The New Looney Tunes Show

It's highly unlikely that Warner Brothers will try another Roger Rabbit Effect movie with the Looney Tunes. Space Jam was profitable only on the strength of Michael Jordan; the Looney Tunes were extras around him. And Looney Tunes: Back in Action was the single worst financial fiasco in the studio's history. The Looney Tunes simply cannot sustain an entire 80 or 90 minute feature film.

What The Looney Tunes Show did was take these iconic characters into an entirely new milieu and very different comic mechanisms. Other attempts to recreate the magic from the Forties and Fifties paled horribly in comparison. Spike Brandt and Tony Cervone did well to recognize that the Looney Tunes' hallowed ground was farmed out; a complete shake-up was needed, and that's what they delivered.

If the Looney Tunes are to appear in another series, then once again, they'll have to be taken out of their comfort zone, and thrown into virgin territory. The same-old, same-old formula works with the purists and the nostalgic, but those are a dwindling audience. Or perhaps it's too late, and Bugs Bunny and company have become Warner Brothers' Franchise Zombie.

I'd say, minus the gore, a modern 'true' revival of the Looney Tunes would need the frantic, brutal energy and pacing of Happy Tree Friends.

They'd need to preserve the insanity and wackiness, but TAKE IT ALL THE WAY. Even further than the original shorts could! With the technology animation has achieved in only 20 years?? The only limits are the producers' imaginations. But that sound very difficult to do.

"The same-old, same-old formula works with the purists and the nostalgic, but those are a dwindling audience."

From what I've gathered, many purists and people nostalgic over the original LT shorts seem to be fans of Tiny Toon Adventures and Animaniacs, and the overall fanbase for those two shows seems to still be quite strong today considering that the Hub Network picked them up despite Boomerang/CN not airing those shows (for years).

So it doesn't have to be the "same-old same-old formula" to those who liked the original 30s-50s era LT shorts.

edited 5th Dec '13 4:12:05 PM by Yeow95

Part of the reason this show was made is because every attempt at replicating the 30's-60's shorts failed.

The problem is that Tiny Tunes and Animaniacs only really work in terms of new characters. They don't provide a way forward for the original cast.

edited 5th Dec '13 7:14:26 PM by Wackd

I'd say the problem with those attempts is they were aping the routines, but without following the spirit. Part of what made the old LT enjoyable was they were wild and unpredictable, while most update attempts had them just repeating the old motions, becoming predictable and lacking the unruly manic life of the originals.

Bump.

It looks like the Rabbit of Steel might show up on TV after all.

Awkward.

Oh my..

I never watched this show because I rarely enjoy LT spinoffs and the reviews were really ugly.

edited 30th Aug '14 6:41:35 PM by teddy

Didn't this episode already air??

I didn't see it on my CN, it says it's suppose to air tomorrow.

Right. Okay. Fine.

The show got cancelled. With one episode left.

You guys win, I guess.

Yeah, it's not a new episode at all. Wikipedia lists the episode as "SuperRabbit" and it has been out since 2013. The only thing that's new is that it is being aired in the US.

If anything, it's actually just recycling the episode for television- like how Nick would run "new" Invader Zim episodes even though they were basically just the ones from the DVD.

edited 30th Aug '14 6:43:14 PM by Mattonymy

Soooo... why hadn't they shown it in the US? I mean, wouldn't it have made sense to show the MOS parody, I dunno, back when MOS was fresher on the audience's minds?

On the other hand, well, Cartoon Network and common sense are like water and oil.

If that were true, Clarence would be long gone.

What a joke...

So, I finally watched the Super Rabbit episode.

... it was bland. The way a Seitzer and Fretzberg movie is bland, although nowhere as putrid. For the most part it seemed to believe just showing a blatant reference, by itself, is funny, instead of bothering to develop jokes while parodying the damn thing. The only thing that had any comedic potential was Daffy Zod's kneeling obsession, and even that was underplayed. A pity, because the animation was really good.

And the way the secondary villains were dealt with reminded me too much of Shrek 3, which always is a very bad thing.

Doesn't help that it didn't seem to know whether it wanted to parody Man of Steel or the original Richard Donner film.

I still don't understand why she was created. She was boring in Space Jam and, from want I've see, unlikable in this show.

And here I thought that the WB Looney Tunes shorts were timeless.. why WB keeps on trying to top them I'll never know.

How is it double standards? Tina, while being a very sexy duck, doesn't have her sexiness and femininity be her main trait, in fact, it's the complete opposite, she's not as graceous. She doesn't have a 'tude because she has a 'tude, she has a 'tude because Tina don't give a shit. That and she's obviously a play on a certain stereotype.

Space Jam Lola, by the way she moves, the way she acts, she's essentially the sexy legs chick thingy with no actual content. What's her backstory? I don't give a shit. What's Tina's backstory? Now that's interesting. Tina has more character than old Lola, even despite her being based on a stereotype.

Heck, I myself love new Lola, she has more character, maybe even more stereotype, but underneath that, she has a lot of character development, and she legitimately is looney. She's not crazy for crazy sake, or crazy sake. That worked better when spoken out. Anyway, new Lola has something that makes her more sexy. Maybe it's the mental retardation or something that she suffers, I don't know. New Lola just seems more caring for others.

And here's another thing. Old Lola was there to be Bugs' girlfriend. New Lola is Bugs' girlfriend, but that's not her defining trait. Now I forgot what that trait was, but it's 3 AM here already.

I think I'll need to think through this when I get some sleep.

Witch lezah?

Hmm.. That's funny in a weird way. Never will understand why they had to switched Witch Hazel's name backwards and act like a black lady though.

To keep with the times

edited 31st Dec '14 7:00:44 PM by KingKix

I guess. I mean, "updating" classic cartoons for a new generation isn't new. I.e Yo Yogi!