Many of them also noted the hypocrisy of this decision, pointing out that several other cartoons with similar – and in some cases, even more offensive – racial stereotypes were also planned to be included on the set uncut – including the infamous His Mouse Friday – with no objections from the Warner Bros. spokesperson said: “The company felt that certain content would be exceedingly inappropriate for the intended audience and therefore excluded several shorts." Many collectors and fans proceeded to post negative reviews of the product on Amazon and other various websites in protest. When asked for an interview request, a Warner Bros. However, on February 6, 2013, it was announced by that Mouse Cleaning was not a part of the list of cartoons set to be on the release, as well as the cartoon Casanova Cat, which was also skipped over on the Spotlight Collection, Volume 3 DVD release in 2007- both cartoons featured controversial content: specifically brief scenes of the characters of Tom and Jerry in blackface. The set was originally scheduled to be released on June 11, 2013. It had been announced that Mouse Cleaning would be available on the Tom and Jerry Golden Collection - Volume 2 on DVD and Blu-ray, with the short being presented uncut, uncensored, remastered, and restored from its original nitrate elements that had been recently discovered. Although the shorts are presented digitally restored (just like how it was shown in theaters), however, because many of the original pre-1951 MGM cartoon negatives are destroyed in the vault fire in 1965, some of the pre-1951 Tom and Jerry cartoons were restored using their Metrocolor negatives which were their 60's television transfers so some of the cartoons couldn't be presented in pristine condition.
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Lastly, according to animation historian Jerry Beck on his March 2012 appearance on Stu's Show, the Golden Collection series will feature the later, 1960s shorts directed by Gene Deitch and Chuck Jones in addition to the Hanna-Barbera shorts. The Golden Collection is being released on both DVD and Blu-ray (the latter restored to HD quality), whereas the Spotlight Collection was only available on DVD.
Also, because most of the original pre-1951 MGM cartoon negatives were destroyed in the 1965 MGM vault fire, the Golden Collection features new, restored transfers from CRI negative elements, as opposed to the Turner broadcast television prints previously used. The primary differences between the Spotlight Collection and the Golden Collection is that the latter was intended to feature the shorts in chronological order and uncensored.
Warner Home Video had previously released the majority of the original 114 Hanna-Barbera-directed shorts in the Spotlight Collection over three volumes. 1 Differences with Spotlight Collectionĭifferences with Spotlight Collection.
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