June 26th, 2011
I viewed this film at a pre-screening, and I left the theater deeply moved. It’s a simple epic made into a heartfelt film — Marine Lieutenant Colonel Michael Strobl (perfectly played by Kevin Bacon) accompanies the remains of Private First Class Chance Phelps from the mortuary at Dover AFB in Delaware to his home in Wyoming.
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The Marine’s death in Iraq occurs in the tense first diminutive of the film, with viewers only hearing the radio chatter and the explosion on a dismal camouflage. The conceal comes to light with PFC Phelps’ remains being sent to the U.S. The care of the remains and the personal effects makes visible and gives dignity to the anonymous work at Dover AFB.
The sage takes the viewer into some seldom-seen corners of America — from airport cargo facilities to the mountain highways of Wyoming — and shows everywhere the reverence for the fallen. When the escort gives Phelps’ notice, dog tags, and wooden snide to his parents, eight days after his death, even men will feel the tears coming. Finally, as LtCol Strobl (who had not yet been to Operation Iraqi Freedom when he accompanied Phelps’ remains home) thinks over the experience, there’s a meditation on where duty lies for a Marine Corps officer.
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Director Ross Katz, Kevin Bacon, and HBO have given us a profound film that grants us a rare glance not at America’s prosperity, or freedoms, or politics — but rather America’s soul.
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A deeply engaging tale and another plus for HBO. To my mind you objective don’t discover too many movies that have this kind of honesty. One that comes to mind was The Straight Memoir. Taking Chance, though, is a completely different theme dealing with death, respect, honor, patriotism, family and fancy. Fortunately all of this is handled in a straightforward no-nonsense device and thank goodness it was. Hollywood really doesn’t have too worthy of a reputation for presenting a simple truth without twisting it into something else.
The anecdote unfolds very distinguished like a documentary I concept. Kevin Bacon plays Lt. Col. Michael Strobl as the military escort taking the body of a insensible soldier home to be buried. His performance was objective apt as was everyone else because the yarn was greater than all the parts combined. Particularly rewarding to gape, while the coffin, covered by the flag, was at airports or on the highway, was the contrivance ordinary people took it upon themselves to pay their respects to someone they didn’t know but who had died for his country: for them.
I don’t know if this kind of movie is awards material. I reflect the anecdote, in its simplicity and honesty, puts it plot above the hype, razzle-dazzle and celebrity PR nonsense that surround awards. It’s fair too beneficial to be commercialized in that intention. It would be fabulous if its stature was achieved by word-of-mouth alone.
See it and be moved!
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Rather than review the vow of this almost universally beloved film, I’m honest going to comment about the quality of the 2006 60th Anniversary Edition DVD itself. I’ve since written an updated review about a unique edition of this title, now available in a “Two-Disc Collector’s Residence.” Please gather that review — which was posted on December 13, 2008. (Amazon has posted my 2006 review in both places — even though the “60th Anniversary Edition” DVD is DIFFERENT from the “Two-Disc Collector’s Position”. Read my write-up for the “Two-Disc Collector’s Space” — again, it’s DATED 2008 and too early to atrocious among the “most sterling” reviews — to better choose which product you purchase.)
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I’ve owned nearly every version of this title in almost every format available on home video during the past 25 years. It’s factual that the Converse of this Viacom/Paramount DVD — including its special features — is identical to the Republic Pictures Home Video release more than 10 years ago.
However, this 60th Anniversary edition is spectacular for several different and extremely considerable reasons. (I’ll address the criticisms some people have leveled about the sound on this 2006 DVD in a itsy-bitsy bit, so stick with me.)
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You don’t have to be a technical expert to immediately gawk the striking improvement of the describe AND sound in this 2006 edition. The print is crystal-clear and in my belief, has more vividness and sharpness than ALL other previous releases of this title on home video.
Proof? I effect my “weak” THX-version DVD issued by Republic Pictures / Artisan Home Video (the old-fashioned DVD gold standard for this title) — into my Sony multi-changer DVD player — and watched and listened to every frame of this film AND its special features. I stopped and started this “older” DVD in several spots — and stopped and started the unusual 2006 Paramount edition repeatedly — so I could compare quality almost “side-by-side.”
Hands down — this 2006 version is wonderful. The spots and dirt have been wiped smart, the sharpness and difference are arguably better than what film audiences saw 60 years ago. There are no dilapidated spots, no jumped frames and no lint, fiber or hair fragments along the edges or jumping across the hide. I absorb the technicians at Paramount (which acquired Republic Pictures Home Video) — digitally cleaned EVERY frame of the last DVD release — so that the film now looks like a million dollars. It’s almost too pristine, if there is such a thing. No jump cuts, no “jump ahead” sound breaks, no fogged-out scenes, nothing veteran — with the result being the cleanest and purest version of “It’s A Improbable Life” ever issued in home video history.
It gets better. English subtitles were available on older DVD versions of this title, but the 2006 version has a cleaner typeface, wiping out some of the confusing and unnecessary attributions of “who’s saying what” that were disruptive to some hearing-impaired viewers. In this 2006 version, you’ll regain a mostly straight, line-by-line reading of what’s being said — as it’s being said.
Meanwhile, the DVD’s special features — which include the same pair of documentaries produced in 1990 and 1991 — are identical in that they were shot on video tape hence there isn’t remarkable improvement in relate quality. However, subtitles that WERE NOT available for these special features — are NOW available in this 2006 edition. The only “extra” to the previous “gold standard” that remains unchanged — is the recent 1946 trailer. Subtitles are not available and it has the same raggedness and dirt commonly seen with vintage trailers stored separately from the films they mature to advertise.
I’m highly considerable of re-issued DVDs that seem nothing more than an excuse to squeeze more dollars out of buyers for the same material with recent packaging. But this 2006 Paramount DVD version of “It’s A Unbelievable Life” is the best to date. It is NOT in color. (I acquire a colorized version for younger people who can’t stand black-and-white. Despite controversy surrounding colorization, know that the 2007 “Two-Disc Collector’s Plot” has the same 2006 60th Anniversary black-and-white edition you leer here — plus a current “colorized” version. This version uses the same pristine print — but has the added bonus of boasting the best “color” hues ever seen for this film, using the latest image technology available. Despite my preference for black-and-white, the quality of this modern colorized version is impressive.)
Meanwhile, let’s address the criticisms about the sound on this unusual DVD. Go abet a puny bit. Worthy was made when Republic Pictures Home Video got the THX LucasFilm sound system seal of approval for “It’s A Astonishing Life” during the 1990s. But it was quiet two-channel mono with negligible equalization of sound effects. In this 2006 DVD, you’ll find consistent two-channel mono and decent sound equalization to minimize “booming” and over-modulated portions in the film. In the mature versions, you had to turn down the volume a notch during the musical portions — and turn it abet up when the dialogue came abet. It’s a nit-pick, but you really sight the contrast if you’re crazy enough to do a side-by-side comparison like I did.
As for the digital sound “pops” that perfectionists maintain bringing up — they’re correct. They’re even in the spots illustrious by another blooming reviewer who listed time codes where you can accept them. But in my notion, unless you brace yourselves for them to reach like a booming squawk — unless you purposely crank up your speakers to carry sound throughout your house — yeah, you “might” be annoyed if you inquire of the same perfection for a film made in 1946 as you would for a film made in 2006. Honestly, the disproportionate attention given to these digital “pops” is, in my notion, giving fence-sitters the impression that they’re supersonic cracks of lightning that will beget people jump out of their seats. I didn’t twitch at all. They almost “blended” into the 60-year-old soundtrack. Yes, I know they’re digital defects, but do you remember the zillion “pops” scattered throughout dirty prints of “It’s A Astounding Life” with filthy optical soundtracks? The audio on this 2006 DVD level-headed wins. You have EVERY Proper to inquire of perfection for your dollars. But as a person who’s more fastidious than average — I don’t own most buyers will care about a few “pops” in a film that’s this aged. Combine the overall improvements with the relatively uncouth cost of this DVD — and I level-headed say this is the BEST experience of “It’s A Extraordinary Life” I’ve ever SEEN and HEARD on home video.
Finally, another reason to take this DVD. It’s obsolete news to some, but it’s not widely known that this version of “It’s A Astonishing Life” can only be broadcast by NBC. It frail to air a zillion times during the holidays on every TV dwelling on earth. It was a rapid method to come by tired of even a orderly film you believe you know by heart. But Viacom/Paramount now owns this version of “It’s A Amazing Life” outright and NBC has uncommon licensing rights to air it objective once or twice after Thanksgiving. This is a suitable thing for future generations to delight in.
So junk the old-fashioned, purchase this version and be overjoyed. It may feel painful, but it’s worth it. And no, I DON’T work for Amazon OR for Paramount Home Video.
A beautifully crafted film that proved to be the apex of triple Oscar-winner (1934, 1936, 1938) Frank Capra’s noted career, and the epitome of his cycle of works celebrating the “popular man”. Mr. Deeds found himself suddenly wealthy, Mr. Smith went to Washington as a Senator, and John Doe became the focus of a socio-political movement; but “Life”‘s George Bailey never distinguishes himself outside of his itsy-bitsy hometown of Bedford Falls — his brother Harry is the one who becomes a war hero, and his friend Sam Wainwright is the one who achieves financial success. George’s triumph is simply his personal integrity, his code of ethics, and his strength of character — his goodness, if you will — during the unexciting course of his ordinary, mundane existence. In this respect, George is more an Everyman than any other Capra protagonist, challenging strong audience identification and response.
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In one of the most gorgeous performances ever given in an American film, James Stewart is top-notch as George. It’s not an easy role to play because so considerable veil time is spent focusing on George’s subtle reactions to the world around him. One amazing moment comes at the mutter region when George slowly begins to gain the news of his brother’s unusual marriage and unique career opportunity, and how his brother’s fortune will kill his fill hopes of leaving Bedford Falls and the family business. Stewart’s face is amazing in this scene, as surprised realization fades into serene disappointment and finally, gentle graciousness and acceptance. Stewart’s tour de force is given strong aid by a fine cast of Capra stalwarts, including Lionel Barrymore, Thomas Mitchell, H. B. Warner, and the phenomenal Beulah Bondi (as George’s mother) . And Donna Reed, in one of her first romantic leading roles after a number of years playing supporting ingenues and bits, is agreeable in the warm but unglamorous role of George’s loving wife, Mary.
The Republic Home Video DVD is definitely the edition of this classic to believe. Like the LaserDisc before it, the DVD offers a crystal distinct, beautifully restored film-to-video transfer which will amaze and delight anyone who is familiar only with the sinful multi-generational VHS cassettes, or the dreadful colorized version, that were commonly screened attend in the slow 1970′s and 1980′s. There are some nice bonus features on the DVD, including a “making of” documentary and the theatrical trailer. This is one DVD that you’ll never regret adding to your home theatre collection!
Trivia note: If you’re a fan of this movie, try finding a copy of film historian David Thomson’s 1985 unique “Suspects” which continues George’s epic and relates the characters from this movie to many others (did you know that Donna Reed’s “Mary Bailey” is actually the sister of Gene Tierney’s “Laura”?!, etc.) … enormous fun!
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I was disappointed with the dvd because the true tv prove plays 3 regular songs througout each episode and the DVD cuts these songs out. I purchased the DVD for the sole reason of having these songs available because this is what my child enjoys.
I am so contented they finally keep these out on dvd, I have been looking for so long. My boys absolutely care for this demonstrate. It is very educational, immense expose for kids.
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Christmas has approach quite early for me this year…..
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I was in my early teens, maybe 12 0r 13 when i had first seen “Rituals” on TV. It was a tedious saturday afternoon, and my mother and i were home together, she was studying for her Masters degree and i was turning the knob on our traditional color television and stopped at channel 9 WORTV in NYC. A double feature was about to launch…..”Tourist Trap” and “Rituals.” Tourist Trap was first and i thoroughly enjoyed it, but i wont talk about that early 80′s classic now, the next movie was Rituals starring Hal Holbrook, and I had never seen this one before.
The epic unfolds……a bunch of doctors head to the Canadian wilderness to camp out and luxuriate in the nature…….but suspense and alarm ensue. I haven’t seen this movie in years so i cant go in depth about it, but there are some clear memories that i have. I engage racy characters that we got to know from some very noble acting. The clearest memories i have of the film are the substantial and creepy wilderness and valleys adorned with passe cement ruins of what i have heard was an weak dam or structure of some sort. I remember Hal Holbrook’s character who tried to sustain his friends alive through the queer and creepy ordeal. The most bright images i have are towards the slay where the final confrontation unfolds……some of the doctors are murdered in very cruel fashion and it seemed quite possible that something like this could happen.
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I wont explain the reason why these doctors are being murdered……that fraction of the spot unfolds beautifully. The killer is very mysterious almost supernatural at times….we dont notice him throughout the movie until the ruin, except for a very haunting far off shot of him in the middle of the film. On TV this movie was edited and the lighting in the finale was so sunless it was a bit hard to discern what was unfolding clearly but you got enough to understand what was happening.
“Rituals”, i have heard, was given “dog of the week” by siskel and ebert, when it was released in theaters. This is such a mountainous, haunting film. It has a miniature bit of gore, but who needs that when the atmosphere of the film is so eerie and melancholy. This,i show, is not a “knock off” of deliverance”, except in the fact that a group of men are being stalked in the wilderness. This is a alarm film, no not some hollywood cheesy slasher flick that has microscopic if any purpose. “Rituals” is a classic film that pulls you in….and keeps you wondering “why? ” until the very waste.
I have heard that this CODE RED release has been re-mastered and brightened in the needed places of the film, and it is uncut…..the corpulent theatrical version. I havent watched this film in stop to 30 years, and refused to seek a imperfect VHS copy or even a dvd version that comes from the VHS version…both whom i have heard advance from the TV edit.
“Rituals” is such a special fim. It is quite scary and psychological, and has some intense moments, some with violence(tastefully done by the procedure) and some without. Stephen King talks about this as one of his top fear films…..and it is on my top 10. I have waited impatiently for this to near a correct dvd transfer and finally as i said christmas for me starts early this year…..November 17th!!
Thanks a bunch CODE RED DVD.
PEACE
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June 26th, 2011
A film of wonderful emotional depth, Sita Sings the Blues is not merely engaging personal mythology. The film combines the creative talents of cartoonist Nina Paley with a selection of (what are now) standards from the 1920′s Blues singer Annette Hanshaw (assume Bessie smith without the lugubriousness) and some unprejudiced pictorial rendering of the Indian legend “The Ramayana”.
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Sita Sings the Blues is Pre-Cinema. If remarkable of today’s Hollywood film scripting owes itself to silly books, this film fits easily within the creative embryo of the genre and produces a minimalist,illustrated video droll that blends disparate audio and visual styles with a tale personal mythology, so unusual that it is satisfactory of influencing a whole genration of artists and filmmakers.
Sita’s fable (the Ramayana is a very well known yarn and Ill skip repeating the memoir here) has always been the lost content in the telling of the chronicle. “The blues” corrects this historical little in a very satisfying plan.
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I had the pleasure of checking out the film at a Festival in Unusual York. The animation has a new home made, heartfelt and endearing quality. It is visually appetizing. The juxtaposition of the director’s contemporary, emotional budge alongside a character from hindu mythology is a remarkably difficult to accomplish. She pulls it of with sensitivity and transports the audience to a period in her life. The exercise of witty shadow puppets as narrators is astounding and I strongly recommend the film. It is an palatable, frail, non-disney like spend of animation which is rare. The vision is undeniable and I am looking forward to spy what the filmmaker does next.
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June 26th, 2011
Beautiful. Sparkling. Attractive. There aren’t enough superlatives to record the quality of Barbie’s first, and hopefully not last, movie. I bought this for my daughter thinking that it would be fun video for her to see (Barbie lover that she is at 2 1/2) as the holidays reach. I didn’t put a question to to drop in fancy with it myself. In improbable computer animation, the Nutcracker is retold through the eyes of Barbie playing both the roles of Clara and the Sugarplum Princess. The fable is strong, with lots of action and tenderness: the plotline includes, of course, Prince Eric as the Nutcracker, the Mouse King and his legions, and lots of adorable sugarplum fairies. The dance sequences will hold your breath away as the graphics artists have integrated steady footage of the dancing of the Original York City Ballet into their computer intriguing scenes. I only wish there had been more of them, but I will prefer quality over quantity! A few of the scenes were a shrimp rough for my 2-year aged, but really no worse than a Disney movie. Even if you’re not a fan of Barbie, occupy up this movie for its sheer storytelling and visual value. All in all, I have to say that this is destined to become a popular for girls (including us moms!) of all ages.
I never liked Babie, not even as a kid but I always enjoyed The Nutcracker. Being tired of watching a total musical, I was disquieted to gather that this video was more of a movie with a area rather then all the charactors hopping up and down all over the record. I adore how the viewer watches as the Nutcracker and Clara bond closer as the movie Progresses. The animation is almost as honorable as Toy Chronicle (Main Frame that made Barbie Nutcracker are the guys that made that computer series Reboot) But the best animation has to be the Mouse King and Pimm. Tim Curry did an respectable role playing the regal rodent and I would say that itsy-bitsy purple bat is the cutest charactor not to mention stout humorous relief to the tale (it’s so cute when Pimm whispers as the mouse king is holdng him upside down by his feet “Sire I can’t feel my toes” and he gives them a diminutive wiggle, Objective makes you want to squeeze him! Also the highlight is when Prince Eric and Clara dance together at the extinguish, very realistic. As a major Barbie hater to savor a movie with the pink wearing doll as the star must be obliging!
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Last year HBO released the complete series of this ground-breaking exhibit with the very high pricetag we’ve reach to request from any HBO unusual series on DVD. According to the press release, a year later, HBO wants to perform this collection more available to consumers with current compact packaging and a lower sign point. I continue from the press release:
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The unique package is tranquil book style, but of a vastly different sort – it opens up from a split down the center in a gatefold fashion, and discs streak in from the side. Speaking of discs, HBO informs us that all of the DVDs from the previous Complete Series site will be included, with all the bonus material found on them. However, the extra soundtrack CD discs will not be packed in with the revised collection. Composed, the fresh list mark is a hundred dollars lower, which certainly obedient news for any fans who perhaps couldn’t afford last year’s model.
End of press release. The bottom line on this is we are paying one hundred dollars less to give up 2 music CDs and in exchange obtain packaging that should not enable so many scratched discs. The extra features include an interview with series creator David Paddle conducted by Alec Baldwin and two “Supper With the Sopranos” featurettes that will expose cast members sitting down for dinner to discuss their celebrated episodes.
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As for the series itself, if the Godfather saga was the opinion of the mafia from the executive suite, this series is a complex legend of the mafia from the working man’s point of plan. If you’ve never watched this note, you’re in for an extended treat. Yes, there is violence and nudity, but it is never gratuitous and is needed to inequity Tony Soprano, the thinking man’s gangster, with the reality of the life he has been born to and, quite frankly, would not ever have left even shimmering how so many of his associates have ended up. Tony Soprano can discuss Sun Tzu with his therapist, then beat a man to death with a frying pan in a fit of rage, and while dismembering and disposing of the body with his nephew, choose a crash, sit down and eye TV while eating peanut butter out of the jar, and give that nephew advice on his upcoming marriage like they had honest finished a Sunday afternoon of viewing NFL football. Even Carmella, his wife, when given a chance for a scheme out, finds that she really prefers life with Tony and the perks that go with it and looking the other device at his indiscretions versus life on her occupy. If you followed the whole thing, you know how it ends. If you didn’t, trust me you’ve never seen a TV exhibit waste like this.
this will be short.
watched the entire series on hbo; it was kindly entertainment, objective not mountainous! for gargantuan i’d refer to “six-feet under”,”the wire”,
“rescue me”,”the shield”,”brotherhood”, “rome”, “oz”.you pick up the understanding.
the ending of this series was gutless. trail didn’t know how to extinguish it, so he didn’t.
and the song the series ended on “retain on believing” by the mediocre group ‘journey’,impartial added to the pathetic final scenes.
for a long running movie (which “the sopranos” was) to be honorable, it has to have an equally superior finale.
“the sopranos” did not.
for an first-rate series ending, check out “six-feet under.”
all in all, an above average series that doesn’t need to be seen more than once.
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History Channel’s “Inside the Mind of a Suicide Bomber” is a well plan out view, exploring the human fascination with what we construe as sinister or awful. The term “suicide bomber” has an apocalyptic and plain sound to it, and getting inside the mind of a suicide bomber sounds like a thrill traipse.
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Well researched, the program covers all the aspects of suicide bombers – from the Japanese kamikaze to exhibit day extremists. Estimable choice of interviews and attempted explanation, the program tells us about the inside of a suicide bomber’s mind from the point of psychologists and researchers. Rare are the interviews with the fundamentalists that have lived to assert what went through their minds. A surviving Japanese kamikaze pilot was interviewed, although the ideology of the desperate Japanese Empire in the last throes of World War II can hardly be compared to evolved, different, drastic ideologies of today. Hence I found the kamikaze reference a bit out of set.
The program is a bit too short to camouflage such a substantial topic, and the better title would perhaps be “Overview of the Suicide Bombers”, as the modern title indicates a thorough analysis, which is sadly lacking in this documentary. Nonetheless, the program has some stout footage and educational interviews, and is a wonderful segway for further research.
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Summary: Stout (but dated) animation, stereo sound, good-to-great episodes, and lots of extras obtain vol. 4 totally worthwhile if you’re familiar or keen about the expose. The chapter stops are at logical points in the episodes, and packaging is score, and the artwork by Alex Ross is Unbelievable!
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A mix of camp, action, soap-opera, and melodrama, this fourth collection is probably a salubrious region to initiate picking up the series if you’ve been waiting. Any background info you need can be gotten from searching the internet for “gatchaman”.
If you want the long review, read on…
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By this point the series the viewer is familiar with the character types of each member of the science ninja team, and now their relationships are explored. The series begins to stray from the 3-act formula of Monster attacking, Gatchaman coming up with a belief, then running off to fight the Monster. In the Jigokiller episodes, we gaze the team wrestle a weighty issue: Do Jun and allow the Jigokillers to sustain up their murderous spree, or allow them one selfish choice (saving her) in light of all the trustworthy they’ve done so far. Ken is especially conflicted, and his emotions (and the rest of team’s) are very genuine. We also survey a bit more of Red Impulse, the character with a unusual connection to the team, and a very dated perform of motivating them! In Volume 5 we should discontinuance the chapter on Red Impulse, so pay attention now! In these episodes we’re also shown more about Galactor…what happens to those who try to leave the contaminated organization, and some of the mysteries of Berg Katse!
My choose on the extras: The Edwin Neal (Berg Katse) commentary on Vol 7 left me flat–Katse is arguably the best character of the series, and Neal does a decent job of voice-acting him. I’d be involved in what he concept of the novel Japanese voice-actor’s (T. Mikio) performance, what he plan of the series, how familiar he was with the tale, etc… Mikio was one of the better of the new mutter actors, and played worthy more melodrama, which I concept did a substantial job of showing Katses hormone swings–listen the the Japanese language track on the DVD and examine what you judge!
-Vol 8 includes a commentary by Sarah Alys Lindholm (Senior Translator) . Like many of the commentaries, she barely comments on the episode at hand, but she stays on the topic of Gatch considerable better than a lot of the actors and I was fascinated by it! First, I imagined the senior translator as being Japanese, but Sarah is from Minnesota and has red-hair! I wish we had a relate! Second, she mentions how tongue-in-cheek the recent japanese was. We come by lots of it (Romina and Julia as star crossed lovers–where’d those names arrive from? ), but she lets us know how worthy more got filtered out. And finally, she mentions that they (ADV) is working with Sandy Frank (the people who first dubbed Gatchaman, editing and releasing it as Battle of the Planets in the US) and implies Sandy Frank quiet has some control over the translations and transliterations… spirited.
-The extra’s disc is a nice touch, and certainly makes it worthwhile to pick the collector’s location rather than the individual DVD’s. As each on focuses on a character, these extras are Jinpei specific. Jinpei’s text biography is wonderful since he hasn’t gotten a lot of face-time yet, and he’s the most cartoony of the team. The audition footage is vast, as always, because you can stare how different people had different takes on Jinpei. Luci Christian’s (Jinpei) interview is good; she describes the process of getting hired, her capture on the character, and the series. The Gatch “Shwagg” piece was a bit of disappointment to me–it was mostly british coloring books and comics. That was actually animated, but the whole thing was only a few minutes long, and I KNOW there must have been more material out there for them to do in! The Manga funny has ample art and a decent yarn.
-The extras actually did something fresh this time… they really got me alive to in the spotlight character! An orphan saved by Jun, Jinpei came from a mysterious mountain village that with mysterious connections to a ninja clan. Luci’s interview, the biography, and the sketches assign Jinpei’s motivations and choices into focus, and revealed a modern layer to the series. It’s easy to be captivated by Joe, Katse, and Ken (in that order, IMO) and I’m ecstatic they’ve highlighted what a sizable character Jinpei is.
This is probably the first position I’d recommend to the casual Battle of the Planets fan–the plots have become more sophisticated, the animation is cleaner, and the characterization hits its high-tail. If you’re only going to consume one station though, wait for the final volume of ADV’s release, as those episodes are by far the best of series.
Vol 7 episodes and titles:
37: Renzilla, the Electric Monster
38: The Mysterious Mechanized Jungle
39: Jigokillers, the People-Eating Flowers (fragment 1)
40: Jigokillers, the People-Eating Flowers (portion 2)
41: Slay Music
42: The Breakout Trick Operation
Vol 8 episodes and titles:
43: A Romance Destroyed By Atrocious (w/translator’s commentary)
44: Galactor’s Challenge
45: The Sea Lion Ninja Team in the Night Fog
46: Gatchaman in the Valley of Death
47: The Devil’s Airline
48: The Camera Iron Beast, Shutterkiller
E4: The Extra Features DVD
-Jinpei the Swallow Profile
-Character Sketches of Jinpei
-Episode Sketches
-Jinpei the Swallow Audition Footage
-Interview w/Luci Christian (voice-dub actor for Jinpei)
-Gatchaman Publishing Gallery Fraction III: Gatch in English!
-The Demon 5 in Concert
-Gatchaman Manga Vol 1, Chap 3
-The Firebird vs. the Firebreathing Dragon
I reflect this is where all the action and all the entertaining events happen in the Gatchaman series. All the episodes on this Collection are worth seeing and they’re unskippable. The Box is dedicated to Jinpei [G-4] the colors of the disk are Yellow and such. I’m lovin ALL the voices, the people doing the voices are doing a waaaay remarkable better job!
Collection’s 3 & 4 are equally the best hopefully the rest of the boxes will be as obliging as these 2.
All the episodes on this box are Highlights. Take IT NOW!
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I wish I had read everyone elses’ reviews before buying this. I saw the dvd out and was so enraged about getting it for Christmas. As soon as it started I knew it was going to be “flashbacks” of episodes that were already on TV. And none of them had anything to do with Christmas. The only bonus on the DVD was the reports done by Gus, Spenelli and Mickey (I cherish Mickey) . They were very humorous but not worth the money.
Disney, shame on you . There is absolutely nothing modern about this rip-off. It is comprised of aged TV reruns in a unique Christmas box. The stories are regular episodes with absolutely NO Christmas declare. This is tiresome and simple deception by a company who is mach better than this.
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