{"id":2174,"date":"2011-01-25T01:35:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-25T06:35:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/?p=2174"},"modified":"2011-02-02T01:10:56","modified_gmt":"2011-02-02T06:10:56","slug":"thundarr-and-star-crash-on-dvd-at-last","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/thundarr-and-star-crash-on-dvd-at-last\/","title":{"rendered":"Thundarr and Star Crash on DVD at last"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbshop.com\/Thundarr-The-Barbarian-The-Complete-Series-198082\/1000180186,default,pd.html?cgid=\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"float: right; border: none; margin: 0px 0px 4px 4px;\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Thundarr_DVD.jpg\" alt=\"Thundarr The Barbarian\" title=\"Thundarr The Barbarian\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a>I am still attempting to watch every DVD we own in more or less alphabetical order (and I am still on &#8220;C&#8221;), but two DVDs were released recently that I had to tell people about.<\/p>\n<p>The first is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbshop.com\/Thundarr-The-Barbarian-The-Complete-Series-198082\/1000180186,default,pd.html?cgid=\">Thundarr The Barbarian<\/a>. This is a show from the early-mid 1980s about an ill-tempered barbarian in a fur teddy, a <del datetime=\"2011-01-25T06:13:13+00:00\">Wookie<\/del> Mok named Ookla, and a postmodernly hip, vaguely Asian sorceress in a blue one-piece bathing suit named Ariel (Princess Ariel, actually). <strong>I love this show.<\/strong> I even started writing a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rpglibrary.org\/settings\/thundarr\/index.shtml\">role-playing game based on it<\/a> (which I never finished, although it&#8217;s playable as-is). I have been waiting for years for Thundarr to come to DVD.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s a &#8220;made to order&#8221; DVD, which means it&#8217;s physically on par with a high-quality bootleg. But I don&#8217;t care. I think it&#8217;s worth it to pay for the genuine article.<\/p>\n<div style=\"float: left; border: none; margin: 0px 4px 4px 0px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B003NHMYHO\/rpglibrary\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/01\/Star_Crash.jpg\" alt=\"Star Crash\" title=\"Star Crash\" height=\"250\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The second DVD is released under the aegis of &#8220;Roger Corman&#8217;s Cult Classics&#8221;, although he had almost nothing to do with it: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B003NHMYHO\/rpglibrary\">Star Crash<\/a>, also known as The Adventures Of Stella Star (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B003NHMYHO\/rpglibrary\">the sexy space smuggler<\/a>). This movie is classic. I don&#8217;t think any other Star Wars ripoff is even close to being this entertaining (and that includes the last three Star Wars sequels). You have to see this movie. In fact, we will be riffing it at <a href=\"http:\/\/ravencon.com\/\">RavenCon<\/a> this year, on Friday night. Come join the fun!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am still attempting to watch every DVD we own in more or less alphabetical order (and I am still on &#8220;C&#8221;), but two DVDs were released recently that I had to tell people about. The first is Thundarr The Barbarian. 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