It hasn’t been the very best couple years for Looney Tunes followers. The final big-screen movie that includes the venerable cartoon characters was House Jam: A New Legacy which was … horrible. The so-called Looney Tunes Cartoons collection of recent shorts on HBO Max (and later simply Max) have been good, however they concluded manufacturing final 12 months. And what was purported to be the following film for the model, Coyote vs. Acme, has been shelved, maybe endlessly, and in accordance with latest stories is at risk of being completely deleted so Warner Bros. Discovery can take a tax write-off on the challenge.
Plus there was additionally a minor kerfuffle when it appeared late final 12 months that many Looney Tunes shorts have been being faraway from Max solely, and maybe endlessly — which Max later claimed was an error in a press launch.
So make of this what you’ll: Of their newest press blast saying the brand new titles coming to Max, the corporate famous that they are going to be including “greater than 130 episodes of Looney Tunes” to the service subsequent month. The brand new cartoons embrace “fan-favorites like ‘Rabbit Fireplace,’ ‘Duck Amuck,’ ‘A Wild Hare,’ which featured Bugs Bunny for the primary time, and ‘Porky’s Duck Hunt,’ the primary look of Daffy Duck, in addition to ‘One Froggy Night’ and ‘What’s Opera, Doc?’”
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That’ the excellent news. The dangerous information is that Max additionally introduced that “as these episodes arrive on Max, roughly 130 different episodes will go away the platform.” They didn’t specify which 130 shorts can be leaving Max.
I might assume that Max made this announcement in order that when 130 Looney Tunes cartoons randomly disappeared in March followers didn’t freak out about it (and the corporate might preemptively say they have been including extra Looney Tunes cartoons on the similar time).
The principle takeaway right here, as it’s anytime the libraries of those streaming providers get shifted in a significant approach, is {that a} subscription can by no means take the place of bodily media you personal endlessly. It might not be modern for lots of people to purchase Blu-rays or DVDs anymore, however if you happen to personal traditional Looney Tunes in some sort of bodily kind, it doesn’t matter what Max does to its library.
The one factor you management if you subscribe to those providers is what you pay and for a way lengthy. Past that, there’s nothing you are able to do about what they provide and for a way lengthy. And so they can (and sometimes do!) yank issues down, typically completely, with little or no discover.
The brand new Looney Tunes titles can be coming — and the previous ones can be leaving — on March 1.
