Yesterday, we presented a piece of the new Popeye's Island Adventures. That flash-animated series is chump change next to our next subject.
Woody Woodpecker is back as well, and it looks like, for once, Woody is winning.
Eric Bauza reprises his voice role from last year's feature film, which I don't think made it to multiplexes here in the US, released first in Brazil. In the opener, Woody deals with "The Invasion of The Birdy Snatchers". Tom Kenny voices the two-headed alien.
10 shorts were released on Monday, including this one. It looks like the writers are making it clear Woody was always meant to be Walter Lantz & Universal's answer to WB's Bugs Bunny, moreso than Daffy Duck. Woody has his own YouTube channel, where all 10 shorts are available. Bring on the awesome!
Rating: A.
8 comments:
I heard that the Woody Woodpecker movie sucked as hell.
I only saw the trailer and Nostalgia Critic's review of that film, and based on what I saw, it didn't look good. At all.
Also, the earlier crazy Daffy Duck was awesome, as is the current iteration on WB's New Looney Tunes. Just needed to say that.
@Goldstar Agreed.
Haven't seen the movie, so I can't comment on that. Waiting for New Looney Tunes to be released on DVD so I can scope the retro-wacky Daffy.
Don't watch the movie. It will liquify your brain.
I read about it on Wikipedia. Why did they even bother doing it?
To make a quick buck using a familiar licensed character a la the Chipmunks and Smurfs movies would be my guess.
On a semi-related note, these shorts aren't airing on Universal Kids because...? You'd think that Universal would use new shorts starring one of their trademark characters in order to bring more viewers to their channel.
I agree. Universal Kids missed the boat by not cross-promoting the online channel with Woody as a selling point.
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