DVD : The Complete Superman Cartoons - Diamond Anniversary Edition

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- BEST version of SUPERMAN shorts on DVD! Avoid others!
I wish that the armchair animation historians would shut up and stop moaning about these animated shorts not being ‘widescreen’ – they were created in FULL SCREEN which, at the time, was slightly bigger than the picture we see on TV nowadays. This SLIGHT difference in size caters for those who insist the picture has been ‘butchered’ – it’s slight cropping to fit to TV! And by ‘slight’ I mean….so little that if it were returned, the ‘toon would be nothing more. This DVD is great – the shorts are well restored and the sound is fine. The slightly awkward arrangement of the episodes does not detract from the beauty of this title, which is part of animation history. AVOID other versions of the Superman shorts – the sound on those others has been converted to 5.1, which means someone with a [bad] sound effects CD has added out-of-synch inappropriate modern effect. Fine if you’re 3 years old – a nightmare if you want quality! Next, buy the only decent CARTOON CRAZYS DVD – Banned & Censored! Fantastic!

Rating:

- Shame some are not that well restored
...but other than that, if you love animation or just are a Superman fanatic (like myself) you must own this. The other thing is that the menu of the DVD is a bit akward, but who cares? Just one more thing, Mechanical Monsters sure was ahead from it's time.

Rating:

- Old School Sups!
Definatly not the Superman from the well liked WB series! These are beautifully restored, however, the sound isn't DVD quality. I love the fact that all the classic episodes are on one DVD! These are a piece of not only comic, but film history too! I suggest this piece to own for any Superman fan. Just remember how old these cartoons are before you judge their quality.

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- Just a quick point
These are some of the best cartoons ever made, hands down. I'd like to point out something to a reviewer from earlier. These cartoons aren't presented in widescreen, because they weren't done in that format. They were only slightly larger than the picture that you see. All of the shorts, be they Disney, Warner Bros, even The Three Stooges(not animated but they were shorts) were done in a box/standard format. Hence the reason for some slight clipping when they are formated for television. It wasn't until the features that the widescreen format was used for cartoons. Example: Lady And The Tramp

Rating:

- Classic Superman
This series was the template that Paul Dini and Bruce Timm used to create both the Batman and Superman animated series for Warner Brothers TV. The Fleischer Brothers' creation has a minimalist look than compared to the muscular development that was prevalent in the comic books at the time. But this version set the standard for character animation that has been used by almost every studio since. Their excellent perception of depth was another innovation. The Fleischers' actually shot the shorts in the same way that directors would shoot movies with backlight and shadows. Imagine what they could've done with Batman. Highly recommended for all fans of Batman: The Animated Series, Superman or Batman Beyond.

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