I like movies that are aware of what they are selling... without [any] greater aspirations than to make people laugh and that's it.
View MoreIt's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.
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View MoreI was raised on re-runs of the old Merry Melodies/Looney Tunes cartoons, and frankly the 80's/90's/00's versions of Bugs were just boring and unfunny to me. At first the drawing style of Wabbit was off-putting, reminded me of Ren & Stimpy a bit, but I think it really gave them a fresh start. If they had continued with the Space Jam style the visual gags they used this time would not pan out.It is cool to see Bugs in modern situations, although I don't think in 30 years that people will find the pop culture stuff that interesting. Or maybe they will, who knows?And I'll say it like I see it: NOT missing Daffy or the rest of the gang yet. Daffy had evolved into Cranky Duck and his angry attitude isn't missed. If they started writing him again like they did in the 50's, then maybe I would change my mind.I watched this with my 4 year old son (about the same age I remember watching the original) and we were both laughing. I don't think I've laughed at a Bugs Bunny cartoon since I was under 10 years old, but this show is that funny. Leave your preconceptions at the door and enjoy it for what it is. I did!
View MoreI swear, from the moment I began watching episode 1, I knew that it wasn't at all gonna turn out well. They really made a mockery of the designs, but this time with Yosemite Sam, Coyote and Foghorn Leghorn. Yosemite Sam looks like he had been abusing himself over the years, he's more like a raging alcoholic than a small typical outlaw who we knew from childhood. Some of his teeth being missing, looking dirty and his dark red colour does not suit him as a character at all. Such as shame he was let go! Foghorn looks like a hen than his usual rooster looks. Even Coyote looked as if he dyed his eyebrows grey. He must have been sick of chasing Roadrunner over the years and decide to call it quits with being mute & setting up booby traps. Honest to god, I honestly don't see a future to this show. Where is Daffy Duck, Elmer Fudd, Lola Bunny and our old Looney Tunes pals when you need em? I don't understand why Cartoon Network are adding in new characters and leaving the old ones out to appear on this. It really isn't fair to long-time looney tunes fans like myself. They really made a very big mistake in airing this on Cartoon Network. I would rather just go back and watch the old Looney Tunes cartoons including Space Jams. They were the only ones that made Looney Tunes the best so far!
View MoreI have always been a fan of looney tunes and even "looney tunes show" which i thought was such a good show but they canceled that show in favor of "wabbit" which is such a step down from the looney tunes showWabbit is just a unfunny version of bugs bunny that after 10mins of watching i had to turn off in disbelief that they canceled the looney tunes show and replaced it with this If you are a fan of looney tunes then i would seriously warn you to give this a miss as you will be deeply disappointed that they canceled the other show for thisi would recommend searching online for some old looney tunes or better yet the looney tunes show and just watch that because it was a more funny and such a better cartoon
View MoreAfter the really innovative and very funny The Looney Tunes Show, the Wabbit feels, in both art and writing, like a step back to the nostalgic old Looney Tunes shorts. The show has short, 11-minute long episodes, composed of two 5 minute-long shorts. Bugs is back to living in a rabbit hole, often sharing his home with his friend, the oddly not-speaking Squeaks the Squirrel. In appearance, most of the characters got redesigned - frankly, not for the better. They try to harken back to the old Chuck Jones era, but in effect, look more like the 1990's Chuck Jones era of Tom and Jerry, not as Looney Tunes. Plot-wise, pretty much all the shorts have the same setup - random antagonists is being an annoyance to Bugs, usually without a rhyme or reason, and generally being a major troll. Bugs suffers a bit, then he retaliates using his patented tools like disguises, dynamite, and generally fooling his usually not terribly bright opponents to do harm to themselves - The End.Therein lies the problem - this is the plot of pretty much 90% of the episodes (save for a few special ones like where Bugs has to share his home with an oddly childish-Gossamer-like Bigfoot). Rinse and repeat, and it gets very, very old after the third episode already. Another problem is the nature of the antagonists. While Yosemite Sam (who oddly gained weight) and Wile E. Coyote (now Bugs' snotty know-it-all neighbour) are recurring foes, most of the time the enemies are one-shot and not really interesting characters with very little character development. Often, they feel rather out of place too from the show which is set in the modern world, like oddly cylinder-shaped tiny ninjas, a fox version of Marvel's Black Widow, a polar bear-riding barbarian, or even the Death of Rabbits himself, who has fallen a long way from his truly terrifying appearance in Watership Down. It is odd because even after 13 episodes, there is not sign of other famous Looney Tunes characters - Elmer Fudd, Marvin the Martian, and especially Daffy Duck or Porky Pig. Perhaps they are getting their own shows, but I find that unlikely.Maybe it's just me, but in this day and age... I find the slapstick is no longer enough to entertain. The Wabbit does not fall into trap of Tom and Jerry, where you eventually start to sympathize with poor Tom when Jerry torments him without provocation, Itchy and Scrathy style - here the villains all get what's coming to them - but that doesn't make the experience feel less empty. I am not saying every funny cartoon needs to be Monty Python levels cerebral, but after a truly unique show like the Looney Tunes Show, I cannot say I find this sort of humour a step back, and at best, just average.
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