It hasn’t been one of the best couple years for Looney Tunes followers. The final big-screen movie that includes the venerable cartoon characters was Space Jam: A New Legacy which was … horrible. The so-called Looney Tunes Cartoons sequence of recent shorts on HBO Max (and later simply Max) had been good, however they concluded manufacturing final yr. And what was supposed to be the following film for the model, Coyote vs. Acme, has been shelved, maybe without end, and in accordance to latest experiences is at risk of being completely deleted so Warner Bros. Discovery can take a tax write-off on the venture.
Plus there was additionally a minor kerfuffle when it appeared late final yr that many Looney Tunes shorts had been being faraway from Max solely, and maybe without end — which Max later claimed was an error in a press launch.
So make of this what you’ll: In their newest press blast saying the brand new titles coming to Max, the corporate famous that they are going to be including “more than 130 episodes of Looney Tunes” to the service subsequent month. The new cartoons embody “fan-favorites like ‘Rabbit Fire,’ ‘Duck Amuck,’ ‘A Wild Hare,’ which featured Bugs Bunny for the first time, and ‘Porky’s Duck Hunt,’ the first appearance of Daffy Duck, as well as ‘One Froggy Evening’ 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, approximately 130 other episodes will leave 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 may preemptively say they had been including extra Looney Tunes cartoons on the similar time).
The principal takeaway right here, as it’s anytime the libraries of those streaming companies get shifted in a significant means, is {that a} subscription can by no means take the place of bodily media you personal without end. It might not be trendy for lots of people to purchase Blu-rays or DVDs anymore, however should you personal basic Looney Tunes in some type of bodily type, it doesn’t matter what Max does to its library.
The solely factor you management once you subscribe to these companies is what you pay and for a way lengthy. Beyond that, there’s nothing you are able to do about what they provide and for a way lengthy. And they will (and sometimes do!) yank issues down, generally completely, with little or no discover.
The new Looney Tunes titles shall be coming — and the previous ones shall be leaving — on March 1.
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