Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/Latest.asp?I1=ID&I2=75216" target="_blank"><b>Latest: CartoonBrew: Warner Bros Next Movie Star: Bugs Bunny</b></a> <p><i>Cartoon Brew</i> reports Warner Bros. is developing a live action/CG feature film starring the studios' icon, Bugs Bunny.</p>
Originally Posted By brotherdave Uh, "live action"??? They've done this twice before, to very little success (Space Jam and Looney Tunes Back in Action, but not counting his great cameo appearance in "Who Framed Roger Rabbit") Let me guess, it will be a CGI rendered Bugs similar to what they've done for Scooby-Doo and the atrociously executed look of Yogi Bear. Why can't we just have more great Looney Tunes shorts with the classic characters??? The original formulas and gags are what made them so great to begin with!!!
Originally Posted By Mr3000 <...the atrociously executed look of Yogi Bear. >> When I first saw a photo of him online, I hoped against hope that is was a joke. Then I walked into a movie theater last week and saw the poster. <Why can't we just have more great Looney Tunes shorts with the classic characters???> Agreed! On a similar note, my son & I were just remembering last week the new--yet classic--Goofy cartoon, "How to Set Up Your Home Theater," that showed before the National Treasure sequel. Awesome! I'd even love to see the classic WB or Disney shorts airing before movies. It was happening for a little while about a decade or so ago, & it was great!
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Space Jam< As a child of the 90s I would like to remind you that while this may have had little success. It is one of the greatest films of all time. But yeah... less cgi/real movies more cartoon shorts.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 <I'd even love to see the classic WB or Disney shorts airing before movies. It was happening for a little while about a decade or so ago, & it was great!> It's one of the many things I love about Pixar. Always a short to accompany the feature!
Originally Posted By brotherdave Space Jam??? A great movie???? It may have been 'ok' for a child of the 90s, but to us "older folk", this was a poor excuse to use the Looney Tune characters with then hot Michael Jordan. I tried to watch this the other day on cable and it almost made me wretch at how awful it was compared to the brilliant classic shorts of the Golden Age. Looney Tunes Back in Action, as pitiful as that train wreck was, at least had more of the spirit of the original shorts than Space Jam had. At least Roger Rabbit did it right...
Originally Posted By Longhorn12 >Space Jam??? A great movie????< Nostalgia goggles rule, you should pick some up. Was it bad? Yes. Was it all we talked about that entire year? Most def. I doubt I could watch it all the way through now, but why would I want to? I like my memories of it the way they are.
Originally Posted By Jim in Merced CA <------doesn't think Roger Rabbit did it right either.> I sort of agree with you mawnck. I think technologically, what was accomplished in 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' is amazing. Hand drawn animation with that crazy camera movement is just awesome. I do find the plot to be a bit convoluted, and the character of Roger Rabbit is SOOOOO stupid, that he becomes annoying -- I start to hate him. But that opening cartoon with Roger Rabbit and Baby Herman -- beautifully animated and executed. The chase scene when Eddie Valient heads into Toon Town is pretty cool too. Jessica Rabbit's song in the nightclub is very, very well done too.
Originally Posted By brotherdave Oh I'm full of nostalgia (classic Disney and Looney Tunes shorts anyone?), just not for Space Jam. If you enjoy it, that's fine. Go ahead. But calling it "one of the greatest films of all time". I don't think so...not by a long shot!
Originally Posted By Mr3000 I read the original novel on which "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was based earlier this summer. It's called "Who Censored Roger Rabbit," and it's wildly different (exept for having I think four characters with the same names), and not at all as good--one of the rare instances where I find a movie to be superior to the book on which it is based! And I now love & respect the movie so very much the more than I ever did before.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Why can't we just have more great Looney Tunes shorts with the classic characters??? The original formulas and gags are what made them so great to begin with!!!<< Yes!
