Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series
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DVD Cover Information Actor: Don Messick, Paul Winchell Director: Joseph Barbera, William Hanna Brand: Warner Brothers Producer: Joseph Barbera Producer: William Hanna Editor: Pat Foley Editor: Richard C. Allen Producer: Charles A. Nichols DVD: Region Code 1 Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); French (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono Format: Animated, Box set, Closed-captioned, Color, Dubbed, DVD-Video, NTSC, Subtitled Picture Format: 1.33:1 Running Time: 459 minutes DVD Release Date: 2005-05-10 Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated) Studio: Turner Home Ent |
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Movie Reviews of Dastardly & Muttley in Their Flying Machines - The Complete Series
Movie Review: Those Malevolent Men (And Mutt) In Their Flying Machines
Summary: 4 Stars
Dastardly and Muttley crash into your TV screen once again in this DVD set, the second offspring of Hanna-Barbera's much-loved WACKY RACES. The triptych of WACKY RACES, DASTARDLY AND MUTTLEY IN THEIR FLYING MACHINES and THE PERILS OF PENELOPE PITSTOP were heralds of Hanna-Barbera's return to zany slapstick comedy in the Sixties.
This show began life as STOP THAT PIGEON, a series about a kooky flying squadron whose mission is to stop a carrier pigeon. Dastardly and Muttley were brought into this series due to their popularity from WACKY RACES, and the final product makes it easy to see why this villainous duo command such a loyal fan base. Although Dastardly and Muttley are not particularly nice people, one gets the sense that they are not really evil either: as the designated Bad Guys of WACKY RACES, D&M cheated, plotted, schemed, double-crossed and booby-trapped simply because it was their job.
Dick Dastardly (voiced by Paul Winchell, one of only two voices for every character in this series) is now the commander of a World-War-I-era flying force known as the Vulture Squadron, consisting of Muttley (growled, snickered and cursed by Don Messick), whose job in this series is mainly to rescue Dastardly from crashing to the ground (though not without the promise of a medal), maniacal inventor Klunk, who dreams up and builds various absurd-looking planes and speaks in sound effects, and craven coward Zilly, who translates for Klunk and tries repeatedly to sneak off at crucial points (such as the beginning of a flight). Their mission, ordered by an unseen General, is to catch the fearless patriotic flyer Yankee Doodle Pigeon (who, compared to his colorful enemies, seems rather boring). Meager though this premise is by today's standards of cartoons, it launched literally hundreds of deranged schemes and crazed inventions that ended in disaster. Those who decry the predictable outcomes are missing the point: the fun of this cartoon is not derived from watching the Vulture Squadron screw up, but watching HOW they do it.
The planes, designed by animator Jerry Eisenberg (who provides commentary on one episode and insights into the origins of D&MITFM on a featurette in this set), are practically Goldbergian in scope, and become more complicated, outrageous and even surrealistic as each episode progresses. If there is such a thing as a triumph of inefficiency, these creations nail it again and again.
The cartoons are relatively good transfers, with each episode consisting of two D&M cartoons, "Wing Dings" or various vaudeville-type gags featuring the characters, and "Magnificent Muttley," showcasing Dastardly's disloyal companion in a sort of Walter-Mitty role, imagining himself as a hero getting the best of his villainous partner in various situations, places, and times. Two featurettes are also included, showcasing "the Vulture Squadron's Greatest Misses" and the origins of the series (which, incidentally, is also on the WACKY RACES DVD set, along with the Penelope Pitstop featurette). Each episode seems to be as aired, though the music in "Wing Dings" occasionally seems mixed louder than the dialogue.
This is a nice set, and a good companion piece to the WR and PENELOPE PITSTOP sets if you have them. Nab it, tab it, grab it and ram it into the DVD player for a wild cartoon flight... especially since it's much easier to catch than Yankee Doodle Pigeon.