Thursday, August 17, 2006

Future Universal horor DVD Sets?

MAD SCIENTIST COLLECTION
Island of Lost Souls
Man Made Monster
The Mad Ghoul
The Monster and the Girl
The Mad Doctor of Market Street
The Strange Case of Doctor Rx

THE ABBOTT & COSTELLO COLLECTION
Hold That Ghost
Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein
Abbott & Costello Meet the Killer
Abbott & Costello Meet the Invisible Man
Abbott & Costello Meet Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde
Abbott & Costello Meet the Mummy

THE CAPTIVE WILD WOMAN COLLECTION
Captive Wild Woman
Jungle Woman
Jungle Captive

THE MURDER COLLECTION
The Black Cat (1941)
Night Monster
Murders In the Zoo
Murder in the Blue Room

THE VILLAIN COLLECTION
House of Horrors
Horror Island
The Spiderwoman Strikes Back
The Cat Creeps

The Mystery of Edwin Drood
The Uninvited
The Mystery of Marie Roget

Tuesday, August 15, 2006

Why China Banned the Simpsons

If you're interested in animation, you've probably heard about China's decision to ban popular foreign cartoons, including Pokemon, the Simpsons, and Bugs Bunny, from the hours of 5 pm to 10 pm. This is to being done to aid the Chinese animation industry.

What isn't being commented on so much is that this is more than just protectionism. The BBC story notes that "Chinese animations use traditional stories such as Journey to the West, about the adventures of the Monkey King."

In other words, they're not just putting up barriers to foreign cartoons, they're trying to ban modern pop culture, even their own.