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Not have aditional idioms and subtitles, like spanish. This information it's out of the saling panel. A pity.
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The presentation of this cartoons is terrible! The company who authored the disc, really needs to look at the terrible job they did. This is a dual-layer disc, so there is a layer change that has to happen at some point during the playback of the disc. Well, the masterminds who authored this disc decided to have the layer change happen during a key moment in one of the cartoons. In the cartoon, "The Japoteurs", Superman is flying towards the tail section of a doomed airplane. As he is flying towards the plane, he suddenly stops in mid air, not by his means, but because the layer change has to happen. So there is Superman just taking a break as he waits for the layer change on the disc to happen. Please tell me why the masterminds who made this disc would allow this to happen? This is the poorest presentation of these cartoons I have ever seen. Do yourself a favor and wait till this fall when Warner Bros. releases all 17 Superman Max Fleischer cartoon digitally remastered. It will be worth the wait.
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I would like to buy for all Superhero cartoon for my children, or any good and encouraged cartoon, or good story cartoon.
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This is the third version of these cartoons I've purchased, and I hate to rain on VCI's parade, but these transfers are NOT the best out there, not even close. They look about the same as the earlier Winstar version, apart from vastly better sound. And the "Terror on the Midway" still has the awful freeze frame opening. The Diamond Anniversary Edition from Image/Bosko is head and shoulders above this one in image quality, and any others I've seen, and boasts a complete version of "Terror..." (although a little scratched).
This latest VCI version has nicer menus, an interview with the voice of Lois Lane, so for the price, a completist may want to own it. At least they made an effort to put out a "special edition". But the toons themselves are no comparison, in my book. Buy Bosko's Diamond Anniversary Edition without hesitation.
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VCI Entertainment and Paramount Pictures present "Superman - The Ultimate Max Fleischer Cartoon Collection" (1941) (Dolby digitally remastered) --- In the endless reaches of the universe, there once existed a planet known as Krypton, a planet that burned like a green star in the distant heavens --- their civilization was far advanced and it brought forth a race of "supermen," whose mental and physical powers were developed to the absolute peak of human perfection --- but there came a day when giant quakes threatened to destroy Krypton forever --- one of the planet's leading scientists, sensing the approach of doom, placed his infant son in a small rocket ship and sent it hurtling in the direction of the Earth just as Krypton exploded --- the rocket sped through star-studded space, landing safely on Earth with its precious burden: Krypton's sole survivor --- a passing motorist found the uninjured child and took it to an orphanage --- as the years went by and the child grew to maturity, he found himself possessed of amazing physical powers --- Faster than a speeding bullet, more powerful than a locomotive, able to leap tall buildings in a single bound... the infant of Krypton is now the Man of Steel, SUPERMAN --- to best be in a position to use his amazing powers in a never-ending battle for truth and justice, Superman has assumed the disguise of Clark Kent, mild-mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper.
Special footnote Bud Collyer stepped up and put his best foot forward in his most famous radio role in 1940, the title character in "The Adventures of Superman", he used different voices for Superman and Clark Kent, while making famous those well known quotes 'This is a job for Superman!' and 'Up, up, and away!', Collyer continued as Superman until 1949, also take note that one year before the series ended, portrayed that same character in the animated shorts by Max Fleisher, Collyer was never seen by the audience in the role of the Man of Steel.....second footnote Joan Alexander portrayed Lois Lane for most of the run of Mutual Radio's (and on ABC Radio from 1949 to 1951) "The Adventures of Superman" (1940-1951).
EXTRAS:
TRAILERS/BONUS VIDEOS:
1. VCI Animation Promo
2. Snafuperman - 1944 Parody
3. Superman Serial Trailer:
SPECIAL FEATURES:
BIOS:
1. Bud Collyer (aka: Clayton Johnson Heermance Jr).
Birth Date: 6/18/1908 - New York, New York
Died: 9/08/1969 - Greenwich, Connecticut
2. Joan Alexander - (still living)
3. Max Fleischer (aka: Essie Goldstein)
Birth Date: 7/19/1883 - Krakau, Galicia, Austria-Hungary (now Krakow, Poland)
Died: 9/11/1972 - Los Angeles, California
4. Superman (aka: Clark Kent)
Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster the creators of the comic book character Superman, made his debut on June 1st, 1938 in Action Comics No. 1 and heralded in the 'Golden Age of Comics'. The original issue only cost 10 cents then --- Max Fleischer film series is where Superman "learned" to fly, prior to this he was only able to "leap tall buildings in a single bound". It was deemed that leaping would not look right on film --- and even when superman flies it looks as if he needs to make a jumping start rather than just taking off.
BEHIND THE CAPE:
A synopsis and fun facts of each cartoon
PHONE INTERVIEW:
With voice of Lois Lane is Joan Alexander
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Features: DVD booklet - The Super Guide to the Max Fleischer Superman Cartoons;
Behind the Cape: a synopsis of each cartoon with fun facts;
Bonus cartoon - Snafuperman (1944 - Warner Bros. wartime parody of the Fleischer cartoons);
Bios of the voice actors, Max Fleischer and Superman;
Bonus Superman trailer for the Superman serials (1948) starring Kirk Alyn and Noel Neill
Recorded phone interview with the voice of Lois Lane, Joan Alexander
Great job by VCI Entertainment for releasing "Superman - The Ultimate Max Fleischer Cartoon Collection" (1941), the digital transfere with a clean, clear and crisp print --- looking forward to more high quality releases from the vintage serial era of the '20s, '30s & '40s and B-Westerns --- order your copy now from Amazon or VCI Entertainment where there are plenty of copies available on DVD --- stay tuned once again for top notch action mixed with deadly adventure from the "King of Serials" VCI...just the way we like 'em
Total Time: 150 min on DVD ~ VCI Entertainment #8451 ~ (5/30/2006)
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