Max has formally eliminated the unique Looney Tunes shorts from the streamer, even with The Day the Earth Blew Up in theaters.
Despite the fact that Warner Bros. unceremoniously shelved Coyote vs. Acme, it seemed like they have been able to recommit to the Looney Tunes property with the discharge of The Day the Earth Blew Up, the primary absolutely animated unique film from the franchise to be launched theatrically. And but right here we’re but once more, as Max has eliminated the unique Looney Tunes cartoons from the streaming service. Briefly: That’s all, people!
At this level, all of us have to acknowledge that Warner Bros. has no thought what to do with Looney Tunes and primarily refuses to strive. They may give us a incredible film however that may solely get them to date – we would like the unique cartoons! Gone are the representations of legendary animators like Tex Avery, Chuck Jones, Friz Freleng, and numerous others.
It’s value noting at this level that not each Looney Tunes collection has been tossed into The Dip, as Deadline famous that a variety of collection nonetheless stay on Max, together with Looney Tunes Cartoons, Tiny Toons Looniversity, The Sylvester and Tweety Mysteries, and extra. However the die-hard Looney Tunes followers need to have the unique cartoons obtainable. (From a private perspective, I used to be really going by the Looney Tunes shorts that have been obtainable on Max and solely obtained as much as 1936’s Fish Tales.) And whereas the gathering Max had was removed from full (we’re speaking 1,000 shorts, so we will forgive Max for not together with all of them), it was nonetheless a radical collection that provided hours upon hours of leisure and served as a real lesson on animation historical past. And to paraphrase Marvin the Martian, this makes us very indignant – very indignant certainly.
This transfer by Max to ditch the unique Looney Tunes shorts – together with the famed Merrie Melodies collection – is the precise transfer that followers have been assured wouldn’t occur after the same scare occurred in 2023. An announcement on the time acknowledged the error of eradicating the shorts and skim: “Looney Tunes was included in error as a title leaving the platform. This is not the case and the show will continue streaming on Max.” At this level, I really feel like this was only a tunnel painted on the facet of a mountain.
Simply final yr, Max additionally eliminated Sesame Road, the same transfer to place extra concentrate on programming geared in direction of adults and households.
