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DVD Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume One
For years, animation buffs have waited impatiently for the Warner Bros. cartoons to appear on DVD. The Warner shorts never commanded the budgets and prestige of the Disney and MGM films, and won fewer Oscars than they deserved. But decades after the best ones were created, they remain the quintessential Hollywood cartoons: brash, fast-paced, aggressively funny and uniquely American. Virtually everyone in the U.S. under the age of 60 grew up on these films, in theaters and on TV. The 56 cartoons in the set (out of a studio output of over 1,000) were transferred from good prints--which means the viewer can see dust, scratches, and occasional mistakes by the cel painters. The films are all presented uncut, in defiance of the killjoys who have insisted on censoring alleged "violence" in the versions shown on television. Warner Bros. is obviously testing consumer response with this set. Although the erratic selection includes many classics, purists will argue (correctly) that it offers neither a fair representation of the directors' oeuvres, nor anything approaching a coherent history of the characters or studio style. (Nearly half the films were directed by Chuck Jones; only three are by Bob Clampett, and there's nothing by Tex Avery or Frank Tashlin.) But it seems petty to carp about omissions and biases when the discs offer excellent, uncensored prints of some of the funniest films ever made in the U.S.--or anywhere else. (Rated G, suitable for all ages: cartoon violence) --Charles Solomon
Review(s): DVD Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume One
Great... keep 'em coming!
Finally, these cartoons are being released on DVD format, a cause for rejoicing among amimation fans, and people who grew up on these wonderful cartoons (I consider myself a bit of both).
Some great cartoons here, and some clunkers... kinda like a Woody Allen movie... can't be helped, as far as I'm concerned. On the whole though, a very strong 1st set (I intend on buying every one that I can). For the most part, great extras and commentaries, too.
Sure everyone, myself included, will find a reason to gripe about the selection ("Where's such-and-such a cartoon, it's my favorite", etc.), but if they keep issuing these, who cares... eventually your favorite (and hopefully mine: "Bushy Hare", but that one may never make it past the PC Police) will show up. In the meantime, enjoy old favorites, and watch a bunch you'll be seeing for the 1st time ever.
My only complaint is with a few of the commentaries... Where in the world did they find this "Michael Barrier" guy? I amazed that they found someone who could actually make these fabulous, insane cartoon seem boring, but this guy succeeds in spades. Mr. Barrier manages to turn the cartoons he comments on into "watching the grass grow" snooze inducers. Bad, bad choice!
Alrigght!
The Looney Tunes are my most favorite cartoons of all time. I was so happy when they announced the release the Tune Squad on dvd uncut. No other movie sudio ever released their old cartoons other than Disney has ever done that! The Looney Tunes are part of our american culture, we can never forget how much animators like Chuck Jones, Friz Freiling, and Bob Clammpet worked so hard to make history and encourage decent humor in our troubled times. I wish the newer cartoons and animators would take an example of the legendary Looney Tunes.
So much fun!
This set is amazing to watch, I popped it in, and every cartoon that came on, I was saying, oh yea I remember this one!!! So many great cartoons together...The ONLY thing is a lack of Road runner/coyote ones, but I purchased set 1 and 2 together, which, if youcan do it, I really recommend.
Overall an excellent item, great as a gift, or just to treat yourself!
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Brash, fast-paced, and hysterically funny, the Warner Brothers cartoons rank among the undisputed treasures of American animation and American comedy. This second collection, a follow-up to Looney Tunes: Golden Collection, includes such gems as "Porky in Wackyland," "A Bear for Punishment," "Gee Whiz-z-z," The Great Piggy Bank Robbery," and "I Love to Singa." A short documentary about director Bob Clampett features several cartoon historians, animator Eric Goldberg, Shawshank Redemption director Frank Darabont, and Ren and Stimpy creator John Kricfalusi (enthusiastic but over the top). But Warners continues its scattergun approach to selecting films. There are only eight cartoons by Clampett in the set, plus three by Tex Avery and one by Frank Tashlin. "Rabbit Fire"... More Info about this DVD DVD Release Date: Released the 02 November 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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If you've got the others, grab this set as well. Looney Tunes have never looked better.
This time around, the box set is smaller and much more efficient. The previous sets had one disc per fold-out, which left extra space on the opposite side to fill up with dumb quotes from the shorts. Now the layout is much better.
The cover art however, could've been much better. It looks so much like the first volume - why couldn't they do something different? Volume 3's cover was refreshing, volume 4's looks bland. The gloss and emboss is nice, though.
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Like the previous entries in the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series, volume 3 confirms how brilliant the Warner Bros. artists were and how durable their creations have proven. The set includes classics that every cartoon buff will recognize: "Duck! Rabbit! Duck!," "Robin Hood Daffy," "Birds Anonymous." Other selections are less familiar but significant in the development of the studio: "Sinkin' in the Bathtub," the first Looney Tune; "I Haven't Got a Hat," the earliest Warners cartoon viewers can watch for fun, rather than as an historic curiosity; "Porky's Romance," in which director Frank Tashlin introduced rapid cutting to cartoons. Some of the caricature films have aged less gracefully. Younger audiences will recognize the drawn versions of W.C. Fields, the Marx Brothers,... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Friz Freleng - Frank Tashlin - Chuck Jones DVD Release Date: Released the 25 October 2005 Usually ships in 24 hours
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Tom and Jerry, the animation franchise, lasted six decades and saw several geniuses of the form--Chuck Jones, Tex Avery, and Friz Freleng--have a hand in updating and refreshing the series in later years. But Tom and Jerry: The Spotlight Collection, Premiere Volume celebrates the original mastery of producer-directors William Hanna and Joseph Barbera, who took the familiar cat-chases-mouse concept and slowly turned it into witty, unpredictable, and sometimes ironic entertainment. The Spotlight Collection offers 40 restored, remastered shorts beginning with 1943's handsome, Oscar-nominated "Yankee Doodle Mouse" and ending with the fantastic, widescreen 1956 "Blue Cat Blues," very similar to the exaggerated look and feel of former cartoonist-gagman Frank Tashlin's... More Info about this DVD Director(s): Michael Lah - William Hanna - Joseph Barbera - Tex Avery DVD Release Date: Released the 19 October 2004 Usually ships in 24 hours
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