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Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Four
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Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
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Directed By: Chuck Jones, Frank Tashlin
Audience Rating: Unrated
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Theatrical Release: December 31, 1969
Average Rating: 5 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Mel Blanc, Billy Bletcher, Joe Dougherty, Keith Scott, Jerry Beck
A collection of well known Looney tunes cartoons featuring the animation of Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, and Robert McKimson.
Genre: Children's Video
Rating: NR
Release Date: 14-NOV-2006
Media Type: DVD
User Submitted Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Four Reviews
August 24, 2008
Looney Tunes - Golden Collection, Volume Four
Volume four is a slight improvement over volume three in the Looney Tunes Collection. It's a four disc collection with fifteen shorts per disc for a total of sixty cartoons. As in previous sets each disc has a theme. Disc one is "Bugs Bunny Favorites"; Bugs Bunny has been the lead off set in every edition thus far. Disc two is "A Dash of Tashlin" that features Porky Pig. Disc three is "Speedy Gonzalez in a Flash" which features "the fastest mouse in all Mexico". Disc four is "Kitty Korner", a set that features different cats including Sylvester.
As in the other Golden Collections disc one, featuring Bugs Bunny, is the best disc in the set. Many of these are classic Bugs which includes the Academy Award winning "Knighty Knight Bugs".
Disc two which features Porky Pig is the weakest disc in the set. Though Warner Bros. didn't dig into their vaults quite as much in this collection, they have, once again, pulled out some old one for Porky Pig. There are several on the disc that are b&w only.
Speedy Gonzalez is the star of disc three. Speedy was one of Warner Bros. later creations that fared well. Two of the shorts were nominated for Academy Awards but no winners. One short, "The Wild Chase", has Speedy, Sylvester, Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote. There are several shorts from this disc that actually come from the sixties.
Several different cats are featured on disc four. Most of these are Chuck Jones creations; some feature the "cute kitten" which includes the ferocious bulldog who becomes his caretaker.
Warner Bros. hasn't been skimpy with these Golden Collections. The remastering is nothing short of perfect, the bonus features abound & there are some "rare" cartoons that surface in the "From the Vaults" featurettes. One of the primary features is "Bugs Bunny Superstar" which is presented in two parts. It's a good thing that Warner Bros. has given so much attention to these sets because they are expensive. I miss not having more Daffy Duck in a set though & the set of Speedy is just a little too much of him in one shot. I've never been a big fan of Porky Pig either, so disc two is a little too much of Porky for my tastes. All the special features are entertaining, some give very good background information. This is good, not great, collection of Looney Tunes that can be enjoyed by young & old, alike.
But I do have one request for Warner Bros.: Is it possible to have TWO releases a year instead of only one? I know it's good marketing strategy but these cartoons are almost impossible to see anymore unless one has the granddaddy of satellite or cable packages. Looney Tunes & Merry Melodies were the best cartoons ever done & I would love the opportunity of getting more than one set a year.
July 23, 2008
Classic Cartoons
I am excited that Looney Tunes is on DVD. The collection is wonderful to have with great special features. A must for Looney Tune Lovers!
June 20, 2008
Stereotypes aside..
I am tired of a world that is so PC that we see cartoonists being killed for some religion. These were never taken literally by any 8 year older I knew in the fities or sixties. But let's get serious, if it means fun, it's better to show nudity, profanity or anti-moral issues than some cayote being blown up by an acme whatchamacallit.
Shame on me...but thse are classic laughter.
May 9, 2008
class cartoons of the early 1900's century
I am dispointed that these loonley tunes vare no longer going to be allowed on tv. This is sad and wrong. I love these cartoons and when I watch them I was only ten years and they were from my mother generation and even a bit before them. i will have no problem showing them to my kids or grand kids someday.
April 25, 2008
Wackyly Wabbit
This is Bugs at its best, the toon show is not intended for the young of age, but for us adults it is a great an wacky bugsy adventure. This will take us back to a time of rabbits and ducks and speedy mouse and tweety birds and did I forget to mention the cats and dogs. Wow a must for any toon collector. Keep the kids away, adults only ?
April 9, 2008
Looney Tunes: Simply The Best
This collection is a good add for fans of Looney Tunes. It is complete with everything you will ever need to see. The price at the time of purchase was really cheap and a great investment on my end.
I always wanted a complete collection of Looney Tunes. Also would like to recommend Disney Treasure which is a great add on to all those timeless classics that kept us happy during our childhood. Man I miss those days!
April 1, 2008
Keep 'em coming.
What can be really said about this set that hasn't already been said. Disc One is devoted to Bugs Bunny (as the other sets do), Disc Three is Speedy Gonzalez (it's about time), Disc Two is director Frank Tashlin cartoons (not one of the big name cartoon directors),and Disc Four is Kitty Korner (cartoons about cats). While devoted Looney Tunes fans will love this (I am one), the casual fans might be disappointed because these are not all the most popular ones. If you are a casual fan, start at the beginning (Volume One) and work your way up. Be sure when you purchase the Golden Collection(s) check out the special features. It'll open your eyes to a part of animation we rarely get to see and cartoons that just don't get shown anymore. I'm a life long fan and I'll always remain one. Long Live Looney Tunes! KEEP 'EM COMING!
March 30, 2008
Another solid entry in the series, but Depatie-Freleng shorts lower the rating
Everything good about the previous three Looney Tunes sets is present here; high-quality remastering, great special features, and a sizable amount of classic cartoons. Everyone here has already stated this.
The reason I give this set four stars instead of five is becuase the Speedy Gonzales disc contains an unusually high amount of 1960's-era cartoons. Some of these are good, but the ones that round off the disc, particularly "A-Haunting We Will Go", are products of the infamous Depatie-Freleng era, and as such, suffer from poor-quality animation (on the level of obscure early-80's Japanese OVA releases) for the segments that aren't recycled.
The Depatie-Freleng era is infamous for having a lot of recycled gags and animation from earlier cartoons, due to budget cuts, and "A-Haunting We Will Go" recycles two gags from the classic "Duck Amuck": Daffy turning into a bizarre creature (used twice, no less) and a parachute turning into an anvil in mid-air. It's a breathtaking example of the nadir Warner Bros. reached towards the end of its animation era.
Nonetheless, this set is still well worth purchasing, like the other volumes.
March 24, 2008
Hilarious
Brings me back to childhood Saturday mornings, trying to watch and laugh and not wake up my parents. This stuff is priceless.
March 16, 2008
Warner Brothers: Package the cartoons according to the decade that they were originally released!
Most casual buyers of cartoons could care less about the shorts created prior to 1955, Warner Brothers or otherwise, and definately not the old black and white cartoons. The kids today are bored by black and white; they want full-color images. The humor in the black and white stuff is largely stale and and filled with racial stereotypes, old jokes, and outdated references.
Warner Brothers: Please package and sell these cartoons according to the decade that they were originally released in. That way, consumers that only want to purchase the 1960's cartoons and those going forward can do so, and consumers that want to buy the pre-1955 cartoons can still purchase those as well. The only reason those pre-1955 shorts are included in these packages is as historical fillers; the consumers get less of what we really want, and you can sell your DVD bundles each for the same $45.00+ price, filling half of the discs up with the older cartoons that you couldn't possibly sell to most people under other circumstances.
Warner Brothers knows that if they sold the pre-1955 cartoons separately, according to decade released, that there would be a few buyers, but not as many buyers as if they continue to FORCE everyone to buy the pre-1955 cartoons by mixing them up along with the post-1955 cartoons in a pricey new DVD set. It's all about the profits, not what the majority of the consumers want.
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