Popeye Volume 3 Review at DVDBeaver

[Leviathan]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews42/popeye_the_sailor_41-43.htm

The review itself is light non-informative fluff, but take a look at the screenshots. The Cartoons themselves look very good, if a tad grainy, and some bonuses are divulged.


Seven commentaries total. John, Eddie, and Kali are back for another commentary on Me Musical Nephews (WTF?)
Bob Jacques and Jerry Beck doubleteam on The Might Navy.
Myron Waldman gets a Popumentary (strange considering how he directed only three Popeyes in his entire career). Incidentally two of those are on this set, and Jerry does commentary on both with a Steven Waldman, possibly a relative.
There's also a Popumentary on the nephews and what appears to be a wartime Popumentary.
Four From-the-Vault shorts, one of which is appearently "Finding His Voice", whatever the hell THAT is.
28 Minute Documentary called "Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation 1921-1930. I think I can take or leave this (Unless New Wave takes out a loan for Disney clips again)

[frizfrelengfan]

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Four From-the-Vault shorts, one of which is appearently "Finding His Voice", whatever the hell THAT is.


[url]http://www.archive.org/details/FindingH1929 (http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews42/popeye_the_sailor_41-43.htm)
It was made by Western Electric in 1929 to show how sound movies work. Max Fleischer co-directed.

[Bugsy-Kun]

I guess in the Vaults, we have a other Superman cartoon. That's maybe a clue! :D

[MF TOON]

I can't wait for release day!!

Re. Finding His Voice: It's a Western Electric educational short depicting how sound motion pictures work and was directed by Max Fleischer. It should be a nice complement to the set, even if they are off by over a decade in regards to the time period of the featured films in this volume. If I remember correctly, Steve Stanch had included a transfer loaned from an archival print of this film on one of his Thunderbean releases. Of course I could be mistaken.


As for the documentary "The Roots Of Animation"... if it's the same thing that was broadcast on (I think it was Spike TV) a couple of years back and that also screened at the Ottawa Animation Festival, this thing is a complete waste of time and I'm not sure why more relevant, pertinent extras couldn't be dug out to include on the set. Surely some added commentary from Ray Pointer or simply some more bonus shorts from the studio would have provided more entertainment and insight. But I care about the cartoons and so I'm not complaining!

[Smilodon]

Finding his voice is actually pretty good. The other extras are pretty much what I'd expect from the first two sets. Only three weeks to go.

[Leviathan]

Regarding the Waldman material, I think Warner wanted to highlight a Fleischer "legend" like they do with the Looney Tunes guys and Disney does with their assortment of "legends". Since Waldman is the Fleischer equivalent of Chuck Jones or Frank Thomas/Ollie Johnston, he's getting attention (even though giving some to Dave Tendlar, who also died fairly recently and was far more involved with Popeye than Waldman was) would've been nice too.

[Jack G.]

I'm not sure I see a Waldman comparison with the folks you've mentioned.

But when he visit an animation gallery in my area he was billed as a Popeye animator.
Some of his collectable cells for both Popeye and Betty Boop are still there.

I would've liked to see a profile on Willard Bowsky, myself.

[Jeffitarian]

I can't wait for release day!!

Re. Finding His Voice: It's a Western Electric educational short depicting how sound motion pictures work and was directed by Max Fleischer. It should be a nice complement to the set, even if they are off by over a decade in regards to the time period of the featured films in this volume. If I remember correctly, Steve Stanch had included a transfer loaned from an archival print of this film on one of his Thunderbean releases. Of course I could be mistaken.

You're not mistaken. Finding His Voice is on Thunderbean's Cultoons! Volume 2 release.

[Jeffitarian]

http://www.dvdbeaver.com/film2/DVDReviews42/popeye_the_sailor_41-43.htm

The review itself is light non-informative fluff, but take a look at the screenshots. The Cartoons themselves look very good, if a tad grainy, and some bonuses are divulged.


Seven commentaries total. John, Eddie, and Kali are back for another commentary on Me Musical Nephews (WTF?)

Do we REALLY need another commentary from these guys?

[Smilodon]

Do we REALLY need another commentary from these guys?

I've had trouble with most of the commentaries on these sets. Better commentaries are needed overall.

[dandu]

It is amazing to see nice versions of these rare treats. I remember when I first joined the forums that I had no hope of these cartoons being on DVD. Especially the wartime ones, this will beat those blurry videotape copies i find on the internet.

[zavkram]

Seven commentaries total. John, Eddie, and Kali are back for another commentary on Me Musical Nephews (WTF?)

28 Minute Documentary called "Forging the Frame: The Roots of Animation 1921-1930. I think I can take or leave this (Unless New Wave takes out a loan for Disney clips again)


"WTF?" My sentiments, exactly! Oh well, that commentary might actually provide a chuckle or two...

It seems odd to me that they're including a documentary covering the period 1921-1930 when the Popeye the Sailor DVD series is now chronologically in the mid-1940s.