After production of The Looney Tunes Show has stopped after 52 episodes, Sam Register and a brilliant team at Warner Bros. Animation finally decided to bring the Looney Tunes back to their slapstick roots.
After countless iterations that deviated from what made the Tunes so iconic (Space Jam, Baby Looney Tunes, Loonatics Unleashed), there must have been some change at upper management 4-5 years after the Laff Riot pilot was failed to be picked up.
We got Wabbit (Season 1) which later was revamped as New Looney Tunes starting with Season 2. Transitioning from a show that focused on just Bugs Bunny to a show featuring nearly every single Looney Tunes character they have including obscure characters like Sniffles and Gabby Goat. It didn't reach a wide audience, but when Pete Browngardt came on board, he and the WBA team where commissioned 1,000 minutes of brand new shorts and interstitials that have been in production from 2018 to 2021. That became Looney Tunes Cartoons and it has proven to be widely popular on HBO Max bringing the Tunes back to mainstream relevancy once again.
Which iteration do you think is the best? New Looney Tunes or Looney Tunes Cartoons?
I'll give my pros and cons.
Pros
Wabbit/NLT:
- The show was able to utilize a huge assortment of Looney Tunes characters. Plus, the show has experimented with different pairings and team ups.
- Many of the episode concepts were quite creative.
LTC:
- A complete return to the 1940s and 1950s style of the cartoons from the opening and closing title cards and everything.
- They stayed true to the character's personalities.
- Again, many creative plots, even with one-off shorts.
Cons
Wabbit/NLT:
- Some of the character designs may hinge on some.
- The execution of the plots are hit and miss, but it never stopped the crew from experimenting.
LTC:
- The crew does not know what shorts are being released in future batches.
- It does feel limited with only 6 plot choices (Bugs, Bugs and Elmer, Bugs and Yosemite Sam, Daffy and Elmer, Porky and Daffy, Sylvester and Tweety), and because of the episodes being released in batches, the formulas might get too repetitive. I highly recommend that this should not be binge-watched.
- The slapstick violence may be a little too much.
- Not to mention the media making a bug fuss about Elmer's fire arm being "removed" just for brownie points.
What are your thoughts on this debate?
After countless iterations that deviated from what made the Tunes so iconic (Space Jam, Baby Looney Tunes, Loonatics Unleashed), there must have been some change at upper management 4-5 years after the Laff Riot pilot was failed to be picked up.
We got Wabbit (Season 1) which later was revamped as New Looney Tunes starting with Season 2. Transitioning from a show that focused on just Bugs Bunny to a show featuring nearly every single Looney Tunes character they have including obscure characters like Sniffles and Gabby Goat. It didn't reach a wide audience, but when Pete Browngardt came on board, he and the WBA team where commissioned 1,000 minutes of brand new shorts and interstitials that have been in production from 2018 to 2021. That became Looney Tunes Cartoons and it has proven to be widely popular on HBO Max bringing the Tunes back to mainstream relevancy once again.
Which iteration do you think is the best? New Looney Tunes or Looney Tunes Cartoons?
I'll give my pros and cons.
Pros
Wabbit/NLT:
- The show was able to utilize a huge assortment of Looney Tunes characters. Plus, the show has experimented with different pairings and team ups.
- Many of the episode concepts were quite creative.
LTC:
- A complete return to the 1940s and 1950s style of the cartoons from the opening and closing title cards and everything.
- They stayed true to the character's personalities.
- Again, many creative plots, even with one-off shorts.
Cons
Wabbit/NLT:
- Some of the character designs may hinge on some.
- The execution of the plots are hit and miss, but it never stopped the crew from experimenting.
LTC:
- The crew does not know what shorts are being released in future batches.
- It does feel limited with only 6 plot choices (Bugs, Bugs and Elmer, Bugs and Yosemite Sam, Daffy and Elmer, Porky and Daffy, Sylvester and Tweety), and because of the episodes being released in batches, the formulas might get too repetitive. I highly recommend that this should not be binge-watched.
- The slapstick violence may be a little too much.
- Not to mention the media making a bug fuss about Elmer's fire arm being "removed" just for brownie points.
What are your thoughts on this debate?
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