Loonatics Unleashed

A window into the early 2000's, when insane coked-out executives really thought a sci-fi action reboot of Looney Tunes was going to be the new hit with the kids. The entire thing is both completely uninspired and totally unique; cobbled together from other cartoons (primarily Looney Tunes (duh), Justice League, Teen Titans and Power Rangers) but from that creating something so weird conceptually it's own thing.

The plots and banter (SO MUCH BANTER) are pretty boilerplate, Ace's voice is incredibly annoying, Duck sounds like Sonic The Hedgehog (but not in a bad way) and everyone else is cartoon regulars. Not really a quality show, but worth preserving for the weird factor.

Actually, not that terribly bad.

I was one of the people who thought this show would absolutely, completely suck and destroy the characters I loved as a kid (the original Looney Tunes). Having watched the first season, I think they only had two major problems.

1: They insisted on linking it to the Looney Tunes. 2: They let those god-awful "Extreme" versions of the characters see the light of day. Fortunately, they fixed them after the public screamed bloody murder.

You cannot watch this show with the original Looney Tunes firmly in mind and enjoy it for what it is. Or, for that matter, at all.

What they've got now is a reasonably good action cartoon, far better than most of the tripe that Kids WB has been putting on air in the past few years. Is it true to the Looney Tunes, and something that'll appeal to hard-core fans trying to see their old favorites in a new form? Heck no, that's why I listed Mistake #1. But if you watch it (at least after the first two episodes) without the "this is what they say the Looney Tunes should be" baggage involved, it's actually a pretty good show, and deserves a shot.

I think Loonatics Unleashed is a pretty good action cartoon! It maybe a big change since this is Looney Tunes characters in sci-fi superhero forms. Don't get me wrong, I still like the old Looney Tunes but something new is pretty good too. Loonatics Unleashed is set in the future in the year 2772 when a meteor hits the Earth and the city of Acmetropolis and the crash of the meteor transforms the descendents of the classic Looney Tunes characters, who become super-powered heroes and yet they still retain the wacky personalities of their ancestors. For the characters we have Ace Bunny (Bugs Bunny's superhero version), who is the team leader and has laser vision powers and martial arts moves. Lexi Bunny (Lola Bunny's superhero version), who is second in command and has brain powers and super hearing. Danger Duck (Daffy Duck's superhero version), has teleportation powers and fire powers. Slam Tasmanian (Tazmanian Devil's superhero version), has super strength and tornado spinning powers. Tech E. Coyote (Wylie E. Coyote's superhero version), has magnetic powers and is the team's inventor and weapon designer and there's Rev Runner (Roadrunner's superhero version) who has sonic speed powers. This show has potential it just needs to be given a chance! You might like this cartoon if you like "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles", "Justice League", "Teen Titans" and "Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go!".

User Rating: 9/10

BOTTOM LINE: NOT A BAD NEW IDEA

Okay. I can see where people will be getting up in arms about this. But you can't expect every child who watches this to say to themselves 'this is ruining classic characters'. I grew up on the cartoon of Ninja Turtles (or hero turtles as it was called here) and consider them classic characters. with the new movie, I don't feel the need to tell every seven year old 'Hey you know that this is rubbish compared to the comics'.

Okay. The 'mad scientist rejected by 'The Academy' and now seeking revenge' plot is a little overused and Tim Curry voices about 10 villains per series but if they made it more like the original cartoon shorts, there would only be more people complaining about the amount of slapstick

I've watched a few episodes and, where as the plot may not be brilliant, the idea isn't as bad as some people make out; the main characters are NOT the originals from Loony Toons (love them by the way),they are fact the descendants (sp?) of the Bugs Bunny, Lola Bunny, Daffy Duck, Taz, Coyote and Road Runner.

I personally like this show because it's different and actually has a back story and plot unlike other unoriginal cartoons they're starting to spout out now.

Overall view: NOT A BAD IDEA! but you make up your own mind, just don't knock it 'til you try it