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Originally Posted by Kevin Martinez
This is worse than the whole Tom and Jerry thing (maybe neck-and-neck with the unremastered Disney Treasures from 2005)
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"The power of love will keep you home at night" -Huey Lewis & The News
"I give in to sin because you have to make this life liveable" -Depeche Mode
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Originally Posted by Eric Peterson
I am absolutely loving this set so far.
Hopefully, there will be more on the Fleischer Studios on future volumes, as I desperately want to see more about their 3D animation process. I forget which Disney documentary had a nice segment on the Multi-Plane camera, but I would love to seem something similar to that for Fleischer's process. .... |
Ken McAlinden
Livonia, MI USA
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Originally Posted by streeter
Isn't that documentary part of one of the Treasures this December?
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Ken McAlinden
Livonia, MI USA
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Originally Posted by Ken_McAlinden
Along those lines, I hope Disney release a DVD of "The Hand Behind the Mouse: The Ub Iwerks Story" some day. That 1999 documentary has been airing on the "Ovation" network (now carried by DirecTV) recently, and has a smattering of nifty technical discussions mixed in with the biographical information about Iwerks.
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Originally Posted by JimHillMedia.com
"First up is 'Oswald the Lucky Rabbit,' " Maltin continued. "This two-disc set will feature several newly restored versions of these black & white silent cartoons. Some of which will now have an full orchestral track while others will feature just organ accompaniment. This DVD will also include Leslie Iwerk's great documentary, 'The Hand Behind the Mouse', about her grandfather Ub Iwerks."
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Originally Posted by ScottR
I finally got this tonight at Best Buy. For those of you on the fence, better make up your minds quickly...the store I was at only had two left (before I bought mine.) I'm glad to hear it is selling so well...maybe Vol. 2 isn't far behind!
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It was like revisiting old friends with each gag and bit of business I remembered from watching these cartoons religiously as a six year old.
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Originally Posted by Tim Tucker
Has anyone heard anything official about Vol. 2 coming out in November with Looney Tunes, Vol. 5?[/size]
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Originally Posted by PaulP
I thought as originally announced the timelines of the volumes was twice a year or so.
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Originally Posted by Chuck Pennington
I just LOVE this set! But... Is there a resource online that lists each cartoon on each disc, or could someone post that info here? I keep a list of the shorts on each DVD I have, and a list of shorts on each DVD I could copy and paste would come in handy. Thanks in advance!
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| DISC 1 1. "Popeye the Sailor" (1933) (with commentary) 2. "I Yam What I Yam" (1933) 3. "Blow Me Down!" (1933) 4. "I Eats My Spinach" (1933) 5. "Seasin's Greetinks!" (1933) 6. "Wild Elephinks" (1933) (with commentary) 7. "Sock-a-Bye, Baby" (1934) (with commentary) 8. "Let's You and Him Fight" (1934) 9. "The Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1934) 10. "Can You Take It" (1934) (with commentary) 11. "Shoein' Hosses" (1934) 12. "Strong to the Finich" (1934) 13. "Shiver Me Timbers!" (1934) 14. "Axe Me Another" (1934) 15. "A Dream Walking" (1934) (with commentary) Bonus features on Disc 1 include a feature on early animation ("Mining the Strip, Elzie Segar and Thimble Theatre"), a 43-minute documentary on Popeye's early career ("I Yam What I Yam: The Story of Popeye the Sailor") and a profile on Olive Oyl ("Me Fickle Goyl, Olive Oyl: The World's Least Likely Sex Symbol"). Bonus silent cartoons from other studios (all based on comic strips) include "Colonel Heeza Liar at the Bat" (1915), the Mutt and Jeff short "Domestic Difficulties" (1916) and "Krazy Kat Goes A-Wooing" (1916). DISC 2 16. "The Two-Alarm Fire" (1934) 17. "The Dance Contest" (1934) 18. "We Aim to Please" (1934) 19. "Beware of Barnacle Bill" (1935) (with commentary) 20. "Be Kind to 'Aminals'" (1935) 21. "Pleased to Meet Cha!" (1935) 22. "The 'Hyp-Nut-Tist'" (1935) (with commentary) 23. "Choose Your 'Weppins'" (1935) (with commentary) 24. "For Better or Worser" (1935) (with commentary) 25. "Dizzy Divers" (1935) 26. "You Gotta Be a Football Hero" (1935) 27. "King of the Mardi Gras" (1935) 28. "Adventures of Popeye" (1935) 29. "The Spinach Overture" (1935) 30. "Vim, Vigor and Vitaliky" (1936) Extras on Disc 2 include a 30-minute historical documentary with lots of clips, "Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation 1900-1920," the featurette "Sailor's Hornpipes: The Voices of Popeye," a profile on Wimpy ("Wimpy the Moocher: Ode to the Burgermeister") and three more silent shorts: "Bobby Bumps Puts a Beanery on the Bum" (1918), the Felix the Cat cartoon "Feline Follies" (1919) and "The Tantalizing Fly" (1919) with Koko the Clown. DISC 3 31. "A Clean Shaven Man" 32. "Brotherly Love" 33. "I Ski - Love Ski - You Ski" (with commentary) 34. "Bridge Ahoy!" 35. "What - No Spinach?" 36. "I Wanna Be a Lifeguard" 37. "Let's Get Movin'" 38. "Never Kick A Woman" 39. "Little Swee'pea" 40. "Hold the Wire" 41. "The Spinach Roadster" 42. "Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor" (double-length, color, with commentary) 43. "I'm in the Army Now" 44. "The Paneless Window Washer" 45. "Organ Grinder's Swing" Disc 3 bonus features consist of two featurettes, "Blow Me Down! The Music of Popeye" and "Popeye in Living Color: A Look at the Color Two-Reelers" and six early Out of the Inkwell shorts with Koko the Clown: "Modeling" (1921), "Invisible Ink" (1921), "Bubbles" (1922), "Jumping Beans" (1922), "Bed Time" (1923) and "Trapped" (1923). DISC 4 46. "My Artistical Temperature" 47. "Hospitaliky" 48. "The Twisker Pitcher" 49. "Morning, Noon and Night Club" 50. "Lost and Foundry" (with commentary) 51. "I Never Changes My Altitude" 52. "I Likes Babies and Infinks" 53. "The Football Toucher Downer" 54. "Proteck the Weakerist" (with commentary) 55. "Popeye the Sailor Meets Ali Baba's Forty Thieves" (double-length, color, with commentary) 56. "Fowl Play" 57. "Let's Celebrake" 58. "Learn Polikeness" 59. "The House Builder Upper" 60. "Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh" Bonus features on Disc 4 include profiles on Swee'pea and Bluto ("Me Lil' Swee'pea: Whose Kid is He Anyway?" and "Et Tu Bluto? Cartoondom's Heaviest Heavy"), three more Out of the Inkwell Koko shorts ("A Trip to Mars" (1924), "Koko Trains 'Em" (1925) and "Koko Back Tracks" (1927)) and a two-minute follow-the-bouncing-ball oddity "Let's Sing with Popeye" (1934). |
Ken McAlinden
Livonia, MI USA
\"I have in my heart what it takes to run with the big dogs in this life, and nobody can say otherwise.\"
\"Attention all personnel. Tonight\'s movie is a holdover from last week and will be shown right after supper, which is also a holdover from last week.\"
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Originally Posted by Bill Williams
I posted my review of the set up on my blog site. Check it out:
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Originally Posted by Ron68
I picked up my copy today from Wal-Mart, I was surprised they even had it in stock.
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