Warner Bros. first began releasing animated shorts in the “Looney Tunes” franchise in the 1930s. Since then, the franchise has evolved, adding new characters and going from animated shorts to TV series to feature films.

With so many remakes and sequels in theaters it is refreshing to see a movie like The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie on the big screen. Daffy Duck and Porky Pig (Both voiced by (Eric Bauza) are forced to work together to stop an alien invasion that is determined to take over the world.

“The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie” surprised me. I expected yet another big screen misuse of the animated Warner Bros. characters I’ve loved since I was a kid. Outside of 2003′s “Looney Tunes: Back in Action,” and 1988′s “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” movies featuring Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, and Porky Pig have not done them justice.

Bugs and Daffy, Tweety and Sylvester, and Coyote and Road Runner – as they fight an alien invasion on earth in The Day The Earth Blew Up A Looney Tunes Movie., Hollywood News - Times Now

In every way, The Day the Earth Blew Up pays homage to and follows in the tradition of the classic Looney Tunes cartoons preceding it. Now, if only Ketchup Entertainment could rescue the apparently stranded Coyote vs. Acme.

Not only do these Looney Tunes stalwarts have to save their family home, but thanks to a plot hatched by extraterrestrials, they’re apparently the best chance at saving Earth as well. The usual combination of hijinks,

This grave injustice has been remedied. While far from being a classic, “The Day the Earth Blew Up” is a charming and often invigorating reimagining of key Looney Tunes characters (Daffy Duck and Porky Pig), with a look and sound that links it to past versions without feeling indebted to them.

The wildly propulsive adventure involves Daffy and Porky at the local bubble gum factory where they discover a secret alien mind control plot.

Subtitled “A Looney Tunes Movie,” this installment, directed by Peter Browngardt, takes bubble gum to a whole new level.

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