Filmation Remaster Coming

[Keith Mayo]

https://13thdimension.com/1968s-filmati ... e-in-2023/

[TP-6597]

https://13thdimension.com/1968s-filmati ... e-in-2023/

I'll be getting this for sure. Digital on HBO Max would be nice too. That's usually how I watch Batman: The Animated Series.

[Lou Szabo]

Nice!

[AndyFish]

On these cartoons the remastering technique is not improving anything from a solid DVD transfer- it's not the same as film which has depth. I'd be curious to see a side by side comparison. So is this the version with Sweet Tooth? They are virtually the same cartoons as the one with Bat-Mite eleven or so years later, but with Adam and Burt-- I think I prefer the '67 version.

[BATWINGED HORNET]

Looking forward to this release.

[Ben Bentley]

***Admin Edit: I have merged both threads on this topic and moved it into Off Topic. BB. ***

[Scott Sebring]

On these cartoons the remastering technique is not improving anything from a solid DVD transfer- it's not the same as film which has depth.

What source are you going by that this is what they are doing? These animations were done in the 60s and shot to film. Who said they are just up-rezzing or transferring a DVD ready source? Just looking for clarity to the claim. Non aliased cartoon art shown at 1080p still looks better, crisper and refined than NTSC DVDs unless the original animation source was created straight into a lower video resolution like much animation in the 90s. Lower source, lower quality. The 66 series for example was scanned at 4k from film but only released in 1080p Blu-ray. If the said print becomes available in 4k I hope one understands the prior work was done.
In a nutshell. Depending on what they are doing on their end for scanning, transferring, encoding and possible clean up of this animated series, I think it will look better than the initial DVD release. Johnny Quest certainly does.

[AndyFish]

Scott you technical guys... I'm just going by my eyeballs-- decidedly not the greatest source mind you.

[Yellow Oval]

For my money, the only difference I've noticed whenever I look at side-by-side comparisons of cartoon originals and blu-ray reissues (any search engine will do) is that the blu-ray version is brighter and the colors a little richer. I never see anything more than that because, as Andy stated, cartoons are basically not deeper depth than live-action so I can't justify (for myself) purchasing repeat sets. Just my 4 cents (severe inflationary times, y'know).

[AndyFish]

Thanks for putting it much better than I could Yellow Oval! Exactly what I was trying to say.

[Lou Szabo]

The other thing I notice in general with cartoons is that the lines are sharper. But you need the TV to illustrate it. With a 4K TV, you can see the difference.

[Lou Szabo]

Amazon has the DVD's pretty cheap. Aquaman is $5. Superman and Batman are under 15, and Superman has seasons 2/3 as one set for under 15.

These are DVD

[AndyFish]

I think I need 4K glasses.

[bat-rss]

I'm watching the DVD collection of this now and I have some questions. This seems like the place to ask them!

1. I'm baffled to find that the order of the episodes is different from every listing I can find on the Web (IMDB, Wikipedia, Fandom.com, etc). For example, all those sites say the first episode is My Crime is Your Crime/A Bird Out of Hand. But on this collection, it's How Many Herring in a Wheelbarrow?/A Bird out of Hand. My Crime is Your Crime doesn't show up until the 11th episode in the collection, paired with Beware of Living Dolls, which allegedly is part of episode 10, as listed everywhere else. Does anyone know why this discrepancy exists?

2. Wikipedia and other sources contain the baffling (to me) statement that the show "showcased the 12-minute Batman segments from The Batman/Superman Hour". There seems to be some idea that the Batman cartoons from the Bat/Super show were repackaged into The Adventures of Batman. My assumption is that the Batman show and the Superman show were just scheduled alongside each other and the network dubbed it an "Hour". I'm not persuaded that "The Batman/Superman Hour" was ever really a single program. (IMDB has it really tangled: the listing for The Adventures of Batman includes all the actors and episode titles from the Superman show as well!) Or was there really a B/S show that was later repackaged as two separate shows - perhaps for syndication?

3. The 13th Dimension article linked above points out that Larry Storch did not voice the Joker, in spite of what the publicity for the home video release, and IMDB, say. Does anyone know the source of this urban legend?