Why make it cannon, make it the script.
Space Jam A New Legacy - From Black Panther to Bugs Bunny
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Why make it cannon, make it the script.
RIP the sequel.
How pissed off do you think Joe Dante is?
He very publically slammed Space Jam and said he wanted Looney Tunes Back in Action to be the "anti-Space Jam"
Now literally no one remembers Back in Action and Space Jam is getting a sequel, heck the Looney Tunes characters themselves would probably be forgotten by modern culture if it wasn't for Space Jam.
He very publically slammed Space Jam and said he wanted Looney Tunes Back in Action to be the "anti-Space Jam"
Now literally no one remembers Back in Action and Space Jam is getting a sequel, heck the Looney Tunes characters themselves would probably be forgotten by modern culture if it wasn't for Space Jam.
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I couldn't find much joy in it the first time I watched it.I still remember Back in Action. I think it has its moments.
I still remember Back in Action
I used to rent it on VHS a lot.
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BiA is not a great movie, but it's definitely a better one than most people gave it credit for. It treats the Looney Tunes like actual characters and not just one-dimensional stereotypes of themselves, and the animation and special effects are a whole league ahead of Space Jam. Plus I have a soft spot for Brendan Fraser.I still remember Back in Action
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I have a Space Jam R. Kelly single for "I believe I can fly". I was going to give it away in a box of free crap but now that he's a pedo it's kind of funny to me.
good song ngl, not as good as ignition remix tho.
Release the "Lola's tits" cutI hope Lola is in this one too so I can pop some b*ners like when I was a kid.
Yeah that was an amusing part.
I think if that had stuck more with this sort of thing with the whole movie, it would have done better. The movie is solid, but there’s a number of things that bring it down overall.
Actually now that I think about it, it did take me multiple rewatches to find it enjoyable after knowing what to look for. I remember the theater being rather empty when I had seen it, only a handful of people were there but I don't remember any laughter. Probably only from myself and my brothers because we were still kids, but it's possible it was an awkward watch. I recall a moment sitting in that theater thinking the zipper gag was strange and way too out there for Looney Tunes, I think it was mocking the Pepsi/Coke zipper commercials if I'm remembering correctly.
The writing lacked in places for me as well. Like there's moments for comedy that didn't happen, and that was what brought it down for me.
For me it's Brendon Frasier having to wear Papa Bear's pants. Anyone who watched those cartoons would know he never wore pants at all. It made the scene kinda meh for me because I felt a better joke would be for Brenden to wear Junior's diaper instead. That way we could have a funny moment with Junior cowering over his nakedness and Pa smacking him over the head while explaining he never used them at all! Again, I would've loved that sort of stuff had it gone there. The movie just kinda stays a bit too safe for me (and probably why jokes like Walmart happened).
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Well, we all know what happened to Icarus. He believed he could fly too, but got too close to the sun and wound up falling into oblivion.
You know who has to be rolling in his grave? Chuck Jones. There’s a funny story regarding him and his disgusted reaction towards the movie. After the movie’s initial release, Warner Bros. asked him to do a speech about the movie. What does he do? He politely shits on the movie, so badly that he had to be escorted out by security.
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Yeah, the older generations really hated that movie it seems.
I don't really understand why, the movie is nothing great but it's at worst mediocre, not offensively bad.
I think Dante and Jones didn't really appreciate how special it was to have 50 year old characters still relevant in the 1990s and in the 20s years since that relevance has faded fast, to where they're lucky to have the movie to help people remember them at all.
The idea of a Space Jam 2 where it's more about a basketball game between Warner Brothers characters in general than just the Looney Tunes is a hilariously weird idea, I'm looking forward to it.
When i was 6 and overwatched the VHS tape of the first one, yea.
Doesn't surprise me he felt that way. You're seeing your characters be reduced to pawns the way Space Jam did it.
All I'm gonna say is that there better be a theme song in Space Jam 2 that is at least as good as the first Space Jam Theme Song was. All the better if it's made by some unknown like the original song was.
I really deserve to have Roger Rabbit 2 before Space Jam 2.
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