WB Toons of the Future...literately!!

[Krieg]

Really, I have to go with the folks who say we're getting old and crochety. Remember the difference between "I don't like this" and "This is fundamentally wrong".

Well they aren't mutually exclusive ya know.

Who knows the concept may be sound, but I still wish there could have been some originality involved with the source of the characters.

 

[Orius]

Two words.

Chuck.

and

Jones.

The best Looney director/creator ever.

I think you nailed it. Looney Tunes just isn't the same without the comic genius of Chuck Jones.

And I'll have to say I'm not thrilled with the concept either. Maybe it'll be good. But judging by Hollywood's dismal track record, I have absolutely no faith that it will.

 

[Krieg]

Looney Tunes just isn't the same without the comic genius of Chuck Jones.

 

[Greylock]

I saw some of the animation on Good Morning America this morning. It looks BAD. Worse than it sounds, even. "Buzz" Bunny, my fat fanny! Grr...

Eep. Just saw this re-run. The fangs, evil glare and sharp edges were creepy enough. But oh my, that voice. Simply not right. Not sure how these guys define funny. That ain't.

 

[Qlippoth]

The Mountain Dewesque "What's Up Doc?" makes me shudder.

 

[Fast Learner]

The posters and stuff looked pretty cool to me. Just watched the preview on AICN (works fine, you just have to be patient as it downloads a large quicktime movie), and it looks great!

I look forward to it. And I'm 40, and the Looney Toons were a huge part of my childhood. But these are just reimaginings, and they do nothing to supplant or degrade my feelings about the originals.

 

[Ranger REG]

I look forward to it. And I'm 40, and the Looney Toons were a huge part of my childhood. But these are just reimaginings, and they do nothing to supplant or degrade my feelings about the originals.

And there we have it, straight from the geezers.

Now, how about some kids chiming in their opinions?

Seriously, I grew up on Sesame Street, which is why in the 90's I never cared for that silly-looking, purple-colored, goofy-voiced dinosaur named Barney (the only Barney I know is Flinstone's buddy), yet children go ape over him like navel-showing teen girls USED to go ape over N'Sync (and a decade earlier, Menudo).

I get it. This cartoon is not aimed at us geezers, but your own kids (if you have any).

 

[trancejeremy]

Did they take it down? I'm getting nothing...

Just the names are painful though...Taz=Spaz. Daffy=Duck. Duck? Duck!? Thats an improvement?

Hmmm. Perhaps they are basing the premise of the cartoon on the Duck Dodgers in the 24th and a 1/2 century spoofs (and incorporating Duck Dodgers)?

 

[JediSoth]

What irritates me is that WB keep foisting upon us this idea that Lola Bunny is a classic character in the league of Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Wile E. Coyota (Suuuper-genius), and the Road Runner. She wasn't even around until 1996 in the movie Space Jam. Even then, I remember all the talk about how she was a great character who could give Bugs a run for his money. As though she had been around for 50 years and no one remembers the cartoons.

But, back to the real topic: I don't like when the powers-that-be "re-imagine" classic characters. It reeks of a marketing ploy to cash in on whatever is trendy (like the rastafarian/hip-hop Looney Toons depictions for t-shirts). It sickens me when people get paid good money to mess around with iconic characters instead of using their imagination to create NEW ones. What worse is that there are talented people out there, trying to make a living with original ideas, but can't because the marketing gurus think a "re-imagined" old idea is better than a fresh, new one.

But, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong (with apologies to Dennis Miller).

JediSoth

 

[Mad Mac]

Hear, hear!

And I mean, seriously, what's Lola's "personality" supposed to be, anyway? She's a female bunny...with an attitude. Girl Power! Arrgg.