It's nice to be able to wonder "how did they do that" without the obvious answer being "computers"

This was done with time-lapse photography, with some travelling matte and rotoscping.

hooray

i've been wanting to see this again since i was 9.

The space shuttle bit broke my suspension of disbelief. You can't have mustaches like that in NASA!

9.7?!?

Somebody PLEASE release the full-length movie on DVD!!

So optimistic! Mankind is losing its soul.

How did that flame stay lit in space ... ah, who cares? 5 stars

For no other reason than being silly. :D

I want that to be my superhero theme song.

I wasn't born till '88, yet i'm so enamored with that decade. Especially shorts like this.

To the generation that preceded me: I envy you all, you fuckers. Every single one of you.

Yay! This is fantastic, those Marvel super heroes aren't nothing compared to THE WIZARD OF SPEED AND TIME.

makes me cry, I love it. Reminds me of a happy period and friends in my life that seems all too distant now.

I think my dad has this on Betamax somewhere... pure fun.

5 stars for ending the Cold War a decade or so early

Technically, the japanese guy on Heroes should also be able to do this.

This is the best thing ever

Too bad this is ruined by the '88 feature length version, where Jittlov reveals himself as an insufferably unfunny libertarian douche.