Electric Shadow

Reissued Treasure

I love the whole Zorro myth, whether implemented with gringos or latinos. Disney previously released the first two seasons of the 1950's gringoriffic TV show Zorro. Now a part of the Walt Disney Treasures line, these are available in limited edition quantities with unique black tin cases (different than tyhe standard silver color for previous Treasures releases), including a lapel pin and lithograph each. Both now also feature a new intro by Leonard Maltin and a couple of 2-part episode specials from later in the show's run.


I've seen both the previous discs and these new ones, and the production quality on the new sets is definitely vastly improved, but there looks like there's a bit of an uptick in bitrate on the new ones too. Take that for what you will. I wish there were one "weird" little cable channel out there that showed stuff like this on Saturday mornings instead of the horrendous cartoon/CG garbage liquified and poured down kids' throats these days. The fact Disney's own channels aren't leveraging this content against the junk that's clogging the airwaves just mystifies me.