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The Three Stooges - Stooges on the Run (Color)

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I normally don't review things that haven't been released yet because one usually can't have an authoritative opinion on something s/he hasn't personally watched, listened to, or read. However, in this case I'm going to make an exception, seeing as all 4 of these shorts have already been released. There are no surprises here. This will be like the 13th time that 'Disorder in the Court' has been released, and there's already been a colorised version to boot! Yeah, it's a great short and an undisputed classic, but due to how it's one of the 4 public domain shorts, it's been released over and over again. Sometimes overexposure can make even great things seem boring. Seriously, why did the powers that be think the world needed yet ANOTHER release of 'Disorder in the Court'?

The other three shorts have also been released on various other discs. 'Dizzy Doctors' is already on a disc of the same name, 'Pop Goes the Easel' is on 'Stooges and the Law,' and 'Calling All Curs' is on 'Cops and Robbers.' They're all great shorts, but why, if they insisted on continuing to do this colorised nonsense, couldn't they at least have chosen some titles that haven't been issued on DVD yet, like, say, 'They Stooge to Conga,' 'I'll Never Heil Again,' 'Uncivil Warriors,' or 'So Long, Mr. Chumps'? And why in the name of all that's holy are they only putting 4 shorts on each disc now? The previous two colorised DVDs sold predictably poorly, and now they're doing it all over again, setting themselves up for the exact same situation where a DVD will sell badly and the executives will conclude that that means there's no widespread public interest in this material? Who is actually going to buy this disc when all 4 titles are already all available on other DVDs? At least the other colorised discs didn't consist of ALL repeats.

The latest word on the street is that Sony has confirmed the rumor that, sometime in 2007, they're going to start issuing all 190 shorts in boxed sets, properly, with no colorisation. Supposedly this disaster of a release is just to tide the fans over until the real goods hit the market. This is a pointless and self-defeating marketing move if I ever heard of one. How is one supposed to feel tided over while waiting on proper boxed sets with the likes of this? A disc meant to tide the fans over would consist of shorts not already available on DVD, and any way one slices it, all of the previous DVDs will be rendered pretty much useless and obsolete anyway when the boxed sets start coming out. I'd recommend waiting until next year instead of spending money on this.

Please stop releasing colorized Stooges shorts. Us Stooges fans want a collection of the team's work with all the shorts remastered, in chronological order, and in black and white. We don't want DVD's that have shorts where the Stooges have the same jobs (ex. doctors, policemen, soldiers, etc.). We really, really want remasterd sound and picture quality, black and white shorts that are in chronological order. We don't want four shorts on one disc. We want at least eight shorts per disc. Almost all the shorts are under 18 minutes. 18 minutes times 8 shorts equals 144 minutes. There are 97 Curly shorts. So you can have 12 discs with the last one having nine shorts.
I hope a studio out there will release this sometime.

why do we need another dvd with "Disorder In The Court" on it? this short is the most common three stooges short to find anywhere,in fact I would bet you that there have been 1000 dvds/videos of this one short over the last 20 years,and to top it off this is the third colorized version of it ,one colorized version of it was released just a year and a half ago,and to top it off all of these shorts have been released officially on other dvd's the only differance is that these are colorized,there are still close to 100 three stooges shorts still left in the can,including the larry,moe,and joe years,and some more moe,larry and shemp shorts (pre and post death ones including a feature film with shemp that is still collecting dust somewhere),yes most of the moe larry and curly ones have been released,but there are still a little bit left..my point is to stop re-re-releasing the same shorts and dig up more shorts in the vaults,ALL the larry,moe,and Joe shorts could easly fit on a two disc set,now as far as the colorization goes,I don't mind having an option to see them in both color and b&w just as long as they stop releasing the same shorts over and over again,and for pete's sake put more that 4 shorts on the discs? I remember when the discs had 8 shorts then went down to 5,now they are at a measly 4 shorts (which have been released before),some one needs to bury "Disorder In The Court" for a few years,don't get me wrong it's a funny short but I can go to the dollar bin at walmart and get it (b&w and color)then go down the street to familly dollar and pick it up again for a dollar,well you get the point,let's see a larry moe and joe dvd set,and the rest of the curly ones and the shemp ones released (including the shemp movie)....

All of these classic Three Stooges comedy short are already available on DVD in glorious black and white. Save your money, unless you must have these colorized versions.

Are we as consumers brainless Shemps? The studio must believe it. Why else would they slap us in the face with previously released material rather than getting new shorts out on the market? Hollywood's new trick is to make the public re-purchase the same product over and over again. When a DVD comes out, just wait and there will be a special edition for you to buy around the corner (Lord of the Rings, Hellboy, Daredevil etc . . . ). This tactic is now evident with the Stooges properties. I love The Three Stooges (all six of them) but this is just insulting. Will I purchase this new disc? No. Clustering around the same films time and time again is like a poke in the eye. With 190 films in the Stooge's short library, someone needs to get the bright idea to spread out.

I really don't know what the problem is with some of these negative reviews relating to this , or any of the STOOGES COLOR combo B&W DVD's! The colorization is very well done, and you're still getting the b&w to boot! THE BEST OF BOTH WORLDS! So way complain!? Don't get me wrong, i would rather have an awesome b&w copy over colorization any day of the week. But like i said, this dvd series offers both. I really hope this collection continues. The colorization (well done),gives watching these old classics a fresh, and fun look in a whole new light. I think its refreshing to see the stooges B&W prints that i've seen for many years,over and over again done in a new color prespective. I do hope that the complete B&W collection (BOX SET), is indeed released in the very near futher. (With no PUNCH DRUCK BIG BLACK SCRATCHED COPYS)!!! What a crappy print...! Please release clean remastered copy's PLEASE! Anyways..this is a well worth , well done double deal,..!! 4 COLOR /4 B&W for one price!

What are we , Morons? What a waste of my time and money. They already released 2 disks will multiple Curly shorts. Where is volume three and four and five with all Curly's? What nincompoop will pay for this? What studio executive is brain dead that they cannot see that we clamor for a collection and not more of the same disk in a miiion different ways. I for one will not buy this and have given up thinking they will release multiple Curly's as they did with Disk One and Two. FORGET IT!! My fond memories are better than this

When you think about it, they could have easily put 12 or more color shorts on this one disc simply by using a dual layered disc, since most fans already have these in black & white, what's the sense in putting both versions on same disc?
I prefer the stooges in black and white (nostalgic thing) but it's a nice curiosity to see them in color.

I have loved the stooges since I was a kid, and these color versions are not perfect but they give you a glimpse of what it would have been like if you were there on the set when they were filmed .......since they have been researched as to what colors the different backgrounds and objects would really look like.... I do enjoy seeing them in color anyday over black and white. For the purist at heart the colorization can be toggled on or off with the angle button on my dvd player, couldn't be simpler. The restoration of the film is very good, and the color brings new life to the stooges glorious mayhem. I own quite of few of the Columbia shorts in black and white and I will continue to buy the color versions as long as they are released......I just hope they speed up the process a little faster.

Curly was my favorite stooge and he was in about 90 shorts from 1933 to 1947 and if they continue to release only his material with only four shorts per disc that would take about 22.5 years for Columbia to release if they release only one color dvd per year, I might be dead by then......that seems to be their average for the color dvd's......please speed up the process.....and one other thing, Columbia please put more of the unreleased stuff in color not the already released material. A loyal fan of the stooges.....



P.S. I would have given 5 stars if they put five episodes on one disc instead of four......

Yes!!! Finally, Columbia has released more Colorized shorts from the vault. I have waited for these for a long time.

Yes, there are repeatedly released shorts on here, including Disorder In The Court, but the previously released colorized versions of that short (as it has been colorized twice before from two other companies) use a much more inferior print of the film to work with, while Columbia's print is pristine and looks wonderful.

Yes, I do agree that Columbia needs to put out more shorts that have not made it to dvd, and that 4 per dvd on these sets is not enough. However, I am happy with the quality, I love the fact that with the colorized versions, I am able to see details that i never previously picked out while watching the black and white versions, and I am happy that these are restored sound and picture quality, allowing me to even hear some things that I've never picked up on before. Hopefully with the next dvds, Columbia will issue some shorts that are not available yet on dvd at all.

This dvd was a long time coming as it is, and I hope the next batch does not take as long.