Watching the NASA coverage at work, we’re convinced that the martians are hiding behind the camera, and when they are ready, they’ll stick their face in front with a big “BOO!”
Yes…sometimes we have too much free time.
I always dug that Marvin quote in issue 412 of Hulk.
Oh well. Back to the drawing board.
Nice gag, but someone should fix Marvin’s shadow. It lies diagonally, while the shadows on the rocks lie horizontally. Spoils the illusion.
Well, if you find the Marvin thing funny, I hope each and every one of you is watching Duck Dodgers on Cartoon Network. It’s proof that Joe Alaskey is the best man for the job of filling a portion of Mel Blanc’s shoes — Alaskey does the voices of most of the Looney Tunes, ranging from spot-on (his Daffy Duck) to just way better than Jeff Bergman (which isn’t hard — Bergman stunk!) — as is Looney Tunes: Back in Action, the poor showing of which just goes to show that people don’t appreciate the Warner characters anymore. Joe Dante understands them like nobody has for almost forty years, and I hope every single one of you plans to buy the DVD.
Enlighten me, please. My comics are in storage and it’s been a while since I read Hulk #412. What was the Marvin joke and the context?
Nekouken,
Isn’t it possible that Looney Tunes: Back in Action had a bad showing because people too clearly remembered the LAST Looney Tunes motion picture and expected more of the same?
I certainly didn’t get any reliable reports that LT:BIA was any good until it was too late to go see it.
I wanted to see [I]Looney Tunes: Bac In Action,[/I] but couldn’t rustle up the family for the job. Will definitely keep an eye out for the DVD, tho.
1. PAD, of course, also gave us a great Marvin moment in the first issue of the first Captain Marvel series (“it was blocking my view of Venus.”)
2. Meanwhile on Earth, Ray Walston and John Jones get together, watch the Mars probe on TV, and get stoned on Oreos, homesick for the Martian spring.
“Enlighten me, please. My comics are in storage and it’s been a while since I read Hulk #412. What was the Marvin joke and the context?”
The Hulk and She-Hulk attempt to smother a power-source called “The Family Jewels” before it explodes. It goes “KA-BOO-” and then The Stranger — who set the Jewels to explode in the first place — disengages whatever mechanism was going to cause them to blow. It fizzles out with an “ooofff” or something.
She-Hulk says, “Where’s the Ka-Boom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Ka-Boom!” Or whatever the exact quote is — I’m fairly certain that PAD quoted Marvin verbatim.
First time I read it, I hadn’t seen a Marvin the Martian cartoon in a long time, so it flew by me. I only caught it upon a subsequent viewing.
In case you forgot, the next joke in the issue is She-Hulk being annoyed at the arbitrary nature of the threat posed by the Jewels, and complains that the writing of her adventures has never been the same “since Byrne left,” a very clever allusion to the tone of She-Hulk’s solo book at the time.
Good times, good times …
I seem to remember a reference to an “Illudium Pew 36 Explosive Space Modulator” in one of PADs early TNG novels.
Well thufferin’ thuccotash!
I did! I did see a Martian!
I’m surprised, I say, I’m surprised that we’re still here to even debate this subject. Hasn’t that boy been trying to get rid of the Earth for years since we allegedly block his view of Venus?
Oui. He zould try to lamour his neighbours more. N’est pa?
Oh brother, I’m outta here doc.
Th-th-th-that’s all folks!
Fondly remembering some old friends…
Hey Peter,
Thanks for a fantastic laugh!
“Isn’t it possible that Looney Tunes: Back in Action had a bad showing because people too clearly remembered the LAST Looney Tunes motion picture and expected more of the same?”
Yes.
I don’t know; it always seems to me that when I love something and think it clever and fun and just generally great stuff with something for everyone, nobody watches it. Young Justice, Sci Fi Channel’s Invisible Man, anything with Jon Lovitz… It doesn’t matter how much heart or wit is in it; if I really love it, nobody else enjoys it. It’s just really annoying, and it’s worsened by how much I love the old Looney Tunes. I adore them to a ridiculous extreme, so of course it makes sense there’s no gøddámņ audience for it.
Although I’m sure Space Jam (which grossed almost its entire production budget) has soured a number of fans towards all WB’s future endeavors with the characters, I know far too many people who really enjoyed it, in spite of the fact that it made no sense, had no reason for being made, and seemed to be nothing more than a poor excuse to take the characters out of the mothballs and do some heavy-duty merchandising.
Back in Action’s great, though. Joe Dante, who has gone on record as hating Space Jam, is a die-hard Looney Tunes fan, and the script has a handful of jibes at SJ — Michael Jordan, I believe ever-aware of just how awful Space Jam was, even makes an extremely brief cameo for less than 10 seconds of screen time for a totally appropriate sight gag.
Be prepared; Steve Martin is painfully unfunny in this movie. It does not, however, hurt the movie. I believe Dante and Martin thought (and I’d be inclined to agree with them if they did) if Martin was as funny as he could have been in the role — it had quite a bit of potential — it would have detracted from the real reason for seeing the movie. None of the human actors is especially funny — though Fraser makes a dámņ good straight man, and Joan Cusack gets some good one-liners in her single scene — the real humour in this movie comes from two sources; the toons, especially the secondary characters (Ralph the sheepdog and Sam the coyote steal a portion of a scene from Bugs and Jenna Elfman from the back of a diner, for example), and the props. There are a number of brilliant sight gags, some of which are Looney Tunes related and some of which aren’t — there’s an entire wall of spy movie posters starring Timothy Dalton’s character, and the names of the spy movies are inspired.
So, in spite of the fact that the movie made back less than a quarter of its budget, I’m hoping word of mouth will sell it big when the DVD comes out.
Very Funny PAD. What next? You gonna challenge someone to a Shadow Game?
“Hasn’t that boy been trying to get rid of the Earth for years since we allegedly block his view of Venus?”
Surely we’ve moved since then? *sigh* Toons…
Well, at least now we know what happened to Beagle 😉
Nekouken wrote:
I don’t know; it always seems to me that when I love something and think it clever and fun and just generally great stuff with something for everyone, nobody watches it.
I know exactly what you mean. I was a huge fan of, for example, Firefly (and I’ve only grown to be an even bigger fan in my six subsequent trips through the entire series since the DVDs were released).
The Looney Tunes are long-time favorites of mine, so I’ll have to give this movie a shot on DVD.
Total waste of money. Nice pictures but a waste.
The real images I meant. Not the one PAD posted of my fave character from Bugs Bunny. 😀
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Always more room in the world for good pictures showing life on other planets. 🙂
I KNEW it!
That’s nothing. The Montreal Gazette managed to get hold of a picture that isn’t getting much play in the American media…
http://www.canada.com/montreal/montrealgazette/specials/aislin/0106.html
I’m pretty sure the Marvin shot is something that made the rounds during Sojourner’s roving, too — but that doesn’t make it any less funny!
Tim “delays, delays…” Lynch
Actually, Marvin was probably surprised it arrived in one piece given past attempts.
No kaboom?!? Where’s the budget shattering kaboom?!?
DMT
It coulda been worse: Zim and G.I.R. might have been up there. But if I see any photographs of rubber pigs, I’m runnin’!
No, those are all fake images. Here’s the real photo:
http://www.e-budo.com/vbulletin/attachment.php?s=&postid=257939
Watching the NASA coverage at work, we’re convinced that the martians are hiding behind the camera, and when they are ready, they’ll stick their face in front with a big “BOO!”
Yes…sometimes we have too much free time.
I always dug that Marvin quote in issue 412 of Hulk.
Oh well. Back to the drawing board.
Nice gag, but someone should fix Marvin’s shadow. It lies diagonally, while the shadows on the rocks lie horizontally. Spoils the illusion.
Well, if you find the Marvin thing funny, I hope each and every one of you is watching Duck Dodgers on Cartoon Network. It’s proof that Joe Alaskey is the best man for the job of filling a portion of Mel Blanc’s shoes — Alaskey does the voices of most of the Looney Tunes, ranging from spot-on (his Daffy Duck) to just way better than Jeff Bergman (which isn’t hard — Bergman stunk!) — as is Looney Tunes: Back in Action, the poor showing of which just goes to show that people don’t appreciate the Warner characters anymore. Joe Dante understands them like nobody has for almost forty years, and I hope every single one of you plans to buy the DVD.
Enlighten me, please. My comics are in storage and it’s been a while since I read Hulk #412. What was the Marvin joke and the context?
Nekouken,
Isn’t it possible that Looney Tunes: Back in Action had a bad showing because people too clearly remembered the LAST Looney Tunes motion picture and expected more of the same?
I certainly didn’t get any reliable reports that LT:BIA was any good until it was too late to go see it.
I wanted to see [I]Looney Tunes: Bac In Action,[/I] but couldn’t rustle up the family for the job. Will definitely keep an eye out for the DVD, tho.
1. PAD, of course, also gave us a great Marvin moment in the first issue of the first Captain Marvel series (“it was blocking my view of Venus.”)
2. Meanwhile on Earth, Ray Walston and John Jones get together, watch the Mars probe on TV, and get stoned on Oreos, homesick for the Martian spring.
“Enlighten me, please. My comics are in storage and it’s been a while since I read Hulk #412. What was the Marvin joke and the context?”
The Hulk and She-Hulk attempt to smother a power-source called “The Family Jewels” before it explodes. It goes “KA-BOO-” and then The Stranger — who set the Jewels to explode in the first place — disengages whatever mechanism was going to cause them to blow. It fizzles out with an “ooofff” or something.
She-Hulk says, “Where’s the Ka-Boom? There was supposed to be an Earth-shattering Ka-Boom!” Or whatever the exact quote is — I’m fairly certain that PAD quoted Marvin verbatim.
First time I read it, I hadn’t seen a Marvin the Martian cartoon in a long time, so it flew by me. I only caught it upon a subsequent viewing.
In case you forgot, the next joke in the issue is She-Hulk being annoyed at the arbitrary nature of the threat posed by the Jewels, and complains that the writing of her adventures has never been the same “since Byrne left,” a very clever allusion to the tone of She-Hulk’s solo book at the time.
Good times, good times …
I seem to remember a reference to an “Illudium Pew 36 Explosive Space Modulator” in one of PADs early TNG novels.
Well thufferin’ thuccotash!
I did! I did see a Martian!
I’m surprised, I say, I’m surprised that we’re still here to even debate this subject. Hasn’t that boy been trying to get rid of the Earth for years since we allegedly block his view of Venus?
Oui. He zould try to lamour his neighbours more. N’est pa?
Oh brother, I’m outta here doc.
Th-th-th-that’s all folks!
Fondly remembering some old friends…
Hey Peter,
Thanks for a fantastic laugh!
“Isn’t it possible that Looney Tunes: Back in Action had a bad showing because people too clearly remembered the LAST Looney Tunes motion picture and expected more of the same?”
Yes.
I don’t know; it always seems to me that when I love something and think it clever and fun and just generally great stuff with something for everyone, nobody watches it. Young Justice, Sci Fi Channel’s Invisible Man, anything with Jon Lovitz… It doesn’t matter how much heart or wit is in it; if I really love it, nobody else enjoys it. It’s just really annoying, and it’s worsened by how much I love the old Looney Tunes. I adore them to a ridiculous extreme, so of course it makes sense there’s no gøddámņ audience for it.
Although I’m sure Space Jam (which grossed almost its entire production budget) has soured a number of fans towards all WB’s future endeavors with the characters, I know far too many people who really enjoyed it, in spite of the fact that it made no sense, had no reason for being made, and seemed to be nothing more than a poor excuse to take the characters out of the mothballs and do some heavy-duty merchandising.
Back in Action’s great, though. Joe Dante, who has gone on record as hating Space Jam, is a die-hard Looney Tunes fan, and the script has a handful of jibes at SJ — Michael Jordan, I believe ever-aware of just how awful Space Jam was, even makes an extremely brief cameo for less than 10 seconds of screen time for a totally appropriate sight gag.
Be prepared; Steve Martin is painfully unfunny in this movie. It does not, however, hurt the movie. I believe Dante and Martin thought (and I’d be inclined to agree with them if they did) if Martin was as funny as he could have been in the role — it had quite a bit of potential — it would have detracted from the real reason for seeing the movie. None of the human actors is especially funny — though Fraser makes a dámņ good straight man, and Joan Cusack gets some good one-liners in her single scene — the real humour in this movie comes from two sources; the toons, especially the secondary characters (Ralph the sheepdog and Sam the coyote steal a portion of a scene from Bugs and Jenna Elfman from the back of a diner, for example), and the props. There are a number of brilliant sight gags, some of which are Looney Tunes related and some of which aren’t — there’s an entire wall of spy movie posters starring Timothy Dalton’s character, and the names of the spy movies are inspired.
So, in spite of the fact that the movie made back less than a quarter of its budget, I’m hoping word of mouth will sell it big when the DVD comes out.
Very Funny PAD. What next? You gonna challenge someone to a Shadow Game?
“Hasn’t that boy been trying to get rid of the Earth for years since we allegedly block his view of Venus?”
Surely we’ve moved since then? *sigh* Toons…
Well, at least now we know what happened to Beagle 😉
Nekouken wrote:
I don’t know; it always seems to me that when I love something and think it clever and fun and just generally great stuff with something for everyone, nobody watches it.
I know exactly what you mean. I was a huge fan of, for example, Firefly (and I’ve only grown to be an even bigger fan in my six subsequent trips through the entire series since the DVDs were released).
The Looney Tunes are long-time favorites of mine, so I’ll have to give this movie a shot on DVD.
Total waste of money. Nice pictures but a waste.
The real images I meant. Not the one PAD posted of my fave character from Bugs Bunny. 😀
Here’s another one:
http://www.anomalies.net/cgi-bin/bbs/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=25;t=006516
(the whole site is good for UFO and anomalie fans)