On Thu, May 27, 2010 at 4:44 AM, Joe Coughlin <inturnaro...@gmail.com>wrote:
> The new show will in no way undo what Mel Blanc did as a voice artist or > anything to erase the work of people like Carl Stalling, Tex Avery Chuck > Jones or Friz Freleng. I don't think the young woman has gotten a fair > shake, being judged by a still from one show. It's impossible to judge the > show from that. > > This is the Loonatics thing all over again with people overreacting. We > forget sometimes that the Bugs and Mickey we love and remember today are > redesigns of redesigns. I think it's good to try things out every so often > to keep things moving. > > But if you do want to worship at the altar of Termite Terrace, pick up > those Golden Collection DVD box sets. > > -- > +++++++++++++++ > Joe Coughlin > http://www.twitter.com/inturnaround > > > I'm going to still argue that Loonatics was a bad idea in both conception and execution. (The eventual cartoon wasn't good on its merits, and even in its secondary mission to help WB monetize the Looney Tunes IP was bad precisely because of the backlash.) That said, CN and TW has finally found out that they need to do something if they don't want the characters to fall out of public consciousness forever. And it's unlikely CN will air the originals again. (I'm going to assume the ratings for the Looney Tunes show on CN were abysmal given how quickly it was yanked from the schedule -- quicker than even JLU was when it returned in 2009.) Plus, the cartoons actually look old now, thanks to how differently animation is done today vs then (no more ink or paint), which might turn off today's audience, too. Anyway, the subject of that CBC story, the Ottawa animator has a blog and a Twitter acct., of course. http://twitter.com/jessicaborutski http://www.jessicaborutski.blogspot.com/ -- Wesley McGee http://www.ambivi.com http://sterlingnorth.vox.com -- TV or Not TV .... The Smartest (TV) People! You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "TV or Not TV" group. To post to this group, send email to tvornottv@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to tvornottv-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/tvornottv?hl=en
