Speaking of watching the old cartoons of yor-has anyone else noticed the blatant homoeroticism of He-Man? Damn, that was one gay cartoon-and the James Dobson types totally missed it!
VH1’s “I Love the '80s” show did a bit about the homoeroticism of He-Man.
Those of you who have access to M$NBC need to catch Countdown with Keith Olberman when they rerun it later this evening. I just watched it and he had Harry Shearer and both of them were livid over this descreation (Olberman described “Buzz” as looking like a DeLorean with it’s doors open). Shearer responded to the WB execs comment that “It’s just a cartoon” by saying that he hopes WBs lawyers remember that the next time they want to sue someone for copyright infringement. 
You’ve all been whooshed.
That was clearly concept art from the Saturday morning cartoon version of Donnie Darko.
The reason that “updates” of classic WB cartoons inevitably disappoint is that they always seem to be designed to entertain children, who were never their intended audience. This doesn’t look to be any different.
Lil Donnie- What do I do?
Frank-There’s only one thing to do!
Lil Donnie- Cunningham, I challenge you to a TimeBattle
Jimmy Cunningham- I fear you’ve made a terrible mistake. But, I’m going to love beating you!
Lil Donnie- I don’t think so! I activate my Skeleton Armor and play Grandma Death in defense mode!
In other words, he’d be Bugs Bunny. It seems like in postwar shorts he’s kind of passive aggressive, doing very little beyond leaning against a wall while his opponents defeat themselves. He was better when he was actively destroying people for no particular reason. He doesn’t need an American McGee version.
I hadn’t seen any mention of this being a “Buzz Bunny” until now. And I’m not buying it. If this is an original character, why is it being touted as an “update of the classic character”? And why is Old Bugs on the same design sheet? And why is he even a rabbit? If you want a post-apocalyptic sadist for a kiddie cartoon star, go ahead, but don’t fuck around with Bugs for it. No, this is supposed to be Bugs, all right. “Buzz” is a fig leaf for Warner Brothers’ horribly deformed genitals.
DocCathode, you’re forgetting the magical battle cards!
Here and here are images of the rest of the cast.
Just . . . WHAT THA HECK?!! This is a horrible idea even without the blah blah ruining-the-classics stuff. I don’t think I can come up with a more inappropriate set of characters to transform into EDGY POINTY GLOWY ANIME SUPER HEROES. It’d be like trying to make the Batman series appeal to pre-pubescent girls. Almost all of the good things about Batman would have to be bleached out and dyed pink. It’s all pretty silly, to say the least.
Beautiful, Doc.
The only photographs I’ve seen of the two wabbits together are in news articles, showing pictures of the classic Bugs Bunny and the new Loonatics character side-by-side.
The only place where I’ve seen it stated that this character is supposed to replace the old one is a confused article from the New York Daily News, and possibly other sources. A good majority of the articles quote Sander Schwartz, president of Warner Bros. Animation, who comments on the new characters. Schwartz is quoted in the New York Post as saying “[T]hese are cartoons…the existence of one doesn’t preclude the existence of another” and states in the Wall Street Journal that “The new series will have the same classic wit and wisdom, but we have to do it more in line with what kids are talking about today.” A good majority of the articles I’ve read about the series state that the Loonatics are offspring off the classic Looney Tunes from the year 2772 and that the classic Bugs and company will still be around.
What Warner Brothers ought to do is just hire the best writers from The Simpsons sit 'em all down and say we want some new Looney Tunes stories, but in the spirit of the originals. We want to be true to the animation and the original vision. Make a new-retro cartoon.
Bugs Bunny should go back to what he does best: making horribly offensive racial slurs in war propaganda films. 
My recent favorites are:
The Tick
Dexters’ Laboratory
Ren and Stimpy
Spongebob
Simpsons
South Park
Futurama
Animaniacs
Space Ghost “late night talk show”
I tried watching Drawn Together, and it just wasn’t funny to me.
But, I still get a kick out of the classics:
40’s - 50’s Bugs Bunny
original Tom and Jerry
40’s - 50’s Popeye
I just don’t like the look of this new bunch of characters. If only they would bring back the wise cracking smartass we all know and love.
Simpsons writer Larry Doyle was executive producer of a couple of new Looney Tunes that Warner wanted to put in front of feature films. However, they never reallly did anything with them. Only one of them has seen the light of day in the U.S., as a special feature on the Back in Action DVD.
Anyone who thinks that Bugs Bunny et al is going to be “ruined” by this after drek like Space Jam and so forth just doesn’t have their head screwed on straight. Bugs has been an empty corporate icon since the 80s.
Ain’t It Cool News has a promo video for this mess. If I had fast connect, I could comment on it. I’m making it copy ‘n’ paste so we’re not leeching bandwidth too badly: http://www.aintitcool.com/downloads/LoonaticsPreview.mov
And while we are living in the Golden Age of TV toons (and the Silver Age for cartoons in general), we should also remember that most of the shows listed as favorites are either cancelled or, in the cases of Family Guy and Drawn Together, not any good in the first place. Loonatics is a sign that the Age is ending. What was the phrase Homer used, “groaning bronze”? I’ll be groaning too, if this is the future.
Ugh. Predictable as the sunrise.
Though I suppose the image of black ink pouring over and smothering the sketches of the original WB characters is an accurate metaphor for this series…
I disagree rather strongly.
It seems I was the only one willing to give this series the benefit of the doubt… after seeing that promo, it turns out my postition was laughingly unjustified. That sucked donkey balls.
Chewed. It chewed donkey balls.
We tried to tell, you, but you wouldn’t listen.