when he ask Betty "she's married to Roger Rabbit?!" and Betty says "what a lucky gal" people tends to laugh without giving it a second tought, they're toons and their most appealing quality is their ability to make you laugh, so from toons' perspective, Jessica is hella mid and Roger a 10/10
The reason Eddie was nice to Betty was because if you slow it down when he’s in his office you can see a little statue of Betty on his brother’s desk Plus that “but I still got it Eddie.” Is even touching and heartwarming is that the voice actress for her is the same as the one in the 30s Mae questel
The Valiant Brothers are also shown working in a circus as clowns, with a cone hat and ruffled collar that looks exactly like Bettie Boop's sidekick Koko the clown.
I think they were undercover as clowns working a case. Going from being fun loving clowns to hardboiled detectives is a bit of a stretch even for a world with living cartoons.
@@TheMrPeteChannel No, you can see that they're little kids, and the photo is dated 1906, with a caption that says they're on the road with their father. Eddie's circus upbringing is why he's able to do his dance for the weasels at the end.
The supreme irony of all this is that, if this movie were made NOW, critics and audiences everywhere would be going GA-GA over it, and the Oscar would probably go to several different parties. But back in the day, movies like this were extremely frowned upon, and seen as "children's" material. So the Oscars dismissed it, like it wasn't worth their notice.
@@jacob4920 You are exactly right. I'm old enough to remember the unfair, critical reactions to this movie upon its release (which shaped the general, public view). The words "discounted" and "disregarded" come to mind. I would add, if this movie was made today, even though everyone would be GA-GA, it would be a truly less amazing work because of the ubiquitous use of CG. A big part of this movie's excellence is the unbelievable (for the time) quality of the practical effects/animation interface.
Overall it’s a great film, but his performance alone is not enough to get an Oscar Award. Honestly I would have given it to Christopher Lloyd for his performance 🎭
Actually this film released one year after Bob Hoskins was nominated for Best Actor for MONA LISA (1986). In fact, if you look at the awards and nominations he got, he came massively close to winning the Oscar for that (he in fact won almost every major Best Actor award under the sun except for only a couple (the Oscar among them)), losing the Oscar to Paul Newman (it was in fact Newman's only ever competitive win).
@@chetstevensq O’Toole now shares the record for most acting nominations without ever winning (8 acting nominations). Glenn Close recently tied that record.
This was the first movie I ever saw Bob Hoskins in and years later I saw him in a British movie and thought, "Wow! He does a great British accent!" Lol... Didn't realize that he does a great American accent instead!
Steven Spielberg single handily did that. Since he produced the film it was him that was able to get all those toons together on film. A strong reputation in Hollywood could do that for you.
they not only got WB and Disney they also got Turner Entertainment(though no Tom & Jerry), Harvey Comics(though no Casper), Fleischer Studios(Yes Woody Woodpecker) and King Features Syndicate(though no Popeye) characters.
This movie was a MASSIVE marketing phenomenon. You couldn't go anywhere in 1988 or 1989 without seeing Roger Rabbit stuff everywhere. I even still have a vintage Southeby's auction catalog that I bought from a comic shop which was nothing more than a list of the sale prices of all the different animation cels. Even then they were going for the high hundreds to mid thousands. Man, if only I'd had the money to invest in one back then.
The effects in this movie are mind blowing. Especially when you realize that the cartoon characters are always holding real objects. The weasels for example, are not holding cartoon guns but real guns. They also did such an incredible job trying to light the toons in such a way that they fit into the scene. This is especially noticeable when Valiant is trying to cut the handcuffs and the light is moving back and forth, or during Jessica Rabbit's performance, where at some point she moves in front of a light and becomes backlit. It is insane.
100% agree about how amazing the effects are. Even modern movies with cutting edge CGI still sometimes struggle with the crossover scenes looking natural to the shown universe. Every time I see any clips from this movie I'm amazed all over again that they managed such a believable blend of real world with cartoon interaction 35 years ago.
One of many cool things about this movie: The pan shot from Eddie looking at pictures and across Teddy Valiant's old desk to Eddie sleeping and being awakened by lt. santino is done in one single shot. One. Shot. Just think about it. They had to relight the set from night to day, place an empty bottle in Bob Hoskins hand, and Hoskins had to place himself on the desk, all without disrupting the running camera! That's a definite movie achievement!
My first time actively watching this movie was a couple months ago and my jaw just about dropped when the pan around finished to show Hoskins sleeping at his desk. It's so subtle and yet it's gotta be one of the best one-shot scenes of all time.
Not to mention all the nuances of how the Toons interact with the world around them. Roger even left fingerprints in the dust on the brother's chair in the office. You just don't see half the effort and care put into movies nowadays. Even Marvel CG isn't as immersive as this 1988 Cartoon/Live Action Hybrid.
25:41 It _is_ a Disney ride! It's called _Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin._ If you're interested, on TH-cam, there are all kinds of behind-the-scenes footage and at least one full documentary on the making of this movie. They show the puppetry used and the actors miming. I think the most remarkable thing was how they seamlessly animated the characters into the world, even when the camera was moving around (which was often).
There was a lot of negotiation that went into allowing Disney and WB characters to appear together, and there were three main things that they agreed to: 1) Bugs and Mickey get equal screen time 2) Mickey never harms anyone so Bugs had to be the one to give Eddie the "spare" 3) Both Porky and Tinkerbell had to give their outros. They didn't need to negotiate anything regarding Daffy and Donald because that scene practically wrote itself and all parties involved were very happy with out it turned out.
Yep. Remember, Disney and Warner had a storied rivalry through the years, so it took a lot of negotiation. Disney handled the animation...and Mickey shows up 1 second earlier then Bugs despite the agreement. Because Disney.
@@gamerk316 That one second of time Mickey showed up before Bugs was to balance out a brief second earlier in the film in which Bugs is featured on his own.
@@brucechmiel7964 Yes, but Tink was used as the mascot for Walt Disney's Disneyland / Wonderful World of Color / Walt Disney Presents anthology series & as the representative for the Wonderful World of Disney Sunday movie matinee. Just like how Porky Pig used his famous stuttering tagline at the end of each _Looney Tunes_ / _Merry Melodies_ cartoon short.
This film was groundbreaking when it first came out & still to this day is an absolute marvel to behold. It was the first time Disney, Warner Bros., Fleischer Studios, King Features Syndicate, Felix the Cat Productions, Turner Entertainment, and Universal Pictures/Walter Lantz Productions characters all appeared together in the same feature. Also, stipulations on how those characters were portrayed; for example, Disney's Donald Duck and Warner Bros.' Daffy Duck appear as equally talented dueling pianists, and Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny also share a scene. Fun Fact: Mae Questel, who voice Betty Boop between 1931 & 1938 in more than 50 animated shorts; along with Olive Oyl from 1933, reprised her role as Betty Boop for one last time in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Mae Questel final non voice role was the iconic Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. VistaVision cameras installed with motion-control technology were used for the photography of the live-action scenes, which would be composited with animation. Rubber mannequins of Roger Rabbit, Baby Herman, and the Toon Patrol portrayed the animated characters during rehearsals to teach the actors where to look when acting with "open air and imaginative cartoon characters". Many of the live-action props held by cartoon characters were shot on set with the props either held by robotic arms or manipulated with strings, similar to a marionette. The actor who played the voice of Roger, Charles Fleischer, insisted on wearing a Roger Rabbit costume while on the set, to get into character. Although the film is set in 1947 Los Angeles, the live action footage & outdoor locations were filmed at Elstree Studios, England & also on Hope Street in LA. The Acme Factory is the Dimco Building which is located in Shepard’s Bush, West London & stands next to the Westfield Shopping Centre. The Dimco Building also doubled for the British Museum in The Mummy Returns (2001). Other locations included Grays State Theatre in Essex, UK, the Glendale-Hyperion viaduct, LA, & also the Griffith Park Tunnel (also seen in Back to the Future).
Speaking of Back To The Future, Robert Zemeckis directed this film, and he was following it up by filming BTTF 2 & 3 back-to-back right after. Zemeckis made a point to cast Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom to make sure he would be available to reprise his role as Doc Brown.
I always thought of Dolores and Jessica as being mirrors of each other. Tall, beautiful, chesty, strong redheads who were with shorter guys with opposite personalities that they loved dearly.
This animation was pretty innovative for it's time. The toons look so "realistic" because of the shading. If you pause and pay attention you can tell each toon is shaded to have shadows on it's body in relation to wherever the light source actually is in the real life set. So every shot of a camera, and shading of light on characters, had to be in perfect synchronization the entire movie.
It didn't make the edit, but around 29:00 there is a scene of Jessica in the street looking up at Maroon's office. The camera does a rack focus from her to the office and they animated her shifting focus exactly with the camera. The attention to detail in the animation is unbelievable.
That’s why the phrase “bumping the lamp” came to mean putting in that extra effort and attention to detail which might seem superfluous, but actually adds so much more to the final result.
The filmmakers intentionally challenged themselves to get seamless animation by putting the animated characters in shots that had interesting lighting. A key is example is the swinging light bulb that repeatedly changes the shadows in the bar's secret room.
Yeah, not to get all “kids these days” but younger reactors are so used to CGI that they often don’t realize just how complicated it used to be to do it without them. They don’t get how insane it was to watch this in theaters. V is an exception to the rule for noting how cool it is.
Watching Vicky struggle to grin through Judge Doom's transformation and bear the horror (after her delight for this character throughout) is a joy to witness lol
I saw this as a kid in theaters in the 80's and was blown away. Not by Jessica Rabbit, not by the seemless blending of live action with top notch animation, no that wasn't what blew my child mind. What I was wowed by was that there were Waner Brothers, Disney and Fleisher cartoon characters all existing in the same place at the same time. Like Mikey Bugs, Donald and Daffy were hanging out together, going sky diving and almost killing each other during duel piano performances, just blew my mind
Another person old enough to have seen this is theaters. I understood Jessica Rabbit was pretty and that's why people liked her. But, I just adored this movie as a kid and when returning as an adult its amazing what I missed. Still love this classic.
"A better lover than a driver huh?" "You'd better believe it buster." I had to be an adult before I was enlightened to the fact that Roger and Jessica were F*cking like Rabbits.
The behind the scenes are awesome to watch and see how they did this movie. The amount of effort and enginuity that went into this movie is fascinating.
You're right, Vicky. Valiant's short tie _is_ historically accurate. Before "low rise" pants (what we now consider standard) became fashionable in the 1960s, men's pants (excepting blue jeans) had waist lines at the "natural waist" -- i.e., at navel level or slightly higher. So it made sense for neckties to be shorter than what we're now accustomed to. Also, going back in time a little further: Up through the 1920s/'30s, it was essentially a social/fashion requirement for a man to wear a vest beneath his suit coat. In this environment, ties only had to be a bit longer than the vest's "v-neck" opening. Additionally, it was (and still is) a fashion _faux pas_ for the bottom tip of a necktie to be visible poking out lower than a vest. A man didn't need to worry about that with the short ties. 🙂
if you ever get a proper suit tailored for the natural waist, those things are hella comfortable to move around in. You can be extremely limber when you don't have a belt around your hips restricting your movement.
@@5ilver42 Yup. Due to the onset of a physical ailment which makes belts problematic, I've been a 'natural waist' tailoring and suspenders (a/k/a braces) man for the past few years. Holy moly! If I had known how much more comfortable this is, I would've switched years earlier. The pop culture "nerd" and "old man" connotations be darned. 😁
@@mugwump242 Plus, if you get a nice vest (or waistcoat, if you're British) that will obscure the high waistline of the trousers too, and you won't look "out of fashion" but rather really sharp.
I was about 10 when this came out, and the reveal that Judge Doom was the toon who killed Eddie's brother was a shock. But that was nothing compared to the trauma moments later, when his real face and voice were revealed. The way he says that he "talked just... like... THIS!" is still seared into my memory all these years later. This movie was the talk of the schoolyard for quite a while after it came out. And yes, Jessica Rabbit was extremely popular with us. 😆
He hated it, at the time (don't know how he feels about it now). Said for a long time that it was the worst movie he ever performed for, because he had to do everything himself, in every scene, with almost zero help outside of Christopher Lloyd and the woman who played his love interest.
@@jacob4920 well he got over it when he did super Mario brothers that is the worst movie ever made and him and John laguzamo had to be drunk every day just to put up with the directors
@@B0mber44 Ouch, too soon! lol. We do miss Bob, though, for real. One of my favorite bits of trivia is that Bob got the role in large part due to his ability to cross his eyes- making it look as though he was focusing on something right in front of him- very difficult to do. And he did it wonderfully! As well as his American accent (Bob was British), and his acting in general, which was superb.
@@TSIRKLAND That reminds me, when somebody first told me Bob Hoskins was British, I refused to believe it! lol Then I actually watched some of his other performances, and I settled for being amazed he could do an American accent so well. Because if you listen to his British tone, you would never believe that he could pull it off.
I like this movie and I seen it when I was little and it's my favorite movie from my childhood and it's a good movie but not funny about this movie and it's still a good movie but not funny about this movie and what do you think about this movie same thing what I say right
This film is in fact a tribute to the Jack Nicholson classic CHINATOWN (1974) (this film is filled with references to that movie). As a matter of fact, this film's main plot regarding the highway was originally intended to be part of one of 2 planned sequels to CHINATOWN before it was shelved and the plot was evolved to this film.
Humor aside, they make a great trilogy about how big business ruined Los Angeles. Chinatown is about the water supply, The Two Jakes is about real estate, and Roger Rabbit is about the public transit system.
@@kaibricturner8836It's fine. If you go in expecting Chinatown, you're going to be disappointed and you're alright if you don't watch it, but it's a decent flick.
Richard Williams was the animation director, he wrote one of the most definitive guides to animation (the animator's survival kit) and was one of the most talented, innovative, dedicated animators ever, yet tragically masochistically and inefficiently perfectionist to the extreme - working on his intended masterpiece "The thief and the cobbler" for over 3 decades, hand drawing incredibly complex shots, yet never finishing it
Harvey, the invisible rabbit, who was besties with a drunk, was a popular 1940s cartoon - so that joke was actually well placed to protect Roger and make a mockery of the judge at the same time
@vincegamer is correct. The movie "Harvey" starred James Stewart as an eccentric man with an invisible six-foot rabbit as an imaginary (maybe?) friend. There was no animation in it at all.
Some of your details are not 100% correct. But you do have the gist, basically. Harvey is invisible, which is why Angelo pulled that joke on the Judge. "Harvey" was in fact a play that opened in 1944- a few years before this film's setting of 1947. In 1950, it was adapted into a film, starring Jimmy Stewart (who had also been in the play).
kinda sad to think that there will probably never be another movie like this.. just in terms of how it was made and getting the rights to all the characters
Within the last year, Disney put out a Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers movie that has just as many characters, maybe more, from even more studios in multiple styles (live action, 2D, 3D, puppets, and stop motion). The world is again one where real people share the world with fictional ones. Roger Rabbit even has a brief cameo in it. It’s also a mystery. I personally liked it and recommend it. The world felt bigger than the one in this movie. Downside is the 2D is not traditional cell painted like it was for this movie. Though considering how much traditional cell painted costs, it’s not much of a surprise.
I met Joanna Cassidy who plays Dolores on 06/24 at Greater Austin Comic Con 2023. She was so nice and sweet. Joanna explained to me that that she's still in touch with many of the animators of WFRR and that they get together for brunch so often. Also, Joanna told during a conference that they shooted at least 40 takes per scene because everything had to look precise on frame for the animator. She signed me an original lobby card of "WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?" From 1988 💖.
What I like about the dip is that there is a lighting effect with it, like as the cel dissolves, you can see the light shining through the cel to light the Toon. Mind blowing.
My brother grew up with this movie. When he showed it to me I absolutely loved it. The main villain (I wont spoil it if you aren't at the end yet) still scares me to death. The blend of live action and cartoons still holds up pretty well.
VKunia has such expressive eyes which are so great for these react style vids, the fact that her soft voice complements her inquisitive personality or that she's so pretty is just a welcome bonus.
Nathan McDowell: Her eyes getting wide at Delores's "Is that a rabbit in your pocket" joke was hysterical. I rewound it three times. One because I wasn't sure what I saw, and two more times because it was so funny. And after being all sympathetic to the toons being in danger from The Dip to hating on the Frank Sinatra singing sword and wishing Dip on it made me laugh out loud. This was a really good reaction even though she's a little more suppressed for this one than usual
This movie isn't ahead of its time, it is iconic in its excellence. It has never been done before this well, and though people have tried, it's never been done as exquisitely since. Bob Hoskins is underrated as an actor simply because he wasn't considered an absolute master after this performance.
Yeah, I think of Mary Poppins as a case where it was done before, and Space Jam as a case where it was done after, but neither did it as well as Roger Rabbit.
I like this movie and I seen it when I was little and it's my favorite movie from my childhood and it's a good movie but not funny About this movie and it's still a good movie but not funny about this movie and do you agree with me about what I say right
Even to this day, seeing so many Cartoon properties getting screen time in this film together is mindblowing, having Warner Bros and Disney side by side is wild. Well, now that You've seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit, next stop should be Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
If you're wondering about Judge Doom's true identity, there was a graphic novel about him published after the movie, and according to that, he was once known as "Baron Von Rotten", the Toon answer to Lon Chaney, a man of a thousand faces who specialized in playing villains. One day a gag that went horribly wrong left him amnesiac, and he started thinking he was a real villain. IIRC, under the rubber mask he looks basically the same, like a cartoon caricature of Christopher Lloyd.
I'm delighted you enjoyed this! I'm a huge fan of animation and this is THE MOVIE for me. There'll never be another one quite like it. In addition to the tremendous task of getting the rights for all of those characters to appear in the same movie, consider this: There was no computer animation done in this movie! All the animation was done with hand painted cells! This was a HUGE undertaking! And I think you can tell, it was made by people who loved these cartoons. I had fun watching your reactions. Thanks for choosing this one!
Great reaction, V! Thanks for enjoying a great and historic film from my childhood! "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is impressive in so many ways, far beyond the technical mastery involved in convincingly blending animation with real life environments. As others have noted, Bob Hoskins' ability to act with cartoon "co-stars" was nothing short of amazing, and the feat of getting WB, Disney and other studios to cooperate on this level is not likely to be repeated in my lifetime. In addition to all that, the movie manages to offer subtle commentary on multiple serious topics, including the Hollywood film industry and social racism. It's the sort of thing I never noticed as a kid -- I was simply too wowed by seeing all these toons in the "real world". Watching it again as an adult, I can pick up on those themes now, and they make the movie that much more enjoyable to me. Take care!
80s and 90s were the peak times of movie making in my opinion. Still heavily invested in practical effects. And this masterpiece in mixing media is a great example. Hand drawn art.
9:50 A lot of it is rotoscoping. They built mechanical arms or had an actress do the singing/dancing and then they just draw overtop of that. The thing is that it's just done super well and this is animated on 1s, so it matches the framerate of the live action people. They also hand drew shadows that the toons cast onto real life objects. This is a masterpiece of animation.
Ah the Judge's big reveal, one of the top 10 moments that traumatized 80's kids lol. I'm so glad you enjoyed the movie! It's such an old movie now but the effects still hold up because they put so much work into it. The more you watch the movie, the more you notice the little things they did to make it all blend together. Lighting on the cartoons change with the real-world lights, cartoons move real-world objects, etc. It's crazy how much they thought about the details of it all.
Christopher Lloyd is arguably the greatest character actor of all time. He played everything from Uncle Fester on the Addams Family to a Klingon on Star Trek. When I heard him use the slight quiver of his voice like he used on the great TV show, Taxi, that’s when I knew. (I’d say, “Hey! It’s Iggie!!”) Also, Bob Hoskins was English. I never knew that until well after I saw this movie.
My older cousin took me to see this movie. She almost took us out after the patty cake scene, but started laughing uncontrollably when they showed the patty cake pictures
Great reaction VKunia! It's safe to say this kind of movie won't happen again. The licensing nightmare. Also, it was mostly hand-drawn by an army of artists. The shadowing was added by computers, but all the Toons were drawn on Cels, just like they did in the 40s. It's an amazing effort, never to be repeated.
This was crazy to see in the theater. It still holds up today imo. I used to pull this out for the good ole VHS over the years when we all just wanted a laugh. Good times and great memories. Thanks for sharing and another fun reaction. 🐾
The reason we don't have more movies like this was it was a groundbreaking endeavor that cost millions, and then shortly after it was made, CGI was invented. It was a masterpiece made at exactly the right time when it could be, and will never be done again because the cost would be insane compared to the cost of CGI. Also, yes... I thought the same thing bout Christopher Lloyd when I first saw this movie when I was kid in 80s... in fact he ACTUALLY SCARED ME. I still to this day think this is Christopher Lloyd's best performance.
If you go back and watch, the twist with the Judge is foreshadowed a bit - dip only hurts toons, but he wears a glove when he dips his hand into it. He also jumps back when it gets spilled over in the bar so it doesn't touch him. As for how they did the toons interacting with physical objects - the hard way! Planning the scene out, moving the prop or person with wire or another method, then physically hand animating the cartoons over the film frame by frame. (Fun fact - the bar with the penguins was done by having puppeteers under the floor with the trays mounted on poles, I believe, so they could move and bob around).
Weird fact, this film plays off of China Town. Los Angeles was on its way to having the best public transit system ever and the auto and oil industries actively killed it. So there is some Truth in Television here which just makes the movie even better!
One thing I love about this movie is that, just like Pixar movies, kids and adults can watch it and enjoy it for différent reaseons : kids will enjoy the humour, the toons, etc. while adults will enjoy the story and the "film noir" athmosphere...
I like this movie and I seen it when I was little and it's my favorite movie from my childhood and it's a good movie but not funny about this movie and it's still a good movie but not funny about this movie and do you agree with me about what I say right
One of the stipulations that Disney and Warner Bros. had for including their characters in the movie was that their characters had to be on screen for an equal amount of time. Hence why Daffy and Donald, Bugs and Mickey appeared at the same time, so that they could be sure that they were on screen for the same amount of time as each other.
Enjoyed your reaction so much! This is such a great movie, an intriguing mystery, fantastic filmmaking, and really engages the viewer. You will get a lot of comments from folks about the technical details, the behind the scenes documentary, etc. There is a rich tapestry here. Just for one thing, the piano duel between Daffy and Donald was something thrown in to showcase the animation. Indeed, "bumping the lamp" came from this as a description of the highest level of detail to enhance the realism (coming from the rotgut room scene with the moving light casting dynamic shadows from and on Roger). I had a great time with your post.
The effects in this movie were incredible. They had to rig up real life objects to react like they were being held or moved by cartoon characters. Somewhere out there is a documentary just on the special effects for this film.
Yup. Disney and Warner animated properties are no longer allowed to be depicted together in the same film... for any reason... FOREVER! That's because both studios hate each other to such an insane degree that they've never been able to iron out any kind of legal outcome that satisfies both parties. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" stands alone, in Cinema history, because it is the ONLY movie that has enabled both parties to coincide like this! And it probably will stand alone for as long as we all live. Which is both sad, and impressive, at the same time. Truly makes this movie IMMORTAL!
@@jacob4920 This is no longer true--a number of Looney Tunes and DC Comics (which is owned by WB) characters appear in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (the Disney+ movie that is in part a loose sequel to Roger Rabbit). The only one with speaking lines is Batman, but a number of others appear in cameos.
@@JenABlue-ed1bw I'm sure that had to go through a tremendous amount of loopholes to become a thing. Also, them appearing, while having zero lines, doesn't really count. It happening ONCE in the last 30+ years does not signal a change to the norm. Disney probably had to pay WB out the ass to even feature those characters in the first place, so it's not likely to be a regular thing from now on.
0:27 Don't forget Holli would from Cool world I'll be at that's a little bit more of an adult version of this movie not necessarily showing anything but more adult themes. She's another one of those animated characters that a lot of young men in the '90s fell in love with. 😂
"I hit him with a frying pan and put him in the trunk, so he wouldn't get hurt!" Amazing xD It's easy to forget she operates on toon-logic as much as the rest of them do. Great reaction!
This movie is a masterpiece in puppetry. The lounge scene was shot on a raised set with puppeteers working above and below. Every time a toon interacts with a "real" person or object you're watching either one or more puppeteers or a stellar physical performance from the live actor(s).
Invisible rabbit Harvey is reference to play Harvey from 1944 about giant invisible rabbit of the same name. It was made to movie in 1950 starring James Stewart.
My favourite fact about this film is that Gary K. Wolf, the author of the original novel "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" preferred the film to his own book. In fact he preferred it to such a degree that he wrote two novels that were sequels to the film, and not his original book.
They really did a great job with the subtle special effects in this movie when the tunes are interacting with humans. Stuff you don’t even notice until you really think about it like Jessica lifting up his tie in the club or the wolf splashing real water at him in the sink.
I went on the Who Framed Roger Rabbit ride at Tokyo Disney a decade ago. Best ride there, hands down. It was the cab on a rail, but also functioned like the teacup ride with a wheel to spin the car. Walls would move and spin, characters would come out of nowhere. It was tantamount to an intense acid trip. Would go again, 100%.
This movie came out when I was 10, and it was one of my favorites as a kid. I appreciate it so much more as an adult, though. One of the things that went over my head when I was a kid is that the humans and toons are segregated, the toons are second-class citizens and discriminated against.
So, funny thing about Judge Doom: Like other Toons, he initially wasn't evil. In the comic "The Resurrection of Doom", he played the parts of villains, but was a good Toon. It wasn't until he had an accident with a bomb that he got a concussion. With the concussion, instead of playing the part of a villain, he was a villain.
With all respects to John Calicos for being the FIRST Klingon, Kruge is THE Klingon. They may have been antagonists before, but in TOS their interactions had a strong sense of mutual respect "Darn, you beat us. But we'll get you next time" sort of stuff. In fact I think Kor outright expressed his admiration for Kirk in Errand Of Mercy. Kruge is the one everyone ACTUALLY thinks of when they think of Klingons as Kirk's nemesis. No spoilers, tho. I hope Vicky does the TOS films some day. All six are definitely worth a watch and reaction.
@@Ambaryerno It could be argued that Chang (played by Christopher Plummer) in ST6 is at least equal to Kruge & possibly surpasses him in this category.
Something we would do was to see who could identify the most characters and where they are from, and extra points if you could name the voice actors. Mae Quenzel came out of retirement to voice Betty Boop in her mid-90's, she also voiced the original Olive Oyl with Popeye. Jessica was voiced by Kathleen Turner, but her singing voice was the actress Amy Irving, and she was supposedly based on Lana Turner, who I've had a crush on forever. The "dip" was a real thing. When animators would make a boo-boo, they used a solvent to erase the inks and they called it dip. Great reaction as always, V.
"this would be such a fun disney ride" Roger Rabbit's Cartoon spin was indeed the signature ride of Toontown in Disneyland, and Toontown itself was based off this movie.
Hey V i'm glad you are watching Roger Rabbit and after this movie came out everyone started calling me Roger Rabbit but I really enjoyed especially the voice actors of the animated characters, Thanks for watching it and i enjoyed your reactions, have a great Wednesday and take care Thank You very much V.🐰🐰 🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇🐇
Roger and Jesseca‘s relationship is one that really does work. It’s like what she said to Eddie on what does she see you know and she replied that he makes her laugh. That sums them up perfectly. Jessica is attractive and most men specifically human men see her as a sex symbol. However, on the tune side, Roger is a famous actor. Which is why Betty says that she’s the lucky one. Sure Roger thinks she’s attractive, but all he really wants is to make her laugh. Which is really sweet.
I still think it's hilarious that This was one of my favorite movies as a child not because there was anything wrong with it but because of Jessica rabbit😂🤣🤣🤣
38:38 "What kind of factory has all these machines and they're so easily accessible?" The ACME Factory of course. That's; A Company (that) Makes Everything
Hey VKunia, so glad you got to this classic and iconic film of mixtured cartoon characters. Bob Hoskins was great as the human hero, but Roger was great as the cartoon one. Kathleen Turner was the voiceover for Jessica Rabbit, perfectly casted. I watched Mary Cherry and Ashleigh Burton's reactions to this and absolutely loved it. Nice reaction. Christopher Lloyd played the perfect villain. As an actor, that isn't his forte to be one. If you can find it, he played a hilarious role in one episode of the Canadian TV series Road To Avonlea.
A little lore about Judge Doom. He was a Toon who played villain characters. But he loved being evil, so he stated to act out his roles with the humans. So, they wanted to get rid of him, he went in hiding, covered himself in Hollywood makeup and turned himself into a human.
15:40 Oh, this scene could've been SO MUCH WORSE. The original idea was that Doom would dip a cartoon gopher. A talking cartoon gopher who would plead for his life as he's being dipped. Also, apparently the original name for the Dip was the The Final Solution. Yeah, they went there. Or they would've if they hadn't decided to tone it way down. The fate of that poor shoe was bad enough as it is.
@@VKuniaV so happy you loved this... also, this IS a dark movie I'm surprised with your reactions... cause the villain is scary and the two deaths was disturbing, and also... Roger is awesome and fun to hang with and I love the mix of mystery comedy action horror and satire and slapstick silkyness and silkyness in this movie and it's one of my favourite movies as in a perfect movie of all time! I want a no the sequels!!!
If you notice, on Eddie's brother's desk; there is a Betty Boop doll, maybe Teddy was a fan of her, and that's why Eddie tells Betty at the Ink and Paint club, that "she still got it" with a smile.
Always fun to watch even more with you. The way this movie was made is incredible back at the good old times. Love your reaction. Greetings from Germany
The novella "Who Censored Roger Rabbit" was an allegory to the treatment of Blacks in the entertainment industry and the gentrification of formerly black communities into commercial properties. The deal between WB and Disney was that the Looney Tunes characters couldn't have less screen time than their Disney counterparts, so that's why they're usually on screen together. This would be the last time Mel Blanc would voice the Looney Tunes, as he died shortly before this film's release. Part of the reason Robert Zemeckis cast Christopher Lloyd as Doom was because he was afraid that Universal would make _Back to the Future 2_ without him and made sure Lloyd was busy so Zemeckis could direct both films.
They made a documentary/behind the scene of it at the time. It shows how puppeteers were moving the real guns, and the jigs used to let Roger seem to drink and spit out water in the sink. Also it was hand-animated - but with lots of special effects added for 3d look and the spakling effect of Jessica's dress.
Jessica Rabbit can be credited for me growing up heterosexual. Because she was such a BOMBSHELL of a character, that even as a six year old boy, seeing this film when it first came out, I had the HOTS for her, and she basically defined my sexual attraction mechanism for the remainder of my life!
I don't understand your comment; "growing up heterosexual" makes it sound like you're actually bisexual or something, but "the remainder of my life" kinda contradicts that...
@@korganrocks3995 You're reading way too much into it. I grew up hetero, because I grew up hetero. Not everybody grows up that way anymore. Also, I was six years old! You're trying to wonder if a six year old boy was BISEXUAL?! Is this really a real question??!!
@@jacob4920You grew up hetero because you ARE hetero. Seeing sexy women on tv has no effect on anyone's sexuality other than making them realise there's more to life than legos and hot wheels a few years earlier than they would have on their own. "Not everyone grows up hetero anymore" makes it sound like there was ever a time when everyone did. Some non-hetero people did, and only figured out their sexuality later in life, but some always had crushes on their own gender or both. Basically, your original comment made it sound as if you thought sexuality was either a choice or at least something that can be molded by outside events rather than something you're born with.
I've met a woman who is completely hetero, but still admits to growing up with a bit of a girl crush on Jessica Rabbit. The character just has that effect.
@@user-mg5mv2tn8qOr maybe Kinsey was right, and she's just mostly hetero. If I'd had a boy crush on a fictional male character I wouldn't consider myself completely straight.
So fun fact. In the scene where Jessica is thrown from the taxi the animators had a bit of fun adding bits. The studio didn't notice until the DVD release where they provided her with some extra garments to cover the naughty detail.
I wanted more movie like this. But never got them. I think that, over time, that's only made THIS movie stand alone as such a MILESTONE for all audiences! A hundred years from now, people are going to remember this movie, and what it actually accomplished.
That reminds me of when Jurassic Park came out, and I convinced my little brother that the dinosaur cloning technology in the movie was real, and that's how they'd gotten real dinosaurs to film. Boy was he disappointed when he realised we wouldn't be going to the real Jurassic Park on vacation! 😄
It took a couple of rewatches before I caught the Chekov's Gun when Roger said, "A laugh can be a very powerful thing. It's the only weapon we have." And of course, that's what Eddie used to defeat the weasels.
This is 1947, and Mr. Chekov wouldn't leave his phaser gun behind till he snuck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in San Francisco in the 1980s. (Yes, I know what you're actually referring to, but you misspelled Chekhov, so I couldn't resist.)
As someone who lived through the 80s, it was the best time to be alive. Loved this movie as a kid❤ We knew cartoons was violent, Looney toons, Popeye exc... but we knew even as kids that it was just a cartoon and can't be taken seriously. That was the joke in of itself. He-man, Thundercats G.I. Joe are 80s cartoons with good morals, always doing the right thing. Loved them cartoons. Like I said the 80s was the best time to be alive.
"How did they get the toons to interact with the world?" Lots and LOTS of puppets, also the actors doing very convincing choreography. Watch the behind the scenes.
This movie is like the 2nd derivative of nostalgia. I watch it nostalgic of my youth however it was written as a nostalgic look at the mid 20th century not just the time period, but the Warner Brothers cartoon style.
"I would have been here right after you called, but I had to shake the weasels." That's what she said. Getting the toons to interact with the physical world required every trick in the book. Props hung from strings, in the Ink & Paint Club, puppeteers were under the floor holding up the penguin's trays. In the scene where Baby Herman held a cigar or Roger picked up plates, they used a remote-controlled robot arm that the animators would draw over. Jessica's chesties bounced exactly the opposite way they should according to physics. They bounced down when they should bounce up. This was intentional.
Like that you've seen enough animation that you can pick the major players, but I feel like there's a LOT of references that are flying by. Like that not just a hippo in a tutu, that A FANTASIA hippo in a tutu!
when he ask Betty "she's married to Roger Rabbit?!"
and Betty says "what a lucky gal"
people tends to laugh without giving it a second tought, they're toons and their most appealing quality is their ability to make you laugh, so from toons' perspective, Jessica is hella mid and Roger a 10/10
Good point. From the toons perspective, Jessica is married to basically one of the hottest guys in the industry.
In the book it goes further in that anthropomorphic animals are considered higher class than human looking cartoons.
@@coreozurn4950LOL the book was so wild. Am so glad I read it.
I never thought of it like that! Great observation!
yeah... also when Roger talk about Goofy "what a class! what a GENIUS!!!" 🤣🤣
The reason Eddie was nice to Betty was because if you slow it down when he’s in his office you can see a little statue of Betty on his brother’s desk
Plus that “but I still got it Eddie.” Is even touching and heartwarming is that the voice actress for her is the same as the one in the 30s Mae questel
The Valiant Brothers are also shown working in a circus as clowns, with a cone hat and ruffled collar that looks exactly like Bettie Boop's sidekick Koko the clown.
I think they were undercover as clowns working a case. Going from being fun loving clowns to hardboiled detectives is a bit of a stretch even for a world with living cartoons.
@@TheMrPeteChannel Don't forget that between their time as a clown and their time as PI's they were policemen
@@TheMrPeteChannel No, you can see that they're little kids, and the photo is dated 1906, with a caption that says they're on the road with their father. Eddie's circus upbringing is why he's able to do his dance for the weasels at the end.
To this day, 35 years later, I still think it was kind of criminal that Bob Hoskins didn’t get an Oscar nomination.
The supreme irony of all this is that, if this movie were made NOW, critics and audiences everywhere would be going GA-GA over it, and the Oscar would probably go to several different parties. But back in the day, movies like this were extremely frowned upon, and seen as "children's" material. So the Oscars dismissed it, like it wasn't worth their notice.
@@jacob4920 You are exactly right. I'm old enough to remember the unfair, critical reactions to this movie upon its release (which shaped the general, public view). The words "discounted" and "disregarded" come to mind. I would add, if this movie was made today, even though everyone would be GA-GA, it would be a truly less amazing work because of the ubiquitous use of CG. A big part of this movie's excellence is the unbelievable (for the time) quality of the practical effects/animation interface.
True this is a classic
Overall it’s a great film, but his performance alone is not enough to get an Oscar Award. Honestly I would have given it to Christopher Lloyd for his performance 🎭
Yes, he had mental issues after this film because he got so use talking to “cartoons” that weren’t really there
Bob Hoskins deserved an Oscar nod for this performance. Nothing like it was ever tried before and he pulled it all off flawlessly.
Actually this film released one year after Bob Hoskins was nominated for Best Actor for MONA LISA (1986). In fact, if you look at the awards and nominations he got, he came massively close to winning the Oscar for that (he in fact won almost every major Best Actor award under the sun except for only a couple (the Oscar among them)), losing the Oscar to Paul Newman (it was in fact Newman's only ever competitive win).
@@axr7149 Oscar never allowed Peter O'Toole a victory either, to their everlasting shame.
@@chetstevensq O’Toole now shares the record for most acting nominations without ever winning (8 acting nominations). Glenn Close recently tied that record.
This was the first movie I ever saw Bob Hoskins in and years later I saw him in a British movie and thought, "Wow! He does a great British accent!" Lol... Didn't realize that he does a great American accent instead!
The entire movie hinges on his performance. He made it totally believable.
Still blows my mind seeing Disney and WB characters together. This movie is a licensing phenomenon!
Warner's demand for using Bugs and Daffy was that they got exactly as much screen time as Mickey and Donald did.
Steven Spielberg single handily did that. Since he produced the film it was him that was able to get all those toons together on film. A strong reputation in Hollywood could do that for you.
they not only got WB and Disney they also got Turner Entertainment(though no Tom & Jerry), Harvey Comics(though no Casper), Fleischer Studios(Yes Woody Woodpecker) and King Features Syndicate(though no Popeye) characters.
This movie was a MASSIVE marketing phenomenon. You couldn't go anywhere in 1988 or 1989 without seeing Roger Rabbit stuff everywhere. I even still have a vintage Southeby's auction catalog that I bought from a comic shop which was nothing more than a list of the sale prices of all the different animation cels. Even then they were going for the high hundreds to mid thousands. Man, if only I'd had the money to invest in one back then.
And Tex Avery too. Roger Rabbit is a character that represents all that wacky world of Tex Avery.
The effects in this movie are mind blowing. Especially when you realize that the cartoon characters are always holding real objects. The weasels for example, are not holding cartoon guns but real guns. They also did such an incredible job trying to light the toons in such a way that they fit into the scene. This is especially noticeable when Valiant is trying to cut the handcuffs and the light is moving back and forth, or during Jessica Rabbit's performance, where at some point she moves in front of a light and becomes backlit. It is insane.
That scene with the light was so difficult to do that "bumping the light" became an industry term for any time a film goes the extra mile.
100% agree about how amazing the effects are. Even modern movies with cutting edge CGI still sometimes struggle with the crossover scenes looking natural to the shown universe. Every time I see any clips from this movie I'm amazed all over again that they managed such a believable blend of real world with cartoon interaction 35 years ago.
One of many cool things about this movie:
The pan shot from Eddie looking at pictures and across Teddy Valiant's old desk to Eddie sleeping and being awakened by lt. santino is done in one single shot. One. Shot.
Just think about it. They had to relight the set from night to day, place an empty bottle in Bob Hoskins hand, and Hoskins had to place himself on the desk, all without disrupting the running camera! That's a definite movie achievement!
My first time actively watching this movie was a couple months ago and my jaw just about dropped when the pan around finished to show Hoskins sleeping at his desk. It's so subtle and yet it's gotta be one of the best one-shot scenes of all time.
Not to mention all the nuances of how the Toons interact with the world around them. Roger even left fingerprints in the dust on the brother's chair in the office. You just don't see half the effort and care put into movies nowadays. Even Marvel CG isn't as immersive as this 1988 Cartoon/Live Action Hybrid.
25:41 It _is_ a Disney ride! It's called _Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin._
If you're interested, on TH-cam, there are all kinds of behind-the-scenes footage and at least one full documentary on the making of this movie. They show the puppetry used and the actors miming. I think the most remarkable thing was how they seamlessly animated the characters into the world, even when the camera was moving around (which was often).
There was a lot of negotiation that went into allowing Disney and WB characters to appear together, and there were three main things that they agreed to:
1) Bugs and Mickey get equal screen time
2) Mickey never harms anyone so Bugs had to be the one to give Eddie the "spare"
3) Both Porky and Tinkerbell had to give their outros.
They didn't need to negotiate anything regarding Daffy and Donald because that scene practically wrote itself and all parties involved were very happy with out it turned out.
Yep. Remember, Disney and Warner had a storied rivalry through the years, so it took a lot of negotiation. Disney handled the animation...and Mickey shows up 1 second earlier then Bugs despite the agreement. Because Disney.
This movie takes place before Disney’s Peter Pan released.
@@brucechmiel7964 This movie also takes place before the release of the Goofy cartoon Roger and Eddie were watching in the theater.
@@gamerk316 That one second of time Mickey showed up before Bugs was to balance out a brief second earlier in the film in which Bugs is featured on his own.
@@brucechmiel7964 Yes, but Tink was used as the mascot for Walt Disney's Disneyland / Wonderful World of Color / Walt Disney Presents anthology series & as the representative for the Wonderful World of Disney Sunday movie matinee. Just like how Porky Pig used his famous stuttering tagline at the end of each _Looney Tunes_ / _Merry Melodies_ cartoon short.
What really puts the cherry on top for Jessica Rabbit is that she's voiced by Kathleen Turner.
And if you don't know who Kathleen Turner is, you need to watch "Body Heat". You'll understand why she was perfect for voicing Jessica.
@@robertcanup4473 Or "Romancing the Stone".
And Amy Irving (singing on "Get out of Here").
Still one of my fave 'rewatch' films!@@robertcanup4473
I couldn't have guessed it, ut when I read it a fw months ago I was like: of course! It makes total sense.
This film was groundbreaking when it first came out & still to this day is an absolute marvel to behold.
It was the first time Disney, Warner Bros., Fleischer Studios, King Features Syndicate, Felix the Cat Productions, Turner Entertainment, and Universal Pictures/Walter Lantz Productions characters all appeared together in the same feature.
Also, stipulations on how those characters were portrayed; for example, Disney's Donald Duck and Warner Bros.' Daffy Duck appear as equally talented dueling pianists, and Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny also share a scene.
Fun Fact: Mae Questel, who voice Betty Boop between 1931 & 1938 in more than 50 animated shorts; along with Olive Oyl from 1933, reprised her role as Betty Boop for one last time in Who Framed Roger Rabbit. Mae Questel final non voice role was the iconic Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.
VistaVision cameras installed with motion-control technology were used for the photography of the live-action scenes, which would be composited with animation. Rubber mannequins of Roger Rabbit, Baby Herman, and the Toon Patrol portrayed the animated characters during rehearsals to teach the actors where to look when acting with "open air and imaginative cartoon characters". Many of the live-action props held by cartoon characters were shot on set with the props either held by robotic arms or manipulated with strings, similar to a marionette. The actor who played the voice of Roger, Charles Fleischer, insisted on wearing a Roger Rabbit costume while on the set, to get into character.
Although the film is set in 1947 Los Angeles, the live action footage & outdoor locations were filmed at Elstree Studios, England & also on Hope Street in LA. The Acme Factory is the Dimco Building which is located in Shepard’s Bush, West London & stands next to the Westfield Shopping Centre. The Dimco Building also doubled for the British Museum in The Mummy Returns (2001).
Other locations included Grays State Theatre in Essex, UK, the Glendale-Hyperion viaduct, LA, & also the Griffith Park Tunnel (also seen in Back to the Future).
Speaking of Back To The Future, Robert Zemeckis directed this film, and he was following it up by filming BTTF 2 & 3 back-to-back right after. Zemeckis made a point to cast Christopher Lloyd as Judge Doom to make sure he would be available to reprise his role as Doc Brown.
Too bad they couldn't have gotten the Jay Ward toons in there with Rocky & Bullwinkle and the gang.
Aunt Bethany is Betty Boop and Olive Oil?! That's awesome.
@@-.._.-_...-_.._-..__..._.-.-.- Yep. She also did a lot of radio work and lesser-known cartoon voices.
You bet. Hand drawn animation, no CGI, let’s see anyone make it the same way today, I dare them
I always thought of Dolores and Jessica as being mirrors of each other. Tall, beautiful, chesty, strong redheads who were with shorter guys with opposite personalities that they loved dearly.
This animation was pretty innovative for it's time. The toons look so "realistic" because of the shading. If you pause and pay attention you can tell each toon is shaded to have shadows on it's body in relation to wherever the light source actually is in the real life set. So every shot of a camera, and shading of light on characters, had to be in perfect synchronization the entire movie.
It didn't make the edit, but around 29:00 there is a scene of Jessica in the street looking up at Maroon's office. The camera does a rack focus from her to the office and they animated her shifting focus exactly with the camera. The attention to detail in the animation is unbelievable.
That’s why the phrase “bumping the lamp” came to mean putting in that extra effort and attention to detail which might seem superfluous, but actually adds so much more to the final result.
The filmmakers intentionally challenged themselves to get seamless animation by putting the animated characters in shots that had interesting lighting. A key is example is the swinging light bulb that repeatedly changes the shadows in the bar's secret room.
Yeah, not to get all “kids these days” but younger reactors are so used to CGI that they often don’t realize just how complicated it used to be to do it without them. They don’t get how insane it was to watch this in theaters. V is an exception to the rule for noting how cool it is.
Watching Vicky struggle to grin through Judge Doom's transformation and bear the horror (after her delight for this character throughout) is a joy to witness lol
And to think the Judge Doom role was supposed to go to Tim Curry but they thought he was too scary
To see her almost laughing during a scene that gave me nightmares as a kid shocked me to no end lmao.
@@TheOffkilter oh yes you can see her defense mechanism is to smile through it and what a lovely way to see somebody go through trauma lol
where did the her energy go while reacting to videos.
SOOOOO many 80s kids were traumatized by Doom. The shoe gave me nightmares for more than a week when this came out.
I saw this as a kid in theaters in the 80's and was blown away. Not by Jessica Rabbit, not by the seemless blending of live action with top notch animation, no that wasn't what blew my child mind. What I was wowed by was that there were Waner Brothers, Disney and Fleisher cartoon characters all existing in the same place at the same time. Like Mikey Bugs, Donald and Daffy were hanging out together, going sky diving and almost killing each other during duel piano performances, just blew my mind
The multiverse before the multiverse
That goes for me as well. The first big wow was seeing Donald and Daffy together.
@@18Rada89 And just a year later, I'd have my mind blown again by a comic series from DC called Crisis on Infinite Earth's.
That was my favorite part as a kid too
Another person old enough to have seen this is theaters. I understood Jessica Rabbit was pretty and that's why people liked her. But, I just adored this movie as a kid and when returning as an adult its amazing what I missed. Still love this classic.
"A better lover than a driver huh?" "You'd better believe it buster." I had to be an adult before I was enlightened to the fact that Roger and Jessica were F*cking like Rabbits.
The behind the scenes are awesome to watch and see how they did this movie. The amount of effort and enginuity that went into this movie is fascinating.
You're right, Vicky. Valiant's short tie _is_ historically accurate. Before "low rise" pants (what we now consider standard) became fashionable in the 1960s, men's pants (excepting blue jeans) had waist lines at the "natural waist" -- i.e., at navel level or slightly higher. So it made sense for neckties to be shorter than what we're now accustomed to. Also, going back in time a little further: Up through the 1920s/'30s, it was essentially a social/fashion requirement for a man to wear a vest beneath his suit coat. In this environment, ties only had to be a bit longer than the vest's "v-neck" opening. Additionally, it was (and still is) a fashion _faux pas_ for the bottom tip of a necktie to be visible poking out lower than a vest. A man didn't need to worry about that with the short ties. 🙂
They also got wider to catch food droppings when a man ate. It was easier to wash a small (comparatively) tie than a whole shirt.
if you ever get a proper suit tailored for the natural waist, those things are hella comfortable to move around in. You can be extremely limber when you don't have a belt around your hips restricting your movement.
@@5ilver42 Yup. Due to the onset of a physical ailment which makes belts problematic, I've been a 'natural waist' tailoring and suspenders (a/k/a braces) man for the past few years. Holy moly! If I had known how much more comfortable this is, I would've switched years earlier. The pop culture "nerd" and "old man" connotations be darned. 😁
@@mugwump242 Plus, if you get a nice vest (or waistcoat, if you're British) that will obscure the high waistline of the trousers too, and you won't look "out of fashion" but rather really sharp.
@@5ilver42 👍
“A French dip for fifty cents?! What a steal!” And I’m dead.
No one tell her about inflation and break the illusion... 😄
Never mind the French Dip. How about the apple pie for one thin dime? The Specials menu board can be clearly seen at 23:08.
I was about 10 when this came out, and the reveal that Judge Doom was the toon who killed Eddie's brother was a shock. But that was nothing compared to the trauma moments later, when his real face and voice were revealed. The way he says that he "talked just... like... THIS!" is still seared into my memory all these years later. This movie was the talk of the schoolyard for quite a while after it came out. And yes, Jessica Rabbit was extremely popular with us. 😆
80s kid can confirm: This movie scared the HELL out of us.
That poor shoe...
@@Ambaryerno I was 19 and the shoe scene is still hard to watch.
Yeah.
I saw it at the movies when it came out and it scared the crap out of me. 🤣
Bob Hoskins did almost all this acting without a visual refrence to took or act this is amazing how he did that
He hated it, at the time (don't know how he feels about it now). Said for a long time that it was the worst movie he ever performed for, because he had to do everything himself, in every scene, with almost zero help outside of Christopher Lloyd and the woman who played his love interest.
@@jacob4920 well he got over it when he did super Mario brothers that is the worst movie ever made and him and John laguzamo had to be drunk every day just to put up with the directors
@@jacob4920he doesn’t feel anything about it now. He passed away in 2014.
@@B0mber44 Ouch, too soon! lol. We do miss Bob, though, for real.
One of my favorite bits of trivia is that Bob got the role in large part due to his ability to cross his eyes- making it look as though he was focusing on something right in front of him- very difficult to do. And he did it wonderfully! As well as his American accent (Bob was British), and his acting in general, which was superb.
@@TSIRKLAND That reminds me, when somebody first told me Bob Hoskins was British, I refused to believe it! lol
Then I actually watched some of his other performances, and I settled for being amazed he could do an American accent so well. Because if you listen to his British tone, you would never believe that he could pull it off.
VKunia, seeing toon being erased: That was a murder!
Also VKunia, seeing the Singing Sword: I don't like this, can you dip him?
I like this movie and I seen it when I was little and it's my favorite movie from my childhood and it's a good movie but not funny about this movie and it's still a good movie but not funny about this movie and what do you think about this movie same thing what I say right
This film is in fact a tribute to the Jack Nicholson classic CHINATOWN (1974) (this film is filled with references to that movie). As a matter of fact, this film's main plot regarding the highway was originally intended to be part of one of 2 planned sequels to CHINATOWN before it was shelved and the plot was evolved to this film.
Amazing, didn't know that
Humor aside, they make a great trilogy about how big business ruined Los Angeles. Chinatown is about the water supply, The Two Jakes is about real estate, and Roger Rabbit is about the public transit system.
I have Chinatown, but I’ve never seen Two Jakes. Is that one good? I’m tempted to watch it.
I hate that Roman Polanski is a legitimately great director.
@@kaibricturner8836It's fine. If you go in expecting Chinatown, you're going to be disappointed and you're alright if you don't watch it, but it's a decent flick.
Richard Williams was the animation director, he wrote one of the most definitive guides to animation (the animator's survival kit) and was one of the most talented, innovative, dedicated animators ever, yet tragically masochistically and inefficiently perfectionist to the extreme - working on his intended masterpiece "The thief and the cobbler" for over 3 decades, hand drawing incredibly complex shots, yet never finishing it
I love his version of A Christmas Carol
30 Years!!
Harvey, the invisible rabbit, who was besties with a drunk, was a popular 1940s cartoon - so that joke was actually well placed to protect Roger and make a mockery of the judge at the same time
A lot of the diner scenes are direct references to the Harvey film and skits.
Harvey was a play and then a movie. I don't think it was ever a cartoon
@vincegamer is correct. The movie "Harvey" starred James Stewart as an eccentric man with an invisible six-foot rabbit as an imaginary (maybe?) friend. There was no animation in it at all.
@@bobbuethe1477 and technically he was a pookah, that just looked like a 6' tall rabbit
Some of your details are not 100% correct. But you do have the gist, basically. Harvey is invisible, which is why Angelo pulled that joke on the Judge.
"Harvey" was in fact a play that opened in 1944- a few years before this film's setting of 1947.
In 1950, it was adapted into a film, starring Jimmy Stewart (who had also been in the play).
kinda sad to think that there will probably never be another movie like this.. just in terms of how it was made and getting the rights to all the characters
Within the last year, Disney put out a Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers movie that has just as many characters, maybe more, from even more studios in multiple styles (live action, 2D, 3D, puppets, and stop motion). The world is again one where real people share the world with fictional ones. Roger Rabbit even has a brief cameo in it. It’s also a mystery. I personally liked it and recommend it. The world felt bigger than the one in this movie. Downside is the 2D is not traditional cell painted like it was for this movie. Though considering how much traditional cell painted costs, it’s not much of a surprise.
The back room sceen where Rodger keeps hitting the light is an amazing scene for Rodgers animation and the light keep moving for the shadows
I couldn't even begin to imagine what an absolute headache all of the painting of the shading on Roger must have been for the animators in that scene.
The phrase "bump the lamp" has become an animation industry term for doing something groundbreaking; and, it comes from that very scene.
I met Joanna Cassidy who plays Dolores on 06/24 at Greater Austin Comic Con 2023. She was so nice and sweet. Joanna explained to me that that she's still in touch with many of the animators of WFRR and that they get together for brunch so often. Also, Joanna told during a conference that they shooted at least 40 takes per scene because everything had to look precise on frame for the animator. She signed me an original lobby card of "WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?" From 1988 💖.
OMG, Zhora from Blade Runner! "That's it! That's the connection!"
Also the "dip" the Judge uses basically amounts to paint thinner so it'd only affect toons.
Well... paint thinner can kill you too... you just have to SWALLOW it! For toons, though, yeah... it's like literal acid. lol
Paint thinner *and* it dissolves celluloid - which is what hand drawn cartoons are painted on.
Benzene is a carcinogen.
What I like about the dip is that there is a lighting effect with it, like as the cel dissolves, you can see the light shining through the cel to light the Toon. Mind blowing.
And you can see the judge retreating when the dip was on the floor of the bar.
My brother grew up with this movie. When he showed it to me I absolutely loved it. The main villain (I wont spoil it if you aren't at the end yet) still scares me to death. The blend of live action and cartoons still holds up pretty well.
VKunia has such expressive eyes which are so great for these react style vids, the fact that her soft voice complements her inquisitive personality or that she's so pretty is just a welcome bonus.
Nathan McDowell: Her eyes getting wide at Delores's "Is that a rabbit in your pocket" joke was hysterical. I rewound it three times. One because I wasn't sure what I saw, and two more times because it was so funny.
And after being all sympathetic to the toons being in danger from The Dip to hating on the Frank Sinatra singing sword and wishing Dip on it made me laugh out loud.
This was a really good reaction even though she's a little more suppressed for this one than usual
This movie isn't ahead of its time, it is iconic in its excellence. It has never been done before this well, and though people have tried, it's never been done as exquisitely since. Bob Hoskins is underrated as an actor simply because he wasn't considered an absolute master after this performance.
Yeah, I think of Mary Poppins as a case where it was done before, and Space Jam as a case where it was done after, but neither did it as well as Roger Rabbit.
I like this movie and I seen it when I was little and it's my favorite movie from my childhood and it's a good movie but not funny About this movie and it's still a good movie but not funny about this movie and do you agree with me about what I say right
Even to this day, seeing so many Cartoon properties getting screen time in this film together is mindblowing, having Warner Bros and Disney side by side is wild.
Well, now that You've seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit, next stop should be Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers.
Yeah, that would be more her speed.
If you're wondering about Judge Doom's true identity, there was a graphic novel about him published after the movie, and according to that, he was once known as "Baron Von Rotten", the Toon answer to Lon Chaney, a man of a thousand faces who specialized in playing villains. One day a gag that went horribly wrong left him amnesiac, and he started thinking he was a real villain. IIRC, under the rubber mask he looks basically the same, like a cartoon caricature of Christopher Lloyd.
For a movie over 30 years old it still breaks ground to this day. If it came out today it would still blow my mind
I'm delighted you enjoyed this! I'm a huge fan of animation and this is THE MOVIE for me. There'll never be another one quite like it. In addition to the tremendous task of getting the rights for all of those characters to appear in the same movie, consider this: There was no computer animation done in this movie! All the animation was done with hand painted cells! This was a HUGE undertaking! And I think you can tell, it was made by people who loved these cartoons. I had fun watching your reactions. Thanks for choosing this one!
Great reaction, V! Thanks for enjoying a great and historic film from my childhood!
"Who Framed Roger Rabbit" is impressive in so many ways, far beyond the technical mastery involved in convincingly blending animation with real life environments. As others have noted, Bob Hoskins' ability to act with cartoon "co-stars" was nothing short of amazing, and the feat of getting WB, Disney and other studios to cooperate on this level is not likely to be repeated in my lifetime.
In addition to all that, the movie manages to offer subtle commentary on multiple serious topics, including the Hollywood film industry and social racism. It's the sort of thing I never noticed as a kid -- I was simply too wowed by seeing all these toons in the "real world". Watching it again as an adult, I can pick up on those themes now, and they make the movie that much more enjoyable to me.
Take care!
80s and 90s were the peak times of movie making in my opinion. Still heavily invested in practical effects. And this masterpiece in mixing media is a great example. Hand drawn art.
Lots of great things came out in the 80s.
And you answered the question of why everyone had a crush on Jessica. Them things were HUGE
Lol DEFINITELY kick-started a lot of our puberty into full gear, that's for sure. 😅
@@wardenm I was -4 months old when this came out. So yeah, I hit puberty way early lol
9:50 A lot of it is rotoscoping. They built mechanical arms or had an actress do the singing/dancing and then they just draw overtop of that. The thing is that it's just done super well and this is animated on 1s, so it matches the framerate of the live action people. They also hand drew shadows that the toons cast onto real life objects. This is a masterpiece of animation.
Ah the Judge's big reveal, one of the top 10 moments that traumatized 80's kids lol. I'm so glad you enjoyed the movie! It's such an old movie now but the effects still hold up because they put so much work into it. The more you watch the movie, the more you notice the little things they did to make it all blend together. Lighting on the cartoons change with the real-world lights, cartoons move real-world objects, etc. It's crazy how much they thought about the details of it all.
IMO the first use of DIP was scarier
Christopher Lloyd is arguably the greatest character actor of all time. He played everything from Uncle Fester on the Addams Family to a Klingon on Star Trek. When I heard him use the slight quiver of his voice like he used on the great TV show, Taxi, that’s when I knew. (I’d say, “Hey! It’s Iggie!!”) Also, Bob Hoskins was English. I never knew that until well after I saw this movie.
My older cousin took me to see this movie. She almost took us out after the patty cake scene, but started laughing uncontrollably when they showed the patty cake pictures
Great reaction VKunia! It's safe to say this kind of movie won't happen again. The licensing nightmare. Also, it was mostly hand-drawn by an army of artists. The shadowing was added by computers, but all the Toons were drawn on Cels, just like they did in the 40s. It's an amazing effort, never to be repeated.
I was 3 when this came out. My father said I was laughing at the movie so much he had to take me out of the theatre. I love this movie.
This was crazy to see in the theater. It still holds up today imo. I used to pull this out for the good ole VHS over the years when we all just wanted a laugh. Good times and great memories. Thanks for sharing and another fun reaction. 🐾
The reason we don't have more movies like this was it was a groundbreaking endeavor that cost millions, and then shortly after it was made, CGI was invented. It was a masterpiece made at exactly the right time when it could be, and will never be done again because the cost would be insane compared to the cost of CGI.
Also, yes... I thought the same thing bout Christopher Lloyd when I first saw this movie when I was kid in 80s... in fact he ACTUALLY SCARED ME. I still to this day think this is Christopher Lloyd's best performance.
If you go back and watch, the twist with the Judge is foreshadowed a bit - dip only hurts toons, but he wears a glove when he dips his hand into it. He also jumps back when it gets spilled over in the bar so it doesn't touch him.
As for how they did the toons interacting with physical objects - the hard way! Planning the scene out, moving the prop or person with wire or another method, then physically hand animating the cartoons over the film frame by frame. (Fun fact - the bar with the penguins was done by having puppeteers under the floor with the trays mounted on poles, I believe, so they could move and bob around).
Weird fact, this film plays off of China Town. Los Angeles was on its way to having the best public transit system ever and the auto and oil industries actively killed it. So there is some Truth in Television here which just makes the movie even better!
One thing I love about this movie is that, just like Pixar movies, kids and adults can watch it and enjoy it for différent reaseons : kids will enjoy the humour, the toons, etc. while adults will enjoy the story and the "film noir" athmosphere...
Disney Pixar
This movie has a special place in my heart.
I like this movie and I seen it when I was little and it's my favorite movie from my childhood and it's a good movie but not funny about this movie and it's still a good movie but not funny about this movie and do you agree with me about what I say right
One of the stipulations that Disney and Warner Bros. had for including their characters in the movie was that their characters had to be on screen for an equal amount of time. Hence why Daffy and Donald, Bugs and Mickey appeared at the same time, so that they could be sure that they were on screen for the same amount of time as each other.
Enjoyed your reaction so much! This is such a great movie, an intriguing mystery, fantastic filmmaking, and really engages the viewer. You will get a lot of comments from folks about the technical details, the behind the scenes documentary, etc. There is a rich tapestry here. Just for one thing, the piano duel between Daffy and Donald was something thrown in to showcase the animation. Indeed, "bumping the lamp" came from this as a description of the highest level of detail to enhance the realism (coming from the rotgut room scene with the moving light casting dynamic shadows from and on Roger). I had a great time with your post.
The effects in this movie were incredible. They had to rig up real life objects to react like they were being held or moved by cartoon characters. Somewhere out there is a documentary just on the special effects for this film.
I believe this was the only time Daffy and Donald Duck shared screen time together up to this day. Such a great movie.
The same for Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny
Yup. Disney and Warner animated properties are no longer allowed to be depicted together in the same film... for any reason... FOREVER! That's because both studios hate each other to such an insane degree that they've never been able to iron out any kind of legal outcome that satisfies both parties. "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" stands alone, in Cinema history, because it is the ONLY movie that has enabled both parties to coincide like this! And it probably will stand alone for as long as we all live. Which is both sad, and impressive, at the same time. Truly makes this movie IMMORTAL!
@@jacob4920 I think this movie is on the list of the Library of Congress just because of that
@@jacob4920 This is no longer true--a number of Looney Tunes and DC Comics (which is owned by WB) characters appear in Chip 'n Dale Rescue Rangers (the Disney+ movie that is in part a loose sequel to Roger Rabbit). The only one with speaking lines is Batman, but a number of others appear in cameos.
@@JenABlue-ed1bw I'm sure that had to go through a tremendous amount of loopholes to become a thing. Also, them appearing, while having zero lines, doesn't really count. It happening ONCE in the last 30+ years does not signal a change to the norm.
Disney probably had to pay WB out the ass to even feature those characters in the first place, so it's not likely to be a regular thing from now on.
Christopher Lloyd voices one of the greatest cartoon villains ever- RASPUTIN in Don Bluth’s “Anastasia”. And his song still slaps.
Jim Cummings does the singing.
0:27 Don't forget Holli would from Cool world I'll be at that's a little bit more of an adult version of this movie not necessarily showing anything but more adult themes. She's another one of those animated characters that a lot of young men in the '90s fell in love with. 😂
Guilty.
"I hit him with a frying pan and put him in the trunk, so he wouldn't get hurt!" Amazing xD It's easy to forget she operates on toon-logic as much as the rest of them do. Great reaction!
“Did you ever find Bugs Bunny attractive when he put on a dress and played a girl bunny?”
Me neither...
No? Neither did I...
@@Hazzarrrh thanks :) it's been awhile since I've seen this
Love Wayne’s world.
Gotta go with a 'No' because I knew he wasn't actually presenting as a true woman. And that it was all just a trick. I was too busy laughing.
This movie is a masterpiece in puppetry. The lounge scene was shot on a raised set with puppeteers working above and below.
Every time a toon interacts with a "real" person or object you're watching either one or more puppeteers or a stellar physical performance from the live actor(s).
Invisible rabbit Harvey is reference to play Harvey from 1944 about giant invisible rabbit of the same name. It was made to movie in 1950 starring James Stewart.
My favourite fact about this film is that Gary K. Wolf, the author of the original novel "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" preferred the film to his own book. In fact he preferred it to such a degree that he wrote two novels that were sequels to the film, and not his original book.
With a Disney ride there’s actually a Roger Rabbit attraction in both Disneyland, and Tokyo Disneyland.
Bob Hoskins had a son who was 4 years old at the time, and got mad at him for not bringing any of his co-stars home for supper.
They really did a great job with the subtle special effects in this movie when the tunes are interacting with humans. Stuff you don’t even notice until you really think about it like Jessica lifting up his tie in the club or the wolf splashing real water at him in the sink.
Wolf? He's a weasel.
I went on the Who Framed Roger Rabbit ride at Tokyo Disney a decade ago. Best ride there, hands down. It was the cab on a rail, but also functioned like the teacup ride with a wheel to spin the car. Walls would move and spin, characters would come out of nowhere. It was tantamount to an intense acid trip. Would go again, 100%.
This movie came out when I was 10, and it was one of my favorites as a kid. I appreciate it so much more as an adult, though. One of the things that went over my head when I was a kid is that the humans and toons are segregated, the toons are second-class citizens and discriminated against.
So, funny thing about Judge Doom: Like other Toons, he initially wasn't evil. In the comic "The Resurrection of Doom", he played the parts of villains, but was a good Toon. It wasn't until he had an accident with a bomb that he got a concussion. With the concussion, instead of playing the part of a villain, he was a villain.
Before Roger Rabbit, Chris Lloyd had played the villain in Star Trek III. So he did have plenty of experience in playing evil.
I think that was his best villain role!
With all respects to John Calicos for being the FIRST Klingon, Kruge is THE Klingon. They may have been antagonists before, but in TOS their interactions had a strong sense of mutual respect "Darn, you beat us. But we'll get you next time" sort of stuff. In fact I think Kor outright expressed his admiration for Kirk in Errand Of Mercy.
Kruge is the one everyone ACTUALLY thinks of when they think of Klingons as Kirk's nemesis.
No spoilers, tho. I hope Vicky does the TOS films some day. All six are definitely worth a watch and reaction.
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It could be argued that Chang (played by Christopher Plummer) in ST6 is at least equal to Kruge & possibly surpasses him in this category.
Something we would do was to see who could identify the most characters and where they are from, and extra points if you could name the voice actors. Mae Quenzel came out of retirement to voice Betty Boop in her mid-90's, she also voiced the original Olive Oyl with Popeye. Jessica was voiced by Kathleen Turner, but her singing voice was the actress Amy Irving, and she was supposedly based on Lana Turner, who I've had a crush on forever. The "dip" was a real thing. When animators would make a boo-boo, they used a solvent to erase the inks and they called it dip. Great reaction as always, V.
At the time Amy Irving was Mrs. Producer of This Movie.
The reason you typically see the disney and wb characters on screen together is the deal required both studios got equal screen time
And that will never happen anymore, because both companies have basically sworn off ever doing something like this ever again.
"this would be such a fun disney ride"
Roger Rabbit's Cartoon spin was indeed the signature ride of Toontown in Disneyland, and Toontown itself was based off this movie.
Hey V i'm glad you are watching Roger Rabbit and
after this movie came out everyone started calling
me Roger Rabbit but I really enjoyed especially the
voice actors of the animated characters, Thanks for
watching it and i enjoyed your reactions, have a great
Wednesday and take care Thank You very much V.🐰🐰
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Roger and Jesseca‘s relationship is one that really does work. It’s like what she said to Eddie on what does she see you know and she replied that he makes her laugh. That sums them up perfectly. Jessica is attractive and most men specifically human men see her as a sex symbol. However, on the tune side, Roger is a famous actor. Which is why Betty says that she’s the lucky one. Sure Roger thinks she’s attractive, but all he really wants is to make her laugh. Which is really sweet.
I still think it's hilarious that This was one of my favorite movies as a child not because there was anything wrong with it but because of Jessica rabbit😂🤣🤣🤣
25:45 There IS a ride at Disneyland based around this concept. It's called "Roger Rabbit's Car Toon Spin".
I always enjoy a good detective story😃
38:38 "What kind of factory has all these machines and they're so easily accessible?"
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Hey VKunia, so glad you got to this classic and iconic film of mixtured cartoon characters. Bob Hoskins was great as the human hero, but Roger was great as the cartoon one. Kathleen Turner was the voiceover for Jessica Rabbit, perfectly casted. I watched Mary Cherry and Ashleigh Burton's reactions to this and absolutely loved it. Nice reaction. Christopher Lloyd played the perfect villain. As an actor, that isn't his forte to be one. If you can find it, he played a hilarious role in one episode of the Canadian TV series Road To Avonlea.
A little lore about Judge Doom. He was a Toon who played villain characters. But he loved being evil, so he stated to act out his roles with the humans. So, they wanted to get rid of him, he went in hiding, covered himself in Hollywood makeup and turned himself into a human.
Love this movie!
My dad recorded this PREDATOR, and Honey I Shrunk The Kids on the same VHS tape!
15:40 Oh, this scene could've been SO MUCH WORSE. The original idea was that Doom would dip a cartoon gopher. A talking cartoon gopher who would plead for his life as he's being dipped. Also, apparently the original name for the Dip was the The Final Solution. Yeah, they went there. Or they would've if they hadn't decided to tone it way down. The fate of that poor shoe was bad enough as it is.
Everyone: "Who Framed Roger Rabbit is sooo good."
VKunia: "Oh, I haven't seen that one."
Everyone: "Fuck You."
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@@VKuniaV so happy you loved this... also, this IS a dark movie I'm surprised with your reactions... cause the villain is scary and the two deaths was disturbing, and also... Roger is awesome and fun to hang with and I love the mix of mystery comedy action horror and satire and slapstick silkyness and silkyness in this movie and it's one of my favourite movies as in a perfect movie of all time! I want a no the sequels!!!
@@VKunia also, dont listen to the comments V love you ☺️😘
If you notice, on Eddie's brother's desk; there is a Betty Boop doll, maybe Teddy was a fan of her, and that's why Eddie tells Betty at the Ink and Paint club, that "she still got it" with a smile.
V, if you think the judge is horrifying now, imagine seeing this as a kid. He was the source of many a child's nightmares, including mine.
Always fun to watch even more with you. The way this movie was made is incredible back at the good old times. Love your reaction. Greetings from Germany
The novella "Who Censored Roger Rabbit" was an allegory to the treatment of Blacks in the entertainment industry and the gentrification of formerly black communities into commercial properties.
The deal between WB and Disney was that the Looney Tunes characters couldn't have less screen time than their Disney counterparts, so that's why they're usually on screen together.
This would be the last time Mel Blanc would voice the Looney Tunes, as he died shortly before this film's release.
Part of the reason Robert Zemeckis cast Christopher Lloyd as Doom was because he was afraid that Universal would make _Back to the Future 2_ without him and made sure Lloyd was busy so Zemeckis could direct both films.
They made a documentary/behind the scene of it at the time. It shows how puppeteers were moving the real guns, and the jigs used to let Roger seem to drink and spit out water in the sink. Also it was hand-animated - but with lots of special effects added for 3d look and the spakling effect of Jessica's dress.
Jessica Rabbit can be credited for me growing up heterosexual. Because she was such a BOMBSHELL of a character, that even as a six year old boy, seeing this film when it first came out, I had the HOTS for her, and she basically defined my sexual attraction mechanism for the remainder of my life!
I don't understand your comment; "growing up heterosexual" makes it sound like you're actually bisexual or something, but "the remainder of my life" kinda contradicts that...
@@korganrocks3995 You're reading way too much into it. I grew up hetero, because I grew up hetero. Not everybody grows up that way anymore.
Also, I was six years old! You're trying to wonder if a six year old boy was BISEXUAL?! Is this really a real question??!!
@@jacob4920You grew up hetero because you ARE hetero. Seeing sexy women on tv has no effect on anyone's sexuality other than making them realise there's more to life than legos and hot wheels a few years earlier than they would have on their own.
"Not everyone grows up hetero anymore" makes it sound like there was ever a time when everyone did. Some non-hetero people did, and only figured out their sexuality later in life, but some always had crushes on their own gender or both.
Basically, your original comment made it sound as if you thought sexuality was either a choice or at least something that can be molded by outside events rather than something you're born with.
I've met a woman who is completely hetero, but still admits to growing up with a bit of a girl crush on Jessica Rabbit. The character just has that effect.
@@user-mg5mv2tn8qOr maybe Kinsey was right, and she's just mostly hetero. If I'd had a boy crush on a fictional male character I wouldn't consider myself completely straight.
So fun fact. In the scene where Jessica is thrown from the taxi the animators had a bit of fun adding bits. The studio didn't notice until the DVD release where they provided her with some extra garments to cover the naughty detail.
Rule 34 has nuked that concept over the years!
I was obsessed with this concept as a kid. Made me believe that cartoon characters were real.
I wanted more movie like this. But never got them. I think that, over time, that's only made THIS movie stand alone as such a MILESTONE for all audiences! A hundred years from now, people are going to remember this movie, and what it actually accomplished.
That reminds me of when Jurassic Park came out, and I convinced my little brother that the dinosaur cloning technology in the movie was real, and that's how they'd gotten real dinosaurs to film. Boy was he disappointed when he realised we wouldn't be going to the real Jurassic Park on vacation! 😄
It took a couple of rewatches before I caught the Chekov's Gun when Roger said, "A laugh can be a very powerful thing. It's the only weapon we have." And of course, that's what Eddie used to defeat the weasels.
This is 1947, and Mr. Chekov wouldn't leave his phaser gun behind till he snuck aboard the aircraft carrier USS Enterprise in San Francisco in the 1980s. (Yes, I know what you're actually referring to, but you misspelled Chekhov, so I couldn't resist.)
As someone who lived through the 80s, it was the best time to be alive. Loved this movie as a kid❤ We knew cartoons was violent, Looney toons, Popeye exc... but we knew even as kids that it was just a cartoon and can't be taken seriously. That was the joke in of itself. He-man, Thundercats G.I. Joe are 80s cartoons with good morals, always doing the right thing. Loved them cartoons. Like I said the 80s was the best time to be alive.
Dont forget Tom&Jerry
"How did they get the toons to interact with the world?" Lots and LOTS of puppets, also the actors doing very convincing choreography. Watch the behind the scenes.
Oh I'd forgotten you reacted to this 🙂 just finished your one-piece reaction which was truly awesome btw so now it's rabbit time👌🐰
I post another one today!
@@VKunia fantastic Vicky you are amazballs 🥳
This movie is like the 2nd derivative of nostalgia. I watch it nostalgic of my youth however it was written as a nostalgic look at the mid 20th century not just the time period, but the Warner Brothers cartoon style.
"I need the hat and glasses to come off"
No you don't, trust me.
Exactly what i said. That statement alone proves she'd never seen the movie.
"I would have been here right after you called, but I had to shake the weasels."
That's what she said.
Getting the toons to interact with the physical world required every trick in the book. Props hung from strings, in the Ink & Paint Club, puppeteers were under the floor holding up the penguin's trays. In the scene where Baby Herman held a cigar or Roger picked up plates, they used a remote-controlled robot arm that the animators would draw over.
Jessica's chesties bounced exactly the opposite way they should according to physics. They bounced down when they should bounce up. This was intentional.
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@@VKunia Arachnophobia? 🕷️
@@JedHead77 Yes!!
@@VKunia Should I reduce the volume on my headphones? 😄
@@VKuniaI'll grab a drink, grab a snack, and watch you get into the movie
Like that you've seen enough animation that you can pick the major players, but I feel like there's a LOT of references that are flying by. Like that not just a hippo in a tutu, that A FANTASIA hippo in a tutu!