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List Price: $64.98Amazon.com's Price: $47.99 You Save: $16.99 (26%)Prices subject to change.
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0012569797963
Format: Animated, Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 4
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 31, 2007
Running Time: 416 minutes
Sales Rank: 3746
Studio: Warner Home Video
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Product Description:
The plot lines in the animated cartoons tended to be simple. A villain usually Bluto makes a move on Popeye's "sweetie" Olive Oyl. The bad guy then clobbers Popeye until Popeye eats spinach which gives him superhuman strength. The fundamental character of Popeye paralleling that of another 1930's icon Superman also invokes traditional values possessing uncompromising moral standards and resorting to force only when threatened or when he "can't stands no more"! The first volume includes 58 (7-10 min) theatrical blk & white shorts from 1933 to 1938 and 2 two-reeler 20 minute color cartoons. (Notable shorts: * POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR was an Academy Award? Nominee. Betty Boop appears in a cameo as a hula dancer in the 1st short "Popeye The Sailor")Running Time: 550 min.System Requirements:Running Time: 550 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: ANIMATION/ADULT SWIM UPC: 012569797963 Manufacturer No: 79796
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In 1933, a squint-eyed sailor with outsized forearms danced a hula with Betty Boop--and began one of the great series in American cartoon history. Popeye had made his debut in Elzie Segar's comic strip "Thimble Theater" four years earlier, and the jump to animation only increased his popularity: by 1938, he rivaled Mickey Mouse. During the '30s, when Disney was creating lushly colored, realistic animation, the Fleischer Studio presented a gritty black-and-white world that was ideally suited to the bizarre misadventures of Popeye, Olive, and Bluto. The animators ignored anatomy, with hilarious results: Olive Oyl's rubbery arms wrap around her body like twin anacondas, and her legs often end up in knots. Exactly what Popeye and Bluto saw in this scrawny, capricious inamorata was never clear, but they fought over her endlessly. As the series progressed, the artists grew more sophisticated: in "Blow Me Down" (1933), Olive does some clumsy steps to "The Mexican Hat Dance;" one year later, in "The Dance Contest," she and Popeye perform deft spoofs of tango, tap, and apache steps. The stories are little more than strings of gags linked by a theme: Popeye and Bluto as rival artists; Popeye and Olive as nightclub dancers or café owners. But the minimal stories allow the artists to fill the screen with jokes, over-the-top fights, and muttered asides from the characters. Cartoon fans have waited for years for the "Popeye" shorts to appear on disc, and the Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938 was worth waiting for. The transfers were made from beautifully clear prints with only minimal dust and scratches. The set is loaded with extras, including eight "Popumentaries," numerous commentaries, and 16 silent cartoons. It's a set to treasure. (Unrated, suitable for ages 10 and older: violence, tobacco use, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
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What can I say that hasn't already been said about this collection? Oh well, I'll say it anyway.
I can't remember the last time I had so much fun watching cartoons. I grew up with these. When I was a kid, I was completely entertained, but simply accepted them at face value. Now, as an adult, I can fully appreciate the undercurrent of total absurdity that flows through them. Some of them make me laugh out loud. It's so refreshing seeing these restored to their original crisp, black and white ... Read More
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I don't generally write reviews unless I am impressed, or I feel the need to warn people about a blatant ripoff. To my delight, this would be the former case. I am extremely pleased with the quality - the 3-D effects used by Fleisher are so apparent on these disks it makes me gasp. This is one of the very finest animation compilations that I have ever purchased, or even SEEN for that matter.
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Folks, I may be wrong, but look closely at the opening titles of each cartoon. I think we are seeing a digital reconstruction of the Paramount titles. The first three discs, anyway. The image is too rock steady. Too sharp. Even the best transferrs have slight imperfections. These are perfect. The toons themselves have varying degrees of changes in density and slight jumps as old film is prone to do. Only when you get to disc 4 do you see what is probably a direct transfer of the titles. Anyone out ... Read More
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The most definitive and sensational and complete
collection of the 1930's animated black and white
POPEYE THE SAILOR films one can EVER HOPE TO FIND.
It is total animation, Retro styled, by the same man
who gave us the original black and white BETTY BOOP
animated cartoons. This POPEYE is full of great story-
plots and surprise twists, and great cartoon characters
with original voices. This is the treasure collection
one can kill for to possess. It is ... Read More
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Aside from the brilliant job on restoration, I must mention that after getting reacquainted with these shorts, it's very obvious that the Fleischer cartoons featuring Popeye were much more funny and inventive and imaginative than anything that other animation studios were putting out at the time. Other cartoons seem so safe, bland and sugary in comparison. The Popeye shorts really pushed the limit on silliness and fun, as well as creativity and imagination. The situations are very funny and wacky, ... Read More
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