@@TheSteamLord Apparently, Brendan Frasier found the scene where he punches himself in the face therapeutic as he was going through a lot of self-loathing at the time.
You know, I'll say this for Space Jam: It is easily one of the WEIRDEST movies ever created. The plot is so absolutely batshit that it almost carries the film just through sheer curiosity value. And that it has no internal logic and is clearly just making things up as it goes along somehow only helps. You really don't know what's going to happen next. It gives so few fucks about coherency that it wraps around to become oddly brilliant, in an "I did sooooo many 8-Balls" kinda way.
I agree. There may not be enough to go on, since Joe Dante doesn't want to talk about to this day. But I'm okay with it happening. Provided Doug comes up with a good script.
+Shaun N Ince wrong, it was a Warner bros. film and they made a deal with Disney to feature their characters as well, but they had to have the same amount of screen time as the WB characters.
+ChefMatt Reviews The reason they both got the exact same screen time is because the companies absolutely refused to be in the movie if the other got more screen time. Pretty childish, really.
I honestly find both of them enjoyable. Both of them are stuck being my second favorite movie that combines live action with animation. Who framed Roger Rabbit is number one on that list. No one can beat Who framed Roger Rabbit. Everything about that movie is perfect. Space Jam is still enjoyable no matter what and Looney tunes back in action is a fun live action/ animated movie that has great comedy and action.
I loved the shit out of Back in Action as a kid. Also, best of luck in your upcoming legal battle. Take that human meme Tommy Wiseau for everything he's got
Not gonna lie Space Jam is such a Guilty Pleasure for me xD I can watch that film any time. And Lola Bunny Woo I aint no Furry But as a kid I'd hop on that Bunny :)
I LOVED Space-Jam solely for the fact that it had live-action characters and cartoon characters on the screen AT THE SAME TIME, and had them INTERACT :O it was unreal!!! It was like, a wall between two worlds I had previously thought could never meet, had suddenly been torn down....like, fantasy and reality FINALLY MEETING!!!!! ....oh, and I liked the story too, I didn't ask for much.
I remember November 14, 2003 very clearly. I was watching TV and saw an ad for Back in Action. I was like "Oh yeah that comes out today. I'll go see it." At the mutliplex everyone else was going to see Russell Crowe's Master and Commander. Opening night, I was the ONLY person in the theater watching Back in Action. Even the projector operator wasn't watching because it took several minutes before he realized that the tracking and focus were way off.
Erieolae Are you correcting me or no? If so then yes its Looney _Tunes_. Its a play on the word "Toon" and the fact that it was created to promote WB's music back in the 30s.
i have to admit space jam is probably my ultimate guilty pleasure, i know it's corny, and stupid with a weak plot, but this movie was a big deal to me when i was a kid and i often watched it just for the nostalgia.
Just because Doug hates a movie doesn't mean you have to find it bad too. No one is loving Frozen because Doug said so, so why should you consider Space Jam bad?
i loved back in action.my favorite modern looney tunes series along with duck dodgers.(looking back on that show the martian queens love of daffy was basically a precursor to boa hancocks relationship with luffy in one piece.:3)
Sigh. I love Space Jam. I loved it as a kid and still do as an adult. And Back In Action, for all its faults, is still a lot of fun. The rest I remember enjoying whenever they were on TV. I own both Space Jam and Back In Action.
It's kinda of sad what happened to the Looney Tunes, I mean once they were on top of the world being the only real rivals to Disney, know they're trying to find away to make them work in generation that probably doesn't know they exist. Give a like if you still care about the Looney Tunes.
Listen man, everything has its time. Hell, even Disney's gonna die out someday (thank God!!). But at least with all the technology we have now, we can go back and watch old stuff.
"After Quackburster, it took 11 years before got any new film from the Looney Tunes" Quackbusters was released in 1988, Space Jam was 1996. That's 8 years.
Just went to Vessel... And sorry folks but there is no early access this week as Doug (Nostalgia Critic) is sick... DAMN! Is Rocky and Bullwinkle REALLY THAT BAD???? No seriously... Get Well soon Doug!
Actually on Facebook, he said that this is one movie that he feels that he likes, but everyone else hates. As for me, I didn't see the movie all the way through, but the narrator in the movie is too annoying.
Unfortunately, his next review isn't Rocky and Bullwinkle. The sickness messed up his schedule so his next review is Tentacolino: The 3rd Animated Titanic Movie.
Hopefully, they’d realize that the current Tom Holland wasn’t even an idea at the time and assume it’s a different Tom Holland. But it’s the Internet, so you never know. Lol
I never really noticed the differences in Mel Blanc's voice in Quack Busters, but I still liked it. Honestly, I thought that Back in Action was funnier than Space Jam.
I had a loud sigh of relief when I realized this episode wasn't a review, skits and all. I so much prefer the discussion-centric episodes to the standard series.
If only Mel Blanc wouldn't have been a smoker, then his voice wouldn't have changed so much. That's not only why he sounded so much different in the 70s and 80s but also why all of the Looney Tunes began to sound the same. He was suffering from emphysema when Quackbusters and the last of his voice work was being made. WE LOVE YOU MEL, RIP!!!!!
1001 Rabbit Tales was the only one my family owned in VHS while I was growing up. It was a pivotal part of my childhood because of that, so it has a special place in my heart.
The most confusing thing about "Back in action" was that it had a video game, and for some reason the video game had no live action characters! Like they knew it didn't work in the movie so they just threw it away with the game!
The video game opens with Daffy pitching an action film only for it to be rejected, and it ends in the jungle rather than the ACME corporation's lair, and that's because those were how the film opened and ended in the original draft.
Furries are more than welcome to claim utter garbage as their own, just as long as they don't get greedy and come after shit that other people want to like.
When I was growing up, I genuinely loved Looney Toons Back In Action. I thought (and still think) Brendan Fraser is very funny and a good actor, and the idea of bringing the characters into the real world was really clever. Could it have been done better? Sure. But look at other movies like it at the time (*coughrockyandbulwinklecough*) and it's actually a pretty damn good film.
*As a parody of classic action/adventure tropes that doesn't take itself at all seriously and at least tries to celebrate our beloved characters in a new setting, I personally find Back in Action the best Looney Tunes big-screen adaptations since the 80's.* Yes, it goes the opposite route of Space Jam by setting the animated characters in the real world, and yes, its plot isn't really compelling when you see it was all just a production. But the thing is, that was THE WHOLE POINT. Back in Action wasn't meant to be valued based on its plot or solely upon the animation but specifically its commentary on our perspectives of classic characters' roles in the modern age. It's essentially a satire of Hollywood cliches, how the business has evolved, and how such transition in our generation would affect these older icons if they had physical presence and feelings towards it. The premise asks important questions like, "What happens to Looney's after their hey-day? Where do they go when we stop appreciating them or dismiss them as outdated? What if they were like real actors that needed work like real people, some still successful like Bugs and others stuck in a rut like Daffy?" This movie tackles these topics with surprisingly thorough effort, which is partially why the real world is the setting this time to assert a more relatable environment. On one side, the unhappy ex-stuntman turned security guard Brendan Fraser seeks an opportunity to live up to his potential. On the other, the uptight Jenna Elfman tries to build her own career upon idolization of her hero Bugs while accepting the "necessary evils" of the industry by firing Daffy and later cleaning up the executives' mess to ask him back. These are two extreme but poetic allusions to realistic struggles in the infrastructure of cinema and how it can change us over time into someone we dislike or don't recognize anymore, which is deeper subject matter than any previous Looney Tunes film. Bugs and Daffy serve largely to support and complement this symbolism, with Daffy having grown tired of being in Bugs' shadow and wishing they were acknowledged equally (similar to celebrity siblings like Sylvester and Frank Stallone). Bugs doesn't mean to hurt his colleague but at the same time doesn't entirely understand what he's going through. By the end though, Daffy rediscovers his self worth and new confidence by embracing who he is and letting go of what he's not. *Overall, if you dig a little beneath the goofy surface and better understand its themes, Back in Action is actually one of the smartest comedies of the early-mid 2000's and a brilliant love letter to what makes Looney Tunes a household name :)*
Director Joe Dante is a hardcore Looney Tunes fan. He had Chuck Jones make a cameo appearance in GREMLINS and his TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE episode was a total homage.
"and...by god it tried" as much as i love Back in Action that's basically the most positive thing you can say about it. i too was always thinking "can we just get back to the animated characters?!" every time one of the friggin live action characters became the focus. the Marvin the Martian fight is one of my favorite movie scenes ever
Space Jam and TLTS are separate universes from each other. There's NO WAY TLTS Lola is gonna appear in the sequel. I also have to disagree with Doug. If people like yourself bitch about Space Jam Lola having a lack of personality then the sequel will be very perfect for her so she can shine out more, if not, then possible more than TLTS Lola.
Why not both. I mean have it be joke how crazy Lola is in most of the movie, and sucking it up because crazy, and then it turns out "Oh I never played basketball with you, that was my sister Lola" "You're sister's also named Lola?" "Well with how many siblings Rabbits have you're bound to run out of names eventually." Lets have our cake and eat it too.
I have to say my favourite is the Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner movie, every short is just so memorable and well done. My favourite has to be Duck Amuck, its just too crazy and fourth wall breaking :D
This was a good analysis on all the 'Looney Tunes' movies. It's easy to see why the early ones aren't talked about as much. Sure, I enjoyed them growing up, but even at a young age, I can tell the way they edited old shorts with new footage wasn't very seamless. Mel Blanc's voice got deeper as he got older, and it probably needed to be sped up a bit to be more in line with the older footage. Also, the newer animation was noticeable different, and in some cases weaker. I also agree that some shots that were edited took away their original intent. While some newer footage added to the jokes, others took away from them them. (I saw these films before I noticed the pointless editing done to classic Disney shorts in the early days of Disney Channel.) At least 'The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie' kept the shorts intact, and worked as a 'documentary' of sorts. (Though if you want to see something 'Looney Tunes' related that's infamously bad, check out 'Daffy & Porky Meet The Groovie Ghoulies' it's A bad TV special from the 70's done by Filmation that's just screaming to be reviewed.) Now 'Space Jam', and 'Back In Action' marked a new era for 'Looney Tunes' movies. While it was refreshing to see an all original movie with a solid narrative, they don't quite measure up to 'Roger Rabbit'. Sure, they look better than the earlier films, but they left something to be desired. I agree that 'Space Jam' kept the characters in an animated world where Michael Jordon is the 'straight man'. Which works a little better than how 'Back In Action' handled it. That being said, and least Joe Dante brought the focus back to slapstick comedy even if there wasn't enough of it throughout the movie. As for the future of 'Looney Tunes', well, let's hope they appear in more good short, and or tv shows, and not just in bad commercials. (Though, you know they'll get their own 'Lego' movie at some point.)
I think you're too harsh on Back In Action - there's a lot of laughs in it, some genuinely clever lines and moves, and it's self-aware in a way that few of its kind have ever been (eg poking fun at its own product placement). Sure it stumbles at times, and Steve Martin is rubbish in it, but overall it's a good watch; I've seen it several times with my kids over the years and it still manages to make me laugh, which is more than I can say for most kids' movies. Also the Roadrunner short that accompanies it (Whizzard of Ow [sic]) has some great moments.
Looney Tunes Back in Action was funny as hell. Yes it was a bit clumsy and dumb at times, but I really liked it. Especially seeing all those monsters from old movies, like Robot Monster and Fiend without a Face.
I loved Space Jam as a kid, and still love it today! Back In Action has its good points and some pretty funny jokes, but it's not ultimately my favorite. The deleted scene for Back In Action set the tone for the film far better than what was in the final cut, and the movie would have played out differently and more entertaining in the long run. But for whatever reason, Warner Brothers just can't get it together anymore. Sad that legendary characters like this are being wasted.
I got to love at how ridiculous people are over which version of Lola Bunny is better. Seriously, it also seems like a new Civil War is going to break out over this foolishness.
My mom loved the Looney Tunes as a kid and has big dvd set of all the cartoons, and i'm only 15. So in the 3rd grade when the teacher asked the class a question about who the character was that would try to catch the Road Runner, I was the only one who didn't have a confused look on their face and answered Wild E. Coyote.
"You're despecable!" is Daffy Duck's favorite catchphrase. Every time Daffy gets blown to bits or gets totally angry whenever he tries to get attention, he says it to Bugs Bunny. It's like in an episode of Gabby Duran And The Unsittables, when Susie Glover (played by Bracken Hanke) gets a bad babysitting review from Gabby's mom, she says to Gabby and Olivia, "A good night to you." That's just lame and forgettable.
Looney Tunes: Back in Action wasn't the final film that was produced by Warner Bros. In fact, Space Jam 2: A New Legacy was the sequel that features NBA superstar LeBron James.
I'm envisioning a new movie, simply called "The Looney Tunes Movie," that serves as an origin story of how the Looney Tunes became the all-star ensemble they are today.
I'd argue he was just as great a human toon (even though his role was as the ACME chairman) as Christopher Lloyd (Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit).
Other than Space Jam, I never knew they were in any "real" / theater-worthy movies. I loved Space Jam btw. And I never even heard of the last one you mentioned.
even though back in action had the weak spot of the live action bits(mostly the main leads as i thought the acme chairman and some of the other characters felt at least looney tunes esque to me.)it honestly had a great animation style(that i would love to see recent looney tunes return to this style,though i don't think the new upcoming cartoons look is bad at all.),felt looney tunes with it's plot instead of a bigger commercial,(i especially liked the marvin the martian fight with daffy saving everyone even bugs and defeating the villain getting the acknowledgement he earned and the scenes in area 52 and france where bugs,daffy go through the paintings to escape from elmer fudd. i thought the looney tunes were used well compared to space jam and i love the credits theme "shake your coconuts".:3)and it's my favorite modern looney tunes animation(along with duck dodgers.looking back on that show the martian queen and her love of daffy was in hindsight a precursor to boa hancock's relationship with luffy in one piece except hancock took being denied way better and luffy had a better yet blunt way of rejecting affection.:3). i really hope for space jam 2 the looney tunes are given way more focus & screentime than lebrone james.(and maybe alongside having lola be more modest than her sj appearance but not annoying amy rose light like her looney tunes show counterpart with a looney tomboyish personality consider having other warner bros. characters appear. scooby doo and shaggy made a random appearance in back in action arguing with shaggy's voice actor from the live action films and even freaking tom & jerry were originally going to be in the film,maybe have them and the mystery inc. help the looney tunes out as i think it would be cool seeing tom and jerry interact with scooby,bugs and daffy.maybe even bring back older characters like the animaniacs or the tiny toons gang since outside that upcoming animaniacs revival we havent seen them in a decade.)
Space Jam 2 and the return of the original "Sexy" Lola Bunny, instead of the modern goofy one from the Loony Tunes Show... seriously, I thought the animators tossed Lola 1.0 for good since Lola 2.0 is WAY funnier and captures the essence of what a Loony Tunes character should be, instead of just "romantic interest/eye candy." I do know that Lebron James is actually a way funnier actor than ANY of the basketball players in the original Space Jam. I've seen "Train Wreck." He's no Jim Carrey, but he's a lot better than "phone it in" Michael Jordan, who looked confused or bored in 90% of the movie.
0816 M3RC If you ask me i believe they're just defending their childhood crush and convincing themselves that there is more too space jam Lola than just sex appeal.
I don’t have a problem with space jam 2 going with the original design of Lola I just have a problem with the certain things that could’ve been more well executed she can be sassy, she can be sexy, and she can be tomboyish too but for god sake just make her looney and write her funny if the writers can do that for her character instead of keeping her as a token love interest then we should all be find I don’t think the Looney Tunes show Lola is bad in anyway there are just certain things about her character that can drag a bit sometimes to the point of unfunny territory in my opinion I believe if warner brothers could take some of the looney bits and pieces of personality the looney tunes show Lola had to offer and gave it to the the OG design of the space jam Lola while still keeping her smart and a tomboyish vixen which is originally what the staff of space jam were originally going for but poorly executed then walla Lola could be something great and relatable for the sequel it’s like what I’ve said multiple times already it’s all in the execution and writing
It probably wouldn't hold up well if I were to watch it again, but I remember really liking the Looney Tunes Christmas Carol that played on Cartoon Network when I was a kid.
I kind of remember a Looney Tunes movie where Porky was trying to deliver a pizza while going through M.C Escher type staircase. Also one where Daffy and Bugs were playing Marco Polo in an office like setting. Can't really recall them now..
I'm more familiar with Space Jam and Back in Action of the Looney Tunes movies because I used to watch them back when I was a kid. At first I thought those were the only movies they had but it turned out they had more. Recently, I found out about Quackbusters and Bah Humduck. I had no idea Looney Tunes had more films. Looney Tunes is a terrific series, by the way!
"Because I'm a split personality!" is the best possible line they could have changed Daffy's voice on.
The Christmas Tree Syndrome strikes again!
I honestly didn't realise when I first watched Quackbusters that it was meant to be new footage, I thought the voice change was done on purpose.
I like how “One Froggy Evening” is on the previous for the Little Giants movie.
You can also really tell by the backgrounds in that scene.
The fact Brendan Frazier plays the character of Brendan Frazier's stunt double when the real life Brendan Frazier does his own stunts is hilarious
It was still less of a cartoon than the Mummy movies lol.
honestly, I agree.
He also gets to punch himself in the face lol
@@TheSteamLord Apparently, Brendan Frasier found the scene where he punches himself in the face therapeutic as he was going through a lot of self-loathing at the time.
that actually is kinda funny, its like playing yourself but not
You know, I'll say this for Space Jam: It is easily one of the WEIRDEST movies ever created. The plot is so absolutely batshit that it almost carries the film just through sheer curiosity value. And that it has no internal logic and is clearly just making things up as it goes along somehow only helps. You really don't know what's going to happen next. It gives so few fucks about coherency that it wraps around to become oddly brilliant, in an "I did sooooo many 8-Balls" kinda way.
hmmm BIRDEMIC SHOCK AND TERROR!!!
I've seen stranger movies, but not with that kind of budget.
Space Jam was definitely a surreal film. The entire thing felt like something out of my fever dreams! (Yes, I am a messed up person.) XD
mmm lola doe
Even though he talks about Looney Tunes: Back in Action here, who wants him to still do a full review on it?
I agree. There may not be enough to go on, since Joe Dante doesn't want to talk about to this day. But I'm okay with it happening. Provided Doug comes up with a good script.
Man, Back In Action is so underrated.
@Galfin 01 agreed
I think all of the Looney tunes movies are great.
That is my childhood
Dylan Fairbairn -shrug- I’m just sad he wasn’t around when Loonatics was a thing
Okui Aohara / Silver Sky That was such a weird concept
Come on and SLAM and welcome to the JAM!
HEY YOU What'cha gonna do?
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Say, did you hear about Tommy Wiseaux (I think that's how you spell it) taking down IHateEverything's video about The Room?
+The Mangle No x in his name but was he the one who did it? Or the studio?
I don't get it.
Actually, "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" was Mel Blanc's last portrayal as the Looney Tunes before his death.
Who framed Roger Rabbit is a Disney Film. With cameos from both Looney Tunes & Disney characters.
+Shaun N Ince wrong, it was a Warner bros. film and they made a deal with Disney to feature their characters as well, but they had to have the same amount of screen time as the WB characters.
Touchstone distributed Roger Rabbit, so it is a Disney film.
+ChefMatt Reviews The reason they both got the exact same screen time is because the companies absolutely refused to be in the movie if the other got more screen time. Pretty childish, really.
So? It still has Mel Blanc portraying those characters when he does cameo.
Am I the only one who loves Back in Action?
I like it
I liked it, because it brought Duck Dodgers into it.
No
+Art Artsa BOOM
I really do like Back In Action.
Space jam was a commercial? Compared to the emoji move its cinematic genus
compared to the Emoji movie practically everything is cinematic genius...
bottom line, Space Jam is still a hackneyed commercial.
I like the space jam I did not think it was bad. I always thought is was just an ok movie
That's not a high bar.
I think the difference is that Space Jam, to an extent, was self-aware.
Yeah. But compared to The Lego Movie, it's- just another kids movie made to sell products.
I honestly prefer watching Back in Action over Space Jam any day. In my eyes I see Back in Action as a much more enjoyable movie.
I thought I was the only one!
I LOVED Back in Action when I was a kid. I never had that much fun watching Space Jam back then.
I honestly find both of them enjoyable. Both of them are stuck being my second favorite movie that combines live action with animation. Who framed Roger Rabbit is number one on that list. No one can beat Who framed Roger Rabbit. Everything about that movie is perfect. Space Jam is still enjoyable no matter what and Looney tunes back in action is a fun live action/ animated movie that has great comedy and action.
Me too
Space Jam and Back in Action are great movies in my opinion.
2,37 I loved this movie when I first saw it I barley blinked seeing it it touched me deeply
I loved the shit out of Back in Action as a kid. Also, best of luck in your upcoming legal battle. Take that human meme Tommy Wiseau for everything he's got
... wait really? This has gone this far?
+vortexlisa what happend
+Rbdn T I know years ago there was some stuff over The Room review but I don't know what's happening recently..
You'd think after, what, 4+ years the statute of limitations would expire on that kind of thing.
+vortexlisa What?
Not gonna lie Space Jam is such a Guilty Pleasure for me xD I can watch that film any time. And Lola Bunny Woo I aint no Furry But as a kid I'd hop on that Bunny :)
Well if it isn't Jax!
I don't feel guilty. ;)
imagine running into you here
Guilty pleasure of mine too man. Good times good times
Lol as a kid I was the same too about Lola Bunny...
I LOVED Space-Jam solely for the fact that it had live-action characters and cartoon characters on the screen AT THE SAME TIME, and had them INTERACT :O it was unreal!!! It was like, a wall between two worlds I had previously thought could never meet, had suddenly been torn down....like, fantasy and reality FINALLY MEETING!!!!!
....oh, and I liked the story too, I didn't ask for much.
PikaLink91 have you ever heard of this one movie from the 80’s called Who Framed Roger Rabbit?
Trevor Hock HEY!
I remember November 14, 2003 very clearly. I was watching TV and saw an ad for Back in Action. I was like "Oh yeah that comes out today. I'll go see it." At the mutliplex everyone else was going to see Russell Crowe's Master and Commander. Opening night, I was the ONLY person in the theater watching Back in Action. Even the projector operator wasn't watching because it took several minutes before he realized that the tracking and focus were way off.
Yeah; it ended up being a massive flop because it released at the same time as a huge amount of competition and it got almost no advertising.
Today I learned Looney Tunes actually had theatrical movies before Space Jam. Yay knowledge!
Looney Toons
Erieolae
Are you correcting me or no? If so then yes its Looney _Tunes_. Its a play on the word "Toon" and the fact that it was created to promote WB's music back in the 30s.
The Dynast Queen I so confused I think the Mandela Effect happened to me.
The more you know🌈
More like clip shows than actual movies
i have to admit space jam is probably my ultimate guilty pleasure, i know it's corny, and stupid with a weak plot, but this movie was a big deal to me when i was a kid and i often watched it just for the nostalgia.
it's awesome there's nothing to feel guilty about
Just because Doug hates a movie doesn't mean you have to find it bad too. No one is loving Frozen because Doug said so, so why should you consider Space Jam bad?
+TheJediSonic It's not necessarily funny, the plot is weak and they are focused more on advertising than anything else?
KidSnivy69 i've seen worse and yes it's not laugh out loud funny but it's entertaining. the plot can't be too complex it's a looney tunes movie
I'm glad someone else has the same mindset as me! I agree completely! Saw SJ as a kid, and it hasn't been able to leave it's place in my heart!
i actually really like looney toons back in action, it was one of my favorites when i was younger😅
i loved back in action.my favorite modern looney tunes series along with duck dodgers.(looking back on that show the martian queens love of daffy was basically a precursor to boa hancocks relationship with luffy in one piece.:3)
Such a short episode :( Was that all folks?
It's an editorial week
'forced jokes are the best jokes'
Tyler Rakstis I was talking about my 'joke'.
Dude its an editorial, they are always shorter than a full review.
Mattheos Clemence And even then, this is still a 14 minute episode, which is about as long as your average 2009/2010 episode
Sigh. I love Space Jam. I loved it as a kid and still do as an adult. And Back In Action, for all its faults, is still a lot of fun. The rest I remember enjoying whenever they were on TV. I own both Space Jam and Back In Action.
Back in Action was better than space jam. unfortunatly the future got much worse with Space Jam 2
Looney Tunes Back In Action felt like the only movie that actually tried to like the original shorts.
I Like Space Jam,&,Back in Action
ditto
@@ellnats Cool
Wasn't the Bugs Bunny Road Runner movie released in 1979?
@@chipchopbarbershop8426 no Clue,I Was Born in 1991 so I Missed Those Flicks
Same
I legitimately love Looney Tunes Back In Action not gunna lie. Its staple of my childhood.
I really like Back in Action alot too....I like it waaaay better than I did Space Jam
Same! Back in Action and Quackbusters were basically my Space Jam. Odd reference but it works.
It's kinda of sad what happened to the Looney Tunes, I mean once they were on top of the world being the only real rivals to Disney, know they're trying to find away to make them work in generation that probably doesn't know they exist. Give a like if you still care about the Looney Tunes.
Alex Paulino Truth be told, it's not like the original Disney characters are doing much either.
Listen man, everything has its time. Hell, even Disney's gonna die out someday (thank God!!). But at least with all the technology we have now, we can go back and watch old stuff.
idk, my cousins are 8 and 9 and they love this newer looney tunes show called the Wabbit Hole, and you know, it isn't half bad.
Has Disney ever produced a bad film that was part of its canon? The Disney Channel has some weak shows, but most of their stuff is really good.
Who doesn't know who Looney Tunes is what kind of world are you living in
One of these days, Doug needs to give us a list of his top 11 personal favorite Looney Tunes cartoons.
I actually really like Back in Action, in fact I think it's the one I like the most.
A bit off-topic, but does anyone remember "Wakko's Wish?"
A hay penny!
I do... but I wouldn't say it holds the candle to Tiny Toons: How I spent my vacation.
+Epic Twilight that's a Christmas movie
Dejay Page It would be interesting if he did review that movie in December.
Yeah.
Will always have a soft spot for space jam and especially back in action
I really like Back in Action. It's really nostalgic for me
"After Quackburster, it took 11 years before got any new film from the Looney Tunes"
Quackbusters was released in 1988, Space Jam was 1996. That's 8 years.
Just went to Vessel... And sorry folks but there is no early access this week as Doug (Nostalgia Critic) is sick... DAMN! Is Rocky and Bullwinkle REALLY THAT BAD????
No seriously... Get Well soon Doug!
Actually on Facebook, he said that this is one movie that he feels that he likes, but everyone else hates. As for me, I didn't see the movie all the way through, but the narrator in the movie is too annoying.
Zachary Erickson The audience ratings were though.
Me too!!!!
I found the narrator funny, and so did Roger Ebert.
Unfortunately, his next review isn't Rocky and Bullwinkle. The sickness messed up his schedule so his next review is Tentacolino: The 3rd Animated Titanic Movie.
No one understands space jam. All of the budget went into creating that song.
You mean like Wild, Wild West?
The actors and the animation
WORTH IT
Space Jam is a great film
And it was worth every cent. Every. Cent.
5:26 I wonder how many people are now looking at this and going, "TOM HOLLAND WAS A VOICE ACTOR IN THIS?!"
Hopefully, they’d realize that the current Tom Holland wasn’t even an idea at the time and assume it’s a different Tom Holland. But it’s the Internet, so you never know. Lol
Lol i will admit it did make me do a double take
I mean the director of Child’s Play, Fright Night and The Langoliers also was named Tom Holland. XD
Space Jam is my all time favourite non-Disney childhood film :)
I never really noticed the differences in Mel Blanc's voice in Quack Busters, but I still liked it. Honestly, I thought that Back in Action was funnier than Space Jam.
I had a loud sigh of relief when I realized this episode wasn't a review, skits and all. I so much prefer the discussion-centric episodes to the standard series.
I actually really liked Back in Action!
It's suprising that the fact he somehow predicted Space Jam 2, but it was probably one in a million coincidence
Hahahahha. Future critic
Predicted?! No. It was announced at that point.
I recall the sequel with LeBron was announced quite some time before this video, but it kept getting delayed.
Funnily enough, that flopped too.
1. Back In Action: Received positive reviews
2. Space Jam: Received mixed reviews
3. A New Legacy: Received negative reviews
Back In Action: Box Office Bomb
Space Jam: Box Office Hit
A New Legacy: Broke Even
If only Mel Blanc wouldn't have been a smoker, then his voice wouldn't have changed so much. That's not only why he sounded so much different in the 70s and 80s but also why all of the Looney Tunes began to sound the same. He was suffering from emphysema when Quackbusters and the last of his voice work was being made. WE LOVE YOU MEL, RIP!!!!!
can you do "Looney tunes Back to the Action"?
he did it in the episode
baine russel I meant a full episode.
+joaocisne556 Why would he do it again?
+Scott Sandler exactly!
Scott Sandler I asked before I finished watching the video
Good news: Space Jam 2 has LeBron and will be released on July 16th, 2021
Bad news: we still have sexy Lola
I love Space jam and Looney Tunes back in action
1001 Rabbit Tales was the only one my family owned in VHS while I was growing up. It was a pivotal part of my childhood because of that, so it has a special place in my heart.
The most confusing thing about "Back in action" was that it had a video game, and for some reason the video game had no live action characters! Like they knew it didn't work in the movie so they just threw it away with the game!
You can’t even put live action footage in a video game man
@@s.nifrum4580 point taken but still.
@@s.nifrum4580 yeah you can
Putting those characters in the game would have looked really cheesy.
The video game opens with Daffy pitching an action film only for it to be rejected, and it ends in the jungle rather than the ACME corporation's lair, and that's because those were how the film opened and ended in the original draft.
*looks at the Space Jam 2 image* Oh god it's that Lola... The cringe of the furries are coming back...
More like "Lolno"
XenoSpyro LOL YES!
RIP The best Lola from the best Loony Tunes spin-off that ended too soon.
I don't think it's even official
Furries are more than welcome to claim utter garbage as their own, just as long as they don't get greedy and come after shit that other people want to like.
Oh God I forgot they were making a sequel to Space Jam
...you are joking right?
Vaslui About forgetting or about the sequel being real?
+TheTsugnawmi2010 the sequel, i didn't knew they were doing it, thats awesome
The sequel is in the works. Lebron James signed a deal with Warner bros. I don't know if they got screenwriters or a directer yet though.
It's probably going to be one of those movies that's going to be in production hell forever.
Bro He predicted space jam 2 How the fu-
This comment section in a nutshell:
90% about Lola Bunny
10% about anything else
Actually, it's mostly just people talking about Space Jam being their favourite childhood film growing up.
XD
When I was growing up, I genuinely loved Looney Toons Back In Action. I thought (and still think) Brendan Fraser is very funny and a good actor, and the idea of bringing the characters into the real world was really clever. Could it have been done better? Sure. But look at other movies like it at the time (*coughrockyandbulwinklecough*) and it's actually a pretty damn good film.
Hello from the future!! Brendan Fraser has won the Academy Award for Best Actor. You're not gonna like the year 2020 either.
I’ve come from the future to day Space Jam a new legacy was a pretty fun time , definitely right up there with back in action in my book .
A New Legacy is probably the most divisive movie that came out this summer. People either really like it or really hate it; I really liked it.
*As a parody of classic action/adventure tropes that doesn't take itself at all seriously and at least tries to celebrate our beloved characters in a new setting, I personally find Back in Action the best Looney Tunes big-screen adaptations since the 80's.*
Yes, it goes the opposite route of Space Jam by setting the animated characters in the real world, and yes, its plot isn't really compelling when you see it was all just a production. But the thing is, that was THE WHOLE POINT. Back in Action wasn't meant to be valued based on its plot or solely upon the animation but specifically its commentary on our perspectives of classic characters' roles in the modern age. It's essentially a satire of Hollywood cliches, how the business has evolved, and how such transition in our generation would affect these older icons if they had physical presence and feelings towards it.
The premise asks important questions like, "What happens to Looney's after their hey-day? Where do they go when we stop appreciating them or dismiss them as outdated? What if they were like real actors that needed work like real people, some still successful like Bugs and others stuck in a rut like Daffy?" This movie tackles these topics with surprisingly thorough effort, which is partially why the real world is the setting this time to assert a more relatable environment.
On one side, the unhappy ex-stuntman turned security guard Brendan Fraser seeks an opportunity to live up to his potential. On the other, the uptight Jenna Elfman tries to build her own career upon idolization of her hero Bugs while accepting the "necessary evils" of the industry by firing Daffy and later cleaning up the executives' mess to ask him back. These are two extreme but poetic allusions to realistic struggles in the infrastructure of cinema and how it can change us over time into someone we dislike or don't recognize anymore, which is deeper subject matter than any previous Looney Tunes film.
Bugs and Daffy serve largely to support and complement this symbolism, with Daffy having grown tired of being in Bugs' shadow and wishing they were acknowledged equally (similar to celebrity siblings like Sylvester and Frank Stallone). Bugs doesn't mean to hurt his colleague but at the same time doesn't entirely understand what he's going through. By the end though, Daffy rediscovers his self worth and new confidence by embracing who he is and letting go of what he's not.
*Overall, if you dig a little beneath the goofy surface and better understand its themes, Back in Action is actually one of the smartest comedies of the early-mid 2000's and a brilliant love letter to what makes Looney Tunes a household name :)*
Director Joe Dante is a hardcore Looney Tunes fan. He had Chuck Jones make a cameo appearance in GREMLINS and his TWILIGHT ZONE: THE MOVIE episode was a total homage.
"and...by god it tried" as much as i love Back in Action that's basically the most positive thing you can say about it. i too was always thinking "can we just get back to the animated characters?!" every time one of the friggin live action characters became the focus. the Marvin the Martian fight is one of my favorite movie scenes ever
Back in Action works better like a videogame, with the paintings and the space chase.
What? I thought Space Jam was loved! 😂😂 I always found it hilarious because of the theme tune and weird animation 😂
oh my god you predicted space jam 2
I loved back in action! I personally didnt mind the real world scenes.
Honestly, I agree with Doug wanting to replace Space Jam Lola with TLTS Lola in said sequel. TLTS Lola is so much better.
TLTS Lola is worse, like, seriously?
Richard Mccormick Guess finding her legitimately funny is an unpopular opinion.
Space Jam and TLTS are separate universes from each other. There's NO WAY TLTS Lola is gonna appear in the sequel. I also have to disagree with Doug. If people like yourself bitch about Space Jam Lola having a lack of personality then the sequel will be very perfect for her so she can shine out more, if not, then possible more than TLTS Lola.
Why not both. I mean have it be joke how crazy Lola is in most of the movie, and sucking it up because crazy, and then it turns out "Oh I never played basketball with you, that was my sister Lola" "You're sister's also named Lola?" "Well with how many siblings Rabbits have you're bound to run out of names eventually." Lets have our cake and eat it too.
Dan Smith Honestly, that would be hilarious!
He reason I like this film is because Marvin the Martian (my favorite looney tunes character) plays a big role in back in action
The Nostalgia Critic: "0:09.".
Me: "Agreed!...".
I have to say my favourite is the Bugs Bunny and Roadrunner movie, every short is just so memorable and well done. My favourite has to be Duck Amuck, its just too crazy and fourth wall breaking :D
Which is your favourite?
He even finished a review with the end of that cartoon.
Ruben Castillo
The Old vs. New of Willy Wonka and Charlie.
I loved Looney Tunes Back in Action, maybe it's just nostalgia but isn't that what this channel is about?
This was a good analysis on all the 'Looney Tunes' movies. It's easy to see why the early ones aren't talked about as much. Sure, I enjoyed them growing up, but even at a young age, I can tell the way they edited old shorts with new footage wasn't very seamless. Mel Blanc's voice got deeper as he got older, and it probably needed to be sped up a bit to be more in line with the older footage. Also, the newer animation was noticeable different, and in some cases weaker. I also agree that some shots that were edited took away their original intent. While some newer footage added to the jokes, others took away from them them. (I saw these films before I noticed the pointless editing done to classic Disney shorts in the early days of Disney Channel.) At least 'The Bugs Bunny/Road Runner Movie' kept the shorts intact, and worked as a 'documentary' of sorts. (Though if you want to see something 'Looney Tunes' related that's infamously bad, check out 'Daffy & Porky Meet The Groovie Ghoulies' it's A bad TV special from the 70's done by Filmation that's just screaming to be reviewed.) Now 'Space Jam', and 'Back In Action' marked a new era for 'Looney Tunes' movies. While it was refreshing to see an all original movie with a solid narrative, they don't quite measure up to 'Roger Rabbit'. Sure, they look better than the earlier films, but they left something to be desired. I agree that 'Space Jam' kept the characters in an animated world where Michael Jordon is the 'straight man'. Which works a little better than how 'Back In Action' handled it. That being said, and least Joe Dante brought the focus back to slapstick comedy even if there wasn't enough of it throughout the movie. As for the future of 'Looney Tunes', well, let's hope they appear in more good short, and or tv shows, and not just in bad commercials. (Though, you know they'll get their own 'Lego' movie at some point.)
Marc Baker y
Space Jam does work, it works so well it’s got space and SUPER JAM!!!!
did anyone notice he kinda got what he wanted with lebron james in space jam 2
I think you're too harsh on Back In Action - there's a lot of laughs in it, some genuinely clever lines and moves, and it's self-aware in a way that few of its kind have ever been (eg poking fun at its own product placement). Sure it stumbles at times, and Steve Martin is rubbish in it, but overall it's a good watch; I've seen it several times with my kids over the years and it still manages to make me laugh, which is more than I can say for most kids' movies. Also the Roadrunner short that accompanies it (Whizzard of Ow [sic]) has some great moments.
did nc predict Space Jam: a new legacy years before?
I still love "Back in Action"
Looney Tunes movies are (kinda) making a comeback. A Wile E Coyote movie is in the works along with Speedy and Pepe le Pew
Looney Tunes Back in Action was funny as hell. Yes it was a bit clumsy and dumb at times, but I really liked it.
Especially seeing all those monsters from old movies, like Robot Monster and Fiend without a Face.
I loved Space Jam as a kid, and still love it today! Back In Action has its good points and some pretty funny jokes, but it's not ultimately my favorite. The deleted scene for Back In Action set the tone for the film far better than what was in the final cut, and the movie would have played out differently and more entertaining in the long run. But for whatever reason, Warner Brothers just can't get it together anymore. Sad that legendary characters like this are being wasted.
Holy crap are the comments full of weirdos.
...Welcome to the internet? Are you noticing it or asking a question?
You'd be the king of 'em.
I got to love at how ridiculous people are over which version of Lola Bunny is better. Seriously, it also seems like a new Civil War is going to break out over this foolishness.
Tony: I prefer Soucie
Cap: I prefer Wiig
*CIVIL WAR*
I prefer both!
My mom loved the Looney Tunes as a kid and has big dvd set of all the cartoons, and i'm only 15. So in the 3rd grade when the teacher asked the class a question about who the character was that would try to catch the Road Runner, I was the only one who didn't have a confused look on their face and answered Wild E. Coyote.
Seeing the critic has a kid is hilarious!😂😂😂
"You're despecable!" is Daffy Duck's favorite catchphrase. Every time Daffy
gets blown to bits or gets totally angry whenever he tries to get attention, he says it to Bugs Bunny. It's like in an episode of Gabby Duran And The Unsittables, when Susie Glover (played by Bracken Hanke) gets a bad babysitting review from Gabby's mom, she says to Gabby and Olivia, "A good night to you." That's just lame and forgettable.
Thanksss
Looney Tunes: Back in Action wasn't the final film that was produced by Warner Bros. In fact, Space Jam 2: A New Legacy was the sequel that features NBA superstar LeBron James.
wait, Nostalgia Critic forgot Tweety's High Flying Adventure
That was never in theaters to my knowledge sooo
@@alzoruledura7416 still a Loony Toons movie
@@KatOwO2235 he said theatrical films only
@@circluoy4303 Tweety didn't go to theaters?
@@circluoy4303 wait the compilations went to theaters? I'm confused
Like everyone who worked on Back I'm Action: we have to agree that it's better than Space Jam
the thing you are trying to describe. That Space Jam makes you feel is called... NOSTALGIA!!!!!! smh
I actually *LOVE* space jam and back in action, mostly because I was a young kid during the times they came out.
I freaking LOVE Back in Action. I don't care what you say, I found a lot of it funny, particularly the end, where Brendon Frasier punches himself.
I'm envisioning a new movie, simply called "The Looney Tunes Movie," that serves as an origin story of how the Looney Tunes became the all-star ensemble they are today.
Too many movies pull shit like that
I was born in 2000 and I grew up on all of these and was psyched to see Looney Tunes Back in Action in theaters
I really loved Looney Tunes: Back In Action.
I thought it was better than Space Jam.
I love that you included the Peter Lorre scientist from "Back in Action." XD
In the movie's defense, Steve Martin was AMAZING in Back in Action.
I'd argue he was just as great a human toon (even though his role was as the ACME chairman) as Christopher Lloyd (Judge Doom from Who Framed Roger Rabbit).
Why are they even making a Space Jam sequel?
Because it's gonna be great
Because money and Hollywood is out of ideas.
Nostalgia sells now.
We've got to have more
MONEY
because LeBron James wants a Hollywood career
Other than Space Jam, I never knew they were in any "real" / theater-worthy movies. I loved Space Jam btw. And I never even heard of the last one you mentioned.
I'm a huge Looney Toons fan. I grew up watching this n this is the best toon show ever.
even though back in action had the weak spot of the live action bits(mostly the main leads as i thought the acme chairman and some of the other characters felt at least looney tunes esque to me.)it honestly had a great animation style(that i would love to see recent looney tunes return to this style,though i don't think the new upcoming cartoons look is bad at all.),felt looney tunes with it's plot instead of a bigger commercial,(i especially liked the marvin the martian fight with daffy saving everyone even bugs and defeating the villain getting the acknowledgement he earned and the scenes in area 52 and france where bugs,daffy go through the paintings to escape from elmer fudd. i thought the looney tunes were used well compared to space jam and i love the credits theme "shake your coconuts".:3)and it's my favorite modern looney tunes animation(along with duck dodgers.looking back on that show the martian queen and her love of daffy was in hindsight a precursor to boa hancock's relationship with luffy in one piece except hancock took being denied way better and luffy had a better yet blunt way of rejecting affection.:3). i really hope for space jam 2 the looney tunes are given way more focus & screentime than lebrone james.(and maybe alongside having lola be more modest than her sj appearance but not annoying amy rose light like her looney tunes show counterpart with a looney tomboyish personality consider having other warner bros. characters appear. scooby doo and shaggy made a random appearance in back in action arguing with shaggy's voice actor from the live action films and even freaking tom & jerry were originally going to be in the film,maybe have them and the mystery inc. help the looney tunes out as i think it would be cool seeing tom and jerry interact with scooby,bugs and daffy.maybe even bring back older characters like the animaniacs or the tiny toons gang since outside that upcoming animaniacs revival we havent seen them in a decade.)
8:26 It isn't just the voice the quality of the animation looks different too!
Space Jam 2 and the return of the original "Sexy" Lola Bunny, instead of the modern goofy one from the Loony Tunes Show... seriously, I thought the animators tossed Lola 1.0 for good since Lola 2.0 is WAY funnier and captures the essence of what a Loony Tunes character should be, instead of just "romantic interest/eye candy."
I do know that Lebron James is actually a way funnier actor than ANY of the basketball players in the original Space Jam. I've seen "Train Wreck." He's no Jim Carrey, but he's a lot better than "phone it in" Michael Jordan, who looked confused or bored in 90% of the movie.
so a loony toon character should be a spoiler rich stalker who is annoying as fuck and had no point but to be mocked?
Look at all of the SJ Lola fans in this thread! Are you guys too dumb to avoid such obvious bait? What is special about SJ Lola?
0816 M3RC If you ask me i believe they're just defending their childhood crush and convincing themselves that there is more too space jam Lola than just sex appeal.
I’m from the future
Space Jam 2 is a thing
You got Lebron James as the star
And Ryan Coogler as producer
I don’t have a problem with space jam 2 going with the original design of Lola I just have a problem with the certain things that could’ve been more well executed she can be sassy, she can be sexy, and she can be tomboyish too but for god sake just make her looney and write her funny if the writers can do that for her character instead of keeping her as a token love interest then we should all be find I don’t think the Looney Tunes show Lola is bad in anyway there are just certain things about her character that can drag a bit sometimes to the point of unfunny territory in my opinion I believe if warner brothers could take some of the looney bits and pieces of personality the looney tunes show Lola had to offer and gave it to the the OG design of the space jam Lola while still keeping her smart and a tomboyish vixen which is originally what the staff of space jam were originally going for but poorly executed then walla Lola could be something great and relatable for the sequel it’s like what I’ve said multiple times already it’s all in the execution and writing
It probably wouldn't hold up well if I were to watch it again, but I remember really liking the Looney Tunes Christmas Carol that played on Cartoon Network when I was a kid.
I love the proctologyst joke. So many kids would miss out on that haha.
Space Jam was actually a great movie.. for children. It was one of my favourites when I was younger =)
Same. Watching it now makes me realize it hasn’t aged well.
14:11 he gave Warner bros the idea to get lebron in a new legacy
7:56 I'm calling it out: Transylvania 65000 was the best Bugs Bunny short of all time.
I kind of remember a Looney Tunes movie where Porky was trying to deliver a pizza while going through M.C Escher type staircase. Also one where Daffy and Bugs were playing Marco Polo in an office like setting. Can't really recall them now..
I absolutly love the looney tunes growing up as a kid and it still holds up till this day
I'm more familiar with Space Jam and Back in Action of the Looney Tunes movies because I used to watch them back when I was a kid. At first I thought those were the only movies they had but it turned out they had more. Recently, I found out about Quackbusters and Bah Humduck. I had no idea Looney Tunes had more films. Looney Tunes is a terrific series, by the way!