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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 0085391172451
Format: Animated, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Label: Warner Home Video
Manufacturer: Warner Home Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: Warner Home Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: August 12, 2008
Running Time: 126 minutes
Sales Rank: 11913
Studio: Warner Home Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 08/12/2008
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Rating:  - Two boys' review: Clean superhero fun but the stories are dated
I write reviews for parents of young boys. My 5-year old and 4-year old boys are big superhero fans, so I'm always on the lookout for age-appropriate entertainment.
These Filmation Adventures were produced in the late 1960s. Obviously, the artwork reflects that.
The reason for the 3-star rating is that these stories are very dated. The heroes battle against aliens and monster bugs and monster alien bugs. You won't find any of the classic villians here: Lex Luthor, Brainiac, the Riddler, Black Manta, Sinestro and Captain Cold. I prefer a clear hero-villian storyline, which I use to reinforce good behavior to my sons (e.g. superheroes help people).
If you are looking for entertainment for younger superhero fans, I recommend Challenge of the Super Friends - The First Season (DC Comics Classic Collection, 1978) instead for little superhero fans under age 8.
Rating: - 60's cartoon classics
For those of us who are DC cartoon freaks, this release is wonderful. Before Hanna-Barbara's put forth the Justice League in the seventies Super-Friends, Filmation beat them to it (for the most part) with the Aquaman/Superman Power Hour.
While Batman was tied up elsewhere (the Adam West series), Filmation was able to animate Superman, Aquaman, Atom, Green Lantern, Flash, Hawkman, and the Teen Titans (minus Robin).
Probably one of the greatest strengths of the DVD, is Andy Mangels fifty minute documentary on the Filmation studios. Outside of Hanna/Barbara one of of the animation power houses of the sixties/seventies. That alone recommends this purchase.
Compared to today's animated adventures, the stories may seem awfully tame. Basically, evil villain has plan to conquer America and/ or the world. Hero hears about plot and goes to stop it. After losing a preliminary battle or two, the hero eventually succeeds. That's the basic plot. These stories also lack today's angst or emotional dilemnas' for the hero.
Maybe there's something to be said for that.
I do have one minor quibble with this set. It is missing the original opening Aquaman Superman Power of Adventure Opening theme, which was a fun element all to itself. One can track it down on youtube.com if interested. According to various sources, the Batman 69 animated program might be next for digital release. If so, the DC cartoon classic will be one step further closer to ... Read More
Rating: - DC Super Heroes: A Grade "A Minus" for the "B" Team.
DC Comics Super Heroes - The Filmation Adventures
(Released August 12, 2008 by Warner Home Video) DVD Review by Joe Torcivia
Riddle me this, Batman... When is a show not a show?
When it is merely PART OF ANOTHER SHOW!
And, that's exactly what you're getting in DC Comics Super Heroes - The Filmation Adventures! In this case, the filler segments from 1967's THE SUPERMAN / AQUAMAN HOUR OF ADVENTURE, which was the sequel / successor to Filmation's trend setting THE NEW ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN from 1966.
Placed within each hour-long episode of THE SUPERMAN / AQUAMAN HOUR OF ADVENTURE were short cartoons of various Silver Age DC Super Heroes. Those being: The Atom, The Flash, Green Lantern, Hawkman, Justice League, and Teen Titans.
We'll break the review into CONS and PROS.
The CONS:
Filmation's animation. There, I said it, okay? Let's move on...
With seven minute running times, the stories are often too brief and many of them are hokey, even by Silver Age comic book standards, but others are good - even when formulaic. Besides, some very good DC comic book stories were done in eight pages or so, in the Silver Age comic books of legendary editors Julius Schwartz and Mort Weisinger.
Though generally true to the source material, there are just a few too many divergences from the `60s comic books they represent. None, however, are total deal-breakers, as were more common ... Read More
Rating: - Super Heroes Unite
A lot of memories flashed back when watching these cartoons. It's to bad those memories don't stand up as well as I remember but they are still a lot of fun to watch. Can't really say I enjoyed the stand alone hero episodes except for The Flash - To Catch a Blue Bolt. The Justice League and Teen Titans are the better of the episodes with more action and I thought the Teen Titans were the best animated. The funny thing Aquaman is not in any of the Justice League episodes even though he was included in the credits, but as a special bonus on each disc, the end credits to Aquaman were added. The feature on Lou Scheimer is excellant and helps explain the shoe-string budget animation. It's great to say that all filmation was 100% American made. It's unfortunate on how Filamtion had to close though. The Flash and Teen Titans were my favorite comics growing up and it was nice to see them once more in there original animation debuts.
Rating: - Fondly reminisce - or wince
Four stars for this one, with the proviso that much of my rating is based on biased perspective. Man, I grew up on Filmation shows! More objectivity would probably garner this dvd set a three star rating from me. But, fellas, nostalgia's a powerful thing...
Way back in the stone age (that would be 1967), the Filmation group produced the Superman/Aquaman Hour, a CBS Saturday morning cartoon show and one of my tried-and-true favorites when I was a kid. But with so many menaces constantly itching to take over the Earth or just act all nefarious, it takes more than Superman or Aquaman to get the job done. Guest star stints in the form of 7-minute shorts were integrated into the hourly series, as Hawkman, Flash, Atom, and Green Lantern engaged in their own solo exploits. As the Justice League, these guys (with Superman) banded together to fend off cheesy alien attacks. And with assists from the Teen Titans and Superboy, the world got saved but plenty.
The way it worked with the Superman/Aquaman Hour, the first half hour belonged to the Man of Steel, with Aquaman dishing out his own two segments in the second half hour. Sandwiched in between would be the "guest" superhero cartoons, which were on rotation with the Superboy shorts. Anyway, with Aquaman's animated adventures already compiled in his own box set (The Adventures of Aquaman - The Complete Collection (DC Comics Classic Collection)), it didn't take long before a collection of the guest spots was released. DC SUPER HEROES: THE ... Read More
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