I heart you, Jem and The Holograms, Complete First and Second Seasons DVD box set.

This is one of my favorite DVD sets.  And I didn’t buy it.  An ex-girlfriend bought it for me…after she broke up with me.  She broke up with me; then three months later bought me a birthday present.  Who does that?  Anyway, this is what she bought for me.  It seems kind of strange, that a guy would like this.  But she knew that I used to watch Jem when I was younger; these episodes first appeared on Super Sunday, along with Bigfoot and The Muscle Machines, Inhumanoids, and Robotix.  The format was very serial-like, and the 30 minute show would air only 6 minute excerpts of the various cartoons.

Why do I love Jem?  I don’t know.  Because it’s ridiculous, from a science perspective.  She has earrings that project holograms to change her appearance.  Seriously, think about that.  Anyone who understands holography and how lasers work knows that holograms are not opaque.  But yeah, I know: it’s a cartoon.  Also, for Rio not to be able to tell that Jessica is Jem…that guy is clueless.  And he has purple hair.

Back to Jem, the show…it was your typical show, almost like a G.I. Joe for girls. I like G.I. Joe.  I like girls.  Perfect fit, right?  I’m not going to lie: Jem is hot.  Jessica…meh.  But Jem, come on, look at her.  I was also really into Kimber.  I like the redheads, what can I say?  Yes, I know I’m talking about cartoons.  Girls are girls, right?  I mean, I’m not into cartoon porn or whatever.  Sorry, sidetracked…the show.  The show had some catchy music, some life lessons, The Misfits, and lots of musical hijinks/action.  It was G.I. Joe for girls.  That’s not a bad thing.

I haven’t watched these for a while, but I do know that Rhino screwed up the music for the opening sequence, using the later added (and grammatically incorrect) “Me and my friends are Jem girls. Jem!  Jem is my name!”-song…a terrible terrible song when compared to the original song.  Thankfully, the original “Truly Outrageous” song is at the end credits of each episode.

I need to watch these again.  Right now, one of my goals in life is to watch them with this person, for obvious reasons.  It’s a no brainer, right?  Right.

And may I be frank?  To the ex-girlfriend who bought this for me: Thanks, but you’re still a clueless bitch who lies about stuff, and isn’t up front about what they want in life.  Also, Jem is way hotter than you.  Way hotter.