Press Release Warner Archive Announcement: Looney Tunes Collectors Choice Volume 1 (Blu-ray) (1 Viewer)

[jbirdp]

“Kill the wabbit!”

 

[bobclampett]

Given the success of the Tex Avery releases, wish Warner Archive stuck with director based anthologies. Nice to see Arthur Davis represented. He inherited Clampett’s crew when he left Warner Bros.

 

[Paul Penna]

Given the success of the Tex Avery releases, wish Warner Archive stuck with director based anthologies. Nice to see Arthur Davis represented. He inherited Clampett’s crew when he left Warner Bros.

Their decision to go with a selection of more broad-based appeal rather appeal to some narrower niche is much more likely to sell well (while at the same time making a mouth-watering selection for long-time collectors like me) and that's what needs to happen if we want to see more releases. I'm all for the kind of choices they've made with this first one.

 

[Peter Neski]

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.

just makes it more confusing. If others did those, they seem to have no problem doing a few Early Tex Avery and New far better versions of B&W stuff Is it so much trouble getting stuff from the Library of Congress for stuff before 1940 to LA, does that mean don't look for new restorations of title work for pre 1940 stuff if they ever get to it ,I think Jerry and George do try to give us stuff we don't have. I really like the way both of them really seem to do the right thing, but I wish they wouldn't round off decades as 1940s and 1950s when some stuff from the 37-40 is their best stuff Where there's plenty from the 50's that's not

 

[AlexNH]

I'm not confused. Looking forward to my disc arriving soon.

 

[onga999]

Then don’t buy it!

For those interested in listening to the entire podcast:

Looney Tunes Review & Collector’s Choice Vol. 1 Preview — The Extras

George Feltenstein of the Warner Archive and animation historian Jerry Beck discuss the history of Looney Tunes physical media releases and their pivotal roles in bringing these cartoons to the home video market. This is all terrific background leading up to what is on this new Blu-ray releasing May

www.theextras.tv

What a fantastic discussion! It makes me very excited for the future! I'm also very happy to hear them mention wanting to get to the remaining Popeye and MGM cartoons!

On a side note, it's mentioned that music licensing isn't really an issue anymore. Hopefully that applies to the Hanna-barbera library! Regardless, I just love their enthusiasm to get the remainder of the cartoon library on physical media!

 

[Bill Street]

I think if Warner ever did chronological sets they would need to limit them to the 1940's and 1950's. I don't think there would be much interest in the Harman-Ising produced cartoons nor in the characters of Foxy, Bosko, Buddy, Bunny and Clyde, and the Speedy and Daffy cartoons. The Censored Eleven would also have to be excluded as Warner just will not release them.

It would be nice if Warner Bros released a blu ray of the Porky Pig 100 that the archive released as a DVD or a set of early 1940's B&W Looney Tunes before they went color .

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The early Daffy cartoons are pure gold! Back then he was psychotic in a fun way, before they ruined his character by making him just neurotic.

 

[Ken_Martinez]

What a fantastic discussion! It makes me very excited for the future! I'm also very happy to hear them mention wanting to get to the remaining Popeye and MGM cartoons!

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.

 

[Robert Harris]

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.

One can imagine possibly back-burnering the M-G-Ms for lack of original negatives.

 

[Ken_Martinez]

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 years on end, wouldn't it?

 

[Robert Harris]

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 years on end, wouldn't it?

Have you ever worked for a studio?

 

[Ken_Martinez]

Have you ever worked for a studio?

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?

 

[Robert Harris]

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 it has to do with, is an understanding of budgets, corporate structure and decision making, and the little nicety of element availability, access and condition.

 

[Paul Penna]

Everything seems simple to the outsider.

 

[Robert Harris]

In a world…

Not far from Barbie’s, Dartmouth would be hosting a summer course.

And This would be the text:

Item no longer available

The item you are looking for is no longer available.

www.abebooks.com

 

[Paul Penna]

In a world…

Not far from Barbie’s, Dartmouth would be hosting a summer course.

And This would be the text:

Item no longer available

The item you are looking for is no longer available.

www.abebooks.com

I still have my copy of that first edition, intact and fully functional though showing distinct evidence of partial water-logging from the flood of 1986 (fortunately nothing like the Johnstown one).

 

[Albert71292]

Got email notification from Amazon that my order has shipped. Regardless of a few imperfections, I'll just be happy to have these shorts on Blu-ray. It's a far cry from the way I first saw them, on Saturday morning television as a kid in the 1970's, with the VERY truncated "title cards".

 

[RBailey]

Got email notification from Amazon that my order has shipped. Regardless of a few imperfections, I'll just be happy to have these shorts on Blu-ray. It's a far cry from the way I first saw them, on Saturday morning television as a kid in the 1970's, with the VERY truncated "title cards".

...and the brutal editing of content by the networks.

 

[Ronald Epstein]

Had the opportunity to look through some of the cartoons on the new WAC Looney Tunes release.

The cartoons look terrific. The only anomalies I noticed were on BEANSTALK BUNNY when we first see Elmer Fudd as the Giant. A few seconds of that footage doesn't look great and I figure it's just the original elements at play here. Outside of that, I am very happy with the quality of this set.

I had forgotten about the Abbott and Costello mice. That brought back some memories. Was this included cartoon the only one made with those two characters or are there more?

 

[Peter Neski]

Had the opportunity to look through some of the cartoons on the new WAC Looney Tunes release.

The cartoons look terrific. The only anomalies I noticed were on BEANSTALK BUNNY when we first see Elmer Fudd as the Giant. A few seconds of that footage doesn't look great and I figure it's just the original elements at play here. Outside of that, I am very happy with the quality of this set.

I had forgotten about the Abbott and Costello mice. That brought back some memories. Was this included cartoon the only one made with those two characters or are there more?

I think there's one more as Mice, and One were they are Cats