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Summary: Not bad, but not as "buena" as I'd hoped it would be...
Review: After catching wind of Mucha Lucha and its sorta pro-wrestling theme (I'm a semi-regular watcher of WWE Raw), I decided to give the silly misadventures of three young aspiring luchadores (Rikochet™ and his trusty sidekicks Buena Girl™ and The Flea™) at the Foremost World-Renowned International School of Lucha (and elsewhere) a shot. I found myself reasonably entertained by this six-pack of short episodes that combined... - ...the pacing of (and a slight resemblance to) the 'PowerPuff Girls' with...
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- the gravity-defying, over-the-top cartoon violence and silly predicaments of 'Looney Tunes', - Rikochet's 'Calvin & Hobbes'-esque interaction with an animated (heh) action figure, - a few bizarre facial expressions borrowed from 'Ren & Stimpy', - a subtle dig at Pokemon, personified by the aptly-named SweetPea™, - several digs at pro wrestling, 'natch (such as everyone in this weird cartoon world being dressed in garish spandex outfits and Rey Mysterio-type masks, the Flea referrin' to himself in the third person, an episode involving the fate of the lucha school's "heels", class instructors who lecture in loud and obnoxious voices, and very cartoonish (duh) finishing moves), - The obligatory bipolar authority figure (the aptly-named Headmistress™) who goes from a soft-spoken glad-hander to a loud, overbearing tyrant in the blink of an eye, and... - ...more things I could go into, but I think you get the gist. However, despite finding the eppies on this platter a fairly enjoyable waste of time, it's not interesting enough for me to label it a 'keeper'. Definitely a 'renter', but not a 'keeper'. This classification is due to the fact that 'Mucha Lucha' isn't all that fresh to me; many of the gags and situations depicted in this volume have been done before-- and were better executed-- in the world of 'toonage (as evidenced in the bulleted list above). On the upside, 'Mucha Lucha' is more watchable than most of the other kiddie 'toon shows they're puttin' out on the airwaves nowadays. And a few of the characters are pretty cool-looking, especially the lightbulb-noggined Megawatt™. He even managed to grab a small a giggle from me when he blew his filament whilst he and the rest of the lucha class witnessed the Flea demonstrating his disgusting off-camera finishing move (BTW the Flea's sickening out-of-frame hijinks is one of the regular running gags on the show). Also included are a couple extra features, including a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show, a music video of the Mucha Lucha theme song, and a couple DVD-ROM PC games. Unfortunately, I had little interest in checking out any of these special features... so I didn't. Well, except for the music video, which was pretty sad... 'Late
Rating:
Summary: Not bad, but not as "buena" as I'd hoped it would be...
Review: After catching wind of Mucha Lucha and its sorta pro-wrestling theme (I'm a semi-regular watcher of WWE Raw), I decided to give the silly misadventures of three young aspiring luchadores (Rikochet™ and his trusty sidekicks Buena Girl™ and The Flea™) at the Foremost World-Renowned International School of Lucha (and elsewhere) a shot. I found myself reasonably entertained by this six-pack of short episodes that combined... - ...the pacing of (and a slight resemblance to) the 'PowerPuff Girls' with...
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- the gravity-defying, over-the-top cartoon violence and silly predicaments of 'Looney Tunes', - Rikochet's 'Calvin & Hobbes'-esque interaction with an animated (heh) action figure, - a few bizarre facial expressions borrowed from 'Ren & Stimpy', - a subtle dig at Pokemon, personified by the aptly-named SweetPea™, - several digs at pro wrestling, 'natch (such as everyone in this weird cartoon world being dressed in garish spandex outfits and Rey Mysterio-type masks, the Flea referrin' to himself in the third person, an episode involving the fate of the lucha school's "heels", class instructors who lecture in loud and obnoxious voices, and very cartoonish (duh) finishing moves), - The obligatory bipolar authority figure (the aptly-named Headmistress™) who goes from a soft-spoken glad-hander to a loud, overbearing tyrant in the blink of an eye, and... - ...more things I could go into, but I think you get the gist. However, despite finding the eppies on this platter a fairly enjoyable waste of time, it's not interesting enough for me to label it a 'keeper'. Definitely a 'renter', but not a 'keeper'. This classification is due to the fact that 'Mucha Lucha' isn't all that fresh to me; many of the gags and situations depicted in this volume have been done before-- and were better executed-- in the world of 'toonage (as evidenced in the bulleted list above). On the upside, 'Mucha Lucha' is more watchable than most of the other kiddie 'toon shows they're puttin' out on the airwaves nowadays. And a few of the characters are pretty cool-looking, especially the lightbulb-noggined Megawatt™. He even managed to grab a small a giggle from me when he blew his filament whilst he and the rest of the lucha class witnessed the Flea demonstrating his disgusting off-camera finishing move (BTW the Flea's sickening out-of-frame hijinks is one of the regular running gags on the show). Also included are a couple extra features, including a behind-the-scenes look at the making of the show, a music video of the Mucha Lucha theme song, and a couple DVD-ROM PC games. Unfortunately, I had little interest in checking out any of these special features... so I didn't. Well, except for the music video, which was pretty sad... 'Late
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Summary: It's all buena!
Review: As a PowerPuff Girls fan I could hardly not fall for Mucha Lucha. Unfortunately our local WB station has stopped running it, so I was very excited to see it offered on video. This has the first six stories from the show (that's THREE actual shows for a running time of about 65 minutes). This show is very over the top and cartoony. There's nothing real about it at all. (A character tries to gain 600 pounds overnight... and exceeds that.) But if you find the idea of a whole town of masked wrestlers pretty funny... wrestlers who have superpowers like turning into a bulldozer ... wrestlers who uphold the the pillars of Honor! Family! Tradition! (and Donuts!) then you might enjoy this cartoon. And don't miss the Chicos de Barrio music video at the end. The Mucha Lucha theme will run through your head all day!
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Summary: Hey, my son loves it
Review: In a world where quality cartoons are a thing of the past and every cartoon is just a half hour advertisement for a card game, its nice to see a cartoon be a cartoon. The characters are well done with my son loving The Flea. In the end, it really tries to teach a moral to the kids and is fun along the way. And, I don't have to buy any cards.
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Summary: Warner Hispanic Video?
Review: Warner Home i mean Hispanic Video and Kids WB bring thw first six episodes of the Mucha Lucha TV series on DVD for the first time starring Richochet Buena Girl and The Flea as their kooky crazy Latino enter the Home Entertainment technolgy of the 21st Century
With cool extras such as behind the scenes, music videos, DVD-ROM games, and more (...)
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