"Popeye Volume 2" coming June 17 [Archive]

Greg Method

02-22-2008, 03:13 PM

Not that this is a huge surprise, but I just got an e-mail from Warner Home Video officially announcing that "Popeye the Sailor Volume 2: 1938-1940" will be arriving on June 17!

The e-mail links to WHV's password-required press site, but here is at least the box art....

http://images.postdirect.com/master/9/929166/POPEYE_box.gif

And for a taste of the extras....

http://images.postdirect.com/master/9/929166/POPEYE_09.gif

jonmayo15

02-22-2008, 03:16 PM

Gee, only 2 discs and 31 shorts? :( Does anyone have any news about the supposed "Family" set?

Duck Dodgers

02-22-2008, 03:20 PM

Yep,
it was already announced on another forum that the set would have been a 2 disc one and I easily deducted it would have included only the 1938-1940 entries.
I know for sure that the releases (IF-?-) continue will do it chronologically so next set will have the WW" shorts, uncut.
Maybe the other b/w entries will be on another set released later this year, who knows?
I'm quite amazed about the fact that "Gulliver's Travel" will be a bonus!! Just hope it'd be a restored copy with original titles and all.
And I really hope that next set will include "Mr. Bug goes to Town" (a great animated feature IMHO) as a bonus, in his restored form.
Thanks for sharing, Greg!

MF TOON

02-22-2008, 03:25 PM

WOWOWOW!!!

Bonus Features: Feature-Length Movie Gulliver's Travels

:eek::eek:

Looks great and will once again be my most anticipated release of the year!!

Unfortunately, I'm guessing WHV are going with double-sided discs this time to save costs. It's the only way I can imagine them ever possibly releasing 31 cartoons plus a feature-length movie with audio commentaries, documentary, radio and interview extras.

I hope Best Buy does the ltd. packaging promotion again this year too!

Bugsy-Kun

02-22-2008, 03:31 PM

I'm surprised that the Gulliver's Travel movie included like a bonus. I watching it before on PBS during a movie marathon and i think it's a joy to watch them today. Thanks Greg! :):D

I hope the set with the wartime shorts was deliver for Holidays! :sailor:

Gee, only 2 discs and 31 shorts?

But wait for the extras! That's look like a comeback of the pre-2005's 2-disc sets, you know the ones we have a featurette in the two sets. Because today the supplements was only in the Disc 2 and i find it disappointed.

MF TOON

02-22-2008, 03:42 PM

Thad

02-22-2008, 03:44 PM

I guess this set will only cover the shorts up until "Eugene The Jeep"... but unless my math is off, that doesn't equal 31 films. Didn't the first set finnish with either 1938's "I Yam Love Sick" or "Plumbing Is A Pipe"?

I wonder why WHV decided to alter the planned release of the final set this year by spluitting it up into one more volume? Perhaps they are doing more work with the transfers/restorations, or did the first set not meet expected sales?

The last set finished with Big Chief Ugh-Amugh-Ugh.

They're splitting them up to make the price better for collectors and mainstream buyers, as they fear low sales because the cartoons aren't in color.

Leviathan

02-22-2008, 04:11 PM

According to various sources, Warner is prepared to do the same thing with Freakazoid as well..

I hope another set comes later this year. Waiting 24 months in order to get the equivalent of what should've been a 60 cartoon set would make the cut-ups on the Tom and Jerry DVD's seem trivial.

Pieless

02-22-2008, 04:30 PM

I still wish they would have atleast released all the Fleischer's, but the fact that Gulliver's Travels is an extra almost makes up for it. As long as it's properly restored and all that jazz. Hopefully Duck Dodgers is right and this means that Mr. Bug Goes to Town will be on the next set.

Still, if they think the fact that the shorts are in B&W is why it's not selling as much as they expected, then this is really dumb. Another 30 short two disc set won't even reach the Famous color shorts if I am not mistaken, meaning there would be a total of zero color shorts on Vol. 3. Regardless, more Popeye, a hopefully good release of Gulliver's Travels, I can't really complain much. :)

Leviathan

02-22-2008, 04:32 PM

Actually, I think the chances of Mr. Bug being on the next set is slim to none since that one's not actually in the Public domain like Gulliver.

tristar

02-22-2008, 04:40 PM

Count me in on this set! The cartoons made between 1938 and 1940 were superb. As for Gulliver, it will probably be a beautiful restoration, so we won't rely on PD prints.

streeter

02-22-2008, 04:46 PM

Any word on whether Best Buy will do another tin?

Duck Dodgers

02-22-2008, 04:48 PM

As for Gulliver, it will probably be a beautiful restoration, so we won't rely on PD prints.

Well, I hope so, but, for what I know, WB does not have the rights to it, which, I guess, are owned by Republic.
Maybe they've found some kind of agreement.....

Sean Gaffney

02-22-2008, 04:55 PM

Well, that's still 31 restored cartoons more than if they'd just dropped it entirely. And the news about Gulliver is terrific! Looking forward to this one.

MF TOON

02-22-2008, 04:56 PM

WB does not have the rights to it, which, I guess, are owned by Republic.
Maybe they've found some kind of agreement.....

shouldn't be tough to license out considering republic's neglect for their fleischer library.

Duck Dodgers

02-22-2008, 05:18 PM

shouldn't be tough to license out considering republic's neglect for their fleischer library.

It should be! I've heard certain stories......they are sitting on a mountain gold, don't take the gold and shoot at whoever comes near it!

mighty mouse

02-22-2008, 06:49 PM

Wow, I hope Jerry can confirm if this is a new transfer for gullivers travels.:)

nickramer

02-22-2008, 07:29 PM

Well, I hope so, but, for what I know, WB does not have the rights to it, which, I guess, are owned by Republic.
Maybe they've found some kind of agreement.....

I hate to say this, but I don't think the movie might be on the set. Remember when Warner Bros. advertise the first set and said that the shorts "Poor Cinderella", "Superman", and "Raggady(sic) Ann and Andy" would be on the set? In other words, don't get your hopes up until Jerry gives us the official word.

PudgieDParrot

02-22-2008, 07:35 PM

I originally assumed Vol 2 would be an all-Fleischer volume ('38-'42), ending with The Baby Wants a BottleShip (1942). I guess they wanted to release '41-'42 separately, probably to have an (almost) all-wartime-themed volume.

trondmm

02-22-2008, 07:39 PM

They're splitting them up to make the price better for collectors and mainstream buyers, as they fear low sales because the cartoons aren't in color.

To be honest, I'm quite happy that this set is only two disks. The lower price makes it possible for me to import it without paying taxes.

I just hope they don't wait another year before releasing "part two".

Bugsy-Kun

02-22-2008, 08:38 PM

I hate to say this, but I don't think the movie might be on the set. Remember when Warner Bros. advertise the first set and said that the shorts "Poor Cinderella", "Superman", and "Raggady(sic) Ann and Andy" would be on the set? In other words, don't get your hopes up until Jerry gives us the official word.

I remember this last year but we don't having this vaults. I hope they don't make the same error. Thanks for reminds this nick!

nickramer

02-22-2008, 10:25 PM

Well, Jerry just posted the announcement on his blog and it looks like "Gulliver's Travels" is going to be on the set after all. Sorry that I ever doubted the news.

JPox

02-22-2008, 11:26 PM

Here's a list of the cartoons to be included!
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Popeye-Volume-2/9048
:sailor:

Joe H

02-22-2008, 11:53 PM

Here's a list of the cartoons to be included!
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Popeye-Volume-2/9048
:sailor:

Their speculative explanation on why they didn't release all of the remaining Fleischers in Vol. 2 makes sense. I'm sure it takes a very long time to restore those old Popeyes.

Didn't realize Time Warner got the rights to the 60s cartoons...

Duck Dodgers

02-23-2008, 04:36 AM

Hope the sales will be good. According to TVShowsOnDVD, the future of the series is unknown. And I really want the Technicolor/Polacolor Popeyes.

Mac

02-23-2008, 05:02 AM

I was looking forward to another big four disc collection, but I can hardly say I'm disappointed with this. 31 restored cartoons is still a lot and with less coming out a year it could mean the restorations will receive even better care and attention (Not that Volume 1 wasn't great). There also seems to be A LOT of extras including an entire animated feature! In fact I don't quite understand why this isn't a 3 disc set.

MF TOON

02-23-2008, 06:29 AM

This is probably my favorite "period" of the Fleischer Popeyes.

Just wait 'till you all see the restored Aladdin two-reeler!! :eek:

FleischerFan

02-23-2008, 08:31 AM

In other words, don't get your hopes up until Jerry gives us the official word. Jerry's given us the official word. It's on the Cartoon Brew website.

Did I miss soemthing? I thought the first set sold reasonably well. Was Warners disappointed in the sales?

tristar

02-23-2008, 08:37 AM

So do you think Gulliver will be split in half over the two discs,

like on the LTGCs?

jonmayo15

02-23-2008, 09:15 AM

So do you think Gulliver will be split in half over the two discs,

like on the LTGCs?

I hope not because that would ruin the film for me.

MF TOON

02-23-2008, 10:45 AM

Expect at least one of the discs to be double-sided I'm sure, like the extras discs on many of the Hanna-Barbera sets. That's the only way I could see them possibly fitting a feature length film onto DVD with fifteen other cartoons and audio supplements... not that I care!

ohmahaaha

02-23-2008, 02:57 PM

Unfortunately, I'm guessing WHV are going with double-sided discs this time to save costs. It's the only way I can imagine them ever possibly releasing 31 cartoons plus a feature-length movie with audio commentaries, documentary, radio and interview extras.
Maybe not, MF ... 31 cartoons is 15 or 16 per disc, or roughly 2 hours running time; leaves maybe at least 1 hour per disc or possibly more?

Can't wait for this one!!

Geezil

02-23-2008, 07:04 PM

Here's a list of the cartoons to be included!
http://tvshowsondvd.com/news/Popeye-Volume-2/9048
:sailor:

Well, at least Poopdeck Pappy will be fully represented here (let's be merciful here and forget the later "reinvention" of Pappy when Famous got around to using him again).

But ... no John K. commentaries? No Kali? Now I'm sad. :rolleyes:

jonmayo15

02-25-2008, 09:56 PM

Bugsy-Kun

02-25-2008, 10:37 PM

Well, at least Poopdeck Pappy will be fully represented here (let's be merciful here and forget the later "reinvention" of Pappy when Famous got around to using him again).

Pappy was reinvented by Famous with years? How?

Leviathan

02-25-2008, 11:24 PM

For those of you who like B+W Famous Popeyes like myself, here's one with full original titles, I've only seen the AAP of this one for years.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X_BQsGUiegA&feature=related

I'm fairly certain that this is a recreation (probably done for the VCI Popeye set Jerry Beck oversaw). The big tipoff ia the wrong Paramount logo at the start.

Geezil

02-26-2008, 07:09 AM

Pappy was reinvented by Famous with years? How?

The sad result can be seen (thankfully, just once) in Baby Wants a Battle (1953). As told in flashback, a very mild-mannered Pappy is out taking Baby Popeye for a stroll through the park when they happen upon Bluto and his own mini-self. When Bluto sics his kid on Popeye the Toddler, this version of "Pappy" turns out to be a total wimp and a punching bag to boot! (Since Popeye alone remains miraculously in character during this mess, he of course saves the day.)

(Note: While this story line would basicallly "retcon" Goonland out of existence :eek: , it might also provide a loophole as to where "Brutus" came from, alternate universe-style [LOL].)

J Lee

02-27-2008, 10:26 PM

Jerry has it posted over at Cartoon Brew (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/popeye-vol-2-bonus-materials). No Gulliver, but one Superman cartoon and lots of commentaries.

Bugsy-Kun

02-27-2008, 10:34 PM

The sad result can be seen (thankfully, just once) in Baby Wants a Battle (1953). As told in flashback, a very mild-mannered Pappy is out taking Baby Popeye for a stroll through the park when they happen upon Bluto and his own mini-self. When Bluto sics his kid on Popeye the Toddler, this version of "Pappy" turns out to be a total wimp and a punching bag to boot! (Since Popeye alone remains miraculously in character during this mess, he of course saves the day.)

(Note: While this story line would basicallly "retcon" Goonland out of existence :eek: , it might also provide a loophole as to where "Brutus" came from, alternate universe-style [LOL].)

Thank you Geezil! ;)

Joe H

02-28-2008, 01:12 AM

Jerry has it posted over at Cartoon Brew (http://www.cartoonbrew.com/classic/popeye-vol-2-bonus-materials). No Gulliver, but one Superman cartoon and lots of commentaries.

The inclusion of "The Mechanical Monsters" seems a bit too random, especially since it's the only bonus short. The other bonus material looks very interesting however, especially that Jack Mercer interview.

MF TOON

02-28-2008, 05:26 AM

Could do without those throwaway Popumentaries, but I'm looking forward to seeing that Inkwell doc. I'm not too dissapointed about the missing Gulliver feature.

Sgt King

02-28-2008, 10:02 AM

In the upcoming Popeye DVD set: "Gulliver's Travels" is out as an extra and Poopdeck Pappy, The Jeep and compairsions between Fleischer's Popeye and Superman extras are in.

Last night I phoned in, with questions and comments, to a live radio broadcast from L.A. talking with Jerry Beck of “Cartoon Research.”

He and host Stu Shostak, owner of the radio station, were talking for 2 hours about the DVD releases of Popeye, Looney Tunes, Woody Woodpecker and more. It was fun and very interesting as they put forth lots of opinions and info on cartoons.

One fact is that “Gulliver’s Travels” will NOT be an extra on the upcoming Popeye DVD set.

To find out why not and also why it will only be a 2 disc set, and what famous person was the voice of Willy Whopper and mucho other cartoon tidbits . . . . “toon” in as the broadcast repeats Feb 28, 29 and March 1 at 7-9pm EST at www.shokusradio.com.

Jerry Beck and I talked and laughed during the 3 minute commercial. Jerry told the host to hurry up with the ads that “We’ve got a call all the way from Ohio.” He asked me what I thought of the quality of all the stuff I’ve purchased from him, etc. Then suddenly I was on the 7 second delay. My blithering is at the 1 hour mark right after a commercial break.

Oh yea, my real name is Sgt King but for the broadcast I used a fake name – Duane.

Vdubdavid

02-28-2008, 07:33 PM

While I'm glad that Gulliver won't be jammed into this set, it's interesting that this is the second time that Warner's publicity department have put out erroneous information for a Popeye set that has to be corrected later. If I did that at my public affairs office, I'd be out on my ear before you could say "Blow me down"!:sailor:

David Gerstein

02-28-2008, 10:10 PM

Warner Home Video's press release department seems on the klutzy side in general. Their puff piece for the recent Academy Awards collection contained lots of grammatical mistakes and incorrect capitalization of words.
Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol 2 came with a postcard-size animation cel replica based on PUSS GETS THE BOOT. Text on the back of the replica erroneously refers to PUSS as an Oscar winner, when it was really just a nominee.

But Home Video has nothing on AOL, another Time Warner division. Here's how the official IN2TV Tom and Jerry page (http://video.aol.com/video-category/tom-and-jerry/103157/page/2/view-type/detail/per-page/12) writes up JUST DUCKY:After the six eggs of mother Duckling was hatched, she's entertain to swim, but unfortunately, the last duckling hatched can't swim. After heard his crying, Jerry attempt to help the duckling for learn to swim, but it's hopeless! The duckling was lonely because he can't swim but after this, Tom try to feed him and Jerry attempt to save the duckling before Tom eat the duckA chain is as strong as its weakest link.

Jon Cooke

02-29-2008, 04:56 PM

Popeye, Vol. 2 is now available for pre-order on Amazon:

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ISBN=B0014VPFHW/theunofficlooneyA/

Duck Dodgers

03-07-2008, 07:01 AM

Don't know if you have seen but TVShowsOnDVD posted cover art for the "Popeye and Friends" DVD, which will include only 8 cartoons and looks just like a PD release.
They are nuts if they want to release the product this way!
It looks like one of hundreds of public domani low quality DVD releases!

Bugsy-Kun

03-07-2008, 07:08 AM

It's look like a official release unfortunately. :(

And besides, it's look like it was some of the 70's All-New Popeye Show that was included.

Leviathan

03-07-2008, 10:51 AM

8 cartoons seems incredibly paltry, especially since this is going to be a quick, down and dirty, unrestored, el cheapo compilation.

Popeye, Olive and Bluto are most certainly based on the 1978 H-B designs (and are pretty on-model at that), Swee' Pea looks like the '60's KFS design, and I'm not sure if the Wimpy design is supposed to be based on a particular cartoon era, but again he's also on model.

Jon Cooke

03-07-2008, 11:48 AM

8 cartoons seems incredibly paltry, especially since this is going to be a quick, down and dirty, unrestored, el cheapo compilation.

It may be a mix of shorts with half-hour episodes of the Hanna-Barbera Popeye shows to total those "8 cartoons".

As for the cover, yeah this pretty much looks like something you'd find in the $1 bin.