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Rating:  -
I purchased "Space Ghost & Dino Boy" strictly for nostalgia and to revisit this great animated show from my youth. This is another Hanna Barbera series that will leave fans disappointed with the level of quality from Warner Studios. Everything about this release confirms it was a rush job by Warner. The packaging is absolutely cheap and the quality of the disc's is terrible. The set consist's of a cheap cardboard outer package and two double sided disc's that sit on top of one another, making them hard to take out. Rest assured because of this poor method of packaging the disc's will get scratched at some point if they're not already.
I pre-ordered this set from Amazon and when I received it the disc's were already full of fingerprints and scratches upon opening the package. Amazon quickly issued a replacement set without hesitation. When the second set arrived it was covered with deep scratches, more fingerprints and some kind of residue on the disc's. This lead me to believe that it's a quality control problem at Warner, it seems that's not the case. I've learned from another source that Warner doesn't handle their own DVD replicating process, they just put their name on the product. I contacted Warner to complain about the poor condition I received my two sets in and guess what they did, absolutely nothing!
While I'm glad I bought this set, I have seen better quality in other Hanna Barbera release's. I am completely satisfied at the level of service from Amazon even though I wasn't happy about the condition of the two sets of this show I received under the Warner name. In the end it's Warner's name on the package and it's them I hold accountable for the quality of this release. I'm still a big Fan of this show and rate it a solid four stars, I really enjoyed the special feature :The Life and Art of Alex Toth.
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I have to admit I find these stories short on substance. Thinking that they were created around the time the Beatles released "Revolver" does help but as a viewer I do find my mind drifting because the stories being told generally have NO character development. Often they merely start with a baddie "showing up" and creating havoc for no apparent reason and plot points that make little sense. For instance in the episode "The Heat Thing" when everyone is out of danger Space Ghost is still determined to defeat the monster and put it back in molten form... while on Jupiter. Why not just Let It Be? As you can see there is no point to the last few minutes of the show beyond "showing powers."
However, having said that I can say these sets, mostly all of the Hanna Barbera sets, are worth owning on art direction ALONE. Never mind that this set has a tremendous 70+ minute documentary on the creator of these characters (Alex Toth 1928-2003), but by putting the two together you have the GOLD standard. Sadly the double sided discs afford no cover-art work but the packaging is the only testament you need.
If you need to escape to a world (for 20 minute intervals) filled with the heroism that only the 60's could produce, you cannot do better than *echo* Spaaace Ghoosst *echo*!
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Overall the Space Ghost/Dino Boy set is a good set for the money and the extra 75-minute documentary on Alex Toth is fantastic! The only disappointment is that they did not include the original connecting "bumpers" between the different cartoon elements within the show. These showed Space Ghost and his team interacting with Dino Boy and the caveman as a kind of segue between each cartoon. Without them, each episode only runs about 20 1/2 minutes, when they should run about 22/23 minutes. Not a huge problem, but not the original episodes either. Warner and H/B continue to do this with their cartoon releases. It amazes me that they've either "lost" all of this film material (However, check out YouTube for some of the original Space Ghost bumpers) or have not taken the time to go back and remaster the episodes from what now show on Cartoon Network and Boomerang back to their original versions (Penelope Pitstop was released with the wrong intro music; Scooby-Doo without the original opening and ending title music on the first few episodes; The Jetsons with the annoying title cards for each episode that were put in during the 80's syndication run; the same closing credits on every single episode for both Jonny Quest and the Jetsons). Do I enjoy the cartoons? Yes, they bring back Saturday morning memories. I just wish they were the same memories I had!
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I haven't received my copy yet (and I can't wait), but I recorded all of the episodes over 10 years ago when they were on TNT and Cartoon Network and I have always been a huge fan! Space Ghost and Superman were my first exposure to superheroes and has been a big influence on my art work ever since. I never really liked Space Ghost Coast to Coast - especially when they went more adult oriented. Space Ghost and Hanna-Barbera never really got the credit they deserved when it made it's debut in 1966. Space Ghost was not only the first HB superhero on Saturday morning - he was one of only 2 superheroes EVER to have their own Saturday morning show at the time - the other was Superman in The New Adventures of Superman.
Also, HB had the guts to go up against the big guys of the time; Marvel and DC and create their own superhero(as well as all of the other unique superheroes they created; and there hasn't been any like them since): one that was totally different from the other superheroes of the time. The other thing I like about Space Ghost is that it's pure and simple sci-fi fun for the entire family to enjoy...something that's missing in today's action adventure shows. My son is only 18 months old, but I hope that he will enjoy Space Ghost as much as I do when he gets older!
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I admit that I never knew of this show until I watched the farsical George Lowe version "Coast to Coast" If I were twelve would I like this? For the most part, yes! I liked Johney Quest and the "Superfreinds" were my favorite so I'd have to say anything "Hannah Barbara" puts out with Don Messak(scooby Doo) and Gary Owen(also Roger Ramjet, not Barbara procuced),and Giny Taylor sounds like "Judy Jetson's" voice but I'm not certain; all this would be a big high five when I was a kid! Having Owen's voice is a bit over the top but then again, "Superman's voice was just under the manic hero opratic quality of inbelevabiility. I liked it anyway, the radio announcer voice was always a solid ground in dangerous situations! I can remember this style of doing animation, music and acting more than the show so it still stirs something even though I didn't watch it as a kid.
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