YMS Reacts to Space Jam: A New Legacy Trailer

I knew it was going to be bad. I didn't know it was going to be THIS bad.
/ ymshighlights
/ adumplaze

[@YMSHighlights]

To everyone saying that they misspelled "Toon World" as "Tune World" at 3:37, it's because the original show was called "Looney Tunes", not "Looney Toons".

[@michaelstrong5383]

I would have called it Looney World instead. Hell, Acme World could have worked too. Since Acme has a lot of products in the Looney Tunes shorts, I could believe that they owned the entire world itself.

[@BigBossMan538]

That always confuses me. I guess it's not dissimilar to calling Mega Man "Megaman."

[@YMSHighlights]

@@michaelstrong5383 That would be a subtle criticism of capitalism. But the movie isn't smart enough for that. Nor does WB want to put up with the backlash it would get from the same corporation-worshiping conservatives that threw a tantrum over The Lego Movie and The Lorax depicting CEOs as greedy scumbags.

[@klystron2010]

what in the berenstain bear fuck?

[@user-by2dz6oj6b]

What in the Matrix hell?!!!

[@siblla4035]

Iron Giant in the Iron Giant: "I am not a gun" Iron Giant in everything else: "KILL KILL KILL"

[@slifer875]

One of my favorite movies of all time and its incredible how WB miss the point about the character every single time.

[@imveryangryitsnotbutter]

To be fair, there are multiple Iron Giants. It might not be the same one that Hogarth befriended.

[@michaelstrong5383]

In Ready Player One, that was supposed to be an Iron Giant mod, not the actual one. It's like those videos on KZbin where people make their own Shrek mod and have it do whatever they want it to do. That's my only defense for Ready Player One, because the rest of that movie was garbage.

[@HA-ot6uf]

@@michaelstrong5383 There are so many examples of how Ready Player One comes so close to making a lot of really strong commentaries on how people interact with their interests online and how fanbases kind of transform characters and iconography in both positive and negative ways. It comes so close to talking about so many topics, but you get the feeling that the author got that close completely by accident.

[@oneshot8109]

@@slifer875 yeah like including the gang from A Clockwork Orange in a family friendly movie... They literally just copypasted their entire library of movies and threw all the most recognizable characters in, even though these characters are actually vile, sadistic people. Fucking idiots will probably edit out those shots before they release it to avoid the twitter hate

[@jeffanderson6806]

I hate how much Warner Bros is using the Iron Giant to promote their movies, considering they didn't bother promoting it when it was initially released.

[@mycycleminorities]

Let alone not even bothering to have his message carried with him.

[@LanceThumping]

@@mycycleminorities I think the lynch pin for me not wanting to watch Ready Player One was hearing that they use him as a weapon in it. It's fucking awful for them to use a character for a reference then do them so wrong by having them act in a way that is explicitly antithetical to their character.

[@michaelstrong5383]

Somewhere, Brad Bird is shaking his head at this.

[@Wired4Life2]

@@michaelstrong5383 I only learned within the past year that it was actually Brad Bird who insisted WB keep the original release date instead of postponing it to market it more. He saw them realize how much they fucked up when the test screenings proved successful, so he paid them back. After all, he did his part in delivering the film, and it was now on them to present it under-marketed to the world and face the consequences of its inevitable commercial underperformance.

[@luiginastro8831]

But member you childhood

[@igorzabocki1198]

I'm calling it right now. There is going to be a Big Chungus reference in the film. If you think they have enough common sense to not put it there, then we clearly haven't seen the same trailer.

[@videogamenostalgia]

I mean, at least Big Chungus is weird and popular. I'd rather have a Big Chungus reference than the 'cool grandma' scene or acting like we're all supposed to be super excited over the goddamn Flintstones.

[@ShadowRubberDuck]

and Keanu replacing Bill Murray...

[@argonzee7017]

I'm hoping you're wrong but my gut tells me otherwise

[@redchariot4006]

Having in mind that they added Big Chungus as a character in a mobile game... Yeah is totally happening

[@bepisthescienceman4202]

If they do do a big chungis reference I hope it's something small like an animation frame we're bugs looks like him

[@sebastian_goat]

why do marketing execs still think “cool grandma” is a funny joke, it’s been done to death

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Don't blame the greedy corporate bastards, blame the retarded idiots that made the Minions and all the awful Illumination crap a bankable asset.

[@blizzardregulus]

Jesus Christ, you're right. That's something only a marketing exec would still giggle at.

[@videogamenostalgia]

In the original director's cut, after she says she's going "old school" on the African-American gentleman on the opposing team she just calls him the N word, but Warner Bros replaced that scene in reshoots with the dance sequence.

[@5Detective]

It was in the original

[@frankmerker630]

Yeah this is something that Karen moms eat up

[@Everik-ct6pg]

This trailer implies that the Looney Tunes (and all other licensed characters) we see in the movie are computer generated AI, and the real Tunes still live underground, unbothered by anyone.

[@frankmerker630]

There’s gotta be some licensing reason for this. I bet that way they don’t have to pay royalties to the creators of the original space jam or the producers for the looney tunes characters no longer with WB

[@Everik-ct6pg]

@@frankmerker630 Michael Jordan owns the real Looney Tunes universe

[@al112v4]

There’s a very funny Twitter post about how this whole thing is deep: twitter.com/comrade_yui/status/1378455071135047688?s=21 I’m not joking, it’s genuinely hilarious.

[@ifeeltiredsleepy]

@@frankmerker630 Warner Bros. still owns all the Looney Tunes, they aren't taking any IP out of the movie they're putting in more for cross-promotion.

[@frankmerker630]

They still owe royalties to some of the properties they bought it from, you typically don’t own the rights to them entirely when a studio purchases something, like George Lucas still owns the rights to the original Star Wars characters for example

[@x511100x]

The way Lebron "screams" when he turns into a cartoon is a good indicator how much effort the acting has in it

[@victora.1329]

aaah.

[@PatheticApathetic]

I mean, he’s a basketball player... Jordan was piss awful too

[@shawklan27]

So in line with the original's quality of acting then?

[@TherealHK-47]

Weird, with all those award winning Sprite commercials he’s acted in lol

[@AFC2022]

TBH, LeBron’s Acting to Kinda Bad in The Film That it Makes me Laugh, But With Micheal Jordan and Space Jam, Its Way Better.

[@venomz8888]

I completely agree with Adum, this does not feel like a Looney Tunes movie whatsoever. I’m not begging for this movie to bomb at the box office, but I think it would be hilarious if it did.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

The moment I saw the Iron Giant I went, this isn't Looney Tunes, this is more Ready Player One bullshit.

[@victora.1329]

I want it to bomb just so Chairman LeBron has live with having made a fat turd of a film to go with his personality.

[@Gabrielc_14]

@@victora.1329 Damn what do you have against LeBron?

[@victora.1329]

@@Gabrielc_14 he cries about oppression and then won't even acknowledge the depravity of the CCP. He's a hypocrite who makes a fortune off of slave labor, and yet feels the need to keep lecturering Americans. I won't ever buy anything associated with this hypocrite in it.

[@SylentVoidkeeper]

I have a feeling it will still make money from people watching it ironically.

[@Indigo_Gaming]

Yes, my very first reaction to discovering my legs are stumpy and I'm in a cartoon is to blow my finger.

[@s.l.thecoffeeaddict1657]

Naturally

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

My natural instinct would be to

[@thelastgogeta]

Obviously a One Piece fan trying to go Gear 3rd.

[@100Darkspine]

@@thelastgogeta I always knew he'd be King of the Pirates

[@darkpuppetlordful]

@@thelastgogeta I mean fair enough actually. If I discovered I was a cartoon I'd try some goofy cartoon shit.

[@2devious724]

Hearing 'King James' over and over makes me feel like I'm being sold a bible.

[@frankmerker630]

Nobody’s called him king James in like 5 years. Glad he’s feeling some nostalgia with this project

[@albedo5455]

Or asking a Dutchman to bring an army to England

[@mayorglalie]

Probably one of Lebron's conditions. Man has a planet sized ego

[@CreationSGame01]

Subliminally, probably.

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

Well it's his nickname in bball... but it is just a testament to how gigantic his ego is

[@TherealHK-47]

Something tells me Lebron INSISTED on being referred to as “King James” at least a specific number of times in this movie lol

[@MonkofVibes]

I wish I could have that superiority complex when stars burn out so fast and easily

[@Splitter4416]

He's a producer, so that wouldn't be remotely surprising.

[@Extremezotako]

Lol

[@grinningweirdo4888]

I can imagine him with WB as the contract is written saying “I’ll only do this if everyone in the film refers to me as ‘King James!’” And the obvious question is asked “Does anyone call you King James?” “No” replies Lebron

[@chrise8275]

That’s the name of his Twitter profile king James.

[@cyan5161]

I feel like this movie is really just an excuse for WB to flex how many beloved IPs they own.

[@jamesborlan2850]

Kind of like what Disney did with Ralph breaks the Internet

[@andrewb4999]

They did this already with Ready Player One but I guess they thought the world needed a second helping of this crap so soon.

[@GapingGorble]

again. for at least the third time.

[@cyan5161]

@@andrewb4999 Ready Player One at least has the excuse of being something that was already full of pop culture references even when it was just a book. Whereas this I can't really think of any other good reason for it, guess just Looney Toons isn't good enough to sell people on a movie nowadays.

[@WreckingWood]

Ready Player JAM 3: I KNOW WHAT THAT IS!!!

[@GELTONZ]

"She looks like a child" So FUNNY STORY the whole reason Lola had breasts in the first movie was because when they designed the character to be as inoffensive as possible, everyone said she looked like a 12 year old boy. Corporate just blew this off...until they sent the designs to McDonalds so they could start making Happy Meals and they said "What's with the little boy hanging out with Bugs Bunny? We're not comfortable with what you are implying here." and WB panicked and immediately redesigned the character to have more curves. AND SO THE CYCLE BEGINS ANEW.

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

That's actually really hilarious. And I also think it's hilariously sad that women, anthropomorphic bunnies or otherwise, can't have assets without being deemed sexualized, but that's another discussion entirely.

[@harry426]

Source?

[@_Ciaran_Maher]

@@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves Women looking like women is dehumanizing for women, don't ya know.

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

@@_Ciaran_Maher Exactly! How dare women exist that don't look exactly like me, an amorphous, androgynous blob! ree

[@bergonath8851]

@@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves Can you imagine a woman with breasts? Disgusting! They should look like men!

[@DrachonaTheWolf]

Also, can we talk about the fact that they got rid of Pepe Le Pew for promoting "rape culture", but they have characters from A CLOCKWORK ORANGE in this KIDS movie?

[@slothbaby2104]

remember, "rape is not an excuse its a reason and tonight everything seems so reasonable"

[@DrachonaTheWolf]

@@slothbaby2104 Had to look up the reference, but I will say this in response... Someone after getting treated for COVID: "I was cured, alright."

[@demiliomason1565]

Because the droogs aren't actual characters in the film. They're in the corner of a background for half a second.

[@Rakinjo2]

And they redesigned Lola because apparently she was too inappropriate as well, but yeah.. The Clockwork Orange crew is something they want to promote. In a kids movie. And they put them in the foreground, with a blurry Mystery Gang in the back. But Le Pew was the problem. Oh, and since this is a canonical secret and not a reboot, let's just remember that the rabbits smashed, even though there's a clear difference in maturity now. That thought made me really uncomfortable once he started mentioning how young she looked. I don't understand what they're trying to go for with this movie.

[@milkcatdog394]

@@demiliomason1565 isnt it like droog culture to cause havoc and rape?

[@mattkrause1573]

"What in the Matrix Hell?" .....DUUUUDE Pride Rock!!

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

yEs

[@comixproviderftw_02]

Gotta get that Matrix 4 hype early.

[@pyramidblaster9239]

I was thinking "Duuuuude The Matrix!"

[@billkormas3460]

(insert soyjack jpeg)

[@Antwannnn]

I liked the line 😕

[@snydegag1]

I love how adum got so offended when lola bunny winked at him

[@isaiahwilliams2642]

I mean how else would a gay horse respond to a female rabbit flirting with him?

[@dannypalin9583]

@@isaiahwilliams2642 Especially a poorly rendered CG female rabbit.

[@samtinkle9076]

Warner Bros.: “We See You Seeing Us Seeing You Too” Every furry in the audience: ALRIGHT I GET IT

[@gregcharles3240]

You are aware that it's the D-Wade pose Lola's doing right?

[@drifter402]

They removed all the sexuality anyway

[@petergriffinatethegenevaco8777]

It hurts to keep seeing directors drag around the Iron Giant's corpse

[@MonkofVibes]

We won't actually make another one we just like watching you spend money for nostalgia

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

We never deserved The Iron Giant. What a good film, completely ignored by the suits in charge of it.

[@WreckingWood]

Well he lived, but the studio execs have to milk him as much as possible without the outright sequel.

[@phoonwax]

they gotta jingle the iron giant keys to entertain the nostalgia kiddies

[@marywinchester1322]

IKR! If they want to use 'nostalgia', they just need to bring in the cast from the original movie and make some references here and there.

[@WCBriton]

In my heart of hearts, I want this to be the thing that finally kills the obsession with nostalgia. But I know the truth; it's a sign of the end times.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

This trend feel as tiresome and lazy as the spoof movies of Friedberg and Seltzer.

[@videogamenostalgia]

Unfortunately it will probably make bank. Kids movies almost always sell well, it has a whole bunch of IPs attached and it has nostalgia value for millennials. Plus depending on how the vaccinations go we could all still be stuck at home come the release date, by which time parents will be desperate for new content to stream to keep their kids entertained.

[@WCBriton]

@@videogamenostalgia I agree. And I'm sad. There is no other point to this reply. Only tears.

[@drifter402]

And yet they'll do anything except actually make a film like a classic film. What's the point in filling star wars with non stop references to previous films if you're just going to just make it a marvel movie instead of Classic Star Wars

[@edenm.1114]

We thought that with all the dogshit remakes Disney have lazily made for the past few years, we’ll continue to hope it for the next 1000 ‘stalgia-bait movies to come, but we, deep down, know the truth.

[@elgeeie]

"What in the Matrix Hell?" *REMEMBER THE MATRIX??? THAT'S A THING WE OWN! WE'RE WARNER BROTHERS AND WE CAN SAY MATRIX CAUSE THAT'S A THING WE OWN!*

[@michaelstrong5383]

WB are now the Member Berries of the movie industry.

[@frankmerker630]

Not nearly as bad as Sony

[@videogamenostalgia]

What in the The Conjuring Universe®, a proudly-owned property of New Line Cinema® (a subsidiary of Warner Bros®) hell?

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

To be honest I blame Disney, they started this auto congratulatory bullshit with Ralph Breaks the Internet.

[@MadMike1]

I HEARD THE REFERENCE AND I CLAPPED!

[@MDPOPE]

Which will come out first, YMS: Space Jam 2, or YMS: Lion King 2019

[@Antwannnn]

"The world may never knooow" - tootsie commericial narrator guy

[@caroline6218]

I’m more excited for YMS Lion King 2019 review then this movie.

[@joeyfromnowhere]

Synecdoche Part 6, anyone?

[@NinjaSox7]

I hope it's an Adum and Pals and not a YMS tbh

[@AbMaSync]

Well I know which one I'll watch regardless

[@sangheilijedi]

This feels like how chris chan thinks the multiverse works

[@SoWhosGae]

Not Chris chan 😂

[@videogamenostalgia]

This movie will end with Chris Chan joining the team to help them win; he will fulfil the exact same role as Bill Murray from the first movie.

[@al112v4]

twitter.com/comrade_yui/status/1378455071135047688?s=21 this tweet kinda explains what you say. And no, I’m not endorsing it, the opposite.

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

The merge has finally happened. Praise be to Chris' true and honest love.

[@AsherLogan129]

“YOu DiG oN MuLtiVErsEs?”

[@GamePlayMetal]

3D has been so dominant for the last 20 years that US studios have no idea how to do good 2D anymore edit: after watching the whole thing: In this case they don't know how to do good 3D either

[@shadeyshroomy4006]

Fuckin ClockWork Orange Gang oh yeah they where my favorite WB characters.

[@videogamenostalgia]

Finally Stanley Kubrick's original vision for Space Jam is respected.

[@frankmerker630]

I unironically think that characters from Barry Lyndon would be more appropriate for a contemporary children’s movie

[@SolarDragon007]

@@frankmerker630 Jack from the Shining would be more appropriate.

[@johnl6192]

@@SolarDragon007 pretty sure you can actually see one of the Grady twins in the trailer

[@Rakinjo2]

"Yeah, so, we had to change up Lola because her design in the original was clearly too adult and inappropriate for a kids movie - anyway, here's a gang of neo-n@zi r@pists, remember those?" And they're in literally the same fooken shot as the Mystery Gang. Who is this movie for!?

[@9TheMiddleMan9]

I'm mad AF that they replaced Lola's voice actress. Why rehire Kath Soucie, one of the most talented female voice actors out there, when we can cast Zendaya and slap her name on the poster!?! Studio executives are idiots.

[@catendway4754]

A) Kath, altho talented, is unfortunately seen as an expendable voice actress by the bigwigs B) nowhere near as popular or marketable as Zendaya is

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

Because it excite audience to see sex actrez!

[@goodmachines7743]

I was actually surprised when they rehired Kath Soucie for Wabbit. Like you said, she's one of the best female voice actors working today, and she has done Lola before, but it's so weird that she voiced two versions of the same character, and they're both so different. I think she actually found a good balance for the character in Wabbit, so I was hoping they would use that in this movie... but no... why would we want that, right?

[@michaelstrong5383]

Because A-list actors are more marketable than regular voice actors. They could replace Tom Kenny with Kevin Hart as the voice for Spongebob in a movie *(God, I hope that never happens)* and it would still grab people's attentions.

[@frankmerker630]

Yeah I feel like since the pandemic all the upcoming mainstream movies/blockbusters have an unbelievably limited acting pool

[@blaisetelfer8499]

Also, getting sucked into the golf hole by Bugs Bunny's giant magnet actually fits the silly logic of the Loony Toon's universe. This looks like they said "Loony Toons but in the Tron universe".

[@RickRaptor105]

At this point Warner Bros has literally made more movies with King Kong cameos (Lego Batman Movie, Ready Player One, Space Jam 2) than actual King Kong movies (Kong: Skull Island and Godzilla vs Kong)

[@lorddevilfish5868]

BECAUSE WE KNOW WHAT THAT IS! Love your channel by the way! Review more awful megalodon movies it’s the most overhyped prehistoric creature ever!

[@lorddevilfish5868]

@@Bellitchi Nooooo Fire Gecko roasted Monke’s banana!

[@THEmeepmopmoop]

@@lorddevilfish5868 Fire Gecko and Monke make fren. Kil robot.

[@shawnbigman4938]

Those are triceratops

[@SneakySableye]

What's the point in all these characters being there? It's literally just to drown the audience in so much nostalgia to the point that they can't even appreciate it. "Hey do you remember everything?"

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

I just don't get it. Watching better film character on shitty movies only makes me want to leave and watch those better films instead.

[@athath2010]

@@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747 Which is exactly the point.

[@warcheef]

Wait, they put a violent gang of rapists into a kid's movie? WUT

[@josesosa3337]

Who?

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

@@josesosa3337 The Clockwork Orange characters.

[@headphonic8]

Well the kids won’t get the reference. It’s just for the adults watching with them

[@nevermindgaming6848]

@@josesosa3337 the clown

[@michaelstrong5383]

From the director of Scary Movie 5 and Girls Trip, ladies & gentlemen.

[@frankmerker630]

Let’s not forget Undercover brother

[@eb2681]

@@frankmerker630 perhaps it's the nostalgia but that movie is decent.

[@frankmerker630]

It’s also been almost 20 years that this director has made something decent

[@Wired4Life2]

To be fair, Lee did almost direct Tiffany Haddish to close to an Oscar nomination.

[@shawklan27]

Wait you serious?!

[@SuperTigger1999]

"They made look a bit more like a child so you're gonna lose a bit in the American furry demographic but you'll gain in the Japanese anime demographic" -YMS on Space Jam: A New Legacy Trailer I'M FUCKING DEAD

[@MonkofVibes]

He do be true though

[@Wired4Life2]

Don’t forget pedophiliac Hollywood executives.

[@ablackbunny3149]

"They replaced lola bunny with loli bunny" -adum 2021

[@marywinchester1322]

Still hate this woke generation for changing her, as if having boobs is a problem...

[@Wired4Life2]

@@marywinchester1322 Babies: “Thems for us.”

[@JoroJojoro]

Imagine a WB executive going: "You know how we're gonna bridge the gap between fans of the original film and the new one? Put the Clockwork Orange lads in a crowd shot!"

[@twitchswitchvideos]

"How's it feel to live long enough to watch every franchise you ever cared about go down in flames?"

[@lorddevilfish5868]

Godzilla isn’t sh^t yet

[@lorddevilfish5868]

YMS Predictions for Space Jam and Lion King 2 when?

[@twitchswitchvideos]

@@lorddevilfish5868 Shhh dont jinx it Also Back to the Future because they refuse to (thank god)

[@Nightmarewrath]

@@lorddevilfish5868 Adam Wingard, should be lucky GvK was brain dead entertaining. People aren't gonna forget about that laughable adaptation of Netflix version of Death Note that make the japanese live action version look like a masterpiece.

[@lorddevilfish5868]

@@Nightmarewrath Absolutely

[@simonwickwire9230]

it honestly would've been perfectly fine if they made it a similar to roger rabbit by having it completely filled with just cartoons like flinstones and animaniacs. adding all of these IPs seems like they don't think the space jam and looney toons themselves are enough to sell it

[@coolidgedollar2154]

I bet they could have saved some time and money (and charm) by restoring old animations/cells for use as background characters, instead of making their underpaid workers render entirely new ones in 3-D. Oh well.

[@dannypalin9583]

Bingo. You hit the nail on the head. Warner Bros remembers the movies that bombed when it comes to finances. Back in Action didn't earn enough for them, so they now assume that any Looney Tunes movie will be horseshit without shoehorning different WB franchises into it.

[@JamesEmery6]

I’m so ready for the 4 hours of YMS shitting on Space Jam 2 lol

[@Rio..o7..]

Michael Jordan was an amazing actor considering he was in a green hell, reacting to tennis balls and dudes in green suits

[@iain2080]

@@clayjack9969 tbf most movies with him are just Bill Murray there to cash his cheque and leave

[@al112v4]

@@clayjack9969 Still better than this garbage.

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

@@clayjack9969 None of the live action was great, but it was still much more tolerable than this garbage.

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

@@clayjack9969 Bill Murray was hardly giving a good performance in Space Jam :|

[@maou8253]

Lola in that one shot looks like that human-sized Sally doll abomination from Reddit.

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

Wooden skeleton ptsd.

[@xXRickTrolledXx]

Oh my god, it’s so intricate. Do you think god stays in heaven because he fears what he has created?

[@catendway4754]

*WB:* Pepe le Pew is an outdated character who represents the ill treatment and harassment of women in light of the #metoo movement, so we’re gonna remove him *Also WB:* let’s an actual r*pe gang cameo in their kids movie

[@michaelstrong5383]

You know kids these days and their love for A Clockwork Orange.

[@carter_lovejoy]

They had an entire scene filmed with Pepe in it but wasn’t animated. They eventually cut it from the film since switching directors.

[@videogamenostalgia]

@@michaelstrong5383 The Clockwork Orange bit is just a cheeky lil reference for the parents, so they can get distracted with thoughts of rape and violence instead of what is happening on screen.

[@GordonN661]

Can I borrow what the studio was smoking?

[@SolarDragon007]

@@michaelstrong5383 It's a wholesome story about a chipper young man spending time with his friends and doing what he loves.

[@MrFahrenheit2k]

And people said the original was a soulless cashgrab... It's an art-house masterpiece compared to whatever this is.

[@blaisetelfer8499]

At least the original feels like somebody made a simple Looney Tunes movie for kids of that era, slapstick humor and all. This clearly doesn't take place in the Looney Tunes world; it takes place in the studio's copyright world, full of character references a lot of modern kids won't understand or care about, and the Tunes are practically a side-note.

[@michaelstrong5383]

At least in the first Space Jam movie, M.J. and the Looney Tunes played basketball against a group of aliens. What does the Don Cheadle A.I. and all this Ready Player One crap have to do with actual *SPACE???*

[@videogamenostalgia]

Cyberspace? Disk space? The space where your head used to be once you watch this movie, finally embrace the void and eat shotgun?

[@WreckingWood]

At least with the alien angle they still play it within Looney Tunes Universe, via Marvin the Martian, and keep it two different worlds but this cluster-fuck of "Ready Player Jam" makes the Tunes obscured in this. Don mentioned them as "Losers" so I guess they're going the "underdog story" route. But any intriguing themes that you can still extract from that, such as why the Tunes are still classic and stand the test of time even in this info-obsessed tech age, will be suffocated because this film in of itself is a info-obsessed tech product that will waste time check-marking the number member-berries than introspect why we remember them in the first place.

[@RetroEste]

Wow Adam looks really excited to see it. The way he just left because of the awesomeness he just witnessed.

[@jdxawe]

The sound effect for Bugs taking a bite out of a carrot is really bad.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Did they lose the archived sound effects from the old cartoons?

[@Everik-ct6pg]

Also, when Lola blinks near the end. The blink sound effect sounds way too forced for some reason.

[@dannypalin9583]

This movie's the equivalent of a slice of cake that's been doused with tea. It's crumbling and falling to pieces. The moment someone pointed out that Bugs has really shiny eyelids, Porky and Elmer look identical in CG and the sound effects, they became the most distracting shit I've ever seen.

[@thingthingsss]

That was the most corporate thing I've seen since The Emoji Movie

[@HurricaneDDragon]

This is basically “Ralph Player One: Lebron Breaks the Internet”

[@HOTD108_]

*Wralph

[@frankmerker630]

I genuinely wonder if this is a 100% computer /procedurally generated script and they plugged in references from the previous movie and other Warner Brothers properties and clicked print

[@matthewvicari6762]

That 3D animated scene with all the Hanna-Barbera characters looks like a VR chat server.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

Just going to say it: Shaq would have been perfect for this... if it was actually good

[@nevermindgaming6848]

But white people can't tell the difference between Michael Jordan and Shaq lol

[@eatatjoe]

I dunno if that would have made it better or worse considering Shaq shills for Papa John's and literally everything under the sun now.

[@Steven_Andreyechen]

@@eatatjoe I just meant in terms of acting.

[@leonardocarvalho7306]

They should've had both Shaq and Barkley acting as pundits analysing the game

[@BadGuyRants]

The kids are gonna love the “Maltese Falcon” planet reference.

[@blaisetelfer8499]

"Wow. Dude, Humphrey Bogart!"

[@MonoEnta]

Weird how Lebron James goes back to a human but the grandma being technically human still looks like a toon in the real world

[@gilliganinja]

I think only Lord and Miller are capable of making good looking kids movies outside of Disney's soulless animation slave caves

[@michaelstrong5383]

Hollywood needs to rely more on Lord and Miller for ideas. They're the only directors who could turn a bad, unoriginal concept of a film into something good.

[@gilliganinja]

@@michaelstrong5383 I would love to see more from them but it's far better in my mind to have very few high quality movies than to overwork them with uninspired garbage

[@piggy201]

Somebody literally said "let's throw everything we got in the film" and then they actually did it. I guess the director was just happy to be working guy.

[@jackbennersmoviereviews]

One basketball star I can think of who is surprisingly a good actor was Kevin Garnett in Uncut Gems.

[@frankmerker630]

It works because the Safdies know how to use their actors and he played himself in a minor role. It’s different for something like this

[@michaelstrong5383]

It's amazing how a basketball star is better in a film with Adam Sandler than in a film with the Looney Tunes.

[@Abderian]

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane!

[@zoinkthepowerful6399]

Malcolm D. Lee seems like a fake name director's use when they're ashamed of the movie they made, like Alan Smithy or J. J. Abrams

[@frankmerker630]

J J Abrams is they new Alan Smithee you’re right. And Alex Kurtzman/Chris Terrio are the Alan Smithees for screenwriters

[@gregcharles3240]

You know he's Spike Lee's cousin, right?

[@zoinkthepowerful6399]

@@gregcharles3240 I did not, nor do I care

[@btd0ja]

Critics shit on Tom & Jerry for “not capturing the spirit of the original cartoons” but it was way more true to the classics than this seems like.

[@minespatch]

That film was depressing but this looks like hell.

[@benbob4038]

Films with both live action and 2d animation don’t exist anymore. The last one I can think of off the top of my head is the first Spongebob movie. Nowadays when 2D animation comes to live action they turn 3D. I’m terrified to see what a Roger Rabbit sequel would look like.

[@glurganergc4856]

The grandma scene looks like its straight out of hoodwinked

[@AverageInternetButterfly]

Looney Player One sounds like a better title.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Right?

[@craniumssuperburger7749]

So far the only attention I've seen this movie get are weirdos complaining about Pepe's absence and Lola's redesign. Edit: Aight, movie's not as terrible as I expected, definitely seen worse. Don Cheadle was a little hard to watch during the first few scenes, the Goon Squad Character designs were...not good. (Golden dude was aight.) and by far The Worst part of the movie was WBs "Ready Player Oneing" the last 30 min by smacking their properties all over the background. But If i had to weigh it in, I'd honestly say its almost on par with the First Space Jam. I'm not gonna pretend The first one was amazing either, and they both were made with profit in mind (Micheal Jordan was the Star of the movie, ya gonna tell me WB's got him for his acting Chops, and not his Status as a NBA Allstar?) It's like a low 6 out of 10 for me.

[@eatatjoe]

That and the fact they misused the Iron Giant again, plus the constant barrage of Warner Bros. properties chucked at you.

[@caelmorgan6817]

How did you misspell Don Cheadle as John Cheto?

[@craniumssuperburger7749]

@@caelmorgan6817 that is a really Good qeustion. I have no idea.

[@jackbennersmoviereviews]

When I watched the trailer I thought is this a Space Jam sequel or Ready Player One?

[@Armored-Cat]

This trailer reeks of producer and studio interference. "Throw in this, the kids love this right now, oh and marvel is hot right now let's get some super powers in there....etc."

[@harry426]

Space Jam in a nutshell.

[@frankmerker630]

Space jam had a lot of elements that you can tell the original animators/filmmakers threw in themselves that stayed in that wasn’t questioned. For this I’m sure it’s going to be test screened to death and end up being really bland

[@dannypalin9583]

Warner Bros has been jumping on the cinematic universe bandwagon several times. This is only another attempt.

[@JojosCrazyChannel]

It was time for Adam to leave, he had seen everything. 🌚 21:14

[@FlippySuper]

Adam slowly losing hope for humanity while seeing this trailer was hilarious

[@stevebob240]

I really like these trailer react videos, I wasn't planning on watching this trailer but Adum makes it interesting.

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

Yeah, I also loved his reaction to the shitty Cruella trailer.

[@vjara94]

I was kind of surprised how fast the directors name goes out, it's like if they didn't even want you to see it

[@dillonqaphsiel7977]

The goon squad reminds me of that Futurama episode where they play basketball with a team of mutant “super atomic men”

[@almond3066]

They even both have a spider mutant

[@LanceThumping]

The original Space Jam wasn't a cinematic masterpiece but it at least is a classic that was just fun in it's own right with a good style and humor to it. This is a clusterfuck of 'memberberries and showing off their products, glued together with really bad humor and no sense of real style.

[@coolidgedollar2154]

And if people say the same thing about this one in 30 years, it may not mean that both movies are equally good but that people have gotten dumber. (I'm not sure which possibility is worse.)

[@Riptide27]

The Mystery Machine? So there’s a chance Cool Cat could be in this movie?

[@revkun]

The issue is it’s mainly just a “Hey we own this member this.” Movie which is bad on its own but also it’s trying to be trendy and base itself around the modern era so in 5 years or more realistically 2 it’s gonna be full of humor that won’t age at all unlike the original that went for a timeless story without shoving in too many trends

[@alexandersarchives9615]

18:21 I don’t know why but Lola’s face just looks like the Lasagna Cat costume

[@rebelprincess1164]

Ah yes, the world famous Fantastic 4 character with their signature ability to turn into water.

[@Cousin_Uli]

Out of this entire trailer the most distracting thing is the brief scene with 2d bugs, his eyelids are given very narrow high contrast reflective highlights. It makes it look like his eyelids are metallic. That looks like an actual honest to god error.

[@ClarifyEht]

“So far it’s like ready player one” Oh my god LITERALLY what I felt watching this trailer

[@Kyaramel]

11:58 makes the 3D models look like they're straight outta a GTA mod with how lifeless their eyes are

[@luismarioguerrerosanchez4747]

3:19 "I am the king of this domain" So did Don Cheadle win a bet against the Seinfeld gang?

[@videogamenostalgia]

Can't wait to see who they cast as Hoopz Barkley

[@doctorvladandhisbluejaysd2802]

Meyers Leonard

[@SpirusOfH]

It bugs me that he tries to skip forward a few frames on the timeline instead of just using the , and . keys.

[@ashotofdepresso2768]

This is the most deeply uncomfortable I think I've ever seen Adum, and that terrifies me

[@bumblebeepicnic6917]

I don't find the 2D animation to be *that* bad (I've seen too many cheap flash cartoons to think that). It's a miracle to find any decent 2D in Western cinema nowadays, considering how many experienced traditional animators are no longer around. That in mind, I think the reason Lebron's animation looks so sluggish is because they added too many frames when his legs pop out. As a general rule of thumb: less frames = quicker animation. As for the 3D, the models don't look properly rendered, which makes me think they either rushed to meet the deadline or the execs just didn't care. I don't think I can justify the writing though, lol.

[@midnightshawarmallama4012]

2:57 Wow! Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness looks amazing

[@graymyers]

As good as Lego Movie is and my love for that movie knows no bounds, I fucking hate what it’s created. This is the 3rd time WB has made a movie where they use all their properties for memberberries

[@kclink1579]

YMS must be excited to see the trailer to his future greatest movie of all time. You can just see the excitement in his eyes.

[@luliu4572]

So the Iron Giant wasn't good enough to be the household name Brad Bird wanted him to be, but he was good enough to promote shitty Warner Brothers movies?

[@tayag2003]

Damn, LeBron already stacking his team with Superman, King Kong, Gandalf. Jordan needed only Bill Murray and Newman from Seinfeld.

[@ashotofdepresso2768]

Everyone: What inspired you to make another Ready Player One that is practically indistinguishable from the original? -Mr Krabs- Warner Bros: Money

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

Thank golly this was posted. I’ve been having a terrible day and Adam’s content helps me feel better

[@fostoshi]

Hope your day gets better!

[@brunobucciaratiswife]

@@fostoshi I hope so too, but it won’t

[@Shlankyman545]

The movie is actually going to start the fall of humanity. Everything else has been the prelude to Space Jam 2 and dystopia.

[@s.l.thecoffeeaddict1657]

Wait did the robots in The Matrix program a *Hell* for the people in the pods? 😬

[@MyBenjamin73]

Iron Giant has been relegated to appearing in these garbage member berries movies. I guess its better than being squandered with a shitty sequel or live action remake

[@MrPlow-jc4cr]

The Droogs in the back specialize in the in-out, in-out dribbling technique

[@DrawtoonzStudio]

When Adam said he didn’t know who Jabberjaw was, you should’ve inserted the clip of him saying “I don’t get no respect!” from his show’s opening.

[@tvfrank57]

I can't believe that the droogs are in the movie

[@SolarDragon007]

Apparently Pepe le Pew is too """problematic""" to be in the movie but a gang of rapists are okay to show.

[@SolarDragon007]

@@verbatim7508 I'm more annoyed by WB's inconsistency and obnoxious moralizing than anything. I don't really have any issue with the Droog cameo in of itself, but the hypocrisy is what I find irritating.

[@MrSophire]

It is called hypocrisy, pure and simple. They already cleaned up Pepé Le Pew up, but that wasn’t good enough for people who never watched his cartoons. They went on a high horse in a might white suit scream to roof tops on how morel they for getting rid of a cartoon skunk who has been shown his behavior is inappropriate in recent years but let’s put in the droogs who rape and kill for fun. If they were really as moral as they say they were the droogs wouldn’t be in the film by the standards they set.

[@GeoffreyBronson]

"Why would they make it look like a children's television show from 5 years ago?" I work in the 2d animation industry and can explain it simply: It's easier, cheaper and quicker to work with puppet rigs than frame by frame so you can pretty much kiss the old style goodbye except for one-off films. They won't have a ren and stimpy tier animated show ever again. You just get some skilled rigging artists in to build all of the characters then you can hand off the puppets to the animation team and even some junior animator fresh out of university can work on it AND you always have those assets. They never have to draw Rick Sanchez or Homer Simpson ever again except for potential redresses and costume changes. Almost every animated show works like this nowadays and we're not going back. People are unaware how expensive animation is (and it's so much less expensive these days compared to 20 years ago). 2d, 3d, stop motion...it doesn't matter what style of animation: It's practically a fully puppet based industry now, we're just living in it. ...having said all of that though the animation in this is hot garbage, they're not following any of the 12 principles of animation. The animation is so rigid with absolutely no squash and stretch. That's like working on a car and forgetting to add doors.

[@Boonehams]

20:19 - Far right side of the screen, in the back. ...Is that Cheetara from Thundercats? Jesus, this is more like Ready Player One than Ready Player One was.

[@dannypalin9583]

I can actually imagine the meeting held at Warner Bros before this movie began production. "Disney's raking in the cash from that Internet flick, and the Avengers movies are gold mines!" "Hey, yeah, let's do that with that one commercial we did in the 90s!" This isn't a movie. It's bright colours and glitzy fan service to pander to nostalgia. This just looks like one bloated, cluttered monstrosity.

[@kamenraider1175]

All the fucking Goon Squad does is remind me of the Futurama episode where Farnsworth made a bunch on genetically mutated basketball players

[@02hurst]

Half expected Adum's walk off camera to be followed by a gunshot sound.

[@SecondBestArtMuseum]

When Adam said, "It's almost like Ready Player 1," I couldn't help but smile when I knew the Iron Giant Reference that'd be coming.

[@Kira1Lawliet]

You can tell a movie's going to be bad when it looks like it was made purely for the trailers.

[@shushiara]

Oh my god, this literally is Ready Player One again

[@vthesnail]

>loli bunny >clockwork orange characters in background I’m not liking the implications of this.

[@Alberich_Prince_of_Dwarves]

If Alex DeLarge goes "ara ara, Lola" I'm leaving.

[@darknessvamp]

Wait they have Don Cheadle abducting a little boy as the movie’s plot driver? What. And he threatens to keep him forever unless he gets beat in a basketball game??? Double what. I really want to know how we got here from cartoon aliens trying to trick cartoon animals into becoming park attractions for a ‘bigger’ Alien.