Not Bugs Bunny! Those bastards!!

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:16 pm

Neo Yi wrote:Apparently it's gonna be dark in the veins of the Batman cartoons ans their current names and abilities. Make of this however you will...

See... "dark" and "Bugs Bunny".

And you want to give this a chance?

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:21 pm

Villians should be like Yosemite Sam and Elmer Fudd

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:23 pm

^NO! Don't drag them into this.

This new image change is just as awful as...

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:32 pm

This whole concept sounds like something Sonnikku The Battousai would come up with, honestly. I won't be giving it a chance.

Incidentally, I'm waiting on the edge of my seat for the inevitable follow-up, X-Treme Muppets. It'll have Kermit as Killerzz; Ms. Piggy as Poison Deth; Gonzo as G-Gadget and Fonzie as, uh, Freakout Boy.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:45 pm

See... "dark" and "Bugs Bunny".

And you want to give this a chance?

It's in my nature to give things a chance, no matter how much I find it ridiculous or corny or etc...unless it's something I seriously don't give a rat's ass about.
~Neo

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:46 pm

Seriously, Sands of Time was great. The prince's character design fine. The Voice Actor was fine. The Narrative style was fine. Farrah was fine. The music was fine..But nooooo....

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:28 pm

Anyway, this is a great piece of fanart for several reasons. It was drawn by a person named J.B. Warner and you can see it in this post here:

http://forums.goldenagecartoons.com/sho ... stcount=74

Anyway, Cartoonbrew.com has a clip of the show you can download if you are curious...

Direct link: http://www.asifa-hollywood.org/LoonaticsPreview.mov

Post by **Esrever** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:29 pm

You can grab that preview at Aint it Cool News, too... though it doesn't have any animated clips of the actual Loonatics. It does show some of the human characters, though, and they are done in a very realistic-proportioned/vaguely-anime style ala Teen Titans.

The grating thing about Loonatics is the "reimagining." If it had been presented to me as an original show about a team of superhero animals, I don't think my reaction would have been at all hostile. Heck, even if they had just advertised these guys as being the decendents of the original Looney Tunes, it wouldn't have been so bad. The art style really does just look like Batman Beyond with furries, and now that I know they are supposed to be a superhero team, the similar character designs and different signature colours make sense.

But they have made a very concious decision about how they are presenting this to the media. These are the Looney Tunes "reimagined." All these quotes from WB execs are about how kids don't like the old Looney Tunes, and how they will much prefer these "updated" versions. They are being announced as replacements... even though they aren't replacing the originals any more than Looney Tunes Babies did.

It's just such an obvious grab for press. "Warner Bros. replaces Bugs" makes a better headline than "Warner Bros. makes yet another spinoff of Looney Tunes." They are playing up the shock value. And it's working. I mean Jesus, even my Mom had already heard about this when I mentioned it to her. It's all over the news. You can't buy that kind of publicity.

Grant · Post by **Grant** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:46 pm

Knuckles Dawson wrote:Bisexual. Not full homosexual.

I don't know, man..

plasticwingsband · Post by **plasticwingsband** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:50 pm

Cross-dressing =/= Homosexuality

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:55 pm

Esrever wrote: All these quotes from WB execs are about how kids don't like the old Looney Tunes, and how they will much prefer these "updated" versions. They are being announced as replacements... even though they aren't replacing the originals any more than Looney Tunes Babies did.

Funny thing is that many of the kids, reporters interviewed in media outlets such as CBS news responded negatively towards these designs. One kid said that Buzz Bunny looked like "an evil Bugs Bunny". I don't get if WB want rejuvinate the Loony Tunes for the new generation, then why don't they release the classic theatrical shorts on a block on Kids WB like ABC's former Bugs Bunny and Tweety Show? Shoot, many of these kids probably haven't viewed these shorts due to their only TV outlet being a cable channel(Boomerang) that is not availble to every service provider.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:58 pm

Heck, even if they had just advertised these guys as being the decendents of the original Looney Tunes, it wouldn't have been so bad.

I was under the impression that these were the descendents of the original. *shurgs*
~Neo

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 3:58 pm

You're absolutely right, Es, and I don't mind the choice they've made, it's just the product that seems to suck.

Post by **Segaholic2** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:00 pm

Neo Yi wrote:I was under the impression that these were the descendents of the original. *shurgs*

That makes it sooooooo much better.

I predict a quick death for this show. And then I will laugh at WB and everyone who watched it.

Knuckles Dawson · Post by **Knuckles Dawson** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 4:03 pm

At least you got your priorities straight, NT.

Post by **Pepperidge** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:22 pm

From: http://kiyone.blogspot.com

CM August · Post by **CM August** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 10:35 pm

Haha, brilliant.

highwaystar · Post by **highwaystar** » Fri Feb 18, 2005 11:10 pm

First Batman Beyond and now this. Kids WB can just rot in hell for all I care.

Locit · Post by **Locit** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 12:07 am

Delphine wrote:Er, Daffy was always black. A black duck.

I meant he was giving the "black power" hand gesture.

...and I liked Batman Beyond.

j-man · Post by **j-man** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:14 am

I just saw the video preview. It's a complete fucking joke.

Oh, andI scanned an article from Metro, a free press publication available on Chiltern Railway trains. I found one on a train home yesterday, saw the "Loonatics" article and I felt like I'd lost a relative or something.

Post by **Popcorn** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 7:49 am

You know, I don't even like Looney Tunes very much and I still find this faintly offensive. It's not that they're 'replacing' my childhood or anything like that, it's just the sheer... idiocy of the whole thing. It's a classic example of marketing completely and utterly failing to grasp the point.

Double-S- · Post by **Double-S-** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 10:15 am

Yeah, same here. I never watched cartoons much as a kid but this is just stupid.

Neo Yi · Post by **Neo Yi** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:42 pm

First Batman Beyond and now this. Kids WB can just rot in hell for all I care.

What's wrong with Batman Beyond?
~Neo

Timestones · Post by **Timestones** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 3:58 pm

Neo Yi wrote:
First Batman Beyond and now this. Kids WB can just rot in hell for all I care.
What's wrong with Batman Beyond?
~Neo

It was DIFFERENT! :O

Ngangbius · Post by **Ngangbius** » Sat Feb 19, 2005 4:01 pm

Maybe, he meant to say The Batman.