{"id":28885,"date":"2023-05-28T18:38:53","date_gmt":"2023-05-29T01:38:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/?p=28885"},"modified":"2023-05-29T10:30:17","modified_gmt":"2023-05-29T17:30:17","slug":"review-max-fleischers-superman-bd","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/2023\/05\/review-max-fleischers-superman-bd\/","title":{"rendered":"Max Fleischer&#8217;s Superman: 1941-1943 Blu-ray Review"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"small-image-border\" class=\"alignleft\" title=\"The Great Caruso Blu-ray Review\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/logos\/warnerhomevideo2-sm.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><strong><em>Max Fleischer&#8217;s Superman<\/em><\/strong> debuts on Blu-ray through the Warner Bros. and features include three featurettes.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Max Fleischer&#8217;s Superman<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">(1941-1943)<\/span><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><strong>Genre(s): <\/strong>Animation, Adventure<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Warner Bros.| NR \u2013 146 min. \u2013 $33.99 | May 16, 2023<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 8pt;\"><strong>Date Published:<\/strong> 05\/28\/2023 | <strong>Author:<\/strong> The Movieman<\/span><\/p>\n<table id=\"border-table-review\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td width=\"300px\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: 2px solid #808080;\" title=\"Max Fleischer's Superman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/reviews\/2023\/superman-max-bd.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"383\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"amazon\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" align=\"center\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"text-align: center;\" colspan=\"4\"><strong><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border: 0px;\" title=\"Buy the Following on Amazon.com\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/amazonlogo2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/4kuhd-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/3dbluray-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<td><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/B0BXQM8FTK\/moviemsguidet-20\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"link aligncenter\" title=\"Buy on Blu-ray from Amazon.com!\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/bluray-on.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"nolink aligncenter\" title=\"Not Available\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/misc\/dvd-off.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"60\" height=\"60\" \/><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<td>\n<table id=\"review-info\">\n<tbody>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>MOVIE INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Director: <\/strong>Dave Fleischer, Seymour Kneitel, Isadore Sparber, Dan Gordon<br \/>\n<strong>Writer(s): <\/strong>Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster (Superman created by)<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Voice Cast: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Bud Collyer, Joan Alexander, Julian Noa, Jack Mercer, Jackson Beck<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong><u>DISC INFO:<br \/>\n<\/u><\/strong><strong>Features: <\/strong>Featurettes<br \/>\n<strong>Slip Cover: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Digital Copy: <\/strong>No<br \/>\n<strong>Formats Included: <\/strong>Blu-ray<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Number of Discs: <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">1<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr valign=\"top\">\n<td><strong>Audio: <\/strong>English (DTS-HD MA 2.0 Mono)<br \/>\n<strong>Video: <\/strong>1080p\/Full Frame 1.33<br \/>\n<strong>Subtitles: <\/strong>English SDH<br \/>\n<strong>Codecs: <\/strong>MPEG-4 AVC<br \/>\n<strong style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">Region(s): <\/strong><span style=\"font-family: inherit; font-size: inherit;\">A, B, C<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/84\/aa\/49\/MELFFRS_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/84\/aa\/49\/MELFFRS_o.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 18.6667px; line-height: 28px;\">PLOT SYNOPSIS<\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">Take flight with the original 1941-1943 <em>Superman<\/em> cartoons. These 17 animated theatrical shorts were the first to launch Superman from comic books to the screen. The pioneering adventures feature the Man of Steel (BUD COLLYER) battling mad scientists and giant robots, thwarting the Nazis, and saving tenacious Lois Lane (JOAN ALEXANDER).<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>SPECIAL FEATURES \u2013 3\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">This is a single disc release containing all 17 theatrical shorts. Features include <strong><u>Max Fleischer\u2019s Superman: Speeding Toward Tomorrow<\/u><\/strong>; <strong><u>First Flight: The Fleischer Superman Series<\/u><\/strong>; and <strong><u>The Man, the Myth, Superman<\/u><\/strong> featurettes.<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/b3\/6a\/0e\/MELFFSA_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/b3\/6a\/0e\/MELFFSA_o.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<table id=\"review-content\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>VIDEO \u2013 4\u00bd\/5, AUDIO \u2013 3\u00bd\/5<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<hr \/>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td id=\"review-content2\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong><em>Superman<\/em><\/strong> flies onto Blu-ray and is presented in their original 1.33 full frame aspect ratios and given 1080p high-definition transfers. Detail on this does look quite good in HD with bright and vibrant colors in each theatrical short, and is clean and there were no signs of artifacts, aliasing, or other issues with the age of these, going on 80 years now.<\/p>\n<p>Each of the 17 shorts are given fine DTS-HD Master Audio 2.0 Mono tracks which outputs clear dialogue levels and respectable enough depth when considering when these were produced and released.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" title=\"*\" src=\"http:\/\/www.moviemansguide.com\/images\/main\/bar_blue.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"3\" \/><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/af\/8f\/df\/MELFFRX_o.png\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"border-screencapture aligncenter\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/images4.imagebam.com\/af\/8f\/df\/MELFFRX_o.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"366\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Check out some more 1080p screen caps by going to page 2. Please note, these do contain <strong>spoilers<\/strong>.<br \/>\n<!--nextpage-->These are only here to give an idea of the movie\u2019s video quality and may not be truly representative of it.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MELFFRS\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/f9\/35\/27\/MELFFRS_t.png\" alt=\"superman00.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MELFFRX\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/bf\/5f\/92\/MELFFRX_t.png\" alt=\"superman01.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MELFFS2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/4b\/05\/05\/MELFFS2_t.png\" alt=\"superman02.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MELFFS6\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/1e\/bb\/e8\/MELFFS6_t.png\" alt=\"superman03.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MELFFSA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/a3\/79\/21\/MELFFSA_t.png\" alt=\"superman04.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MELFFSG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/87\/ec\/2f\/MELFFSG_t.png\" alt=\"superman05.png\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/www.imagebam.com\/view\/MELFFSK\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/thumbs4.imagebam.com\/1c\/ab\/56\/MELFFSK_t.png\" alt=\"superman06.png\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Max Fleischer&#8217;s Superman debuts on Blu-ray through the Warner Bros. and features include three featurettes. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,6655,970],"tags":[347,51],"class_list":["post-28885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blurayreviews","category-blu-ray-rundown","category-quick-hit-reviews","tag-dc-comics","tag-superman"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=28885"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28887,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28885\/revisions\/28887"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=28885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=28885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/moviemansguide.com\/main\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=28885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}