“Keep drawing me this way buster…”

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02-20-2005, 01:14 AM
Modem

“Keep drawing me this way buster…”

ARRRRGGGG!!!...We just got rid of one ‘bad idea’ gone horribly wrong, only now to have another set to start:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=stor...tv_loonatics_2

I know that sometimes a license must be revised/revisited once and a while (to keep it 'fresh' or 'hip'), and sometimes it works: Smallville, Battlestar Galactica,…
But many more times it doesn’t: the ‘New’ Love Boat, the ‘New’ Fantasy Island, the ‘New’ Enter…er, moving on…

The saddest thing of all is I found out about this on my local news via a story from a major news’ coverage. In said report, the reporter showed cels to kids (the target demographic). The younger girl cried, and her older brother said (and I’m quoting), “He (‘Buzz Bunny’) looks evil”…and this is from the TARGET DEMOGRAPHIC?!?!

I just hope that Kids WB will 'see the light' before it's too late...
02-20-2005, 03:41 AM
Sea Tyger

One thing to keep in mind is this isn't a "re-imagining;" it's a new cartoon of a futuristic superhero group formed by the descendants of the Looney Toons characters (that's how I interpreted the online articles that described the show).

I think people are making too big of a deal of this thing. The media certainly is.
02-20-2005, 06:03 AM
Poolshark

Hmmmm.......'Loony Toons Gothic'????

As I have said before, there is not enough oddness in the world. If there was, this would make sense!

Cheers

Tas
02-22-2005, 12:59 AM
REG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Modem

I just hope that Kids WB will 'see the light' before it's too late...

Sorry. That depends on the kids, not us geezers.

I tried before. Going against Barney. (Why do we need a purple dinosaur when the Sesame Street muppets are good enough?) It ain't fun.
02-22-2005, 04:41 AM
Tobian

I think even kids know when something has been designed by committe to 'appeal to them' it's like watching your grandad wearing a shellsuit - just plain wrong :)

I'm not sure what demographic this is aiming for. For older kids they are going to be too uncool, for younger kids not cuddly enough..

Can anyone say 'Poochy' ? :D
02-22-2005, 12:20 PM
Ezri's Toy

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tobian

I think even kids know when something has been designed by committe to 'appeal to them' it's like watching your grandad wearing a shellsuit - just plain wrong :)

I'm not sure what demographic this is aiming for. For older kids they are going to be too uncool, for younger kids not cuddly enough..

Can anyone say 'Poochy' ? :D

I agree. Those character designs are creepy and too angular. Yuck!

Ezri's Toy
Art Dude
02-22-2005, 02:25 PM
First of Two

Man, that's just.... craptacular.
03-15-2005, 07:57 PM
First of Two

Hey, I got an update on this... sorta...

Check out "A New Bunny"

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WARNING!!! Contains much bad language that is NOT entirely bleeped out!
(So don't let your parents / boss / sensitive girlfriend catch you listening!)
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03-15-2005, 08:39 PM
Grimace

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Originally Posted by First of Two

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WARNING!!! Contains much bad language that is NOT entirely bleeped out!
(So don't let your parents / boss / sensitive girlfriend catch you listening!)
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Or kids! Good grief, they didn't pull any punches in that short. :eek:
03-16-2005, 12:17 AM
Sea Tyger

Yeah, that lasted 30 seconds here...and the kids are all off to bed. :eek:

I dunno, that could've been done without an F-Bomb every 3 seconds. It just wasn't funny.
03-16-2005, 01:11 AM
REG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tobian

Can anyone say 'Poochy' ? :D

* instinctively responds to private pet name *

Yes, my fluffy-kin?

:eek: !!!

Nevermind.
03-16-2005, 08:10 AM
Tobian

Ok now I am scared Reg! :D

I was refering to Poochy from Itchy and Scratchy :)
03-18-2005, 11:23 AM
calguard66

I think that was the point... I doubt whoever put that together was _supporting_ the new bunny.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sea Tyger

Yeah, that lasted 30 seconds here...and the kids are all off to bed. :eek:

I dunno, that could've been done without an F-Bomb every 3 seconds. It just wasn't funny.
03-18-2005, 01:05 PM
REG

Quote:

Originally Posted by Tobian

I was refering to Poochy from Itchy and Scratchy :)

Isn't Itchy and Scratchy descended from Tom and Jerry? :p
03-18-2005, 05:51 PM
Tobian

No Itchy and scratchy were descended from the Simspons, which was descended from the Tracey Ulman show :D
03-19-2005, 07:18 AM
First of Two

...but they are based on Tom and Jerry.. albeit far far more violent.
03-19-2005, 08:18 AM
Owen E Oulton

Actually, they are a parody of an entire genre of cartoon, which includes the "cat'n'mouse" cartoons (Tom and Jerry, Mr. Jinx and many others), as well as the Wile E. Coyote anf Roadrunner and the Foghorn Leghorn cartoons, among many others. In the "cat'n'mouse" arena, they bear very little resemblance to Tom and Jerry, as those two characters were generally allies.
03-19-2005, 11:30 AM
First of Two

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Originally Posted by Owen E Oulton

those two characters were generally allies.

I accept all your correction as accurate... up to this point, where I disagree just because the vast majority of Tom and Jerry cartoons I have seen portrayed them as enemies. (Though I'll admit I have seen a few of them as allies against someone else, and it's certainly possible I've not seen them all.)