Marvin the Martian movie in the works

[frogboy4]

These are just the producers so who knows. Maybe they'll snag a good director that can bring this film the care it needs.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Here's hoping they do.

 

[Oscarfan]

I love Marvin! This moive seems interesting.

 

[Drtooth]

Lunatics Unleashed seemed like an interesting idea (a generation of Looney Tunes as Teen Titans) but it was rushed, unsatisfying and insulting to longtime fans. They should have seen that coming - and their coyote character talks. That's just wrong. The creators stood on the shoulders of brilliant artists and spat on their cherished work. They should have had some actual Looney Tunes revival along with this monstrosity to balance it out.

I have to say, the idea of Looney Tunes characters as Super Heroes would have been a good idea, had it been satirical. They decided to play it as a straight up action show (and a derrivitive and pathetic one at that), and just thrust the character's personalities into a bunch of lame Action heroes. In season 2 they came up with the no brainer of having them fight action versions of their own villains, instead of stereotypes pulled out of every action series at the moment. Had they done this in the FIRST PLACE they would have had something.

Of course, at the Time, Warner Bros animation was in dire straights, coming up with trash ideas. The Batman and other DC properties were just popping up or coming into production. They tried to decieve the public by turning Spongebob into a Coconut, and the fish into random fruit. I still wonder why Viacom, the Youtube lawsuit happy company, didn't file copyright infringement there. Even Rob Paulsen, the voice of the Coconut in question, pretty much copied Tom Kenny's voice.

And now, Warner Bros. animation lies in ruins. Their once profitable SatAm line up has been tossed to 4Kids (who just so happened to be the ONLY ones who could catch it... more on that some other day), they stopped animating anything BUT comic fan service DC comics DTVs. A bunch of poor decisions and overall bad luck (as well as the employment of rich know nothings that expected everything to be a success in one day) doomed their fate.

And I'm not half as anxious about this project as I first was. How the heck hard is it to sell classic characters to a public that loves them? Even LT BIA was pretty good. But since it wasn't a Christmas movie (and it didn't have Will Ferrel acting like a doofus in disgustingly tight pants), it flopped at the time of year it was released. Even the disrespectful, useless Cat in the Hat movie did better. And that was widely destroyed by critics.

 

[anytimepally]

I hate most CGI, and I especially hate when they mix it with live action... but I love Marvin the Martian, and maybe this movie is just what we need to get Duck Dodgers on DVD

 

[bazooka_beak]

"This makes me VERY angry!"

Not really But it seems rather random to me.

 

[Drtooth]

I hate most CGI, and I especially hate when they mix it with live action... but I love Marvin the Martian, and maybe this movie is just what we need to get Duck Dodgers on DVD

I sure hope so. Look how long it took them to get Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries on DVD....

I think Duck Dodgers was their last great LT project. Even more so than BIA was supposed to be. It perfectly hipped the LT characters up without making them rap, play sports, or become cliched action stars. The humor on the show was very much like Simpsons or earlier Family Guy, and it blended perfectly with the characters. But they hid it in Cartoon Network for 2 years and shoved it to Boomerang, and released both seasons of the crappy Loonitics show instead.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Why do that always have to bury everyhting good! I love Duck Dodgers! Are tell afraid people will people will actually like it and buy and *Gasp* they have to live up to their standard!

 

[Drtooth]

Wanna hear something sad? Just before BIA, Looney Tunes was planning a series of Daffy Duck cartoons, with his personality from the original Clampett and Avery shorts in tact (different from Jones's bitter former star type). But, unfortunately, the film flopped, and the project was cancelled.

I will say this, I did enjoy BIA, but I think the best thing that came out of it were the new Neo-Clampett retro style LT designs. I liked their 90's looks (Hated their 1970's- 1980's merchandise looks, though), but it gave them a more cartoony, smooth appearance.

Too bad they only really used it on Children's clothing, greeting cards, and a meh toyline from mattel.

 

[Ilikemuppets]

Wanna hear something sad? Just before BIA, Looney Tunes was planning a series of Daffy Duck cartoons, with his personality from the original Clampett and Avery shorts in tact (different from Jones's bitter former star type). But, unfortunately, the film flopped, and the project was cancelled.

I really liked Back In Action and own the movie, but to many producers and suits tinkered with with and it went way over budget as a result. But it would have been great if things went ahead as planned.