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List Price: $89.95
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Manufacturer: Genius Products (TVN)
Starring: Little Rascals
Directed By: Na
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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0796019812054
Format: Box set
Label: Genius Products (TVN)
Manufacturer: Genius Products (TVN)
Number Of Items: 8
Publisher: Genius Products (TVN)
Region Code: 1
Release Date: 2008-10-28
Running Time: 1372
Studio: Genius Products (TVN)
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
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The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection spans the years of 1929-1938. This collections contains all 80 of the original Little Rascals theatrical talkies in their entirety; fully Remastered, Restored and Uncut. This amazing 8-disc set contains a collectible booklet, loads of nostalgic bonus footage, photos and much more! This preeminent collection is a must-have for fans, both old and new.
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Customer Rating:
Summary: Not the Disaster that Some Would Have You Believe
Comment: The set is much better than many are making it out to be. The majority of the shorts on this set open up with the RHI logo--those are the same prints used for the Cabin Fever releases. I was disappointed that some of these open with Blackhawk titles, rather than the original titles. I can't fault the image quality on the "Blackhawk" shorts viewed to date though. With one possible exception, they're sourced from 35mm elements, and they look and sound as good as I'll ever expect them to look and sound.
I've compared "Hide and Shriek" on this release (opens with Blackhawk titles) to the same short on a Cabin Fever DVD compilation. Visually, the two versions look virtually identical, with the only discernible difference being the original title cards in the Cabin Fever DVD.
The Cabin Fever releases from over a decade ago were less than pristine as well, especially the two reelers from 1929 and into the early 30s. Given the age of the shorts, and the checkered history of "Our Gang," it's a miracle that most of these look as good as they do today.
I was disappointed when one of my favorite one-reelers from the late 30s, "Feed 'em and Weep," opened with Blackhawk title cards. Once the short began, all was quickly forgiven. Between the gorgeous image quality, Johnny Arthur's performance as Darla's father, and the impeccable timing of the kids, all was right with the world for the next 10 minutes or so.
I'm very grateful that I didn't read the reviews of this set before opening it, as I too might have returned it unopened. It would have truly been my loss.
***Footnote*** Since getting this set, it has appeared to my own eyes, when looking at some of the shorts with Blackhawk titles, as if many or most of the title cards were taken from 16mm source material, followed by 35mm for the shorts themselves. I'm now convinced, for reasons that I don't understand, that this is the case.
As an example, for those who have this set, try watching "The Awful Tooth," on disc #7. The title opens in a less than promising fashion, with a fairly bad looking Blackhawk title card. It's very scratchy, there's noticeable vertical jumping, and the brightness/contrast of the lettering varies constantly. The Blackhawk opening, as it runs, slips slightly to the left, leaving a narrow white strip on the right side of the screen. To discern this, viewing on a computer monitor would be very helpful, as any overscan will obliterate this. Once the titles conclude, that white strip on the right disappears and a beautiful and stable 35mm transfer of this short begins.
Why did this happen? I have no idea. Bizarre legal issues that forced the removal of the title cards for some of these shorts, perhaps? Issues that did not arise when Cabin Fever brought out their own releases in the 90s? I wish I knew the answer.
Customer Rating:
Summary: Horrible quality
Comment: I transfered my old vhs tapes to dvd and MY dvds look better than these!
The prints contained in this collection are not the great Cabin Fever prints that were remastered. This collection looks and sounds awful. No effort was made to improve the quality dispite what the box claims and the information pamplet contained in the package is full of misinformation. This is NOT worth buying. Save your Cabin Fever VHS tapes. I transfered my old vhs tapes to dvd and MY dvds look better than these.
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Summary: The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection
Comment: What a great DVD Set. Very enjoyable and great quality. Thank you offering it. You get all little Rascals. I like the Special features. I recommend to anyone who loves the classics.
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Summary: I've seen better bootlegs than this "Official" DVD
Comment: Very sad. How they can misrepresent the contents amazes me. The Cabin Fever set was much better. At least they didn't use Blackhawk Films prints. Somebody at Genius certainly wasn't. Somebody over there screwed-up big time. They'd have had a hit on their hands had they done the set correctly.
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Summary: Relive those great moments we all had with 'Our Gang'
Comment: For many people the only way they know Our Gang is from countless Little Rascal shows on television. So many will see new things here. From episodes never aired on tv to full 20 minute versions of the older ones. Some reviewers commented on missing pieces from a few of the shorts. I didn't notice them, but after reading the reviews I recalled seeing those missing pieces. The set is refered to as :The Complete Collection, well almost. I'm not going to count the silent shorts we don't get, but there is a fair chunk of the talkies missing that isn't mentioned in the product description. These are the Hal Roach talkies only. The MGM shorts are not included. Either way this is still a good collection. There are a few inaccuracies in the booklet. For example there is a section about the curse of the Rascals. In it they mention the death of Scotty (Scotty Beckett) but have Dickie Moore pictured, Dickie is very much alive and gave interviews for the set. They also mention the death of Mickey (Mickey Daniels) who was one of the original silent kids, but the picture is of a member of the Gang whose name escapes me at the moment (...and third in the American League.) Even with these errors and the lack of the other shorts it is still a good set.
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