Dom Robinson reviews
Dangermouse Vol.2 :
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Cert: Cat.no: PTDVD 8106
Running time: 109 minutes
Year: 1980
Pressing: 2001
Region(s): 0, PAL
Chapters: 6 plus extras
Sound: Mono
Languages: English
Subtitles: None
Fullscreen: 4:3
16:9-Enhanced: No
Macrovision: Yes
Disc Format: DVD 9
Price: £9.99
Extras: Cast Biographies, Hidden Clip
Producer:
Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall
Screenplay:
Music:
Voices:
David Jason, Terry Scott, Edward Kelsey and Brian Trueman
He's the greatest. He's fantastic. He's Dangermouse!
The cult of kids TV arriving on DVD continues with a series I regularly watched
and enjoyed before I hit double figures and which, as featured on one of the
I Love the 80s programmes, was admitted it was easy on the animators
because many of the scenes that featured in every episode, such as DM driving
from his secret hideout, were copied across each time.
For this second volume, another six episodes are included, each lasting around
20 minutes and for the original broadcasts, each one was aired in four parts
(oh, how the continuing storyline would get me through yet another unbelievably
shitty week at school from Monday to Thursday; and who cared about Friday
afternoons because the weekend was here!)
Composing myself, the six episodes are: The Invasion of Colonel K , in
which he is invaded by Greenback and DM is sacked from the Secret Service - how
will the world cope?; Dangermouse Saves the World...Again! , the title
track, which finds DM conquering the Brain Drain; The Oddball Run-a-Round ,
where the pair have paradox problems getting to the Secret Rugby Ball in London;
the Baron gets out his homing device in The Wild, Wild Goose Chase ;
then he teams up with DM's feathered-freak foe for The Return of Count
Duckula and, finally, are our heroes doomed in Demons Aren't Dull ?
Baron Silas Greenback realised it doesn't pay to advertise.
Like the first disc, it's in 4:3 fullscreen and the print has some print
scratches but nothing you don't expect and it certainly doesn't put you off for
those who were big fans. The sound is in mono which comes across clearly enough.
In the extras dept. there's Cast Biographies for the cartoon characters
and not the voices behind them, plus a hidden clip of DM doing his Tarzan
call when trapped in an unfortunate position.
The disc has no subtitles but a neat animated menu with the classic theme tune.
If I had one complaint with the DVD it's that there's just one chapter per
episode rather than breaking them down into individual parts.
Don't worry about the overall score. With a disc like this, the price and
content score are all you should concern yourself with.
FILM CONTENT
PICTURE QUALITY
SOUND QUALITY
EXTRAS
OVERALL
Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2001.
The following is a list of all the PT Video, Freemantle Home Entertainment and Telstar Video Children's DVDs reviewed online to date :
Button Moon Vol.1 Chorlton and the Wheelies: Series 1 Chorlton and the Wheelies: Series 2 Chorlton and the Wheelies: Series 3 Cult Kids Classics Vol.1 Cult Kids Classics Vol.2 Dangermouse: Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind Dangermouse Saves the World...Again! Dangermouse: The Great Bone Idol Hello Kitty's Paradise Jamie And The Magic Torch: Series 1 Most Wanted Classic Kids TV Rainbow: Zippy Sets Them Up! Stories from Camberwick Green Stories from Chigley Stories from Trumpton Sweep Superdog
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