free pay per view had chance at last to view the warner bros . legends collection . all in all , not a bad deal , though yankee doodle dandy is not to my taste as entertainment , and the cartoons offered on that one are the most superfluous . " yankee doodle bugs " whose transfer is atrocious ) , those cartoons are also on looney tunes : the golden collection . the other two movies , the adventures of robin hood and treasure of the sierra madre , are true prizes of a golden era . first time that i ever saw either one and was impressed by the cinematography and performances . cartoons on those discs look as good as can be expected from laser videodisc masters . " rabbit hood " has some faded reds , and cross bunny " some distorted audio over the titles . and when the ice cream vendor wagon explodes , there is a sudden burst of blocky redartifacts over the lines of the black dust cloud . as this cartoon never had a laser videodisc or even a vhs release , it is possible the transfer in this case was done from an analog television print . the other cartoons in the set are serviceable . picture quality of katnip is typical of cartoons of the 1930 s , and " 8 ball bunny " and " hot cross bunny " fare marginally better than " rabbit hood " and " robinhood daffy " , the latter of which has a faint shimmer over some of the lines of characters and backgrounds . and all 5 are miles ahead of " yankee doodle bugs " .
had chance at last to view the warner bros . legends collection . all in all , not a bad deal , though yankee doodle dandy is not to my taste as entertainment , and the cartoons offered on that one are the most superfluous . " yankee doodle bugs " whose transfer is atrocious ) , those cartoons are also on looney tunes : the golden collection . the other two movies , the adventures of robin hood and treasure of the sierra madre , are true prizes of a golden era . first time that i ever saw either one and was impressed by the cinematography and performances . cartoons on those discs look as good as can be expected from laser videodisc masters . " rabbit hood " has some faded reds , and cross bunny " some distorted audio over the titles . and when the ice cream vendor wagon explodes , there is a sudden burst of blocky redartifacts over the lines of the black dust cloud . as this cartoon never had a laser videodisc or even a vhs release , it is possible the transfer in this case was done from an analog television print . the other cartoons in the set are serviceable . picture quality of katnip is typical of cartoons of the 1930 s , and " 8 ball bunny " and " hot cross bunny " fare marginally better than " rabbit hood " and " robinhood daffy " , the latter of which has a faint shimmer over some of the lines of characters and backgrounds . and all 5 are miles ahead of " yankee doodle bugs " .