'Popeye the Sailor Meets Sindbad the Sailor' was the first of three Popeye specials in Technicolor; anticipating Disney's development of the multiplane camera for 'The Old Mill' (1937) by a year by animating its characters on glass in front of actual models lit in vivid colours. The resulting look is quite remarkable, notably during a lateral track following Popeye prowling through a cave - which along with the giant Roc and two-headed giant were probably the features that inspired the young Ray Harryhausen - and visually quite different from the results produced by Disney's multiplane camera; which instead separated flat cells into planes rather like a 3D movie.Due to the trouble and complexity involved the 3D scenes are in fact actually used only sparingly during 'Sindbad'. The exotic setting and Pop Art colours aside, the action itself is the usual scrap between Bluto (here playing Sindbad) and Popeye; and the very occasional medium shots of its characters remind one that animated films of the 30's still tended to follow the framing in long shot favoured by Méliès.The Fleischers' efforts were rewarded with a nomination for the 1936 Academy Award for Best Animated Short Subject; although as usual they lost out to Disney (for the Silly Symphony 'The Country Cousin'), and after two more 'specials' they went back to less technically flamboyant Popeye shorts while instead concentrating their artistic aspirations into their first feature, 'Gulliver's Travels' (1939), in which Popeye didn't appear.

As others have written, the restored episode is a beauty to behold, with complete titles and fabulous Technicolor! With the classic voices of Jack Mercer, Mae Questel and Gus Wickie, Popeye takes a suspenseful journey to a lost island with the usual cast of suspects.With the restored footage clearly visible, Popeye's comments in the cave make much more sense. The sound is still a bit muddy in places, making Boola's (or is it Boolas' ?) dialog hard to follow.Wimpy wanders through the scenes oblivious to the goings on, while Sindbad menaces Olive Oyl in quite a bit more sinister a manner than Bluto in other shorts.My favorite gag, "...with gravy!"

When this show was on I watched it every time I could! I thought that the characters were really funny and all had great personalities. The animation in My opinion was crisp, clean, and really clear. Not to mention beautiful! Most of the characters in this show are hilarious like the Looney Tunes characters that we all love. in My opinion these characters are the funnies and talented ever seen. In fact, The things that goes on in this series' cartoons are in My opinion nuts which that is what makes them hilarious! There are so many to like and laugh at and the silly things they do! If you like the original Looney Tunes then I strongly recommend that you watch this show!

I never really liked watching Popeye, not even as a kid. However I've always enjoyed watching this 16 minutes long Popeye adventure, I've watched it many times and it still hasn't lost any of its power.I think the reason why I like this cartoon so much is because of the story. It really reminds me of an adventure from the Greek Odyssey by Homer, I always enjoyed watching cartoons and life action movies about the Odyssey when I was a kid.The animations are not bad, especially not the backgrounds and those for the giant bird, which also happens to be my favorite part of the movie.There are some spectacular moments and I still think that this movie is very watchable for children these days even though the cartoon is almost 70 years old(!).9/10http://bobafett1138.blogspot.com/