
Avenger means more to me than you could ever understand
Review created: 04/10/08(updated 04/18/08)

The above an actual quote from one of the episodes, it pretty much sums up the feelings of this old time Birdman fan.
Sure, the stories & acting are more than a little bit silly, but at least the former are imaginative & the latter enthusiastic.
And you get all these cool character designs by the late great Alex Toth. There is even a nice little documentary on this classic comic book artist & his contributions to this series at the end of one disc.
As for any problems, well, we are talking about Hanna-Barbera in the late sixties when their production quality was never all that consistent. I mean, Birdman's costume changes from shot to shot in the opening credits for goodness sakes!
As for picture & sound, they're about the same as on the old VHS tape that came out ages ago, but at least the colour don't suffer from bleed-through (spilling out over the black lines I mean) like they do on some of the old Scooby Doo movies that have been recently released on DVD.
And, let's face it, you are getting the entire series (minus, unfortunately, those neat little bumper segments they used to have between segments), so you can't complain too hard really.
The main problem, however, is the box that they come in.
The double-sided discs overlap & actually touch each other, & they can be a right devil to get out.
There have even been complaints of people opening up brand new sealed packages & discovering discs covered in scratches & fingerprints because the manufacturer had trouble putting them in there in the first place.
To top it all off, the box is made of solid cardboard so that you can't go get another more sensible plastic container & slide the cover in without the whole think looking like a gosh darn mess.
Still, other than that, I'm more than happy with the overall quality, & it is pretty cool to have this wonderful bit of nostalgic nonsense as part of my DVD collection.
If you're a fan of the original "Space Ghost" or want to see where the inspired wackiness of "Harvey Birdman, Attorney At Law" came from, I can recommend this collection.
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