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I just noticed that TVLand has started showing a few Sid and Marty Kroft series early in the mornings. H.R. Pufnstuf, Lidsville, Sigmund & the Sea Monsters and Electra Woman & Dyna Girl.
Wow, between this and the Muppet Show DVDs courtesy of Netflix, I’m awash in the 70s children’s cheesey television of my youth.
New trailer for Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban is available for the potter-heads out there.
June should be an interesting month.
Brand new Spider-Man 2 trailer is available here for streaming or downloading.
The CGI costume looks a little bright and cartoony, giving it an obviously pasted on to the scene effect, but I still very much enjoyed the trailer and will be there on day one of the release. I’m sure work is continueing on improving the CGI even now.
I’m sure most people have never heard of Leo Laporte, and of those that have probably don’t care, but I was saddened to see even the reduced air time of the former Screensavers and Call For Help host come to a complete end due to a bit of corporate greed.
Personally, after having The Screensavers in my TiVo’s season pass list for a long time, I’m considering removing it simply because while I still like remaining host Patrick Norton, he seems so out of place with the now all twenty-something cast. I’ve never warmed to Kevin Rose, especially in light of the network’s continual push of his “dark tipper” persona, and frankly am getting a wee bit tired of the “cutesy” on-air bits between him and his girlfriend.
Novalogic has released a patch to their PC game Joint Operations, which promises to fix the physics problems. Unfortunately, you can still drive your vehicles out of a flying helicopter and live thanks to the game’s broken physics, but you can also learn how to . (7MB, Windows Media Format)