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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.

Posted by Matt on 12/20/2005. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 123 comments

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?

Chestnuts roasted by Wenthral @ 12/20/2005 5:14 PM

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*

Chestnuts roasted by Mystie @ 12/20/2005 5:15 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by dohopoki @ 12/20/2005 5:19 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Nicole @ 12/20/2005 5:25 PM

Speaking of He-man, I hope everyone got to read this http://www.penny-arcade.com/comic/2005/12/16">Penny Arcade from Friday.

Chestnuts roasted by Jessica Marie @ 12/20/2005 6:10 PM

*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).

Chestnuts roasted by Rhino @ 12/20/2005 6:10 PM

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…

Chestnuts roasted by Bludge @ 12/20/2005 6:28 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by AlphaCentaurian @ 12/20/2005 6:42 PM

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!

Chestnuts roasted by jazzy @ 12/20/2005 7:39 PM

"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.

Chestnuts roasted by dj BC @ 12/20/2005 7:52 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 12/20/2005 8:18 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Jeff Mack @ 12/20/2005 8:58 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by The Manimal @ 12/20/2005 8:59 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by starwenn @ 12/20/2005 9:48 PM

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….

Chestnuts roasted by Mars @ 12/21/2005 12:31 PM

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

Chestnuts roasted by Invader Norbert @ 12/21/2005 12:34 PM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Gabbylicious @ 12/21/2005 3:34 AM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by onslaught86 @ 12/21/2005 7:10 AM

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

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 12/21/2005 8:04 AM

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

Chestnuts roasted by Allison @ 12/21/2005 8:20 AM

**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.

Chestnuts roasted by Geoffinsanity @ 12/21/2005 9:30 AM

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

Chestnuts roasted by Scotty @ 12/21/2005 10:15 AM

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

Chestnuts roasted by Matt @ 12/21/2005 10:16 AM

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

Chestnuts roasted by bitchpants @ 12/21/2005 11:07 AM

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.

Chestnuts roasted by Lori @ 12/21/2005 11:28 AM

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