The Killers and Voltron Vehicle Force

As before, nothing to do with each other, just what's on my mind.

The Killers' new song, "Human", has some of the sparkling synthesizer sounds of their great first album; unfortunately, it also has the vocal and lyrical pomposity of their terrible second album. In the end, band and fans alike lose.

And there's only five weeks left until the release of the Voltron Collection 6 DVD, containing the earliest Vehicle Force episodes; I always liked the Vehicle Force episodes a lot better than the Lion episodes.

Silverhawks Volume 1 DVD

An underrated 80s TV space opera cartoon finally becomes available for old fans and a new generation. Picture and sound quality are excellent, the better to appreciate the painterly color scheme worthy of classic Disney and the superlative score by Swiss composer Bernard Hoffer (who also did the equally excellent music for Silverhawks' sister show, Thundercats.) The one disappointment is the behind-the-scenes feature. It's only ten minutes long, and while Maggie Wheeler gives a fun interview (she considers Melodia to be "the first of my famous annoying characters"), the other surviving cast members, Peter Newman and Larry Kenney, are very much missed, especially considering how good their interviews were on the Thundercats DVD feature. Still a worthy addition to any animation fan's collection. No word yet on if or when there will be a Volume 2 collecting the remaining episodes.