Superman - The Lost Episodes

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Studio: Winstar
Product Type: DVD

Average customer rating:

if you bought the complete set you have these
Only for Nostalgia
save your money
Great annimation
This Is a supplement to an older DVD

Superman - The Lost Episodes
Starring: Animated
Manufacturer: Winstar
ProductGroup: DVD
Binding: DVD

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ASIN: 1572524537
Release Date: 1999-05-01

Customer Reviews:

if you bought the complete set you have these .......2006-06-01

if you bought the complete set then you don't need this waste of time and money.

Only for Nostalgia.......2003-08-05

Comparing these episodes to new animation is like comparing a bicycle to a space shuttle. Obviously, these cartoons are not as good as todays', say Titan AE or Batman: The animated series. But comparing this to their contemporaries, this is really fantastic.

So if you are a Superman fan, but not an animation fan, get this. It's like getting a piece of history.

Too bad, I got this DVD before the Complete Episode series came out. Check out the other DVD before buying this one. You'll get more of the same price.

save your money.......2003-06-19

These are great 'toons but there is a disk that has these episodes, the other "non-lost"?? episodes with some cool looking Popeye 'toons as well for not that much more. Still, they are wonderful to watch (although a bit corny).

Great annimation.......2003-06-19

This is great for those who want to see all the old Superman cartoons. However if you look you will find this disk on a set of disks that contains this disk and some Popeye cartoons and some 'lost episodes' of Superman for the same price. For that reason I do not recomend buying this particular disk.

This Is a supplement to an older DVD.......2003-02-14

I do not own this DVD or any other Superman DVD. A co-worker of mine has "Max Fleischers Superman" on DVD. this was release several years ago. It contains all the episodes that do not appear on "The Lost Episodes". TLE was produced to finish the series for those owning the older DVD. Do not buy both this and the complete set as recommended by Borders/amazon.com If you don't have the old release, you won't nead TLE. Just get the complete DVD.

Max Fleischer's Superman/ Superman: The Lost Episodes

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Bad sound editing.
Superman cartoons great, watch out for DVD editions
Fleischer's Superman/Lost Episodes
A great collection, with some minor glitches

Max Fleischer's Superman/ Superman: The Lost Episodes
Starring: Superman 2pak
Manufacturer: Winstar
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Binding: DVD

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Customer Reviews:

Bad sound editing........2004-05-25

Stay away from this version. It has "enhanced sounds and effects" which drown out the dialog and sound very much out of place. It sounds as though someone were constantly playing with the volume control...very distracting. The picture isn't that great either.
Pick up "The complete Superman collection diamond anniversary edition" instead. The picture is clear and the sound is crisp. Plus it has all 17 episodes where the inferior "Superman The Lost Episodes" only has eight.

Superman cartoons great, watch out for DVD editions.......2003-12-23

I've bought complete collections of these Superman cartoons 5 times now. Twice on VHS and now 3 times on DVD. The cartoons themselves are great, but look out for which DVD edition to buy. Since these reviews seem to come up no matter what DVD edition is selected on Amazon, this should be helpful.

The set from Win Star Home Entertainment (1998/99)features all 17 original cartoons in very good picture quality. The drawback is that the audio has been remastered to surround sound (!) with added sound effects. While to some this may enhance the enjoyment of these cartoons, frankly I find it annoying. The enhanced sound is quite obviously fake and not original, and it was certainly not how these cartoons were meant to be viewed/heard.

A similar set was put out by GoodTimes Home Video in 2002. It also features audio restoration with added sound effects. Video quality is generally very good. However, some openings and closings are missing.

The third DVD set is from Bosko Video and I believe it is the best one. It (thankfully) does not feature any unneeded jazzing up of the soundtrack, and the picture quality is superb. IT IS THE DEFINITIVE SET TO GET!!!!!

To sum up, most DVD versions offer good picture, but if you want the cartoons the way they were truly meant to be seen, get the Bosko Video version.

Fleischer's Superman/Lost Episodes.......2000-05-14

First of all, l was less than pleased with this DVD set, and also the one that preceeded it. The sound has modern sound effects dubbed over the original sound track (why? the original sound effects are fine) and the original sound track has been messed up to sound "tinny" and like it's coming out of a tunnel! Image Entertainment has also released a DVD set with all 17 cartoons on one set. I originally bought the laser disc version of this release, some time ago. On the laser disc, picture and sound where fine, except they had the opening title only on the first short, with the end title, only on the last short. Someone elses review on the dvd version said the quality was not good, well then l would have to say to collectors, do not buy either of these dvd releases. You are better off with the laser disc set, or the vhs tapes, which are all better quality, and no tampering with the sound on those!

A great collection, with some minor glitches.......2000-03-27

This two-pack is a great value and a must-have for Superman fans and fans of animation in general. The presentation obviously was by folks who appreciated the value and importance of the Fleischer/Famous Superman cartoons. The restoration work is well done (although it seems a couple of the cartoons didn't give the restorers much to work with), and, particularly on the Lost Episodes disc, the story summaries and history blurbs are well-researched and informative (if you can excuse the many typos). Unfortunately there are some glitches. On the first disc, Max Fleischer's Superman, all of the story summaries and histories are the same throughout (at least they were on my disc). On the Lost Episodes disc, the cartoons are allowed to awkwardly fade out at the ends. On both discs, the restoration demonstration is impressive, but it would have been nice to have some narration or at least some text frames to explain how the restoration was achieved (was it digital restoration, or physical repair to a print or negative?) Also, the restoration demo on the first disc doesn't even use the Superman cartoons as examples (that happens on the second disc). If you purchase this set, first read the overview and historical information on disc two, then pop in disc one to see the cartoons in some semblance of order.

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