Review:
'Tweety's High-Flying Adventure'
Brainatra
Tues Sep 26 18:31:56 2000
Had one typed out before, but left it on another disk, so here goes:
I would've been better off *with* using the free rental on "Erin
Brokovich"...this film seems geared towards children in the manner of other KWB shows
of late, even moreso than S&TM was.
SPOILERS, I Guess...
The plot, as you may recall, involves Granny making a bet with Col. Rimfire (here with a
grey mustache; I thought it was red) that Tweety can fly around the world in 80 days, in
order to save a London park from closing. Tweety must also collect 80 pawprints in his
passport from various cats he encounters in the various countries. Along the way, Tweety
encounters the one new character, a Tibetian female canary named Aaoogah, must dodge both
the various felines *and* the pursuing Sylvester, and runs into more Looney Tunes cameos
than there were people watching the final episode of "The Fugitive" (everyone
from Dr. Jekyll from "Hide and Go Tweet" to a really-badly-voiced Bugs [with
just one line] to an even more badly voiced Henery Hawk [who sounds a lot like Tweety in
this flick] to Ralph Phillips).
As stated before, the plot was barely existent, and most of the gags felt even softer than
the ones on S&TM; no explosions, guns (though Yosemite Sam shows up), or such
here...though also, fortunately for me, no scenes of Hector beating up Sylvester every two
seconds. It was the first time I could think of that I labelled a cartoon with the Looney
Tunes as "sedate"...the number of gags that were actually amusing were few and
in between...also only one or two adult-oriented pop culture references in the whole thing
...
The animation was done by Koko, which did the usual S&TM-esque job on this film
(though with slightly more detailed backgrounds). The voices, as stated before, seemed a
bit off for various characters...Yosemite Sam was done adequately, though Foghorn sounded
to me a bit off (though not as badly off as in that S&TM episode he was in). Rocky
(the gangster)'s voice sounded rather deeper than what I recalled it being; Bugs and
Henery's voices were the worst-sounding of this film.
We also get a few songs, none of which were memorable...we also get various gags centered
around extreme sports (such as a bizarre scene of Taz and Sylv on a mountain bike chasing
Tweety and his girlfriend...). Guess the execs figured "kids think extreme sports are
cool, so let's throw some of that in!" to get it to sell...a few other scenes left me
scratching my head (such as an all-cat casino in Vegas...don't ask).
All in all, I'd probably have been better off getting something else :-) Kids might like
it (if they like S&TM), but other than LT enthusiasts/collectors, there's not much
about it to recommend to anyone else...
For beepbeep (& any other LT fans here), the list of LT's who show up in this film off
the top of my head (left my complete list at home): Granny, Tweety, Sylvester, Col.
Rimfire, Cool Cat, Daffy, Bugs, Penelope, Pepe Le Pew, a camel wearing a fez (is he an old
character?), Ralph Phillips (with a British accent), Dr. Jekyll (from "Hide and Go
Tweet"), some British-accented thug (from some old cartoon where Daffy plays Sherlock
Holmes?), Hubie, Bertie, Speedy Gonzales (nonspeaking...don't think he's spoken since that
bit part he had in that one TTA episode 10 years ago), Hector, Yosemite Sam, the gravelly
voiced Lion from that 40's-era Bugs Bunny cartoon ("you call yourself king of the
jungle?"), Pete Puma, Lola Bunny, Pussyfoot, Foghorn Leghorn, Miss Prissy, Henery
Hawk, Egghead Jr., Yosemite Sam, the Tasmanian Devil, various cats resembling the
"Birds Anonymous" leader, an all-grey, bushy-cheeked cat with a pink nose (from
an old LT?), Rocky, Muggsy, Marvin the Martian.
Characters not seen (among others): the Road Runner, Porky, Elmer Fudd, "Babbit and
Catstello" (odd given the aforementioned "kitty casino" scene and the
excessive cameo size already), any modern WB cartoon character.
Songs by Randy Rogel, written and/or directed (can't recall) by Tom Minton.
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