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Summary: I didn't think it was ever going to happen...
Review: It was music and poetry to all of my senses when I heard that a collection of classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies had FINALLY BEEN RELEASED ON DVD!!!I honestly didn't think it was going to happen. Here are some of the best cartoons ever made anywhere, and up until recently one could not view them on the latest technology (even the Bosko toons, the first, and almost obscure, Warner Brother's cartoons ever made have been available on DVD for some time). I have no idea what the hold-up was, but the wait was FAR TOO LONG!!! Hopefully, subsequent collections will come out with far more expediency. Though this collection lacks some ultimate classics, such as "What's Opera, Doc?" and that great one with Bugs Bunny in a vampire's castle (sing with me: "ladadadadadadada Abraca-Pocus"), it includes some of the best: "Duck Amuck", "Drip Along Daffy", "Wabbit Twouble", "Rabbit of Seville", "Duck Dodgers in the 24th and 1/2 Century", and more and more. There is a sad paucity of Road Runner/Coyote toons, one toon each of Pepé Le Pew and Speedy Gonzales, and no complete black and white toons whatsoever, so famous first appearances (i.e., Bug Bunny's first appearance, Daffy Duck's first appearance, etc) are not to be seen on this collection (at least not in totality). All toons are in color, though they have been restored pretty much to perfection. There are a sampling of characters here, not just the big names: The Goofy Gophers have one toon, Foghorn Leghorn, Yosemite Sam, Marvin Martian, a few versions of Elmer Fudd, a few permutations of Bugs Bunny, Daffy, Tweety, Sylvester, and I've already mentioned Pepé Le Pew and Speedy Gonzales... Some of the lack of B&W toons is made up for on the special features that accompany each disk. There is at least one clip of Bosko "The Talk-Ink Kid" (though only a very small part is shown), and large sections of early B&W toons are included on this same feature (called "The Lost Toons"). There's more Bosko elsewhere on the collection (I'm actually somewhat surprised that he's mentioned since he's been deemed "controversial" by many). Also included is a documentary filmed in 1975 about the Warner's cartoons. Interviews with most of the big names are included, and it's great to see them dudded up in mid-70's garb. There are clips from "What's Opera, Doc?" and other toons that are not included in this collection, and these snippets let you appreciate just how well the toons have been restored. Also not to be missed in this piece is footage of Chuck Jones drawing Bugs Bunny, the singing Frog, Mel Blanc vocalizing, etc. What a great thing to have included! It's almost inevitable that other collections will appear. There are hundreds of Warner Brothers cartoons out there waiting to be seen again, and this collection only comprises 56 of them. So, come on, get a move on and release the rest of them!! We've all been waiting long enough! Ok, so restoration may take some time... it is worth the wait in the end... oh well... at least we have 56 of them... sigh...
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Summary: Succeeds where so many other animation films fail....
Review: The 56 cartoons that are collected on this four disk set from Warner Brothers are both a joy to watch as are the many bonus features here, but they are also a fine example of how good animation can age when you compare it with recent animation films that seem to go more for the CGI look and lack any real humanity at all, or they come from really bad drawings that have limited movement.
The Looney Tunes cartoons also make fun of many different TV shows and films that were not terribly great and useually come from other studios besides Warner Brothers. It seems to be a trueism that for every show or film you don't like, one classic Bugs Bunny or Daffy Duck cartoon more then makes up for it. One hopes that Warners prepares the other cartoons as future four disk DVD sets like this one also, and will be released in the near future.
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Summary: The Best Looney Tunes DVD Set Yet But...
Review: The best Looney Tunes DVD set yet but I am a little greedy and love these shorts so much that I want to see every single one released on DVD. Yeah, They are that good. I did not feel this way prior to buying and watching this. I watched it as a kid and thought I may like it and boy did I. There is a very funny little known cartoon clip as a bonus feature that I wish they would actually release the entire cartoon that it's from. It shows A deer with a dinner plate in his hands knocking on a hunters door and yelling "Hey! How About A Handout!". The bonus features are so cool. If you like Looney Tunes you gotta buy this.
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Summary: Watchout for Disinformation
Review: Why do people who don't own this collection review it??? The last two reviewers are dead wrong. There is a Speedy Gonzales cartoon and you can select individual cartoons. Why make comments when you don't know what you're talking about? Did you buy the Uzbekistan release??
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Summary: WARNER BROS. GONE POLITICALLY CORRECT?
Review: Well, all I want to know is what happened to SPEEDY GONZALES
one of the funniest cartoon characters of all time?!?!
Please Warner Bros. Show some Guts-SPEEDY GONZALES is a cartoon character! any hispanic who finds him offensive needs a serious Reality check.
im a white male, should I be offended by ELMER FUDD?
as far as im concerned, without SPEEDY GONZALES this "GOLD" collection is Sadly Neutered and Incomplete!
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Summary: No cueing points!!!!!
Review: Warner Brothers made one huge, juicy mistake on this otherwise wonderful cartoon collection: there are not individual cueing points for the 'toons, just a "watch all" selection. So if I want to watch the 10th cartoon on the 3rd DVD, let's say, my only resort is to select "watch all" and then use the "skip" button to try to zero in on #10. This is a major omission--thumbs down, WB!
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Summary: Tempered enthusiasm...
Review: Daffy & Bugs, and the rest of the gang are all, of course, classic american icons, but their cartoons tend to fall into the same pattern - a succession of gags (mostly good ones), with an arbitrary cut-off point at the 6 to 8 minute mark. There are exceptions: "Tortoise by a Hare" and "Wearin' of the Grin" have a strong narrative structure, and Clampett's "Dough for the Do-Do" mines a rich vein of visual fantasy. But the Daffy cartoons, despite an occasional dazzler ("Duck Dodgers" or "Dripalong Daffy") are essentially the same one-note studies in frustration; and Bugs can always be counted on to wise-crack his way through any dilemma, dispatching his foes with customary aplomb. This predictability is part of the fun, but the incessant violence, typical of most cartoons from this period, has long been a source of controversy. As with all controlled substances....best sampled in small doses; ingesting the huge quantities contained herein could drive you looney, if not totally "bugs". But kudos to the restoration team - the Loonies now 'look' better than ever.
Hopefully, when you've had your fill of pratfalls and lo-jinks, you'll be ready to move on to more nourishing fare. For a rich diversity of styles, check these out: the collected works of Frederic Back, the "Masters of Russian Animation" series, Disney's "Silly Symphonies", the Fleischer "Color Classics", Bozzetto's "Allegro non troppo", the Zagreb Classic Collection, the Film Board of Canada's "Especially for Kids", George Dunning's "Yellow Submarine", and the stop motion work of George Pal, Jiri Trnka & Tim Burton. And while it's great to have the "Loonies" back, some of animation's most delightful and innovative work can be found in the "merrie melodies" of the '30s (e.g. "Paging Miss Glory"; "Toyland Hall"). Why ignore the other, scarcely lesser half of the Warner legacy?
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Summary: A fantasic Best Of collection...
Review: One of the most sought after and anticipated DVDs in recent years has been for Warner Bros. to assemble and release a collection of their classic Looney Tunes cartoons. For years they have appeared on television in a censored form, or, in some cases, not at all because of the politically correct times we live in. Finally, Warner Bros. has released 56 animated shorts digitally remastered and restored in their original form, spread out over four DVDs with an impressive collection of audio commentaries, featurettes, documentaries and still galleries. Each DVD has a wealth of supplemental material such as audio commentaries by animation historians for selected shorts; music-only tracks that showcase Carl Stalling's brilliant soundtrack work and featurettes about specific characters. The audio commentaries are very informative and even feature clips of interviews with the likes of director Chuck Jones that talk about various aspects of the cartoons. The commentaries cover a wide range of topics, from the influence of Vaudeville to the kinds of music composer Stalling used in such a way that it complimented the on-screen action. The featurettes on each disc typically run from three to five minutes and examine a wide variety of topics, from how Mel Blanc created the voice of Bugs Bunny by mixing a Bronx and Brooklyn accent, to the origins of Elmer Fudd and how he started off as a character named Egghead. Also included on the discs are more substantial documentaries that examine the history of the studio. "The Boys From Termite Terrace" is divided up over two DVDs and features interviews conducted with the likes of Bob Clampett, Mel Blanc, Chuck Jones and others from 1975. This is a wonderful look at the Looney Tunes outfit and how all these extremely talented people got together in one place to create some of the most memorable animation ever produced. The Looney Tunes Golden Collection is more than worth the wait. This excellent four-DVD collection is packed with hours of extra material and archival footage that rivals only Disney's superb Fantasia box set. Best of all, 56 classic cartoons have been restored and preserved forever. These cartoons have never looked or sounded better, and best of all they are shown the way they were meant to be seen: uncut and without commercials. This collection magically transports the viewer back to when they used to watch these cartoons for the first time on Saturday morning or afternoons after school.
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Summary: Awesome!!!!!!!!!!!!Awesome!!!!!!!!Buy It!!!!!!!!!!
Review: I am officially in the camp of those that are thrilled to have these toons on DVD and will be buying all future editions sight unseen. All these people who are whining about the selections, quality and size of the collection are a bunch of babies. They should be gratful that so much effort was put forth and enjoy. I have a busy life and it will take me months to digest all of it and by then a new one will be coming.
That being said, I'd like to take issue with the near consenus that the two biggest ommisions are "What's Opera Doc?" and "One Froggy Evening". Why would a collection that is already too Jones-heavy need two more?? These wouldn't even make my top 15 of missing toons. 50% of the Bugs cartoons are already Joneses. How 'bout more Clampett(Wacky Wabbit or Buckaroo Bugs) or more Freleng(Little Red Riding Rabbit, Hare Trigger or Acrobatty Bunny)or even an Avery or two. These are all solid classics that put any late 50's Jones to shame. If I wanted more Jones, I'd call for "Super Rabbit" or some of his 30's stuff long before that opera thing. How about the 30's?? I would love to see "I Love to Singa"--a great 1936 Avery.
That's my two cents. Buy it, watch it and wait for the next one soon.
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Summary: FANTASTIC!
Review: The picture quality on these discs are 10,000 times beter than Cartoon Network--Especially Dough for the Do-Do. The extras just add to the mysique that has been Looney Tunes for many generations past and present. The laughs are bigger and bolder than ever--please get this before deciding to see Looney Tunes Back in Action! This is a great reference book opening volume!!!
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