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| CATEGORY: | DVD |
| MANUFACTURER: | Warner Home Video |
| MPAA RATING: | NR (Not Rated) |
| FEATURES: | Animated, Box set, Black & White, Closed-captioned, DVD-Video, Original recording remastered, NTSC |
| TYPE: | Cartoons & Animation, Children's Video, Comedies, Movie |
| MEDIA: | DVD |
| MPN: | 79796 |
| # OF MEDIA: | 4 |
| UPC: | 012569797963 |
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Customer Reviews of Popeye the Sailor: 1933-1938, Vol. 1
No "salami salami baloney" here! Fans of TRUE animation should dance in the streets! This is the REAL DEAL with the Popmeister. None of that post-Famous Studios junk of the 60s and 70s or the recent abominations that all suck raw eggs or were ruined by the panty-waisted Barney & Care bears-loving Politically Correct brigade! If it doesn't say "Fleischer" or begin with the cabin deck opening with the titles-leave them alone like the 3 Stooges without Curly! <
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>Now back to the disc set. Some really classic stuff is here. The very first Popeye cartoons are here. The surrealistic scenery, the inventive gags, the wacky humor, and very likeable characters (our man's under-the breath mutterings are a real hoot). I YAM WHAT I YAM has a bizzare gag that would be at home with the likes of the SIMPSONS and their sorry copycats (the abominations FAMILY GUY and AMERICAN DAD) today-after Popeye socks an Indian Chief, he turns into Mahatma Gandhi! <
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>LEARN POLIKENESS (familiarity with "Popspeak" helps here) is a real knee-slapper, with Olive Oyl bringing our man in for refinement lessons-taught by none other than "Professor Bleutau" (archvillan Bluto in a thin disguise). Guess the results. A CLEAN SHAVEN MAN has Popeye and Bluto trying to "get clean" to win Olive's hand, resulting in an interesting surprise ending. <
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>PROTECK THE WEAKEST is a personal favorite. Our man is forced by Olive to walk her prissy pup. The Spinach King replies in Popspeak, "A he-man like me can't be seen with a sissy dorg like that!" When the pampered pooch realizes that Popeye is ashamed of him, he produces a saddened look that anyone who has ever been rejected unfairly for any reason can relate to. Such is the charm of these classic cartoons, they are a perfect mix of offbeat fantasy with just enough reality to cause viewers to identify with the characters and situations. <
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>Of course there is the 1936 20-minute color masterpiece SINBAD THE SAILOR with it's breathtaking scenery and wonderful gags that still astonish viewers 71 years later, and it's companion piece ALI BABA. Also included are "Popumentaries" that tell the complete history of Popeye-maina with some information on E.C. Segar (Popey's creator) and Frank "Rocky" Fleagle, the funny-faced fighter who inspired our sailor friend. <
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>HOWEVER, only the most hardcore of cartoon geeks will like the plethora of silent cartoons included. Truth is, aside from Uncle Walt and the grandmaster pioneer Windsor McCay, silent cartoons were not that funny or intersting aside from historical reasons. But the documentary on Animation history is VERY well done and an improtant addition. <
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>Also, it is important to note that a pair of popular productions of Popeyedom are absent in this set. ALADDIN, the third of the early color masterpieces which is chock full of politically incorrect humor (the Yiddish-accented Jewish genie and the cartoon Muslims who greet each other with "Salami Salami Baloney"-Don't let this DVD NEAR the Middle east today!) but is actually quite brilliant to watch. Also likely to appear in the next set is GOONLAND, a really classic scary piece of Popeye searching for his father on a haunted island populated by the subhuman beasts known as the "goons". <
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>Enough said. Just BUY it so more can come!
Pierre Bluto? Holy Moly he's FRENCH?
Now I know why Bluto was always trying to get into Olive Oyl's pants! HE'S FRENCH! And now I understand why Popeye loved beating the HECK out of him.
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> I always loved Popeye...how can you not love an American that pounds the heck out of a big fat bearded, womanizing Frenchman name PEIRRE BLUTO? And Popeye wins everytime...I hope I didnt' spoil it for all of you that havent' seen Popeye...he never loses..and the FRENCHMAN LOSES EVERYTIME. HA HA HA!
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> The DVD has a disclaimer? LMAO...I didn't see any racism, or sexism, but then again neither did POPEYE, and whats good enough for Popeye should be good enough for us all.
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> Olive Oyl is as flat as a board, with BIG FEET, and skinny legs and talks funny. Popeye has deformed arms and legs, a deformed face,talks funny and the people who put this DVD out are worried about the way blacks were made into cartoon characters? Oops! What about the white people who were made to look anthropomorphic? Oh that's right, Popeye is the star of the show.
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> I wish they'd put this disclaimer on all the rap and hip hop music. Now there is racism, sexism and stereotyping of women.
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> POPEYE was All American and still is All American. If you love America, you love Popeye. He's the First Super Hero on the silver screen, and the Best. He promoted heterosexuality, morality, healthy living, eating right, being polite to women, and protecting them from evil Frenchmen named Pierre Bluto.
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>Popeye was never too good to be a fool for Olive Oyl.
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>Popeye the Sailorman, the best we ever had.
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>Excellent image quality, excellent audio. Why did it take so long? huh? why?
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>BUY IT AND YOU WILL ENJOY IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE.
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It yam what it yam...
...and that's more than enough. A very well-done collection of exceptionally fine prints. These are the Popeye cartoons that I remember as a kid, and they are still remarkably entertaining today. The quality of the transfers is superb, and some of the extra material is top-notch. I say "some" because there were some very poor choices made in the selecting of commentators and people to interview. In some cases they get downright annoying, and often say things like "look at that!" with a tone of surprise and enthusiam that seems to indicate they really weren't that familiar with the cartoon they were commenting on. Also, among the extras are a great many silent cartoons from the makers of Popeye... and by silent, I mean literally. This is not how they would have been presented, and some tastfully chosen or scored music would have been helpful. Watching them with dead quiet really does them a disservice. But these quibbles aside, if you come to smell the Popeye, you won't be disappointed. This is by far the best set of its kind, and I hope to see more of this series soon... now, about Ms Betty Boop...