I finally saw "Duck Dodgers" last night. As Chuck Jones and Mel Blanc (bless them) are no longer with us, I was prepared for a letdown, and I wasn't disappointed!
In the original, Daffy was a bombastic nitwit, which was part of his charm; here, he's a loathsome prick! In the episode I saw, he demands help as he has Eager Young Space Cadet cleaning his house. Mr. Hi assigns him a robot. He likes the robot until he dispatches the bad guys better than Dodgers ever did, earning Mr. Hi's raves. Dodgers is now hell-bent on getting rid of him. When the robot sacrifices himself for him, Dodgers actually seems devastated -- until Mr. Hi says he can rebuild him. Dodgers throws a fit, stomping on the heap of metal that saved his life!
I was so disgusted by what the no-talent clowns behind this "cartoon" did to Daffy and Porky, I'll never watch this "Duck Dodgers" again!
In the original, Daffy was a bombastic nitwit, which was part of his charm; here, he's a loathsome prick! In the episode I saw, he demands help as he has Eager Young Space Cadet cleaning his house. Mr. Hi assigns him a robot. He likes the robot until he dispatches the bad guys better than Dodgers ever did, earning Mr. Hi's raves. Dodgers is now hell-bent on getting rid of him. When the robot sacrifices himself for him, Dodgers actually seems devastated -- until Mr. Hi says he can rebuild him. Dodgers throws a fit, stomping on the heap of metal that saved his life!
I was so disgusted by what the no-talent clowns behind this "cartoon" did to Daffy and Porky, I'll never watch this "Duck Dodgers" again!