New Looney Tunes movies

[laugh4me]

There's an article in USA Today which mentiones Looney Tunes movies... any comments? ;)taken from here (http://www.usatoday.com/usatonline/20010727/3514372s.htm)

What's up, Doc? More Looney Tunes ahead?

While it has been known that the studio has been developing an animated remake of the 1965 Tony Curtis-Jack Lemmon comedy The Great Race with such characters as Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck and a film starring Taz, Warner Bros. is actually casting its net much wider. Execs are simultaneously working on developing as many as 10 ideas based on the Looney Tunes franchise. (The last Tunes film was 1996's Space Jam, starring Michael Jordan, which grossed $90.4 million.)

Other candidates:

* A live-action-animated hybrid that has Bugs and Daffy as secret agents. (The studio has floated Jackie Chan as the ideal human counterpart to the 'toons.)

* The story of Bugs, if he were human.

Apparently, however, none of the scripts that have come in so far are very inspiring.

[Patrick McCart]

The "Great Race" sounds like a good idea.

They should remake "It's A Mad Mad Mad Mad World" with LT characters...with cameos by every classic LT/MM character ever!The characters are animated, but all the backgrounds are live-action. Taz could play Johnathan Winters' character (instead of destroying the gas station, Taz eats it.)

[Sveven Dvorking]

Just what we need, more Taz publicizing:rolleyes:


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We'll do anything for money!

So, of course a film starring Taz is likely.

[laugh4me]

I've been thinking about this ever since I first mentioned the article here - and I've decided that if they came up with the right script, Jackie Chan could work in a Looney Tunes movie. They could even decide between the a live-action Jackie Chan and the animated version (or both). I can imagine some wacky fight scenes with Jackie and Daffy working "together"...

Of course your mileage (and opinion) may vary... ;)

[Sveven Dvorking]

Originally posted by laugh4me
They could even decide between the a live-action Jackie Chan and the animated version (or both).


I would be annoyed to see the animated Jackie Chan in a Looney Tunes movie. That would be like combining a modern TV show with the classic characters. NOT good...

[Rob]

I don't think they should make ANY new WB cartoon/movies. It would just end up being like another SPACE JAM: bad voices, inappropriate groupings of characters. Who needs to see this kind of dreck?

[Sveven Dvorking]

Originally posted by Rob
I don't think they should make ANY new WB cartoon/movies. It would just end up being like another SPACE JAM: bad voices, inappropriate groupings of characters. Who needs to see this kind of dreck?

Agreed. I would much rather see the classics re-released into theaters.

[laugh4me]

Originally posted by Sveven Dvorking


Agreed. I would much rather see the classics re-released into theaters.

I didn't consider it an either/or situation. I'm all for rereleasing the cartoons, but I'm also open to new efforts if done right. Sure, Space Jam wasn't perfect, but that doesn't mean that it can't be improved upon and we should just give up forever! It's such an easy and safe position to just say that we shouldn't ever try again. I say it's OK to take a few risks even if it means they make a few mistakes along the way.

Maybe I'm just too optimistic... :)

[L00nE2n]

I agree. I think WB CAN make good new Looney Tunes, but as of late there hasn't been one above average. I think what they need to do is find the right successor.

I'm glad this board is not anti-Disney, because an analogy could be made with Disney's comics. Carl Barks created the character of Uncle Scrooge and many others and produced IMO some of the greatest comics ever. Then Don Rosa came along decades later and used the same characters and settings and created stories that many consider up to par with Barks'. As far as WB goes, I think if they find the right talent, they can make the characters as good as, well, old.

[Sveven Dvorking]

New efforts can't be as good as old efforts. They would have different people working on them. Even if the new people are good, it's not the same.

Sveven "Nothing better than watching classics, nothing worse than watching ripoffs" Dvorking

[Vin]

I remember reading two years ago that along with some of the ones mentioned above, Warner Bros was considering doing a Tiny Toons one as well. I would like WB to do another Looney Tunes movie that had the original feel of Looney Tunes, not some crazy, Looney Tunes meet Jackie Chan or Looney Tunes go on a road trip (remember reading about this once).

[laugh4me]

Originally posted by Sveven Dvorking
New efforts can't be as good as old efforts. They would have different people working on them. Even if the new people are good, it's not the same.


Well, that's an opinion, but even if it is accepted as fact, consider this: does a cartoon have to be as good as the original to be worth watching?
I'd say that it is possible to make a cartoon which is good enough to enjoy without it being as good as the old effort. If the creation falls too far short of the original, it won't get watched much (like many of the mid-1960's Looney Tunes) but we have lost nothing in trying.

[Sveven Dvorking]

The mid-1960s Looney Tunes are definitely as good, for they are classics, too. I actually voted 1960s as my favorite LT/MM decade, because the DePatie-Freleng cartoons and the later cartoons are some of my favorites. The early 60s cartoons are also just as good as the 40s cartoons. What I'm sick of is the insults that the 1960s classics get.:mad:

Well, I'm in the minority here, so enough was already said.:o

[Rob]

These cartoons are products of their times. The fact that we enjoy them today, and watch them on Cartoon Network, and discuss them, and devote books, and articles, and web pages to them stands as a testimony to their greatness and to the artistic genius of the men and women who created them. To try to duplicate their success with these characters today is a mistake, as is proven time and time again. But the characters continue to make money, which is why this kind of thing is allowed to happen.

Iffffffffff (gee, Sogturtle is gonna hate me for this) WB really wanted to make money off these characters, they should dust off a few titles, group them together as BUGS BUNNY'S FESITVAL OF FUN, and release them to theaters as a feature. Even after the cost of prints and distribution, they'd make a huge profit since everything's already been produced. And these characters would be back on the big screen in a showcase that's fitting and proper for them.

[Sveven Dvorking]

Releasing cartoons together would ruin them (as seen in 1980s efforts). The only way for them to be good would be to release about 13 classic cartoons into a package, with complete opening and closing titles for each cartoon. There would be a 5-second blank period between each cartoon.

[Rob]

Releasing cartoons together would ruin them (as seen in 1980s efforts). The only way for them to be good would be to release about 13 classic cartoons into a package, with complete opening and closing titles for each cartoon.

Oh, that's the ONLY way to show them. I certainly didn't mean to put them together into one of those horrid "cheater" shows. Believe me, no one hates that kind of thing more than I do.

[laugh4me]

Originally posted by Sveven Dvorking
There would be a 5-second blank period between each cartoon.

OK, I'll bite.

Why 5 seconds?

[Sveven Dvorking]

Originally posted by laugh4me
Why 5 seconds?

That's long enough to indicate that they are seperate cartoons, but not long enough to annoy people.