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Rating:  - Simply wonderful
This collection is well worth buying if you are a looney tunes fan. The cartoons are nostalgic and just as entertaining today as they were when I was a child. Buy it!
Rating: - You forget how good these were
Nostalgia has proven to be a fickle mistress; Many of the television shows or movies that I watched when I was a child don't seem to hold the same attraction to me when I watch them now. Often times, watching an old re-run leads to a sad realization that most of my childhood memories are distorted by time and experience. The things that used to hold my attention and are remembered as paragons of excellence fall short of my expectations as an older, more mature individual.
But not Looney Tunes. They are as entertaining and enjoyable now as they were when I was a child. The witty, over the top writing and animation that made the Looney Tunes unique when they were new has never been truly been captured by anyone else.
Buy this. Buy the other volumes. The only disappointment you might feel is that one of your old favorites isn't in one of the volumes that you have purchased, inciting you to buy the others.
Rating: - very good buy
exactly what i wanted, a little loony tunes. got it for my dad for nostalgia andhe loved it, just wish we had more time to watch it....
Rating: - loney tunes golden vol. 1
loved it, watched it all day christmas day, brought back some memories of my childhood before they censored the cartoons.
Rating:  - A valiant effort
I ordered all the Looney Toon Golden Collection DVDs. So far, Amazon has sent me boxes #1, #2 and #4. That was yesterday, so I haven't had a chance to check everything out yet. Here's what I have noticed at this point:
ARTWORK ON THE DISCS THEMSELVES
Volume 1--It's stupendous! It's colossal!....
Volume 2--Not bad...
Volume 4--Just OK
I guess they ran out of steam (or money).
PICTURE/SOUND QUALITY--Fabulous.
BONUS FEATURES
A fantastic array of goodies on all volumes...
HOWEVER.....On Volume 2, Disc 4 is listed as having "Sinkin' in the Bathtub". On the disc, I can't find it. Was it in an Easter egg I missed?
And in Volume 4, Disc 2, there's a SNAFU cartoon called "The Goldbrick". Warner cartoons zip and sparkle at the industry standard film speed of 24 frames per second. Warner Bros. DVD has very lovingly transferred this gem at the wrong film speed of 18 frames per second! The soundtrack slogs along through the mud, and the animation looks jerky. To the meatball at Warner's who made the executive decision to pull this little stunt, I say, "You're dethpicable!"
THE MEANING OF "RESTORED AND REMASTERED"
I cringe every time I see these words on DVDs of classic animation, because they mean whatever the manufacturer chooses, NOT Daniel Webster.
On Disc 4 of Volume 2, two of my all-time favorites "Hollywood Steps Out" and "Have You Got Any Castles" challenge the definition of "restored".
The beginning and ending of "Castles" includes scenes which were cut from the laser disc edition. As the camera pans over to a town crier, 2 BIG, THICK vertical scratches run through, marking the start and end of the part to be edited. My God! I hope this isn't the original negative! But not to worry. Nowadays, digital cut-and-paste technology allows frame-by-frame restoration of such defacing on any computer. But Warner's did NOT restore this. It's a jarring, disturbing experience. Way to go!
In "Hollywood", there is a scene of The Three Stooges, and HERE is where the Warner's digital computer wizardry was used. On each and every frame, Moe's hair has been beautifully painted PURPLE. So, instead of using the computer to restore "Castles", they spent endless hours at the computer, frame by frame, giving us purple hair on Moe, which nobody ever wanted anyway. Imagine the guy at Warner's who came up with THAT bright idea. What a maroon.
I'm a little bit wary to watch more of these cartoons, afraid of whatever other "improvements" I may unearth. In any case, every time I encounter this digital fiddling, I can't help but think "This is no way to run a railroad".
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