Without question, the definitive Tarzan
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Treuburg — 9 years ago(July 30, 2016 01:42 PM)
Just having obtained my DVD of Season 1, and having re-watched "Tarzan and the Lost City of Gold," I am astonished at how well this show holds up.
I grew up with it in the '70s, but, given that the show was off TV and unavailable on video for so long, I had nearly forgotten it. Now, watching it again, I can affirm that it is the finest Tarzan adaptation ever. By far. Nothing else even comes close.
In particular, it puts to shame the utter rubbish that was Disney's wretched Tarzan movie which this IMDb thread very effectively destroys:
http://www.imdb.com/board/10120855/board/thread/219661375
By contrast, Filmation's Tarzan, per Burroughs' conception, is a truly heroic figure, an intelligent man who walks upright, not some knuckle-dragging, dread-haired, hook-nosed savage, as Disney's political correctness made him out to be.
The animation of this series suffers from the usual Filmation limitations, but even so, the jungle actually looks like a jungle, in a way that puts most film jungles to shame: it looks mysterious and lush and ancient.
Absolutely thrilling, both visually and story wise. I wish that this DVD could have been sourced from the original negatives, as Shout Factory used to do for its DVDs of shows like Jem, which made them look so good. But even in its current state, this DVD is a treasure.
Hollywood has not yet made as faithful a Tarzan adaptation as good as this. Sad to speculate that perhaps it never will.