How to ruin a legendary WB cartoon in 3 easy steps.

[D-Mac]

I first found out about this a week or two ago on my local news. Now I'm scared.
You can read about it and see a video clip here.

Apparently, some geniuses over at Warner Bros felt that the best way to improve the Looney Toons brand was too:

• Redraw Bugs Bunny and the other classic characters using only Gel Pens and black paper.
• Give them the extreme "Poochie" attitude!
• Put them in the year 2772! They can save the world from, I dunno, umm... robots?

I'm hoping this somehow ends up being a decent show, I really am. But geez, would it have been that hard for WB to come up with some totally new characters, instead of putting such a historical franchise at risk?

[Pink Puff]

I agree. They aren't even preserving the spirit of the show. Tiny Toons did a much better job of that than what this looks like it's going to do. The WB characters aren't super heroes... they're just comedians... I think the current cartoon scene is saturated with super heroes, super hero teams/leagues, and their ilk. The WB characters filled the void of just pointless out-and-out comic sillieness. Based on that article, it looks like they're leaving that and jumping on the already overcrowded bandwagon.

[BurkeWorld]

Yet another case of the classics being slashed to bits... Is there no more dignity in this world?!?!

*Mourns the loss of yet another fine/classic series from my childhood* 

Burkey.

PS, Don't get me started on the new Ninja Turtles or any of these "new" shows. The originals own all. Hmph.

[Pink Puff]

Really? You're probably going to hate me for saying this, but I like the new TMNT much better than the old one...

[BurkeWorld]

Really? You're probably going to hate me for saying this, but I like the new TMNT much better than the old one...

Aaii..!  I don't hate you, it's just my opinion. I'm 22 years old and I just love the classics.

Burkey

[Methid Man]

Yet another crappy cartoon remake. The character design of this show looks like they took the animators of Batman Beyond, broke their hands and made them draw. I'm sure cartoon marvels like John Kricfalusi and Genndy Tartakovsky would be disgusted to see this...

Rather than remake a series that eventually lost its fun after several decades of airtime, they should move on to something new and original. Pretty much every new cartoon they spew out nowadays is either a cheap spinoff/ripoff of another show or just plain utter crap. I feel sorry for the new generation of kids who are stuck watching these shows instead of the awesome stuff we grew up on in the early- to mid-90's...back in the day when most cartoons actually lasted for more than at least 2 seasons. These days you hardly find any that survive after one season.

It'd be funny if the people who already hate this show accidentally up the ratings just because they wanted to see how horribly they messed up these characters.

-- Sam the Methid Man

[KyoZaber]

How're they gonna be Loony if they're Retro? 

[BurkeWorld]

Bingo, but I guess we'll see what happens soon enough.

Burkey

PS, Welcome to the boards Kyyyyyyyyyyyyyo! ^__^

[ApacheMan2K]

Yet another case of the classics being slashed to bits... Is there no more dignity in this world?!?!

*Mourns the loss of yet another fine/classic series from my childhood* 

Burkey.

PS, Don't get me started on the new Ninja Turtles or any of these "new" shows. The originals own all. Hmph.

if you ask me, i'd say Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon are gradually changing for the worse, and partly (or mostly) under the influence of Hollywood.

[BurkeWorld]

That's why I'm glad to be Canadian, I don't have access to Nick! Whoo!

Burkey

[D-Mac]

I wish we got Nick here, only because they show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air every night.

In addition to that, Cartoon Network and Nick still makes Canada's "TeleToon" channel look like total garbage...

American TV Channels > Canadian TV Channels

[ApacheMan2K]

not to me, imo, because of one reason: Hollywood.

[Methid Man]

I wish we got Nick here, only because they show Fresh Prince of Bel-Air every night.

You guys don't get Fresh Prince of Bel-Air in Canada?! Man, you guys are really missing out!

Best...sitcom...ever...

-- Sam the Methid Man

[D-Mac]

Oh we do get Fresh Prince, just in terrible timeslots.

AM2K, I'm not sure I understand what you mean. What kind of influence does Hollywood have on the TV stations there?

[ApacheMan2K]

well...let me put it this way. Hollywood is America's center of humanism. for some time, they've been chipping at TV morality. for some examples, they're turning SpongeBob into a gay sea sponge, putting gay hosts on home-and-garden shows, putting a few crude words (well, crude to me anyway) in shows that they don't belong in, making shows with barely any decent humor, and trying to get Christian media off the air for good. in my book, that's bad. very bad.

um...could we move on now? i don't want to cause any disharmony, so if you'd like me to delete these posts i made, i'll gladly do so.

[BurkeWorld]

Pssh, go ahead and state your opinion, everyone is entitled to one.

Personally? I only watch 2 things on TV: Law and Order, and the Simpsons. That's all I need to be happy.

Burkey

[Anonymous Bob]

So that's where this came from: http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/223809 [Warning: contains adult language despite censoring. - MM][/b]

Disgusting...

The new TMNT is awesome though. It's far more loyal to the comics than the old show.

[BurkeWorld]

Wow, I showed that to Kyo. I personally think it's pretty clever, though highly over board.

DON'T WATCH IF YOU'RE OFFENDED BY VERY BAD LANGUAGE.

Burkey

[Methid Man]

Heh, was that even censored?

-- Sam the Methid Man

[Polly SPC]

Lol! that was awesome! You guys have to see the two he made for X-Men. Just as bad but so freaking funny. Thanks for sharing!

BTW.. I like Disney, Cartoon Network, and Nick but only certain shows.