www.POPEYE.com

[MF TOON]

Not sure if this is old news, but check out the new website that KFS has just launched: http://www.popeye.com

Click to view dozens of still captures from the upcoming DVD along with trailers, etc.

I can't wait for this coming Tuesday!


We've dreamt of this day for years, brothers, and it is finally upon us. :-)

[MF TOON]

Strangely enough, 'Poor Cinderella', 'Superman' and the 'Raggedy Anne' two-reeler are still listed as extras...

[Tom Stathes]

Not only that, no silents listed as extras....hmph. :p

[Leviathan]

There are screenshots from an unrestored Aladdin and REDRAWN Popeye cartoons in the DVD Gallery section of the Popeye DVD page. That's an even bigger oversight than the erroneous bonus cartoons

[David Gerstein]

The unrestored and redrawn cartoons often function as Warners' "placeholders" when restored, original black and whites aren't ready or immediately at hand. According to an early review (http://www.the-trades.com/article.php?id=5714) of the Vol 1 DVD, some of the documentaries use unrestored or redrawn clips here and there, further evidence of this practice—whereas the actual complete cartoons as presented on the DVD are the completed restorations.
Sounds like this gallery, like those documentaries, got prepared before the restorations were ready. (So why didn't they just use CN's Popeye Show masters as a source? Well, you've got me on that one.)

[Leviathan]

That much I can understand (In reference to David's reponse directly above), but why Did they use screenshots from Aladdin and what appears to be a WWII-era Popeye when those aren't on Volume 1?

[MF TOON]

heh, there are a couple of Famous caps mixed in as well, I believe.