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What more can you say? It's Looney Tunes. They don't make 'em like they used to...
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I have to agree with another reviewer about the packaging: disc removal is awkward at best. We're starting to see some redundancy in information contained in the featurettes (bonus features) with respect to other features on previous collection discs, which is a bit annoying. Also, on a couple of menus (disc 4) we see some rather sloppy (rushed?) design work in menus, like K-9 and Marvin the Martian, who don't even appear in this set. Certainly the effort was all put into the animation restoration, but a little more care in the packaging and presentation would help keep these volumes consistent.
While all of the original cartoons deserve to be released, we seem to be getting more of the, shall we say, not quite as well crafted pieces, while some real gems are still unreleased. This could be due to something like the difficulty in finding uncut, well preserved prints, etc. But I'm most fearful that by rationing out the best works, sales will slip and Warner will just stop releasing them.
To be clear, my complaints are minor. These still represent some of the greatest cartoons of the 20th century, and most are yet to be outdone. If you don't own any of the Golden Collection volumes, I might not start with this one (Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume One, Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Two are stronger IMHO). But it's certainly a worthy addition to the set.
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Cartoons has always brought good laughs and great humor in all of us. I'm over 35 years old and I still see this cartoons with my nieces and nephews for all of us to enjoy. Sometimes I been told that I'm to old to see cartoons, but your never to old to see this great classics from Looney Tunes. Can't wait for volume 5 come out.
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With collections such as this, the Popeye Collection, and the Walt Disney Treasures set (as well as Uncle Walt's OSWALD THE LUCKY RABBIT (no relation) appearing on DVD over the last year and in the near future, cartoon fans have many reasons ot dance in the streets.
This contains most of the Looney Tunes that people over the age of about 21 today hold dear to their hearts. One thing in watching this set makes you realize that even though the titles may not ring a bell, once you see these cartoons you know them and realize how much of them have been ingrained into your subconscious, as they appeared constantly on movie and television screens from the 1930s until about ten years ago thanks to those no good tutti-fruity Politically correct killjoys who push the likes of Barney and the Teletubbies down kids throats, but I digress.
The 1970s documentary BUGS BUNNY SUPERSTAR is quite interesting. Some good stuff with Bugs and co. mixed with interviews of the men who created them. Educational and interesting-these guys were as crazy as their creations. However, Bugs fans born between 1950 and 1980 will have warm hearts over the inclusion of the theme from the Bugs Bunny television show ON WITH THE SHOW in the extras.
Regarding political incorrectness. As an African-American child, I was never bothered by Bugs dressing up as a Black person to outwit Yosemite Sam in SOUTHERN FRIED RABBIT, as Bugs didn't exactly wear minstrel makeup or the simian-like black caricatures all too common in cartoons of that time that I admittedly despised then as well as now. To say that Speedy Gonzales is embarrassing today is foolish! He almost always outwitted the "gringo" characters. But as for the wartime characterizations of the Japanese, I could see how that would casue some concern.
But enough of that for now. Get the set, and enjoy it so more will come.
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What ties all men and women together between the ages of 1 and 100? Looney Tunes! That's what! The greatest cartoons ever produced anywhere anytime! What made the cartoons so special was that the creators made them for themselves! They wanted to make each other laugh and that is why so many of the gags go over the "little ones" heads. Bugs,Daffy,Porky,Elmer,Foghorn,Speedy,Wile E.,Roadrunner,Sylvester and Tweety......I'm sure I'm forgetting someone? These are the best characters in Toonsville! Now! Give me a hammer and a stick of dynamite and I will convince anyone who disagrees with this! Mel Blanc and Chuck Jones Rule!
Please put the sets out faster! Most fans are at least in their 40's and we would like to see the rest before the turn of the century!
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