Posted on 06/08/2020 5:22:23 AM PDT by Red Badger
Elmer J. Fudd will have to find another way to bag that wascally wabbit, Bugs Bunny, during hunting season. Because in the updated Looney Tunes cartoons streaming on HBO Max, he won’t be allowed to have a rifle, according to a report.
In the new versions of the classic cartoons, Fudd will still be hunting, but will use a scythe. That’s a modification in response to US gun violence, according to a report.
In response to US gun violence, the showrunners will not include firearms in Fudd’s arsenal. That is not to say that he has given up hunting Bugs Bunny, though – he just uses a scythe instead.
“We’re not doing guns,” said Peter Browngardt, executive producers of the series, in an interview with the New York Times. “But we can do cartoony violence – TNT, the Acme stuff.”
Browngardt added that the cartoons will stay true to the originals. “I always thought, ‘What if Warner Bros had never stopped making Looney Tunes cartoons? As much as we possibly could, we treated the production in that way.”
The modern versions will reflect modern sensibilities, he said.
“We’re going through this wave of anti-bullying, ‘everyone needs to be friends’, ‘everyone needs to get along’. Looney Tunes is pretty much the antithesis of that. It’s two characters in conflict, sometimes getting pretty violent.”
HBO Max’s just-launched kids and family programming includes new Warner Bros Animation-produced cartoons Looney Tunes based on the iconic animated shorts. The service includes the catalog of the Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies animated shorts featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig and their pals that aired from 1930–1969, encompassing some 250 shorts in all.
Warner Bros Animation will produce the new Looney Tunes Cartoons. The new series will include 80 eleven-minute episodes, each comprised of animated shorts that vary in length and include adapted storylines for today’s audience. Pete Browngardt (Uncle Grandpa) and Sam Register serve as executive producers.
“Idiocracy”
Idiocracy would give Elmer Fudd a grenade launcher
Like willie coyote..
Instead of a scythe, he should have a sickle and a hammer...
Be vewy qwiet. I’m hunting dandewions.
Bump
It would be ok if the fictional character were gay/trans/ and/or had an abortion.
If they make a new Roadrunner or 3 I might watch, otherwise I’ll probably sit this one out. I have no interest in politically correct Elmer Fudd or Daffy Duck...I don’t even want to know what they do to Foghorn Leghorn...
And, Mel Blanc is long gone and their 80’s attempts to replace him failed miserably...
Mayhem is only allowed if it is against White people. Animals and all minority humans are protected. The only animal you are allowed to hurt/destroy is a White American.
Got it.
They’re going to change his name to Mohammed al Fudd and give him an RPG & a homicide vest.
I guess Inki and the Minah bird, Jungle Jitters, and Speedy Gonzalez/Slowpoke Rodriguez cartoons are out of the question?
When are video game going to be banned from having guns. Watch for a trend of cop killer video games to come out.
Glad I have these on DVD.
A scythe is to a sickle as an ax is to a hatchet.
Verboten!....................
probably already are!.........................
Why do we even need new Looney Tunes cartoons anyway?
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