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Rick · 10-18-1999, 08:28 PM

Bugs Bunny and riends/both of the newer Superman and Batman series/ and namely the ever popular Scooby Doo classics. I hate it when you want to purchase titles like these, but you can't help but wonder if they're being released on DVD right around the corner. Has anyone heard about any of these going to DVD in the near future?

Thanks, much appreciated! And they're for my ah, kids....ah, not me...really...

Rick

Dominik Pfleghaar · 10-18-1999, 10:39 PM

Hm, that stuff is out on VHS and LD, isn't it...
It will eventually come out on DVD.
Let's wait and eat some carrots... or click the carrot eating bugs bunny below to go to the official WB home video site

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***Slider*** · 10-19-1999, 12:56 AM

I thought that they were releasing like the first four of the Batman animated episodes on dvd as a test of market interest sometime soon? Maybe?

Anyone else remember hearing anything about this?

Slider

TampaFlyer · 10-19-1999, 02:49 PM

There's a DVD available right now that has a lot of the Warner cartoon characters on it. It's called "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

manigrasso · 10-19-1999, 03:21 PM

Winstar/Fox Lorber released a few DVDs of public domain animated titles, usually under the banner "Cartoon Crazys." IMO, they do a halfway decent job sprucing up the images on cartoons that are sometimes near sixty years old, especially considering there was no access to sourcel materials. I have "Cartoon Crazys Goes To War," which is either striaght propaganda, or just cartoons you've known and loved that just happened to have a war reference or two.
Most volumes of Cartoon Crazys have at least some WB titles on them (the exception being a DVD of the Fleischer's Superman titles). "Goes To War," even has the infamous "Gremlin" short, so I'd say it's mandatory if you care about the rabbit to pick it up.
Two small caveat emptors: They include the original soundtrack, but they also try to recreate the soundtrack for 5.1 channel sound. The new sound effects leave a little to be desired; I usually watch with the original soundtrack Also, although the cartoons are public domain, the original studio logos aren't, so when you turn one on, you'll go right to the title of the cartoon, rather than see the WB logo while "The Merry Go Round Broke Down" plays in the background. A small price to pay for the Gremlin, though.

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10-19-1999, 07:16 PM

Thanks manigrasso for the heads up on these Cartoon Crazys discs. They sound pretty cool. I'll probably have to order them.

10-20-1999, 07:01 PM

Look for a Tom & Jerry set next year from Warner...

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10-18-1999, 08:28 PM	#1 (permalink)
Rick Supporting Actor Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Los Angeles, CA USA	Any Warner Bros. cartoon icons going digital? Bugs Bunny and riends/both of the newer Superman and Batman series/ and namely the ever popular Scooby Doo classics. I hate it when you want to purchase titles like these, but you can't help but wonder if they're being released on DVD right around the corner. Has anyone heard about any of these going to DVD in the near future? Thanks, much appreciated! And they're for my ah, kids....ah, not me...really... Rick

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10-18-1999, 10:39 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dominik Pfleghaar Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: Elm Street 123	Hm, that stuff is out on VHS and LD, isn't it... It will eventually come out on DVD. Let's wait and eat some carrots... or click the carrot eating bugs bunny below to go to the official WB home video site ------------------ Unca Dom, DDS-088 dominikpfleghaar@netscape.net ------------------ People have one thing in common: they're all different.

10-19-1999, 12:56 AM	#3 (permalink)
*Slider* Administrator Join Date: Apr 2001	I thought that they were releasing like the first four of the Batman animated episodes on dvd as a test of market interest sometime soon? Maybe? Anyone else remember hearing anything about this? Slider

10-19-1999, 02:49 PM	#4 (permalink)
TampaFlyer Actor Join Date: Jun 2000	There's a DVD available right now that has a lot of the Warner cartoon characters on it. It's called "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"

10-19-1999, 03:21 PM	#5 (permalink)
manigrasso Forum Sage Join Date: Jun 2000 Location: NJ	Winstar/Fox Lorber released a few DVDs of public domain animated titles, usually under the banner "Cartoon Crazys." IMO, they do a halfway decent job sprucing up the images on cartoons that are sometimes near sixty years old, especially considering there was no access to sourcel materials. I have "Cartoon Crazys Goes To War," which is either striaght propaganda, or just cartoons you've known and loved that just happened to have a war reference or two. Most volumes of Cartoon Crazys have at least some WB titles on them (the exception being a DVD of the Fleischer's Superman titles). "Goes To War," even has the infamous "Gremlin" short, so I'd say it's mandatory if you care about the rabbit to pick it up. Two small caveat emptors: They include the original soundtrack, but they also try to recreate the soundtrack for 5.1 channel sound. The new sound effects leave a little to be desired; I usually watch with the original soundtrack Also, although the cartoons are public domain, the original studio logos aren't, so when you turn one on, you'll go right to the title of the cartoon, rather than see the WB logo while "The Merry Go Round Broke Down" plays in the background. A small price to pay for the Gremlin, though. ------------------ If He had the opportunity to get to know you first, maybe Jesus would not have died for your sins...think about it...

10-19-1999, 07:16 PM	#6 (permalink)
David McKean	Thanks manigrasso for the heads up on these Cartoon Crazys discs. They sound pretty cool. I'll probably have to order them.

10-20-1999, 07:01 PM	#7 (permalink)
Satan	Look for a Tom & Jerry set next year from Warner... ------------------ Peter M. Bracke Editor