Customer Reviews

Danger Mouse - The Complete Seasons 3 & 4

5 star:		(3)
4 star:		(2)
3 star:		(0)
2 star:		(0)
1 star:		(0)

 

 

Danger Mouse was an incredibly unique animated series. As an adult, I like the droll British humor and drop-ins of other favorite shows like Doctor Who. As a matter of fact if you look at the story "Dangermouse Saves the World Again" from this box set, you will see the brain-sucking machine is really a Dalek upside down.

Some might think this animation was cheaply done. I guess it was. But there are many Japanese anime series that use the same style - limited character movement and the occasional real live background inserted into the animation.

Series 3 + 4 might be better known to some US viewers because these aired on Nickelodeon during the mid 1980's. The show was taken off the air at Nickelodeon not long after these went out, although Cosgrove-Hall continued producing them into the early 90's.

Drawbacks are these episodes are shown the way they aired in the UK as five minute cliffhangers and you have to sit through the theme music/credits over and over and over. That's partly why I went with four stars. That and the extras are kind of weak. I might have liked to see an interview with Mark Hall or Brian Cosgrove reflecting on these particular stories.

I enjoyed Danger Mouse and his clumsy sidekick Penfold twenty years ago. Now I'm enjoying them all over again with my Middle Schooler.

If your not familiar with the series, it is about a secret agent mouse and his hedgehog sidekick. Produced by the BBC in the early 80's. Campy but fun. This is the set that I think I can remember most of, and the writing gets even better!

I first experienced Danger Mouse while stationed in Europe. When the Chance to purchase the entire series became available I jumped at it. All the characters are unique.

British humor fans will enjoy the adventures of Danger Mouse - Worlds greatest mouse detective

Back in the eary eighties nickelodeon didn't have much of so to speak of "their toons" so, they bought the rights to show programs such as "lost city of gold" "inspector gadget" ect.... and of course there was "Danger Mouse" Well, this is Season 3 and 4 of the series but, note this series was british so, by American televison it'd really be season 2 really...British season are virtually divided in half of ours....ie mid season here is a new season over their....Anyways, this brings more solid Danger Mouse Cartoons which rank a 5 for sassy monty phython style humor and other idiotic british humor with just plain flat funny satire of Bond style movies... Who, can't find this rather humerous if you love spy style films of the 60's and monty python humor....The animation may be old but, it still holds rather decently in colors and what not....Aye this show never had much for a back drop other than those goofy photo's used in the still frames like in Monty python... But, animation before this never had much going on in the backdrops either and neither do current Nick toon's or Cartoon networks day time stuff or Adult swim...In a way the backdrops here are more interesting due to the complete nuttieness to them yet, they strangley fit in with the show unlike current junk found on Adult swim that rips this style yet, fails horribly.. Anyways the only reason this dvd gets a 4 is because just like the originals theres always been a weird shake thing on the sets from time to time or through out the whole episode...IE whoever did the cell to cell shots seems to be drunk and moved the camera shot every few seconds left or right and when watching at times can be rather nausicating.... As, for bonus theres a karoke version of the theme song and some profiles of the characters.... Rather lame bonus....Couldn't even find some nutty british inker to interview or anything..... Regardless of the glitches that should've been fixed (that bloody camera shake really) it's still worth picking up to go down memory lane or to see the first take of count duckula who appears in an episode on this set.... He's a bit different on the way he acts and it's surprising this studio didn't get sued into the ground by whoever owns howard the duck and warner brothers who own daffey duck this version crosses a bit too much like those two yet, you can see the layout of The Count Dukula that'd air a few years later in Brition and Nickalodeon....