DVD : Super Friends, Volume Two (DC Comics Classic Collection)

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- What about the original series with Wendy, Marvin, and Wonderdog?
This is a nice to have but it would be really Really nice if they would put out the ORIGINAL episodes featuring Wendy, Marvin, and Wonderdog - and INCLUDE WITHIN THOSE the little "helpful tips" footage, the intermission style shorts, as they were originally broadcast.

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- If you're over 30....
These are the original 1980's episodes that I loved so much as a kid! And now my twin 4-year-olds are watching them and loving every minute of it! If only I could find Volume One...

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- it's a good series...
First off, everyone has an opinion on the entire SUPERFRIENDS series. Sticking with the episodes at hand on this DVD i liked them all. Before i read any reviews on here, i watched the DVD and i actually liked the story of the Anti-Matter Monster. The little, subtle things like Aquaman for example being taken to Atlantis in "World Beneath the Ice" is a good use of character history. I have my favorite episodes from the DVD, however. The favorites for me are "Rokan: Enemy from Space", "Battle at Earth's Core", "Terror from the Phantom Zone" which features Superman aging after being exposed to red Kryptonite and his having to travel to the asteroids of the blown up Krypton and recover blue Kryptonite to reverse the aging process, and "Attack of the Vampire" on DVD #1 and "Anti-Matter Monster", "World Beneath the Ice", and episodes #13 through #16 on DVD #2: "Batman: Dead or Alive", "Battle of the Gods" which makes good use of Wonder Woman's nemesis, Hara, and other mythical Gods more specifically Medusa. "Journey Through Inner Space" is just a knock-out episode...giving Aquaman center stage and using radiation and an underwater disaster to transform Aquaman into...well...i won't give the plot away. The last episode on DVD #2 is another good one. It involves an actual comic book villain, Superman's foe, Mr Myxlpltk. I know i have the name spelled wrong...it's pronounced "mixel plick". All in all, the DVD isn't as bad as it is being let on to be...plus, in my opinion, the Wonder Twins are what created the hype when these episodes were first being aired. Like them or not, they did bring in the viewers...keeping the show a success in re-runs and in first-run syndication for a few years. If i were to have a complaint it would be the use of Flash and Hawkman and Apache Chief on the DVD fold-out cover...scenes that took place on CHALLENGE OF THE SUPERFRIENDS are shown on the fold-out cover. Those characters are NOT on this DVD. Oh, of course, scenes from the actual episodes on this DVD are also shown in small thumbnail pictures on the fold-out cover, too.

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- BEWARE: these Super Friends DVD releases are a complete mess..
I loved this series as a kid, but these DVD releases are a complete disaster. Firstly this is not Super Friends (1973 to 1974) as the DVD title might have some of you think, it is actually The All New Superfriends Hour (1977 to 1978) which was Season 2 of the whole Superfriends series. Secondly it's incomplete & doesn't contain all the episodes for this season & what's more they aren't even in order. This season should contain 26 episodes not including the 40 shorts from 1977, instead all you get is 16 episodes. I payed only $42 AUD (less in $USD) for the entire 65 episodes of Defenders Of The Earth & yet WB expects us to fork out around the same price for one fourth of the content & an incomplete series of episodes that aren't even in order. Lastly i am completely baffled by the logic behind WB choosing not to release each season in order from season 1 to 6 or correctly labeling each box set. This makes things all the more confusing since they released Challenge Of The Superfriends on DVD first (which is actually season 3) & labeled the DVD as Superfriends: The First Season??? In protest i suggest you just download the series instead if you can find it, you might not get DVD quality & special features, but at least you'll be able to have all the episodes & in order. The only reason this gets even 2 stars is because the cartoon series itself is great, it's just these DVDs themselves that are an absolute mess. Save your money unless you're not bothered by any of the things i've mentioned. Hope this review is helpful to others out there who are like myself & like things complete & in order.

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- my boys like this set and so do i
my boys got this one at christmas from santa and have worn out the disc if thats possible. the only thing i never liked about this show were the tag along kids. first the earth kids then the space twins(even my boys don't like the twins). some great shows here and they are all great for the superhero in all of us!!

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