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The Real Ghostbusters: Volume Three

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After waiting patiently, Time Life has finally been putting out the single volume releases of The Real Ghostbusters cartoons. And I must say, It's about time. On to the review...

There are 5 discs to volume 3 for a total of 31 episodes. The series picks up the rest of the Syndicated season and continues through the 2nd and 3rd original seasons. There are 15 on-camera introductions from the episode writers which are very short, but done well given that each episode are their own. Each episode is exactly like it was when it was aired, each with the logo talking, "The Real Ghostbusters will return after these messages." I'm very happy Time Life kept that in...

The overall picture quality is very good and to be expected of a 20 year old cartoon. It says on the back of the box that they are remastered, and I don't think they could look any better than they are presented in this collection unless Time Life decides to put them on Blu-Ray. I honestly think that won't happen. You never know though...

The sound quality is also very good. It is presented in Dobly Digital 2.0 if I'm not mistaken. Each episode has its distinct feel of eeriness, and that's one of the reasons why this show still holds up today. Within season 3, (at least I think it is season 3), the voice of Peter Venkman changes from The Great Lorenzo Music,(the voice of Garfield), to Dave Coulier, (Joey from Full House). It is a noticeable change for those who preferred Lorenzo better. That is not to say the show isn't good without him. I myself still prefer Lorenzo over Dave. To each his own though...

As for special features, there is an image gallery for the characters, an image gallery for their equipment, 5 isolated music and effects tracks for specific episodes, 5 on-camera Visual Commentary tracks with the writes and artists for specified episodes, and a special episode long documentary entitled, "Who You Gonna Call? The Heroes of The Real Ghosbusters." A very good supplemental package.

In closing, this is a very good dvd set of a very good show. If you were hesitant to pick up the Time Life Set of all volumes, (like I was), you will find that these individual sets are cheaper in the long run. You may have to wait a bit longer for the last 2 volumes, but I find it is well worth waiting for. Hope this review helped out.

Since I was a child I have always loved The Ghostbusters film and seeing The Real Ghostbusters Television show took my love of it even further. To me the show laid out the ground work for a childhood dream becoming a Ghostbuster. Unfortunately the occupation does not exsist. Being a child in the 80's is one of my most cherished memories and Television shows at that time were among the best so to me this product is a virtual time machine. Overall the product itself is impressive in terms of package design and quality and the special featurette's included are the icing on the cake. To any Ghostbusters fans out there this DVD is truly a must for your collection.

Oh the Memories! Loved the show as a child and not much has changed! The show has some of the best writers I the Business including pre Babylon 5 creator J. Michael Straczynski! This season includes the return or both the Bogeyman and Samhain! I also love the episode where the Ghostbusters are brought to an alternate reality version of New York called Boo York and have to face off against the People busters (Basically ghost like version of themselves).

An excellent set for anyone who loved the show as a child. My only complaint is the fact that the box mentions that the episodes are digitally remastered which in my opinion is clearly false. There is tons of artifacts and color loss within the episodes; however this doesn't change the fact that it's an awesome show and highly recommended!

Arrived on time for Christmas. Packaged nicely and is a great collection of cartoons for kids and adults. I recommend for all Ghostbuster fans.

I have the first three volumes and volume three I got a few months ago. Due to time restraints I have just started watching it. I made it to disc four last night and after three attempts of putting in the DVD player and taking it out I have not been able to watch it. The DVD player is saying it is a "bad disc." I will be trying to get ahold of someone from AMAZON.com to try and get a replacement disc. This is the first time in all my orders through Amazon that I have had something wrong. Other than that I would defenitely reccomend getting it. It has been great watching all the episodes. Just wish I could watch disc four which I was hoping to watch since it has to return of Samhain and Boogeyman!

As we get into volume 3 we do still have some very good episodes, but a lot of these episodes were largely forgettable. This set includes the first episode of the transition to "Slimer! and the Real Ghostbusters," however, "Flip Side" -- one of the best episodes of the whole series. I applaud Time Life for releasing the series in volume sets so that those of us who want to purchase them individually can do so.

Aw, nice to see some episodes in volume three. It has some fun ones. Especially when they bring in the terror dogs. Good times.