A short animation series that follows the bunch of Looney Tunes including Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, and the others. The group enter a new exciting-funny adventure at each episode.
The new Looney Tunes Cartoons are "good for kids," as my 7-year-old consultant concluded, but they also honor the anarchic spirit of the original Looney Tunes.
To be sure, not every beloved thing needs to be raised from the dead. But I'm of the opinion that the world is better with more Bugs Bunny, the greatest American antihero, always ready to smack a kiss on a mortal enemy.
The new Looney Tunes Cartoons can be enjoyed by nostalgic adults who want to feel like kids and today's children will get a laugh out of some silly slapstick schtick too.
Mostly, though, these are good, solid Looney Tunes entries packed with colorful zaniness, wink-and-nudge references for older viewers, magnificent silent-comedy ingenuity for younger audiences and an unquestioned admiration for the property.
If Looney Tunes Cartoons and the creative team behind the scenes set out to recreate the timeless classic top to bottom, then they've succeeded quite well.
Bugs Bunny and Elmer Fudd were always violent characters, and it was always slapstick cartoon violence, but if they're going to be on HBO Max, they didn't shy away from pushing the boundaries.
There's a decided commitment to delivering old-school Looney Tunes action and gags - that means lots of slapstick violence, wisecracks, a reversion to character designs from the early 1940s, and good old-fashioned cross-dressing.
