Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray Reviews

[DavePS3]

Originally Posted by bigshot

There really isn't much point to higher resolution in these. The blu-rays look and sound fantastic, and more resolution would just sharpen up the grain. In live action, that might add detail, but animation is mostly large flat areas of color. No point.

I agree. Other than color being a bit richer, there was so little difference between DVD and BD on cartoons. They just don't have the fine detail live action takes advantage of.

[HD Goofnut]

I'll take whatever they throw at us on BD at this point. I would love more Looney Tunes and Tom & Jerry.

[bigshot]

Originally Posted by DavePS3

I agree. Other than color being a bit richer, there was so little difference between DVD and BD on cartoons. They just don't have the fine detail live action takes advantage of.

That isn't at all true. Just look at the cartoon I mentioned earlier... One Froggy Evening. Skip forward to the part where the crowd rushes through the theater lobby and still frame through it. The DVD is a mess of macro blocking. You can't see the characters at all. The blu-ray is absolutely perfect. And projected on a big screen, the resolution difference between DVD and blu-ray is huge. It might not make much of a difference on a CRT TV or a small monitor, but on a big screen, the difference is huge. The difference between blu-ray and 4K wouldn't be as pronounced as that because blu-ray is frame perfect and sharp as a tack.

I suspect that a lot of the people who bought the DVD sets didn't really watch them much. They just wanted to set the cartoons on the shelf and check them off the list of cartoons they owned. A blu-ray wouldn't make much difference to a collector like that. But the DVDs were marketed to that demographic. The blu-rays are more of a grab bag assortment marketed to a general audience with nice home theaters who just want to watch cartoons sometimes and don't have to own them all.

[bigG71]

For those of you out there still waiting to pull the trigger on Volumes 2 and 3, I recently ordered them from Deep Discount and, very surprisingly, both still came with slipcovers...

[Animatic33]

I've just noticed my 2nd disc of Vol1 has apparent bronzing. It plays ok for now. I've had the set since release day (wow, six years ago!)

Was wondering if anyone else has had this happen to their Vol 1 disc 2?

[RickyBetter]

Originally Posted by Animatic33

I've just noticed my 2nd disc of Vol1 has apparent bronzing. It plays ok for now. I've had the set since release day (wow, six years ago!)

Was wondering if anyone else has had this happen to their Vol 1 disc 2?

Mine's fine, but purchased a couple years ago, so not sure if they're original pressed discs or not.

I just like to add - I have all 3 volumes, and after realizing that there may be no more further blu-ray volumes, I ended up purchasing the complete set on dvd. The main reason is the obvious - so many greats were left off the transfer to blu-ray. Someone made a list of which cartoons in another thread -> https://forum.blu-ray.com/showpost.p...5&postcount=81

Among that list are personal favs: Claws for Alarm, Transylvania 6-5000, etc.

[ManOfTheForest]

Why did Warner Bros. stop at Volume Two? Were sales poor?

What is the Volume One Ultimate Edition that isn't on the regular?

I can't find a review of the Ultimate edition with a list of it's contents to compare.

EDIT: Okay, I see it now. The images of the set in the first post didn't load when I first came to the thread.

[Nailwraps]

The series ended at Volume 3 and yes, it was because sales were poor.

[bigshot]

I think the reason was that they over packaged them. If they sold bargain priced single DVDs with bare bones extras, they would have sold a lot more of them. Making them huge lumbering three disc sets with tons of expensive talking heads documentaries became more than the market for cartoons would bear. Too many bells and whistles.

[Leterface]

The biggest issue for me with these sets is the Tex Avery cartoons, only limited shows and in only in SD. Well now I am ok after buying a year ago Tex Avery DVD that is a very country specificly limited release. As being into the comic magazines of the 80s and collecting them I find this rather wrong. Wishing for a Heckle and Jeckle BD that would satisfy my most needed Looney Tunes..

[shinobipopcorn]

A shame, as there are some good shorts that should have made it to BD.

[OneWayFilms]

How many bugs bunny cartoons were there about Bugs being mistaken for a baby monkey and delivered to the ape parents? Those are SO funny. Also, are they all (if more than one) on bluray?

[McCrutchy]

I'm a bit bothered that WAC hasn't done something in this arena. 101 chronological Porky Pig shorts on DVD is a small step in the right direction, but Warner as a whole has been objectively mediocre with their classic animation, with the notable exception of Peanuts, which not only made it to Blu-ray, but also to UHD Blu-ray, before things like the Censored Eleven, Tex Avery, the older Looney Tunes features, and not even a shred of Hanna-Barbera features or series. Hell, it took them well over a decade to realize that they should have remastered Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and released that on Blu-ray, despite Batman being a billion dollar film franchise by 2012.

In fact, part of the reason I hope Batman: The Animated Series and associated DC animations sell very well is that I hope they could lead to a re-evaluation of Warner's animation library, hopefully including more classic animation. It's something of a crime that we don't have any of The Flintstones or Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! remastered on Blu-ray. I think complete sets of these series would sell, and in the case of the latter, and most classic animation, it isn't as though there is a huge amount of content to remaster, either.

[blipsycat]

Originally Posted by OneWayFilms

How many bugs bunny cartoons were there about Bugs being mistaken for a baby monkey and delivered to the ape parents? Those are SO funny. Also, are they all (if more than one) on bluray?

Just two, I believe. Gorilla My Dreams and Apes Of Wrath. The former is available on the third Platinum Collection Blu-Ray.

[ManOfTheForest]

Originally Posted by bigshot

I think the reason was that they over packaged them. If they sold bargain priced single DVDs with bare bones extras, they would have sold a lot more of them. Making them huge lumbering three disc sets with tons of expensive talking heads documentaries became more than the market for cartoons would bear. Too many bells and whistles.

"huge lumbering three disc sets" ? They are not that big.

As I recall the DVD sets were as collector's editions and bare sets called showcase.I think this done on blu-ray too.

Anyway, these sets are great and bare bones extras is a terrible idea.

[Egons Ghost]

Hey now wait a minute dare Gargantua! I ain' an ape! I'm a rabbit! See? Fluffy tail, long ears?

[ManOfTheForest]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

I'm a bit bothered that WAC hasn't done something in this arena. 101 chronological Porky Pig shorts on DVD is a small step in the right direction, but Warner as a whole has been objectively mediocre with their classic animation, with the notable exception of Peanuts, which not only made it to Blu-ray, but also to UHD Blu-ray, before things like the Censored Eleven, Tex Avery, the older Looney Tunes features, and not even a shred of Hanna-Barbera features or series. Hell, it took them well over a decade to realize that they should have remastered Batman: Mask of the Phantasm and released that on Blu-ray, despite Batman being a billion dollar film franchise by 2012.

In fact, part of the reason I hope Batman: The Animated Series and associated DC animations sell very well is that I hope they could lead to a re-evaluation of Warner's animation library, hopefully including more classic animation. It's something of a crime that we don't have any of The Flintstones or Scooby-Doo, Where Are You! remastered on Blu-ray. I think complete sets of these series would sell, and in the case of the latter, and most classic animation, it isn't as though there is a huge amount of content to remaster, either.

Are the Platinum sets censored? I thought Warner Bros. release them uncensored with a note that they were kept intact but might cause offence to those of a sensitive disposition.

[WeepingWall]

Does anyone know how exhaustive the Boomerang streaming service is compared to the blu-rays, and what the quality is like? I could see them switching from releasing blu-ray sets that weren't selling well to adding the titles to their pay-to-watch streaming service.

[bigshot]

Originally Posted by McCrutchy

Warner as a whole has been objectively mediocre with their classic animation

I can't fathom how anyone could possibly say that. More mediocre than Viacom that owns the Terry and Fleischer libraries? More mediocre than Universal and the pitiful releases of Lantz cartoons? Sony hasn't put out any UPA cartoons on blu-ray and nothing at all of the Columbia cartoons, even though they have restored copies sitting on the shelf. And Disney is just getting around to doing a blu-ray shorts collection.

Warner is the best at releasing their back catalog of shorts, not the worst. Their problem is that they overdo it on the expenses related to packaging, and end up having to sell their cartoons in big box sets with a price tag that deters casual buyers. If they cranked out low priced collections that were fun to watch from beginning to end, regular people would buy them for their kids and they wouldn't be dependent on the fickle collector's market.

[captveg]

Originally Posted by bigshot

Warner is the best at releasing their back catalog of shorts, not the worst. Their problem is that they overdo it on the expenses related to packaging, and end up having to sell their cartoons in big box sets with a price tag that deters casual buyers. If they cranked out low priced collections that were fun to watch from beginning to end, regular people would buy them for their kids and they wouldn't be dependent on the fickle collector's market.

Hopefully the sales of the 14 shorts Popeye release go really well and shows them the way forward with such a model (though I'd love a slight increase to 18-20 shorts on a single disc).