Some degree of constructive criticism is necessary to ensure that any fixable errors get ironed out prior to these collections getting released. I'm aware that there are small pockets of people who get too riled up in their negative feedback of these sets, but neither myself nor anyone else who pointed out the Northwest Hounded Police issue were angry nor trying to dissuade anyone from purchasing the set. I know that not every home video collection is going to be perfect - that's a given. But I do not like it when people try to hand-wave away any and all negative comments about these products just because they are occasionally unpleasant to see. Tex Avery 3 was a wonderful set and I enjoyed it. The Woody release, while still having its own share of issues, was also a fun set that was well worth the purchase; I appreciate the work that went into making them even if they weren't perfect. Don't make the criticisms sound any more rampant than they actually were, especially when you can just go back and read the mostly positive feedback they received.
Originally Posted by: MTGM
This is the crux of it, right here. I was so glad to hear Mr. Beck acknowledge that sometimes there are valid criticisms to be made with these sets. The problem is it sometimes feels like the wrong lessons get learned. The issues with 'Porky Pig 101' were the perfect example. To me, what caused that to go from merely a disappointment to a debacle was the decision (which I've never seen an adequate explanation for) regarding the replacement of the credit music on several of the shorts. Quite separate from the picture quality, that introduced problems where there had been none before and people rightfully got upset about it. Yes, there were people who optimistically shared plans to fix the affected shorts on their own, but I remembered thinking at the time "that's all well and good, but this is a multi-million dollar company we're talking about--
you shouldn't have to do that!"
However, those who defended the set framed it as if the use of old video masters was the only issue and any detractors were written off as unsatisfiable perfectionists. To me, that was missing the forest for the trees.
Sadly, I feel history is repeating itself with these 'zoomed out' credit sequences that are ostensibly for HBOMax. Again, why? Are there any other movies or TV shows where it's felt this is necessary?