Blu-ray Review The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection – Centennial Edition Blu-ray Review (1 Viewer)

[Matt Hough]

The multi-year project by ClassicFlix to bring all eighty of the Hal Roach/Our Gang sound shorts (covering the years 1929-1938) to Blu-ray fully restored to near-pristine condition has culminated in The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection – Centennial Edition.



Our Gang Follies of 1938 (1937)



Released: 18 Dec 1937
Rated: Approved
Runtime: 21 min




Director: Gordon Douglas
Genre: Comedy, Family, Musical



Cast: Our Gang, George 'Spanky' McFarland, Carl 'Alfalfa' Switzer
Writer(s): Jack Jevne



Plot: The gang is putting on a show with Alfalfa billed as "King of the Crooners." But Alfalfa abandons the show saying his crooning days are over, and that opera is his true calling. But after taking a nap and dreaming of a successful fut



IMDB rating: 7.2
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[Nick*Z]

The ClassicFlix Restorations were a revelation, indeed. Now, if the company could get on board with some other major overhauls of Public Domain catalog like Topper, we'd really have some heady times ahead of us.

 

[Robert Harris]

The ClassicFlix Restorations were a revelation, indeed. Now, if the company could get on board with some other major overhauls of Public Domain catalog like Topper, we'd really have some heady times ahead of us.

Not PD

 

[RobertMG]

Not PD

Topper and the two sequels look the best they have in years as does One Million BC Captain Fury too problem is the Roach Library is owned by numerous parties = ClassicFlix stunning work on the Roach Projects are TOPS but they are all from the same rights holders Laurel and Hardy are with a different firm I wish they do them but nope - VCI has the Toppers and they look the best they have in years but a major redo might not even be possible? I am just thrilled the Rascals look stunning and we are seeing Charley Chase, Thelma Todd Zasu Pitts etc!

 

[ahollis]

I was very disappointed in the Blu of Topper from VCI.

 

[Tony Bensley]

Canadians can order the above set from here:

The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition) Boxed Set, Subtitled on WOW HD

The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition), DVD, Boxed Set, Subtitled, Comedy Video, Family, 851968007842

www.wowhd.ca

CHEERS!

 

[Matt Hough]

Canadians can order the above set from here:

The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition) Boxed Set, Subtitled on WOW HD

The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition), DVD, Boxed Set, Subtitled, Comedy Video, Family, 851968007842

www.wowhd.ca

CHEERS!

Thanks so much for providing that link for those who can benefit from it!

 

[Tony Bensley]

Thanks so much for providing that link for those who can benefit from it!

You're welcome, Matt! Hoping I can also benefit, as this is number one on my Christmas Wish List!

CHEERS!

 

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My bonus disc order has been shipped!

 

[BobO'Link]

I'd *almost* forgotten I ordered one of those myself!

**EDIT**
And mine has shipped! Can't wait to condense it all to a single case!

 

[ahollis]

My bonus disc order has been shipped!

Mine too.

 

[B-ROLL]

Mine too.

Mine 3!

!

 

[RobertMG]

I was very disappointed in the Blu of Topper from VCI.

Best it will ever look does the original neg exist? Probably not

 

[[email protected]]

My bonus disc order has been shipped!

Mine arrived today!

 

[Brian W.]

I got my bonus disc order a couple days ago, but it arrived with the spine of the bonus disc torn, ripped through the plastic and the paper. Disc itself is fine.

I'm not understanding how the whole series fits into the empty Complete Collection empty box, though. There are only four nubs to hold the discs in the box I received. Did I get a defective box?

 

[Malcolm R]

I got my bonus disc order a couple days ago, but it arrived with the spine of the bonus disc torn, ripped through the plastic and the paper. Disc itself is fine.

I'm not understanding how the whole series fits into the empty Complete Collection empty box, though. There are only four nubs to hold the discs in the box I received. Did I get a defective box?

I think it's been discussed in a different thread, but I believe some of the hubs are intended to accommodate two discs stacked on top of each other.

I received mine, but haven't yet opened it to check it out. My order was mostly for the bonus disc. I'll probably not be using the empty box and will just leave my six volumes in their individual cases.

 

[Brian W.]

Yeah, I saw on another website that they tried to get 7-disc cases and couldn't, and that each spindle will hold two discs in the Complete Collection case.

 

[BobO'Link]

I got my bonus disc order a couple days ago, but it arrived with the spine of the bonus disc torn, ripped through the plastic and the paper. Disc itself is fine.

I'm not understanding how the whole series fits into the empty Complete Collection empty box, though. There are only four nubs to hold the discs in the box I received. Did I get a defective box?

The "top" two spindles (one on each side) are for stacking 2 discs each... They couldn't get 7 disc cases so used the 6 disc one from the official "Complete Collection" release and put the bonus disc in its own, separate, case (which is thicker than and doesn't match the cases the individual releases came in).

I'm quite disappointed with the 6 disc case. See details/images in my post here:

ClassicFlix Discussion Thread

They're still airing them on the Decades TV Channel from 2:30-3 AM CT Monday through Friday, for those that get that channel like here in Chicago on 26.6 We don't get decades tv channel.very seldom.

www.hometheaterforum.com

I found that my 6 disc case has a 1/4" tear/rip on the bottom of a spine edge effecting both the case and paper - and was packaged that way as the plastic shrink holding the 2 items together was completely intact. Don't know if I'll complain as I really don't plan to use that crappy case anyway - I'm looking at purchasing a proper 7 disc case instead.

 

[Randy Korstick]

Nice set I was not expecting this. I will be getting this as I didn't get the individual discs yet and this is a nice savings.

 

[ManW_TheUncool]

I found that my 6 disc case has a 1/4" tear/rip on the bottom of a spine edge effecting both the case and paper - and was packaged that way as the plastic shrink holding the 2 items together was completely intact. Don't know if I'll complain as I really don't plan to use that crappy case anyway - I'm looking at purchasing a proper 7 disc case instead.

Let us know how that goes searching for a replacement boxset case. I could certainly be interested in such myself... though I'm really tempted to just (re)buy the whole set instead since I otherwise still need the out-of-stock-til-whenever Vol 6 to complete the set...

_Man_