What Parents Should Know
Parents need to know that this program begins and ends with
explosions, with nothing very worthwhile in between. It's not
age-inappropriate, but there are far better things for your
kids to do with their time.
Families can talk about the difference between cartoon violence found in older cartoons -- such as the original Looney Tunes from the 1940s -- and what we see here. How have things changed over the years? How have they remained the same?
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In LOONATICS: UNLEASHED, Ace Bunny, Tech E. Coyote, Danger
Duck, and friends are transformed into superheroes when a
meteor hits the planet 700 years in the future. Now they spend
their time making jokes while blasting monsters and asteroids
with "neutron cannons" and whatever other weapons they have at
hand.
Parents and kids who are familiar with the original Looney Tunes cartoons might be drawn to the characters who made them smile in the old shorts. Unfortunately, the jokes are no longer very funny and the characters have become little more than filler material. Whereas Bugs Bunny used to use his ingenuity to outwit his adversaries, Ace Bunny relies on his fists. There are much better action animation series out there for kids (such as Jimmy Neutron). It's just too bad that an old familiar favorite has gone so far astray.
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