The Man Called Flintstone Blu-ray Movie

Rating summary

Movie		3.0
Video		0.5
Audio		2.5
Extras		0.0
Overall		2.0

The Man Called Flintstone Blu-ray Movie Review

Reviewed by Jeffrey Kauffman October 22, 2020

Note: This film is available as an SD supplement on The Flintstones: The Complete Series.

The Man Called Flintstones debuted at almost the exact same moment that the original broadcast run for the actual series was coming to an end. This feature tries to cash in not just on the perhaps at that point waning popularity of The Flintstones but also on the then au courant spy craze, even if that particular frenzy was arguably starting to wane itself. The result is a typically whimsical "reinvention" of contemporary tropes, in the sort of pop culture parody aspect that The Flintstones often employed in its weekly outings. The story has Fred filling in for a secret agent named Rock Slag, with whom he of course shares an identical appearance.

The Man Called Flintstone Blu-ray Movie, Video Quality 

The Man Called Flintstones is presented as a supplement on The Flintstones: The Complete Series with an AVC encoded 480i transfer in 1.77:1. While the palette here is generally okay looking, it's nowhere near as fresh in appearance as the video element on the actual series. There's also noticeable and recurrent damage throughout the presentation. The most glaring deficit here are the obvious stairstepping and aliasing that show up with great regularity, some of which can be discerned in the screenshots accompanying this review.

The Man Called Flintstone Blu-ray Movie, Audio Quality 

The Man Called Flintstone features a Dolby Digital 2.0 mono track. The lossy audio doesn't have any major issues in terms of damage or distortion, but it's another technical aspect here that will probably leaving fans wanting more. The film uses the same kind of goofy sound effects that the series often did, and the film also has some prevalent musical aspects, both of which would have benefited from a lossless accounting. Dialogue is presented clearly enough.

The Man Called Flintstone Blu-ray Movie, Special Features and Extras 

This is a supplement itself, and so has no supplemental content.

The Man Called Flintstone Blu-ray Movie, Overall Score and Recommendation 

The Man Called Flintstones is a reasonably entertaining effort which combines the weird quasi-prehistoric ambience of The Flintstones with a spy story. If this is accepted as a supplement, its deficient technical merits may become somewhat more palatable.