Rating: 
Summary: save your money
Review: These are great 'toons but there is a disk that has these episodes, the other "non-lost"?? episodes with some cool looking Popeye 'toons as well for not that much more. Still, they are wonderful to watch (although a bit corny).
Rating:
Summary: save your money
Review: These are great 'toons but there is a disk that has these episodes, the other "non-lost"?? episodes with some cool looking Popeye 'toons as well for not that much more. Still, they are wonderful to watch (although a bit corny).
Rating: 
Summary: Don't waste you money
Review: This Audio Galaxy product is a mixture of good to bad prints: some may be from videotape sources, or worn 16mm TV-station reduction prints instead of the original film.
Calling these 8 Fleischer studio cartoons "Lost Episodes" is merely a marketing ploy, since none of these have ever been lost, and have been floating around on public-domain "kid-vid" VHS tapes for the last 15 years. Audio Galaxy does try some padding with "complete credits, production notes..." etc., but there's nothing really compellng. You could look most of this stuff up on the Internet. Because this is only eight of the Superman cartoons, younger viewers may get an unbalanced picture of the series due to two of the titles, "Japoteurs" and "Jungle Drums" relying on blatantly racist stereotypes, reflecting the sensibilites of the mid-40's and WWII era in which they were produced.
The better bet would be to purchase another DVD Collection, "Complete Superman Cartoons: Diamond Anniversary Edition," which I'm sure you can locate discounted from it's MSRP ... On that disc you will find the whole catalog of all 17 Fleischer studio Superman cartoons (including the 8 titles on the Audio Galaxy disc), many in pristine condition,
with all the same additional features. If there are any more than this 17 I have not yet found them. ...
Rating: 
Summary: Happy to find the Lost Episodes
Review: This DVD is a great companion to "Max Fleischer's Superman (1943)." I am so happy to finally have to complete collection on DVD. I have owned to cartoons in various formats over the years, and this is the best I have ever seen. Short cartoons really lend themselves to the DVD format, as you can select the episode you want to watch without having to fast forward. These cartoons are great, although they are a very different flavor from the first set. Here, World War Two is in full swing and Superman is more likely to battle Nazis and the Japanese than Mad Scientist. He also tends to be a bit more destructive. There is more of a darker feel to these "Lost Episodes." The animation is top quality, and the use of shadows and color is beautiful. America has never had a better animator than the legendary Max Fleischer . Great color restoration, and the sound quality is just fine. My only complaint, as with "Max Fleischer's Superman (1943)," is the bonus features, which are not really features but adds for other tapes in the collection. The nice thing about it is you don't have to watch them. IT does come with a picture disk, which is cool. I am very happy with this DVD.
Rating:
Summary: Good content; Could have been packaged better
Review: This DVD is a great companion to "Max Fleischer's Superman (1943)." I am so happy to finally have to complete collection on DVD. I have owned to cartoons in various formats over the years, and this is the best I have ever seen. Short cartoons really lend themselves to the DVD format, as you can select the episode you want to watch without having to fast forward. These cartoons are great, although they are a very different flavor from the first set. Here, World War Two is in full swing and Superman is more likely to battle Nazis and the Japanese than Mad Scientist. He also tends to be a bit more destructive. There is more of a darker feel to these "Lost Episodes." The animation is top quality, and the use of shadows and color is beautiful. America has never had a better animator than the legendary Max Fleischer . Great color restoration, and the sound quality is just fine. My only complaint, as with "Max Fleischer's Superman (1943)," is the bonus features, which are not really features but adds for other tapes in the collection. The nice thing about it is you don't have to watch them. IT does come with a picture disk, which is cool. I am very happy with this DVD.
Rating:
Summary: Happy to find the Lost Episodes
Review: This DVD is a great companion to "Max Fleischer's Superman (1943)." I am so happy to finally have to complete collection on DVD. I have owned to cartoons in various formats over the years, and this is the best I have ever seen. Short cartoons really lend themselves to the DVD format, as you can select the episode you want to watch without having to fast forward. These cartoons are great, although they are a very different flavor from the first set. Here, World War Two is in full swing and Superman is more likely to battle Nazis and the Japanese than Mad Scientist. He also tends to be a bit more destructive. There is more of a darker feel to these "Lost Episodes." The animation is top quality, and the use of shadows and color is beautiful. America has never had a better animator than the legendary Max Fleischer . Great color restoration, and the sound quality is just fine. My only complaint, as with "Max Fleischer's Superman (1943)," is the bonus features, which are not really features but adds for other tapes in the collection. The nice thing about it is you don't have to watch them. IT does come with a picture disk, which is cool. I am very happy with this DVD.
Rating:
Summary: Great annimation
Review: This is great for those who want to see all the old Superman cartoons. However if you look you will find this disk on a set of disks that contains this disk and some Popeye cartoons and some 'lost episodes' of Superman for the same price. For that reason I do not recomend buying this particular disk.
Rating:
Summary: Great annimation
Review: This is great for those who want to see all the old Superman cartoons. However if you look you will find this disk on a set of disks that contains this disk and some Popeye cartoons and some 'lost episodes' of Superman for the same price. For that reason I do not recomend buying this particular disk.
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