tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post8921843272512607245..comments2024-03-28T18:49:48.571-04:00Comments on Joe Torcivia's The Issue At Hand Blog: DVD Review: Looney Tunes Superstars: Road Runner and Wile E. Coyote Supergenius HijinksJoe Torciviahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-90605100564505125382011-12-15T07:02:46.408-05:002011-12-15T07:02:46.408-05:00Thanks for the kind words, Ryan!
Yes, I really ...Thanks for the kind words, Ryan! <br /><br />Yes, I really have no interest in seeing a Bugs or Daffy CGI. In my view, they were perfected in the ‘40s and ‘50s theatricals – and those will never be beat! <br /><br />Despite my unexpected enjoyment of the Road Runner CGIs, I hope this trend someday reverses itself – or that Warners, at the very least, comes to its collective senses on the matter. I’ve seen previews/trailers for the new Green Lantern CGI series – and, honestly, it looks like I’m watching puppets! <br /><br />Just as with the Warner theatricals above the DC Comics animated look and feel was perfected by Bruce Timm and those that followed his lead. Various Green Lantern appearances on Superman, Justice League, Brave and the Bold – and even Duck Dodgers(!) and Direct to DVD projects have ALREADY been done in that style – so why not do the series that way? I’ll probably pass on GL, simply because it’s done in CGI when it didn’t need to be! <br /><br />You may very well have seen “Chariots of Fur” on CN – why Looney Tunes are on at 6 AM—and not Prime Time – is another matter entirely! Or, it might have been one of the (two?) RR shorts he made for the various prime time specials in the seventies or early eighties. <br /><br />No matter what I may think of his later drawing style. Chuck Jones was a consummate pro through the very end. He may well be the greatest cartoon director of them all. If not, he is certainly the most distinctive.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-87384964124691324732011-12-14T15:28:22.914-05:002011-12-14T15:28:22.914-05:00Joe,
I've seen a couple of the CGI shorts on ...Joe,<br /><br />I've seen a couple of the CGI shorts on Cartoon Network. My kneejerk reaction, upon becoming aware of their existence, was unfavorable ... but I agree with you that <i>Road Runner</i> is much more suited for a CGI revamping than any other <i>Looney Tunes</i> staple, due to the shorts' nature as each being a series of visual gags devoid of dialogue -- that's easily maintained, even if it's rendered in a completely different style than it traditionally was. Better these shorts than a CGI Bugs or Daffy! (And better these shorts than a played-straight sitcom about the <i>Looney Tunes</i> cast's domestic/social/dating lives! <i>*cough*</i>The Looney Tunes Show<i>*cough*</i>)<br /><br />I recently saw one of the '90's Chuck Jones shorts during Cartoon Network's <i>Looney Tunes</i> package that airs at 6:00 A.M. EST -- it very well may have been this one (or was this the <i>only</i> one?) The "poofiness" also threw me off a bit, at first ... but once I got past it, I admired how, even though it had the intermittent hyperkinetic-ness of classic <i>Road Runner</i> shorts, at the same time, it had a certain grace and refinement, which I attribute to Jones having honed his skills even further over the years. (Not that his work from the classic era isn't masterful, but it's only natural that his work would've changed and developed as the decades went by.) <br /><br />As always, Joe, a great, very thorough review!<br /><br />RyanRyan Wynnshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00477919968924048814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-59680297208702091962011-11-28T20:31:32.269-05:002011-11-28T20:31:32.269-05:00‘Rehab:
“The Wild Chase” (Road Runner / Speedy Te...‘Rehab:<br /><br />“The Wild Chase” (Road Runner / Speedy Team-up) appeared on both the “Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4” and “Saturday Morning Cartoons 1960s Volume Two” <br /><br />Find my review of that great set at: <br /><br />http://tiahblog.blogspot.com/2010/07/dvd-review-saturday-morning-cartoons.html <br /><br />If you have neither, I would actually advise getting “The Wild Chase” on the “SAT AM” set, so that you can see it as part of the 1960s ROAD RUNNER SHOW, as I first saw it. And, you’ll get so many more great things that haven’t been seen in this particular way SINCE the ‘60s! Themes, interstitials, etc. <br /><br />Haven’t seen THE LOONEY TUNES SHOW yet, because I’m waiting for a DVD collection that offers more than four episodes at a clip. <br /><br />My “inclusion wish” for this Road Runner set was for it to have included “Hare-Breadth Hurry”… the one where Bugs Bunny substitutes for the Road Runner. That’s not been released to DVD yet! <br /><br />The only “Daffy/ Speedy” that’s ever been released to DVD is “A-Haunting We Will Go” – that very weird cartoon that riffs on “Broomstick Bunny” and “Duck Amuck”. That’s also on “Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 4” – and the brand new “Looney Tunes Platinum Collection Volume 1” so we can now see in it Blu-ray! <br /><br />But, there is a WONDERFUL mock-documentary on Daffy’s career on “The Essential Daffy Duck” that mentions his period with Speedy (…and not in a positive way!) and references “See Ya Later, Gladiator”, with brief glimpses of it! <br /><br />I’ve long ago conceded that we will never be able to accumulate a complete set of Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies – but I DO so much enjoy what I have! <br /><br />Joe.Joe Torciviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421096229407174474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5408368436169661319.post-71369670594925075752011-11-28T10:22:26.483-05:002011-11-28T10:22:26.483-05:00I'm going to pick this one up - I remember see...I'm going to pick this one up - I remember seeing those 60's cartoons in the 90's - maybe this means the Daffy Duck - Speedy Gonzalez cartoons won't stay in limbo forever. The unusual pairing of those two characters was the highlight of it - though some fans refer to it as Daffy's Desperate-for-work "Lindsay Lohan phase". That would also include his meeting with the Groovie Ghoulies.<br /><br />I'm surprised they did not include that one cartoon where Wile E. Coyote and Sylvester team-up as the Road Runner and Speedy compete in a race - that was a good one.<br /><br />I wouldn't mind a collection of Ralph Wolf and Sam Sheepdog cartoons.<br /><br />It's nice to see the CG shorts collected - have you seen the CG Road Runner/Wile E. Coyote shorts on the Looney Tunes show? They're the best part of the program. They did an Iron Man parody that was great!Comicbookrehabhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09363501054869978524noreply@blogger.com