Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection Vol 3 DVD (Unrated) +Movie Reviews

Warner's Statement

toserveman | Cincinnati, OH USA | 09/11/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Here is the statement from Warner Bros as to why the two shorts are not being included on this release:

Two shorts, "Mouse Cleaning" and "Casanova Cat," will not be included in the third and final "Tom and Jerry Spotlight Collection" of theatrical animated shorts from the Hanna-Barbera era at MGM. Although this collection is intended for mature audiences and collectors (not for children), Warner Home Video made the decision to omit these two shorts because, regardless of their historical context and artistic value, the offensiveness of certain scenes containing inappropriate racial stereotypes would diminish the enjoyment of the Collection's 35 other classic cartoons for a large segment of the audience.

How's that for corporate PC jibberish.

"

DO NOT SUPPORT CENSORSHIP!!!!!!!

John Field | San Diego | 09/11/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"So, Warner Brothers Home Video has now decided to become BIG BROTHER!!!???? I know that the words I'm about to type are now considered passé by the new studio owners but here goes. ARTISTIC INTEGRITY. Leave these cartoons alone and allow us to judge them in their Historical Perspective. We are not idiots! We don't even need Leonard Maltin to tell us it's o.k. to view these cartoons un-cut. Was Leonard un-available to tell us it's o.k. to view these as we remember them!!?? How a studio that did so well answering the requests of the fans of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies to leave them as they originally were, could so insult those same fans now, is utterly beyond me! Send them a LOUD and CLEAR message. DO NOT BUY THIS VOLUME!"

ALL the rest of the HB, or 2 cartoons shy?

BonyT | VA | 07/20/2007

(3 out of 5 stars)

"The first two Volumes of Tom and Jerry Spotlight were fantastic -- that is, AFTER Warner sent out the free replacement discs to correct the edited cartoons in the sets that initially hit the shelves.

However, a question looms over this third and final volume of the Hanna and Barbera Tom and Jerry cartoons: The cover art for the back of the box advertises 35 shorts in this collection -- but there are in fact 37 HB shorts that Warner still hasn't given us after the first two volumes.

Is this just a misprint on the box? Or are we really being shorted two cartoons?

If so, which two? Maybe the controversial "Mouse Cleaning" and "His Mouse Friday"?

It's all just speculation until Warner releases further details on the contents of Volume Three. And until these questions are answered, a provisional 3-star rating for this volume, for now.

It's hard to believe Warner could really allow another screw-up, after mistakes on the first two volumes forced them to give away replacement discs to make things right. But if they think that the outraged collectors who inundated them with complaints about edited 'toons in the first two volumes are now simply going to shrug at being left two cartoons short in the final volume and then quietly go about their way ... then I guess Warner deserves what they will undoubtedly get.

Let's hope it's just a misprint on the box -- or else, if they really did leave out two cartoons, that they'll think better of it and add them into the set before this volume hits the shelves.

Again, Tom and Jerry Spotlight Volumes One and Two are wonderful, once you've got the replacement discs. Just don't pooch us on the last volume, Warner.

8/10/07 EDIT: Specs have now leaked out (thanks to J. Hudak for the update on that!), and, sadly, the news is not good: Warner has indeed apparently omitted two cartoons, "Mouse Cleaning" and "Casanova Cat." So no more stars from me for this release, at least as long as these omissions stand. Honestly, I now don't know whether I'll purchase this volume or not.

WARNER: PLEASE RECONSIDER MAKING THE SAME MISTAKE FOR THE THIRD TIME."

WB WTF happened this time?

Bad Willow | Sunnydale,USA | 09/15/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"Warner Brothers you do such a great job on the The Looney Tunes Collections (well save for Whoopi Goldberg) and you did a great job on Droopy;why do you continue to screw up the Tom & Jerry discs? The only thing that offends me about these cartoons is your continuous censorship.I want to see the original uncut,unrevoiced cartoons.I realize we live in different times than we did sixty years ago,but they're just cartoons.If certain PC activists,ethnic groups or hell..anybody is offended by these cartoons then they shouldn't buy or watch them.

It's funny how we,grown people cannot purchase sixty year old cartoons yet my 15 year old daughter and her friends can go to a theater and see any kind of violence they like with a PG13 rating.Go figure...."

The real reason-?

Dennis E. Sisterson | London, United Kingdom | 09/12/2007

(1 out of 5 stars)

"What sorry times we live in. The idea that anyone, especially a mature collector, will take offence at something that was made in a very different culture, 60 years ago, and which was never intended to be malicious in the first place, is offensive - but not as offensive as misrepresenting that culture. We have a lot to learn from the attitudes that were prevalent in those days, not least that we shouldn't be so damned sensitive-! If we have to walk on eggshells all the time, everyone's fun is spoilt. 'Mouse Cleaning' is one of the three or four best Tom and Jerry cartoons, and one of the dozen or so best cartoons ever. Leaving it out of an alleged "collector's edition" is farcical. I could be wrong, of course, but I suspect that Warners are perfectly aware of this and what they are really thinking is that opportunists will appear in their droves with lawsuits, claiming that they or their children have been offended or traumatised to the tune of, oh, half million dollars each, thank you very much. It's not just censorship that's the problem here, it's the litigation culture - or the fear of it."

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