Space Jam A New Legacy - From Black Panther to Bugs Bunny

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Does the original Space Jam hold up?

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Belvedere said:
Crossing my fingers so there is a cameo of Gal Gadot as Wonder Woman sharing a scene with Lola and her acting managing to look less authentic than that of a cartoon rabbit.
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It's so pathetic I can see it happen.
horrorfan89 said:
They made her a lesbian too?
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Possibly, but I think it's just "StRoNg FeMaLe ChArAcTeR", which is just plank of wood with boobs.
 
RumblyTumbly said:
What a lot of people forget is that in the 80s/90s (we'll call it the Jordan Era), NBA was like a religion for many many people, especially the youth. It was every where and that was when it was at its most exciting. MJ was the top of the mountain, but that was an era that produced Hall of Fame caliber talents and stars with cross promotional appeal like it was it was the easiest thing in the world to do. I could sit here and talk about many stars and many great careers without having to mention MJ once.

Even the bad boys of the NBA, like Dennis Rodman and Isaiah Thomas, were fun to hate in their own way.

Right now, LeBron James is the biggest star in basketball, and the sport's greatest talent, and has been for years, but that is in an era where I bet if I went on the street and asked people to name 10 NBA players besides him, only the most die hard of NBA fans left would be able to do it. The caliber of star of talent just isn't what it was during MJ's years, and the game has changed too.

With that in mind, the original Space Jam, for all its faults, was a movie that capitalized on something huge: The NBA was HUGE back then, and using cultural icons like The Looney Tunes and the face of Americana, Michael Jordan as the leads, it was the perfect "Product of the 90s" movie. Trying to replicate that in an era where the NBA is nowhere near as interesting or exciting just seems a fool's game to me.
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Nailed it.

Indeed, "Space Jam" is one of the most representative movies of that decade. Also, it helps that it appealed to nostalgia (Looney Tunes) with more finesse and charm than anything that's ever came out over the last 20 years.

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Their wink at Pulp Fiction (which at the time, came out 2 years before Space Jam) flew right over my head as a kid, but I am sure it got a kick out of my dad.


Like you said, the NBA in the '90s, much like NASCAR, was absolutely fucking huge. Plenty of iconic figures and action going on. I am not even a basketball fan and if I were hard-pressed to name NBA stars, it'd be Pippen, Jordan, Magic Johnson, Barkley.
 
TopCat said:
They're shilling toys now.

https://youtube.com/watch?v=kom2-IHTA_I
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This feels forced as fuck... Still, even if the movie somehow doesn't do well, I can see this merch selling well with kids simply because its cuddly shit and cereal with cartoons... and also with the usual middle aged consoomers and hoarding collectors will brag about owning this shit on Twitter and Youtube.

Anyway, props to @TopCat for having a fitting avatar that serves as the perfect reaction to all this.
 
Oats12345 said:
I still despise that they had the orginal Lola voice actress come back to voice the lines and than replace her with a talentless former Disney actress who Hollywood is pushing for some reason. That's just a slap in the face
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It’s typically the norm for this stuff. Even when it’s an animation, studios want to hire big name actors to voice act rather than accomplished voice actors.
 
SteelPlatedHeart said:
It’s typically the norm for this stuff. Even when it’s an animation, studios want to hire big name actors to voice act rather than accomplished voice actors.
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Yeah voice actors are typically looked down at in Hollywood and are never given the same respect unless you were a famous actor who also happens to be a good voice actor (i.e. Mark Hamill)
 
Oats12345 said:
But still they had her voice the lines and than just scrapp it. Like what the hell
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Wow, history repeats itself.

This is exactly what happened to Janet Waldo who had recorded her character Judy Jetson for the 1990 movie, The Jetsons. Universal decided at the last minute to replace Waldo with a vapid one-hit wonder named Tiffany who nobody remembers except maybe those who were thirteen year old girls in 1990. This was over the objections of Hanna and Barbera.

Movie bombed.
 
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