Little Rascals: Best of Our Gang [3D Blu-ray]

35mm restored & COLORIZED! But you can also watch this in B&W.
****Note: This review is for the LEGEND release The Little Rascals: Best of Our Gang, not the 3-D release that Amazon has grouped it under****
I give this only **** four stars because most of these films have already been released on DVD restored from 35mm. There is little new here.

The thought is that kids won't watch B&W films, so lets COLORIZE The Litle Rascals. Purists can watch this in B&W also, which is good since the colorization looks cartoony & unnatural.

I just could not pass up the extras that are included on these DVDs.

BEST OF OUR GANG has
Alfalfa short soundie "The Singing Lesson",
Broadway Highlights short clip of Pete the Pup becoming a member of a entertainment night club,
"You Asked For It" clip of the segment with the OUR GANG REUNION showing the silent stars (Jackie Condon, Joe Cobb, Farina & others) as they are in 1955.
Our Gang clip...

The Gang's Back
You probably remember the Cabin Fever tapes from back when you were a kid. After all, where can you find a more wholesome piece of Americana than in the Depression-era antics of Spanky and company? Now that you're grown, you probably want to introduce your kids to Our Gang the same way that your parents introduced them to you, as a part of their socialization as equally wholesome, proud citizens. There's only one problem, I suspect: kids today have no tolerance for "antiquated" black and white cinema. And really, who can blame them? Color, the de facto standard to which they were raised, lends life, vibrancy and realism to anything that it glazes.

Thanks to this DVD, you can now bridge that generation gap by watching this newly colorized version of the Little Rascals' greatest shorts (even on the kids' Playstation if need be!). The drab, depressing black and white of '30s film suddenly comes to life in a full rainbow. And, should you succeed in making your kids into...

3D ONLY
I wanted to share what Jamie at Legend Films advised me -
that the 3D Blu-ray will not include a 2D version.
Hope this helps you decide to buy or not to buy.
UPDATE 11/2/12
I received another call from Jamie who advised me that
if you play this in a NON-3D BLU-RAY player, it WILL
play in 2D!
Count me in!

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