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At this point, any new Looney Tunes venture has the potential to save the characters from falling into complete obscurity and should be greenlighted.
 
If they're going to use the Looney Tunes in a new show, something like "Duck Dodgers" would be preferable - a show that treats the characters like actors, yet still maintains their defining characteristics. That tends to bring out the best in them.
 
What about a half hour show, with Classic Looney Tunes cartoons? That would usually work, if they were to have little pop-up trivia bits, or something. I mean, that stuff worked back in the days of Fox Kids then Kids WB, with The Bugs & Daffy Show, and so-forth.
 
I'd like to see another season or two of Brave and the Bold, but I wonder if we'll ever see a Green Lantern series? After showing up as a "Guest Star" in everything from Super Friends to Duck Dodgers to Brave and the Bold, he's really due for one.
 
They.

The Green Lantern is a "they," well, technically an "it." It is the guiding light of justice in the universe. Those that swear allegiance to the Green Lantern are the galaxy's protectors. They are the Corp.They are bit individuals. They are one of many.

Hal. John. Kyle.

Guy. Alan. Kilowog.

Katma. G'nort. Jade.

Beware their power.

Green Lantern.

I want that. Or at least a stand alone Plastic Man with Tom Kenny in the role. He's . . . perfect in the role.
 
I thought the Duck Dodgers series was a nice try, but that Daffy's character was waaaaaaaaaaaaayyyy off. Sure, Daffy's always been arrogant, but he always managed to remain at least a little sympathetic. But I found him to be a total turn-off on Dodgers. Too bad.

The only new version of Looney Tunes I might go for is a series with a behind-the-scenes kind of premise, a la Roger Rabbit. It'd be cool to see Sylvester and Tweety acting like fellow thespians rather than predator and prey (they've already DONE that), and Bugs and co. poking fun at Hollywood. Plus we'd get to see more of the personality-type humor that truly made the LT characters unique. That's my take anyway.
 
Well, Dodgers (not Daffy) is supposed to be like that. Daffy Duck was more sympathetic in his early shorts were he was the crazy, wacky duck that almost always outlasted his enemies. Dodgers, however, is supposed to be arrogant because in the shorts he was in, that's how he behaved.

Although I do believe Duck Dodgers wasn't that good, but for entirely different reasons.

Well, they did kinda do that with (blooper) Bunny, and such an idea is fine for a one-shot cartoon but a whole series modeled around it?

Quite honestly, I'm tired that everytime they try to revive Looney Tunes, they feel they need to add some gimmick to make the show "different". Looney Tunes are supposed to be simple premises, with simple conflicts and jokes that add to the entertainment value of them. The writing is good, not compicated, just good and simplistic.

My take? Do a half-hour show with three shorts done like the original cartoons. The Larry Doyle shorts had the right idea when using simple ideas, they were just badly executed (although I don't believe they're as bad as the "experts" make them out to be).

So in short, keep Looney Tunes where they belong. There's no need to overcomplicate things by adding gimmicks.
 
I'm kind of burned out on all the DC superhero translations too. Either they're hanging around the Batman Universe too much, or just making slight departures from stuff already accomplished by Bruce Timm.

I want to see more original stuff. Calamity Jane was a start, but that was ten years ago.
 
Who says the new show is going to be a LT or DC show? While I'd like a Looney Tunes show, it'd be nice to have an original show like Freakazoid or Animaniacs. I hope this new show is more zany like the aforementioned shows. Shows like Xiaolin Showdown were good, but they didn't remind me at all of what Warner Bros is known for, which is wacky characters like the ones in Freakazoid and Animaniacs. But that was more than a decade ago when Tom Ruegger was still at the studio and Steven Speilberg was dipping in animation. Nowadays all the studios are drifting away from those kind of zany cartoons and are always trying to make more action-y shows, with a few exceptions. Too bad. I guess we'll just have to wait and see what this new show is.
 
They're not, because TTA and A! were both produced by Steven Spielberg and Amblin studios, who co-owns those characters and would need to be involved in any project involving them. However, a new WB animated comedy series made in the tradition of those aforementioned shows would be sweet.
 
I've spoken about this at greater length in the DC Animation forum, but I agree. I enjoy Brave and the Bold, but I'm getting tired of the nonstop revolving door of mostly Batman and the occasional Superman or Justice League show/movie/DTV. Let's give some other heroes and franchises some attention. Why not a Wonder Woman animated series, or a Flash show, or a Green Lantern (or Lantern Corps) show or an Outsiders show, or a Young Justice show? Batman's great and all, but it doesn't have to be just him all the time.

Of course, what I miss is comedy. I'd really like to see a new animated comedy series in the vein of Tiny Toons, Animaniacs or Freakazoid; not a revival of any of those, but a show with that same brand of humor.

Something new with the Looney Tunes would be good too, but if only if it were done well and by people who genuinely care about them.
 
The problem is that cartoon humor has changed since then..now it's all about being weird and abstract as opposed to clever and biting. Not that I would compare the two, but Family Guy, when it takes its jabs that aren't just random clips, is the closest thing to a Tiny Toons/Animaniacs type humor we have as far as cartoons currently. All those parodies and cariactures when Buster and Babs or the Warner siblings met real life celebs....when Peter and the gang do that, it makes me laugh, especially if the gag is on the mark.
 
Which, outside of the full-length episodes, is what Tiny Toons was, and that proved pretty popular. Considering how execs frequently opt to do the same thing over and over, I'm amazed they keep trying to reinvent the wheel with the LT franchise when all they have to do is look at TTA and say, "Hmm, maybe we should try that approach again."

And I agree that while the Doyle shorts weren't masterpieces by any stretch of the imagination, they were certainly a step in the right direction. Too bad the dismal failure of Back in Action in theaters cut off their lifespan pretty quickly, because there were amusing-sounding premises in the pipeline.
 
If it were to be a Looney Tunes show, the Warner Bros. Animation team must either look at the classic Looney Tunes shorts carefully to keep it old school or have historians like Jerry Beck advising the team on how the show should be.

For example, while it's based off the 1997 book by the late Chuck Jones, take a look at the 2004 short "Daffy Duck For President".

And personally, if WBA's working on a Looney Tunes series, I'd called it Looney Tuniverse (Yeah I know, it's not the best name, but it fits to me).
 
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