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GekigangerV

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"New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 12:25:

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I'm scared . . . very scared. Duck Dodgers is all the futuristic Looney Tunes I need. If they wanted to update the designs they should have done something more along the lines of SEGA Genesis' Sonic to Sonic Adventure's Sonic in terms of character design.

[this message was edited by GekigangerV on Fri 18 Feb 12:31]

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sabo10

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"Re(1):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 12:33

KTallguy

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"Re(1):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 12:41

I'm gonna cry.

"手前がやくぶそくなんだよ!"

Dr Baghead

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"Re(1):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 13:16

You can see the designs, and an editoral on why we should ignore this show, since complaining gives it power, here:
http://www.cartoonbrew.com/

I really wonder how they're gonna sound... is the Road Runner gonna talk? Is "Buzz" going to sound like Bugs? I think that's going to end up being far worse then the super powers and the stupid new designs (I like angular designs and black/monotone color schemes as much as the next guy, but these look like prints for an 'edgy' giftwrap more then 'cool' cartoon characters)

Although if it makes anyone feel better, since they are renaming the characters you could consider this "Tiny Toons 2000" instead of an actual "Looney Toons" product.

I've very sad... not because this show exist, but because it appears to have bumped Mucha Lucha from the line-up.

I liked the 'hip' rabit space captain better... WHEN IT WAS CALLED BUCKY O'HARE!

yeah it's not funny

HAYATO

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"Re(2):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 18:22

Well, I think those designs aren't that bad...I mean, sure as hell this series is going to suck so hard you would be tempted to pull your eyes out but that's nothing compared with how disgusting the old ones were to me...

I never liked Looney Tunes, and therefore this new series means nothing to me, but even in that case I find it a great improvement over the previous ones... although that was pretty easy to achieve.

Undead Fred

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"Re(1):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 18:58

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SADNESS

JESUS
TAPDANCING
CHRIST

I can hear the entire Termite Terrace group rolling in their graves.

Lupin

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"Re(1):New Looney Toons [. . . ]kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 19:49

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I'm scared . . . very scared. Duck Dodgers is all the futuristic Looney Tunes I need. If they wanted to update the designs they should have done something more along the lines of SEGA Genesis' Sonic to Sonic Adventure's Sonic in terms of character design.

!!! I have opinions on things and I can't tell them all.

Anyway, I saw this several times on TV over the last week, which is currious for various reasons. On one channel they said these were ment to appeal to new young kids and such... Then they showed a picture of it to a kid who appeared to be at a park on on a playground. He said "it looks like Evil Bugs Bunny!"

AOL Time Warner Bros HBO New Line Cinema Turner Brocasting Netscape will almost certainly never make new LoOney ToOns cartoons adquate to the classics.
But the article you link to may have a saving point, ""And secondly," he said, "these are cartoons. Lighten up! They're fun and the existence of one doesn't preclude the existence of another.""

KTallguy

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"Re(3):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 19:56

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Well, I think those designs aren't that bad...I mean, sure as hell this series is going to suck so hard you would be tempted to pull your eyes out but that's nothing compared with how disgusting the old ones were to me...

Wow, really? To each his own but... how were the old WB designs disgusting?

It's kind of like... taking Mickey Mouse and dressing him in drag...

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"Re(3):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 20:04

　 (　 )　it's a great improvement over the previous ones
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　　(　 ) 　　 although that was pretty easy to achieve!
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Moi : Oui

bien sûr mais pourrions nous quitter le milieu de la route et discuter de cela sur le trottoir?
Amaterasu : Oh

ils n'oseront pas. Je suis dans mon droit.
Moi : Vous savez

je préfère avoir tord et rester en vie.
Amaterasu : Ah ? Pas moi.

Sano

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"Re(4):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 18 Feb 23:35:

I saw this in the Newspaper yesterday. Um... no thanks...

Never figured out Baby Looney Tunes though. Why does Granny still look the same? Why are people hanging out with their lunches? (Tas with Bugs, etc.) Tweety's a baby, he can't be the same age as Silvester. What the heck are the baby versions that should of been from like the 1930s doing with PCs and Cell Phones? ARG!!!

New Duck Dodgers is cool though. I still miss Tiny Toons. And Pinky and the Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain. NARF!

[this message was edited by Sano on Fri 18 Feb 23:59]

Sano

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"Re(5):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 00:03

On a sidenote, I thought it was a waisted oppurtunity in "Looney Tunes Back in Action" when they knocked over the WB Water Tower and the Animaniacs did not come out of it! It would of raised my opinion of that movie from zero stars to half a star. C'mon, WB! The Animaniacs have baloney in their slacks! To quote Slappy Squirell, "Now that's comedy!"

rid hershel

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"Re(6):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 00:33

I wonder how long will it be until furry porn of these appears all over the web. >.<

And well, who knows, maybe kids will like these more. This is a cartoon made for a new audience, not for people over 12.

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tenguman
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"Re(5):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 00:35

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I saw this in the Newspaper yesterday. Um... no thanks...

Never figured out Baby Looney Tunes though. Why does Granny still look the same? Why are people hanging out with their lunches? (Tas with Bugs, etc.) Tweety's a baby, he can't be the same age as Silvester. What the heck are the baby versions that should of been from like the 1930s doing with PCs and Cell Phones? ARG!!!

New Duck Dodgers is cool though. I still miss Tiny Toons. And Pinky and the Brain Brain Brain Brain Brain. NARF!

BRING ME BACK FREAKAZOID KTHNX.

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"Re(5):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 00:40

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Never figured out Baby Looney Tunes though.

Trying to place continuity into a continuity free zone like Looney Tunes will only cause you to end up as demented as this guy. Stop while you can Sano!

rid hershel

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"Re(6):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 00:42

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Never figured out Baby Looney Tunes though.
Trying to place continuity into a continuity free zone like Looney Tunes will only cause you to end up as demented as this guy. Stop while you can Sano!

I remember a guy at GameFAQs trying to explain why all the Final Fantasy games are on the same continuity...

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Joe Randel

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"Re: big bag of suck" , posted Sat 19 Feb 01:55

I feel the same way I did when Space Jam came out...

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Sano

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"Re(6):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 02:08:

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Trying to place continuity into a continuity free zone like Looney Tunes will only cause you to end up as demented as this guy. Stop while you can Sano!

LOL! I'm just kidding around. In the end, I just want a better cartoon. Baby Looney Tunes is really for babies. Why couldn't it of been like Baby Plucky Duck so we could all enjoy it? Do any of you remember -

"Water go down the hoooole
Water go down the hoooole

Paper go down the hoooole
Paper go down the hoooole

Paper come back!

I want to flush it again!
I want to flush it again!"

Now that still cracks me up thinking about it!

And yes, BRING BACK FREAKAZOID INSTEAD OF SUPER BUGS PLEASE! "Freakazoid! Chimpanzee!" LOL!

[this message was edited by Sano on Sat 19 Feb 02:49]

OmegaDog

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"Re(1):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 04:51

This kinda reminds me of when the University of Oregon tried to introduce a "hip, cool" new mascot that they hoped would have more appeal to the sportsgoers.

If I remember what I read right, the new mascot was just kinda quietly shoved off to the side and forgotten.

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Gojira

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"Re(2):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 04:59

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This kinda reminds me of when the University of Oregon tried to introduce a "hip, cool" new mascot that they hoped would have more appeal to the sportsgoers.

If I remember what I read right, the new mascot was just kinda quietly shoved off to the side and forgotten.

So I take it the Donald Duck ripoff is the "old" mascot? Seems like a lesser of two evils thing to me.

Oh yeah, Looney Tunes = who gives a rat's ass. The only character I liked was Daffy, but only when he was completely insane and not the stuck-up bitter dork he turned into. If this series turns him back into a lunatic I'm all for it, and I don't even care about the rest of them.

Off with your nose

Sano

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"Re(3):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 05:40:

When every Looney Tunes character started out, they were all exactly like Daffy, just crazy. Even early Bugs, and even Woody Woodpecker from Lantz' studio. They all eventually developed their own personalities. And that's what boosted them into stardom. You can't have Daffy acting crazy for 60 years, sooner or later it will get old.

The problem I find nowadays is that these characters were interpreted in different ways and it depended on who was directing the cartoon at the time. Chuck Jones, Freling, Schlesinger, etc. But all WB runs with is Chuck Jones' versions. Daffy was a ladies man (he's had more women than any of the classic cartoon characters with kids all over the place) and he was a schemer. And the schemer still busted out the crazy laugh, usually scamming Porky but he'd get his come-up-ins at the end, and here's where you'd get your crazy Daffy. He's worn many hats, one of my favorites was the inept detective, but all the WB remembers is the Chuck Jones Duck who was always upstaged by Bugs Bunny. So that's all we get. And while I like Duck Dodgers, I don't get why he's not getting the girls 'cuz he always got the girls but I guess in some ways it's still Chuck Jones Daffy, AKA "Shoot me now! Shoot me now!"

As for Bugs being played up as 'the man' in his theatric shorts and both recent movies -Bugs has gotten f****d up every now and then, WB seems to forget that.

I often say Disney = Satan, but they've done a much better job keeping there characters true to who they are in Duck Tales, to House of Mouse, and so on. Disney characters weren't as complex though IMHO.

[this message was edited by Sano on Sat 19 Feb 05:42]

HAYATO

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"Re(2):New Looney Toons [. . . ]kind of" , posted Sat 19 Feb 07:06

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But the article you link to may have a saving point, ""And secondly," he said, "these are cartoons. Lighten up! They're fun and the existence of one doesn't preclude the existence of another.""

Wow!! Then I'll just wait anxiously for the crossover...

Dr Baghead

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"Re(3):New Looney Toons [. . . ]kind of" , posted Sun 20 Feb 15:36

A sorta trailer is linked to at Cartoon Brew.

If you think the designs are shitty wait til you hear 'Buzz' talk! (I also notice the "Loonatics" aren't animated while the humans are... I wonder if they're encounter problems trying to work with ALL BLACK characters on shadowy backgrounds most show try really hard to avoid. I really want to see them fully animated because I can't see the designs working in real practice.)

yeah it's not funny

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"Ick" , posted Mon 21 Feb 08:47

As a huge fan of (most) WB cartoons, especially Looney Tunes, I must say that this is the most sacriligeous thing ever to happen in the history of existence.

That is all.

Zelkin. Pimped.

Undead Fred

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"Re(1):Ick" , posted Mon 21 Feb 18:13

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As a huge fan of (most) WB cartoons, especially Looney Tunes, I must say that this is the most sacriligeous thing ever to happen in the history of existence.

That is all.

Sano summed it up pretty well. Chuck Jones did great work, but I hate how EVERY version of Looney Tunes since the 90's has been a recycled version of Jones' work, down to the drawing style. I've also not really liked the way one-time gags and so forth had been made into "cartoon laws" instead of just allowing the cartoons to be fluid and adapt to whatever happens within the scene (shows like Taz-Mania even had pretend lectures where they explained the "rules," which of course didn't end up being funny).

The fact that all of the designs are apparently all jet black and pointy sounds pretty funny, though. I just hope they ride snowboards and skateboards everywhere and drink Mountain Dew ALL THE TIME.

OmegaDog

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"Re(2):Ick" , posted Mon 21 Feb 19:03

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I just hope they ride snowboards and skateboards everywhere and drink Mountain Dew ALL THE TIME.

That's not extreme enough. The boards need to be jet-propelled, and the Mountain Dew needs to be streamed directly through their veins.

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Dr Baghead

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"Re(7):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Wed 23 Feb 04:23:

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And yes, BRING BACK FREAKAZOID INSTEAD OF SUPER BUGS PLEASE! "Freakazoid! Chimpanzee!" LOL!

(removed link since my friend used up all Photobucket space and I needed to delete something to make room, so the shittiest images went first)

My point with that crappy image is, let Freakazoid stay gone, the last thing we need is for the WB to realize it already had an comedy superhero show involving the internet no less (kids LOVES the enternet) they'd probably bring him back as like "Freakazoid: WiReD" or something.

Instead of demanding old shows comeback, isn't there some way we can demand DVD box sets? I'd love to watch Animaniacs again just to see if holds up over time (I'm sure some of it does, but some of the topical episodes might not) and Pinky and the Brain and Freakazoid are always terrific.

yeah it's not funny

[this message was edited by Dr Baghead on Thu 24 Feb 15:05]

Sano

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"Re(8):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Thu 24 Feb 15:01:

Yeah, DVD sets of Animaniacs and Freakazoid would be nice. OK I'm just posting here to try out my new Avatar, LOL!

Ryu and Chun-Li forever!

[this message was edited by Sano on Thu 24 Feb 15:13]

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"Re(9):New Looney Toons . . . kind of" , posted Fri 25 Feb 07:03

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Freakazoid: WiReD

UGH!!! DAVID LEE ROTH........ AND HE'S BEEN ON IT!!! AAAAGH!!! UUUGH!!!