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We delay discussion of this week’s releases for what I regard as the big hi-def Comic Con weekend news – specifically the announcement that Warner Bros. would on Nov. 15 begin issuing Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Marvin Martian, Foghorn Leghorn, Michigan J. Frog and the Dover Boys on Blu-ray via The Looney Tunes Platinum Collections. I have been waiting for this announcement almost as long as I have been waiting for an announcement of a machine that would allow me to record high definition HBO, AMC and FX programming on Blu-ray discs the way I can record standard definition programming on DVDs.

Some of what you get for $41.99, according to Cartoon Brew:

50 classic cartoons in high definition:
Disc #1 includes:
Hare Tonic
Baseball Bugs
Buccaneer Bunny
The Old Grey Hare
Rabbit Hood
8 Ball Bunny
Rabbit of Seville
What’s Opera Doc?
The Great Piggy Bank Robbery
A Pest In The House
The Scarlet Pumpernickle
Duck Amuck
Robin Hood Daffy
Baby Bottleneck
Kitty Kornered
Scardy Cat
Porky Chops
Old Glory
A Tale Of Two Kitties
Tweetie Pie
Fast And Furry-ous
Beep Beep
Lovelorn Leghorn
For Scent-I-Mental Reasons and
Speedy Gonzales.

Disc #2 includesz:
One Froggy Evening
The Three Little Bops
I Love To Singa
Katnip Kollege
The Dover Boys
From A To ZZZZ
Chow Hound
Feed The Kitty
Hasty Hare
Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century
Hareway To The Stars
Mad As A Mars Hare
Devil May Hare
Bedevilled Rabbit
Ducking The Devil
Bill Of Hare
Dr. Devil and Mr. Hare
Bewitched Bunny
Broomstick Bunny and
several others to be announced.

Bonus material includes several Behind-The-Toons pieces and Chuck Jones documentaries, numerous bonus cartoons including Chuck Jones’ FDR re-election film, Hell Bent For Election (1942), a rare Air Force re-enlistment film, A Hitch In Time (1955), and Ken Mundie’s expressionist anti-war animated short, The Door (1967) – plus two all-new documentaries on Marvin The Martian and The Tasmanian Devil.

Additionally, the collection comes in a sturdy plastic box, which will include a 52 page booklet, a commemorative magnet and mini collectible drinking glass.

The Warner cartoons are for me the funniest ever forged; I am very excited to see these in a resolution similar to what movie audiences saw in the 1930s, ‘40s and ‘50s.

Nobody has to wait till November to get his hands on the Blu-ray version of “Justice League’s” second season. $27.99 gets you 26 HD episodes comprising 13 storylines. DC icons utilized this pre-Unlimited season include Dr. Fate, Solomon Grundy, Snapper Carr, Lois Lane, Lex Luthor, The Joker, Vandal Savage, Amazo, Orion, Lightray, Highfather, Kalibak, Desaad, Darkseid, Firefly, Copperhead, Dr. Destiny, Brainiac, Despero, Doomsday, Poison Ivy, Parasite, Harley Quinn, the Royal Flush Gang, Clayface, Sinestro, Gorilla Grodd, Giganta, Deadshot, Kilowog, Katma Tui, Aquaman, Lobo, Metallo, Shade, Ultra-Humanite, Jimmy Olsen and Alfred Pennyworth.

Also new to Blu-ray today is Stargate Atlantis: The Complete Series. $114.99 gets you five HD seasons at $23 per season.

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