HBO Max's "Looney Tunes Cartoons," the reboot of the classic Warner Bros. cartoons

[packman]

Doing away with Elmer and Yosemite Sam's guns and replacing them with dynamite and scythes

Damn, probably right, but Elmer without his shotgun and Sam without his two pistols?????

[MuseRider]

1. Yes and no, no and yes.

Mixed feelings. Somehow I doubt that this will change much but then again if it does HOORAY!

I find the comment I read yesterday somewhere that they were removing gun violence but keeping in the cartoon type of violence because it was less realistic. Not sure how that works either. Time will tell.

I am just happy that kids will be able to see well drawn, artistically created cartoons with classical music.

[demosincebirth]

2. They never killed anyone

[KS Toronado]

3. You can't kill a TOON

Seen that in Roger Rabbit movie

[demosincebirth]

6. They blow them to bits, but they recover beautifully

[greenman3610]

4. missing the Chuck Jones magic

especially the Elmer Fudd character.

It's not just explosions, it's exquisite character expressions
and timing.

[Quixote1818]

5. Agree. nt

[rocktivity]

7. I would ensure that my kids saw only the older cartoons.

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These will have no plot, no dialogue -- just trading gun-less violent acts? There's a moral difference between blowing someone to pieces with a gun, blowing them up with TNT, and dicing them with a blade -- even in cartoon land? Growing up watching Elmer Fudd and Yosemite Sam shoot at Bugs Bunny didn't turn me into a mass murderer, and here's why: those older cartoons had a moral subtext.

I never held it against Elmer Fudd that he wanted to kill Bugs -- he was simply "doing his job" as a hunter. But I also supported Bugs' right to do his job: stay alive by employing the most effective weapon he had at his disposal -- his wits. Predator versus prey; survival of the fittest; balance of nature; fair enough.

Bugs Bunny versus Yosemite Sam, however, was Good versus Evil. Sam was indisputably a villain: a lawless bullying terrorist. Without his big guns and even bigger mouth, he was a pea-brained overcompensating egomaniac totally unworthy of the respect he so boisterously demanded. I was delighted by Bugs' refusal to be intimidated, especially when he would outwit Sam by manipulating him into outwitting himself!




rocktivity