The Looney Tunes Show

[Daxdiv]

He was trying too hard to be funny. That was my problem with his review and every review he has on the site in general. It's up to the point where I consider him to be the Armond White of the toonzone review crew in that he has no idea what he's talking about. There, I said it and I'm not taking it back. To be honest, it was a close race between him and Hellcat for that title, but that's mostly because I take a hint if Hellcat likes something, I won't (IE Gundam stuff), but if he doesn't like something, I will (Hetalia's English Dub).

I found that both episodes were more funny than the review he gave. At least there was something about Maxie's and Speedy's review that clicked with me and that I agree with. That and they weren't going out of their way to make a joke in every other sentence in every paragraph.

[Avaitor]

It's weird. Part of the time, it seems like the staff really cares about the characters and are able to make a good show with them. Then it seems like the writers have never seen a Bugs or Daffy cartoon and think that giving them chemistry similar to any other comedic duo will work, but their cartoons have never been like that at all. And then there are times when it feels like the scripts would be more appropriate for a show with original characters, or maybe even a Flintstones reboot or something. But then I just sit back, think about the jokes and plots, and realize that they're very bland elsewhere.

There's potential to be good, but I don't think it will hits its stride any time soon. With the ratings the show is getting now, it should be on for a while, so there's potential for that.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Something tells me that there is executive meddling at play in a lot of this. Corporate mascots usually have a lot of rules that people need to abide by when using them. That doesn't really excuse from the writing being so formulaic, but it does explain it.

Oh yeah, and Chalmy, don't watch the grill cheese song. That shit is embarrassing.

[Avaitor]

Oh, I'm sure there definitely is some meddling in there. At least, I hope the crew didn't intentionally want to tone down Bugs' character to an awkward voice or reason or bring back Lola and make a new girlfriend for Daffy.

[Kiddington]

Count me in as one of the guys that laughed at Marvin's song, if only due to the sheer stupidity of the whole thing. Where as Fudd's ode to grilled cheese just creeped me out more than anything, Marvin's ballad was so ridiculous and so unbelievably campy, I couldn't help but laugh at it. "IMMA MARRRRRRRRRRTIAN. WITH A LAZZZZZEEEEERRRRR".  

...but yeah, in saying that, I still wouldn't say this is a good thing. Just because I laughed doesn't mean I've giving it the seal of approval. To say the least, this isn't exactly the kind of humor I want from Looney Tunes characters. We're only two episodes in, and I'm already feeling the air of disappointment surrounding this show. I dunno; I guess I'm just a bit of a pessimist more than anything, but it's not doing a whole lot for me, at this point. I don't think it's the worst thing in the world, mind you (and it's still a lot better than fucking Loonatics... Jesus H. Christ, Raven), but given the talent on this crew, it could be soooooooooo much better.

[Spark Of Spirit]

I think it comes down to if you find blandness more offensive than outright crap. I can see people who would, but I just can't force myself to care either way. Still, 'bland and inoffensive' and 'Looney Tunes' shouldn't go together so easily like this show does.

Though, I still hate the songs. There's really no excuse for those being so bad.

[gunswordfist]

The first episode was pretty bad. I don't know what possessed them to make Daffy so obviously self-centered and stupid.

I only tuned into the 2nd episode because 1. I wanted to confirm that this show sucks. 2. I watched every new episode with my little brother. Thank God, episode 2 was actually pretty good. They did the annoying date bit perfectly. So I guess I'll be tuning in to episode 3 with my baby brother.

[Avaitor]

Oh yeah, forgot to post this.

This show is improving, but I'm just not really feeling it, yet.

[Kiddington]

It is getting better, I will say. A remarkable improvement for this weeks episode, compared to the first two; I actually laughed consistently last night, whereas the first couple of episodes were just  sporadic chuckles, if anything.

...but yeah, I agree on the Merry Melodies; those are absolutely killing the show right now. No matter which way you slice it, they are downright embarrassing. Forget the fact that Looney Tunes characters are serenading their undying love for grilled cheese; take Elmer Fudd out of the equation, and that song still sucks. Hell, these all still suck. Nobody could make songwriting this bad sound good.

[Avaitor]

I laughed too, but I don't really felt like I laughed at or with Bugs Bunny and Daffy Duck, just any other cartoon characters with their faces on them. That's better than groaning throughout like I did in my head during the first episode, but it still feels so artificial to me.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Yeah, I'm gonna keep my second season guess. It's going uphill (I don't think anyone can really argue there), but I feel it will take until the second season for it to really hit its groove.

And get better songwriters.

[Avaitor]

Okay, the Merry Melodies really have to go. Last night's was especially painful.

The rest of the episode was okay, though. Although I can't say I like Sam's voice too much here.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Finally got around to watching the recent episode. Same as always, but the songs remain absolutely awful.

Seriously, either drop them or get better writers.

[Foggle]

Anyone have an example of what makes the songs so bad? Haven't seen any of this show.

[Spark Of Spirit]

Do not watch while eating:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dxu75V4HHAk