The Little Rascals: The Complete Collection (Centennial Edition)

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Great set of movies.

I grew up watching these films with my dad, and they've always held a special place in my heart. After enjoying them on VHS (Cabin Fever!) and eventually on DVD for many years, I simply came to accept the quality of the shorts as a product of their age. At the time, dirt spots, lines, and other damage to the films were an unavoidable part of watching them, and being made at the dawn of the film "talkies" meant that the sound quality was understandably lacking and sometimes difficult to understand. Those problems are a thing of the past. This newly-remastered Blu-ray set is THE definitive way to enjoy The Little Rascals shorts for years to come. They look AMAZING! The vast majority of film damage has been removed, leaving a crisp, clear picture for most of the shorts. It's truly like seeing them clearly for the first time. As these are on Blu-ray discs, the resolution of the shorts has been substantially enhanced. I notice it most with the various clothing worn by the rascals themselves and the other actors in the films - You can really pick up on the fine details of fabrics and even imperfections in the clothes they wear. Even other things that appear in the films, such as a plate of food or other household items that the kids interact with, really shine and can be clearly seen. I compared a couple shorts with my old DVD set by first watching them on the new Blu-ray, then re-watching them on DVD and was amazed at the difference. The improvement in resolution and film damage is immediately apparent and especially with a direct comparison. These improvements do vary by short, but overall, I was thoroughly impressed with the results. Additionally, the audio quality has been enhanced as well. Dialogue definitely seems louder and clearer than my old DVD set. I do notice some background humming an hissing in many of the shorts, but I suspect this was an unavoidable result of enhancing audio that was originally recorded with technology in its infancy. It's not a serious detractor or annoyance when watching the films. I really appreciate the effort that must have gone into providing subtitles as well. They're not perfect (occasionally a word or two is off from what is actually being said) but they're very close. There have been times I've turned the subtitles on at certain points in some of the shorts, simply because I've wondered what was being said all these years! I also have really enjoyed the special features provided on the bonus disc. My favorites include "A Day in the Life of Spanky and Porky", which was really fascinating to watch, as well as the highlights from the Hollywood Museum and the documentaries provided on Our Gang music and shooting locations. For films that are 90+ years old at this point, it's pretty amazing to have features like these included in this set. As far as the packaging for this set - I echo comments from others that it would have been nice to have a place for each disc, rather than two of the discs having to sit on top of one another. Having the list of shorts and special features on the reverse of the front cover is also an annoyance, as you have to take every disc out in order to read it. I definitely agree that the set could have benefited from a booklet or some kind of insert, but I'm sure it was a financial decision to do it this way. I created my own list of the shorts that I keep separately from the set, so I can easily reference the info without having to remove all the discs. In conclusion, this is truly a remarkable set and a valued part of my home media collection. It's definitely worth the investment and is probably the best these shorts are ever going to look. Kudos to ClassicFlix for their time and effort to remaster The Little Rascals for the enjoyment of fans for years to come!

This six disc Blu Ray set includes all the sound Our Gang comedies including a disc of extras which has interviews, rare footage, some foreign language versions and a couple of silent shorts from pre-1930. One foreign language short was missing a reel of 2 and the set producer neglected to include that footage. I would have done so for completeness. There is a planned set of the silent series as exists and not all do with some incomplete. Hal Roach changed the name of his shorts to The Little Rascals for early TV screenings because he had sold the name to MGM along with some cast members who made a number of 10mins Our Gang shorts before abandoning the series. MGM had been one of the theatrical distributors over the life of the Hal Roach productions and their studios were nearby. Missing is the Our Gang feature film, General Spanky(1936) which only starred the Our Gang boys. MGM owns this title and has issued it on DVD in their Archive series. The blu ray visuals and audio are well done and worth the effort. I bought the individual discs and now have also bought the Centennial box to get the Extras disc(which is also available separately) all in one box. RECOMMENDED

I have loved the Little Rascals[Our Gang]since childhood and was lucky to have these shorts in my collection once again. I have previously obtained all 21 volumes on VHS back in the mid-1990s in less than two years after getting my first VCR[which I was kind of late for over 31 years ago]. What I also like about this collection is that it has three foreign versions of their early talkie shorts, one of which fully survives intact. Plus there are three restored silent shorts from the series' first three years. The last disc of this 8-disc set is entirely made of bonus features which are trivia-packed and memory-filled. Many thanks to Hal Roach, who launched the series and helped team Stan Laurel with Oliver Hardy to create the greatest comedy team of the century[Check out their gag appearance as babies in "Wild Poses"-My favorite L&H cameo of all and the funniest as well]. Who would think he'd live to be 100! The only surviving Rascal Sidney Kibrick{"Woim"]is now 96. No other movie series can match the Little Rascals. Beautifully remastered and unedited. Enjoy!

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