Ruthe - Shit Happens! - DVD

Content: Ralph Ruthe is undoubtedly one of the greats of the German comics scene. The author, musician, filmmaker and cartoonist, who earned his first spurs as a copywriter for Käptn Blaubär at a young age before working for ten years as a writer and cartoonist for the German edition of MAD magazine, has been delighting millions of readers and Internet users with his numerous cartoons and animated films for quite some time. His series Shit happens! enjoys enormous popularity, whether in magazines or in book form, and has won several awards. After his cartoons have been viewed almost 50 million times on YouTube and Ruthe has been able to generate over 130,000 Facebook fans with his work, the time is finally ripe for a DVD with the best Shit happens! cartoons!

Nearly two hours of material fans get offered for less than 10 euros. There are five clips of the popular flippers, five news reports (among others. from hell, about Facebook nudges or about the end of the world 2012), advertising parodies including outtakes, four visits to the ENT-WG with outtakes to episode 3, three clips with Thorsten Dörnbach, two music videos, two parts of Beaver & tree, two contributions on the subject of Christmas and three other clips (Faux Pas, The SHIT HAPPENS Show from 2007 and 10 film classics in 100 seconds).

Sometimes the clips, which were created entirely in-house, offer quite big laughs, as in the delicious advertising parodies, Thorsten Dörnbach's TV Total casting or the cult ENT flat-sharing, in which giraffe Günni, rhinoceros Jochen and koala Krüger share an apartment. In other cases, it is only enough for an amused grin or a slight giggle. But the animated films, for which Ralph Ruthe is responsible not only for the direction but also for the voices and music, are all good fun. A special highlight: the stars from Fossen present 10 film classics in 100 seconds - simply wonderfully absurd and very, very funny.

When watching the DVD, it quickly becomes clear why Ralph Ruthe's cartoons and clips enjoy such great popularity. His ideas are original, his characters endearing and even if not every punch line is right there is something to laugh about in almost every clip. Whether it's the beaver's desperate attempts to cut down the tree or satirical sideswipes at extremely annoying commercials, whether it's a desperate rhino desperate to lose two kilos or a koala stuffing pillows in its ears, Shit Happens! really does offer viewers the quintessence of what makes Ralph Ruthe and his creations so popular and successful. And even if fans already know the films from the Internet and have watched them there several times, this compilation on DVD is a clear must for them! Absolutely recommendable!

Picture + Sound: There is hardly anything to complain about the technical implementation of the clips. The picture is clean, the colors very strong and the sharpness is on a good to very good level. The PCM stereo mix does not offer a great surround feeling, but the voices - especially those of Thorsten Dörnbach - sound very powerful from the speakers. For a cartoon DVD, this is all perfectly adequate. Good!

Extras: In addition to the clips already known from the Internet, the DVD also has a few nice extras to offer. So there is to the second episode of Beaver & tree an interesting storyboard comparison and to the popular fins a look at first animation tests. Episode 3 of ENT-WG gets an audio commentary by the artist himself and there are some outtakes to watch on Faux Pas. The intros to the live tours 2011/2012 and the bonus clip Imageberater with sheep Thorsten Dörnbach round off the additional offer.

Total: When it's Ralph Ruthe Shit happens!, then there is usually no reason for despair, but only a lot to laugh! Almost two hours long fans can now enjoy the best clips, which were previously only on the Internet, in good picture and sound quality and supplemented with some nice extras on a DVD. Ruthe fans can't miss this DVD! Absolutely recommendable!

An article by Frankfurt-Tipp