DVD : Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Four

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Rating:

- Keep 'em coming.
What can be really said about this set that hasn't already been said. Disc One is devoted to Bugs Bunny (as the other sets do), Disc Three is Speedy Gonzalez (it's about time), Disc Two is director Frank Tashlin cartoons (not one of the big name cartoon directors),and Disc Four is Kitty Korner (cartoons about cats). While devoted Looney Tunes fans will love this (I am one), the casual fans might be disappointed because these are not all the most popular ones. If you are a casual fan, start at the beginning (Volume One) and work your way up. Be sure when you purchase the Golden Collection(s) check out the special features. It'll open your eyes to a part of animation we rarely get to see and cartoons that just don't get shown anymore. I'm a life long fan and I'll always remain one. Long Live Looney Tunes! KEEP 'EM COMING!

Rating:

- Another solid entry in the series, but Depatie-Freleng shorts lower the rating
Everything good about the previous three Looney Tunes sets is present here; high-quality remastering, great special features, and a sizable amount of classic cartoons. Everyone here has already stated this.

The reason I give this set four stars instead of five is becuase the Speedy Gonzales disc contains an unusually high amount of 1960's-era cartoons. Some of these are good, but the ones that round off the disc, particularly "A-Haunting We Will Go", are products of the infamous Depatie-Freleng era, and as such, suffer from poor-quality animation (on the level of obscure early-80's Japanese OVA releases) for the segments that aren't recycled.

The Depatie-Freleng era is infamous for having a lot of recycled gags and animation from earlier cartoons, due to budget cuts, and "A-Haunting We Will Go" recycles two gags from the classic "Duck Amuck": Daffy turning into a bizarre creature (used twice, no less) and a parachute turning into an anvil in mid-air. It's a breathtaking example of the nadir Warner Bros. reached towards the end of its animation era.

Nonetheless, this set is still well worth purchasing, like the other volumes.

Rating:

- Hilarious
Brings me back to childhood Saturday mornings, trying to watch and laugh and not wake up my parents. This stuff is priceless.

Rating:

- Warner Brothers: Package the cartoons according to the decade that they were originally released!
Most casual buyers of cartoons could care less about the shorts created prior to 1955, Warner Brothers or otherwise, and definately not the old black and white cartoons. The kids today are bored by black and white; they want full-color images. The humor in the black and white stuff is largely stale and and filled with racial stereotypes, old jokes, and outdated references.

Warner Brothers: Please package and sell these cartoons according to the decade that they were originally released in. That way, consumers that only want to purchase the 1960's cartoons and those going forward can do so, and consumers that want to buy the pre-1955 cartoons can still purchase those as well. The only reason those pre-1955 shorts are included in these packages is as historical fillers; the consumers get less of what we really want, and you can sell your DVD bundles each for the same $45.00+ price, filling half of the discs up with the older cartoons that you couldn't possibly sell to most people under other circumstances.

Warner Brothers knows that if they sold the pre-1955 cartoons separately, according to decade released, that there would be a few buyers, but not as many buyers as if they continue to FORCE everyone to buy the pre-1955 cartoons by mixing them up along with the post-1955 cartoons in a pricey new DVD set. It's all about the profits, not what the majority of the consumers want.

Rating:

- You need this/
Classic Looney Tunes that look great after being restored.

Can't find them on TV any more.

I have the whole set and enjoy it very much.

Great info in the extra features.

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