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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0883929058488
Feature: MAX FLEISCHER'S SUPERMAN (DVD MOVIE)
Format: Animated, DVD, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 500
Label: Warner Home Video
Languages: EnglishOriginal LanguageDolby Digital 1.0EnglishSubtitledFrenchSubtitled
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
MPN: 1000090077
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 07, 2009
Running Time: 145 minutes
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2009
Features:- MAX FLEISCHER'S SUPERMAN (DVD MOVIE)
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 04/07/2009 Run time: 170 minutes Rating: Nr
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More than just a landmark in superhero animation, Max Fleischer's Superman shorts were no less than the foundation for so many shows that succeeded it. Playing in theaters in 1941-42, only a few years after the Man of Steel made his debut in Action Comics, these 17 exciting films were produced by Fleischer (and often directed by his brother, Dave) and made famous the phrase "This looks like a job for Superman!" At 10 minutes, each film had just enough time to run the opening credits, establish the threat, let Lois Lane make a headstrong rush into peril, and allow Clark Kent to change to his alter ego and save the day. The films show a remarkably dynamic and atmospheric storytelling style that enables them to hold up for modern viewers. At first the films followed a science fiction-fantasy theme (mad scientists, giant robots), but not unexpectedly for that time soon focused on wartime concerns (e.g., "The Japoteurs" from September 18, 1942).
These cartoons have been in the public domain and thus available in inexpensive, poor-quality collections. This 2009 set from Warner Home Video is reproduced from the original film elements, and while some source damage is still visible, the improved color and clarity make previous versions nearly unwatchable. (These are the same remasterings that were released in the 2007 Superman Ultimate Collector's Edition.) Also, rather than cramming them onto a single disc, the shorts are given two discs, adding a featurette on Superman the hero and a 12-minute history of the Fleischer project, including interviews with Max's son and modern animators such as Bruce Timm and Paul Dini, who discuss the Fleischers' influence on the highly regarded Superman and Batman animated series from the 1990s. --David Horiuchi
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O'K.............I Have The Bosko Disc....With It's Awfull Overlay Crawls...But You Can Rip These Toons One By One At Least, That's A Plus & Compile Your Own Take On Collection....All Public Domain Anyway!
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For an "authorized" release, "Max Fleischer's Superman" is a sloppy, lackadaisical effort. Animation aficionados have been waiting for a definitive collection of the 1941-43 Superman cartoons, yet Warner Home Video cannot be bothered. Apart from correcting the introduction to "The Mechanical Monsters," Warner simply reissued the same altered versions found in the special editions of "Superman" and "Superman II." Only two of the 17 cartoons were left unscathed: "The Arctic Giant" and "Electric Earthquake." ... Read More
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The Shipping was great, all short theatrical in excellent high def. If you love history there is a special bonus about the creation of the animation used in Fleischer's Studio. As Superman Fan most have in the collection.
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Max Fleischer's Superman is a 2DVD collection that comprises all 17 of the Superman theatrical shorts.
Superman is the quintessential super hero. Whatever way you look at it, this is the original super hero that has been often imitated but never duplicated. The Man of Steel has been doing his thing since the 1930s, in comic books, cartoons, television series, movies, video games, and various other means. The character is as timeless as time itself.
Long before George Reeves brought ... Read More
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Here we go again folks! NONE of these animation masterpieces were re-mastered! Why lie on your box art???!!!
In fact, Warner's used the same generic musical closing on almost everyone of these cartoons!!!
Why is that wrong, you might be asking? Because, every one of these films had their own, unique musical closing cues at the fade out! Through their tinkering, now the same music over and over. It is obvious and annoying!
And on the image, If they took the time to clean up the frames one at a ... Read More
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