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Originally Posted by Paul Penna /forum/thread/313273/whv-comic-con-...inum-collection-vol-1-blu-ray/30#post_3834869
Originally Posted by Paul Penna /forum/thread/313273/whv-comic-con-...inum-collection-vol-1-blu-ray/30#post_3834869
BINGO! That along with my newly earned distrust of WB has left me completely uninterested.....and the threat that unless these perform well only makes it worse. I was not a huge fan of the way they organized the first Golden Collections (especially the Roadrunner disc), but that was nothing that I would cry about. I just can't abide a forced double-dip (That actually requires you to keep both versions). I would accept a re-release of all of the cartoons from the GCs upgraded to Blu-Ray with added cartoons.....but this is so far from being that, that I simply cannot support this. Hopefully, the hints of future sets will correct this ....but I'm not holding my breath (or anyone elses!)I just don't understand why they quit on the Golden Collections. they'd be at GC 9 or 10 by now and have most of the shorts released to disc and I doubt anyone would have a single problem with this set, with upgrading to bluray etc. It's that they're going back to the Golden Collection releases (rebranded) that is rubbing salt in the wound of not finishing what they started in the first place. It just doesn't seem likely that they'll commit to doing an entire Platinum collection 'right' enough to make up for failing to finish the game the first time out. That means we'll probably have 80 or 90% overlap on titles released in the platinum collection and when they quit without finishing the job on the platinum collection in a few years we'll still have hundreds of Cartoons that remain unreleased and unseen and forgotten.
I do not see how you can call this a substandard release. It may not be tailored to everyone's tastes, but it is in high-definition and that costs a lot more. At least wait for the reviews. From what we have heard from WHV previously, classics have not been selling that well on blu ray (I myself do not have a blu ray player or a blu ray capable tv, except a small kitchen model). From the selection, it seems WHV tried to include cartoons that, if they never release another blu ray Looney Tunes set, would cover the principal classics. They also included some previously unissued cartoons to give loyal fans a bit extra excitement. Personally, unless they do something really stupid (like chop off the top and bottom of the cartoons to make them "widescreen"), it doesn't seem worthwhile to complain as WHV is obviously trying to advance the ball.Kevin Martinez said:Whatever. Do what you like. No ones saying you can't enjoy a substandard release
I admire a man with the courage not to use emoticons.Robert Harris said:No 3D, no purchase.
RAH
Originally Posted by Robert Harris
I've often wondered when this looney attitude at Warner might come to an end, and allow the technical folks at the studio to put together the entire set of LT and MM, and just put them out, once and for all.
With no disrespect meant to anyone at the studio, this is just more one silly box of cartoons with little meaning, when in the archives, they hold a trove that could be released as a major set.
Sorry, but I really don't like this idea.
No 3D, no purchase.
RAH
I'm with you. I am really having a hard time understanding the ire at this release. People are pissed that most of the cartoons have been released on DVD before and there aren't many new one. People are looking at this as a double dip. It's not. It's debuting on a new format. It's like complaining that when movies debut on BD that it's a double dip. People complain it's not in Chronological order. People have to get over that. It's not going to happen. It would be marketing poison. I understand that people want to see Bosko and all that, and I understand their importance. But most want Bugs, Daffy, Road Runner, etc. and aren't going to want to wait through X amount of sets to get that. We're probably lucky we do get some of that stuff interspersed with the more popular stuff. I'm in for this set.Patrick McCart said:Just pre-ordered on Amazon. I'm happy to say that I own the six 4-disc sets. They're gold standards of how to handle animated shorts for DVD. Excellent remasters without overdoing it on digital work, lots of worthwhile extras, and entertaining selection. Had Warner decided to release character-themed or chronological sets, it would be a poor decision. The only economical way would be to release year sequences out of order. Character-themed releases can be boring unless there's multiple releases of larger sets. Disney handled this well by putting out 3-4 2-disc sets at the same time. It would be disappointing to wait a year just to get past a set of 50 Bugs Bunny cartoons. My feelings are the same for the MGM cartoons. Not many will want to sit through two hours of Tom & Jerry. However, two hours of Tom & Jerry mixed with Tex Avery, Happy Harmonies, and the others would be more entertaining. So far, I've only found the Popeye and Goofy chronological sets to be entertaining enough to watch an entire disc in one viewing. However, I like the approach taken by the DVDs by separating cartoons into roughly 90-120 minute themed programs. This seems to have more of a compilation feel. It was a fantastic idea to put lineups like the Frank Tashlin cartoons, Hollywood parodies, fairy tales, and war-related. Maybe the selection has more to do with what's ready for Blu release. The first Golden Collection had the same "random" feel to it, so I'd like to think we can expect more from Vol. 2 and onwards. I look at the Blu volumes to be a continuation, rather than a repeat of the DVD sets. We have six excellent DVD volumes that still stand up well and will slowly become supplemented (and eventually replaced) by Blu-Ray counterparts. Maybe I'm overly enthusiastic because Warner had the wisdom to not make this ONLY a collector's set release. If only they did this for Citizen Kane and Ben-Hur...
Normally, I'd agree with you about the anger being unjustified but in this case, I want to see all the cartoons released and while I think it would be great to see them in HD, that's secondary to eventually getting them all out on disc. If they couldn't get all the cartoons out on DVD (especially during DVD's golden sales age), there's much less chance of seeing them all on Blu-ray. I agree that a complete set or chronological order releases are never going to happen and unreasonable to expect and I'm not going to sit up nights throwing darts at a picture of the Warners shield but I just don't see much sense in going back over so much of the same ground. I wouldn't mind if they put, say, 10 or 15 really popular titles on the set to hopefully give it a sales boost. That way, they'd at least have 35 or 40 new to disc cartoons on this set but there's just too much repeat from the DVD sets while so much sits in a vault for me to be interested in this. That being said, I'm just another opinionated asshole and I'm certainly not trying to say that everyone must feel the same about this set as me.WillG said:I am really having a hard time understanding the ire at this release. People are pissed that most of the cartoons have been released on DVD before and there aren't many new one. People are looking at this as a double dip. It's not. It's debuting on a new format.
Looking at the announced list, I think there are some earlier released shorts.They could have mixed in some obscure shorts, though. I understand that a chronological set would not do well, but just mix it up a bit with a handful of earlier and unreleased shorts on here with the famous ones. Do that for every volume, and voila!