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It definitely was being written in the early 2000s and was just never put into production due to not having the right basketball star to be in it as Jordan was retired for good
@@averageant7173 Or its almost like there was a Matrix reference in it, because a Matrix movie is coming out in 2021 so they decided they needed to use a reference from the other 3 films......But the idea of another Space Jam has been around since the early 2000s because there had been talk about doing it as a hockey sequel or a baseball sequel.....But clearly Matrix references were used to remind people about Matrix 4
The biggest problem with the movie, besides it being terrible, is they tried playing it straight at all. It's fucking Looney Tunes. Who's going to think Bugs Bunny will actually die or think LeBron James can act as a main character? The reason the first movie worked, and still gets laughs today, is cause it's a joke. Even the scenario behind the drama is a joke and that's what makes it great. It knows not to take itself too seriously.
Why did this have to be in a video game yet also toon world? Just pick 1 and dedicate to it. You can't have bugs bunny perform a glitch then explain his survival on him being a toon.
@@mrrunodan8119 But it didn't make any sense. They're presented for the whole movie as being programs in a huge simulation. How are they also Toons? Did they exist before the server was built? Were they trapped in it at some point? How could they just leave when they felt like it? Why didn't they leave before? Could any of the other programs there leave? Pennywise? King Kong? Superman? How do people enter or leave the simulation in the first place? TRON did a better job explaining the rules of that world, and they were consistent about it.
Fun fact: the scene where all the WB characters run to the basketball game took one year for them to make. This honestly makes me feel even more sorry for the animators who worked on this.
Utilizing the airheaded blonde Lola version would've been interesting, that's for sure. "Bugs you're not going to believe this. There's a guy standing on the side of the road who looks just like you. _I'm about to hit him._ " * Bugs jumps out of the way of the moving car *
@@randomgrmlin Can't remember, unfortunately. After getting either bored or frustrated at it, I decided I didn't want to watch it more than once... I did know it had something to do with Bugs taking Lola to court on it... It has been a few years after all...
When it comes to Porky rapping, I agree with Wile E. “Stop in the name of humanity.” The funny thing is if that happened during the movie, it would’ve gotten a chuckle
Them Rapping though not great isn't the problem. Whenever cartoons rap they never absorb the culture plus the writers are too scared to actually poke fun at the art. So it's like dead air. It happens, a spot was filled ANNNDwere moving on.
That whole middle section where the Looney Tunes gang have jumped ship and retreated into other movies/shows, with Bugs trying to get the gang back together again was, arguably, the best part of the movie. Honestly, they should've dropped the Space Jam/basketball thing and just had that second act be given its own movie. The plot of this old Warner Bros. property that was once the face of the company now gathering dust, and said characters are struggling to stay true to who they were/are while also trying to stay relevant and appeal to a modern audience is a really intriguing idea to me.
Brilliant idea. Unfortunately, this movie of yours already exists… well, sort of, and it’s called “The Muppets”. (I just really wanted to say that, sorry)
The idea of a Looney Tunes film where they struggle to stay true to who they are and stay relevant in the modern era has been done; it was called Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and, sadly, it was a box office flop.
She was basically pulling a Jessica Rabbit... Who hates being Objectified, but seems to Objectify herself a lot. The difference is that Jessica had a Husband and a Bigger Role in the story, so she was able to show off more, and she didn't get stuck with Ten other Yahoos who kept swiping the Spotlight like Lola did. By the way, those who say "Space Jam Lola has no personality", are those who look up Lola's R34... Tells me more about them than it does about Lola if I have to be honest...
Just sayin' a Looney Tunes Back in Action sequel could've done more than this being more of an Adventure with Looney Tunes in it, but again, that was decent and would've actually requires creativity
Yeah, too bad Back in Action was a big flop back in 2003 despite being a better Looney Tunes movie. Apparently WB is now planning a Space Jam-type wrestling movie with The Rock. They'd be better off doing another Back in Action-type adventure movie with Dwayne Johnson. He certainly has gotten enough blockbuster action clot by now to be able to star in that kind of movie and give WB that box office draw they want.
Also, Space Jam was quite the hit when it came out and has the nostalgia factor. I don't think Back in Action did well and doesn't have the 90s kid nostalgia going for it. This movie was to make a few bucks off of nostalgia, not to revive the Looney Tunes brand.
Pepsi is objectively better than Coke, and wins every single blind taste test set up by either company. They tried to fix the formula once, but Cokeheads (who aren't that smart anyway) bitched and moaned until they released Coca-Cola Classic.
Doug himself said a blatant product placement like that convinces him to buy the competitor’s product. (See his review of 2017’s Power Rangers, where Krispy Kreme plays an integral role.)
I personally feel like they really missed a golden opportunity to have the biggest WB crossover shenanigans ever. Like, imagine if they somehow worked in the characters on the sidelines wanting to help out the toon squad and the you have all the heroes helping out. If this is supposed to be the most 2021 movie of 2021 then why not do more with the ultra crossover. Heck, ready player one beat them to the punch of WB crossover shenanigans.
Hek, why not even Reintroduce "Forgotten Characters" like The Loonatics, or The Road Rovers? I mean, one of the reasons a Show is "Forgotten", is because none of the Directors want to revive the show for... Reasons, regardless of it's following.
Biggest flaw of the movie: All the other movies with the looney Tunes shoved in looked way more interesting. I mean Mad Max Fury Road with Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote...and Nasty Canasty for some reason. I wonder who Immortan Joe would be? My money is on Foghorn Leghorn.
I thought it was really cool to see other characters at the end, especially since we didn't get that in the first movie and I was thoroughly entertained by this.
Here's how _I'd_ make Lola trying to be an amazon _funny:_ It's revealed that Lola was using her cartoon physics powers to beat the Amazon Challenges, but she gets disqualified because the Themyscrian judges found her "looniness" an unfair advantage to the other amazons. And Diana, feeling sympathy for Lola, whispers to the other judges who nod in satisfaction. And then Diana approaches a saddened Lola saying that while Lola _won't_ be an Amazon, she pulled some strings to get a _special royal_ job _just for her_ to use her wonderful, amusing gifts. To which Lola, with a _huge_ smile and large _puppy-dog eyes and a twitching nose_ says _"Really?_ And then it cuts to Lola dressed as a _court jester_ (maybe Harley Quinn's _Batman The Animated Series_ costume for a fun little Easter egg), _totally dead-inside_ using her "looniness" to perform comedy bits for the Amazons. Then, Lola pulls out an anvil and throws it in the air just standing under it and then it squashes her. Lola then pulls herself out _totally flattened_ with the Amazons laughing and then she "puffs" back and yells "WWHHHHHYYYY!!!!!!" like she was trying to end it all. Then it cuts to LeBron looking on in mild fear and Bugs watching smugly. Lola then looks to them, rips off the jester outfit and storms onto the spaceship.
Would honestly be a lot better than what they did with her. Honestly in general I can kind of agree with the NC that her appearance here is the "most 2021" way to handle her, since it really did just make her the "token female" of this time period instead of an actual character, kind of like the original did, (though personally I find the original version more entertaining than this one). It's really weird that they did so though, since her other portrayals elsewhere have her with her own personality and traits that can actually be entertaining.
@@Gamer3427 Thank you for agreeing with me :). I, too, agree with Doug's assessment that Lola is the "most 2021" way to do a female character. Also maybe this is just me and maybe it's kind of a nitpick, but I kind of resent what media does with women in media of how they're trying to "desexualize" female characters. Examples include removing Ms. Bellum and removing Ms. Keane's breasts in the _PowerPuff Girls_ 2016 reboot. It's like they're saying "conventionally" attractive women can't be good role models and that girls and women should be ashamed of themselves if they have naturally curvaceous bodies. This _isn't_ celebrating all body types. This is just _trading in one_ body preference for _another_ body preference. It's hypocritical as hell.
@@rogue7723 What I've found is that a lot of the big movements in media, and even just social change in general these days, tend to have a lot of hypocrisy in them. They start from a place of good intentions such as giving female characters more developed roles than being sex icons, or giving more representation to different things. The end product, however, often ends up trading one extreme for another and in some ways is arguably worse than the original because they portray the thing they're trying to change as "wholly wrong", when in reality most people fall into a range between the two. For example, women are allowed to be a bit sexual or have wants and needs beyond just being "strong and independent" in real life, and in many cases people are much better off if they rely on others at least some, rather than striving to be "perfect" and not need any help. There's been countless shows and movies that even try to drive that point home with well developed characters, but for some reason so many these days are moving away from that, or trying too hard to show that "women don't need to rely on anyone" as an attempt at being progressive, resulting in boring characters that are unrelaistic.
Lola started out as an attention hog willing to put anything on the line, just like Johnny Bravo. She even got a kiss at the end, but somehow Super Mario is the sexist one and Bugs Bunny is still the sexist one. After the lobotomy Lola Bunny was a whole different person, but I suppose that beats your "no personality". Having wrong personality gets you erased faster than Ms. Keane can get a mastectomy.
What do you mean on purpose? What was Michael Jordan’s motivation to help? And no, “being nice” isn’t good enough. If that’s not good enough for modern female characters, it ain’t good enough for a 90s flick that people like do to their nostalgia. LeBron didn’t want to have the Looney Tunes as his team. Bugs was just using LeBron’s situation to get his friends back and when they were running out of time Lebron had to settle for them. It makes sense for Bugs’ original characterization of being a trickster and clever rabbit. He could’ve just used Marvin’s ship to get them by himself, however, because they all left willingly the first time around he needed a reason for all of them to get back together. LeBron’s situation gave them that reason get together. Additionally, having these funny, silly characters as a team helps Lebron’s character arc of having to not force his own way of doing things onto them. The toons had their special way of playing/contributing to basketball (except Porky which is why they had him rap because they didn’t know what to make his Looney power). Trying to play in Lebron’s way was more of detriment to them and actually help him realize what he was doing wrong with his kid. When he let the Looney Toons play in their style and with understanding the video games they were able to play better and have a good time doing so. Seeing his dad’s change of play style is why his son switched sides because he sees his dad being more accommodating to how others play. Where’s that progression with Michael? Like basic writing. Michael Jordan had no reason to help the Toons. He was just kidnapped by then and… never bothered leaving. It’s not like he had a previously established connection with them other than commercials that the movie was inspired by. He had no stakes in helping the Toons until the theme park owner threatened to take him as an attraction too. He takes the bet… even though he had no motivation that would reason why he would other than so he has something at stake. I’m sorry but in terms of story progress and character development, Space Jam 2 did it better. I was born in 1995. Space Jam was one of the few live action movies I watched as kid. I do have some nostalgic feelings for it. However when I watched it on HBOMAX I became more aware of the flaws it had and made me realized what I had already suspected with liking A New Legacy. I’m not going to pretend that their aren’t cringey or dumb stuff in the new film, but to ignore the original as this sacred cattle because of it being part of your childhood or nostalgia… Honestly it’s kind exciting to see what 2010s media becomes nostalgic for the teens/adults of the 2020s and 2030s. What were the favorite shows and movies those kids watched in the 2010s era.
The best thing about the Hebrew version of the movie it's that they brought the original Hebrew Looney Tunes voice actors and the fact the came back for this movie after 2 decades they didn't voiced them anymore it's made me happy that they came back
"Is it just me or is Lebron getting better in this" No, it's not. I haven't seen the film, but I've seen the 50 CZcams videos for it and Lebron weirdly gets more.. comfortable as the film goes on. Which is strange because movie scenes aren't usually filmed in order, but the early scenes legitimately felt like they WERE filmed before the rest of the film was, especially all of the voice acting he does in this, so his acting seems to get more... not better, but just more acceptable.
I am surprised there's no mention of Penelope Cat. She was shown in a teaser with a Space Jam 2 outfit as well as standing next to Pepe Le Pew in an early trailer. When they took out Pepe, they took Penelope out as well. She could've had the chance of being her own character, but I imagine they didn't want Lola overshadowed. May be they didn't have anything for Penelope without Pepe.
Roadrunner and Wile. E Coyote have a shrug expression? it would have been a nice reference to how they were the only 3D ones in the looney tunes show so they are used to the CGI
Unintentionally Sympathetic: Marvin the Martian's treatment comes across as a mean-spirited use of a beloved character. Excluding the controversial and absent Pepé Le Pew, Marvin is the only main Looney Tune who doesn't get to join the team, with his role being nothing more than getting his ship stolen, being crushed by it, and getting ignored by everyone else when he asks for help. Doesn't help that Bugs is the one to start conflict with him, yet he gets off the hook entirely while Marvin pays. Bugs' behavior towards Marvin is even worse when you remember he longs for all the other Looney Tunes, treating all of them but him as family.
Space Jam 1 is good. Despite its cynical origin, it's an amusing, likeable and wholesome film. Probably because it was written by the duo behind Trading Places
This movie isn't any different. There's nothing offensive about it. Sure, a lot of jokes don't work, but it's harmless fun just like the original and not worth critiquing.
@@guyferrari8124 The way I saw it, A New Legacy stood no chance. As in, even if they did everything perfectly, people would still compare it heavily to the original, which has been placed on such an impossibly high pedestal, nothing could even hope to compare.
The bugs revival plot hole could’ve easily been fixed. All they had to do was show Dom reprogramming him. Could’ve had a solid emotional moment at the end with Lebron coming in, asking what hes working on, he shows him Bugs, Lebron smiles, says “its time for camp” and then the last shot being the Warner Bros animation studio
23:03 I was a theater usher when this movie came out, and even I admitted if they made a video around the Goon Squad, I could see it being popular. Designs are decent and the powers are diverse, it could make for a fun game.
Slow-Paced Beginning: Outside of brief appearances on merch and as video game characters, *it takes around 20 minutes for the Looney Tunes to properly appear.*
Don Cheadle played a psychotic Captain Planet and nailed it. This man will take a bad character and have so much fun with it, you'll have fun watching.
Whats funny is the original Space Jam focused on the Looney Tunes and Jordan was just in their universe. Where as new legacy is just about Lebron and the looney tunes make a small cameo
@@Alejandroigarabide At least in Back in Action the Looney Tunes are treated more as characters who drive the plot. It still could have used less of Brenden Frasier, but at least they weren't completely overshadowed by one sports celebrity or another.
i like the father/son story between MJ and his father in the first movie...its seems warm, kind, sincere & encouraging...unlike lebron and his son it seems cold, distant, harsh & discouraging..also, MJ is modest while lebron wants the entire audience to notice him everywhere!!
What father son story in the first film? It was just that open scene… that didn’t need to be there. A New Legacy had the opening scene of Lebron as a kid to show why he’s as harsh as he is about his performance and the performance of his kids and then the toons. It’s a character flaw that he has to grow out of and develop in order to understand his kid
@@carsfan1995 the small open scene in the first film says it all! you don't have to make an entire harsh childhood so the audience can relate and understand! secondly, just because lebron has it bad when he was a kid, thats no excuse for him to be harsh on everyone when he is older!! this isn't a samurai avenging story, its supposed to be related to real life!!
Dr Doofenshmirtz: “Behold Perry the platypus, the cage-inator! With this I will capture SpongeBob SquarePants and all of the other greatest cartoon characters and hold them hostage. With them out of the way, I will become the most popular cartoon character in the entire tri-state area!”,
@@PotaraGuy well yeah but you can tell when an actor is enjoying themselves. Example: the actor playing bullseye in the Ben Affleck daredevil movie. He was actually having a blast with that role.
Space Jam 2: A New Legacy sadly reminds us how we miss the original Space Jam movie with Michael Jordan. It was commercially bad but still have a unique charm that left us remembering this movie.
It wasn't a very good movie but was still a more enjoyable viewing experience with some great gags and cool scenes. It also had one of the most memorable scores in any movie.
Considering that LeBron James had 2 fans thrown out of a game for "hurting" his feelings, I'm surprised he hasn't copyright striked the hell out of this video.
@@uhkneerudh And putting a police officers life at risk because he did his job. Just remember Lebron James doesn’t care if a black girl slits the throat of another black girl as long as a white police officer doesn’t intervene.
@@uhkneerudh Doesn't help that saying something like is even worse when Kobe and his kid literally died not long ago in a helicopter crash so looks like that scumbag hasn't realized they probably jinxed a similar fate with Lebron's kid.
I remember seeing this film. It’s definitely not as memorable as the original space jam, but I can see where some people might enjoy it. There’s also so many movie, show and game references that can even outshine ready player one. But I didn’t know what was the most random moment was: Rick and morty making a cameo or the looney tunes doing a rap number? Also, this is the first major looney tunes project to portray Daffy as his egotistical, greedy slob self since the looney tunes show.
I feel like all the references did was make me wish I was watching something else to do with them. I'd have much rather seen Voldemort pick a fight with King Kong, instead of have them just stand around doing nothing in the background as spectators.
@@ryantheanimator1156 Honestly I did the same. But had opposite feelings. I thought A New Legacy was the better movie regarding characterization, plot progression, and character development for Lebron, Bugs, and the son.
I remember playing my Gameboy in the early to mid 2000's so I see using a Gameboy in '98 to be a completely believable action, not even slightly far fetched.
I think there two big misteps in this movie. 1. Bugs bunny needed Micheal Jordan to save the loony toons. Lebron needs the loony toons to save himself. 2. The villians shouldnt have been just random nba stars with super powers. The Mean Team is iconic because of how goofy they were. The game wouldve been improved if the bad guy team was either all Warner villians, or just a clone army of Don Cheadle in different costumes.
@@komaristudios Ooooh boy, you sure showed, showed him what it's a-a-all about! He won't be... won't be barkin' up THAT tree again for a wh-, any time soon! Bet your bottom dollar... he, his, he regrets runnin' into this sheriff, this sheriff in town! Oh boy!
I think the CollegeHumor original of the "Behind The Scenes" truly said It all! All they did was take the 1st original Space Jam, Ready Player 1, and any of those bad Seltzer And Friedberg movie. As for The Nerdlucks all they did was use a greenscreen without making them CGI while the real Nerdlucks are just chilling at Titan Tower after they kicked out the Toddler Titans! If there was alternative universe let alone a Bizzario Sequel were we actually continued off with Mr. Swhackhammer coming back stronger and scarier then the Monstars themselves, then It would've been promising.
@@chasehedges6775 If the guy doesn't get covid will might get that chance If he's Interested. I be really upset too If he died though and can't reprise his once Ironic role. :'(
If anything, Just having the Nerdlucks be the only friends Bugs have and have them play alongside the Looney Tunes would have been enough. How they go back into being the Monstars? Just have them say something like "We drank from Michael Jordan's secret potion" (AKA, the bottle of water Bugs used in first film to trick his teammates). Even Have Bugs shush LeBron when he is gonna tell them that isn't even water
WB: Hey Don we got a movie you want to be in. Don Cheadle: Oh sweet you're finally gonna put me in a DC movie? Am I going to be Jon Stewart? WB: WHat no- Don Cheadle: Oh right you're probably going to make me Steel since I play War Machine for Marvel. WB: No we're putting you in Space Jam as a computer algorithm.
Don Cheadle: So, what will my character name be? WB: AL G. Rythem. I know it might not be quite a threatening Villain name, but the character you'll play will be kind of over-the-top and alittle threatening. Don Cheadle: I can try to work with that.
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 LeBron James: The script says that I'm gonna posterize you. Don Cheadle: Well, this is not the first time that this happens to me, maybe
Creator Backlash: An artist for the movie, Dave Alvarez (who also draws many Looney Tunes comic books currently), did plenty of work on the movie's character designs and backgrounds. He went uncredited in the movie, which was a deeply upsetting experience for him and his family. He has since been critical and disdainful of the movie. An online campaign supporting him began when the story was picked up by the media. On July 30, 2021, the film finally credited most of the artists and collaborators on Twitter. This still left a bitter taste on fans’ mouths, who continue to clamor for them to be added to the actual movie credits for the home release. Joe Pytka, the director for the first Space Jam, ripped into the new one, finding that LeBron's story lacked the Reality Subtext that Michael Jordan's did, felt the various celebrities were unmemorable compared to the original's cameos (i.e. Bill Murray), thought Bugs Bunny was watered down, and admitted that he found it painful to watch through in over five sittings just to finish it. Certainly downplayed, but Gabriel Iglesias was disappointed to learn he was given the role of Speedy as Stunt Casting and not on the strength of the impression he’s been doing for years.
"artists" are a fucked up bunch, I would be mad if I didn't get paid, but credited? Inflating their curriculum and being recognized is just a fucked up priority.
What? So it’s unreasonable for artists to be upset when they’re not credited for their work? It’s common courtesy to credit artist for their artwork. Are you honestly saying that it’s unreasonable for them to be angry?
During the rap section, tweety bird has an eyepatch. This is a direct reference to a real rapper named Slick Rick. He's only of the most well-known in the game, but whatever.
Honestly, when I first heard of this, I was kind of excited. The original Space Jam wasn’t a part of my childhood as I’ve only seen that movie twice in my life. When I started hearing critics reviews about the movie, I got less excited, so I thought I’d just go watch it to get a laugh and hopefully have a bit of fun with it and I got that. Definitely not the best movie of the year, but it’s just dumb fun with enough pop culture and impressive animation to have me interested. So I’m glad I saw it.
This felt more like a commercial for me than the original did. I always have a blast when I watch the first movie, but with this one, not so much. I watched these movies back to back, and I didn't find myself to be as invested in Space Jam 2. I think I was more interested in finding what characters were in the background than I was in the overall plot. I was also hoping to see more Bugs/Lola interactions, and see how they'd make Lola more interesting. She's such a blank slate in this movie, and I really hate that she barely even acknowledged Bugs. While I intend to watch more of the first movie, I don't think I'll be tuning into the second one again.
I left the cinema when it become clear that they ignore Looney Tunes Show and its development to those characters. Despite its technical flaws it actually male Lola interesting and Tina was especially great.
Well it's 2021. Strong female characters aren't allowed to be romanticly interested in male characters. That might accidentally imply depth or growth in the character.
I don't think the original was that commercial either. Shameless? Yes. Unnecessary? Yes. Just trying to cash in on Jordan's fame? Yes. But it wasn't like watching the TV show scenes from Idiocracy, where ads are just bombarding your senses all over the place.
@@nathank2289 having a romantic relationships doesn't equals character development unless it's done right. And to be frank the force love interest is rather tiresome
I feel like this will be this generations original space jam. I’ve already seen people at my school wearing toon squad merchandise. They’ll probably grow up and realize it’s bad, but still love it
It kinda felt like a promo for a new Commercial review from Doug. He usually does these around this time of year. No idea if he plans on doing one this year though.
I think the main problem with this as opposed to Space Jam 1 is that Space Jam 1 knew it was not good and ran with it by mocking how bad it was where this film is like 100% Lebron Rules! Don Cheadle is the only one who's like, "Fuck it, I got Marvel cash, baby! I'mma do what I want!"
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14:49 Why am I jealous that Rick & Morty got an appearance, but the Venture Bros didn't? 17:54 How do you get mailed to yourself? The mechanics alone are mind boggling! 25:08 Ouch. 27:05 Oh god, indeed, Bob/Archer/Coach McGurk/Dr. Orpheus' Master/Family Guy's convenience store clerk 29:07 Even... THE DIP?!
Rick and Morty are actually still popular......The Venture Bros are not only not popular anymore, but nobody really gave a crap about it to begin with....the Venture Bros were mildly popular at the most 10 years ago and, was cancelled in 2018
You know what would have been funnier and TOTALLY in-character for Bug's "death"? If it turned out he was faking it so he can get a kiss from Lola, only for everyone except LeBron to say they knew it all along
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12:27 Ok, whatever you think of the movie, you cannot deny the beautiful 2D animation! I was just LOVING it and was so glad to see the 2D animation again on the big screen! 15:23 Also the comic style art for Lola's arc was AWESOME!
Nah, I found the animation to be very uneven. At times it looked ok, other times it felt very flash-y with wobbly body parts and it just looked cheap and a far cry from the first film or Back in Action.
Honestly I’m happy people are hating on a 2D animated film. If Boss Baby and Emoji Movie were 2D well the 2D crowd would call them masterpieces because they are so style over substance that they won’t care about the story or characters, just that the animation makes up for it and thus no need to criticize further.
And the setting was a lot more vibrant than the first Space Jam. It reminded me of Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers: a world that has every single land from the original shorts. It really looks like a place our Looney friends would inhabit. I also like the idea of LeBron becoming a cartoon himself. It's like they took the idea of the first film where real people inherit cartoon physics and expanded upon it. I just wish they had more fun with that idea. Like, how cool would it have been if they kept the entire game in animation land, except for the last third where Rhody becomes a giant, and then we saw LeBron's family as cartoons?
Agreed, i actually did enjoy the animation and the VFX. As someone who watched the original Space Jam when it came out, ngl i enjoyed it. It’s a guilty pleasure.
the difference between these two for me was the lead. Michael had a charisma that made me root for him and the toons. Lebron is phoning it in so hard I'd rather root for Don Cheadle. At least Don was fun to watch.
Watched it and it felt like massive ego display for Lebron, and basically threw nostalgia and remember us characters. Sure MJ was great sportman but he didn't have most of the cast stroking his "ego" the entire movie.
I especially liked in the original the jokes about MJ playing golf, baseball or other sports, and everyone being weirdly supportive (while being kinda like "huh, should we tell him?") despite it being obvious he would never be the genius he was in basket in those other sports. Felt like a self burn for MJ, and it made him really, well strangely relatable as his ego was toned down because of it.
Which is why I appreciated that one moment where Bugs and Lebron are disagreeing over play plans and Bugs has a tone of distaste, "Oh ... So you're that kind of king." 😒
10:06 Gotta love the Kingdom Hearts references lately. XD Happy to see Doug being a fan with the series as recent. 😊 About the "Big Chungus" scene, funnily enough, the animator of that scene didn't even know that "Big Chungus" was a meme until after the movie was made. He thought they were referencing the original cartoon the meme was based on. XD Interestingly, from what I heard, Bugs Bunny in the final scene with Lebron in the movie was animated by someone who was an animator of the first Space Jam, 😊
It makes sense kh and Sj main characters befriend classic cartoon characters and go to worlds based on movies. I bet someone told the animator to put it in and they knew it was a meme.
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Can you guys pls review "Fantastic Mr. Fox"
Can you please review Barbie movies? If it helps Tim Curry was in a couple of them.
Come and learn with Pibby, please watch it, it needs love!!!
Review Pacific rim uprising please
They should have renamed
Space Jam to
Cyber Jam
But Lebron James Bugs Bunny
Needed a better story for Cyber Jam
"When did they write this!?"
Honestly, I wouldn't be surprised if it was a back burner script they started in the early 2000's.
Nor would I
It definitely was being written in the early 2000s and was just never put into production due to not having the right basketball star to be in it as Jordan was retired for good
@@averageant7173 Or its almost like there was a Matrix reference in it, because a Matrix movie is coming out in 2021 so they decided they needed to use a reference from the other 3 films......But the idea of another Space Jam has been around since the early 2000s because there had been talk about doing it as a hockey sequel or a baseball sequel.....But clearly Matrix references were used to remind people about Matrix 4
Young people.
If it was written in early 00s it was probably for Kobe.
The greatest sin of the whole movie:
Lebron never asked someone "Want a Sprite Cranberry?".
ikr go all in on the meme.
@@ddjsoyenby yeah I mean if they can reference Big Chungus, they could’ve easily made LeBron’s secret stuff a can of sprite cranberry
The biggest problem with the movie, besides it being terrible, is they tried playing it straight at all. It's fucking Looney Tunes. Who's going to think Bugs Bunny will actually die or think LeBron James can act as a main character? The reason the first movie worked, and still gets laughs today, is cause it's a joke. Even the scenario behind the drama is a joke and that's what makes it great. It knows not to take itself too seriously.
Why? I don't like Sprite.
29:04 "I'm a toon, Doc, I can survive anything!"
Christopher Lloyd: "Get me some dip."
To be honest this movie compared to the original is like comparing dog shit to chat shit it's still shit 😂
Yeah, what a lazy way to undercut a good death scene. And none of it made any sense in-world.
@@KenoshiAkai actually, for the Looney Tunes context, it makes WAY TOO MUCH sense
Why did this have to be in a video game yet also toon world? Just pick 1 and dedicate to it. You can't have bugs bunny perform a glitch then explain his survival on him being a toon.
@@mrrunodan8119 But it didn't make any sense. They're presented for the whole movie as being programs in a huge simulation. How are they also Toons? Did they exist before the server was built? Were they trapped in it at some point? How could they just leave when they felt like it? Why didn't they leave before? Could any of the other programs there leave? Pennywise? King Kong? Superman? How do people enter or leave the simulation in the first place? TRON did a better job explaining the rules of that world, and they were consistent about it.
When they turned Don Cheadle into a "monster", they should have just went all the way and made him Captain Planet.
Or maybe War Machine
@@mrrunodan8119 Disney: **prepares lawsuit cannon**
Or
Dragon
Kraken
Blob
Looney Tunes hybrid Frankenstein
TREES! ALL TREES!
@@mrrunodan8119 I agree.
"A movie that was made just for mindless fun, and wasn't at all trying to please critics... did not please critics."
_- Captain Obvious_
Some critics appreciate mindless fun.
Mindless, yes. Fun, no.
"Those stuff-ups loved it and only said otherwise to appear as smart!"
-Dr. Oblivious
@@MrPeppa777
Say what?
@@MrPeppa777 wat
Fun fact: the scene where all the WB characters run to the basketball game took one year for them to make. This honestly makes me feel even more sorry for the animators who worked on this.
The animation/effects aren't 100% on par with the original, but I also thought they were gonna look a lot worse from the teasers.
Makes me wonder how much WB blew just to make that one scene?
@@barbiquearea the movie costed 150 million dollars to make, so I'm assuming a huge chunk of the budget.
Could be worse. Could have animators that worked on it and didn't get credited like a few animators I know.
@@AverageInternetButterfly Looking up online they manage to make up at that amount, so good for them at least.
Utilizing the airheaded blonde Lola version would've been interesting, that's for sure.
"Bugs you're not going to believe this. There's a guy standing on the side of the road who looks just like you. _I'm about to hit him._ "
* Bugs jumps out of the way of the moving car *
Lola was revealed to have been pretending to be airheaded... To get away with her criminal antics.
@@Victor-056 What episode or do you have a link to the video?
@@randomgrmlin Can't remember, unfortunately. After getting either bored or frustrated at it, I decided I didn't want to watch it more than once... I did know it had something to do with Bugs taking Lola to court on it...
It has been a few years after all...
*As Lola happily and excitedly barrels onto the sidewalk*
@@Victor-056 I plan on rewatching the series soon so I'll let y'all know if I find it.
22:49 Mojo Jojo would have been an _amazing_ evil coach. That opportunity is lost forever...
That would've been something to see
Yeah I notice a huge lack of Cartoon Network in this film
@@maxpops8427 Isn't Teen Titans Go half DC and half Cartoon Network (since we saw a Poster for Teen Titans Go to The Movies)?
@@thefantasticretroreviewer3941 TTG was made by Warner Animation. CN just distributes the Show.
@@maxpops8427 Okay
Not gonna lie, that Pepe Le Pew joke was brilliant.
I was choking on my food god
Nobody felt a little bit bad about that joke after what happened on channel awsome with the whole jewwario thing?
I laughed my ass off lol
I don’t get it
@@victorbreak what happened?
*King Kong ain’t got nothing on me!*
King Kong: *offended*
Godzilla: That’s it he’s going down
I'd rather see Kong turn AL G into a ball, dribble him effortlessly and carelessly dunk him into the hoop. That would've been great.
Godzilla: No one shit talks KK but me.
I understood that reference
Ultraman : let break his kneecaps ! *pops knuckles*
@@LegitMan335 Rodan: I’m ready
Everyone know the true sequel to Space Jam is Back in action
TRUE.
Actually space jam is better as it ended it doesn't need a sequel
Ok.
man, now I'd love a sequel to that to be honest.
That is actually true!
When it comes to Porky rapping, I agree with Wile E. “Stop in the name of humanity.” The funny thing is if that happened during the movie, it would’ve gotten a chuckle
Or even better, coyote stopping porky in the middle of rapping to hold up a sign that says "no".
@@jameshill4589 hahaha yeah that would be funny
It'd be funnier if he actually screamed that. Like it was so awful that he actually gained human vocal chords just to scream at him to stop.
@@alexandraluster284 He CAN talk, it's only canonically happened few times
There was actually a music video of Porky Pig that works better. Called "Pork Jam" czcams.com/video/T895KAJzP0E/video.html
That Pepe joke actually got a chuckle out of me when he pointed out the audience
What's the timestamp. I'm too lazy to watch the video
@@Tom-vg6td plus it’s not a funny video
@@Tom-vg6td
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@@PerovNigma 23:39-23:43
My god I actually never realized that. Today's society is full of hypocrites.
I swear, Mel Blanc rolled in his grave when Porky started rapping.
Yeah that scene killed the movie for me.
Chuck Jones too
Bugs rapped a novelty song on the original 1996 soundtrack called “Buggin” It was actually good since Jay Z wrote it
Them Rapping though not great isn't the problem. Whenever cartoons rap they never absorb the culture plus the writers are too scared to actually poke fun at the art. So it's like dead air. It happens, a spot was filled ANNNDwere moving on.
He probably also rolled in his grave when Porky said "I wet myself" in the first film
That whole middle section where the Looney Tunes gang have jumped ship and retreated into other movies/shows, with Bugs trying to get the gang back together again was, arguably, the best part of the movie. Honestly, they should've dropped the Space Jam/basketball thing and just had that second act be given its own movie. The plot of this old Warner Bros. property that was once the face of the company now gathering dust, and said characters are struggling to stay true to who they were/are while also trying to stay relevant and appeal to a modern audience is a really intriguing idea to me.
Brilliant idea. Unfortunately, this movie of yours already exists… well, sort of, and it’s called “The Muppets”.
(I just really wanted to say that, sorry)
@@delagarzabrothers2525 Very true. XD
The idea of a Looney Tunes film where they struggle to stay true to who they are and stay relevant in the modern era has been done; it was called Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and, sadly, it was a box office flop.
You made '96 Lola ahead of her time with the "she hates being objectified while constantly objectifying herself" like. That is PEAK 2021.
Ain't that ironic?
@@ergastolo4281 Doc
She was basically pulling a Jessica Rabbit... Who hates being Objectified, but seems to Objectify herself a lot.
The difference is that Jessica had a Husband and a Bigger Role in the story, so she was able to show off more, and she didn't get stuck with Ten other Yahoos who kept swiping the Spotlight like Lola did.
By the way, those who say "Space Jam Lola has no personality", are those who look up Lola's R34... Tells me more about them than it does about Lola if I have to be honest...
That really wasn’t ahead of its time. There was a lot of “girl power” in the 90’s. At least an attempt of it anyway.
@@ergastolo4281 Very.
Just sayin' a Looney Tunes Back in Action sequel could've done more than this being more of an Adventure with Looney Tunes in it, but again, that was decent and would've actually requires creativity
Yeah, too bad Back in Action was a big flop back in 2003 despite being a better Looney Tunes movie. Apparently WB is now planning a Space Jam-type wrestling movie with The Rock. They'd be better off doing another Back in Action-type adventure movie with Dwayne Johnson. He certainly has gotten enough blockbuster action clot by now to be able to star in that kind of movie and give WB that box office draw they want.
Also, Space Jam was quite the hit when it came out and has the nostalgia factor. I don't think Back in Action did well and doesn't have the 90s kid nostalgia going for it. This movie was to make a few bucks off of nostalgia, not to revive the Looney Tunes brand.
Back in Action is better. You right.
Sadly, the film was a box office bomb
SPANL needs more to the movie and satire or self-referential humor.
"Congratulations, you win the entire country of Coca-Cola!"
"Mmm! I could use a Pepsi!"
Love it.
I prefer Pepsi over Coke.
PEPSIMAAAAN!!!!
Pepsi is objectively better than Coke, and wins every single blind taste test set up by either company. They tried to fix the formula once, but Cokeheads (who aren't that smart anyway) bitched and moaned until they released Coca-Cola Classic.
Doug himself said a blatant product placement like that convinces him to buy the competitor’s product. (See his review of 2017’s Power Rangers, where Krispy Kreme plays an integral role.)
I'm a cherry Pepsi kind of guy.
Malcolm should definitely do more voice work. This announcer voice here is quite impressive.
I personally feel like they really missed a golden opportunity to have the biggest WB crossover shenanigans ever. Like, imagine if they somehow worked in the characters on the sidelines wanting to help out the toon squad and the you have all the heroes helping out. If this is supposed to be the most 2021 movie of 2021 then why not do more with the ultra crossover.
Heck, ready player one beat them to the punch of WB crossover shenanigans.
That’s reserved for space jam 2056
Hek, why not even Reintroduce "Forgotten Characters" like The Loonatics, or The Road Rovers?
I mean, one of the reasons a Show is "Forgotten", is because none of the Directors want to revive the show for... Reasons, regardless of it's following.
Biggest flaw of the movie: All the other movies with the looney Tunes shoved in looked way more interesting. I mean Mad Max Fury Road with Road Runner, Wile E. Coyote...and Nasty Canasty for some reason. I wonder who Immortan Joe would be? My money is on Foghorn Leghorn.
I thought it was really cool to see other characters at the end, especially since we didn't get that in the first movie and I was thoroughly entertained by this.
Foghorn was in Game of Thrones.
It was pretty fun. I do think more like that would be fun.
@@coolnerdlll6053 I'm saying more if they had done a full movie parody of Mad Max
How can something good in a movie be a flaw? Your arguement doesnt make sense
The original Space Jam Soundtrack was epic
Actually, that's true. The soundtrack was good. The movie was pretty meh but hats off to the soundtrack.
The original Space Jam is composed by James Newton Howard!
COME ON AND SLAM
@@ironblaster_8838 and welcome to the JAM
Fly like an eagle I remember how revolunary that song was for the 1ft space jam movie
Kudos for mentioning the great injustice that was done to Pepe Le Pew!
23:28
Here's how _I'd_ make Lola trying to be an amazon _funny:_ It's revealed that Lola was using her cartoon physics powers to beat the Amazon Challenges, but she gets disqualified because the Themyscrian judges found her "looniness" an unfair advantage to the other amazons. And Diana, feeling sympathy for Lola, whispers to the other judges who nod in satisfaction. And then Diana approaches a saddened Lola saying that while Lola _won't_ be an Amazon, she pulled some strings to get a _special royal_ job _just for her_ to use her wonderful, amusing gifts. To which Lola, with a _huge_ smile and large _puppy-dog eyes and a twitching nose_ says _"Really?_ And then it cuts to Lola dressed as a _court jester_ (maybe Harley Quinn's _Batman The Animated Series_ costume for a fun little Easter egg), _totally dead-inside_ using her "looniness" to perform comedy bits for the Amazons. Then, Lola pulls out an anvil and throws it in the air just standing under it and then it squashes her. Lola then pulls herself out _totally flattened_ with the Amazons laughing and then she "puffs" back and yells "WWHHHHHYYYY!!!!!!" like she was trying to end it all. Then it cuts to LeBron looking on in mild fear and Bugs watching smugly. Lola then looks to them, rips off the jester outfit and storms onto the spaceship.
Just Make Lola bunny funny.
Would honestly be a lot better than what they did with her. Honestly in general I can kind of agree with the NC that her appearance here is the "most 2021" way to handle her, since it really did just make her the "token female" of this time period instead of an actual character, kind of like the original did, (though personally I find the original version more entertaining than this one). It's really weird that they did so though, since her other portrayals elsewhere have her with her own personality and traits that can actually be entertaining.
@@Gamer3427 Thank you for agreeing with me :). I, too, agree with Doug's assessment that Lola is the "most 2021" way to do a female character. Also maybe this is just me and maybe it's kind of a nitpick, but I kind of resent what media does with women in media of how they're trying to "desexualize" female characters. Examples include removing Ms. Bellum and removing Ms. Keane's breasts in the _PowerPuff Girls_ 2016 reboot. It's like they're saying "conventionally" attractive women can't be good role models and that girls and women should be ashamed of themselves if they have naturally curvaceous bodies. This _isn't_ celebrating all body types. This is just _trading in one_ body preference for _another_ body preference. It's hypocritical as hell.
@@rogue7723 What I've found is that a lot of the big movements in media, and even just social change in general these days, tend to have a lot of hypocrisy in them. They start from a place of good intentions such as giving female characters more developed roles than being sex icons, or giving more representation to different things. The end product, however, often ends up trading one extreme for another and in some ways is arguably worse than the original because they portray the thing they're trying to change as "wholly wrong", when in reality most people fall into a range between the two.
For example, women are allowed to be a bit sexual or have wants and needs beyond just being "strong and independent" in real life, and in many cases people are much better off if they rely on others at least some, rather than striving to be "perfect" and not need any help. There's been countless shows and movies that even try to drive that point home with well developed characters, but for some reason so many these days are moving away from that, or trying too hard to show that "women don't need to rely on anyone" as an attempt at being progressive, resulting in boring characters that are unrelaistic.
I'd rather see that time spent with Penelope Pussycat doing an "I spit on your grave" homage on Pepe LePew.
Once again, I’m with the Nostalgia Critic. The Looney Tunes Show Lola Bunny is still the best Lola.
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Nah, she's too annoying. Just yap yap yap yap, and not in any endearing way.
@@TheBattyMaps Still better than Space Jam ones.
@@TheBattyMaps but where else does she have an actual personality?
Lola started out as an attention hog willing to put anything on the line, just like Johnny Bravo. She even got a kiss at the end, but somehow Super Mario is the sexist one and Bugs Bunny is still the sexist one.
After the lobotomy Lola Bunny was a whole different person, but I suppose that beats your "no personality". Having wrong personality gets you erased faster than Ms. Keane can get a mastectomy.
The problem with the sequel is the same problem with Birdemic's sequel. When you mess up this much a second time and on purpose, it loses its charm.
What do you mean on purpose?
What was Michael Jordan’s motivation to help? And no, “being nice” isn’t good enough. If that’s not good enough for modern female characters, it ain’t good enough for a 90s flick that people like do to their nostalgia.
LeBron didn’t want to have the Looney Tunes as his team. Bugs was just using LeBron’s situation to get his friends back and when they were running out of time Lebron had to settle for them. It makes sense for Bugs’ original characterization of being a trickster and clever rabbit. He could’ve just used Marvin’s ship to get them by himself, however, because they all left willingly the first time around he needed a reason for all of them to get back together. LeBron’s situation gave them that reason get together. Additionally, having these funny, silly characters as a team helps Lebron’s character arc of having to not force his own way of doing things onto them. The toons had their special way of playing/contributing to basketball (except Porky which is why they had him rap because they didn’t know what to make his Looney power). Trying to play in Lebron’s way was more of detriment to them and actually help him realize what he was doing wrong with his kid. When he let the Looney Toons play in their style and with understanding the video games they were able to play better and have a good time doing so. Seeing his dad’s change of play style is why his son switched sides because he sees his dad being more accommodating to how others play.
Where’s that progression with Michael? Like basic writing. Michael Jordan had no reason to help the Toons. He was just kidnapped by then and… never bothered leaving. It’s not like he had a previously established connection with them other than commercials that the movie was inspired by. He had no stakes in helping the Toons until the theme park owner threatened to take him as an attraction too. He takes the bet… even though he had no motivation that would reason why he would other than so he has something at stake.
I’m sorry but in terms of story progress and character development, Space Jam 2 did it better.
I was born in 1995. Space Jam was one of the few live action movies I watched as kid. I do have some nostalgic feelings for it. However when I watched it on HBOMAX I became more aware of the flaws it had and made me realized what I had already suspected with liking A New Legacy. I’m not going to pretend that their aren’t cringey or dumb stuff in the new film, but to ignore the original as this sacred cattle because of it being part of your childhood or nostalgia…
Honestly it’s kind exciting to see what 2010s media becomes nostalgic for the teens/adults of the 2020s and 2030s. What were the favorite shows and movies those kids watched in the 2010s era.
That, and they tried to play everything straight and take it more seriously due to the nostalgia of the first film.
Jordan: "I can mail you to yourself."
Me: "Best line ever!"
The best thing about the Hebrew version of the movie it's that they brought the original Hebrew Looney Tunes voice actors and the fact the came back for this movie after 2 decades they didn't voiced them anymore it's made me happy that they came back
0:24 I love how this accidentally implies that Critic accidentally shot himself
Nice attention to detail
I NEVER REALIZED THAT 🤣
Now I can't unsee that 🤣
huh?
Again…
"Is it just me or is Lebron getting better in this"
No, it's not. I haven't seen the film, but I've seen the 50 CZcams videos for it and Lebron weirdly gets more.. comfortable as the film goes on. Which is strange because movie scenes aren't usually filmed in order, but the early scenes legitimately felt like they WERE filmed before the rest of the film was, especially all of the voice acting he does in this, so his acting seems to get more... not better, but just more acceptable.
Maybe they didn't take more than two shoots per scene for him, and he was just awkward early on, but got more comfortable with acting?
Lebron sucks
He's actually done some decent comedic acting before. He was actually funny in Trainwreck with Bill Hader.
@@onemanarmy2electricboogalo687 I'm sure he cares very highly of wat u think of him
@@jongon0848 and I'm sure he cares that you're white knighting him
I am surprised there's no mention of Penelope Cat. She was shown in a teaser with a Space Jam 2 outfit as well as standing next to Pepe Le Pew in an early trailer. When they took out Pepe, they took Penelope out as well. She could've had the chance of being her own character, but I imagine they didn't want Lola overshadowed. May be they didn't have anything for Penelope without Pepe.
This is one elaborate way for NC to say, “This is one my guilty pleasures.” XD
Ya I can see a few reasons why but I can't see a reason to watch this don't care for it but still cool to see someone's excitement
Dude, its the same guy who makes an entire "trailer, the movie" everytime he has to talk bout his sponsors..
What did you expect ?! XD
"Guilty pleasures.."
@@YMangaka PZ zzz ZZ a a
I will admit I was worried about The Looney Tunes being 3D but I love how being 3D pissed them off.
Roadrunner and Wile. E Coyote have a shrug expression?
it would have been a nice reference to how they were the only 3D ones in the looney tunes show so they are used to the CGI
CGI is good.
@@carloslopezortega3327 CGI is overrated and hasn't impressed me in years
Unintentionally Sympathetic: Marvin the Martian's treatment comes across as a mean-spirited use of a beloved character. Excluding the controversial and absent Pepé Le Pew, Marvin is the only main Looney Tune who doesn't get to join the team, with his role being nothing more than getting his ship stolen, being crushed by it, and getting ignored by everyone else when he asks for help. Doesn't help that Bugs is the one to start conflict with him, yet he gets off the hook entirely while Marvin pays. Bugs' behavior towards Marvin is even worse when you remember he longs for all the other Looney Tunes, treating all of them but him as family.
Yeah. He was a referee in the first movie, it made sense because he was both a toon, and an alien. So he was unbiased.
Well, Marvin usually did get the short straw, so to speak.
because we can't have space in a space jam movie what are you insane
we just need more ad space for stuff that you can buy
cool
To be fair, bugs bunny starts stuff all the time even in the original cartoon episodes. Just saying.
Don Cheadle's performance in this movie made actually made me want to watch it to the end.
Why?
I had a good time enjoying Don Cheadle's performance as AL G. Rythem in Space Jam 2: A New Legacy!
Space Jam 1 is good. Despite its cynical origin, it's an amusing, likeable and wholesome film. Probably because it was written by the duo behind Trading Places
And Bill Murray is in it.
Honestly I’m that’s how the kids in 2021 will feel ten/twenty years later.
It’s the nature of Nostalgia
This movie isn't any different. There's nothing offensive about it. Sure, a lot of jokes don't work, but it's harmless fun just like the original and not worth critiquing.
"Oh no! It's raining Marios eating Happy Meals!"
*NC: What? It’s creatively soulless.*
Pretty much sums up the whole movie right there.
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No doubt about it
Critic having fun it’s creativity soulless have fun.💯🤟
I mean so was the original. We appreciate it for its nostalgic value.
@@guyferrari8124 The way I saw it, A New Legacy stood no chance. As in, even if they did everything perfectly, people would still compare it heavily to the original, which has been placed on such an impossibly high pedestal, nothing could even hope to compare.
"I'm a Toon, Doc! I can survive anything!"
Dip: Am I a joke to you?
The bugs revival plot hole could’ve easily been fixed. All they had to do was show Dom reprogramming him. Could’ve had a solid emotional moment at the end with Lebron coming in, asking what hes working on, he shows him Bugs, Lebron smiles, says “its time for camp” and then the last shot being the Warner Bros animation studio
23:03 I was a theater usher when this movie came out, and even I admitted if they made a video around the Goon Squad, I could see it being popular. Designs are decent and the powers are diverse, it could make for a fun game.
They remind me of the freaks Professor Farmsworth created in Futurama to play basketball against a planet of basketball players.
@@barbiquearea I was just about to say all they needed was a guy with a cannon in his chest.
Slow-Paced Beginning: Outside of brief appearances on merch and as video game characters, *it takes around 20 minutes for the Looney Tunes to properly appear.*
Don Cheadle played a psychotic Captain Planet and nailed it. This man will take a bad character and have so much fun with it, you'll have fun watching.
"This is not going well."
"It's ok. Lebron's just going to switch teams at half time. It's all going according to plan."
Space Jam 2: New Legacy makes the orginal Space Jam more like a masterpiece.
Take the original Space Jam over SJ2.
No it makes the original Space Jam look like a masterpiece.
@@olleselin yup
Amen to that
@@barbiquearea it is a masterpiece
Whats funny is the original Space Jam focused on the Looney Tunes and Jordan was just in their universe. Where as new legacy is just about Lebron and the looney tunes make a small cameo
In the original, there was a lengthy being about Lebron.
The Looney Tunes were barely present in the original Space Jam. It was all about worshipping Michael Jordan and how perfect he was in every way.
In both films the Looney Tunes were secondary characters. But in Back In Action you can't argue Daffy is the main character.
@@Alejandroigarabide At least in Back in Action the Looney Tunes are treated more as characters who drive the plot. It still could have used less of Brenden Frasier, but at least they weren't completely overshadowed by one sports celebrity or another.
@@KenoshiAkai Indeed. I'm going to get hate for this, but I consider Back in Action superior to both Space Jams.
i like the father/son story between MJ and his father in the first movie...its seems warm, kind, sincere & encouraging...unlike lebron and his son it seems cold, distant, harsh & discouraging..also, MJ is modest while lebron wants the entire audience to notice him everywhere!!
What father son story in the first film? It was just that open scene… that didn’t need to be there.
A New Legacy had the opening scene of Lebron as a kid to show why he’s as harsh as he is about his performance and the performance of his kids and then the toons. It’s a character flaw that he has to grow out of and develop in order to understand his kid
@@carsfan1995 the small open scene in the first film says it all! you don't have to make an entire harsh childhood so the audience can relate and understand! secondly, just because lebron has it bad when he was a kid, thats no excuse for him to be harsh on everyone when he is older!! this isn't a samurai avenging story, its supposed to be related to real life!!
Dr Doofenshmirtz: “Behold Perry the platypus, the cage-inator! With this I will capture SpongeBob SquarePants and all of the other greatest cartoon characters and hold them hostage. With them out of the way, I will become the most popular cartoon character in the entire tri-state area!”,
At least Don Cheadle looked like he was having some fun.
Anyone could look like they’re having fun when they’re being paid big bucks.
@@PotaraGuy well yeah but you can tell when an actor is enjoying themselves. Example: the actor playing bullseye in the Ben Affleck daredevil movie. He was actually having a blast with that role.
@@catandrobbyflores You mean Colin Farrell, and he too got a big paycheck, so ofcourse he had fun, xD
They said that movie suck and the villain is ripping off deadpool😭
He was honestly the best part of the movie.
Space Jam 2: A New Legacy sadly reminds us how we miss the original Space Jam movie with Michael Jordan. It was commercially bad but still have a unique charm that left us remembering this movie.
It wasn't a very good movie but was still a more enjoyable viewing experience with some great gags and cool scenes. It also had one of the most memorable scores in any movie.
The first one was quotable this one is not.
Eh. All the sequel did was remind me that the first one merely existed.
@@geoffreyrichards6079 👍👍👍💯
Space jam was a goofy turn your brain off movie much like this one, let’s not oversell it
15:15 To be fair. Foghorn had said winter is coming in past Looney Tunes cartoons waaaaay- before Game Of Thrones was a thing.
Considering that LeBron James had 2 fans thrown out of a game for "hurting" his feelings, I'm surprised he hasn't copyright striked the hell out of this video.
Didn't realize telling someone you hope their kid dies in a car crash is just "hurting" their feelings.
@@uhkneerudh
And putting a police officers life at risk because he did his job.
Just remember Lebron James doesn’t care if a black girl slits the throat of another black girl as long as a white police officer doesn’t intervene.
You do realize one those “fans” said something so offensive and the other was jokingly made fun of by the internet
@@uhkneerudh Doesn't help that saying something like is even worse when Kobe and his kid literally died not long ago in a helicopter crash so looks like that scumbag hasn't realized they probably jinxed a similar fate with Lebron's kid.
@@uhkneerudh he deserves it tho
Space Jam: A New Legacy. The only movie that comes with its own "Skip Ad."
*click*
... Wait, that just took me straight to the credits.
Just proves that MJ is not only a better player than Lebron but a better actor too lmao
I am acting 11:16
Hey! The Lebron Space jam I had didnt have the skip button... Hax!!!!
I remember seeing this film. It’s definitely not as memorable as the original space jam, but I can see where some people might enjoy it. There’s also so many movie, show and game references that can even outshine ready player one. But I didn’t know what was the most random moment was: Rick and morty making a cameo or the looney tunes doing a rap number?
Also, this is the first major looney tunes project to portray Daffy as his egotistical, greedy slob self since the looney tunes show.
The original Space Jam doesn't look memorable at all to me. Time you took off whatever rose tinted nostalgia specs you have on
@@masterknife8423 Nope, no rose tinted glass bullshit here, I rewatched the original before New Legacy and still enjoyed it more than the sequel.
LTS Daffy was painfully moronic and unfunny. Greedy jerk miscast Daffy on thee other hand was great to see again...
I feel like all the references did was make me wish I was watching something else to do with them. I'd have much rather seen Voldemort pick a fight with King Kong, instead of have them just stand around doing nothing in the background as spectators.
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Honestly I did the same. But had opposite feelings. I thought A New Legacy was the better movie regarding characterization, plot progression, and character development for Lebron, Bugs, and the son.
I remember playing my Gameboy in the early to mid 2000's so I see using a Gameboy in '98 to be a completely believable action, not even slightly far fetched.
I think there two big misteps in this movie.
1. Bugs bunny needed Micheal Jordan to save the loony toons. Lebron needs the loony toons to save himself.
2. The villians shouldnt have been just random nba stars with super powers. The Mean Team is iconic because of how goofy they were. The game wouldve been improved if the bad guy team was either all Warner villians, or just a clone army of Don Cheadle in different costumes.
They have to pay Rick so much money just so he won’t swear in a PG film.
@@komaristudios Ooooh boy, you sure showed, showed him what it's a-a-all about! He won't be... won't be barkin' up THAT tree again for a wh-, any time soon! Bet your bottom dollar... he, his, he regrets runnin' into this sheriff, this sheriff in town! Oh boy!
@@smaakjeks no I'm just saying
@@komaristudios Yeah, sorry, I was just doing a Justin impression in text form is all. Sorry.
I heard it was 10 years worth of Szechuan sauce
pretty damn random isn't it? 14:38
I think the CollegeHumor original of the "Behind The Scenes" truly said It all! All they did was take the 1st original Space Jam, Ready Player 1, and any of those bad Seltzer And Friedberg movie. As for The Nerdlucks all they did was use a greenscreen without making them CGI while the real Nerdlucks are just chilling at Titan Tower after they kicked out the Toddler Titans! If there was alternative universe let alone a Bizzario Sequel were we actually continued off with Mr. Swhackhammer coming back stronger and scarier then the Monstars themselves, then It would've been promising.
And Danny Devito hamming it up like no tomorrow!
@@chasehedges6775 If the guy doesn't get covid will might get that chance If he's Interested. I be really upset too If he died though and can't reprise his once Ironic role. :'(
@@saltbaker8683 Ironic role
@@chasehedges6775 I fixed It, now.
If anything, Just having the Nerdlucks be the only friends Bugs have and have them play alongside the Looney Tunes would have been enough.
How they go back into being the Monstars? Just have them say something like "We drank from Michael Jordan's secret potion" (AKA, the bottle of water Bugs used in first film to trick his teammates).
Even Have Bugs shush LeBron when he is gonna tell them that isn't even water
23:29 That joke made me stop the video. That was so brutal and well paced... I loved it!
WB: Hey Don we got a movie you want to be in.
Don Cheadle: Oh sweet you're finally gonna put me in a DC movie? Am I going to be Jon Stewart?
WB: WHat no-
Don Cheadle: Oh right you're probably going to make me Steel since I play War Machine for Marvel.
WB: No we're putting you in Space Jam as a computer algorithm.
Don Cheadle: So, what will my character name be?
WB: AL G. Rythem.
I know it might not be quite a threatening Villain name, but the character you'll play will be kind of over-the-top and alittle threatening.
Don Cheadle: I can try to work with that.
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LeBron James: The script says that I'm gonna posterize you.
Don Cheadle: Well, this is not the first time that this happens to me, maybe
@@mrrunodan8119 Even though I like the film, I somehow feel this something like this happened in Real-Life.
I don't know why!
“I’m a toon doc, I can survive anything!”
Me: *Gets the Dip*
I was about to say
Nevermind nevermind! *Attempts to flee*
Well, except your voice actor.
Creator Backlash: An artist for the movie, Dave Alvarez (who also draws many Looney Tunes comic books currently), did plenty of work on the movie's character designs and backgrounds. He went uncredited in the movie, which was a deeply upsetting experience for him and his family. He has since been critical and disdainful of the movie. An online campaign supporting him began when the story was picked up by the media.
On July 30, 2021, the film finally credited most of the artists and collaborators on Twitter. This still left a bitter taste on fans’ mouths, who continue to clamor for them to be added to the actual movie credits for the home release.
Joe Pytka, the director for the first Space Jam, ripped into the new one, finding that LeBron's story lacked the Reality Subtext that Michael Jordan's did, felt the various celebrities were unmemorable compared to the original's cameos (i.e. Bill Murray), thought Bugs Bunny was watered down, and admitted that he found it painful to watch through in over five sittings just to finish it.
Certainly downplayed, but Gabriel Iglesias was disappointed to learn he was given the role of Speedy as Stunt Casting and not on the strength of the impression he’s been doing for years.
Damn, that sucks.
"artists" are a fucked up bunch, I would be mad if I didn't get paid, but credited? Inflating their curriculum and being recognized is just a fucked up priority.
What? So it’s unreasonable for artists to be upset when they’re not credited for their work? It’s common courtesy to credit artist for their artwork. Are you honestly saying that it’s unreasonable for them to be angry?
I could be mistaken though. English isn’t my first language
Holy shit, there's more than one person literally copy-pasting stuff from TV Tropes instead of coming up with their own input?
During the rap section, tweety bird has an eyepatch. This is a direct reference to a real rapper named Slick Rick. He's only of the most well-known in the game, but whatever.
Honestly, when I first heard of this, I was kind of excited. The original Space Jam wasn’t a part of my childhood as I’ve only seen that movie twice in my life. When I started hearing critics reviews about the movie, I got less excited, so I thought I’d just go watch it to get a laugh and hopefully have a bit of fun with it and I got that. Definitely not the best movie of the year, but it’s just dumb fun with enough pop culture and impressive animation to have me interested. So I’m glad I saw it.
23:41 FINALLY SOMEONE SAID IT
5:30 - 5:36 And now the unnecessary crossover between Chase from Paw Patrol and One Punch Man!
The greatest battle in animation history!
How to write a female character:
Give her the 'strong-female-character' card and NOTHING else.
I grew up on Warner Brothers stuff so I wasn't put off by all the references and background characters. In fact I loved it!
Great for Disney Fatigue.
17:33 i would've died laughing if the real Micheal jordan answered and did the whole exchange.
How come?
This felt more like a commercial for me than the original did. I always have a blast when I watch the first movie, but with this one, not so much. I watched these movies back to back, and I didn't find myself to be as invested in Space Jam 2. I think I was more interested in finding what characters were in the background than I was in the overall plot. I was also hoping to see more Bugs/Lola interactions, and see how they'd make Lola more interesting. She's such a blank slate in this movie, and I really hate that she barely even acknowledged Bugs. While I intend to watch more of the first movie, I don't think I'll be tuning into the second one again.
I left the cinema when it become clear that they ignore Looney Tunes Show and its development to those characters. Despite its technical flaws it actually male Lola interesting and Tina was especially great.
Well it's 2021. Strong female characters aren't allowed to be romanticly interested in male characters. That might accidentally imply depth or growth in the character.
I don't think the original was that commercial either. Shameless? Yes. Unnecessary? Yes. Just trying to cash in on Jordan's fame? Yes. But it wasn't like watching the TV show scenes from Idiocracy, where ads are just bombarding your senses all over the place.
@@TheRezro ok and?
@@nathank2289 having a romantic relationships doesn't equals character development unless it's done right. And to be frank the force love interest is rather tiresome
I feel like this will be this generations original space jam. I’ve already seen people at my school wearing toon squad merchandise. They’ll probably grow up and realize it’s bad, but still love it
I'm not gonna lie, I really like this movie.
That's right, I said it. Come at me!
this is why I love Nostalgia critique he states his opinion despite how unpopular of an opinion it is
No joke, I want the Commercial: The Movie to be made.
It kinda felt like a promo for a new Commercial review from Doug. He usually does these around this time of year. No idea if he plans on doing one this year though.
@@shinrailp1416 He is, in two weeks time :)
It’s called Ready Player One.
same i'd watch nothing but it.
I think the main problem with this as opposed to Space Jam 1 is that Space Jam 1 knew it was not good and ran with it by mocking how bad it was where this film is like 100% Lebron Rules!
Don Cheadle is the only one who's like, "Fuck it, I got Marvel cash, baby! I'mma do what I want!"
24:58 Less we never forget they already pulled a similar gag on Robot Chicken 😂
And it was a way better rap.
When the review is funnier than the movie. I laughed more during this half hour than the entirety of Space jam a new legacy. Well played
Thanks for watching!!
@@ChannelAwesome next Nostalgia Critic rewiews suggestions:
The Loud House: A Very Loud Christmas
The Loud House Movie
RV with Robin Williams
Hotel for Dogs
Spongebob The Movie
Hey Arnold! The Movie
Invader Zim: Enter the Florpus
Hey Arnold! The Jungle Movie
Spongebob Out of the Water
@@mrrunodan8119 Somebody likes their Nickelodeon.
I laughed space jam a new legacy.
Indeed. Well played Nostalgia Critic
When Porky did his Rap he should've done Pig Power in the House.
While watching the first Space Jam, it feels like I’m watching a movie. While watching the sequel, I feel like I’m watching a commercial
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28:21 Bugs... I don't feel so good.
14:49 Why am I jealous that Rick & Morty got an appearance, but the Venture Bros didn't?
17:54 How do you get mailed to yourself? The mechanics alone are mind boggling!
25:08 Ouch.
27:05 Oh god, indeed, Bob/Archer/Coach McGurk/Dr. Orpheus' Master/Family Guy's convenience store clerk
29:07 Even... THE DIP?!
Rick and Morty are actually still popular......The Venture Bros are not only not popular anymore, but nobody really gave a crap about it to begin with....the Venture Bros were mildly popular at the most 10 years ago and, was cancelled in 2018
12:27 “I’m a cartoon”
“You are an illustration”
If you get that reference, 1,000 bonus points
"Yeah I game, fellow kids"
Doug enjoying Kingdom Hearts is amazing to me.
27:26 I would've legit choked on my popcorn if King Kong did add a snap. Now I wish it was a thing!
You know what would have been funnier and TOTALLY in-character for Bug's "death"? If it turned out he was faking it so he can get a kiss from Lola, only for everyone except LeBron to say they knew it all along
This is great! The Nostalgia Critic did the original Space Jam back in the old days! Now he's covering the sequel!
We have come full circle in the Space Jam universe
@@ChannelAwesome I should mention, “That’s All Folks” is actually on Mel Blanc’s grave. So it could have been a reference to that
What if they fix space jam 2.
@@ChannelAwesome Now all we need is a full review of Looney Tunes back in Action.
@@ChannelAwesome Next Nostalgia Critic rewiews suggestions:
RV with Robin Williams
Arctic Dogs
Doogal
Home Alone 5
The Loud House: A Very Loud Christmas
Beastly
I am number 4
Little Nicky
Darkest Minds
Shelby - The dog who saves Christmas
Freaks - You are one of us
Marmaduke
Happy 40th birthday Doug walker.May you have many,many more.Great review!
Thanks for reminding me! Doug Walker, have a happy nostalgic critic birthday that YOU can remember…so WE don’t HAVE to! 😁
Holy crap, I'm older than Doug?! I'm going to go find Lucahjin so I can stop feeling like an old lady.
12:27 Ok, whatever you think of the movie, you cannot deny the beautiful 2D animation! I was just LOVING it and was so glad to see the 2D animation again on the big screen! 15:23 Also the comic style art for Lola's arc was AWESOME!
Nah, I found the animation to be very uneven. At times it looked ok, other times it felt very flash-y with wobbly body parts and it just looked cheap and a far cry from the first film or Back in Action.
@@DeepEye1994 as you’d expect when they aren’t spending big bucks on 18 studios to get the animation out on deadline
Honestly I’m happy people are hating on a 2D animated film.
If Boss Baby and Emoji Movie were 2D well the 2D crowd would call them masterpieces because they are so style over substance that they won’t care about the story or characters, just that the animation makes up for it and thus no need to criticize further.
And the setting was a lot more vibrant than the first Space Jam. It reminded me of Invasion of the Bunny Snatchers: a world that has every single land from the original shorts. It really looks like a place our Looney friends would inhabit.
I also like the idea of LeBron becoming a cartoon himself. It's like they took the idea of the first film where real people inherit cartoon physics and expanded upon it.
I just wish they had more fun with that idea. Like, how cool would it have been if they kept the entire game in animation land, except for the last third where Rhody becomes a giant, and then we saw LeBron's family as cartoons?
Agreed, i actually did enjoy the animation and the VFX. As someone who watched the original Space Jam when it came out, ngl i enjoyed it. It’s a guilty pleasure.
I knew this movie wouldn't be as good as its predecessor when I anticipated the Space Jam theme and was depressingly let down.
25:36 -listen to venom by Eminem. He makes it work
6:10 It's not that weird, a lot of kids still had a Gameboy or Gameboy Color around the mid to late 90's.
I knew it, it was Space Jam: A New Legacy tonight.
Really? But I would have never guessed.
the difference between these two for me was the lead.
Michael had a charisma that made me root for him and the toons.
Lebron is phoning it in so hard I'd rather root for Don Cheadle. At least Don was fun to watch.
14:36, I always get a laugh whenever I see Rick & Morty appear as cameos in Space Jam 2: A New Legacy.
How funny is that?
Watched it and it felt like massive ego display for Lebron, and basically threw nostalgia and remember us characters. Sure MJ was great sportman but he didn't have most of the cast stroking his "ego" the entire movie.
I especially liked in the original the jokes about MJ playing golf, baseball or other sports, and everyone being weirdly supportive (while being kinda like "huh, should we tell him?") despite it being obvious he would never be the genius he was in basket in those other sports. Felt like a self burn for MJ, and it made him really, well strangely relatable as his ego was toned down because of it.
Agreed
Just shows why MJ is the fucking goat
Which is why I appreciated that one moment where Bugs and Lebron are disagreeing over play plans and Bugs has a tone of distaste, "Oh ... So you're that kind of king." 😒
Only good thing that came from this was 20 new minutes of traditional animation from an American feature production
Wow NC’s review of the original space jam was the first Doug video I ever watched… how time flies.
16:00 AUGH!! I was worried they'd do that to Lola's character!
10:06 Gotta love the Kingdom Hearts references lately. XD Happy to see Doug being a fan with the series as recent. 😊
About the "Big Chungus" scene, funnily enough, the animator of that scene didn't even know that "Big Chungus" was a meme until after the movie was made. He thought they were referencing the original cartoon the meme was based on. XD
Interestingly, from what I heard, Bugs Bunny in the final scene with Lebron in the movie was animated by someone who was an animator of the first Space Jam, 😊
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It makes sense kh and Sj main characters befriend classic cartoon characters and go to worlds based on movies. I bet someone told the animator to put it in and they knew it was a meme.
Alright! It is great to hear that someone from the original crew is still getting work! :D!