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No More Looney Tune movies...

posted 17 years ago by jorgito2001
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I couldn't have picked a better Looney Tune movie director than Joe Dante...he's been putting Looney tune references in his movies FOREVER.

The toon characters were true to themselves (villians & heros). Bugs & Daffy had equal biling with their human co-stars (unlike the backseat they took for Jordan in Space Jam) & the movie was as 'Looney' as some of the old shorts I grew up watching....

It flopped! I had a late shift one day & saw this movie one morning before going to work...I was in the theater all ALONE!

I guess WB won't try a 3rd time...unless they go all CG.

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[–] mountain_walrus 16 years ago

Seriously. This was so much better than Space Jam. It was so much funnier. In Space Jam, Bugs becomes this mickey mouse type character that everybody loves just because but really has no humor or personality.

Back in action was excellent. Too bad it flopped. It was truly a really funny movie that was much better than the numbers it pulled in.

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[–] Wackd_w_apostrophe 16 years ago

She was on a poster in the cafeteria scene.

For all the Space Jam bashing the director did, I wasn't expecting that. (Although don't get me wrong, SJ was a horrible movie.)

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[–] gcarras 11 years ago

For those wondering, Wackx is referring to Lola.

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[–] oddball_oddity-1 13 years ago

Lola Bunny didn't really do anything for me. No furry, and she didn't really do anything aside from be a bunny with boobs. I actually prefer her revamp on TLTS. Looney Tunes are supposed to be looney.

[–] tlso1987 16 years ago

I liked this movie. Not as good as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but still pretty good. What I'm bummed about was that WB funded some classic-styled Looney Tunes shorts to run before movies again, and when this tanked they shelved the idea (along with the couple of cartoons that were already finished!)

[–] Mississippi20 11 years ago

I liked this movie. Not as good as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but still pretty good. What I'm bummed about was that WB funded some classic-styled Looney Tunes shorts to run before movies again, and when this tanked they shelved the idea (along with the couple of cartoons that were already finished!)

Hmmm…..it's hard not to think this film borrowed a bit from 'Roger Rabbit'. Both films start out in an actual cartoon before the characters step out of the cartoon and into the "real" world, where the cartoons are portrayed as actors on a real studio lot.

I find it hard to compare…..'Roger Rabbit' features a more coherent story and has better live action, but it takes itself more seriously. 'Looney Tunes: Back in Action' takes the wacky even into the "real" world. Personally, as a fan of the Looney Tunes, I think 'Looney Tunes: Back in Action' packs more laughs, conveys the spirit of the Looney Tunes and I love the characters so I enjoy it more. Even if 'Roger Rabbit' is the more widely acclaimed of the two.

[–] TheSteelHelmetReturns 16 years ago

I think Dante's arm was twisted a bit by the Warner Brothers executives... Bugs Bunny, Daffy, etc are a brand and probably have guidelines with the kind of things they can get away with. I was watching the deleted scenes on the DVD and found it a bit disappointing some of it wasn't included in the film.

[–] stevenackerman69 14 years ago

I think what happened was they released it at the wrong time. Should've come out in summer when all the kiddies were out of school.

[–] virgiltx 10 years ago

One of the major distractions of this movie for me was throwing in all those Looney Tune characters, just to keep them alive, so to speak. They should have stuck with their popular characters, Bugs, Daffy, Marvin Martian.

But still, in today's world, do Bugs and Daffy rate up there with the Simpsons, and the super-heroes, and the anime characters?
How big a budget could Bugs and Daffy turn into a profit? In 2003's world, LT:BIA made $68.5M against an $80M prod budget. Has the potential improved?

I think the bean counters might just say no. From Warner Brothers' standpoint, most other genres are probably more promising.

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