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DVD cover for the WB 100th Anniversary: Complete Platinum Collection reissue

Looney Tunes Platinum Collection is a series of Blu-ray and DVD home video sets from Warner Home Video containing remastered Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies shorts, succeeding the Looney Tunes Golden Collection series.

Background[]

With Blu-ray's increased market share after the format war against HD DVD came to an end, it was announced at the 2011 San Diego Comic Con that the Platinum Collection series would be in production.[1][2] The first volume would release as a digibook as well as a separate "Limited Edition" release with additional collectibles. Later volumes would be released in normal Blu-ray cases. Due to budget issues with restoring the shorts, the sets focused more on bringing preexisting shorts in the Golden Collection and Super Stars sets into high-definition media, with restorations aimed at completing the filmography for several minor characters. Additionally, most of the Golden Collection bonus features were carried over to this set.

Each release for both formats contain fifty Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated shorts split amongst two discs. While the Blu-ray releases had a third disc containing bonus features, the DVD versions of the Platinum Collections only have two discs, and thus lack the bonus features. The Blu-ray releases presents the cartoons in high-definition, with these releases being the earliest home media available that has the shorts available in high-definition format (as bonus features on earlier Blu-ray and HD DVD releases are in standard definition). However, the DVD releases are only available in standard-definition format.

Discontinuation[]

The series ended after the third volume due to low home video release sales. According to Jerry Beck from an episode of the radio show Stu's Show, the budget to restore additional never-before-released on DVD Looney Tunes cartoons had run out in 2014, thus causing the Platinum Collection series to conclude at the third volume.

The series was succeeded by the Looney Tunes Collector's Choice series released by Warner Archive Collection and the new restorations featured on each of the volumes would be the last new restorations of classic shorts until the 2020 restorations for HBO Max.

Reissues[]

A reissue compilation of all three volumes was released to United States markets as a DVD exclusive on April 11, 2023 to celebrate Warner Bros' 100th anniversary, which currently remains in print to this day.[3] However, this reissue is completely void of all bonus features, including those that were present in the original DVD versions.

The original Blu-ray versions of Volumes 1 and 2 remain out of print and are sought out as high-cost collectibles; eBay listings for the first two typically sell for around $100. However, the Blu-ray version of Volume 3 still remains available in print as of currently.

Controversy[]

Despite most of the newer restorations of Looney Tunes cartoons correcting the problem of digital video noise reduction (DVNR) present on late-1990s/early-2000s restorations, a handful of cartoons on Volume 1 had heavy use of digital video noise reduction applied to them, which unintentionally erases or blurs some of the picture on certain scenes of the cartoons even more so than previous restorations, which has caused controversy among some Looney Tunes fans. The most recent collections, however, largely abandoned such noise reduction. [4]

Releases[]

Cover Title Released Description
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Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 1 November 15, 2011 (Blu-ray)
July 3, 2012 (DVD)
Contains a selection of cartoons from 1936 to 1966, and features the complete Golden Age cartoon filmography for Marvin the Martian, the Tasmanian Devil, Witch Hazel, and Ralph Phillips. The Blu-ray release also includes the Warner Bros.-Seven Arts produced cartoon "The Door". Six new-to-disc shorts are featured. All 50 cartoons included in Volume 1 are in color.
LTPC VOL 2 Blu Ray
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 2 October 16, 2012 (Blu-ray & DVD) Contains a selection of cartoons from 1936 to 1959, featuring the complete Golden Age cartoon filmography for Cecil Turtle, Nasty Canasta, Beaky Buzzard, A. Flea, and the Bugs Bunny prototype. Ten new-to-disc cartoons are featured, one of which is brand new to home video. 46 cartoons included in Volume 2 are in color, while 4 others are in black-and-white.
LTPC Volume 3 Cover
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection: Volume 3 August 12, 2014 (Blu-ray & DVD) Contains a selection of cartoons from 1938 to 1962, with the release of the Academy Award-nominated "Life with Feathers" and "Beep Prepared". Unlike the other volumes, it does not include a third disc of bonus features in the Blu-ray release. Four new-to-disc shorts are featured. 47 cartoons included in Volume 3 are in color, while 3 are in black-and-white.

See also[]

References[]

Home Media Releases
VHS/LaserDisc
Warner Bros. Cartoons Golden Jubilee 24 Karat Collection A Salute to Mel Blanc A Salute to Friz Freleng A Salute to Chuck Jones Bugs Bunny's Wacky Adventures Daffy Duck: The Nuttiness Continues... Porky Pig's Screwball Comedies Road Runner vs. Wile E. Coyote: The Classic Chase Sylvester and Tweety's Crazy Capers Speedy Gonzales' Fast Funnies Elmer Fudd's Comedy Capers Foghorn Leghorn's Fractured Funnies Pepe Le Pew's Skunk Tales
Collections The Looney Tunes Video Show Viddy-Oh! For Kids Cartoon Festivals Cartoon Moviestars Warner Bros. Cartoon Cavalcade The Golden Age of Looney Tunes Authentic and Original Looney Tunes Cartoons Modern Looney Tunes Series Stars of Space Jam Looney Tunes Presents
DVD/Blu-ray
I Love Tweety Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3
Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6
Looney Tunes Spotlight Collection Volume 1 Volume 2 Movie Collection (Volume 3) Volume 4 Volume 5 Volume 6 Volume 7 Volume 8
Looney Tunes Super Stars Bugs Bunny: Hare Extraordinaire Daffy Duck: Frustrated Fowl Foghorn Leghorn & Friends: Barnyard Bigmouth Tweety & Sylvester: Feline Fwenzy Bugs Bunny: Wascally Wabbit Road Runner & Wile E. Coyote: Supergenius Hijinks Pepe Le Pew: Zee Best of Zee Best Porky & Friends: Hilarious Ham Sylvester & Hippety Hopper: Marsupial Mayhem
Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3
Looney Tunes Collector's Choice Volume 1 Volume 2 Volume 3 Volume 4
Other Releases 4 Classic Cartoons The Best of Looney Tunes (KFC) Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Academy Awards Animation Collection The Essential Bugs Bunny The Essential Daffy Duck Looney Tunes Mouse Chronicles: The Chuck Jones Collection Looney Tunes The Best of Bugs Bunny Looney Tunes: Unleashed Looney Tunes Big Faces Box Set Looney Tunes Showcase: Volume 1 Looney Tunes Center Stage Volume 1 Looney Tunes Center Stage Volume 2 Best of Warner Bros. 50 Cartoon Collection: Looney Tunes Porky Pig 101 Stars of Space Jam Looney Tunes Musical Masterpieces Bugs Bunny's Lunar Tunes Marvin the Martian Space Tunes Double Feature Looney Tunes: Parodies Collection Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 1 Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1960s Volume 2 Saturday Morning Cartoons: 1970s Volume 2 Looney Tunes Bugs Bunny Golden Carrot Collection Bugs Bunny 80th Anniversary Collection
As Extras A Night at the Movies Warner Archive Collection
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