My favorite FF cartoon of all time is the Hanna-Barbera show from the 1960's. That show was extremely faithful to the source material, and it's a crime that it has yet to be released on home video.
Finally, someone brought back the buried Fantastic 4: World's Greatest Heroes. I understand people don't care about the F4 because they usually have that 60's vibe to them and they were always portrayed that way until the 2000's, but in that show, the characters simply work together and they age pretty well. It's a shame it didn't get the due respect because it was a fantastic show to watch... and strangely - it still is today! It's a new fresh vision of those old stories and mixes up everything great about them.
Yes! Finally more love for the 2006 FF series! And here I was beginning to think I was the only one. It's great stuff, based on The Ultimate FF comics, which as you said basically revisit/reimagine a lot of the classic storylines.
I really wish there was more awareness to the 2006 series, but people only seem to talk about the Hanna-Barbera show. I mean, it's a great show too and the most faithful to the original source material, but we come to a point where those characters have to move on like the other superheroes. That's why I love that series so much. It's bold and fresh, the characters can be so fun and down-to-earth and if the F4 are ever brought to the MCU, I would love to see them that way. And this comes from a guy who never paid much attention to the F4 all those years ago as a kid! (I was mostly a fan of Doctor Doom)... and then I saw some Ultimate storylines, Jonathan Hickman's run, the Future Foundation, Annihilation, the original runs,... and all I can think about is that these are the F4 we needed. They're still explorers and diplomats, but they're all bound to the issues in their lives, like neighbors, lectures, events, villains, experiments, tasks, and more importantly, family issues. And people usually say the Incredibles is the most faithful movie adaptation of the F4 (without being the F4), but if these characters and tones were in a movie, they would get that place imo. I did like the 2005 movie though, but it felt like another action movie that was a bit too cheesy at times, even for that time, but they got the basic tones right (except it didn't feel exactly right and they wasted Galactus in the sequel).
Zaranyzerak what also stinks is the first fantastic 4 movie from 1994 that I know of does not have an approved legal release of it. Outside of UA-cam I think the only way I know of to see it is from boot leg VHS tapes if they're still available. Also there is a slime chance that Sony may make another fantastic four movie before the rights expire if they're not thinking logically. The 94 film was made to buy time for how long they could keep the rights it was not planned to be released in any form sadly coreman and the cast did not find out the truth until after it was completed.
Actually the 1978 series was by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises which later became Marvel Productions itself. The 1967 series with the Human Torch in it was by Hanna-Barbera. I blame it all on Magneto's stupidity and that wooden gun! The Silver Surfer series came out in 1998, again I blame that wooden gun! :D The original version of the DVD set did have a booklet, but I must have gotten yours at a later printing stage where Clear Vision were winding down on their Marvel sets, sorry about that. You can't stop saying 'Fantastic' in this video can you? :D The problem is 20th Century Fox. We all know that. ;)
Yeah, a couple people beat you to the punch on those factual errors. ;) And no worries, I figured it was due to being a later printing or something. I'm just happy to have the slipcover! It's...FANTASTIC! :D
Oh sorry, I should have realized that one or two people may have all ready corrected you with that error there, ah well. They may have short changed the booklets, but Clear Vision didn't skimp out on the slip covers, probably because they're cheaper to produce then booklets or something? :D
The 1978 version was not from Hanna-Barbera. It was from DePatie-Freeleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation (they also did Spider-Woman) (they merged in 1980 to form Marvel Productions, which was bought by New World Entertainment and became New World Animation in 1992. All of New World and Marvel Films Animation were bought by News Corporation and Saban Entertainment in 1997. All Fox Kids-related properties from New World Animation and Saban Entertainment were bought by The Walt Disney Company and released under BVS Entertainment in 2001).
There's also a 1960's animated series. I've seen them featured in "Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure". One of the Fantastic Four episodes I can recall featured the Silver Surfer.
Yeah, I feel like most people bailed after the first season so they missed out on the stellar second season. We DID get Iron Man as a guest star in the 1996 Hulk series though (also voiced by Robert Hayes), so we at least have confirmation of them all being in the same version of the Marvel universe. Seems like the FF can just never catch a break!
@@zaranyzerak Not only that but a lot of MARVEL animated shows got cancelled too early due to low ratings and the fact that the X-Men & Spider-Man were dominating ratings during their which made it harder for any MARVEL fan-favorites to blossom into animation during that time period.
@@zaranyzerak I think the reason why the Fantastic Four always had a hard time blossoming into animation form is because their style is more sanitized and colorful rather than anything lands into the same level of other MARVEL elements.
@@zaranyzerak IMO the reason why the Fantastic Four never got a break in movies is because they make their tone serious which didn't work, the reason why the Fantastic Four stood out from the pack is because they had their own way of expressing themselves, rather than coming off as a serious instead they coming as old school and colorful with their simple stories and cartoony characters.
@@zaranyzerakThe thing what most people didn't really notice in the 94 show was the jumpsuit differences, in Season 1 they had blue & white jumpsuits but in Season 2 they had blueish/black & white jumpsuits
We understand why it never happened because marvel was facing finical problems and were filed for bankruptcy in the 90s. So that's why they sell their products to the film companies
Opinion respected on the 70s fantastic four series I really don’t like that version because it’s completely one dimensional and the studio mandates and copyrights with the human torch character ruins the show for me The 90s version is well ok I’ve heard the series got better durring season two but from what I’ve seen it’s not really horrible but not really noteworthy either World greatest heroes is the best fantastic 4 show since the 60s show since it rejuvenated the stories and the main cast for a new generation and it worked
Actually watch the 90s show. It's worth it to get through the cheesy first season for the absolutely superb second season. Second season is easily on par with World's Greatest Heroes imo, it's THAT big a difference between the two seasons. Same with the Iron Man series from the same year. It is absolutely "noteworthy" and if you're an FF fan, you're doing yourself a disservice by not checking it out!
Zaranyzerak thanks for the recommendation zaranyzerak It’s like I’ve said I’ve heard the 90s fantastic four series got better so maybe I’ll like the second season
The Human Torch was going to be in the '80series.SpiderMan & His Amazing Friends but continuing rights issues prevented it. Firestar was created instead. Why hasn't the '60s series been released on DVD?
Love the 60's series, like the 70's series, the 90's series season 1 was ok but the 2nd season is the best adaptation of the FF on film to me, and the 00's series was great just wish Johnny was as annoying as he was in it. Hey you ever see the Hanna-Barbera Thing Cartoon with "Thing Ring do your Thing"? Lol
@Zaranyzerak: Hey I have a question for you. I have an lg dvd player I think it plays blu ray discs and it has some sort of 3d feature or something. I bought it without box or instructions, and I was wondering if it would be able to play region 2 dvds? I know it has an option where you can enter a 4 digit region code, and I assume it can play region 2 dvds, but what I'm wondering is if it could play region 2 dvds just by inserting a region 2 disc.
Nothing to mention, it isn't available on home video in any format. This is a Closer Look specifically at the shows that were released on DVD or that are at least available to watch in some form. The 1967 series, at the time, was not available to watch anywhere other than fan made bootlegs.
Silver Surfer: The Animated Series, came out in 1998. I like Fantastic Four 1994 Movie. I wish that Shout Factory, would put out Fantastic Four 1994 Movie on DVD/Blu-ray.
Ah, okay. I knew it was late 90's somewhere. It would be great to see that FF movie get some kind of official release, but it's in such a tangled web of rights issues I don't see it happening any time soon, if ever.
My mistake. I often get those mixed up because Depatie-Freleng was founded by two former employees of Hanna-Barbera, and the animation style is virtually identical. Has the same look/feel/style of a Hanna-Barbera show. A lot of the same voice actors too.
Joe Ruby and Ken Spears even more so. They both worked for Hanna-Barbera and were instrumental in creating Scooby-Doo and you can see a lot of familiarity in their shows to Hanna-Barbera shows like Goldie Gold and Action Jack, Plastic Man, and Thundarr the Barbarian.
@@zaranyzerak DFE was founded by 2 former emps of Warner Bros. They hit it big with The Pink Panther in '64 and became rivals with H/B and Filmation from '68 - '79. Ironically they ended up selling their company to Marvel 2 years later.
pixarman2001 that would be cool to see a closer look about that it's sort of weird because spectacular Spider-Man like was in 2008 and I was when I was born I don't know it's just sort of weird to me
What you said about the 90s Iron Man Fantastic Four series is the exact opposite with the 1996 Incredible Hulk series; 1st season was good, 2nd season was trash (I unfortunately only saw the 2nd season)
In 2012 I went on a Marvel animations buying spree to grab up a lot of the region 2 U.K. releases, I also have the sets here mentioned in the video review, I'm curious if the 1967 FF version set was released in any region on dvd?
The one from the 90s is so stupid yet I love it. And also I love the fact you mentioned the Silver Surfer. It’s such a great underrated Marvel show. But what confuses me is how come all of the 90s marvel cartoons got released on DVD in the U.S except for Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, and Silver Surfer?
It seems the only complete sets we got was Xmen and Fantastic 4. Why is it that the U.K. gets the complete series sets and America doesn’t. Well thank god we have Hulu (and now Disney+) but owning a physical copy is better. Maybe it has to do with right issues like with the 60s Batman series but then again Disney owns Marvel now so they could release the rest of the Marvel shows but who knows.
Also, the 90s Fantastic Four series had a Region 2 release and each season was released volume by volume, and because of what you said about the 2nd season of the show, I only bought the Season 2 DVDs
The FF Hannah Barbera show from 1967 is the best. Why oh why has it never been released on DVD???
Probably because of copyright reasons.
My favorite FF cartoon of all time is the Hanna-Barbera show from the 1960's. That show was extremely faithful to the source material, and it's a crime that it has yet to be released on home video.
Yeah, I really wish that would get a release.... I don't think I've ever actually seen an episode of it!
I watched the Hanna-Barbera one on Cartoon Network as a kid.
Finally, someone brought back the buried Fantastic 4: World's Greatest Heroes. I understand people don't care about the F4 because they usually have that 60's vibe to them and they were always portrayed that way until the 2000's, but in that show, the characters simply work together and they age pretty well. It's a shame it didn't get the due respect because it was a fantastic show to watch... and strangely - it still is today! It's a new fresh vision of those old stories and mixes up everything great about them.
Yes! Finally more love for the 2006 FF series! And here I was beginning to think I was the only one. It's great stuff, based on The Ultimate FF comics, which as you said basically revisit/reimagine a lot of the classic storylines.
I really wish there was more awareness to the 2006 series, but people only seem to talk about the Hanna-Barbera show. I mean, it's a great show too and the most faithful to the original source material, but we come to a point where those characters have to move on like the other superheroes. That's why I love that series so much. It's bold and fresh, the characters can be so fun and down-to-earth and if the F4 are ever brought to the MCU, I would love to see them that way. And this comes from a guy who never paid much attention to the F4 all those years ago as a kid! (I was mostly a fan of Doctor Doom)... and then I saw some Ultimate storylines, Jonathan Hickman's run, the Future Foundation, Annihilation, the original runs,... and all I can think about is that these are the F4 we needed.
They're still explorers and diplomats, but they're all bound to the issues in their lives, like neighbors, lectures, events, villains, experiments, tasks, and more importantly, family issues. And people usually say the Incredibles is the most faithful movie adaptation of the F4 (without being the F4), but if these characters and tones were in a movie, they would get that place imo. I did like the 2005 movie though, but it felt like another action movie that was a bit too cheesy at times, even for that time, but they got the basic tones right (except it didn't feel exactly right and they wasted Galactus in the sequel).
I read some of the Ultimate Fantastic Four comics, there great.
The 1978 Fantastic Four DVD is $200 on Amazon WTF!
Yeah, guessing because it only got the one release and that's been out of print for 13 years now.
the 2nd FF has an amazing silver surfer documentary covering the entire silver surfer comic history. its a great doc.
Yeah, they definitely F-ed up Galactus.
Keep up the cool videos! 👍 I enjoy your videos & critique
Static Shock Season One will finally be out on DVD on the 28th. It'll be $20. Will you review it?
Possibly! Never actually seen it, but I've heard good things. I might pick it up.
Cool. I haven't seen much either but I did like what I have seen of it.
Zaranyzerak what also stinks is the first fantastic 4 movie from 1994 that I know of does not have an approved legal release of it. Outside of UA-cam I think the only way I know of to see it is from boot leg VHS tapes if they're still available. Also there is a slime chance that Sony may make another fantastic four movie before the rights expire if they're not thinking logically. The 94 film was made to buy time for how long they could keep the rights it was not planned to be released in any form sadly coreman and the cast did not find out the truth until after it was completed.
I bet in an alternate universe, the 1994 show was like Season 2 and spanned 8 seasons.
Actually the 1978 series was by DePatie-Freleng Enterprises which later became Marvel Productions itself. The 1967 series with the Human Torch in it was by Hanna-Barbera. I blame it all on Magneto's stupidity and that wooden gun! The Silver Surfer series came out in 1998, again I blame that wooden gun! :D The original version of the DVD set did have a booklet, but I must have gotten yours at a later printing stage where Clear Vision were winding down on their Marvel sets, sorry about that. You can't stop saying 'Fantastic' in this video can you? :D The problem is 20th Century Fox. We all know that. ;)
Yeah, a couple people beat you to the punch on those factual errors. ;) And no worries, I figured it was due to being a later printing or something. I'm just happy to have the slipcover! It's...FANTASTIC! :D
Oh sorry, I should have realized that one or two people may have all ready corrected you with that error there, ah well. They may have short changed the booklets, but Clear Vision didn't skimp out on the slip covers, probably because they're cheaper to produce then booklets or something? :D
The 1978 version was not from Hanna-Barbera. It was from DePatie-Freeleng Enterprises and Marvel Comics Animation (they also did Spider-Woman) (they merged in 1980 to form Marvel Productions, which was bought by New World Entertainment and became New World Animation in 1992. All of New World and Marvel Films Animation were bought by News Corporation and Saban Entertainment in 1997. All Fox Kids-related properties from New World Animation and Saban Entertainment were bought by The Walt Disney Company and released under BVS Entertainment in 2001).
Yes, I know that history thanks. I just made a mistake as to the company that made that one, it's literally been 38 years since I last watched it.
There's also a 1960's animated series. I've seen them featured in "Hanna-Barbera's World of Super Adventure". One of the Fantastic Four episodes I can recall featured the Silver Surfer.
Yep, from 1967. Sadly it has yet to get any kind of video release whatsoever...
@@zaranyzerak I have the 1966 fantastic four series and it plays on my region 1 player
@@JayPatrol That would be a bootleg. Bootlegs aren't region locked. The 1967 series has never had an official release anywhere.
@@zaranyzerak i didn't know that or i wouldn't have bought it on etsy
I wish we Got A third season of the 90s fantastic four animated series
Same, second season was soooo good!
@@zaranyzerak we understood why it didn't happen because marvel were Going bankrupt at the time
It's a bit of a miss-opportunity that there was never a crossover between the Fantastic Four & the X-Men in the second season of the 1994 show.
Yeah, I feel like most people bailed after the first season so they missed out on the stellar second season. We DID get Iron Man as a guest star in the 1996 Hulk series though (also voiced by Robert Hayes), so we at least have confirmation of them all being in the same version of the Marvel universe. Seems like the FF can just never catch a break!
@@zaranyzerak Not only that but a lot of MARVEL animated shows got cancelled too early due to low ratings and the fact that the X-Men & Spider-Man were dominating ratings during their which made it harder for any MARVEL fan-favorites to blossom into animation during that time period.
@@zaranyzerak I think the reason why the Fantastic Four always had a hard time blossoming into animation form is because their style is more sanitized and colorful rather than anything lands into the same level of other MARVEL elements.
@@zaranyzerak IMO the reason why the Fantastic Four never got a break in movies is because they make their tone serious which didn't work, the reason why the Fantastic Four stood out from the pack is because they had their own way of expressing themselves, rather than coming off as a serious instead they coming as old school and colorful with their simple stories and cartoony characters.
@@zaranyzerakThe thing what most people didn't really notice in the 94 show was the jumpsuit differences, in Season 1 they had blue & white jumpsuits but in Season 2 they had blueish/black & white jumpsuits
FF season 2 is really good wish we had more seasons of it
We understand why it never happened because marvel was facing finical problems and were filed for bankruptcy in the 90s. So that's why they sell their products to the film companies
I bet in an alternate universe, the 1994 show was like Season 2 and spanned 8 seasons.
can't wait for marvel studios to reboot the fantastic four inside the mcu! *and do the it justice unlike fox did in the past*
Here's hoping!
The films of Spider-Man, Fantastic Four, X-Men, Daredevil, and Elektra are very much like the Ultimate Comics
Opinion respected on the 70s fantastic four series I really don’t like that version because it’s completely one dimensional and the studio mandates and copyrights with the human torch character ruins the show for me
The 90s version is well ok I’ve heard the series got better durring season two but from what I’ve seen it’s not really horrible but not really noteworthy either
World greatest heroes is the best fantastic 4 show since the 60s show since it rejuvenated the stories and the main cast for a new generation and it worked
Actually watch the 90s show. It's worth it to get through the cheesy first season for the absolutely superb second season. Second season is easily on par with World's Greatest Heroes imo, it's THAT big a difference between the two seasons. Same with the Iron Man series from the same year. It is absolutely "noteworthy" and if you're an FF fan, you're doing yourself a disservice by not checking it out!
Zaranyzerak thanks for the recommendation zaranyzerak
It’s like I’ve said I’ve heard the 90s fantastic four series got better so maybe I’ll like the second season
The Human Torch was going to be in the '80series.SpiderMan & His Amazing Friends but continuing rights issues prevented it. Firestar was created instead. Why hasn't the '60s series been released on DVD?
if youve never checked out mid 00s spidey series "the spectacular spider-man" def do it. prob my fav animated marvel property
Love the 60's series, like the 70's series, the 90's series season 1 was ok but the 2nd season is the best adaptation of the FF on film to me, and the 00's series was great just wish Johnny was as annoying as he was in it. Hey you ever see the Hanna-Barbera Thing Cartoon with "Thing Ring do your Thing"? Lol
@Zaranyzerak: Hey I have a question for you. I have an lg dvd player I think it plays blu ray discs and it has some sort of 3d feature or something. I bought it without box or instructions, and I was wondering if it would be able to play region 2 dvds? I know it has an option where you can enter a 4 digit region code, and I assume it can play region 2 dvds, but what I'm wondering is if it could play region 2 dvds just by inserting a region 2 disc.
You forgot to mention the 1967 cartoon
Nothing to mention, it isn't available on home video in any format. This is a Closer Look specifically at the shows that were released on DVD or that are at least available to watch in some form. The 1967 series, at the time, was not available to watch anywhere other than fan made bootlegs.
Hola 👋, la serie de los 90 trae otros idiomas además del inglés?
Only English language and English sub-titles.
If you sale those episodes of the fantastic four the 1978 cartoon I will pay you
Not for sale, sorry. I'm a collector, not a seller.
@@zaranyzerak I use too have them on DVD sense on line iust not fine it too down load
If your looking for the 2007 series found mine at a store franchise called 5 below were everything was $5 or less
Silver Surfer: The Animated Series, came out in 1998. I like Fantastic Four 1994 Movie. I wish that Shout Factory, would put out Fantastic Four 1994 Movie on DVD/Blu-ray.
Ah, okay. I knew it was late 90's somewhere. It would be great to see that FF movie get some kind of official release, but it's in such a tangled web of rights issues I don't see it happening any time soon, if ever.
I was lucky to find the 1994 for 5 dollars
The 1978 show was Depatie-Freleng, not Hanna-Barbera.
My mistake. I often get those mixed up because Depatie-Freleng was founded by two former employees of Hanna-Barbera, and the animation style is virtually identical. Has the same look/feel/style of a Hanna-Barbera show. A lot of the same voice actors too.
Joe Ruby and Ken Spears even more so. They both worked for Hanna-Barbera and were instrumental in creating Scooby-Doo and you can see a lot of familiarity in their shows to Hanna-Barbera shows like Goldie Gold and Action Jack, Plastic Man, and Thundarr the Barbarian.
@@zaranyzerak DFE was founded by 2 former emps of Warner Bros. They hit it big with The Pink Panther in '64 and became rivals with H/B and Filmation from '68 - '79.
Ironically they ended up selling their company to Marvel 2 years later.
I'd like to see a closer look review about the 2003 Spidey series and the Spectacular Spider-Man.
pixarman2001 that would be cool to see a closer look about that it's sort of weird because spectacular Spider-Man like was in 2008 and I was when I was born I don't know it's just sort of weird to me
Does anyone have complete list of clear Vision Marvel releases.
I like how FF 2006 had a remix of the soundtrack of the 90s FF
What you said about the 90s Iron Man Fantastic Four series is the exact opposite with the 1996 Incredible Hulk series; 1st season was good, 2nd season was trash (I unfortunately only saw the 2nd season)
I've actually just started watching the '96 Hulk series for the first time after marathoning the 80's series, enjoying it so far!
In 2012 I went on a Marvel animations buying spree to grab up a lot of
the region 2 U.K. releases, I also have the sets here mentioned in the
video review, I'm curious if the 1967 FF version set was released in any
region on dvd?
Alas no, it's one of the few that's never been released anywhere ever... :(
The one from the 90s is so stupid yet I love it. And also I love the fact you mentioned the Silver Surfer. It’s such a great underrated Marvel show. But what confuses me is how come all of the 90s marvel cartoons got released on DVD in the U.S except for Spider-Man, Incredible Hulk, and Silver Surfer?
We all wonder that... No idea why 90's Spidey keeps getting the shaft. It got a UK release, but even that's long out of print now.
It seems the only complete sets we got was Xmen and Fantastic 4. Why is it that the U.K. gets the complete series sets and America doesn’t. Well thank god we have Hulu (and now Disney+) but owning a physical copy is better. Maybe it has to do with right issues like with the 60s Batman series but then again Disney owns Marvel now so they could release the rest of the Marvel shows but who knows.
Also, the 90s Fantastic Four series had a Region 2 release and each season was released volume by volume, and because of what you said about the 2nd season of the show, I only bought the Season 2 DVDs
Yeah, there's some good bits in Season 1 sure, but Season 2 is like a completely different show, it's sooooo superior.
Fantastic again. Love these close looks - thanks! :)
I like the first half of the latest F4 film but its pretty obvious that the second half is totally tinkered by the studio
Yeah, apparently things fell apart pretty crazily behind the scenes.
Sean, will any of these shows get a Blu-ray release?
doubtful.
90's spider man animated series? Opinions?
Love it, never seen all of it, want it on DVD.
It'd be cool if you did a closer look at your Family Guy DVDs and explain your thoughts on the shows Progression.
Swearing ruined this video.
Silly prudishness ruined this comment.
@@zaranyzerakLOL.