The Wubbulous World of Dr. Seuss (1996) |
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Category | Animation | Trailer-The Swan Princess Collection | |
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Year Of Production | 1996 | ||
Running Time | 73:09 | ||
RSDL / Flipper | No/No | Cast & Crew | |
Start Up | Ads Then Menu | ||
Region Coding | 2,4 | Directed By | David Gumpel |
Studio
Distributor |
Sony Pictures Home Entertain |
Starring |
Bruce Lanoil Anthony Asbury John Kennedy Kathryn Mullen Stephanie D'Abruzzo |
Case | ? | ||
RPI | $14.95 | Music |
Joe Carroll Bob Golden Stephen Lawrence |
Video | Audio | ||
Pan & Scan/Full Frame | None | English Dolby Digital 2.0 (192Kb/s) | |
Widescreen Aspect Ratio | 1.29:1 | ||
16x9 Enhancement | No | ||
Video Format | 576i (PAL) | ||
Original Aspect Ratio | 1.29:1 | Miscellaneous | |
Jacket Pictures | No | ||
Subtitles |
English English for the Hearing Impaired |
Smoking | No |
Annoying Product Placement | No | ||
Action In or After Credits | No |
Title of Show : The Wubbulous World of Doctor Seuss
Title of Disc : The Cat's Fun House
Year of Production : 1996
Country of origin : United States
What's included? : 3 episodes.
Episode Length : Each episode is about 25 minutes.
Details of episodes :
Style of Production : Puppets
Premise of show : The books of Dr Seuss are classic children's books greatly loved all over the world. My kids love them. This series takes some of the characters from the books but the stories are new. The Cat in the Hat features prominently as do song and dance numbers.
Age Group : 5-10
Related to any other children's shows? : Not really
Adult's view : I love the Dr Seuss books as do my kids but this series is nowhere near as good as those. It does not have anywhere near as nice a tone. It comes across as a little too cocky and knowing with too much fast talking adult directed humour and not enough of the simple rhymes and joy from the books. There are also quite a lot of pratfalls.
Child's view : Pretty underwhelmed. They sat through the first story but the second one was too scary. They have not asked for the disc again. Perhaps this would be better for a school age audience.
Other Releases of this show available? : A different distributor (Reel) has issued a three disc set of this series. This one comes from Sony and is the only one they have released so far.
Overall : I am not a big fan of this series as I don't think it does justice to the great books upon which it is based.
The video quality is very good.
The feature is presented in a 1.29:1 aspect ratio non 16x9 enhanced which is probably the original aspect ratio.
The picture was quite clear and sharp throughout, with no evidence of low level noise.
The colour was vivid & bright with no major issues.
There were no noticeable artefacts.
There are subtitles in English and English for the Hearing Impaired. They are clear and easy to read
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The audio quality is good.
This DVD contains an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack encoded at 192 Kb/s.
Dialogue was clear and easy to understand and there was no problem with audio sync.
The surround speakers and subwoofer were not used.
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The menu allowed for selecting each episode separately and turning on subtitles.
The Swan Princess.
NOTE: To view non-R4 releases, your equipment needs to be multi-zone compatible and usually also NTSC compatible.
The Region 1 release is the same.
The video quality is very good.
The audio quality is good.
No Extras.
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Review Equipment | |
DVD | Pioneer DV667A DVD-V DVD-A SACD, using Component output |
Display | Sony FD Trinitron Wega KV-AR34M36 80cm. Calibrated with Digital Video Essentials (PAL). This display device is 16x9 capable. This display device has a maximum native resolution of 576i (PAL)/480i (NTSC). |
Audio Decoder | Built in to amplifier/receiver. Calibrated with Video Essentials. |
Amplification | Pioneer VSX-511 |
Speakers | Monitor Audio Bronze 2 (Front), Bronze Centre & Bronze FX (Rears) + Yamaha YST SW90 subwoofer |