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TaleSpin on DVD: Volume 1 • Volume 2
TaleSpin: Volume 2 DVD Review
Page 1: Show Discussion, Disc 1, and Disc 2
Disc 3
19. "Flight School Confidential" (22:45) (Originally aired January 10, 1991)
21. "Jumping the Guns" (22:46) (Originally aired January 21, 1991)
22. "In Search of Ancient Blunders" (22:54) (Originally aired January 30, 1991)
23. "Louie's Last Stand" (22:44) (Originally aired January 31, 1991)
26. "Baloo Thunder" (22:47) (Originally aired February 6, 1991)
VIDEO and AUDIO
Like any of Disney's animated series DVDs, The soundtrack is a plain two-channel Dolby Digital Stereo track, a slight and curious downgrade from Volume 1's surround tracks. On rare occasions, you can pick up some directional effects, but for the most part it's indistinguishable from two-channel Mono. The sound elements usually hold up pretty well. One episode stands out for its track being slightly distorted and muffled, but that's the most noticeable problem. English subtitles fill in any uncertainty and this time, they're joined by French subtitles as well.
BONUS FEATURES, MENUS, PACKAGING and DESIGN As usual, the DVD is void of bonus features and its design shows very little effort. I've already ranted on both issues in a number of past reviews before and if Disney still doesn't believe that a tiny bit of effort in these departments The still menus awkwardly piece together character clip art with screencaps while maddeningly looping the end credits' chorus-only version of theme song. The packaging can't really be faulted for continuity; the box's artwork is merely the negative of Volume 1's European map back. Between the recycled imagery and general lack of inspiration, I'd guess all of the covers were knocked out in as short a time as humanly possible. The observant will notice that the series' title has inexplicably changed from "Disney's TaleSpin" to "Disney TaleSpin"; the apostrophe and s has also been dropped on the concurrently-issued "DuckTales" Volume 3 set. Ads at the start of Disc 1 promote 101 Dalmatians: Platinum Edition, Wall-E, The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause, and the Disney Movie Rewards program. The same platter's Sneak Peeks menu holds these plus additional preview of Return to Never Land, Underdog, High School Musical 2: Extended Edition, and Wish Gone Amiss.
CLOSING THOUGHTS "TaleSpin" holds up as a series that is readily able to entertain today's youths and, perhaps even more, those who were youths when it first aired. There's lots of fun to be had in the 27 episodes of this set, which improve upon Volume 1's and are about as original and intelligent as any episodic cartoon from the past two decades. Once again, Disney fails to give one of their most loved programs any love on DVD; the 3-disc set supplies mediocre audio/video and no bonus features whatsoever. The lack of effort lowers the set's collectibility, but the low price still makes this a mighty appealing collection as the best legal way to see these episodes whenever you'd like. |
Related Reviews:
TaleSpin: Volume 1 • Darkwing Duck: Volume 1 • Darkwing Duck: Volume 2 • DuckTales: Volume 1
DuckTales: Volume 2 • Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers: Volume 2 • Adventures of The Gummi Bears: Volume 1
The Jungle Book: Platinum Edition • Ratatouille • Meet the Robinsons • Dinosaurs: The Complete First and Second Seasons
Sing Along Songs: Bare Necessities - The Jungle Book • Space Ghost & Dino Boy: The Complete Series
Tales from Avonlea: The Complete First Season • The Rescuers Down Under • Pixar Short Films Collection, Volume 1
A Goofy Movie • Goof Troop: Volume 1 • Beauty and the Beast: Platinum Edition • The Little Mermaid: Platinum Edition
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Reviewed November 13, 2007.