Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Torrent
Release date(Blu-ray) August 12, 2014 (United States)(DVD) November 4, 2014 (United States)CountryUnited StatesLanguageEnglish: Volume 3 is a Blu-ray and DVD release containing 50 shorts on 2 discs with special features. It was released for Blu-ray on August 12, 2014, and was released for DVD on November 4, 2014.According to Jerry Beck on the Stu's Show from early 2013-2014, he said it will probably be the last volume of the series due to the low sales of the in 2012 and no remastering budget for Warner Bros. To remaster more never-before-released on DVD and Blu-ray Looney Tunes shorts. The series is now on hiatus indefinitely. Only 4 cartoons are new to disc.
This is the first and only volume where the Blu-ray only has two discs. Included is a 12-page booklet similar to what came with Volume 2.
Looney Tunes Super Stars
There are also lots of public domain releases out there, some of which include certain titles which have not been 'officially' released. Like this one:This has a bunch of 1930s/1940s Merrie Melodies from Turner video masters (about 2/3 of them have the old a.a.p. Intros at the beginning):Ding Dog DaddyFoney FablesFarm FrolicsPigs In A PolkaThe Wacky WormA Day At The ZooSport ChumpionsHamateur NightBars And Stripes ForeverFin 'N CattyGold Rush DazeRookie RevueRobin Hood Makes GoodA good number of these were later on the Golden Collections, but some still haven't seen official DVD release.A company called Digiview put out a whole series of 'dollar DVDs' under various series titles like 'Cartoon Craze.' Lots of the Warner Bros. Cartoons showed up there as well, including two of the 'Censored 11' ('All This And Rabbit Stew' and 'Jungle Jitters'). Quality varies on these, but most were sourced from 16mm film prints or video transfers of same.None of these were too bad, but of course they are blown away by the restored DVD versions. Click to expand.The thing about that is, there were other T&J cartoons which were non-PC which did get released (for instance the Lillian Randolph ones were held back from the first volume) but those two titles were left off the old Spotlight Collections altogether.
This leads me to believe that this decision was based on their exclusion from those older DVDs, as opposed to someone specifically screening them and finding them objectionable, or more objectionable than other shorts which got the green light. That's how a lot of this stuff works. People think with their emotions. Click to expand.The Censored 11 are out there - quality varies widely. You just need to know where to look, and who to ask.A fair number of B&W titles have been released, and surprisingly, so have a fair number of later 1960s ones. The majority, though not all, of the late 1960s Road Runners are on the Road Runner Super Stars DVD.
IIRC the Porky Pig one has the Bunny & Claude cartoons on it, and Merlin The Magic Mouse appears on the Mouse Chronicles set. A selection of Daffy/Speedy titles are scattered among various releases. But like everything else, they haven't done anything really comprehensive. Mouse Chronicles contains the complete Sniffles and the complete Hubie & Bertie, and the Platinum collections have done the same for some of the more obscure characters - but unfortunately, 90% of the cartoons on the Platinum collection sets are repeated from the Golden Collections.
I couldn't bring myself to buy those. Click to expand.AFAIK, the Golden Age of Looney Tunes LD sets will give you every. pre-1948 color WB cartoon (both Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), plus a number of B&W Merrie Melodies. (The B&W Looney Tunes and a year or two of B&W Merrie Melodies were sold to Guild Films back in the 50s.) (. not including the Censored 11)A few years ago, someone had posted all of the Censored 11 cartoons online (at YouTube?), including what looked to be a restored version of Coal Black.Around the same time, a gorgeous-looking print of Tokio Jokio was at YouTube. (Too bad the film itself is so unfunny – even by wartime standards.)One frustrating part of all this is that there are still pre-recorded VHS tapes out there that are still needed for certain cartoons that are unavailable elsewhere. (For example, Upswept Hare is only found on a 90s-era Elmer tape, and you need to go all the way back to an 80s Elmer compilation if you want to get Hare Brush.).
(Of course, Hair Brush is probably the worst Bugs Bunny cartoon ever released, so that's no big loss. AFAIK, the Golden Age of Looney Tunes LD sets will give you every. pre-1948 color WB cartoon (both Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies), plus a number of B&W Merrie Melodies. (The B&W Looney Tunes and a year or two of B&W Merrie Melodies were sold to Guild Films back in the 50s.) (. not including the Censored 11)A few years ago, someone had posted all of the Censored 11 cartoons online (at YouTube?), including what looked to be a restored version of Coal Black.Around the same time, a gorgeous-looking print of Tokio Jokio was at YouTube. (Too bad the film itself is so unfunny – even by wartime standards.)One frustrating part of all this is that there are still pre-recorded VHS tapes out there that are still needed for certain cartoons that are unavailable elsewhere. (For example, Upswept Hare is only found on a 90s-era Elmer tape, and you need to go all the way back to an 80s Elmer compilation if you want to get Hare Brush.).
(Of course, Hair Brush is probably the worst Bugs Bunny cartoon ever released, so that's no big loss. Click to expand.I have a bunch of those late 1980s MGM/UA 'Cartoon Moviestars' tapes. They are remastered, but not restored like the DVD ones. The ones that are character-themed are great, because at the time, MGM/UA only had the pre-1948s to work with, so the majority of the cartoons of that era with the 'star' characters made it out. I remembered 'Slightly Daffy' leading off the Daffy Duck tape, and looked down my list to see which DVD collection it was on.
It's not on DVD. That's a downside of Warner Bros. Buying out Turner. Yes, now all the cartoons are under one roof and they have access to the best elements, but now it's over a thousand cartoons to restore as opposed to under 400.
When MGM/UA had their library and Warner had theirs, more titles came out because they both needed product. I'll have to go down the lists to see which shorts are on those tapes (which were also released on Laserdisc) which haven't made it to DVD. (It frustrated me later when both companies started double-dipping and repeating cartoons on different compilations.).
I have a bunch of those late 1980s MGM/UA 'Cartoon Moviestars' tapes. They are remastered, but not restored like the DVD ones. The ones that are character-themed are great, because at the time, MGM/UA only had the pre-1948s to work with, so the majority of the cartoons of that era with the 'star' characters made it out. I remembered 'Slightly Daffy' leading off the Daffy Duck tape, and looked down my list to see which DVD collection it was on. It's not on DVD. That's a downside of Warner Bros. Buying out Turner.
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Vol 2
Yes, now all the cartoons are under one roof and they have access to the best elements, but now it's over a thousand cartoons to restore as opposed to under 400. When MGM/UA had their library and Warner had theirs, more titles came out because they both needed product. I'll have to go down the lists to see which shorts are on those tapes (which were also released on Laserdisc) which haven't made it to DVD.
(It frustrated me later when both companies started double-dipping and repeating cartoons on different compilations.).