"Looney Tunes Cartoons" News & Discussion Thread

[Fone Bone]

You know, I try to avoid complaining unnecessarily here, but I find it ironic in the extreme that another forum member once straight-up accused me of being president of the David Zaslav fan club when I'm always quick to point out his naked greed, short-sightedness and jackassery, meanwhile right here this other member keeps parroting "Leave Mr. Zaslav alone!" like the guy's his uncle or something. As the kids on the interwebz like to say, shaking my head.

I love complaining unnecessarily. Try it. You'll like it.

 

[Neo Ultra Mike]

Before we get TOO off topic, you think it's possible that Warner Brothers for whatever reason wants to instead of releasing the short to Max is instead of thinking of releasing it theatrically in front of one of it's big major movies in December to celebrate the 100th anniversary? Since if they were waiting to release it front of say Wonka (as it'd make more sense then either Aquaman's sequel or the Color Purple remake) I'd get why it wasn't available to view now (that and there's this weird thing about not releasing these celebrated shorts out of festival for whatever reason this year. Like Sony still hasn't released that Spider Verse short yet for whatever reason) and why they're waiting to do it. Of course if that is the case that is something they should ANNOUNCE to try and draw hype for the short and maybe even the movie they'd attach to it so still bad on them not to release info on when it's coming out.

 

[Fone Bone]

That sounds right. People don't remember this, because WB did a total 180, but the original idea for Looney Tunes Cartoons was for them all to be seen in a variety of different places and platforms. Some on streaming, some before films, some of them on TV. If they actually saved a really well-regarded one for a theatrical release, well that was actually the original plan for the entire series before WB chickened out in the first place.

 

[JMTV]

I don't know, but please don't blame David Zaslav for this.

So you're not gonna give out ANY reason as to why you defend Zaslav?

Okay, whatever. You do you.

Enjoy your special meetings with Zazzie!

That sounds right. People don't remember this, because WB did a total 180, but the original idea for Looney Tunes Cartoons was for them all to be seen in a variety of different places and platforms. Some on streaming, some before films, some of them on TV. If they actually saved a really well-regarded one for a theatrical release, well that was actually the original plan for the entire series before WB chickened out in the first place.

Well, that's Warner Bros for ya! They always been so reactionary.

And yeah, I remember the original plan for Looney Tunes Cartoons was to be shown on different platforms since 2018-19. But I guess HBO Max came out, and WB was so desperately hard to push it and use LTC as their leverage. To be fair, it did worked....for a while, but later on, it sort of fizzled out.

Now, getting back on topic.

I actually do love and adore Looney Tunes Cartoons back when it first came out. It was basically the modern day version of the classic shorts, but done fresh and new. Was it perfect? No (I'm not too crazy about its gross out humor), but unlike other incarnations, at least it does capture what Looney Tunes is, both inside and out, and we finally got it. Say what you will about Peter Browngardt and his Cartoon Network projects like Uncle Grandpa (which I don't think it wasn't that bad), but when to Looney Tunes Cartoons, at least Browngardt actually know what he was doing. So you have to give him credit for that.

Now to be fair, I haven't seen the last half of shorts, including the holiday specials mostly because a) I have lost interest in HBO Max and canceled my subscription (and this pre-Discovery takeover BTW) and b) I have too busy personally and I didn't have enough time to watch them myself. But for what I remember, I did have a good time.

With that being said, I might be going on a tangent, but when I heard when Looney Tunes Cartoons first premiered, a lot of people dismissed it due to being wasn't as good as The Looney Tunes Show 2011. I honestly don't understand why since ironically TLTS was hated at the time due to being wasn't as good as the classic shorts and don't like the sitcom-y environment. Yet, we finally got something we want with LTC, people hated it. It's either the people in the cartoon community don't know what they want, or looking for things to complain. Either way, it's very stupid.

 

[Daffyrocks]

Ok, please don't turn this into a Zaslav-related thread.

Why is HBO Max refusing to release it?

To quote someone from Twitter, "they were considered too extreme for Max". Now Idk how much of this is true or not..

 

[Vuxovich]

You are the one bringing him up. Why is that?

Red flag is red.

Long story short, I heard that the cancelations of many upcoming cartoons are blamed on the Warner Bros.-Discovery merger.

 

[Neo Ultra Mike]

To quote someone from Twitter, "they were considered too extreme for Max". Now Idk how much of this is true or not..

Okay how in the hell does anyone believe that? Max airs the Harley Quinn animated series without issue, how would a looney tunes short be too extreme? Hell how would a Looney Tunes short even be made to be that adult in this day and age? Yeah back in the day Looney Tunes were made more ironically enough for adults but once syndication made them common and shown for kids throughout the 80's even to now at best you get light PG looney tunes and yeah no way would that be too extreme for Max. i mean Max literally just got done with that Fionna and Cake series the TV-14 adventure time spinoff that actually does have I'm sure way more adult themes then Daffy in Wackyland would.

 

[Daffyrocks]

Yeah, I didn't say I beleive this statement 100%

 

[awinger24]

Okay how in the hell does anyone believe that? Max airs the Harley Quinn animated series without issue, how would a looney tunes short be too extreme? Hell how would a Looney Tunes short even be made to be that adult in this day and age? Yeah back in the day Looney Tunes were made more ironically enough for adults but once syndication made them common and shown for kids throughout the 80's even to now at best you get light PG looney tunes and yeah no way would that be too extreme for Max. i mean Max literally just got done with that Fionna and Cake series the TV-14 adventure time spinoff that actually does have I'm sure way more adult themes then Daffy in Wackyland would.

It probably has to do with keeping the Looney Tunes under a kids and family brand.

 

[RoyalRubble]

Children & Family Emmy nominations for the show.

ANIMATED SPECIAL
Looney Tunes Cartoons: “Bugs Bunny’s Howl-O-Skreem Spooktacular” (HBO Max)

VOICE PERFORMANCE IN A CHILDREN’S OR YOUNG TEEN PROGRAM
Bob Bergen as Porky Pig, “Looney Tunes Cartoons” (HBO Max)

MUSIC DIRECTION AND COMPOSITION FOR AN ANIMATED PROGRAM
Looney Tunes Cartoons (Max)

 

[JMTV]

Bump thread.

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Looney Tunes Cartoons' "Daffy in Wackyland" is now available to stream on Max.

 

[Daffyrocks]

Justice has finally been served for this acclaimed short feature!

 

[Mejo]

Bump thread.

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Looney Tunes Cartoons' "Daffy in Wackyland" is now available to stream on Max.

FINALLY

 

[Classic Speedy]

Daffy in Wackyland was an interesting change of pace with its stop motion look. I don't know if it has the impact of Porky in Wackyland/Dough For the Do-Do but it was definitely in the same spirit. And it was really cool how they managed to keep a similar design style to the traditionally animated shorts, but in another medium.

EDIT: While searching for this, I came across something called Bugs & Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip- I clicked on it and it appears to just be an audio play with one unchanging drawing? Strange.

 

[Mejo]

EDIT: While searching for this, I came across something called Bugs & Daffy's Thanksgiving Road Trip- I clicked on it and it appears to just be an audio play with one unchanging drawing? Strange.

It’s a podcast. Sometimes they’re reposted to YouTube so people can listen to them in the background while they’re doing other stuff.

 

[Pooky]

I liked about half of Daffy in Wackyland. The animation was neat and some of the surreal imagery was great, but it was way too talky and it seemed to be second-guessing that a general audience would never accept something as surreal as the original Do-Do shorts in this day and age without covering dialogue like "well [Wackyland] certainly lives up to its name!". On the other hand, perhaps hypocritically, I don't care for some of the uber-weird, borderline disturbing things the modern Daffy does, like at the very end here. I'm glad they made it, but I was hoping to like it more, like most LTC stuff somehow it just isn't quite "there".

 

[Daffyrocks]

Daffy in Wackyland honestly felt, in some parts, like something coming out of an Adult Swim USA animated ident. They went that far. Also, it didn't even feel much like a Looney Tunes Cartoons short, which was the actual point of it!

But yeah, the different animation parts were what made this short stand out. It may sound cliché, but they were done as clever as they look like!

 

[Corwin Haught]

I liked about half of Daffy in Wackyland. The animation was neat and some of the surreal imagery was great, but it was way too talky and it seemed to be second-guessing that a general audience would never accept something as surreal as the original Do-Do shorts in this day and age without covering dialogue like "well [Wackyland] certainly lives up to its name!".

Wackyland is established IP. This would've never been made at today's WB without that.