Chip & Dale - Rescue Rangers

Ch-Ch-Ch-Chip & Dale - Rescue Rangers

Haven't been playing any video game during the beginning of 2023, mostly not feeling it. But instead I got a craving for watching old Disney shows. Started with the complete collection of the Chip & Dale Rescue Ranger that they released on blu-ray to coincide with the release of the movie (which I haven't watched). 

Basically it tells the story of Chip and Dale as they solve crimes together with Gadget, Montgomery Jack and Zipper. Apparently supposed to be a sequel-series to Bernard and Bianca's The Rescuers, but they changed it to Chip and Dale since the movie wasn't that popular, which was proven when the sequel failed as well. They stop the dastardly plans of Dr Nimnul, Fat Cat and other criminals, or just solving problems caused by accidents. We watched these on Disney Time on Fridays on channel 1, recorded most of them on VHS as well. That was mostly from the later half of the show, the one where they didn't have the white plane and red balloon, but rather the brown aeroplane.

I liked the show as a kid, well most Disney adventure shows so maybe not so strange. And I gotta be honest, the Swedish dub makes the show much better. First off, Dr Nimnul? Dr Grym in Swedish (translated as Dr Cruel) and Fat Cat becomes Svinpäls (directly translated as Swine Fur, which is a Swedish insult) which makes the villains sound more evil. And I guess the dub had to use more voice actors since it isn't the same 5 voices all over.

So, the blu-ray collection. Only english voices so that is a bit sad. It's also in production order, not story (the little there is) so you have the problem that the introduction adventure of how the rescue rangers meet isn't the first episodes, but in the middle of disc 2 or something like that. No bells or whistles here, so no commentaries or documentaries, not even the music video of the theme song. So mostly bare bone, but if it's the only way to have a physical copy of the show you get what you can. The quality is mostly alright, but one episode isn't remastered since it appear it wasn't saved. I also found it strange that intro varied from episode to episode with good or bad quality.