Blog:Animaniacs (2019)

Animaniacs is an 2019 live-action / animated film directed by David Soren and based off of the 1993 animated television series of the same name created by Tom Ruegger, the person who also created Tiny Toon Adventures. It released on October 20, 2019 and received positive reviews.

Why It Rocks

 * It has the same originality of the slapstick humor from the original series, including it's writing from Tom Ruegger, Steven Spielberg, and Tim Story and the direction from David Soren.
 * Rob Paulsen, Jess Harnell, and Tress MacNeille reprise their roles from the original series, including other cast members such as Frank Welker, Maurice LaMarche, and Nancy Cartwright.
 * The Looney Tunes cameos are actually nice, even considering that Animaniacs had a few cameos featuring Looney Tunes characters.
 * Great acting from the film's actors including Steve Zahn and Anna Kendrick. The casting director was impressed with Kendrick's acting from the animated film Trolls.
 * The concept of Tom Ruegger (playing himself) starring as the Animaniacs' father is a really good concept, though people portray him as the father in fan-fiction media.
 * The animation is great, though it includes the animators from Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and the original series. Ruegger also served as one of the animators while Eric Goldberg served as the animation director after doing so for Looney Tunes: Back in Action.
 * The scene where Wakko makes a very long burp after eating a sandwich on the airplane to get to England, is very funny, included well acted with Maurice LaMarche voicing his burp.
 * In the end credits where an extended version of the original series' theme song composed by the late Richard Stone plays, it is very nostalgic and it sees that the people who worked on this film had watch the humor and originality of the series before starting production of the film (production started in mid-2016).
 * Unlike the 2020 revival series of the original, it includes Hello Nurse at the ending before Yakko, Wakko, and Dot take a picture together, in which Hello Nurse kisses Yakko, which makes Wakko jealous and causes Dot to look away.
 * The music composed by Mark Mothersbaugh (who worked on Rugrats and the Hotel Transylvania franchise), is very creative and excellent, including being released on the WaterTower Music website.
 * Where the Animaniacs are being chased by Ralph and Yakko says "Okay boomer!" to him, it was a really funny joke, even considered that this was written before the "Okay, boomer" meme became dead.
 * Though the screenplay is overused, The Brain and Pinky training a bunch of mice kids to make inventions to take over the world is a very interesting concept for the film.
 * The scene where Ariana saves Paul is a heartwarming scene, which will probably show their relationship further in the film. However, they did not kiss in the film, sadly.
 * Buster Bunny actually made a cameo in this film. Surprising fact, actually: the series that stars Buster (which is Tiny Toon Adventures) is actually created by Tom Ruegger, who also created the original series!

Bad Qualities

 * Mentioned above, the screenplay of the film is an overused cliché.
 * It is never explained why Thaddeus Plotz got fired after the events of Wakko's Wish.
 * Jack Palante is an extremely unlikeable character in this film. Though Jack Dylan Grazer (Yes, Grazer is named after Ariana's nephew, Jack) does a great job performing as him, his character is hated for many reasons:
 * He made fun of Ariana's car after she got it from college one year ago.
 * He snitched on Ariana on her dad Mel saying that she snuck off and has the Animaniacs with her.
 * He literally did the "moonwalk" dance when Ariana got grounded.