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this set has the best prints of these oldie but goodie cartoon series from the 40's. my boys love these and watch them in our dvd player in the van on trips. well worth the price
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Superman - The Ultimate Max Fleischer Cartoon Collection. Hitting the DVD battlefield to conquer your pocketbook is yet another version of the 17 cartoons produced by Fleischer/Paramount studios from 1941-43. Up to now the only version worth having was the Bosko video release called The Complete Superman Cartoons - Diamond Anniversary Edition My only complaint about that DVD was the inclusion of the date of each cartoons release super-imposed over the opening of each cartoon. Now about VCI's new release Superman - The Ultimate Max Fleischer Cartoon Collection. Using the word "Ultimate" is dangerous. It raises ones expectations to see the best possible release of these wonderful cartoons. VCI slightly misses the mark. The majority of the cartoons are indeed great to look at, but I find it strange that the music at the end of almost every cartoon is the same. That would not be annoying if it were not for the fact that each of the cartoons originally had different and uniquely individual fade out music. The most annoying part of the presentation are the two cartoons TERROR ON THE MIDWAY and THE MUMMY STRIKES. I was awed to see that the opening of TERROR ON THE MIDWAY looked far inferior visually to the version seen on Boskos release. VCIs attempt to cover the defects in the very opening of the cartoon, (Emulsion scratches etc. since no other pre-print has popped up) the VCI editors chose to freeze frame a series of shots that were originally seen in a slow pan. This is not only startling to see but destroys the artistic integrity of the short. MUMMY STRIKES suffers the same quality drop visually. The remainder look excellent. The extras are very enjoyable. The audio interview with Joan Alexander (The voice of Lois Lane on the radio and in the great 1966 Superman Animated series as well) gives some very enjoyable memories of her career. There is a Kirk Alyn Superman Serial trailer from 1948 that looks o.k. And the inclusion of the "Bonis" cartoon SNAFUPERMAN is o.k. but it looks like it was lifted from a previous Laserdisc release. All in all for a retail of $9.99 (With a pre-order from Amazon of $6.99, it is worth the price.....but not Ultimate. The Ultimate Max Fleischer Cartoon Collection is available May 30th.
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I have been a major fan of the Max Fleicher Superman Cartoons for years now! I read about this and had to review! I can't wait to get this DVD. I have seen the cartoons and I am hooked! I am wanting this DVD for the features. Of all the Superman Fleichers cartoons out there on DVD, nobody has done these cartoons justice like VCI is about to! I am in awe of how much VCI has put into this! I can't wait to get a copy of this. Heck I think I will bye some for other geek friends of mine. With the new Superman movie coming out a month after this is released...This is a DVD to get! Thank you VCI...THANK YOU!!
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Amazon seems to be quite regularly passing reviews from one release of something onto other releases. They used to tell you this, but now they don't. There are 2 sets of this - one Winstar (older version, with re-dubbed sound effects and really bad Pan & Scan) and THIS ONE, which is the Bosko Diamond edition.
I haven't seen either, and now I certainly won't be using Amazon's reviews to get a feel for what the release is like, as I can't trust them to keep one edition separate from another.
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For what this is worth - I have the dollar store version, and the 9 dollar one here - the dollar store version I have has mirky video, a sound that track that has been modified ("The Bulleteers" has something that sounds like a 707 on take-off, not the prop airplane noises in the original) - this is worth the extra dollars you spend, if you truly want something enjoyable to watch. The video is spotless, and the sound track is in excellent shape. I am very pleased with this.
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