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I can't believe they want to do that to one of my favorite theatrical cartoons series. The original Jones/Maltese series was perfect like they are. Fast-paced, creative and well animated. I like the Larriva shorts but only for the awkwardness and hate the Doyle attempt. McKimson at least did a better treatment with his two own shorts from the series besides he actually was at Warner when the series was on.

I wonder which music they will included on this new show. Because the music from the original cartoons was real cartoon music. The Bartless Pride is a very great theme for the Road Runner and the Coyote but was replaced by a western song for the saturday morning TV show.

Like JB Warner said, it's a winning formula but also the one who easily scrapped down. Don't forget that the cartoons series was created during the post-Wartime era, when Selzer was at the direction of the Animation department with a reduce team compared to Schlesinger years ago.
 
Except for CGI Roadrunner shorts (eww) it looks like a fine list to me. For now, I'd prefer WB stick with what they know they can do. If they created an original property THESE days, I'd be afraid it would be something along the lines of Kick Buttowski.
 
so true. I'd much rather see a looney tunes or any other WB property reboot done with passion and effort than a medicore piece of kindergarden trash that's original like Fanboy and Chum Chum.
 
CGI Road Runner and Coyote cartoons....
I feel like hurting things now. Thanks, WB. You've outdone yourself. "Situation comedies" sounds promising too.
 
I'm actually quite optimistic about the new Looney Tunes show; hopefully it's a good mix of classic LT gags and intelligent situational humor/dialogue.
 
Me too. It's taken them forever to realize you can't do Looney Tunes slapstick with a TV budget (at least in 2d animation). So it makes sense to focus on the dialogue for humor, which is also an essential part of classic Looney Tunes. I also think a CGI Roadrunner cartoon could work. CGI does much better with slapstick, which is all Roadrunner cartoons are. CGI does better with slapstick because the animators have much more control over timing, which is everything in slapstick.
 
cgi roadrunner? i guess i will have to wait and see, but that doesnt sound very appealing to me.

i really hope for the best on this new looney tunes project. i dont want to see this get messed up.

the new scooby stuff seems to be shaping up to be pretty good.

im excited for all the new DC animation. i have always been a fan of dc cartoons.
 
"Duh, I work for Warner Bros.! Duh, I know! Let's make new Road Runner cartoons, only we'll do the exact opposite of everything that made people love them in the first place! Dee-hee-huh, I'm a genius!"

...Annnnd my faith in these new projects just completely disappeared. Way to go, guys.
 
It's not the Roadrunner cartoons that will be dialogue heavy, it's the other Looney Tunes revivals.



Tell me, if you're so opposed to Looney Tunes becoming more dialogue-heavy and sitcom-like, how come you love Tiny Toons and Animaniacs which did pretty much the exact same thing under the same guise of continuing the legacy of the Looney Tunes?
 
John Pannozzi said:
It's not the Roadrunner cartoons that will be dialogue heavy, it's the other Looney Tunes revivals.
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And that's a good thing, because....?
Oh, and I can't stand anything to do with Animaniacs or Tiny Toons. They were painful to watch as a kid, and still are. So, it's absolutely splendid we're going to get more shrill voices, obnoxious "slapstick" and smug, pretentious self-aware jokes, only now with the real characters.
That said, it's best to, like the other putrid revivals of other classic cartoons, just ignore it and enjoy what you enjoy.
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Leave us not resort to hostilities over crappy cartoons.
I don't remember ever saying anything positive about those cartoons (if I did, I was either high, or it was something about the catchy theme songs. Other than that, I think you got out of the wrong side of the bed today).
Oh, and I like how if I don't like something, I'm either John K. or Thad K.
 
You know, that's the funny thing - I bought the "Animaniacs" and "Tiny Toons" DVDs, I watched 'em, and I found myself going "Wow, these shows aren't as great as I remember." 'Cause after fifteen to twenty years, I had only remembered the best parts of the shows, and when I returned to them, all the mediocrity came rushing back. I've said it before, but for every "Hollywood Plucky", there was a "Whale's Tales"; for every "Bumbie's Mom", there was a "Wings Take Heart". I still like the characters because so many of them had so much potential, and I do still enjoy the best episodes of each series, but when they missed their mark, they missed by oh so much.

People go on and on about wanting to recapture the spirit of the classic Looney Tunes, but in today's modern animation environment, that's darn near impossible. You can't put the artists in an isolated environment like Termite Terrace and let 'em go wild, 'cause everything's executive-driven now, and everything gets focus-grouped to death, and everyone's got political correctness on their minds, and all the animation has to be outsourced - it's a landscape that smothers creativity rather than encouraging it. I think that's why all the new stuff they're doing over at Warner Bros. is just rehashes of old characters. It's not that people are afraid to try anything new, it's that the folks in charge won't let them.
 
Can you even pull off the kind of timing Road Runner cartoons demand in CGI? Rendered properly, I think a CGI RR and Coyote could be appealing, but the differences in animation means the pacing will be botched as all get-out.
 
You know, I never thought of Tiny Toons and Animaniacs as sitcom-like, as they often had their fair share of slapstick. If the new Looney Tunes show is anything like those said 2 shows, then it still has potential to be good.
 
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