February 19, 2005

The end of the innocence

WB seeks revitalized cartoon franchise with new look for Bugs Bunny and friends

There are things in life that just take your breath away: some good, some bad, some apalling, and frankly, this is one of the latter. Words fail me - the fundamental idea, though perhaps understandable from the corporate 'need-to-maximize-revenue-from-this-bit-of-our-portfolio' perspective is just so fundamentally wrong that it defies both belief and explication.

Think colourizing black and white films was bad? This is ten times worse.