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I don't know about Space Jam: A New Legacy...
5 years ago
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Hey, everybody. So about Space Jam: A New Legacy, I don't know if I'm going to enjoy it or not. There are things that concern me.
First, I would like to talk about Lola Bunny, Bugs Bunny's girlfriend. Lola Bunny has been an attractively favorite and iconic character in the Looney Tunes fan community ever since her first appearance in Space Jam (1996), most likely due to her hot and sexiness. Over the years, she has been voiced by Kath Soucie, Britt Mckillip, Kristen Wiig, Rachel Ramras, and Carla Delaney. Most Lola Bunny fans preferred her original voice actress, Kath Soucie, as the BEST voice for her. Rumors say that Soucie was going to return to reprise the role as Lola in Space Jam: A New Legacy, but it turns out that Zendaya will be voicing the character. I had to find information about her online (especially on Wikipedia) and saw a couple of images of her to see what she looks like and honestly, I really am not sure about her voicing Lola Bunny. Don't give me wrong, she has been in a couple good movies and TV shows over the years, but I don't know if she fits for Lola Bunny's voice. Honestly, if I was the Director of Space Jam: A New Legacy instead of Malcolm D. Lee, I would rehire Kath Soucie to return to reprise the role as Lola Bunny. I'm really concern about Zendaya voicing Lola. I feel like she would be terrible at voicing her. So, honestly, I really am not sure about that. Not only that, but I am also worried that because of Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, the #MeToo movement, and the #TimesUp movement being "what it is" and keep taking innocent cartoons way too seriously, Space Jam: A New Legacy might also be Lola Bunny's final appearance in a Looney Tunes and/or Warner Bros. project, like forever. It's because those idiots want famous entertainment companies to get rid of and censor out their female characters because they're "politically incorrect" characters in today's standards and are not allowed in movies and TV shows for kids anymore. That's basically why Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment got rid of Minerva Mink and the female characters in the 2020 reboot of Animaniacs. You know how much I feel about having gender problems and have a thing for female characters, right? The reason why I had no choice but to stop doing male characters and shift focus on only female characters is because Lola Bunny is not seen in future Looney Tunes and/or Warner Bros. productions since New Looney Tunes officially ended on January 30, 2020, not even in Looney Tunes Cartoons, and because I heard the news back in July 2020 about Minerva Mink not going to be included in the 2020 reboot of Animaniacs, as well as all of the other female characters in the show. I was having interest and looking forward to see the reboot of Animaniacs until I learned that Minerva Mink, Hello Nurse, Rita the Cat, and all of the other female characters will not return, most likely because they're not "kid-friendly" characters in today's standards. This breaks my heart and lost interest in seeing the reboot show. So, I made my decision not to watch it. Cartoons and entertainment are BORING without female characters, am I right?! My personal gender issues are VERY serious! So, if I don't enjoy Space Jam: A New Legacy and disapprove Zendaya as the voice of Lola Bunny, there is a chance that I may NEVER have the opportunity to return to do male Looney Tunes characters again anytime soon (except for Pepé Le Pew, because, you know, being removed from the upcoming film, Charles M. Blow, Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, you get the picture). Also, many Lola Bunny fans aren't happy that Warner Bros. redesigned her for Space Jam: A New Legacy, making her flat and removing her sexy breasts. The director, Malcolm D. Lee, felt off-guard on how Lola was "too sexualized" after watching Space Jam for the first time back in 2019 and decided to turn her into a "strong woman" character, saying that it's important to "reflect the authenticity of strong, capable female characters". While it's true that it is important to reflect the authenticity of female characters, I strongly disagree with Warner Bros. and Malcolm D. Lee about redesigning Lola Bunny. Just because she's hot and sexy DOES NOT mean that she's a bad character. In fact, she's an innocent character! She's a female! She supposed to be hot and sexy! She's Bugs Bunny's girlfriend! There is absolutely no reason for her to be flat and cut her breasts off! Even though she has breasts and is hot and sexy, she can still be strong and capable. People need to stop taking innocent cartoons way too seriously! They're not real life! They were made for fun and entertainment purpose only! And like I said, I really am not sure about Zendaya being the voice of Lola Bunny. She's been in good movies and TV shows in the past, but I highly doubt she'll be a good choice for Lola Bunny's voice.
Next, I would like to talk about Pepé Le Pew. So we all know that he won't be appearing in Space Jam: A New Legacy. His legacy suffered after Charles M. Blow of The New York Times criticized him for normalizing "rape culture". However, Charles M. Blow criticizing Pepé and the recent controversies over him were unaffected by the decision for Warner Bros. to remove him from the upcoming film. It happened back in July 2019 when Malcolm D. Lee took over as the Director. There was a deleted scene where Pepé attempts to flirt with a bartender. Here's what this deleted scene was going to be about.
Pepé was set to appear in a black-and-white Casablanca-like Rick's Café sequence. Pepé, playing a bartender, starts hitting on a woman (played by Greice Santo) at the bar. He begins kissing her arm, which she pulls back, then slamming Pepé into the chair next to hers. She then pours her drink on Pepé, and slaps him hard, sending him spinning in a stool, which is then stopped by LeBron James' hand. James and Bugs Bunny are looking for Lola, and Pepé knows her whereabouts. Pepé then tells the guys that Penelope has filed a restraining order against him. James makes a remark in the script that Pepé can't grab other Tunes without their consent.
This deleted scene was under Director Terence Nance, who was the original Director for the film, who left the project back in July 2019 and was replaced by Malcolm D. Lee. Under Malcolm D. Lee as the Director, this scene featuring Pepé Le Pew was deleted, and that was the only scene in the film featuring him in it. Now that the scene was deleted, Pepé is found nowhere in the final version of the film. Warner Bros. kept the news about him not going to appear in the film private and wasn't revealed until March 2021. So, Warner Bros.' decision to delete the character from the film was made back almost 2 years ago, long before Charles M. Blow criticized him and the controversies happened. The reason why Lee deleted that scene as the Director is most likely because he doesn't believe that scene would be appropriate for a Kids movie. Not only that, but to me, I think he doesn't like or trust Pepé Le Pew at all. He thinks that the character is a "politically incorrect" character and that Pepé's obsession with women are not appropriate in today's standards. I understand why that scene was cut, and I agree with Lee and Warner Bros. that scene is not right to be in a Looney Tunes movie. But what I don't agree with is deleting the character from the entire film. Pepé Le Pew is not a bad character at all! In fact, he is very innocent! If people say that his behavior does not work well in today's standards, then why not rebrand or rewrite the character?! Keep his true self, keep his design, keep his nationality, keep his accent, just change his behavior! He will still have a thing for women, but he won't just touch and grab them without their permission anymore. Also, he should acquire a lot of perfume all over his body (especially his butt) to prevent him from being stinky. Warner Bros. should've include Pepé Le Pew as a team member of the Tune Squad in Space Jam: A New Legacy, just like he was in Space Jam almost 25 years ago. But instead, for some odd reason, they wanted him to play as a bartender who is hitting on women. If I was the Director for the film instead of Malcolm D. Lee, I would definitely include Pepé in it as a team member of the Tune Squad instead of a bartender hitting on women. He may not show up in the upcoming film at all, but I saw and heard some rumors hinting that Pepé's girlfriend, Penelope Pussycat, is speculated to make a appearance in the film as a team member of the Tune Squad. Some even claim her as his replacement for the film. If that's the case, then I would LOVE for her to play Basketball with LeBron James and the Looney Tunes gang! I would also LOVE for her to talk! I always want her to have a speaking role and speak in a beautiful French accent, similar to Pepé Le Pew's but for a female character! She could be perhaps voiced by Kathleen Barr, Grey DeLisle, Tress MacNeille, Kate McKinnon, Megan Murphy, Cindy Robinson, Kaitlyn Robrock, Kath Soucie, Tabitha St. Germain, or maybe Tara Strong. Her voice might also be similar to Madame Blueberry from VeggieTales. Again, I really hope that Penelope has a chance for Space Jam: A New Legacy. As for Pepé Le Pew, however, not only he will not appear in the film, but Warner Bros. has also currently not been planned for him to appear in any future productions, including Bugs Bunny Builders, Tiny Toons Looniversity, and Tweety Mysteries. He has not made a appearance since New Looney Tunes ended on January 30, 2020 and since he has made a cameo appearance in Looney Tunes Cartoons in the episode Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny! on July 27, 2020. You can blame Charles M. Blow and the people behind Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, the #MeToo movement, and the #TimesUp movement for picking on Pepé and hurting his career! Like I said, people need to stop taking innocent cartoons (including Lola Bunny and Pepé Le Pew) way too seriously! They are NOT REAL LIFE! They were made for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSE ONLY! We Looney Tunes and Pepé Le Pew fans were never inspired to rape people after watching him on TV at all! In fact, he is NOT a rapist! He loves women! He never meant to hurt anyone who is innocent! If people don't like him, then they don't have to watch him! It's that simple! People need to keep there negative opinions to themselves! I'm sure that there are a lot of Looney Tunes fans all over the world (especially in France) that are really upset about Pepé Le Pew being "cancelled" from future Looney Tunes and Warner Bros. projects, even Linda Jones Clough, who is the daughter of the character's creator, Chuck Jones (1912-2002), is upset about it. She says that she strongly disagrees that Pepé normalizes "rape culture" and does not believe that anyone who grew up watching him on TV as a kid would be inspired to go out and rape people. While she does agree that Pepé's grabby approach toward women does not look good in today's standards, she still does not agree about him being "cancelled" over this. When asked about Pepé being axed from Space Jam: A New Legacy, Clough replied "that's Warner Bros.'s prerogative, and if they choose to give him a break for a while, so be it". She also suggested Warner Bros. a very interesting way to not only rebrand Pepé, but also to capture the spirit her father intended, which is to "write him as a perpetual job-seeker who keeps getting rejected, but constantly changes up his routine thinking he's the perfect candidate". To me, personally, Clough's idea about rebranding Pepé Le Pew is fine by me, but I still believe that Warner Bros. should just keep him as the Pepé that we know and love, but no touching and grabbing women without their permission anymore and less stinky by adding a ton of perfume all over his body (especially his butt). Don't give me wrong, I like Linda Jones Clough. She is the daughter of the person who made the character, Chuck Jones. But I personally prefer my idea better than hers, although her idea is not bad at all, really. If Chuck Jones was still alive today and were to hear about Pepé Le Pew being "cancelled" in Space Jam: A New Legacy and future Looney Tunes and Warner Bros. projects, he would be extremely angry. He would be very pissed if his work got "cancelled", and I'll bet the members of the Chuck Jones family who are still alive today would be upset and angry at the same time about it. Pepé Le Pew has been in our world for over 76 years. He was created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese (1908-1981) as a French anthropomorphic striped skunk and was introduced on January 6, 1945 in the Looney Tunes episode Odor-able Kitty. He appeared in 18 episodes of the original Looney Tunes series from 1945 to 1962. Here are all the episodes he appeared on.
Odor-able Kitty (January 6, 1945)
Fair and Worm-er (September 28, 1946)
Scent-imental Over You (March 8, 1947)
Odor of the Day (October 2, 1948)
For Scent-imental Reasons (November 12, 1949)
Scent-imental Romeo (March 24, 1951)
Little Beau Pepé (March 29, 1952)
Wild Over You (July 11, 1953)
Dog Pounded (January 2, 1954)
The Cats Bah (March 20, 1954)
Past Perfumance (May 21, 1955)
Two Scent's Worth (October 15, 1955)
Heaven Scent (March 31, 1956)
Touché and Go (October 12, 1957)
Really Scent (June 27, 1959)
Who Scent You? (April 23, 1960)
A Scent of the Matterhorn (June 24, 1961)
Louvre Come Back to Me! (August 18, 1962)
Since then, Pepé appeared in various modern Looney Tunes media, including films such as The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983), Space Jam (1996), Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006), and Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015), TV shows such as Tiny Toon Adventures (1990-1995), The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995-2002), Baby Looney Tunes (2001-2006), The Looney Tunes Show (2011-2014), New Looney Tunes (2015-2020), and Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020-present), video games such as Space Jam (1996), Looney Tunes Racing (2000), Looney Tunes: Space Race (2000), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem (2018), advertisements such as AT&T, Boomerang, Converse, McDonald's, MCI, and MetLife, and many more. He even appears as a mascot character for Six Flags amusement parks. All of this proves that Pepé Le Pew is such a very popular character in the Looney Tunes fan community and an iconic character in the entire Looney Tunes franchise! Over the years, he has been voiced by Mel Blanc, Gilbert Mack, Greg Burson, Jeff Bergman, Keith Scott, Maurice LaMarche, Joe Alaskey, Billy West, Terry Klassen, Bruce Lanoil, Jeff Bennett, René Auberjonois, Kevin Shinick, and most recently, Eric Bauza. Pepé Le Pew SHOULD NOT be cancelled or banned from future Looney Tunes and/or Warner Bros. projects! He is innocent! He is an important character in the Looney Tunes universe! He is a gift from Warner Bros.! He is one of the best cartoon characters that Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese have ever created! Pepé Le Pew may be an old cartoon character, but I would like to remind all of you that Bugs Bunny is older than Pepé, and Mickey Mouse is older than Bugs. We are praying and hoping that Pepé will make a comeback sometime in the future! But just don't expect him to return in Space Jam: A New Legacy, because he won't. But, again, let's support Pepé and pray that he will return someday, because his legacy deserves to go on! Together, we will save Pepé Le Pew from being cancelled!!!
And finally, I would like to talk about Malcolm D. Lee, the Director of Space Jam: A New Legacy. Honestly, I really am not sure about him being the Director for the film. Not only because he redesigned Lola Bunny and chose Zendaya over Kath Soucie to voice her and removed Pepé Le Pew from the film, but he also directed films that either received negative reviews from critics or were unsuccessful at the box office (or even both). For example, he directed Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), which received negative reviews from critics and earned only $43,650,785 against a $35 million budget, and Lee blamed the box office performance to the "terrible title". Another example is Soul Men (2008), which received generally mixed reviews from critics and was a box office failure, earning only $12.3 million against a $40 million budget, and Lee said the film was a failure because "nobody gave a (censored) about two old R&B singers". Yet another example is Scary Movie 5 (2013), which was panned by critics and earned only $78.4 million against a $20 million budget, and Lee was very critical of the film and said "It was just a bad movie. Believe me. Don’t bother going to see that movie. Or renting it, or anything. It’s not worth your time." And yet another example is Night School (2018), which received negative reviews from critics and earned only $103.1 million against a $29 million budget. So, as for Space Jam: A New Legacy, which is schedule for release in theaters and on HBO Max on July 16, 2021, I really don't know. But what I'm really concerned is that Lee and Warner Bros. made a budget of $150 million for the film, which means that they expect the film to earn at least $150 million at the box office. Seriously?! How will that be possible?! With the COVID-19 pandemic still going on, how is that going to be possible?! But it's not just the COVID-19 pandemic, it's also because there are people that are not happy about Lola Bunny's redesign and Zendaya as the new voice of her and the fact that Pepé Le Pew will be absent in the film. I'm pretty sure that there are people that are upset about those things and decided not to watch it when it comes out, and if that's the case, then I'm afraid that Space Jam: A New Legacy would be panned by critics and would bomb at the box office, kind of like what happened with Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), which received mixed to positive reviews from critics, but earned only $68.5 million against a $80 million budget, which caused Warner Bros. to not make anymore future Looney Tunes theatrical feature-length films for a very long time. So, Space Jam: A New Legacy will be the first ever Looney Tunes theatrical feature-length film in almost 18 years! ALMOST 18 YEARS!!! So, I'm really worried that if Space Jam: A New Legacy fails and end up like Looney Tunes: Back in Action did, I'm afraid that Warner Bros. would not be making anymore future Looney Tunes theatrical feature-length films again, probably forever, and what's worse, Warner Bros. might end up losing money and go bankrupt over this. With Warner Bros. changing and redesigning characters and removing characters from future projects, which makes their fans complain about it, the company might lose all of their money from it, and I'm scared that there will be no more Looney Tunes and no more Warner Bros. ever again. I don't want Warner Bros. to go bankrupt! I know money is important to famous entertainment companies. But they should also listen to their fans and not be greedy over EVERYTHING that people are complaining about! Entertainment is not just about money, it's also about us fans. Kids, families, the world, everything that we see and love is what's also important! So, as for Space Jam: A New Legacy, we REALLY hope it will be successful! Whether the film will receive positive or negative reviews, we really hope that it will succeed at the box office! But with Malcolm D. Lee as the Director for the film, I really don't know.
And now for my final thoughts overall. With all of this said, I really am concerned that Space Jam: A New Legacy might fail. With the COVID-19 pandemic still going on, the whole Lola Bunny and Pepé Le Pew problems, and Malcolm D. Lee as the Director, the film might make Warner Bros. lose their hope for their future. The film might be panned by critics and could bomb at the box office over everything said, and we DO NOT want that to happen! NO WAY!!! But Space Jam (1996) did very successful! It received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success, earning $250.2 million against a $80 million budget. Lola Bunny, Bugs Bunny's girlfriend, who was at that time a brand new, never before seen character in the Looney Tunes franchise, was SO HOT AND SEXY, that she became an attractively favorite and iconic character in the Looney Tunes fan community since then. Kath Soucie did a KILLER job voicing her! Pepé Le Pew, on the other hand, was so charming at playing basketball! Maurice LaMarche did an AMAZING job voicing him! Joe Pytka, who was the Director of the film, did a GREAT job directing the film! He was so good! I wish he were to return to direct Space Jam: A New Legacy. So, we all hope that Space Jam: A New Legacy's financial performance will end up like Space Jam's almost 25 years ago, meaning that the film will become successful at the box office, regardless of reviews from critics. Again, Space Jam: A New Legacy will be the first ever Looney Tunes theatrical feature-length film in almost 18 years! The people at Warner Bros. Studios worked their butts of making this film and they are hoping that it will succeed! I want this film to succeed too. So, in order to help the film succeed, I'm going to see it in the theaters when it comes out on July 16, 2021. I can't wait to see HOT AND SEXY FEMALE CHARACTERS ON THE BIG SCREEN AND BLOW MY BUTT OFF!!! I can't wait to see Lola Bunny (and hopefully Penelope Pussycat) in Space Jam: A New Legacy! Experiencing the film and seeing female characters on the big screen will hopefully earn my opportunity back to do both male and female Looney Tunes characters. However, like I said, if I don't enjoy Space Jam: A New Legacy and don't approve Zendaya as the voice of Lola Bunny, I may not earn it and WILL NOT do any male Looney Tunes characters again anytime soon (except for Pepé Le Pew). I CANNOT stand Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, the #MeToo movement, and the #TimesUp movement taking innocent cartoon characters way too seriously! I really hope (which I doubt it) that Lola Bunny and the female Looney Tunes characters will return for future projects after Space Jam: A New Legacy, that way I can have my opportunity back to do both male and female Looney Tunes characters again, because, again, I have personal gender problems and they are VERY SERIOUS!!! Please pray for Warner Bros. and please pray for me! We are hoping we will succeed! Thank you! God bless you!
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#FemaleCharactersMatter
#CancelCultureSucks
#PoliticalCorrectnessSucks
#CharlesMBlowSucks
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#TimesUpSucks
First, I would like to talk about Lola Bunny, Bugs Bunny's girlfriend. Lola Bunny has been an attractively favorite and iconic character in the Looney Tunes fan community ever since her first appearance in Space Jam (1996), most likely due to her hot and sexiness. Over the years, she has been voiced by Kath Soucie, Britt Mckillip, Kristen Wiig, Rachel Ramras, and Carla Delaney. Most Lola Bunny fans preferred her original voice actress, Kath Soucie, as the BEST voice for her. Rumors say that Soucie was going to return to reprise the role as Lola in Space Jam: A New Legacy, but it turns out that Zendaya will be voicing the character. I had to find information about her online (especially on Wikipedia) and saw a couple of images of her to see what she looks like and honestly, I really am not sure about her voicing Lola Bunny. Don't give me wrong, she has been in a couple good movies and TV shows over the years, but I don't know if she fits for Lola Bunny's voice. Honestly, if I was the Director of Space Jam: A New Legacy instead of Malcolm D. Lee, I would rehire Kath Soucie to return to reprise the role as Lola Bunny. I'm really concern about Zendaya voicing Lola. I feel like she would be terrible at voicing her. So, honestly, I really am not sure about that. Not only that, but I am also worried that because of Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, the #MeToo movement, and the #TimesUp movement being "what it is" and keep taking innocent cartoons way too seriously, Space Jam: A New Legacy might also be Lola Bunny's final appearance in a Looney Tunes and/or Warner Bros. project, like forever. It's because those idiots want famous entertainment companies to get rid of and censor out their female characters because they're "politically incorrect" characters in today's standards and are not allowed in movies and TV shows for kids anymore. That's basically why Warner Bros. and Amblin Entertainment got rid of Minerva Mink and the female characters in the 2020 reboot of Animaniacs. You know how much I feel about having gender problems and have a thing for female characters, right? The reason why I had no choice but to stop doing male characters and shift focus on only female characters is because Lola Bunny is not seen in future Looney Tunes and/or Warner Bros. productions since New Looney Tunes officially ended on January 30, 2020, not even in Looney Tunes Cartoons, and because I heard the news back in July 2020 about Minerva Mink not going to be included in the 2020 reboot of Animaniacs, as well as all of the other female characters in the show. I was having interest and looking forward to see the reboot of Animaniacs until I learned that Minerva Mink, Hello Nurse, Rita the Cat, and all of the other female characters will not return, most likely because they're not "kid-friendly" characters in today's standards. This breaks my heart and lost interest in seeing the reboot show. So, I made my decision not to watch it. Cartoons and entertainment are BORING without female characters, am I right?! My personal gender issues are VERY serious! So, if I don't enjoy Space Jam: A New Legacy and disapprove Zendaya as the voice of Lola Bunny, there is a chance that I may NEVER have the opportunity to return to do male Looney Tunes characters again anytime soon (except for Pepé Le Pew, because, you know, being removed from the upcoming film, Charles M. Blow, Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, you get the picture). Also, many Lola Bunny fans aren't happy that Warner Bros. redesigned her for Space Jam: A New Legacy, making her flat and removing her sexy breasts. The director, Malcolm D. Lee, felt off-guard on how Lola was "too sexualized" after watching Space Jam for the first time back in 2019 and decided to turn her into a "strong woman" character, saying that it's important to "reflect the authenticity of strong, capable female characters". While it's true that it is important to reflect the authenticity of female characters, I strongly disagree with Warner Bros. and Malcolm D. Lee about redesigning Lola Bunny. Just because she's hot and sexy DOES NOT mean that she's a bad character. In fact, she's an innocent character! She's a female! She supposed to be hot and sexy! She's Bugs Bunny's girlfriend! There is absolutely no reason for her to be flat and cut her breasts off! Even though she has breasts and is hot and sexy, she can still be strong and capable. People need to stop taking innocent cartoons way too seriously! They're not real life! They were made for fun and entertainment purpose only! And like I said, I really am not sure about Zendaya being the voice of Lola Bunny. She's been in good movies and TV shows in the past, but I highly doubt she'll be a good choice for Lola Bunny's voice.
Next, I would like to talk about Pepé Le Pew. So we all know that he won't be appearing in Space Jam: A New Legacy. His legacy suffered after Charles M. Blow of The New York Times criticized him for normalizing "rape culture". However, Charles M. Blow criticizing Pepé and the recent controversies over him were unaffected by the decision for Warner Bros. to remove him from the upcoming film. It happened back in July 2019 when Malcolm D. Lee took over as the Director. There was a deleted scene where Pepé attempts to flirt with a bartender. Here's what this deleted scene was going to be about.
Pepé was set to appear in a black-and-white Casablanca-like Rick's Café sequence. Pepé, playing a bartender, starts hitting on a woman (played by Greice Santo) at the bar. He begins kissing her arm, which she pulls back, then slamming Pepé into the chair next to hers. She then pours her drink on Pepé, and slaps him hard, sending him spinning in a stool, which is then stopped by LeBron James' hand. James and Bugs Bunny are looking for Lola, and Pepé knows her whereabouts. Pepé then tells the guys that Penelope has filed a restraining order against him. James makes a remark in the script that Pepé can't grab other Tunes without their consent.
This deleted scene was under Director Terence Nance, who was the original Director for the film, who left the project back in July 2019 and was replaced by Malcolm D. Lee. Under Malcolm D. Lee as the Director, this scene featuring Pepé Le Pew was deleted, and that was the only scene in the film featuring him in it. Now that the scene was deleted, Pepé is found nowhere in the final version of the film. Warner Bros. kept the news about him not going to appear in the film private and wasn't revealed until March 2021. So, Warner Bros.' decision to delete the character from the film was made back almost 2 years ago, long before Charles M. Blow criticized him and the controversies happened. The reason why Lee deleted that scene as the Director is most likely because he doesn't believe that scene would be appropriate for a Kids movie. Not only that, but to me, I think he doesn't like or trust Pepé Le Pew at all. He thinks that the character is a "politically incorrect" character and that Pepé's obsession with women are not appropriate in today's standards. I understand why that scene was cut, and I agree with Lee and Warner Bros. that scene is not right to be in a Looney Tunes movie. But what I don't agree with is deleting the character from the entire film. Pepé Le Pew is not a bad character at all! In fact, he is very innocent! If people say that his behavior does not work well in today's standards, then why not rebrand or rewrite the character?! Keep his true self, keep his design, keep his nationality, keep his accent, just change his behavior! He will still have a thing for women, but he won't just touch and grab them without their permission anymore. Also, he should acquire a lot of perfume all over his body (especially his butt) to prevent him from being stinky. Warner Bros. should've include Pepé Le Pew as a team member of the Tune Squad in Space Jam: A New Legacy, just like he was in Space Jam almost 25 years ago. But instead, for some odd reason, they wanted him to play as a bartender who is hitting on women. If I was the Director for the film instead of Malcolm D. Lee, I would definitely include Pepé in it as a team member of the Tune Squad instead of a bartender hitting on women. He may not show up in the upcoming film at all, but I saw and heard some rumors hinting that Pepé's girlfriend, Penelope Pussycat, is speculated to make a appearance in the film as a team member of the Tune Squad. Some even claim her as his replacement for the film. If that's the case, then I would LOVE for her to play Basketball with LeBron James and the Looney Tunes gang! I would also LOVE for her to talk! I always want her to have a speaking role and speak in a beautiful French accent, similar to Pepé Le Pew's but for a female character! She could be perhaps voiced by Kathleen Barr, Grey DeLisle, Tress MacNeille, Kate McKinnon, Megan Murphy, Cindy Robinson, Kaitlyn Robrock, Kath Soucie, Tabitha St. Germain, or maybe Tara Strong. Her voice might also be similar to Madame Blueberry from VeggieTales. Again, I really hope that Penelope has a chance for Space Jam: A New Legacy. As for Pepé Le Pew, however, not only he will not appear in the film, but Warner Bros. has also currently not been planned for him to appear in any future productions, including Bugs Bunny Builders, Tiny Toons Looniversity, and Tweety Mysteries. He has not made a appearance since New Looney Tunes ended on January 30, 2020 and since he has made a cameo appearance in Looney Tunes Cartoons in the episode Happy Birthday Bugs Bunny! on July 27, 2020. You can blame Charles M. Blow and the people behind Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, the #MeToo movement, and the #TimesUp movement for picking on Pepé and hurting his career! Like I said, people need to stop taking innocent cartoons (including Lola Bunny and Pepé Le Pew) way too seriously! They are NOT REAL LIFE! They were made for ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSE ONLY! We Looney Tunes and Pepé Le Pew fans were never inspired to rape people after watching him on TV at all! In fact, he is NOT a rapist! He loves women! He never meant to hurt anyone who is innocent! If people don't like him, then they don't have to watch him! It's that simple! People need to keep there negative opinions to themselves! I'm sure that there are a lot of Looney Tunes fans all over the world (especially in France) that are really upset about Pepé Le Pew being "cancelled" from future Looney Tunes and Warner Bros. projects, even Linda Jones Clough, who is the daughter of the character's creator, Chuck Jones (1912-2002), is upset about it. She says that she strongly disagrees that Pepé normalizes "rape culture" and does not believe that anyone who grew up watching him on TV as a kid would be inspired to go out and rape people. While she does agree that Pepé's grabby approach toward women does not look good in today's standards, she still does not agree about him being "cancelled" over this. When asked about Pepé being axed from Space Jam: A New Legacy, Clough replied "that's Warner Bros.'s prerogative, and if they choose to give him a break for a while, so be it". She also suggested Warner Bros. a very interesting way to not only rebrand Pepé, but also to capture the spirit her father intended, which is to "write him as a perpetual job-seeker who keeps getting rejected, but constantly changes up his routine thinking he's the perfect candidate". To me, personally, Clough's idea about rebranding Pepé Le Pew is fine by me, but I still believe that Warner Bros. should just keep him as the Pepé that we know and love, but no touching and grabbing women without their permission anymore and less stinky by adding a ton of perfume all over his body (especially his butt). Don't give me wrong, I like Linda Jones Clough. She is the daughter of the person who made the character, Chuck Jones. But I personally prefer my idea better than hers, although her idea is not bad at all, really. If Chuck Jones was still alive today and were to hear about Pepé Le Pew being "cancelled" in Space Jam: A New Legacy and future Looney Tunes and Warner Bros. projects, he would be extremely angry. He would be very pissed if his work got "cancelled", and I'll bet the members of the Chuck Jones family who are still alive today would be upset and angry at the same time about it. Pepé Le Pew has been in our world for over 76 years. He was created by Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese (1908-1981) as a French anthropomorphic striped skunk and was introduced on January 6, 1945 in the Looney Tunes episode Odor-able Kitty. He appeared in 18 episodes of the original Looney Tunes series from 1945 to 1962. Here are all the episodes he appeared on.
Odor-able Kitty (January 6, 1945)
Fair and Worm-er (September 28, 1946)
Scent-imental Over You (March 8, 1947)
Odor of the Day (October 2, 1948)
For Scent-imental Reasons (November 12, 1949)
Scent-imental Romeo (March 24, 1951)
Little Beau Pepé (March 29, 1952)
Wild Over You (July 11, 1953)
Dog Pounded (January 2, 1954)
The Cats Bah (March 20, 1954)
Past Perfumance (May 21, 1955)
Two Scent's Worth (October 15, 1955)
Heaven Scent (March 31, 1956)
Touché and Go (October 12, 1957)
Really Scent (June 27, 1959)
Who Scent You? (April 23, 1960)
A Scent of the Matterhorn (June 24, 1961)
Louvre Come Back to Me! (August 18, 1962)
Since then, Pepé appeared in various modern Looney Tunes media, including films such as The Looney Looney Looney Bugs Bunny Movie (1981), Daffy Duck's Fantastic Island (1983), Space Jam (1996), Tweety's High-Flying Adventure (2000), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), Bah, Humduck! A Looney Tunes Christmas (2006), and Looney Tunes: Rabbits Run (2015), TV shows such as Tiny Toon Adventures (1990-1995), The Sylvester & Tweety Mysteries (1995-2002), Baby Looney Tunes (2001-2006), The Looney Tunes Show (2011-2014), New Looney Tunes (2015-2020), and Looney Tunes Cartoons (2020-present), video games such as Space Jam (1996), Looney Tunes Racing (2000), Looney Tunes: Space Race (2000), Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), and Looney Tunes: World of Mayhem (2018), advertisements such as AT&T, Boomerang, Converse, McDonald's, MCI, and MetLife, and many more. He even appears as a mascot character for Six Flags amusement parks. All of this proves that Pepé Le Pew is such a very popular character in the Looney Tunes fan community and an iconic character in the entire Looney Tunes franchise! Over the years, he has been voiced by Mel Blanc, Gilbert Mack, Greg Burson, Jeff Bergman, Keith Scott, Maurice LaMarche, Joe Alaskey, Billy West, Terry Klassen, Bruce Lanoil, Jeff Bennett, René Auberjonois, Kevin Shinick, and most recently, Eric Bauza. Pepé Le Pew SHOULD NOT be cancelled or banned from future Looney Tunes and/or Warner Bros. projects! He is innocent! He is an important character in the Looney Tunes universe! He is a gift from Warner Bros.! He is one of the best cartoon characters that Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese have ever created! Pepé Le Pew may be an old cartoon character, but I would like to remind all of you that Bugs Bunny is older than Pepé, and Mickey Mouse is older than Bugs. We are praying and hoping that Pepé will make a comeback sometime in the future! But just don't expect him to return in Space Jam: A New Legacy, because he won't. But, again, let's support Pepé and pray that he will return someday, because his legacy deserves to go on! Together, we will save Pepé Le Pew from being cancelled!!!
And finally, I would like to talk about Malcolm D. Lee, the Director of Space Jam: A New Legacy. Honestly, I really am not sure about him being the Director for the film. Not only because he redesigned Lola Bunny and chose Zendaya over Kath Soucie to voice her and removed Pepé Le Pew from the film, but he also directed films that either received negative reviews from critics or were unsuccessful at the box office (or even both). For example, he directed Welcome Home Roscoe Jenkins (2008), which received negative reviews from critics and earned only $43,650,785 against a $35 million budget, and Lee blamed the box office performance to the "terrible title". Another example is Soul Men (2008), which received generally mixed reviews from critics and was a box office failure, earning only $12.3 million against a $40 million budget, and Lee said the film was a failure because "nobody gave a (censored) about two old R&B singers". Yet another example is Scary Movie 5 (2013), which was panned by critics and earned only $78.4 million against a $20 million budget, and Lee was very critical of the film and said "It was just a bad movie. Believe me. Don’t bother going to see that movie. Or renting it, or anything. It’s not worth your time." And yet another example is Night School (2018), which received negative reviews from critics and earned only $103.1 million against a $29 million budget. So, as for Space Jam: A New Legacy, which is schedule for release in theaters and on HBO Max on July 16, 2021, I really don't know. But what I'm really concerned is that Lee and Warner Bros. made a budget of $150 million for the film, which means that they expect the film to earn at least $150 million at the box office. Seriously?! How will that be possible?! With the COVID-19 pandemic still going on, how is that going to be possible?! But it's not just the COVID-19 pandemic, it's also because there are people that are not happy about Lola Bunny's redesign and Zendaya as the new voice of her and the fact that Pepé Le Pew will be absent in the film. I'm pretty sure that there are people that are upset about those things and decided not to watch it when it comes out, and if that's the case, then I'm afraid that Space Jam: A New Legacy would be panned by critics and would bomb at the box office, kind of like what happened with Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003), which received mixed to positive reviews from critics, but earned only $68.5 million against a $80 million budget, which caused Warner Bros. to not make anymore future Looney Tunes theatrical feature-length films for a very long time. So, Space Jam: A New Legacy will be the first ever Looney Tunes theatrical feature-length film in almost 18 years! ALMOST 18 YEARS!!! So, I'm really worried that if Space Jam: A New Legacy fails and end up like Looney Tunes: Back in Action did, I'm afraid that Warner Bros. would not be making anymore future Looney Tunes theatrical feature-length films again, probably forever, and what's worse, Warner Bros. might end up losing money and go bankrupt over this. With Warner Bros. changing and redesigning characters and removing characters from future projects, which makes their fans complain about it, the company might lose all of their money from it, and I'm scared that there will be no more Looney Tunes and no more Warner Bros. ever again. I don't want Warner Bros. to go bankrupt! I know money is important to famous entertainment companies. But they should also listen to their fans and not be greedy over EVERYTHING that people are complaining about! Entertainment is not just about money, it's also about us fans. Kids, families, the world, everything that we see and love is what's also important! So, as for Space Jam: A New Legacy, we REALLY hope it will be successful! Whether the film will receive positive or negative reviews, we really hope that it will succeed at the box office! But with Malcolm D. Lee as the Director for the film, I really don't know.
And now for my final thoughts overall. With all of this said, I really am concerned that Space Jam: A New Legacy might fail. With the COVID-19 pandemic still going on, the whole Lola Bunny and Pepé Le Pew problems, and Malcolm D. Lee as the Director, the film might make Warner Bros. lose their hope for their future. The film might be panned by critics and could bomb at the box office over everything said, and we DO NOT want that to happen! NO WAY!!! But Space Jam (1996) did very successful! It received mixed reviews from critics but was a box office success, earning $250.2 million against a $80 million budget. Lola Bunny, Bugs Bunny's girlfriend, who was at that time a brand new, never before seen character in the Looney Tunes franchise, was SO HOT AND SEXY, that she became an attractively favorite and iconic character in the Looney Tunes fan community since then. Kath Soucie did a KILLER job voicing her! Pepé Le Pew, on the other hand, was so charming at playing basketball! Maurice LaMarche did an AMAZING job voicing him! Joe Pytka, who was the Director of the film, did a GREAT job directing the film! He was so good! I wish he were to return to direct Space Jam: A New Legacy. So, we all hope that Space Jam: A New Legacy's financial performance will end up like Space Jam's almost 25 years ago, meaning that the film will become successful at the box office, regardless of reviews from critics. Again, Space Jam: A New Legacy will be the first ever Looney Tunes theatrical feature-length film in almost 18 years! The people at Warner Bros. Studios worked their butts of making this film and they are hoping that it will succeed! I want this film to succeed too. So, in order to help the film succeed, I'm going to see it in the theaters when it comes out on July 16, 2021. I can't wait to see HOT AND SEXY FEMALE CHARACTERS ON THE BIG SCREEN AND BLOW MY BUTT OFF!!! I can't wait to see Lola Bunny (and hopefully Penelope Pussycat) in Space Jam: A New Legacy! Experiencing the film and seeing female characters on the big screen will hopefully earn my opportunity back to do both male and female Looney Tunes characters. However, like I said, if I don't enjoy Space Jam: A New Legacy and don't approve Zendaya as the voice of Lola Bunny, I may not earn it and WILL NOT do any male Looney Tunes characters again anytime soon (except for Pepé Le Pew). I CANNOT stand Cancel Culture, Political Correctness, the #MeToo movement, and the #TimesUp movement taking innocent cartoon characters way too seriously! I really hope (which I doubt it) that Lola Bunny and the female Looney Tunes characters will return for future projects after Space Jam: A New Legacy, that way I can have my opportunity back to do both male and female Looney Tunes characters again, because, again, I have personal gender problems and they are VERY SERIOUS!!! Please pray for Warner Bros. and please pray for me! We are hoping we will succeed! Thank you! God bless you!
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