Emmanuel Cruz
11-20-2001, 06:27 PM
Several days ago, I had to do a persuasive essay for Writing Lab. It had to be 5 paragraphs long. (Gosh, doesn't 8th grade suck or what?) Anyhoo, we could write about anything, and I picked a topic that's been in the minds of the TTTP posters and me. I already handed the thing in, but I would like to get a review from my TTTP family. I got a funny feeling they're gonna be a tons of cons for this. Well as Leon Schlesinger would say:
Roll the garbage!
Bring the classic cartoons to DVD. Properly.
By Emmanuel Juan Cruz
I think the classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies should be released to DVD. The cartoons and characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, have been loved by many people, young and old, around the world for over 71 years. But there are 3 things that animation historians, such as I, ask for. We wish that when the cartoons are released to DVD, they are to be digitally restored and uncut, meaning everything that has been deleted on television and video, such as violence and racial stereotypes, is shown. The cartoons should be shown with their original beginning and ending title cards, and the black and white cartoons are to be shown in black and white.
On the DVD's, the cartoons should be digitally restored. Many copies of the cartoons made before 1948 have poor sound and the colors of the color cartoons are fading. Right now, some 100 cartoons have been digitally restored. All the other cartoons made before 1948 that haven't been digitally restored should be. Many television networks and video cassettes delete scenes with violence, racial stereotypes, smoking, drinking, sexist remarks, etc. These cartoons should be shown on the DVD just like they were shown to theater patrons from 1930 to 1969. They were shown uncut when the cartoons were originally released.
In 1943, Warner Brothers re-released some of their earlier cartoons to theaters. When they were re-released, the original title cards, which showed the people who made the cartoons and the original production numbers, were replaced with title cards which featured only the cartoon's title in plain, white, lettering on a red background which also had a Blue Ribbon and a statue in the background. These re-released cartoons, called Blue Ribbons prints, deny people the chance to see who made the cartoons and the beautiful artwork used in the original title cards. When the WB cartoons were digitally restored in 1995, the original ending title card was replaced by a computer-generated one. The cartoons should be digitally restored, but don't remove the original ending title cards. Warner Brothers should restore the cartoons with their original ending and beginning title cards.
The black and white cartoons are to be shown in black and white. Warner Brothers attempted twice to convert the black and white Looney Tunes cartoons to color by the process of redrawing the cartoons in color in the 1970's and using computers to color the cartoons in the 1990's. The latter of the two processes was the better. The problem with the redrawn cartoons of the 1970's is that the cartoons look like if a 3-year old made them. (Who's ever seen Daffy Duck with brown feathers and a pink ring around his neck?) The computer-colorized cartoons look and are far more superior then the redrawn cartoons. The computer colorized cartoon's looks just like the black and white cartoons, only with color. Still, the black and whites should be shown how they were originally made, in black and white. They should be shown for many reasons and the main is, black and white is good after all.
Warner Brothers have tampered with their classic cartoons for many years. They all should be shown to their full glory. Even rarely seen cartoons, such as "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips" and "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs," should be viewed again even if they contain shockingly racist images of the Japanese and African-Americans. They should be shown for historical purposes. Both these cartoons were made during World War 2. Most of the politicially incorrect cartoons were made from 1930 to 1945, and that was entertainment back then. The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies are part of American culture and history. Now that newer and greater technology, such as the DVD, are available to the public, these classics should be shown to a new generation of people and tell them even though some of the cartoons may seem a little edgy today, people grew up with these cartoons and have loved them for so many years. They are part of American history, you know.
How was it?
Roll the garbage!
Bring the classic cartoons to DVD. Properly.
By Emmanuel Juan Cruz
I think the classic Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies should be released to DVD. The cartoons and characters, such as Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig, have been loved by many people, young and old, around the world for over 71 years. But there are 3 things that animation historians, such as I, ask for. We wish that when the cartoons are released to DVD, they are to be digitally restored and uncut, meaning everything that has been deleted on television and video, such as violence and racial stereotypes, is shown. The cartoons should be shown with their original beginning and ending title cards, and the black and white cartoons are to be shown in black and white.
On the DVD's, the cartoons should be digitally restored. Many copies of the cartoons made before 1948 have poor sound and the colors of the color cartoons are fading. Right now, some 100 cartoons have been digitally restored. All the other cartoons made before 1948 that haven't been digitally restored should be. Many television networks and video cassettes delete scenes with violence, racial stereotypes, smoking, drinking, sexist remarks, etc. These cartoons should be shown on the DVD just like they were shown to theater patrons from 1930 to 1969. They were shown uncut when the cartoons were originally released.
In 1943, Warner Brothers re-released some of their earlier cartoons to theaters. When they were re-released, the original title cards, which showed the people who made the cartoons and the original production numbers, were replaced with title cards which featured only the cartoon's title in plain, white, lettering on a red background which also had a Blue Ribbon and a statue in the background. These re-released cartoons, called Blue Ribbons prints, deny people the chance to see who made the cartoons and the beautiful artwork used in the original title cards. When the WB cartoons were digitally restored in 1995, the original ending title card was replaced by a computer-generated one. The cartoons should be digitally restored, but don't remove the original ending title cards. Warner Brothers should restore the cartoons with their original ending and beginning title cards.
The black and white cartoons are to be shown in black and white. Warner Brothers attempted twice to convert the black and white Looney Tunes cartoons to color by the process of redrawing the cartoons in color in the 1970's and using computers to color the cartoons in the 1990's. The latter of the two processes was the better. The problem with the redrawn cartoons of the 1970's is that the cartoons look like if a 3-year old made them. (Who's ever seen Daffy Duck with brown feathers and a pink ring around his neck?) The computer-colorized cartoons look and are far more superior then the redrawn cartoons. The computer colorized cartoon's looks just like the black and white cartoons, only with color. Still, the black and whites should be shown how they were originally made, in black and white. They should be shown for many reasons and the main is, black and white is good after all.
Warner Brothers have tampered with their classic cartoons for many years. They all should be shown to their full glory. Even rarely seen cartoons, such as "Bugs Bunny Nips the Nips" and "Coal Black and de Sebben Dwarfs," should be viewed again even if they contain shockingly racist images of the Japanese and African-Americans. They should be shown for historical purposes. Both these cartoons were made during World War 2. Most of the politicially incorrect cartoons were made from 1930 to 1945, and that was entertainment back then. The Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies are part of American culture and history. Now that newer and greater technology, such as the DVD, are available to the public, these classics should be shown to a new generation of people and tell them even though some of the cartoons may seem a little edgy today, people grew up with these cartoons and have loved them for so many years. They are part of American history, you know.
How was it?