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Summary: Bring on the entire series in a DVD!
Review: Come on DVD guys...bring out the complete original series on DVD!
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Summary: Great Family Entertainment
Review: I have been showing my daughter Jonny Quest since she was two or three. Now, at six and a half, she still loves it...that and Kim Possible of course. Jonny Quest is truly a timeless classic that needs to stay available to those of us who loved it as children, and to our own young 'uns. Please don't let DVD leave Jonny behind!
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Summary: Hanna Barbera's Flagship Series
Review: A complete DVD boxed set of the all the Jonny Quest episodes from the 1960's is on my list of things I'd like to have before I say goodbye to this world. A near perfect use of animation. Great fun for kids of all ages and a sure winner for all the baby boomers.
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Summary: I would buy this TODAY.
Review: Jonny Quest is hands down, the finest cartoon ever created. The graphics, the music, the plots, the characters, basically everything about this show is great. Please release the original 26 episodes on DVD. This is truly a timeless show that can be enjoyed by many generations.
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Summary: Jonny Quest fans...this is your call to arms!
Review: This is your chance to let the powers that be know that there is an audience out there ready to buy the COMPLETE ORIGINAL JONNY QUEST series in a DVD boxed set... place your name on the email list and vote for a full release of the series in its entirety!
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Summary: It's great to be a late boomer!
Review: Born in 1963, I recall many things about the 1960's, but one TV series stands out more than all others (ok, maybe not as much as bugs bunny and the roadrunner) and that is Jonny Quest. This show, although "too violent" for the "Politically Correct" parents of today, was way ahead of its time, and so realistic that the invisible monster used to scare (...)me every time I saw it. Long before we started to see the sillier side of Hanna-Barbera, Jonny Quest helped a world steeped in espionage, cold war paranoia, and the race to the moon stop for 30 minutes every Saturday to see some really cool kids use some really cool "toys" to fight some really scary bad guys in some really cool far-off places. Although I have a hard time visualizing the same Tim Matheson that played in "Animal House" giving a voice to JQ, I still envy him for getting to play the coolest animated kid character of all time!
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Summary: Jonny's On DVD! And Looking Good! Very, Very Good In Fact!!
Review: This ultra-cool four-disc DVD boxed set from Warner Brothers contains all 26 episodes of the original 1964 animated TV series, "Jonny Quest" (aka: "The Adventures Of Jonny Quest"). This set is part of the slick-looking "Hanna-Barbera Golden Collection".This original version of "Jonny Quest" only lasted one season (1964-1965). Therefore, this collectible DVD boxed set contains *every* episode in the entire so-called "Classic Jonny Quest" series. The show was twice revived in later years (for syndication only), once in the 1980s and again in the 1990s. But I think I'm safe in saying without fear of getting much argument that the subsequent resurrected versions of "JQ" cannot nearly measure up to the original 1964 variant of the program, which seems to exude a kind of timelessness and authentic quality which makes these "Classic" episodic adventures fun to watch again and again. Every exciting and peril-filled '64 Quest adventure is here, complete with all the various cool vehicles and gadgets that are utilized by Dr. Benton Quest and his son Jonny, who are accompanied by their ever-present colleagues, Roger "Race" Bannon and "Hadji". (Plus Jonny's often-helpful dog, "Bandit".) So many memorable set-pieces came out of the Jonny Quest cartoon series. .... Watch in glorious Digital clarity as Dr. Quest's #1 nemesis, the evil Dr. Zin, makes multiple futile attempts to "take over the world". This fun series also features the likes of abominable snow creatures, gargoyles, very unfriendly sea beasts, some angry pygmies, a spider-like "robot spy", werewolves, lizard men, deadly spiders, poisonous snakes, wild panthers, man-eating dragons, an invisible energy-absorbing monster, and one of my favorites (in the episode "Turu The Terrible") -- a Quest-hating prehistoric pteranodon, which was trained by a wheelchair-bound madman, voiced by Everett Sloane. ("Kill, Turu, kill!!"). :) This adventure cartoon debuted on ABC-TV on Friday night, September 18, 1964, in the 7:30 PM (ET) time-slot ("The Farmer's Daughter" and "The Addams Family" followed Jonny on the ABC schedule). I, however, best remember seeing Jonny in reruns on Saturday mornings. The producers of this series (Hanna-Barbera) sure got their money's worth out of this one-season wonder. The series still holds a lot of fans spellbound. Each of these twenty-six "Classic JQ" episodes is presented in its original, uncut form (with a running time of about 25:15 each). The original "Episode Title Cards" (complete with the thunderously-dramatic four-note musical cue) are also included here. The picture quality for these color episodes is terrific....virtually perfect! Colors look very bold and vibrant, with Race Bannon's always-present red shirt showing up bright and vivid. The image aspect ratio is as you would expect from a TV program aired in the 1960s -- Full Frame (1.33:1). The sound comes via Dolby Digital 1.0 Mono tracks, with pleasing results. There is also a DD 1.0 Mono "Spanish" track included for each episode. "JQ" relied heavily on music to build suspense and carry each storyline along. The music cues used in the programs, as well as the rousing opening and closing themes, come across very well on these discs. Each episode also features subtitles in English, French, and Spanish. Once again, it's worth repeating with vigor here --- THESE EPISODES LOOK FANTASTIC ON THESE DVDs! High praise must be showered upon whoever is responsible for these DVD video transfers. These Quest adventures look and sound as clear, sharp, and rich as when they were first aired (probably even better)! NOTE REGARDING THE EDITED-OUT PORTIONS OF THE "PO-HO" EPISODE: I'm not thrilled at all that two brief portions of dialogue have been edited (muted) off the soundtrack in one episode ("Pursuit Of The Po-Ho"). In fact, I'm pretty ticked off about it. These edited comments have been left intact on the soundtrack whenever aired on broadcast TV; so why would they be cut out of a home video release?! Ultra-silly! However -- as stupid as these edits are, don't let this tiny setback stop you from getting this top-notch DVD set! These Jonny Quest shows are some of the truly greatest works of animation ever done. They should be treasured -- by "Heathens" and "Savages" alike. :) If you check out my other "Jonny Quest Season One" review here at Amazon, I'll have a detailed rundown of the DVD's Special Features (plus information on the Menu design and the DVD's Packaging). These well-written and visually-impressive episodes of this memorable animated series are still a pleasure to watch, even all these decades later. And the show is made infinitely more enjoyable thanks to this outstanding boxed set of DVDs from Warner Home Video. This is a DVD collection I shall enjoy for many, many years to come.
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Summary: Not Quite the Real Thing
Review: Yes, it's wonderful to be able to watch the original adventure series on DVD. However -- it is atrocious, inexcusable, and deserving of a kick in a sensitive place to the decision-makers who decided to change the originals.
You can see other reviews for explanations of where dialogue was cut.
Almost as egregious is the stupid, stupid, stupid repetition of the SAME end credits for EVERY episode, EXCEPT for episode 9, "Double Trouble." It's a real shame that a voice talents like Keye Luke, as well as others, are ignored by this lame-brained patchwork job.
Why would somebody do this? Probably not to leave creator Doug Wildey's name off. My guess is that this DVD release was just more metaphorical sausage ground out from the Warner Bros mill. Especially since it was a title created by another studio (Hanna-Barbera), and available for release simply because Ted Turner had bought HB. No, the clueless decision makers probably figured that nobody would care. Or, worse, they may have asssumed that the credits were all the same for every episode. Of course, that doesn't explain the different end credits for "Double Trouble." ...
Anyway, buy this and relive most of your childhood memories. And look on the web for a proper listing of the creators of each episode of the coolest cartoon show on Earth.
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Summary: REMASTERED means REVISED Jonny Quest DVD Box Set
Review: When the JONNY QUEST DVD Box Set was finally released I was one of the first to buy it. The wait for these fantastic episodes was finally over. And what a long wait its been! What a shame it is then that the "politically correct" people at Warner Brothers found it their duty to EDIT, that's right, EDIT these classic cartoons! A typical EDIT from DISC ONE "Pursuit of the Po-Ho" A purple Race Bannon confronts the Po-Hos who have Dr. Quest held hostage with,"All right you ignorant savages, get a load of Aquizio you heathen monkeys!" The "REMASTERED" version is a watered down, "Get a load of Aquizio!" All the while Race's mouth is moving but no words come out! At least no words that some idiots at Warners find offensive. Who are they and how dare they think they can just EDIT someone elses work! What's even more outrageous is that for some reason they don't have a problem showing the UN-EDITED versions on their own CARTOON NETWORK! Get it together guys and RE-ISSUE the Jonny Quest Box Set UNTOUCHED, UN-EDITED, and truly REMASTERED as your packaging states! And the next time you think its "your job" to EDIT a classic cartoon, DON"T! Thank GOD your EDIT MONKEY kept his stinking paws off the LOONEY TUNES Box Set!
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Summary: I review the show, not the nostalgia (or the editing)
Review: Ok, maybe I review both. Anyway, I of COURSE have ALL the Hanna sets. I purchased this as a no brainer, but oddly is one of my least faves. I'm not sure where the show is lacking, perhaps the childish dialogue. Don't get me wrong this is a MUST own as much for a time piece as anything else, however actually watching the shows, especially in stretches often leaves me tired and my mind seems to wonder. I often forget how the cast gets from place to place as I contemplate other areas of my life.
I am surprised about so many violent complaints about minor editing. Yes, it does seem wrong, yes it is "PC". But for gosh sakes look at what you have? All the JQ shows! I do like the feel of the show, the sound is still memorable, the adventures aren't bad but they do seem rather formulaic and not all that memorable. I am only through disc one, but there really isn't one episode I'm dying to watch again. Sure I'll watch them again someday, but nothing seems "pressing."
I took a chance on Top Cat and actually like that more (4 stars). And while the Flintstones I think has held up the best (5 stars)(Tom & Jerry 5 stars), JQ is just a notch below Scooby and the Gang, so I guess you could be in worse company (like any modern animated show). Definately better than Wacky Races, my least fave set.
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