Long Awaited Sequel to Who Framed Roger Rabbit!
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^yeah I always heard that the reason they never got around to making a sequel was that the various studios* who own the classic characters are far too demanding these days, compared to back in 1988.
*Nowadays that mostly means Disney & WB, who pretty much hate each other...
*Nowadays that mostly means Disney & WB, who pretty much hate each other...
Disney has always been strict about people using their characters...well, then again, so has WB.
I was surprised they came to terms for the first Roger Rabbit...
I think it is a problem, the original worked well because it mixed the 40's-50's gumshoe and the classic toons from that era.
I think now there is a gap with people who aren't so familiar with the material. I mean kids might recognize those movies and cartoons but I don't know if they're intimately familiar and have a fondness and love for them.
It could still work and maybe kids today still enjoy the original Who Framed Roger Rabbit, but I don't know if would work on as many levels as it did for us 20 years ago.
^ I dont think it would, most of todays kids arent exposed to classic Disney & Looney Tunes characters unless their parents actually buy them the dvds. We had exposure to them b/c they were often run on Saturday mornings & weekday afternoons and Disney would often have these clip show specials on network tv that showed their toons, as well as on the Disney Channel(theyve been replaced by tween shows).
The scene with Donald and Daffy playing the piano had me in stitches.
That is my all time fave scene--I would pay to have a framed cell of it. Coincidence that the two biggest toons of that era both had as second bananas egotistical, potentially violent ducks?
Speaking of strict Disney, I noticed the other day that almost NO Robot Chicken skits use Disney characters. I know Roger himself showed up, but I've never seen the way-big names. or any of the princesses, that I can recall.
The scene with Donald and Daffy playing the piano had me in stitches.
That is my all time fave scene--I would pay to have a framed cell of it. Coincidence that the two biggest toons of that era both had as second bananas egotistical, potentially violent ducks?
Speaking of strict Disney, I noticed the other day that almost NO Robot Chicken skits use Disney characters. I know Roger himself showed up, but I've never seen the way-big names. or any of the princesses, that I can recall.
Maybe the writers just think it's easier not to stir the pot in that way.
I would love to see that. I would pay good money for that.
Bob Hoskins? Fuck yeah! He's still alive, still working, & still awesome! Last thing I remember seeing him in, he played a mobster in The Bank Job. (Hell, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is just about the only film he's ever done where he hasn't played a mobster.)
As for Charlie Fleischer, he was alive a few years ago when they did the DVD documentaries for Who Framed Roger Rabbit & A Nightmare on Elm Street.
That said, in a sequel I wanted to see Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny as billionaire recluses, so big as stars they can't get a movie made, the audience expectation would be too high. Lounging by their pools, taking calls, maybe some species-appropriate babes in skimpy bikinis in the bg, which would be something for the furries, though Mickey always struck me as the Jimmy Stewart of the toon world, while Bugs was more Clark Gable.
You know, I don't know what story could be framed around that, but the fictional universe background such as that would be incredibly clever and probably be fun to play with.
Lot's of really good ideas here.
I read this book, The 50 Greatest Movies Never Made. One of those was a Roger Rabbit prequel with Roger serving in WWII and trying to find his father. The twist at the end was that Roger Rabbit was the illegitimate son of Bugs Bunny. ("Ain't I a stinker?")
Back in 1988, wasn't Disney practically bankrupt? I read that, at one point, Jim Henson was considering buying them. It makes some sense. This was before The Little Mermaid launched their great renaissance in the 1990s.
Warner Bros. might as well let them try to make a Roger Rabbit sequel with their characters. Warner Bros. hasn't been able to do jack shit with Bugs & co. for over 20 years. The less said about Looney Toons Back in Action & Space Jam, the better.
Based on what Bob Iger has done with Disney since becoming president, I could possibly see him okaying Disney characters to be used in a sequel to Roger Rabbit. I would assume that Bugs and Mickey would have to have the exact same number of lines and time in the movie as it was in the first movie.
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