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Invader ZIM - Horrible Holiday Cheer (Vol. 3)

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The DVDs come to an end with this final volume. For those who haven't gotten their hands on the unaired episodes, you're in for a major treat. Here are the episodes on this volume.

GIR Goes Crazy and Stuff / Dib's Wonderful Life of Doom
TAK the Hideous New Girl
The Most Horrible Xmas Ever
Backseat Drivers from Beyond the Stars
The Girl Who Cried Gnome / Dibship Rising
Vindicated! / Voting of the Doomed
Mortos der Soulstealer / ZIM Eats Waffles
Gaz, Taster of Pork
The Frycook What Came From All that Space

But first, here's a little backstory. ZIM was on the verge of being cancelled by the time the second season was started. The first season ended with TAK, and the first seven episodes of season two were already being animated. Then Nick pulled the plug on the show. But not after one last episode Jhonen proposed to do to end the series with a bang. So, 'The Most Horrible Xmas Ever,' which was scheduled to be made near the end of season two, was pushed up and made, thus explaining Minimoose's unusual appearence. Minimoose did have an introduction, but it was never completed. So 'Xmas' aired, and the remaining six completed episodes were shown around the world, but not here in the US. And now, we can finally see them. WATCH Dib conjure up the ancient being Mortos der Soulstealer! MARVEL at the horrible pig girl that is Gaz! GASP at ZIM eating waffles for eleven whole minutes!

There will be commentary for almost all episodes, and also the animatics of course. But I hope they include some of the artwork, scripts, and other things they had completed for the incomplete season two episodes. There were at least ten that were at least laid out. Four episodes even got recorded: "Return of Keef," where Keef makes a triumphant return, "Mopiness of Doom," where Dib tries to do REAL science, "Simon Says Doom," where ZIM babysits kids, and "Nubs of Doom," Minimoose's premier episode. But, these are just things I hope are on the DVD. I didn't want to get anyone's hopes up if they're not.

This DVD is very good because it has unaired episodes such as

-Gir goes crazy and stuff- aired before

-Tak:the heidious new girl- aired before

-Backseat drivers from beyond the stars- not aired in the USA creator of invader zims favorite episode too!

-Girl who cried gnome- not aired in UsA

-Dib ship rising- not aired in UsA

-Frycook from space- not aired before in Usa

-vidicated- not aired in USA

-voting of the doomed- not aired either

-zim eats waffles- not aired in USA

-Gaz taster of pork- not aired in USA

-Uncut x-mas episode- aired in Usa uncut!

-Mortos der soul stealer- Not aired in Usa.

-Dibs wonderfull life of doom- aired before.


This dvd has 13 episodes plus 10 unaired episodes also see cool extras!!!!!!!!!!

Firstly, Jen down there doesn't have all the facts straight. Yes, the uncut version of the Christmas episode was not on the disc, but it wasn't just some rumor spread by fanboys. It was actually supposed to be on the disc, and it's on the description on the back of the DVD box. However, because of a mixup at Media Blasters, they accidentally put the wrong episode on the disc. I hear they're trying to fix the problem.

Anyway, on to the DVD. This one was probably the best volume of the three. The unaired Season 2 episodes, along with my personal favorite episode The Frycook What Came From All That Space, are on the disc, as well as the Season 1 Finale and, of course, the Christmas episode. Unlike the previous 2 volumes, all the episodes on this volume have commentary on them. The commentary for this volume is probably the funniest out of the three as well. On the second disc there's the interview with the production crew, which interviews Bryan Konietzko, Jason Stiff, Chris Graham, Ian Graham, and Rayfield Angrum. Still no interview with Jhonen Vasquez, which is a disappointment.

Although Media Blasters made a mistake with the Christmas episode and there was no interview with Jhonen, this DVD volume still deserves 5 stars. Invader Zim is probably the funniest show in existance, and it shows on this volume.

In the far reaches of space, the Irken Empire moves ever closer to universal domination. Unbeknowest to the Irkens, however, important battles are occuring on Earth between child paranormalist Dib, and ZIM, an annoying, stubborn Irken Invader (Invaders are those who infiltrate planets and find out how to take over it). As the series moves closer to it's end, the almost-Irken Invader TAK comes into play, and the Empire begins the most deciding battles of all: crush the resistance or be crushed.

Unfortunately, ZIM was cancelled before it reached the two part Season 2 finale, which would have set up the next phase in the show's storyline. However, you can watch the series progress throughout the 3 volumes (this being the last) and discover the story arc that seemed to only become clear in Season 2.

From mastermind Jhonen Vasquez (comics "Johnny the Homicidal Maniac," "I Feel Sick," "Squee!") and director Steve Ressel (tv shows "Rocko's Modern Life," "Stressed Eric," "God, the Devil, and Bob") comes Invader ZIM, the show that Nickelodeon just couldn't handle.

On these discs, you'll find the completely uncut version of "The Most Horrible Xmas Ever," the infamous Christmas special, "TAK: The Hideous New Girl," which introduced TAK, Fan favorites "Backseat Drivers From Beyond the Stars" and "The Frycook What Came From All That Space," the zany "ZIM Eats Waffles," "Gaz, Taster of Pork"- the episode that got ZIM cancelled, and more.

Hurry and grab yourself one of the finest animated series ever made today!

For all you Zim fans that weren't able to see the unaired-in-America Zim eppies, this DVD is for you. It features two disks and plenty of action and zimmy humor. It's got the UNCUT Zim Christmas episode, "The Most Horrible Christmas Ever!" and much more. (in zim voice: SO MUCH MORE!) So if you never got the chance, like myself, to watch the horrible zimmy madness that never showed on TV, and the other few episodes that did go on TV, and stuff, then click that pre order button. Just Do it.

...If you click it, I'll let you hold Pustulio's little hand...

Yes, yet another fabulous DVD in the 3 volumes of the Invader Zim series, the series which was killed long before it should of by inept Nickelodeon corporate nitwits. Yet more insane crazy Monkey Fun from such a cult hit. Before you go ahead a buy this particular volume right now, WAIT AND READ ON! The advertised "UNCUT XMAS EPISODE" is not currently on this volume. The Media Blasters people reported a "BOO BOO" on their part, and accidently put on the edited episode. They intend to replace the mistake on future printings of this volume. It was last reported that they HOPE to have this problem fixed by Late November of 2004 OR possibly sometime in December 2004. So it might be best for those of you who do not have any of the volumes yet to wait until the ULTIMATE set is released (Hopefully) sometime in January 2005. There are two things listed to be released in January 2005 for Invader Zim Box sets. One is "JUST THE BOX" along with ONE extra DVD and a few other nicknacks (it does not include the 6 DVD's of the episodes, so don't be lured in by it's price). The second is the actual FULL and complete box set of EVERYTHING, including all 6 DVD's of the 3 volume set, along with the extra DVD, along with the BOX and other goodies. So sit back and wait a little while, it won't be much longer till we can have our ultimate fun. Gir - "I'M NAKED!!"

As fabulous as this show is, my first thought would be, someone please....pleeeeeaaaase have enough sense to put this show back on the air!!! I have to be honest, I've known about this show for years. I just barely started watching it, and the more episodes I watch, the funnier it gets, and the more addictive it becomes. I find myself seriously craving MORE ZIIIIIIIM to the point of explosion!! And of course, like previous LEGENDARY cartoons (i.e. Angry Beavers, well IMO at least) Nick has the stupidity to cancel it (but I understand why given that it shouldn't have started on Nick to begin with - the humor is too mature for small children).

Now that this show has such a massive following, the smart thing to do would be to put this on a network not geared towards children. There are so many cartoons these days not geared towards children, and the ones that are still around are wildly popular. I'm just waiting for a network to see the massive potential they'd have here and start creating more episodes of Zim. Will someone out there have enough sense to start up Zim again and please all of us Zim lovers? Probably not. But it still gives me great comfort to think that it's possible, and that one day, a network might pull their head out and quench the publics thirst for what we want.....NEW ZIM!!

This is the third and final volume in the long-awaited Zim DVD set. It contains all 6 of the unaired season 2 episodes, which, aside from some grainy encodes sent to fan site servers from fans in Brazil, (as well as occasional screenings at conventions and the like) have never been seen by residents of the U.S. or Canada.
This final installment in the series finishes of the first season with the fan favorite "Tak, the Hideous New Girl" which started a whole new continuity which carried into the second season and, had the series continued, would have brought the series into more space-themed stories, where Dib and the Resisty would join forces to oppose the Irken Empire. Unfortunately, such a turn of events never took place, but we did at least get to see a few great continuital episodes such as "Backseat Drivers From Beyond the Stars" and the highly sought after "Frycook What Came From All That Space", which was predecessor to a major but unfinished episode, "The Trial."
We also get a lot of irrelevant but funny episodes, features of which include Dib and his guidance counselor, a little girl who gets stranded in Zim's gnome field, and a curse that makes everything Gaz eats taste like pork.
The only major problem with this volume is the accidental inclusion of the edited-for-TV version of "The Most Horrible Xmas Ever." While Media Blasters is working to correct the problem, it's still disapointing that we don't yet get to see staff member Ian Graham crushed to death by an immense piece of machinery.
This is a must-buy for any Zim fan, of course, but fans of animation in general will enjoy the well orchestrated chase scenes and fancy CG effects used in a few of the major episodes. There's also some particularly great scores here from composer Kevin Manthei, whose interview is not included on this or any other volume, so we'll have to assume that it will be included on the "extra disc" packaged with the box set.
Flaws aside, this is the perfect way to wrap up a great and obscure animated series. Get it.

I just recently purchased "Horrible Holiday Cheer", the third volume of the cancelled Vasquez masterpiece "Invader Zim". Aside from the lack of extras, the dvd is just as good as the previous volumes, except for a couple of things.
1. Volume 3 has the infamous Christmas episode, "The Most Horrible X-mas Ever" and 2. Volume 3 also has a number of unaired episodes. That's right, episodes that never made it to the screen thanks to Nickelodeon's bogus advertising priorities.
There are nine full episodes on this disc (most of which have two separate sub-eps in them), and you'd be hard pressed to find it selling for more than $17 anywhere. If you're into bizarre humor with a twisted sci-fi edge, there's honestly no better human worm baby to turn to than Zim.

For some reason, I tend to hook onto television shows which are just too progressive for the majority of drones out there. Does anyone remember the (original British) Max Headroom in the '80s? After the pilot, they produced about 8 shows, and it was prematurelly cancelled. When they tried to bring it back, it totally lost the edge.

So the same thing with Zim. But at least Zim was just cancelled before Nick tried to sugar it up. I still find it amazing that Nick even aired the show. These are the kind of cartoons to which none other can stand against.

From the commentary, the people involved give the impression that a lot of the work was half-baked, and I shudder to think what would happen if the producers were give total creative freedom, rather than being dragged down by the masses.

In any event, Zim is a brilliant creation which was deemed unworthy by Nick for further production.

If you've not seen Zim, you need to seriously buy all three of these DVD's and have a blowout weekend just watching them. You'll find yourself a better person.