The Simpsons-Bart Wars (1989) |
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General | Extras | ||
Category | Comedy |
Trailer-The Simpsons Complete First And Second Seasons Trailer-The Simpsons Film Festival & Backstage Pass Trailer-The Simpsons Treehouse Of Horror & Risky Business Featurette-Making Of-The Making Of Bart Wars - The Simpsons Strike Back |
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Year Of Production | 1989 | ||
Running Time | 86:10 | ||
RSDL / Flipper | Dual Layered | Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Menu | ||
Region Coding | 2,4 | Directed By |
Neil Affleck Bob Anderson Mikel B. Anderson Wesley Archer |
Studio
Distributor |
Twentieth Century Fox |
Starring |
Dan Castellaneta Julie Kavner Nancy Cartwright Yeardley Smith Hank Azaria Harry Shearer Marcia Wallace Phil Hartman Tress MacNeille Pamela Hayden Maggie Roswell Russi Taylor Doris Grau |
Case | ? | ||
RPI | $24.95 | Music |
Alf Clausen Ray Colcord Danny Elfman |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | Full Frame |
English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) French Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) German Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) Italian Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) Spanish Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) |
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Widescreen Aspect Ratio | None | ||
16x9 Enhancement | No | ||
Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.33:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles |
English for the Hearing Impaired Danish Dutch Finnish French German Italian Norwegian Spanish Swedish French Titling German Titling Italian Titling Spanish Titling |
Smoking | Yes, cartoon smoking. |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | No |
The Simpsons Classics – Bart Wars: The Simpsons Strike Back is another collection of four classic episodes, again chosen by those execs at Fox Home Entertainment looking for a little cashflow from DVD releases of the show alongside the full season releases. In this release we have:
For die-hard fans, you have the ease of watching four good episodes from various seasons on the one disc. These four aren’t quite as funny as those on the Dark Secrets collection, but that’s just my opinion. But I still don’t know why you’d buy a collection of four episodes when you can buy a whole season instead.
These episodes are presented in their original 1.33:1, Full Frame broadcast aspect ratio. Overall, the picture quality is good but variable.
Colours are mostly good, though the later episode The Secret War Of Lisa Simpson was probably the best. The image is prone to cross-colouration in the whites of the eyes (well, the animated eyes) and where lines are closely grouped.
The image is well defined without dirt.
There are no major MPEG artefacts, and film-to-video transfer artefacts were limited to some cross-colouration, minor aliasing and some background dot-crawl.
Subtitles are available in English for the Hearing Impaired, regular English, Danish, German, Spanish, French, Italian, Dutch, Norwegian and Swedish. They appear as white with a grey/black border and are easy to read. While not verbatim, you get the gist of what is being spoken.
The dual-layer pause is hidden in between the episodes.
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Audio is available in the original broadcast English 2.0 Dolby Surround and also in French, German, Spanish and Italian.
The audio pretty much originates from just the front and centre with the odd left-right directional cue.
There were no dialogue or audio sync issues. The rears came to life a little with the music.
There is no subwoofer use.
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All menus are presented in 1.33:1 Full Frame. They are static and silent.
Presented in 1.33:1 Full Frame, 2.0 Dolby Surround, this is a little promo spot that looks at all the Star Wars references in The Simpsons.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
From what I can tell, this was not released in R1 on DVD – they went straight for the complete season DVD releases.
The Simpsons Classics – Dark Secrets of The Simpsons is another small collection of fun episodes.
The video is decent, but I have suspicions that these were transferred from VHS.
The audio is basic but adequate.
One extra is good for a chuckle - the others are just promotional.
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Review Equipment | |
DVD | Panasonic DVD-RV31A-S, using S-Video output |
Display | Beko 28" (16x9). This display device is 16x9 capable. |
Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. |
Amplification | Marantz SR7000 |
Speakers | Energy - Front, Rear, Centre & Subwoofer |