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This collection was the first restored one and a title waited for a long time of Hal Roach "Our Gang" fans. It has closed captioning for the hard-of-hearing. One incident that happened which disappointed many of those who purchased the set, though NOT the fault of those who put it out was for a restoration, there are 14 episodes in which the restoration was lost and in desperation, the producers of this collection had to resort to 16mm Blackhawk Films releases to fill in the gap. The quality of these 14 episodes is terrible! Otherwise, it is a good collection. The Centennial version of the Little Rascals is much better, as the lost 14-episodes restoration was found and the entire set looks like it was filmed yesterday. So why should you purchase the collection listed above instead of the Centennial version? For one thing, as I said, for those hard-of-hearing, this set has closed captioning as the Centennial version does not; it also has a special disc on behind-the scenes- of Our Gang. If your hearing is fine, go for the Centennial version - otherwise this is a satisfactory choice if you need that closed captioning.Read full review
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Pros: Excellent short films which are timeless in how they portray the innocence and joy of childhood. The packaging is wonderful, although individual slim cases for each disk would have been better. The disks are replicated, manufactured in a disk pressing plant, not dvd-r disks bound to degrade and fail in a short amount of time. Menus are easy to access, giving the ability to "play all" or choose single films for play. Bonus interviews and commentary are nice, but missing the Leonard Maltin intros found on the Cabin Fever set. Leonard is King, the fan's fan. In spite of issues I list below, it is nice to have this many Our Gang shorts within arm's reach. Cons: Once more, "restored and remastered" is a phrase to be taken with a pound of salt. Today it is little more than a sales gimmick. "Complete" should have been modified to say, "Complete Talkies," or something to indicate that 85 of the 88 silent shorts are not included. No subtitles/closed captioning. This have been helpful on the earlier shows, where the sound quality is not the greatest and dialogue is muddled. Technically, the quality does not make this issue the set to end all sets. Too many shorts are low-quality Blackhawk film dubs. Who has the masters and why weren't they used? Ghosting is noticeable to these eyes at times, with occasional artifacting, although I've seen worse offenders. I viewed these dvds on an HD television, so your mileage may vary regarding the defects. The transfers would have benefited from a higher bit-rate capture, in my opinion. Dialogue and sound effects are noticeably missing in spots, i.e. "Boxing Gloves." Picture quality is comparable to the Cabin Fever release (an entirely worthy set for the occasional nostalgia viewer, or as a conduit for new fans). Completist fans should not bypass the "best of" colorized collections from another company --- their restoration efforts might surprise you. I am mostly satisfied with this collection, however, I regret that RHI's effort lacked the superior quality that was hoped for. Full restoration on 80 shorts would have been quite the achievement. Perhaps no studio is equal to that task. It may be quite awhile before we are privileged with a do-over.Read full review
Little Rascals ("Our Gang") is timeless cinematography. I only wish more of the silent short films were included in this boxed set, especially "Sundown Limited" which featured a makeshift train which the gang built themselves and ran with flour, a dog and a cat! This was an epic short film. Also noticed that "Froggy" (sp?) was not in any of the shorts. He was part of the talkie era, so don't know why he was not featured. All in all, tThis boxed set has enough of the Little Rascals short films to satisfy any fan.
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starts with the oldest,,has all to the last one made,,,88 total i believe,,,very funny,,anyone born in 60 and 70's these will bring back child hood memories of your younger day on Saturday morning,,little rascals and tarzan,,and 3 channels of tv,,im 51......,,befor cable and digital sat,,,wow how thing have changed,,buy it its funny as heck,,,a little racist but thats the way it was back then all in good entertainment,,buy it
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Wonderful! I decided to give myself a treat and so I bought this collection. It brings me such warm and happy feelings each time I watch an episode. These were such carefree days and it takes me back to happier times. I need these dvd's to bring back a bit of joy into my life.
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