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Dom Robinson reviews

Dangermouse:
The Great Bone Idol

Distributed by
PT Video

Cert:
Cat.no: PTDVD 8114
Running time: 109 minutes
Year: 1983
Pressing: 2001
Region(s): 0, PAL
Chapters: 6 plus extras
Sound: Mono
Languages: English
Subtitles: None
Fullscreen: 4:3
16:9-Enhanced: No
Macrovision: Yes
Disc Format: DVD 9
Price: £9.99
Extras: Cast Biographies, Animated Menus, First Ever Count Duckula Episode

Director:

Brian Cosgrove

Producer:

Brian Cosgrove and Mark Hall

Screenplay:

Brian Trueman

Music:

Mike Harding

Voices:

David Jason, Terry Scott, Edward Kelsey and Brian Trueman

He's the greatest. He's fantastic. He's Dangermouse!

The cult of kids TV arriving on DVD continues with a series I regularly watched and enjoyed before I hit double figures and which, on an episode of I Love the 80s, was admitted it was easy on the animators because many of the scenes that featured in every episode, such as DM driving from his secret hideout, were copied across each time.

As usual, for this third volume, six episodes are included here. Each episode lasts 15-20 minutes apiece and was originally aired in four parts (oh, how the continuing storyline would get me through yet another unbelievably shitty week at school from Monday to Thursday; and who cared about Friday afternoons because the weekend was here!)

Back to the plot and the six episodes are: One Hundred and Fifty Million Years Lost, The Planet of the Cats, Four Heads are Better Than Two, The Tower of Terror, The Great Bone Idol and Public Enemy Number One, the highlighted episode in the title also featuring Count Duckula who is on the trail of the Great Bone Idol while DM and Penfold are holidaying in Brazil.

It's worth mentioning that this DVD was originally due for release on September 17th under the title of "The Tower of Terror", showing a building shaking and our two heroes running away. However, the events that rocked New York on September 11th put paid to this and the disc was recalled to have the cover changed, although some copies still found their way into shops.

It's in 4:3 fullscreen and the print has some scratches on it but nothing you don't expect and it certainly doesn't put you off for those who were big fans and at least it makes a damn sight more bloody sense than Pokemon !

The sound is in mono which comes across clearly enough.

cover pic

cover pic

The original cover and how it will appear now.

In the extras dept. there's an eight-minute interview with Brian Cosgrove and the original never-before-seen Pilot Episode, which runs for the usual length.

The disc has no subtitles but a neat animated menu with the classic theme tune. If I had one complaint with the DVD it's that there's just one chapter per episode rather than breaking them down into individual parts as broadcast.

Don't worry about the overall score. With a disc like this, the price and content score are all you should concern yourself with. As for how it looks, well you didn't really expect Vittorio Storaro to be taking time out from Apocalypse Now to lend a hand did you?

FILM CONTENT PICTURE QUALITY SOUND QUALITY EXTRAS
OVERALL

Review copyright © Dominic Robinson, 2001.

The following is a list of all the PT Video, Freemantle Home Entertainment and Telstar Video Children's DVDs reviewed online to date :

Button Moon Vol.1
Chorlton and the Wheelies: Series 1
Chorlton and the Wheelies: Series 2
Chorlton and the Wheelies: Series 3
Cult Kids Classics Vol.1
Cult Kids Classics Vol.2
Dangermouse: Close Encounters of the Absurd Kind
Dangermouse Saves the World...Again!
Dangermouse: The Great Bone Idol
Hello Kitty's Paradise
Jamie And The Magic Torch: Series 1
Most Wanted Classic Kids TV
Rainbow: Zippy Sets Them Up!
Stories from Camberwick Green
Stories from Chigley
Stories from Trumpton
Sweep Superdog

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