghosted by onslaught86 @ 12/21/2005 7:10 AM EST

I don’t know, Onslaught. Waiterbot became my favorite character this year.

Ghosted by Mike @ 12/21/2005 8:04 AM EST

I think Matt said in a post that he’s off of work this week. No wonder he’s not affected.

Ghosted by Allison @ 12/21/2005 8:20 AM EST

**Allison**: thanks for the info in the last post, I’ll have to check it out. What shore do you live at? I go to cape may pretty much every weekend during the summer.

I finally saw the old folgers commercial last night, while decorationg the christmas tree. Perfect timing. Me, me mom, and me bro were doing the tree thing until 12 or so last night. Our tree is a bit funny looking ( it didn’t look funny at the lot), but it looks nice now with all the trimmins on it.

Ghosted by Geoffinsanity @ 12/21/2005 9:30 AM EST

The Uk box is way better http://www.play.com/play247.asp?pa=srmr&page=title&r=R2&title=704920

Ghosted by Scotty @ 12/21/2005 10:15 AM EST

The UK box gets points for Hordak, but I prefer the States’ version, because I Am An American!!!

Ghosted by Matt @ 12/21/2005 10:16 AM EST

well, he-man and she-ra are still snuggle bunnies on the UK cover, so they are equally disturbing in my book

Ghosted by bitchpants @ 12/21/2005 11:07 AM EST

I jumped on the site yesterday to catch up and must have somehow skipped the blog comments – I don’t know how that’s possible. Since I only post when I have something to say, I feel compelled even though I’m late. Here are some of my belated comments (I had more comments about other topics, but it was getting ridiculously long so I deleted them):

I actually love Dan Fogelberg’s "Another Auld Lang Syne", but I’m a dork like that. What infuriates me is that "Dear Mr. Jesus" isn’t even a Chrismtas song, they just trudge it out on Christmas to make people cry for no good reason. Does anyone remember when that song originally came out? We (most of us anyway) were kids – it was probably 1986 or 1987. Some little girl got beaten to death by her parents and it was all over the news (I remember because she was a kid like me and it affected me a little.) The song was in memory of her. Now, 20 years later, they’re playing it between "It’s a Marshmallow World" and "Feliz Navidad". I don’t get it. Also, there’s one thing I loathed about the "Do They Know It’s Christmas" song – the line "There won’t be snow in Africa this Christmastime." Like that’s one reason why we consider them less fortunate – their inability to celebrate a white Christmas. It’s freakin’ Africa! My husband had to chisel his car out of ice yesterday morning to go to work. Yeah, those poor, sad Africans with their balmy Decembers. Say a prayer for them tonight, won’t you?

By the way, Bob Carlisle should be tied up and gagged for all of eternity. I entertained the thought after "Butterfly Kisses", but "Christmas Shoes" confirmed it.

Ghosted by Lori @ 12/21/2005 11:28 AM EST

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