Computer colorized cartoons

[Matthew Hunter]

How do you all feel about the computer colorized Looney Tunes? Personally, I think they're very nice, as long as the black and white version isn't obliterated. For everyday viewing, they are a good thing, but since the director made the cartoon in black and white originally, there may be effects and lighting techniques that are lost in the addition of color.
-Matthew

[Do-Do]

I like most of them. Some of them have colors that are too bright ("A Coy Decoy", "Golddiggers of '49") and some have colors that aren't bright enough (pretty much all of the 1992 ones).
I think that it's good to have them computer colorized so
a) We don't have to watch the redrawns anymore, and
b) The cartoons wouldn't be shown very often if they were left black and white
I hope that the Bosko and Buddy's get colorized so people can actually see them on TV.

[PorkyandDaffy]

I think they're better than the redrawns but I prefer the black and white versions.

[Jack]

I like them more than redrawns, but think many of them suffer with the addition of color. Especially the more stylized cartoons done durring WWII. Those cartoons look very much like they were made with B&W in mind.

I think they should re-colorize the cartoons done beefore 1993, though. The first batch of them used the redrawns as color guides, and look awful because of it.


Jack :D

[Pilmedium]

I am upset to see computer colorized cartoons. I would much rather have them air only in black & white, even if that means fewer showings. We really didn't need cartoons like "The Henpecked Duck" airing every 2 weeks. Without colorization, that would not have happened. So, I like B&W versions, and hate computer colorized and redrawn.

Computer colorization was a waste of money.

[lislebartman]

Personally, I'd prefer the original B&W version, but the computer-colored versions are okay. I really don't like the earliest computer-colored ones, mainly because the color schemes used adhere mainly to the ones in the re-drawn prints. The later 1995 versions are much better...!

By the way, Jack, how do you know about Crusader Rabbit?!? You're too young to remember that wonderful creation...!

I love your avatar...!

[Cartman]

I'll tolerate a computer colorized cartoon if that's the only version available, but generally I am an extremely picky person in that area and want to see a cartoon shown the way it was originally produced.

[J Lee]

My feeling is better they be computer colorized and shown in trhe regular rotation than be consigned to the shelf collecting dust if they were left in black and white (and far better to have them computer colorized than to have just left the redrawns around, which Warners could have done). The only think I wish is that they technology had been advanced enough when they first started doing them in 1990 so that all the cartoons would have looked as good as the 1995 colorized cartoons.

[Jack]

Originally posted by lislebartman
By the way, Jack, how do you know about Crusader Rabbit?!? You're too young to remember that wonderful creation...!

I love your avatar...!
Thanks, I've only seen one Crusader Rabbit adventure, "Crusader Rabbit Vs. The State Of Texas." It was released on video some time ago, I got it as sort of a surprise.


Jack :D

[Howard]

I'd have to say I'd rather see them in black and white, but computer colored versions DO look better than the redrawn versions. The cartoons lose a lot when they've been traced without really understanding anything about the original animation. The redrawn shorts are no longer truly directed and drawn by the original artists, but by some anonymous hacks.

[Cartman]

I'll just ask one question here.


What is wrong with black and white?

[lislebartman]

Originally posted by Cartman
I'll just ask one question here.


What is wrong with black and white?

Actually, there is nothing wrong with black and white. However, in today's corporate world of greed and finance, B&W simply means 'old & dated' and that there is no universal interest for black and white-produced product. Therefore, no possible revenue can be generated from such product.

[Emmanuel Cruz]

When I started studying WB cartoons, I thought that the redrawns and computer colorized cartoons were better than black and white. But know I've seen the error of my ways. It is true that the color versions take some of the impact that a black and white version has. I showed the Popeye cartoon "The Spinach Overture" in school in black and white and my fellow pupils said that they liked the cartoon, but it could of been better if it was in color. Now I know why those dimwits who want to keep black and white programming think what they think.