General Looney Tunes / Assorted WB Animation (that isn't DC) Thread.

First look at a Looney Tunes Cartoon before Annecy International Animation Festival!

Cartoon Brew posted a short clip of a outside screening of one of the shorts, this one features Porky Pig and Daffy.

Yep, that's definitely the Clampett interpretation of Daffy alright. The music also hasn't been left out of the retraux style either—it's orchestrated, but still done in accordance to the animation and characters! (There's also no dialogue in this clip either.)

Edited by Yeow95 on Jun 10th 2019 at 10:50:16 AM

I am all for that clip expect for one thing.

.... it had to be posted by Cartoon Brew. -_-

Here's something that ISN'T from Cartoon Brew:

An exclusive 90-second short called "Dynamite Dance"!

It should prove to be explosive! (Not sorry.)

I'm sorry though.

Well, that's pretty enjoyable. Such good animation. Such musical timing.

Why isn't it a Merry Melody?

... I really hope these shorts won't all be only 90 seconds long.

Here's the short from Youtube.

Personally I like it a lot. The lack of Sound Effects, other then explosions (and 1 thud), is a little off putting to me, but the gags are solid and the animation is fantastic.

Really cool! Can't wait to see more of these shorts. They're looking promising so far.

Looks like we will get another show with the Flintstones with Elizabeth Banks as an executive producer. So, if Seth MacFarlane can't do it, someone else will.

By the way, don't we have Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs! coming this year? The first episode appeared on Vimeo, but Warner Bros. Entertainment took it down from here by citing copyright issues. Fortunately, it has been uploaded in time by sites like Kimcartoon. And the art style looks really kooky.

I didn't even know Yabba-Dabba Dinosaurs was even a thing until right now, but given that this◊ apparently happens in it, maybe I was better off not knowing about it. 😅

Edited by kablammin45 on Jul 12th 2019 at 10:29:59 AM

Oh that's what Dave Alvarez was tweeting about!

Eh, I've seen much worse from the Flintstones.

I wonder if they'll take pages from Mark Russell and Steve Pugh’s comic.

Yeah. I mean, how worse is that from any of the other tons of cheesy pop culture references Hanna Barbera stuffed into its cartoons at the time?

Especially Flintstones and the Jetsons, with their constant conspicuous insertion of popular music, dances and styles.

Good point

The clip looks awesome, like a near perfect replica of Clampett's work.

One small thing that seems concerning however....at no point does Elmer use a gun. Will this be consistent again?

I'm sure it was just a director choice to use a scythe for this instance, so another short will probably give him a gun like usual.

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Jul 13th 2019 at 10:49:57 AM

Shit that Daffy and Porky clip got taken down

News time! Sorry I didn't post them before.

Anyway...

1. Looney Tunes Cartoons is going to HBO Max.
2. Also, Little Ellen, an animated series based on Ellen DeGeneres' childhood, is also going to HBO Max.

What do you think?

That Warner Bros. is really all over the place and that they should pick one Streaming service? I mean, why are the new Looney Tunes Cartoons going to HBO's Streaming Service (which is also owned by Time Warner) when most of the Looney Tunes are already on the Boomerang Streaming Service?

Well, it's not like they own some sort of network of cartoons either.

I see what they're doing (trying to promote their new service), but it's not a great fit thematically.

Because HBO Max will be bigger and more accessible than Boomerang's own streaming service (which, from what I've heard, it's pretty niche and only available on U.S.). Oh, and Time Warner has been going as WarnerMedia since AT&T acquired it in June 2018.

Personally, I think that HBO Max is a great fit for Looney Tunes Cartoons. More people could get invested in Looney Tunes like that. However, I understand your point.

Edited by Andrei_Bondoc on Sep 30th 2019 at 7:30:12 PM

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Warner Bros is pushing more content into HBO Max, including a brand-new Hanna-Barbara-focused series led by C.H. Greenblatt (Chowder, Harvey Beaks) called Jellystone. Promotional picture right here◊.

Along with a new logline for Looney Tunes Cartoons, with another picture◊:

Additionally, the upcoming Cartoon Network series Tig & Seek and The Fungies will also show up on HBO Max.

Last but not least, Robert Zemeckis is coming out of nowhere with a new animated-live action hybrid that might sound a tad familiar:

Edited by XMenMutant22 on Oct 30th 2019 at 9:52:58 AM

The name Mac made one thing they are doing a weird version of Foster's.

Although I kind of have mixed feelings about the art-style for Jellystone (if that is the art-style they're going with), I'm pleasantly surprised and glad to see that we're getting something new with the Hanna-Barbera menagerie (even if it's exclusive to HBO Max), especially since it's being produced by C.H. Greenblatt.

And agreed about the premise of that movie sounding familiar. Maybe it'll be the premise of that show done right. 😅