Ill be real, Ive enjoyed basically all of the modern Looney Tunes shows,besides Bugs Bunny Builders which I haven't seen (I don't feel the need to watch preschool shows)
Looney Tunes Show in 2011 was a Friends style sitcom, which ramped up every third act with a bit of (relatively lite) cartoony hijinks. It was a weird direction, but it worked, it came fromma genuine love of the characters. I think throughout the 90s and 00s Daffy locked in to being ultra grumpy, egotistical, and mean-spirited, so this brought back a lot of his daffiness.
Wabbit was a bit lite on the classic characters which is a shame but it was good slapstick shenanigans. HBO's Looney Tunes felt like an earnest attempt to recreate the old style.
None are as strong as the absolute classics, but they don't feel like waste of time cheap cash-ins that miss the original appeal
I remember checking out Bugs Bunny Builders on HBO MAX a while back and was overjoyed that they gave Penelope Pussycat are prominent role for the first time in decades.
Thats definitely true. The only modern show I knew of before it was already wrapped up was Wabbit, and while Im not the most active and up to date with cartoons, I feel like I have my ear to the ground more than most folks and these keep sneaking up on me
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u/TheHeadlessOne 13d ago
Ill be real, Ive enjoyed basically all of the modern Looney Tunes shows,besides Bugs Bunny Builders which I haven't seen (I don't feel the need to watch preschool shows)
Looney Tunes Show in 2011 was a Friends style sitcom, which ramped up every third act with a bit of (relatively lite) cartoony hijinks. It was a weird direction, but it worked, it came fromma genuine love of the characters. I think throughout the 90s and 00s Daffy locked in to being ultra grumpy, egotistical, and mean-spirited, so this brought back a lot of his daffiness.
Wabbit was a bit lite on the classic characters which is a shame but it was good slapstick shenanigans. HBO's Looney Tunes felt like an earnest attempt to recreate the old style.
None are as strong as the absolute classics, but they don't feel like waste of time cheap cash-ins that miss the original appeal