DVD : The New Adventures of Superman - (DC Comics Classic Collection)

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Rating:

- Own for nostalgia
Having the VHS release of several episodes, I was suprised at the poor quality of this product. My DVD back-up of my VHS tape looks better than most of these. But I understand these are not guaranteed sellers (will they EVER release the rest of the Superboy live-action series?) so it's best not to put a lot of money into the production, even up to the case art and DVD menus looking NOTHING like the cartoon. But if having a bad copy is better than none, I appreciate this being released, and through Amazon relatively cheaply. The retrospective featurette was great, a funny tale of how Filmation bluffed their way through getting DC to sign on with them for the series. So low marks for the technical quality, but good marks for getting it out on DVD.

Rating:

- Superman in the 60's
Superman in 1966. WOW. Cheesy, fun anamatics will give our children a taste of old school, and a look back into the history of superman. If you are a superman junky, then this 2 disc set is a must, because if you are younger than 30 years old, such as myself, you will say "wow, I didn't even know this exsisted!" Good animation and alot of fun. You will enjoy it.

Rating:

- COMPLETE SUPERMAN BUT NOT COMPLETE SHOW
This set contains all the Superman episodes that were produced in 1966, but they are missing the cartoons that were sandwiched in between which were usually Superboy cartoons.

Rating:

- Good but incomplete
This CD was a great trip down Memory lane. Very much enjoyed seeing those once familiar episodes. Granted, not up to the standards of say 'Superman the animated Series' or 'Justice League Unlimited' but darn good for its time.

Unfortunately missing is the episodes of Superboy that were sandwiched betweem the Superman episodes, Though they did manage to sneak one "up next" plug for the missing Superboy episodes in. Also missing were the episodes of the Justice League, Hawkman, The Atom, and the Teen Titans that were made when the series was combined with the Aquaman show. Ah well Hopefully an the Next DVD

Even with the missing parts it's a good DVD. (And ya gotta love the catchy theme Music). Less heavy on the More serious themes of current Super hero fair and aimed more at the kid crowd. Or just Big kid at heart).

Rating:

- Bring on Volume 2
Finally, Warner Bros have released this 1966 version cartoon of Superman which launched the Filmation animation Studios in the 60's. If you loved this as a child, it's nostalgic value is priceless....to see the opening credits again gave me tingles. The Adventures of Suberboy and Krypto shorts which screened inbetween 2 Superman shorts to fill out the original half hour when it screened decades ago, have not been included and hopefully they will be released on DVD as well. There were additional New Adventures of Superman episodes made as 2 parters in conjunction with screening with Aquaman (1967) and Batman & Robin (1968 version) and hopefully Warners will release those also in a Volume 2 as the quality of animation and stories actually improved. Great to hear Warners will roll out Aquaman on dvd this year October 23rd but disappointing the 1968 version Batman did not get released (yet). The mid to late 60's Filmation animation had it's own unique style of animation, voice over and soundtrack and by the 70's, it changed somewhat.
Would also be fantastic for Warners to also release the Hawkman, Flash, Green Lantern, the Atom, Justice League & Teen Titan animated shorts of 1967 which originally screened with Aquaman.
Enjoy!

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