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WB can go ******** themselves. Seriously.

nooooo!

why must people ruin everything!!!

That's just weird. It's like they're making a "Catwoman" film all over again here. Unfortunately, most fans of Loony Toons ARE kids themselves, not neccesarily adult nostalgia freaks, and don't kids have some sense of consumer loyalty?

Mostly to me, it's a sad reflection of America copying anime. The pres said so himself in that news reel. It's catchy and shiny and robots and ninja. But everyone fails to see that the real appeal of anime is the maturity level, because older audiences can buy more merchandise. 14 year olds aren't watching Loony Toons because they crave some thing edgier. But we're not Japanese! We don't culturally share the same ideals and feeling towards things. Few point out that anime only encorporate one race in most every show: this kind of Japanese-white hybrid. America is a mixing pot and all new cartoons have a healthy dose of ethnicity. Japan just doesn't have a diverse culture, and can't reflect that because all anime is catered towards the Japanese. I love how popular anime is with homosexuals and kids who are just starting to be aware of the gay presence in America; Shounen ai, yaoi, shoujo ai all that s**t is seemingly "acceptable" in Japan, but they don't realize that it's just as taboo, but it's simply not taboo enought to watch as an audience. It's misleading. It debunks feminism. It's just a different culture and audiences should respect it, not worship it the way otaku seem to do.

AUGH! I went into anime-rant mode. I'm sorry. gonk

Meh -_- I have to disagree on some parts. The populaiorty of Japanese anime isn't necessarily because it's actually more mature, but because American fans are sold that misconception. A lot of the stuff that's called more matuire (Dragonball Z, Naruto, Tenchi, yadda yadda, yadda. You probably know the list, and I'm not saying it's a universal) really isn't. It's just a case of the Japanese not seeing violence or sex as being as inappropriate for children as we do.

Another problem on the same vein is that many Americans continue to try to peddle the misconception that animation (or even comic books, for that matter) is for kids.

I have a strong dislike for Todd McFarlane. But I really wish that the Spawn series had gone on for much longer than it did.

But looney Toons were more than just sight gags. I think that's a part of the problem, as well. They've degenrated from spacing social commentary and in-jopkes relevant to the time they live in to a long series of slapstick.

Edit: I think it's the loss of the social commentary that's made any recent attempts at Looney Tunes fail.

But . . . but . . . Tiny Toons gonk !!

They were tiny, they were toony, they were all a little Looney . . .

Shounen-ai means ***** these days, Selina. The new word is BL or Boys Love. Yes, I know it's extremely paradoxical but that's how it goes. Anyway you're 100% right.