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I don't see what that has to do with anything. If all the animation sets are selling well enough to merit followups, why not stagger things?

What I don't get is why WAC doesn't stagger their releases. Do a Looney Tunes disc, and if it sells, do a Popeye disc and if that sells do a Tex Avery disc, and if that sells do a Hanna-Barbera set, and repeat. . Rotating these series out would surely be better than putting series on hold for...

We must have not listened to the same podcast, because they said those have been shoved off the table for Looney Tunes. We won't see them for years, if ever.

Notice how in the podcast they don't say anything about using HBO max copies from off the shelf. IT was a dirty little secret that had to be kept hidden.

You can buy a set and even like a set while still acknowledging serious problems with the set. Dismissing any and call critics as crazy doesn't result in studios learning from their mistakes.

That's encouraging to hear. Nice. It would be just as well. If they can't take criticism, then maybe they shouldn't be putting out discs.

Maybe it would. We'd get some insight as to why animation releases are so cursed and live-action releases aren't. I guess it doesn't matter saying anything here. The review will be "5/5. Never Looked Better. Highly Recommended".

I don't get why WAC should be exempt from criticism. If they did a bad job, don't treat them with kid gloves. otherwise Volume 2 and on WILL be more of the same. This couldn't have been planned during lockdown. That's been over for over a year now. Feltenstein has been back for even longer. If...

At the very least, the problem should be acknowledged as such to avoid future problems. They won't get the message from glowing 5/5 reviews that are undeserved.

I don't share your faith. Not sending a strong message of complaints, or downplaying and ignoring the problems, will just indicate to WAC that they can get away with shoddy work on animated titles and keep doing it in the future.

The press releases promised that the shorts would be new restorations, not the ones from HBO Max. Even if the problems are "minor", the fact that the release is not what was promised is very "major". This is a trend with the Warner Archive's animation releases. None of their live-action...

Thanks for giving an objective, fair review.

Reviewers need to turn up the heat on WB for these set. Don't let them off the hook for a second. Actually push those low scores.

I can't wait for the inevitable review. "5/5. Never looked better. Highly Recommended".

WAC has put out like three classic cartoon sets in the last three years. At 20 cartoons a pop, we'd be lucky to get a Golden Collection's worth of shorts in half a decade.

Typical. So much for 2023 being a return to normal. Also, if there's only gonna be six releases in March, that means February was going to be barren.

Also, Paramount, Fox and Sony don't have employees going on podcasts talking how the year will be back to normal.

It's the radio silence that irritating. Someone could very easily contact you guys and say what's what, like they did with the December 2022 releases. Instead, we're left to guess for ourselves after podcasts heralding 2023 as being "back to normal".

No announcements yet. Not a good look when you're talking about one release a week on podcasts, and February is looking barren.

I heard that the original cut was an NC-17 that had to be trimmed to an R. Will we get that cut, or at least deleted scenes?

Yeah, the lack of WB titles for WB's 100th is very suss. Makes one want to call the plans into question.

Cause if you're going on podcasts talking up a big game about how 2023 is going to be so great and a return form and wonderful for classic film fans and all that, extended radio silence is not something inspires a vote of confidence.

Did you really?

They sure are taking their dear sweet time with January announcements. Let's hope George didn't make promises he couldn't keep again.

Based on things I've heard, Disney only has a limited number of shorts that have been restored in HD. Unlike what Warner Bros. did with the Looney Tunes, the Treasures restorations were only done in SD and not future-proofed. This new set bears that out; a cheapie grab-bag of a very limited...

We got one measly classic animation release in 2021. Saying 2023 will be back to 2021 levels is not encouraging there.

Where?

I'm glad that you are getting your wish granted, but classic cartoon fans are still stuck with bad discs and evasive non-answers.

Yeah, we know something concrete is planned, as opposed to the usual "more classic animation is coming" runaround. I'm glad you, as a silent film fan, got a "hard" answer that 3 or 4 silents are planned for the next couple of years.

Not based on what I listened to. It was lumped into the vague "Stuff is happening" line we hear every time classic animation comes up, in spite of so many specific classic cartoon questions asked. It's also good to know Ghost Ship and Opposite Sex are being rectified but Tex Avery #2 isn't.