The Day the Earth Blew Up: A Looney Tunes Movie by Peter Browngardt (2024)
One does not look to Looney Tunes for subtlety. Even so, the never-ending barrage of over-the-top and outrageous jokes, pratfalls, and dialog in The Day the Earth Blew Up is exhausting and tedious. It doesn’t help that the vast majority of the film’s jokes feel dated right out of the gate. (A joke about stupid coffeeshop orders in the Year of Our Lord 2024? Really?) And the clueless henchman gag leaves one pining for the sublimity of Kronk Pepikrankenitz. Any moments of subversive glee — like Daffy trying to become an influencer by twerking on social media — are few and far between. On the one hand, I’m glad to see a modern Looney Tunes cartoon that clearly pays tribute to the classics with its artwork and music. On the other hand, The Day the Earth Blew Up has precious little of the sass and charm of those classics. (The fact that it had eleven writers and four story consultants probably didn’t help matters.)
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