Cartoon Fun

Bug loves his DVDs.
He had quite the collection of movies when I first met him. His assortment of movie titles ranged from si-fi to horror, lots of horror. Yes, Bug has a tendency toward the freaky and gory. He really enjoys action films too; car chases, fist fights, guns firing off uncountable amount of bullets and things blown to bits can get Bug squirming in his seat.
Bug's also been returning to his childhood. He adores the cartoons he grew up with. The list is too long to even count. One of the things Bug did to occupy himself when he first moved away from home was to take the shows he'd taped on VHS and convert them to DVD. The recopied quality was terrible, all fuzzy and grainy, but it kept these shows alive for Bug.
Since I've come along we've been able to add to his DVD collection with boxed sets and full series of some of his ultimate favorite shows. There's a company in the States that Bug had dealt with extensively online. Bug acquired one particular series about four adolescent turtles that kick bad-guy butt, however soon after owning the series, this online store promised a remastered version. Bug sends e-mail to them every couple of weeks to check in with the progress of this new and improved version. Following the adventures of Leonardo, Donatello, Raphael and Michelangelo had been something that Bug's done since the show came to life on TV screens big time in 1987. In the early two thousands, an updated version of the show hit airwaves which Bug watched, taped and converted to DVD. It's been over two decades that Bug's enjoyed, re-watched and re-watched and re-watched this series.
Every so often he'll find a series (that may have lasted a season or two) on Amazon for cheap and he'll get it. In two years his animated series collection has grown a lot. He's received several series as birthday and Christmas gifts and also just because gifts. I think those can be the funnest gifts, getting something in the middle of the year, far away from Christmas and far enough away from his birthday.
Bug's screen saver on his desk-top computer cycles through hundreds of pictures he's downloaded from the internet. Colourful images of the shows he owns and one's he's hoping to get scroll by in an endless stream. Bug has several screen-shots from Jackie Chan Adventures, a show he's been unable to buy as it hasn't been released in it's entirety yet. Definitely not being able to buy it, has increased Bug's interest in it.
Bug's aware that there are other ways to watch his favorite shows, Youtube, free online websites and now Netflix, but I think there is a comfort and pleasure in looking over at the shelves lined with the plastic DVD cases and seeing childhood memories all in a row.

Until the next time...