Looney Tunes: Platinum Collection, Vol. 2

For anyone who wants it, here is the track listing (by disc and chapter number):## Disc 1, by chapter number03 - A Wild Hare (1940)04 - Buckaroo Bugs (1944)05 - Long-Haired Hare (1949)06 - Ali Baba Bunny (1957)07 - Show Biz Bugs (1957)08 - The Wise Quacking Duck (1943)09 - What Makes Daffy Duck (1948)10 - Book Revue (1946)11 - Deduce, You Say (1956)12 - Porky in Wackyland (1938)13 - You Ought To Be In Pictures (1940)14 - Porky In Egypt (1938)15 - Back Alley Oproar (1948)16 - Little Red Rodent Hood (1952)17 - Canned Feud (1951)18 - Gift Wrapped (1952)19 - Birdy and The Beast (1944)20 - Home, Tweet Home (1950)21 - Going! Going! Gosh! (1952)22 - Zipping Along (1953)23 - Scent-imetal Romeo (1951)24 - The Foghorn Leghorn (1948)25 - The High and The Flighty (1956)26 - Tabasco Road (1957)27 - Mexicali Shmoes (1959)## Disc 2, by chapter number03 - Wabbit Twouble (1941)04 - Rabbit Fire (1951)05 - Rabbit Seasoning (1952)06 - Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (1953)07 - Drip-Along Daffy (1951)08 - My Little Duckaroo (1954)09 - Barbary Coast Bunny (1956)10 - Tortoise Beats Hare (1941)11 - Tortoise Wins By A Hare (1943)12 - Rabbit Transit (1947)13 - Porky's Hare Hunt (1938)14 - Hare-Um Scare-Um (1939)15 - Prest-O Change-O (1939)16 - Elmer's Candid Camera (1940)17 - Bugs Bunny Gets the Boid (1942)18 - The Bashful Buzzard (1945)19 - The Lion's Busy (1950)20 - Strife With Father (1950)21 - An Itch In Time (1943)22 - A Horsefly Fleas (1947)23 - Hollywood Steps Out (1941)24 - Page Miss Glory (1936)25 - Rocket-Bye Baby (1956)26 - Russian Rhapsody (1944)27 - Dough Ray Me-Ow (1948)

Before a review or critique of these cartoons can be made, the viewer of this material MUST grasp 2 facts about the material:1) The content was NEVER intended for Children to be the main audience. A lot of (mis-directed) criticism has been thrown towards Warner Bros. for the violence and racial comedy in these cartoons. Although the cartoons are (mostly) appropriate for all ages, the original intended audience was the adult American movie goer. These cartoons were created to be shown at the movie theater, on the big screen, before the main show. it was in the 1940's, 50's & 60's considered to be part of an 'evenings entertainment" at the cinema.2) To "whitewash" or to pretend that some of the material is obviously racially insensitive and abusive is to "whitewash" and ignore the reality of American culture of the time period when these films were created. America at that time was a racist and segregateonal society. This is an undisputable fact and any attempt to downplay or ignore this is an affront to the victims of the abuse.Racism is wrong, has always been wrong,But to act as if it has never existed in our culture is even more wrong, it's insulting.With that out of the way, this wonderful collection of cartoons has to be among the greatest film treasures for ANY fan of comedy. If you are from my age group (mid-30's) then you will no doubt recall some of these cartoons from your Saturday mornings.When I was young, these cartoons was hilarious. As an adult, the same cartoons are even more funny, and for all different reasons. The "gang from termite terrace" were some very funny and clever fellows, and it shows all through this collection.The blue-ray HD quality of the films is AMAZING. Especially when you compare it side by side to the old TV Show quality. Breathtaking.And did I mention that these cartoons are SOOOO FUNNY!!!! I am looking forward to sharing these treasures with my newborn son when the time is right, and hopefully, my grandchildren in the future.In contrast to the garbage that is released as "comedy" in modern times, these cartoons are actually FUNNY and will make you LAUGH.

I'm giving this five stars because, what are ya gonna do? The content here, in any arrangement, deserves it.However, what is wrong with these people? First off, why would they bunch together these shorts in long strings of ones that feature the same characters? Even the same themes of the same characters? The worst of this is the three pronoun trouble Bugs-Daffy-Elmer shorts. I mean, it's not so bad to watch them back-to-back-to-back, but remember Saturday mornings when these things aired on tv? They came on in an order that allowed variety. It was such great fun to go from Bugs to Tweety to Speedy Gonzalez to Foghorn Leghorn, and so on all morning long. What were they thinking? If you want any shot at variety with these Blu-rays, you have to play one short at a time, returning to the menu to pick a new short every 7 minutes. Are you kidding me?Then, there's the overall selections. I can't really complain too much. They did a decent job of gathering mostly essentials, but they were so close to nailing JUST the essentials that they should have gone ahead and done it. In the first (and only, it seems) three Blu-ray Platinum collections, they really should have just gone ahead and gathered the best 150 - at least a collection that COULD have passed as someone's reasonable Best 150 - Looney Tunes shorts. They did get what most reasonable fans would consider about the best 75-90 worked into it, so I'm thankful. But dang, they were so close to having something so great.Oh, well. Five stars anyway. Because Looney Tunes rule.