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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.
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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.
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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).
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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.
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Let's get one thing straight: THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN was a monster hit for the out of the gate Filmation and CBS TV.
Thanks to TNAOS and Hanna-Barbera's SPACE GHOST AND DINO BOY Saturday mornings became super-hero heaven (and ratings gold).
Was the Filmation animation a touch "austere"? Yes. Did I then, or now care? No. The show does now what it did in 1966: intertain me.
Filmation was small but they sure made what they had count. Hiring Jackson Beck for the narrations (he made every episode exciting), Joan Alexander as Lois Lane, and John Marion for music was smart (in my heart Marion's Superman music is just as good as John Williams'). Getting Bud Collyer to voice Superman was fate, luck, genius, and a blessing.
I didn't know at the time that Mr. Collyer had "a little" experience with The Man of Steel. All I knew was he made Superman sound great (and made the Clark Kent secret identity thing believable). To this day I get a chill when I hear Mr. Collyer's Clark Kent say: "This is a job...FOR SUPERMAN"! And John Marion's background music during the costume change helped to make it cooler.
The show was (and still is) exciting. It's a damn same THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERBOY cartoons were not included (they were a reason why the show was a hit). Do us a favor Warner Bros? Settle it. The fans do not deserve this.
My only gripe is on the special feature. The featurette "Superman in '66" was ok but not enough time was spent discussing the show itself. The bulk of it talks alot about the Silver Age (where Superman reigned supreme). The best stuff comes from interviews with President of Warner Brothers Animation Sander Schwartz, DC Comics publisher Paul Levitz, Filmation co-founder Lou Scheimer, Filmation artist and historian Michael Swanigan, and actor Mark Hamill, a comic book/animation fan who proves he knows his stuff.
The coolest interview material comes from Filmation's Scheimer and historian Swanigan. There's a great story Scheimer shares about how Filmation bluffed DC into thinking they were a larger studio than they actually were in order to secure the right to do the cartoon. Waid on the other hand was given more screen time than he deserved and brings very little to the table. They should have interviewed series director Hal Sutherland (like they did for the STAR TREK: THE ANIMATED SERIES dvd)instead.
THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN will make a excellent addition to all Superman fans (and fans of classic super-hero animation)dvd shelves. The look and sound are pristine and damn cool to look at.
Filmation & Warner Bros...ya did good. Thank you.
(Now hurry up with the remaining episodes and be sure to include ALL the bumpers, trailers, and promos. Skimp nothing)
That's it. But let me sent a very special thanks to: Norm Prescott and Lou Schemer, John Marion, Jackson Beck, Joan Alexander, Hal Sutherland, and of course Bud Collyer.
Thank you for showing to me FIRST how incredibly cool Superman is (and always will be).
And thanks to Warner Bros for the dvd reminder.
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