"Duck Dodgers" series vs "Attack of the Drones"

[CueBallCat79]

Now that we all have access to the Doyle produced "Attack of the Drones", which modern day treatment of Duck Dodgers do you prefer?

I still go with the series. People have complained about it but I really like it and I think it had a lot going for it. Almost every show had at least one thing in it that had me on the floor, even in reruns. The episode I'm watching now, "The Fudd", is a little weird but still pretty funny. i loved Dodgers' line about the Wizard of Oz bit being a tribute and not copyright infringement.

[Thad]

They're both God-Awful. But the series is only better because it has some decent design work. I can't stand the talking head syndrome that plagues cartoons these days.

[CueBallCat79]

They're both God-Awful. But the series is only better because it has some decent design work. I can't stand the talking head syndrome that plagues cartoons these days.

But if this is how cartoons are going to be (at least for the time being) then the dialogue better be clever and well-read, which I think is true for Duck Dodgers. To me, Joe Alasky IS Daffy and he makes the dialogue work.

And there were some episodes that worked on a more visual level. But I've probably seen more episodes than you have.

[Matt the Y]

Something tells me that comparing these two things is somewhat the equivalent of comparing a pile of manure to a cesspool.

In any case, I'm not voting for either. They're both equally bad (and that ain't good!).

[Dr. Killpatient]

Duck Dodgers series is better hands down. I'm a moderate fan of the series, and it's actually funny at times, unlike Doyle's crud.

Not to mention the series at least maintains somewhat of a feel for the classics. Attack of the Drones does not do this - too many human characters and shock-violent "gags" get in the way.

[Leviathan]

They're both God-Awful. But the series is only better because it has some decent design work. I can't stand the talking head syndrome that plagues cartoons these days.

Thad, didn't you say that "Drones" was the better than the DD show in your Youtube description of it?

As for the comparison, i'll say that the Drones cartoons was a bit better, inasmcuh as there was something going on in that cartoon, buyt as Thad said, that's not saying much at all.

[Thad]

Looking at it again, I take that back. Maybe my mind was warped from watching it that I typed something I didn't mean. Too many crappy cartoons can do that to you!

[Jon Cooke]

I haven't seen the Dodgers show in awhile but was never really impressed by it. The non-stop talkiness and the fact they made Daffy a bit TOO stupid turned me off. I will also admit that I lost interest during the first season and haven't seen any of the newer episodes (except for one that involved piglet versions of the Animaniacs). Out of the ones I did see, I did think "K-9 Kaddy" where they did attempt to do a Looney Tunes-style short was OK. Did they ever try to do something like that again?

[Bartman]

I never watched it either, not just because I find it to be a bastardization of a classic WB cartoon. I've personally boycotted it because I find it to be another lame attempt by the boneheads at WB (and CN for that matter) to milk as much $$ out of their characters, no matter how lame, crude or terrible it may be.

[Matthew Hunter]

I'd have to say the series was much better than the Doyle cartoon! The series is talky, and Daffy IS a little too stupid at times...but it looks and sounds good, and it can be really funny and clever when it wants to. Not great, but not offensively awful like "Drones!"

[Toonami]

You LIKE K-9 KAddy? UGGGHHHH!!! I'd say the short, because it definately had its moments.

[CueBallCat79]

Out of the ones I did see, I did think "K-9 Kaddy" where they did attempt to do a Looney Tunes-style short was OK. Did they ever try to do something like that again?

Yeah they did. One example that immediately springs to mind was an episode in which the Martian Commander hired Hubie and Bertie to sneak aboard Dodgers' ship, resulting in something similar to the Chuck Jones H&B shorts.

Another one that pops into my mind was an episode that basically went out of it's way to redo "Drip-Along Daffy" with Dodgers vacationing on a planet that recreated the old west with robot cowboys. It featured Nasty Canasta as a bounty hunter.

[Acme]

You LIKE K-9 KAddy? UGGGHHHH!!! I'd say the short, because it definately had its moments.

Is K-9 Kaddy based off an old Mickey Mouse cartoon with Pluto and Chip & Dale?

[Matt the Y]

Is K-9 Kaddy based off an old Mickey Mouse cartoon with Pluto and Chip & Dale?

Never saw the Duck Dodgers cartoon but, from what I hear, it's based off an old Mickey Mouse short with Pluto and not Chip and Dale but a golf course gopher who is Pluto's nemesis. The Disney short is called, "Canine Caddy". NOW tell me if you think the two shorts have something in common or not! ;)

[Jon Cooke]

Never saw the Duck Dodgers cartoon but, from what I hear, it's based off an old Mickey Mouse short with Pluto and not Chip and Dale but a golf course gopher who is Pluto's nemesis. The Disney short is called, "Canine Caddy". NOW tell me if you think the two shorts have something in common or not! ;)

The Duck Dodgers cartoon was definitely a parody of the Mickey Mouse cartoon complete with a "Marvin Martian" head shot before the title card a la the Mickey one. Marvin was also dressed in a golfing outfit similar to Mickey's. Of course, martian versions Goofy Gophers were the ones causing the trouble in this cartoon.

[Jon Cooke]

Yeah they did. One example that immediately springs to mind was an episode in which the Martian Commander hired Hubie and Bertie to sneak aboard Dodgers' ship, resulting in something similar to the Chuck Jones H&B shorts.

Another one that pops into my mind was an episode that basically went out of it's way to redo "Drip-Along Daffy" with Dodgers vacationing on a planet that recreated the old west with robot cowboys. It featured Nasty Canasta as a bounty hunter.

That's interesting. I never knew they did a Hubie & Bertie cartoon. From what I saw, Looney Tunes cameos didn't happen too often on Duck Dodgers (which was kind of a good thing, the non-stop cameos on Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries got pretty tiresome after awhile, IMO).

[JPox]

The Duck Dodgers show has had quite a bit of cameos. If I can remember right, there has been Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Tazmanian Devil, Witch Hazel, Hubie & Bertie, Rocky & Muggsy, Nasty Canasta, The Crusher, Egghead Jr., Wile Coyote, a mention of Bugs Bunny, and too a lesser extent, Axl from Tazmania, HB's Muttley, Scooby & company, Yogi, Top Cat, and a few more stuffed HB characters. (I can't remember which ones right now..)

[CueBallCat79]

The Duck Dodgers show has had quite a bit of cameos. If I can remember right, there has been Elmer Fudd, Yosemite Sam, Tazmanian Devil, Witch Hazel, Hubie & Bertie, Rocky & Muggsy, Nasty Canasta, The Crusher, Egghead Jr., Wile Coyote, a mention of Bugs Bunny, and too a lesser extent, Axl from Tazmania, HB's Muttley, Scooby & company, Yogi, Top Cat, and a few more stuffed HB characters. (I can't remember which ones right now..)

Dodgers also once made a remark that he should have hired Speedy Gonzales as his sidekick. :eek:

[JPox]

And also, the mad scientist (boo!) from Water, Water Every Hare is used in an episode.

[Mr. Semaj]

From what I've seen, the TV show is quite boring.
The Doyle short is better, though both can't compare to Chuck Jones' classic, even his TV sequel to a degree.

[Dr. Killpatient]

A bit confused here, but what exactly is the "talking head syndrome"?

Didn't the classic Bugs Bunny cartoons feature a lot of dialogue as well?

[Inkedwell]

"Talking Head" syndrome is where instead of seeing the characters squash, stretch, move around and most importantly act out in pantomime, they just kind of stand or sit in the same pose and blah blah blah for the entire show.

This is something that has severely afflicted modern cartoons.

And (don't get me wrong, though terrible from a 'moving' animation standpoint, the writing is witty imo) a perfect example of this is MTV's Daria.

There are many examples of this to be seen past 1960 or so- virtually all modern cartoons seem to have a bit of it within them.

[Dr. Killpatient]

I see. Thanks!