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We can hope that they release these. Warner did put out several of these cartoons on VHS in the 90s (80s?). Seems like Warner has had success with its animated superhero collections.

There is supposed to be a Warner TV chat coming up. That would be the place to address this.

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Well it looks like both the Batman and Superman shows are rumored to be coming out in June, according to a story on TV Shows on DVD Dot Com today.

This is really good news, hopefully Aquaman and some of the other shorts made (animated Superboy, Teen Titans, Flash, Hawkman, Green Lantern, Justice League, etc.) will follow.

It *would* be really nice if, on 6/26, other shows to tie-in were released, like one of the four remaining seasons of Superfriends that haven't come out yet, or the second season of the live-action 1980's Superboy, or the 1986-1987 Ruby/Spears Superman series done for CBS.

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Well, since the TVSonDVD article mentions the '70s Batman series, it would appear that you can add '60s Batman to that list of unannounced cartoons above.

I for one, am more interested in what they intend to do with their live-action Filmation holding: Shazam!

Hopefully, someone will ask them about this on the next chat (I can never be around when it takes place and on my dial-up, would probably never get in anyway). With BCI releasing Isis this summer, you'd think WB would want to capitalise on it and get in on the act themselves! Someone said they heard there were "mastering" issues with the show. However, the seven episodes I saw on TV Land looked good enough.

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This is good news about the Filmation cartoons. Both the Superman and Batman cartoons were a lot of fun (although I think I prefer the 60s Filmation Batman to the 70s).

I wonder if these will be released complete or in volumes? By my count, Superman would need 4 discs, while the 77 Batman would only need 2 or 3 (only had 16 episodes). Superman had 68 installments, usually of the 7 or 12 minute variety. (FWIW, Aquaman had 36 installments of 12 minutes each.)

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I have vague memories of watching the 70s Filmation Batman in reruns during the 80s--does it still hold up to adult scrutiny? I've been spoiled by Batman:TAS (and never warmed up to The Batman series), so I'm wondering if the Filmation Batman and Superman cartoons are worth picking up.

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I hope Warner does not forget live action and animated Shazam.

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At the last chat, Warner did say they would be releasing more superhero properties as soon as Justice League was done, specifically more Superfriends. If this is step one, then I'm all for it.

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In addition to the Superhero Cartoons I would like to see the following Filmation Series on DVD

1. Fantastic Voyage

2. Lassie's Rescue Rangers (Including the "Saturday Superstar Movie" Pilot!)

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I want the animated Superman series from the 80's. It was pretty good.

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Count me in for the Live-action Shazam (It should have been released around the same time as its sister series, Isis) and the 80s Ruby-Spears Superman (This was cancelled really quickly despite some realy good episodes).

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I checked tvshowsondvd.com, and I believe that Superman will have 36 6 minute episodes from the first season. Superboy might have his own box set later on. I also think there's 6 versions of the Superfriends that haven't been released.

Super Friends (1973)
The All New Superfriends Hour (1977)
The World's Greatest Superfriends (1979)
The Superfriends (1980-1983)
Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show (1984)
Super Powers Team: Galacitc Guardians (1985)

I would like to see Shazam as well.

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The problem with the live action Shazam episodes is they were shot on 16mm and really don't look good on DVD. They included the pilot with the 3rd season of Wonder Woman and it appears that they'd need to do a lot of buffing to the picture. Maybe Warners could make a deal with BCI to release the complete Shazam since fans of the Filmation stuff are used to the quality issues.

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I plan on adding superman but I have no interest the batman cartoon coming out if or when the batman cartoon from
the 60s comes out I'll add that i'll also get any other DC super hero shows also if or when it comes out I'd like to add journey to the center of the earth

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I'm with you. I want ALL of the Filmation DC super hero cartoons. I'm also excited about the announced releases and will be picking those up the day they're released.

Two things that I always remembered about the '77 series was that they showed The Riddler in the opening credits (albeit in a purple costume!) but never featured him in an episode, and that those episodes were surprisingly non-violent -- the characters never fought with each other, as they did in the 1960s animated version, or on the live-action series.

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I'll also be getting Superman but not Batman 77. But If they do Batman animated from the 60's I'll get it and I really want Aquaman from filmation as well. That is my favorite of their superhero shows.

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The Riddler was always one of my favorite Batman villains, so I would watch every week to see if he would show up...and he never did. Years later, I found out the reason, the rights to him (and the Scarecrow) were tied up by Hanna Barbera, who were using the character on the Challenge of the Super Friends.

Another bit of trivia, Hanna Barbera wanted to use other Batman villains, like the Joker and Penguin, as well as Captain Marvel and some of his villains, for the Super Friends, but couldn't because Filmation had the rights.

The lack of violence had to do with the censors/networks. They tried to remove anything that kids might replicate and hurt themselves or others.

For those that don't recall the show, AOL has the majority of the episodes available for streaming on their In2tv site.

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Yep, got the Aquaman set and I'm slowly working through it.

I'm guessing there is going to be another DC Comics related release to go with the next Superfriend set (January?) and then something else with the New Frontier movie. Warner has recently delivered two products on the same day. I don't see a reason to stop that now.

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They still have several seasons of Super Friends to release, but I hope they go with the superior Filmation stuff from the '60s, which includes Batman, another set of Superman, and the Justice League/Hawkman/Green Lantern/Flash/Atom/Teen Titans shorts. Wouldn't mind seeing the very early episodes of Super Friends.

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Don't forget the other Filmation Shows that Warners owns - The animated TARZAN and the Animated Gilligan's Island/Planet Shows

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I'm not sure Warner owns Tarzan. I do know there are serious rights issues with the Edgar Rice Burroughs estate.

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Looks like the Filmation cartoons are continuing on DVD this summer, with the Justice League/Green Lantern/Hawkman/Atom/Teen Titans/Flash shorts coming in August.

The Superman/Aquaman Hour of Adventure DVD news: Announcement for DC Super Heroes: The Filmation Adventures | TVShowsOnDVD.com

Glad to see it. When I was a kid, I used to watch this show in the mornings before school. I could watch 2 out of 3 segments, so I was disappointed if the third segment was one of the above, because they were pretty rarely shown.

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I'm glad these are coming out too. I believe these cartoons were my first introduction to Superheroes and I loved them. I think I was watching them before I started school and then when I was going to school, I watched them when I got home. I really enjoyed the Superman set but I still have to pick up Aquaman and Batman.

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I wouldn't be suprised to see the 60s 5ilmation Batman show up in December with the dvd release of Dark Knight.
Even though Aquaman didn't hold up for me as well as I'd expected, I'm still loving these releases and can't wait for the Superhero set in August. I pre-ordered it along with a bunch of Bds from the Warner store with a 30% off coupon code ( ANWBTS ?). Everything came out to an average price of $16 which included NYS sales tax. In other words, a very good deal.
Count me in for more 60s Superman too (if there is any). Unfortunately Superboy has rights issues with the Siegel/Shuster estates. A real shame as I loved that one as much as any of them. Oh well. Still thrilled with what we've gotten so far.

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Looked at the new Filmation DVD that came out this week, and while it is nice to have these rare cartoons on DVD, I am disappointed in the job Warner did. Mostly that is because of the title sequences for the individual shows. Clearly, no attempt was made to clean these up, as they are blurry, have color bleeds and pops and scratches throughout. The episodes themselves look nice, but the title sequences, which are very cool in their own right, look like just about the worst thing I have seen on DVD.

Still, credit to WB for putting these out. They could easily have been forgotten, and if you watched these Filmation shows as a kid, these non-Superman, non-Aquaman episodes were a treat, and were rarely played.