This short is very dear to my heart for a myriad of reasons:
1. It serves as an excellent first impression for the brand-new shorts on HBO Max, which act as more of a passionate fan tribute with a large budget than a pandering, corporate-produced product with the name "Looney Tunes" slapped on its own title.
2. From the animation to the backgrounds, every frame during this short clearly has a ton of love put into it. Executive producer Pete Browngardt has stated that since this short was the first to be produced, they had more freedom to work with the budget, hence the notably smoother and wackier animation as opposed to the following shorts (which still look fairly consistent).
3. The voice acting on display here is simply superb. Bob Bergen hasn't lost a step voicing Porky Pig after 30 years, and Eric Bauza does a phenomenal job channeling Bob Clampett's kookier, more off-the-wall interpretation of Daffy Duck as opposed to his greedy, attention-seeking jerk side infamously popularized by Chuck Jones (no disrespect to him, he is an animation legend and should be recognized as such), allowing for some truly memorable moments of character acting coupled with the near-constant stream of visual gags that make "The Naked Gun" look like a slow walk through a Chinese zen garden.
I don't want to spoil anything else! Go watch it for yourself to get a taste of what these new shorts are all about! It's great!
1. It serves as an excellent first impression for the brand-new shorts on HBO Max, which act as more of a passionate fan tribute with a large budget than a pandering, corporate-produced product with the name "Looney Tunes" slapped on its own title.
2. From the animation to the backgrounds, every frame during this short clearly has a ton of love put into it. Executive producer Pete Browngardt has stated that since this short was the first to be produced, they had more freedom to work with the budget, hence the notably smoother and wackier animation as opposed to the following shorts (which still look fairly consistent).
3. The voice acting on display here is simply superb. Bob Bergen hasn't lost a step voicing Porky Pig after 30 years, and Eric Bauza does a phenomenal job channeling Bob Clampett's kookier, more off-the-wall interpretation of Daffy Duck as opposed to his greedy, attention-seeking jerk side infamously popularized by Chuck Jones (no disrespect to him, he is an animation legend and should be recognized as such), allowing for some truly memorable moments of character acting coupled with the near-constant stream of visual gags that make "The Naked Gun" look like a slow walk through a Chinese zen garden.
I don't want to spoil anything else! Go watch it for yourself to get a taste of what these new shorts are all about! It's great!
