Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show - The Complete Series (DC Comics Classic Collection)
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Actor: Adam West, Casey Kasem, Constance Cawlfield, Danny Dark, Mark L. TaylorBrand: Warner Brothers
Writer: Al Milgrom
Writer: Gerry Conway
Writer: Jerry Siegel
Writer: Joe Shuster
Writer: William M. Marston
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 1.0; English (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 1.0
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, DVD, NTSC, Subtitled
Picture Format: Academy Ratio, 1.33:1
Running Time: 179 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2007-08-07
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Model: H3683
Studio: Warner Home Video
Product features:
- Hanna-Barbera's continues at showcasing DC?Comic book characters in animated shorts. These stories contained the now-familiar superheroes Superman, Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman, along with the new Cyborg and Firestorm.? In addition to this core group of six, episodes during this season featured cameos by old and new Superfriends Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show premiered on the ABC
DVD Reviews of Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show - The Complete Series (DC Comics Classic Collection)
DVD Review: Meanwhile, back at the Hall of Justice...
Summary: 4 Stars
For the 1984-85 season, Hanna-Barbera produced its latest and next-to-last Superfriends incarnation: SUPER FRIENDS: THE LEGENDARY SUPER POWERS SHOW, the "Super Powers" tag being added so as to tie in with Kenner's action figure line. I know I nagged my parents for some of them neat action figures (I think I still have Flash and his kicking legs somewhere). Superfriends was a regular Saturday morning staple which I'd much looked forward to in my childhood. But I have to admit that the more sophisticated kids of today would find these very simplistic episodes beneath them. Nowadays, the Superfriends series is appreciated and savored mostly by nostalgia buffs and by "kids" of my generation.
Heroes are only as good as their villains. This time around, the show discards well-intentioned scientists who've strayed off the righteous path (well,excepting "Island of the Dinosoids"). This particular season introduces a decided upgrading in supervillainy. The regal Darkseid, whose malevolent presence is felt in seven episodes, shows up to inflict misery on the Superfriends even as he crushes on Wonder Woman (as a side note, does anyone else think that he sounds like an evil Cookie Monster? No? Okay.). Brainiac reappears, this time oozing more palpable menace in his revamped, now metallic skeleton guise. Luthor also swings by, and in a power suit, natch. On the side of the angels, the matter-converting teen superhero Firestorm, he of the surprising secret identity, debuts and gets a lot of face time. Other heroes don't fare as well. Word to the wise: Despite Aquaman and the Flash showing up in the opening credits, neither makes an appearance in this season.
Around this time, the show had apparently received a mandate from the high muck-a-mucks to present a more ethnically diverse cast. Thus, Black Vulcan (the cool-costumed electricity emitter), Apache Chief (size shifter), El Dorado (telepath), and Samurai (wind master) are showcased more prominently, with each actually taking turns in saving the day. The writers and animators meant well, but the results of this racial integration come off more as clumsy and even condescending. But, hey, it's the thought that counts, right? And I guess this did pave the way for superheroes like John Stewart's GL, Static Shock, and even Stan Lee's dubious The Condor.
The extra features (which are decent) go more into it, but, regarding animated shows, there were very strict codes being held up back in the day. As well as other issues. Did you know, for example, that Darkseid became a major bone of contention as it was felt that the spelling of his name might aggravate the German fans? As well, heavy restrictions were placed on cartoon combat which severely limited the action sequences. In fact, I don't recall seeing anyone hit anyone else with their fists or feet in these shows. Firestorm saved a lot of hair pulling on the writers' part as, a lot of times, he resolved a lot of the conflicts by merely pointing and doing his thing. Less violent? Certainly. Boring? Infinitely.
SUPER FRIENDS: THE LEGENDARY SUPER POWERS SHOW - THE COMPLETE SERIES is comprised of 16 episodes, each about 10 to 11 minutes long. This exercise in brevity means that each episode moved briskly, as opposed to the prior hour-long episodes which sometimes just draaaagged. Of course, the downside with having these short episodes is that no time at all is spent in character or plot development. But, then again, if you're a 6-year-old kid criticizing a TV character's motivation, then you need to be put in a corner and given Sandman comic books. Anyway, yes, the animation is crude and the stories are more campy than interesting. SUPER FRIENDS: THE LEGENDARY SUPER POWERS SHOW, as well as most of the other Superfriends versions, are more quaint than anything else. Old school charm. Yeah, that's what it's got going for it. Oh, and Adam West as Batman. Three and a half stars for this one, as nostalgia wins out.
Disc One:
Episodes 1 & 2 - "The Bride of Darkseid (Parts 1 & 2)" - The Superfriends are bemused as a mysterious new superhero gallivants around the country saving the day. Meanwhile, Darkseid, in search of a bride, has his eye on Wonder Woman.
Episode 3 - "The Wrath of Brainiac" - The re-tooled Brainiac creates robotic doppelgangers of Superman and Wonder Woman, with a final assist from Darkseid. Darkseid, by the way, again proposes to Wonder Woman.
Episode 4 - "Reflections in Crime" - One by one, Mirror Master traps the Superfriends in the 6th Dimension (the dimension behind mirrors), until, finally, only Samurai is left.
Episode 5 - "No Honor Among Thieves" - Darkseid and Luthor siphon off the Superfriends' powers and then begin backstabbing each other. Darkseid proposes to Wonder Woman for the 3rd time.
Episode 6 - "Mr. Mxyzptlk and the Magic Lamp" - The mischievous other-dimensional imp passes himself off as a genie and begins harassing the superheroes.
Episode 7 - "The Case of the Shrinking Super Friends" - Left in charge of the Hall of Justice, the junior members of the Superfriends go up against Lex Luthor, who shrinks them. Featuring the Wonder Twins. Cameo by Green Lantern (Hal Jordan).
Episode 8 - "The Mask of Mystery" - The bumbling Captain Mystery fits perfectly into Luthor's scheme to destroy the Superfriends.
Episode 9 & 10 - "Darkseid's Golden Trap (Parts 1 & 2)" - An intergalactic underworld auction puts up rare gold kryptonite for bidding. Later, El Dorado challenges Kalibak on the Moon of Games.
Disc One Special Features: somewhat revealing episode commentaries by DC Comics writer and historian Mark Waid and various writers of the series on "The Wrath of Brainiac," "No Honor Among Thieves," and "The Mask of Mystery."
Disc Two:
Episode 11 - "Island of the Dinosoids" - A mad scientist transforms various animals into their dinosaur counterparts and Batman and Wonder Woman into dinosoids.
Episode 12 - "Uncle Mxyzptlk" - Superman is exposed to red kryptonite and reverts to a little boy, and a bratty one, at that. Mxyzptlk pops in to make things even more miserable to Samurai, Firestorm, and the Wonder Twins.
Episode 13 - "The Case of the Dreadful Dolls" - The Dollmaker has magic mud and, with it, he'll take over the minds of the Superfriends. This one's right up El Dorado's alley.
Episode 14 - "The Royal Ruse" - An alien princess, whose planet has been invaded by Darkseid, begs for assistance from the Superfriends.
Episode 15 - "The Village of Lost Souls" - While on a hike, Apache Chief and the Wonder Twins stumble into a mining town crawling with zombified inhabitants.
Episode 16 - "The Curator" - A beam from outer space causes the world's most famous landmarks to vanish.
Special Features: Episode commentaries (again by Mark Waid and various series writers) on "The Case of the Dreadful Dolls" and "The Royal Ruse"; the two featurettes "Evolution: New Heroes, Viler Villains and Ethnic Additions - How Super Friends Prefigured the Era of Cultural Diversity in Animation" (18 minutes, and interesting) and "The Super Powers Collection: The Effect of the Toy Industry on the Super Friends" (7 minutes).
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Description of Super Friends: The Legendary Super Powers Show - The Complete Series (DC Comics Classic Collection)
Hanna-Barbera's continues at showcasing DC�Comic book characters in animated shorts. These stories contained the now-familiar superheroes Superman, Batman, Robin and Wonder Woman, along with the new Cyborg and Firestorm.� In addition to this core group of six, episodes during this season featured cameos by old and new Superfriends Superfriends: The Legendary Super Powers Show premiered on the ABC television network on Saturday 1984- 1985.Bestsellers in DVD
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