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I've always loved these old toons, having grown up with them on TV in the 50's. I can't wait for the second disk set with a copy of Goonland on it! One of the all time greatest cartoons ever made!
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I agree with most all of you - this is a fantastic collection. Great choice of films, representative of the Fleischers' best work. Too bad the Disney types beat them out - who knows how much more imaginative American cartoons could have been had they followed the Fleischers' lead. But that just makes us appreciate the Fleischers more.
BONUS: Out of the Inkwell silent toons, Krazy Kat, Koko, and many others you would never have seen.
But of course, even in a great collection like this, there always seems to be a problem. In this case it's the commentaries. Some are fine, but there are way too many by John "Ren and Stimpy" Kricfalusi, another director I never heard of, and an "animation student" who does nothing but giggle stupidly in the background. This can't be the idea of whomever put together the rest of this wonderful collection. But please get it anyway.
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There are two kinds of cartoon collections being put out. The first is created purely to cash in on nostalgia and the second is released by people who legitimately love the subject. The Popeye collection is clearly a labor of love. When I was young I never properly appreciated just how fantastic these classic black and white Popeye cartoons are particularly compared to the later color versions. The backgrounds are astounding and I'm still not quite sure how they did them. Many of them have a three dimensional appearance as if they were actually physically constructed, filmed and then overlaid with animation cells for the characters. In fact I suspect that's exactly how they were done and the effect is amazing. The character animation is from a time before animators came up with tricks to minimize work and the Herculean effort to fully animate every frame of character movement makes a huge difference.
Besides the wonderful cartoons themselves what sets this collection apart is the special features which are so well done. Many of the cartoon shorts contain commentary by other artists. Some are better than other but most are pretty interesting. Each disk has features on various characters including Olive Oil, Bluto and Wimpy as well as information on Fleischer Studios and the history of early animation. They even contain some rare animation that pre-dates the earliest Popeye cartoons. These old cartoons are pretty primitive and most if not all have no sound but it's still nice to know that they're being preserved.
The cartoons are an absolute blast. I watched them with my friend's 4 year old daughter and she loved them and would toot along with Popeye during the opening theme. I'm not positive that these cartoons are completely appropriate for children of that age having a tremendous amount of cartoon violence including a lot aimed at Olive Oyl. My personal belief is that the violence is so over the top that only the rare child would take it seriously. Olive is so flexible and noodle-like she seems neigh on indestructible and Popeye and Bluto are clearly inhuman.
If you love these cartoons let me also suggest the reissues of the original early 1930's Segar comics being put out by Fantagraphics. Between these two, fans of Popeye should be completely satisfied.
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What a great surprise !
Living in France, I had been hesitant for months to buy this DVD, well too much aware of the difference in zoning.
Well, Warner Home Video has been very generous on this one... no zoning !
Load and play anywhere in the world, for hours of sheer delight : I watched the first disc yesterday, and realized I had been smiling all along.
TOOOT TOOOT !! (in french in the text)
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This box set beats any of the currently released Popeye DVD's. I have purchased others where they have overdubbed new sound effects and edited other material. It was horrible. I purchased this and couldn't be happier. My kids and I can't wait for the second installment to come out.
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