Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Vol. 1
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Actor: Artist Not ProvidedBrand: POPEYE
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language)
Format: Animated, Black & White, Box set, Closed-captioned, DVD, NTSC, Original recording remastered
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 416 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-07-31
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- The plot lines in the animated cartoons tended to be simple. A villain, usually Bluto, makes a move on Popeye's "sweetie", Olive Oyl. The bad guy then clobbers Popeye until Popeye eats spinach, which gives him superhuman strength. The fundamental character of Popeye, paralleling that of another 1930's icon, Superman, also invokes traditional values possessing uncompromising moral standards and res
DVD Reviews of Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Vol. 1
DVD Review: The Best Popeye
Summary: 5 Stars
These are the old cartoons I remember watching as a kid. The detailed animation and voices are the best. These are the first, original series of cartoons...great stuff!
DVD Review: THIS IS PURE GOLD !!
Summary: 5 Stars
IF you are a TRUE FAN , then you HAVE TO BUY THIS !! THESE characters and this writing / artwork are FUNNIER BY FAR than any cartoon characters before or since - I DO LOVE the Simpsons , South Park , Peanuts ( XMAS & H-WEEN ) ,and Family Guy , BUT THESE CARTOONS ARE OTHER FORMS OF PURE GENIUS !!! GOD BLESS SEGAR , FLEISCHER , and all the animators / writers !!!DVD Review: In Glorious Back and White
Summary: 5 Stars
When Ted Turner decided to colorize the Fleischer Popeye cartoons, he was greeted with universal derision. Why? The problem, explains former editor of Animato! magazine, Pat Duquette, was the primitive nature of the process, which took out much of the background. This was not a problem for Turner's later, painstaking restorations of live-action films, as the process also created a restored black and white version, many of which now air on TCM.
But, finally, here's the real deal. The premium price tag on this set shows the high cost of restoration, but to animation fans, it's worth it to see the real thing. So many reviewers have commented on this long-awaited set, that I'll just briefly remark on the treasure trove of extras.
First, this set is done right. There are four one-sided discs, which snap into plastic holders, with the contents printed on the back and cover flap, and which slide into a protective outer box. The special features are listed, so you don't have to go to the on-screen menus, although they are also there. Numerous 'toons have alt versions with commentary from a who's who of films and animation, including: Dave Tendlar, Jerry Beck, John Kricfalusi, Michael Barrier, and Jack Mercer (who voiced Popeye).
But there are many more faces featured in interview segments on the eight "Popumentaries", which range from short subjects to featurettes. Even better are two full-length documentaries on discs one and two, about the history of Popeye and Elzie Segar's newspaper comic, "Thimble Theater", from whence he came, and the roots of early animation. The other extras include: six early, short cartoons from the Bray Studio, and ten Fleischer "Out of the Inkwell" silent shorts.
The disclaimer on the cover reads: "Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938 Volume One is intended for the adult collector and may not be suitable for children." Why? Many would site the obvious violence, but starting with the second cartoon, "I Yam What I Yam" there are ethnic stereotypes of Indians (Native Americans) and Mexicans. To put it in perspective, however, these cartoons were not meant to stereotype races, but parody the live action Westerns and adventure films with which they were shown.
One account of the ethnic stereotypes in early animation is given by animator Shamus Culhane in his autobiography, Talking Animals and Other People Talking Animals And Other People. Early American animation was centered in New York, peopled with diverse Immigrant neighborhoods. The animators were eager to join the American melting pot, and lose, rather than preserve, their European distinctives. Families regularly shortened their names to streamlined, easy to pronounce American ones, as expatriates in the brave new world. Ethnic characteristics were easy to exaggerate, as was regularly done in editorial cartoons. In this, as in so many ways, animators simply reflected the climate of their day.
The long wait is over. Fans have long clamored for pristine restorations of these and other theatrical cartoons, and in this case, against all odds, the studio listened.
DVD Review: Best Of All The Popeye Sets
Summary: 5 Stars
Once this famous cartoon series kicks in - about the sixth episode - it's fantastic, some of the best Popeye efforts ever. You cannot beat the Popeye cartoons of the mid 1930s!
The artwork is incredible, especially in the big city scenes. There is an amazing amount of detail and the stories get wackier and wackier, which means funnier and funnier. Of all the Popeye sets, and I think I've seen them all, this one is the best.
A pleasant surprise are all the great bonus features. The best might have been the inventive silent cartoons of the Fleischer Brothers. Having no sound is not easy to watch, in this day-and-age, but the Ko-Ko The Clown stories are so clever that it will keep you glued to the TV set.
DVD Review: More than I ever thought
Summary: 5 Stars
Awesome collection of Popeye There are so many. It goes on and on and on.
My 3 year old actually asks to watch them. And he's eating more spinach now.
The background extras are also really interesting.
Description of Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Vol. 1
The plot lines in the animated cartoons tended to be simple. A villain, usually Bluto, makes a move on Popeye's "sweetie", Olive Oyl. The bad guy then clobbers Popeye until Popeye eats spinach, which gives him superhuman strength. The fundamental character of Popeye, paralleling that of another 1930's icon, Superman, also invokes traditional values possessing uncompromising moral standards and resorting to force only when threatened, or when he "can't stands no more"! The first volume includes 58 (7-10 min) theatrical blk & white shorts from 1933 to 1938 and 2 two-reeler 20 minute color cartoons. (Notable shorts: * POPEYE THE SAILOR MEETS SINDBAD THE SAILOR was an Academy Award??? Nominee. Betty Boop appears in a cameo as a hula dancer in the 1st short "Popeye The Sailor")DVD Features:
Documentaries
Featurette
Music Only Track
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In 1933, a squint-eyed sailor with outsized forearms danced a hula with Betty Boop--and began one of the great series in American cartoon history. Popeye had made his debut in Elzie Segar's comic strip "Thimble Theater" four years earlier, and the jump to animation only increased his popularity: by 1938, he rivaled Mickey Mouse. During the '30s, when Disney was creating lushly colored, realistic animation, the Fleischer Studio presented a gritty black-and-white world that was ideally suited to the bizarre misadventures of Popeye, Olive, and Bluto. The animators ignored anatomy, with hilarious results: Olive Oyl's rubbery arms wrap around her body like twin anacondas, and her legs often end up in knots. Exactly what Popeye and Bluto saw in this scrawny, capricious inamorata was never clear, but they fought over her endlessly. As the series progressed, the artists grew more sophisticated: in "Blow Me Down" (1933), Olive does some clumsy steps to "The Mexican Hat Dance;" one year later, in "The Dance Contest," she and Popeye perform deft spoofs of tango, tap, and apache steps. The stories are little more than strings of gags linked by a theme: Popeye and Bluto as rival artists; Popeye and Olive as nightclub dancers or caf? owners. But the minimal stories allow the artists to fill the screen with jokes, over-the-top fights, and muttered asides from the characters. Cartoon fans have waited for years for the "Popeye" shorts to appear on disc, and the Popeye the Sailor 1933-1938 was worth waiting for. The transfers were made from beautifully clear prints with only minimal dust and scratches. The set is loaded with extras, including eight "Popumentaries," numerous commentaries, and 16 silent cartoons. It's a set to treasure. (Unrated, suitable for ages 10 and older: violence, tobacco use, ethnic stereotypes) --Charles Solomon
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