‘The Day The Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie’ Sets HBO Max Premiere Date - 27th June

https://deadline.com/2025/05/the-day-the-earth-blew-up-a-looney-tunes-movie-premiere-date-max-1236404732/

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Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 10 pts · 1y (2 replies)

I saw this during the theater run and it’s really funny, I recommend it if you like Looney Tunes even a little. I didn’t expect to enjoy it as much as I did!

xyzzy@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y (1 reply)

I saw it in the theater, and I'd give it a C. I didn't love it or hate it, but I only laughed out loud a couple times. There were times when it felt more Ren & Stimpy than Looney Tunes. Maybe that's a positive for some folks, in which case you might enjoy it more than I did.

Catoblepas@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 4 pts · 1y

It feels like Ren & Stimpy sometimes because one of the writers (Katie Rice) did work on the Ren & Stimpy reboot! So you’re spot on with picking up on that. IMO that adds to it rather than detracts because so much of R&S was making references to or riffing off the ‘golden age’ of cartoons that Looney Tunes was part of, but if that style of humor is boring to you then I could see it detracting from the movie. I wasn’t constantly cracking up or anything, but I was smiling and laughing more than I was bored. Which honestly feels like a huge hurdle for movies now, lol.

Reverendender@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 1y (1 reply)

Soon to be shelved for the tax write-off

TheImpressiveX@lemm.ee · 6 pts · 1y

WB sold the rights to Ketchup Entertainment already. They couldn't write it off even if they wanted to.

Sixtyforce@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 1y

It's nothing revolutionary, but it's a good Looney Tunes movie.

observantTrapezium@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 1y

I watched it, was mid. I was hoping for something more adult oriented.