Loonatics Unleashed: The Complete Second Season
Picture:
C+ Sound: C+ Extras: D Episodes: A
The year
is 2772, and with an alien energy from a renegade meteor has give superpowers
to a bunch of already out of control tunes into superheroes! In the future-like earth Acmetropolis the five
superheroes Ace Bunny leader with laser powers (and a sword), Lexi Bunny with
mind blasting powers, Danger Duck – the teleporter, Tech E Coyote - team tech
guy regenerator, Slam Tasmanian – the power house and Rev Runner the speedster
go on missions saving not only the city but the world. With evil characters either trying to destroy,
take over the world or just looking for a quick buck the five super powered
mutant tunes is called into service, that is if they won't destroy each other
first.
Another
superhero cartoon series, it is like a mix of Looney Tunes with Power Rangers
and superpowers. Based on the classic characters of Bugs Bunny, Babs Bunny,
Daffy Duck, The Tasmanian Devil, Wile E. Coyote and The Road Runner, they fight
villains as well as based on other Looney Tunes characters. The series isn't quite like the older series,
but you can see where they get their personalities. While younger fans won't care as much, they
can enjoy the super powered-ness and super comedy the series shows. I found mixed feelings about this series,
while Looney Tunes was more focused on comedy; Loonatics Unleashed is superhero adventures long with comedy. And with this series while there is still
comedy and infighting between the characters there is also the plot of gotta
save the day, defeat the bad guy and what did we learn today theme (with them
being superheroes). I really enjoyed it
more than I ever expected.
The
picture once again is presented in a 1.33 X 1 Full Screen that is clear and
color balanced, but would have appeared better in an Anamorphic Widescreen
presentation. The Dolby Digital 2.0
Stereo sound is fine, but still sounds like it is being held back. The extras are nil, which is unfortunate for
such an interesting show.
- Ricky Chiang
