S. C. MacPeter
2 months ago
People may of noticed Warner Archive rebranding to Warner Classics on social media. Thankfully, WAC is still functioning as strong as ever, and this is proof, hot off the press 

Yes, it is happening.....
Warner Archive Collection will be releasing LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR'S CHOICE VOLUME 4 on Blu-ray, with a street date of November 26th.
Details will follow, but we wanted to confirm the project is in production. A more formal announcement with the full list of animated short subjects to be included will follow soon. Thanks to the fans for your continued support of our efforts.

Warner Archive Collection wrote:

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ArcLordOne
2 months ago

People may of noticed Warner Archive rebranding to Warner Classics on social media. Thankfully, WAC is still functioning as strong as ever, and this is proof, hot off the press 

Yes, it is happening.....
Warner Archive Collection will be releasing LOONEY TUNES COLLECTOR'S CHOICE VOLUME 4 on Blu-ray, with a street date of November 26th.
Details will follow, but we wanted to confirm the project is in production. A more formal announcement with the full list of animated short subjects to be included will follow soon. Thanks to the fans for your continued support of our efforts.

Originally Posted by: S. C. MacPeter 

Warner Archive Collection wrote:


Just in time for Christmas!

I still don't have Vol. 3; guess I better work on it!
Pete Hale, Cartoonist
https://thegoldenageofanimation.blogspot.com/ 
S. C. MacPeter
2 months ago
I honestly recommend V3 over V2; it has a more pleasing classic to dud ratio and the presentation is slightly better (though I do recommend V2 as well). On The Extras Podcast,   George Feltenstein mentions some interesting comments:

-V4's lineup is already finalized and is expected to be announced later this month

-V4's long announcement/release was due to ensuring the shipment of nitrate from the East Coast (Library of Congress has the nitrate negatives for the library bought by AAP). George's wording makes it sound like more than two cartoons will be newly restored

-Its still 25 cartoons that haven't been available restored on DVD or Blu-ray, with a selection of all decades

-More theatrical animation is planned for 2025, perhaps with more Warner discs and other series (misc. MGM?). George also mentions the heat being turned up on the TV animation, which can be seen now with at least one release on some HB each month. I assume we can expect this to stay the same, but I personally hope its material I'd actually want to buy
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S. C. MacPeter
7 days ago
As has been posted everywhere else:

This collection contains:
ALONG CAME DAFFY (Friz Freleng, 1947) - Daffy Duck
A BONE FOR A BONE, A (Friz Freleng, 1951) - The Goofy Gophers
THE CAGEY CANARY, THE (Tex Avery/Bob Clampett, 1941)
D’ FIGHTIN’ ONES (Friz Freleng, 1961) - Sylvester
DANGEROUS DAN MCFOO (Tex Avery, 1939)
DEVIL’S FEUD CAKE (Friz Freleng,1963) - Bugs Bunny and Yosemite Sam
DOUBLE CHASER (Friz Freleng, 1942)
DOUBLE OR MUTTON (Jones, 1955) - Sam Sheepdog and Ralph Wolf
FOX POP (Chuck Jones, 1942)
HENHOUSE HENERY (1949, Robert McKimson) Foghorn Leghorn and Henery Hawk
HOLIDAY FOR DRUMSTICKS (Arthur Davis, 1949) - Daffy Duck
HOPALONG CASUALTY (Chuck Jones, 1960) - Road-Runner and Coyote
HYDE AND GO TWEET (Friz Freleng, 1960) - Tweety and Sylvester
THE IMPATIENT PATIENT, THE (Norm McCabe, 1942) - Daffy Duck
LEGHORN SWOGGLED (Robert McKimson, 1951) - Foghorn Leghorn
MEATLESS FLYDAY (Friz Freleng, 1944)
MOUSE-WARMING (Chuck Jones, 1952) - Claude Cat
MOUSE-MERIZED CAT, THE (Robert McKimson, 1946)
MUSCLE TUSSLE (Robert McKimson, 1953) – Daffy Duck
MUZZLE TOUGH (Friz Freleng, 1954) Tweety and Sylvester
PECK UP YOUR TROUBLES (Friz Freleng, 1945) - Sylvester
QUACK SHOT (Robert McKimson, 1954) Daffy Duck and Elmer Fudd
ROAD TO ANDALAY (Friz Freleng, 1964) - Sylvester and Speedy Gonzales
THE SNEEZING WEASEL (Tex Avery, 1938)
STREAMLINED GRETA GREEN (Friz Freleng, 1937)
BONUS CARTOONS:
LIGHTER THAN HARE (Friz Freleng, 1960) Bugs Bunny
STORK NAKED (Friz Freleng, 1955) Daffy Duck

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Imho, these are almost all the titles I would've prioritized by this point. The two bonus cartoons and their purpose is clever, and I actually think its a little better than V3 with some of the character shorts. Day one for me!
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Gilition
4 days ago
This is looking to be a spectacular release that's better than V3. (I still prefer V1 since the cartoons there were ones that wouldn't be underrated if they were released sooner).
nickramer
4 days ago
Honestly, I can't really tell the difference between the content of any of the volumes. I'm just glad we got a fourth volume.
S. C. MacPeter
2 days ago
There's some interesting notes I could make about all four in terms of curation and balance, but I'll leave it simple. This isn't a criticism in anyway, just an observation as I do like every volume thus far and hope the series keeps going.

V1: This is the equivalent as an All-Stars disc during the GC days, with great shorts from all of the Top Stars, even the "not as good" cartoons feel good and fit in because the disc is not oversaturated by any particular series

V2: I like this Volume and it has a lot of cartoons I like, but I felt it was a little too one-off/misc. centric which is why I think there were some people not as excited, and because the hit to dud ratio wasn't as well balanced. Regardless, this one contains a lot of the studio history and has a lot of great examples of where exactly the directors were learning (FIN N CITTY, HISS AND MAKE UP, CROSS COUNTRY DETOURS). Perhaps the biggest oddity was GHOST WANTED, a short I don't think anyone would've prioritized, but looks nice regardless

V3: Adding the more familiar Egghead/Elmer, plus the Sam and Ralph cartoons, this disc improves the hit/dud ratio from V2 as well as not feeling as one off centric (SHEEPISH WOLF works well with a legitimate Sam and Ralph back to back). Also has a lot of the studio's history and the two all new remasters were great all star choices.

V4: I also would say automatically this is an improvement because of the bonuses and now having three all new remasters, but beyond that, the character shorts are very well chosen and the misc. still feels like the hit to dud ratio is just right like on V3. Perhaps not as history strong as V3, but lots of favorites and will please all fans

I could go into more detail, cartoon by cartoon, but that's not too appropriate. Just buy them all!
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