Tom and Jerry meets Willy Wonka

[ProactiveMan]

Originally Posted by TheSkeletonMan939

Looney Tunes is the same way; all the goofy explosive violence is gone today. A few years ago there was a Looney Tunes show that took place in the suburbs, and episodes revolved around relationship problems instead of comic mischief.

Poor kids. Where can they go to see an adorable mouse beat a cat with a pool cue?

Granted, the cartoons of my youth were pretty sanitized, but there were still loads of crazy old-timey cartoons on TV all the time. So you'd have He-Man limply throwing bad guys into mud puddles and telling you to brush your teeth, followed by a cartoon cat getting smacked in the ass with a floorboard with two nails in it.

[oldmanwinters]

I have no plans to pay money for this, but I'm cool with its existence.

[Jester]

So...unlike Disney who is making big budget (and some would say totally unnecessary) "live action" remakes of their classics, Warner Bros. is making equally unnecessary direct to DVD remakes with Tom and Jerry?

[TurtleTitan97]

Originally Posted by Jester

So...unlike Disney who is making big budget (and some would say totally unnecessary) "live action" remakes of their classics, Warner Bros. is making equally unnecessary direct to DVD remakes with Tom and Jerry?

Funny you say that, considering WB at one point wanted to make a live action "Tom & Jerry" movie.

[TheSkeletonMan939]

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

Funny you say that, considering WB at one point wanted to make a live action "Tom & Jerry" movie.

Oh man... that sentence gave me "Garfield" movie flashbacks.

[Candy Kappa]

Okay... it's the Gene Wilder movie as a cartoon with Tom & Jerry costarring.

Neat, I guess.

It's not like there's a book you can mine for something new then just rehashing a existing adaptation.

[CyberCubed]

It's a shame what happened to classic cartoons. Kids these days have no idea what Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, Popeye, Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat, Quickdraw Mcdraw, etc. are outside of just mascots or icons. The only reason they still know Scooby Doo is they constantly reboot it every 3-4 years with a new show.

[Cure]

Who cares? Most of those cartoons suck. Of the ones you mentioned, Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry are the only ones who still hold up today. The others are suuuuuuper boring.

[Utrommaniac]

I thought the Suburbs Looney Toons was okay; they still got into plenty of comic mischief, and their Lola was so much more fun than her original version. Which made for more interesting character dynamics, which includes "Never leave Daffy on his own with Lola, Foghorn Leghorn, or Porky".

Their Roadrunner stuff sucked though. Why is it in CG? Why couldn't they have been in some weird Suburb roles? They could have been joggers competing for "territory"

[TurtleWA]

Originally Posted by CyberCubed

It's a shame what happened to classic cartoons. Kids these days have no idea what Bugs Bunny, Tom and Jerry, Popeye, Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Huckleberry Hound, Top Cat, Quickdraw Mcdraw, etc. are outside of just mascots or icons. The only reason they still know Scooby Doo is they constantly reboot it every 3-4 years with a new show.

And speedy gonzales (but not sure how pc it would be today), sylvester and tweety, Wile E. Coyote and the Road Runner, the jetsons, Taz.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

I remember the Nostalgia Critic doing a review on The Looney Tunes Show and he liked it a lot. I remember enjoying that show as well.

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Are we seriously gonna complain about a Tom and Jerry crossover? Not everything is a "WTF face palm"

It's just a DTV movie. Tom and Jerry (and Scooby) have had a lot of them. They had a Wizard of Oz and Jack & the Beanstalk crossover too. It looks cute. They're fun to see.

Agreed! While I'm not all that excited about this news as a Tom and Jerry fan, it's far from the worst thing they've starred in.

Originally Posted by TurtleTitan97

Funny you say that, considering WB at one point wanted to make a live action "Tom & Jerry" movie.

You'd think they'd be more interested in a Space Jam/Back in Action-esque hybrid considering the type of formula the direct-to-dvd films are following with them serving as nothing but background characters.

[Utrommaniac]

I think a big issue with some of these is how dated they are.
The Flintstones were once described to me as being like the Simpsons. Who at this point have been replaced by the Griffins. Who have been replaced by the Belchers. When I have kids, I'd be okay with them going without the Flintstones and Yogi Bear. They were pretty much out when I was a kid, and while they are huge animation icons, they're kind of third tier to me.

[CyberCubed]

Originally Posted by Cure

Who cares? Most of those cartoons suck. Of the ones you mentioned, Bugs Bunny and Tom and Jerry are the only ones who still hold up today. The others are suuuuuuper boring.

The original Flintstones cartoon still holds up and is fun to watch to this day. Mainly because it's a sit-com.

[LeotheLateBloomer]

Both that and the Jetsons. But they're both shows that you'd still have to be in the mood for. I actually bought the complete series of Heathcliff a few months ago, dirt cheap and even with that series, you'd have to be in a certain mood for.

[Allio]

Now regarding the flint stones, the current comics by DC have been superb

[Utrommaniac]

Though, just a little obscure given the sharp change in how it presents itself. I've only seen a few samples, but it's been amusing.

"We participated in a genocide, Barney..."

[CyberCubed]

The thing is Flintstones wasn't a kids show even when it was airing. It was aimed at the same people who watched the Honeymooners, etc. The only reason it seems like a kids show to people nowadays, is because there's no adult humor, cursing, or raunchy stuff that you would see in shows like Simpsons or Family Guy today. But then you remember Flintstones aired in the 60's, that type of humor wasn't allowed on TV back then.

Flintstones actually had controversy when Wilma was shown pregnant with Pebbles in the show, because it was the first time an animated character was implied to have had sex (obviously), you can read articles about it online. Funny how stuff like this doesn't matter nowadays.

[MsMarvelDuckie]

You should teach cartoon history or something- how you find time to look up stuff like this I will never figure out. Do you have Hermione's time-turner or whatever it was?

[Utrommaniac]

Wasn't there also a big to-do about them sharing a bed too at some point? Though, I recall a VHS where they had separate beds...wherein Fred was jealous of Wilma hanging out with her High School boyfriend. During that time, it was always a big controversy of showing either of those things.

[THGhost]

Another crappy Tom & Jerry movie.

Warner Bros. refuses to release any more classic T&J on Blu-ray and instead give us this?