Extremely fond memories of a classic series
Disney's Adventures of the Gummi Bears finally gets its well-deserved DVD treatment. I think that Gummi Bears was the first of Disney's syndicated animated shows in the 80s, and paved the way for later classics like Duck Tales and Tale Spin.
I came across recordings of these shows a short while ago and watched a lot of them. Even though the show is nearly twenty years old, I was struck by the quality of the animation and the voice work, which included veteran voice actors like June Foray (of Rocky the Flying Squirrel fame) and Paul Winchell (best known by people my age and younger for his work as Tigger).
The rich fantasy setting of this show and the detail put into the Gummi Bears and the remnants of their old society are impressive. I think most impressive was that the fact that this show was not made to market action figures, like so many other shows of the 80s. All of the Gummi Bears are distinctive and each has their own appeal, and the other heroes and...
Love Gummi Bears, Horrible quality
I'm not going to say much about the Gummi Bears that hasn't been said before. It's a great show and a lot of fun for the kids (and adults too). However the quality of these DVD's is terrible. More accurately it is completely unacceptable and if I had known it was this bad, I would never have bought the pack.
The content has been massively compressed in order to squeeze 47 episodes onto 3 discs. With the low cost of DVD's I think 5 or 6 discs would have been in order.
The compression is far worse than what you might see from your cable or satellite provider. I have never complained about the compression on a set of DVD's so this should be an indication of how bad it is. I still don't believe this is from Disney!
Buy this if you're desperate, but if you don't enjoy watching shows with horrible, distracting artifacts in the picture, avoid this at all costs.
Come on Disney, do the right thing and fix this set up!
The Vanguard of late 80s/early 90s Disney cartoons- Finally
Finally!!!! Gummi Bears is on DVD!
It should have been released with DuckTales, if not before then. Thankfully, Disney is releasing it.
Gummi Bears had superb writing and was the perfect show for a kid. I could never get over how sharp the animation was. This cartoon would be the vanguard for the Disney Afternoon. Before it played in the Disney Afternoon, it aired on Saturday mornings. It was always my number one goal to catch it at 10 or 11 AM. Gummi Bears held its own among other great hits of the 80s.
Lets hope they start DVD 1 with the very first episodes and don't mess it up like they did DuckTales. I think DuckTales and the others sold well enough for Disney to realize there is a market for their late 80s and early 90s cartoons. These years were the golden years for recent Disney animation. None of the new cartoons or any of the late 90s cartoons hold a candle to the Disney Afternoon originals.
I think Disney heard the...
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