Post by musicradio77 on Mar 22, 2005 23:11:18 GMT -5
From the Daily News:
LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO THE WABBIT
What's up with Bugs Bunny, Doc?
The carrot-chomping smart aleck is making a comeback - as a futuristic, slimmed-down superhero.
The extreme makeover also revamps Bugs' buddies Daffy Duck, Road Runner, Tasmanian Devil and Wile E. Coyote in an attempt to charm young audiences with old favorites. But the changes have Looney Tunes fans hopping mad.
"It's just not Bugs Bunny," said Washington Heights resident Andrea Diaz, 36, looking at images of the new Bugs. "If they're going to make him so different, why not just come up with a new character?"
The new-look characters star in "Loonatics," slated to hit the WB television network on Saturday mornings this fall. Set in the year 2772, the heroes are descendants of the original favorites.
"This new generation shares the same DNA and sharp-edged wit as their Looney Tunes forefathers, and that's where the similarities end," Warner Bros. said in statement.
But Lisa Lopez, 26, a Brooklyn resident who works for a car hire company, said, "That's some makeover. I recognize them, but only just. They look robotic. I'm not sure I like it at all."
"Looney Tunes is outdated," said Robert Katz, 28, a dog walker from the lower East Side. "But they shouldn't take classic characters and try to change them. Come up with something new."
Fast facts
Bugs was created in 1938 by Ben (Bugs) Hardaway, then fully developed by Tex Avery.
The carrot-munching star was modeled after cigar-chomping Groucho Marx.
Bugs debuted in the 1938 short "Porky's Hare Hunt."
He first asked "What's up, Doc?" in the 1940 short "A Wild Hare."
More than 150 Bugs Bunny cartoons have been made.
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs, says he used a cross between a Bronx and Brooklyn accent.
I'm not a big fan of this new show "Loonitics". I like the original Looney Tunes better.
LOOK WHAT THEY DID TO THE WABBIT
What's up with Bugs Bunny, Doc?
The carrot-chomping smart aleck is making a comeback - as a futuristic, slimmed-down superhero.
The extreme makeover also revamps Bugs' buddies Daffy Duck, Road Runner, Tasmanian Devil and Wile E. Coyote in an attempt to charm young audiences with old favorites. But the changes have Looney Tunes fans hopping mad.
"It's just not Bugs Bunny," said Washington Heights resident Andrea Diaz, 36, looking at images of the new Bugs. "If they're going to make him so different, why not just come up with a new character?"
The new-look characters star in "Loonatics," slated to hit the WB television network on Saturday mornings this fall. Set in the year 2772, the heroes are descendants of the original favorites.
"This new generation shares the same DNA and sharp-edged wit as their Looney Tunes forefathers, and that's where the similarities end," Warner Bros. said in statement.
But Lisa Lopez, 26, a Brooklyn resident who works for a car hire company, said, "That's some makeover. I recognize them, but only just. They look robotic. I'm not sure I like it at all."
"Looney Tunes is outdated," said Robert Katz, 28, a dog walker from the lower East Side. "But they shouldn't take classic characters and try to change them. Come up with something new."
Fast facts
Bugs was created in 1938 by Ben (Bugs) Hardaway, then fully developed by Tex Avery.
The carrot-munching star was modeled after cigar-chomping Groucho Marx.
Bugs debuted in the 1938 short "Porky's Hare Hunt."
He first asked "What's up, Doc?" in the 1940 short "A Wild Hare."
More than 150 Bugs Bunny cartoons have been made.
Mel Blanc, the voice of Bugs, says he used a cross between a Bronx and Brooklyn accent.
I'm not a big fan of this new show "Loonitics". I like the original Looney Tunes better.
