Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
Lost ending
The rabbit throws the hunter's gun on the ground in the lost ending.
There had been speculation about the real ending of this cartoon. While the version shown on television ends abruptly after the rabbits appear following the hunter threatening to beat up the wacky rabbit and his entire family, there are actually two endings that were said to exist (but, due to a recent discovery, the two long-standing rumors of how this cartoon ended have been debunked [1]):
One "lost" ending supposedly showed the rabbits attacking the hunter, followed by an iris-out as the cartoon cloud of hostility rages.
The other "lost" ending supposedly showed the rabbits attacking the hunter and his dog and, once the smoke clears, the viewer sees that the hunter and his dog have been reduced to heads and the heads roll off into the sunset. [2]
On April 27, 2009, animation historian David Gerstein posted a report on his blog that he finally revealed the true ending to this cartoon: the rabbits attack the hunter in a cartoon smoke cloud and then run away.[1] The smoke clears up to show the hunter disheveled (his head is intact). The rabbit returns to give the hunter his busted rifle saying "You oughtta get that fixed. Somebody's liable to get hurt." He then returns to his looney self, bouncing on his head like a pogo stick down the road. The hunter then goes insane, and does the same thing. This scene might have been removed because, as Gerstein theorizes, the ending scene was similar to the ending of Tex Avery's Daffy Duck and Egghead, which was released a year earlier prior to Hare-um Scare-um's release[2].
The rabbit throws the hunter's gun on the ground in the lost ending.
There had been speculation about the real ending of this cartoon. While the version shown on television ends abruptly after the rabbits appear following the hunter threatening to beat up the wacky rabbit and his entire family, there are actually two endings that were said to exist (but, due to a recent discovery, the two long-standing rumors of how this cartoon ended have been debunked [1]):
One "lost" ending supposedly showed the rabbits attacking the hunter, followed by an iris-out as the cartoon cloud of hostility rages.
The other "lost" ending supposedly showed the rabbits attacking the hunter and his dog and, once the smoke clears, the viewer sees that the hunter and his dog have been reduced to heads and the heads roll off into the sunset. [2]
On April 27, 2009, animation historian David Gerstein posted a report on his blog that he finally revealed the true ending to this cartoon: the rabbits attack the hunter in a cartoon smoke cloud and then run away.[1] The smoke clears up to show the hunter disheveled (his head is intact). The rabbit returns to give the hunter his busted rifle saying "You oughtta get that fixed. Somebody's liable to get hurt." He then returns to his looney self, bouncing on his head like a pogo stick down the road. The hunter then goes insane, and does the same thing. This scene might have been removed because, as Gerstein theorizes, the ending scene was similar to the ending of Tex Avery's Daffy Duck and Egghead, which was released a year earlier prior to Hare-um Scare-um's release[2].
04-16-14, 12:01 PM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
Volume 3 coming 8/12/2014:
From blu-ray.com:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release of Looney Tunes: The Platinum Collection Volume Three. The 2-disc set features 50 classic animated Looney Tunes shorts, all digitally remastered in high definition. The Platinum Collection Volume Three arrives on Blu-ray on August 12th.
Special features include over five hours of insightful documentaries, additional rare shorts, featurettes, audio commentaries and more.
The 50 classic animated shorts included in Volume Three are as follows:
1. Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
2. A Corny Concerto
3. Falling Hare
4. Little Red Riding Rabbit
5. Hair-Raising Hare
6. Acrobatty Bunny
7. Big Snooze, The
8. A Hare Grows in Manhattan
9. Easter Yeggs
10. Slick Hare
11. Gorilla My Dreams
12. High Diving Hare
13. Hillbilly Hare
14. Bunny Hugged
15. Operation: Rabbit
16. Bully for Bugs
17. Bugs and Thugs
18. Knighty Knight Bugs
19. Honey's Money
20. The Hep Cat
21. Pigs in a Polka
22. Ham in a Role
23. Dog Gone South
24. A Bear for Punishment
25. Steal Wool
26. Porky Pig's Feat
27. Scrap Happy Daffy
28. Plane Daffy
29. The Stupid Cupid
30. Draftee Daffy
31. Nasty Quacks
32. The Stupor Salesman
33. Wholly Smoke
34. Swooner Crooner
35. Life with Feathers
36. Canary Row
37. Tree for Two
38. Sandy Claws
39. Dog Pounded
40. Satan's Waitin'
41. Birds Anonymous
42. Mouse and Garden
43. The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
44. A Gruesome Twosome
45. Guided Muscle
46. Beep Prepared
47. Walky Talky Hawky
48. Rhapsody in Rivets
49. High Note
50. Nelly's Folly
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=13740
From blu-ray.com:
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment has officially announced the Blu-ray release of Looney Tunes: The Platinum Collection Volume Three. The 2-disc set features 50 classic animated Looney Tunes shorts, all digitally remastered in high definition. The Platinum Collection Volume Three arrives on Blu-ray on August 12th.
Special features include over five hours of insightful documentaries, additional rare shorts, featurettes, audio commentaries and more.
The 50 classic animated shorts included in Volume Three are as follows:
1. Hiawatha's Rabbit Hunt
2. A Corny Concerto
3. Falling Hare
4. Little Red Riding Rabbit
5. Hair-Raising Hare
6. Acrobatty Bunny
7. Big Snooze, The
8. A Hare Grows in Manhattan
9. Easter Yeggs
10. Slick Hare
11. Gorilla My Dreams
12. High Diving Hare
13. Hillbilly Hare
14. Bunny Hugged
15. Operation: Rabbit
16. Bully for Bugs
17. Bugs and Thugs
18. Knighty Knight Bugs
19. Honey's Money
20. The Hep Cat
21. Pigs in a Polka
22. Ham in a Role
23. Dog Gone South
24. A Bear for Punishment
25. Steal Wool
26. Porky Pig's Feat
27. Scrap Happy Daffy
28. Plane Daffy
29. The Stupid Cupid
30. Draftee Daffy
31. Nasty Quacks
32. The Stupor Salesman
33. Wholly Smoke
34. Swooner Crooner
35. Life with Feathers
36. Canary Row
37. Tree for Two
38. Sandy Claws
39. Dog Pounded
40. Satan's Waitin'
41. Birds Anonymous
42. Mouse and Garden
43. The Pied Piper of Guadalupe
44. A Gruesome Twosome
45. Guided Muscle
46. Beep Prepared
47. Walky Talky Hawky
48. Rhapsody in Rivets
49. High Note
50. Nelly's Folly
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=13740
04-16-14, 01:52 PM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
Supposedly, this is the last Platinum collection. All of the documentaries from the Golden collections will have been collected in the three releases. Unless sales are great, we might not see any more releases outside of the Warner Archives.
04-17-14, 12:30 AM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
I've got the first two sets and I'll definitely get this one and any future HD releases WB makes for Looney Tunes.
04-17-14, 07:59 AM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
Where are you getting the info that's it's the last?
04-17-14, 08:47 AM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
I have the six 4-disc DVD sets, are there shorts on these Bluray sets that weren't on the DVDs?
04-17-14, 11:41 AM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
Jerry Beck. He also said that WB has no more budget left for restoring Looney Tunes. Someone on another website said that this being the last platinum release was confirmed with WB but I don't know if that's true. That doesn't really mean that they won't release more Looney Tunes on Blu-ray.
Yes. I think there are four shorts that have never been released and a handful of others that were on non-golden releases. I believe the first two platinum releases had non-golden collection cartoons as well.
Yes. I think there are four shorts that have never been released and a handful of others that were on non-golden releases. I believe the first two platinum releases had non-golden collection cartoons as well.
Last edited by Neil M.; 04-17-14 at 11:48 AM.
04-17-14, 11:41 AM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
The first volume has 11 not released on Golden Collection and the second volume has 13. Note that some of those were previously released on other LT DVDs.
04-17-14, 12:38 PM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
Am I thinking of something else or did somebody once make up a chart that showed what was on the different releases?
04-17-14, 02:05 PM
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04-17-14, 04:47 PM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
Thanks Neil, bookmarked for later.
04-18-14, 08:07 AM
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Re: Looney Tunes Platinum Collection on Blu-ray (Fall 2011)
I've been working on a spreadsheet for myself that shows what's been released on DVD vs what's been released on Blu-ray, not just for shorts but also for special features. That way, I can see what I need DVDs for. Once I get done with it, I'll share it here. Unless someone can show me where this info already is and save me the time :P
