What did you think of the Hulu "Animaniacs" reboot?

[MCheetah]

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Being a 90's kid, I personally HATED the new "woke" agenda of the show, being pushed out by uber-feminist/man-hating writer Jess Lacher. The sketches were just dripping with a clear misandrist bias, and that writer clearly has a Jupiter-sized chip on their shoulder.

There's woke sketches devoted to first-wave feminists, gun-banning analogies, the FLOTUS'es, mansplaining, SEVERAL episodes viciously attacking Russia for no reason other than "they helped get Trump elected, so they must be a bunch of third-world idiots" (and I don't even like Russia; the segments were just mean-spirited and hateful), and literally an entire sketch for "manspreading," which even in 2018 (when these were written) was passé. These weren't mocking these subjects either; they were leaning into them and supporting them, 100%. The original 90s show was never this radical-left and mean-spirited, weren't afraid to attack both sides, and always kept the politics to a minimum.

A supporting character, Hello Nurse, was removed entirely for "being problematic," even though they just could've just no longer "objectified" her and given her more character development (like making her the new Warner Bros studio CEO; in the original series, she actually was intelligent and kind, and not just a running gag joke character). Stuff like this is present all-throughout the show.

However, The Pinky and The Brain segments were gold, though! Even the "Hillary Clinton" episode with The Brain's new "rival" who he tried to make president.

Overall, I give it a 6/10. The Warners sketches were mostly just woke, far-left BS, but the PaTB segments were just as good as the 90s.

I thought it was great and loved it!

I thought it was alright/so-so, but not as good as the original.

I thought it was disappointing/terrible/awful/woke.

I think cartoons are just for little kids because I'm a closed-minded ninny.

I think so Brain, but where would we find her eating ham at this time of night?

I have no interest in this show or never heard of it before.

[ObscuredBeyond]

I would have to agree that the Russia segments were bullocks. They weren't just mocking Russia, let alone in a way that was fair. They were taking ludicrously-frequently disproven accusations that have been researched for YEARS and proven false, and accusing Russia of it anyway, out of spite! And then, the way they were drawing Russians and dehumanizing them was on par with Nazi cartoons dehumanizing Jews in an identical art style!

Even when they used this anti-Russia hate campaign to poke fun at themselves, the jokes were barely funny at all! "Same thing as every night, Pinkoid! Serve president Putin, and not ask any question!"

They literally base that on nothing, except the fact that most Russians agree with Putin that they don't want half-naked gays thinking they can run around instigating riots and insurrection and preying on children in the streets without consequence! Except, such actions are NEVER a right, and those who say otherwise, are PSYCHOTIC, so Russia is CORRECT to not want those shenanigans happening in its streets!

Yet, because Russians want to protect little eyes from degenerate, evil, rapey, murderous perverts; Lacher feels she must dehumanize the entire nation! Really shows you where her priorities are. To think: 400 years ago, she would've been declared a witch for such warped thinking, and probably burned at the stake for it! And now, she's rambling off this garbage, and expecting to be loved for it!

Also, I noticed in the opening that there were Russian bots everywhere. But not once was there an NPC, or a frog, nor anyone eating detergent pods. I agree: the old Animaniacs was ballsy enough to take pot shots at both sides of the aisle. Jess Lacher... does a piss poor job of trying to be funny, while championing one side and using the lamest, weakest, most pathetic non-arguments to attack and dehumanize and demonize the other. And then expects to be treated as if she were on par with the original writers!

Probably the only Warner sibling segment I really like from the new one, is when they finally acknowledge most of the old cast members that weren't allowed to return as regulars. Even then, it saddens me that they wouldn't even give Hello Nurse a passing mention! But it was nice to see Slappy one last time, chasing away Chicken Boo, while the Goodfeathers dreamed up their own revenge on him.

Moreover, Lacher: Dot does NOT have as much wit as you think! And the boys acknowledging her cuteness is NOT a put-down! So... have another Tide Pod!

I get that the Buttons and Mindy sketches aren't funny anymore. I get that the Goodfeathers are a dated reference. I get that Minerva Mink was... never all that appropriate to begin with. The Hip Hippos never made much sense.

But to ban Slappy? Just wrong! I modeled Keet Kabo's entire voice template after Slappy Squirrel! Sherri Stoner was a LEGEND! If they needed a sound-alike, would it have been that impossible? Then again, maybe it's a good thing that Sherri's legacy won't be tainted by this rubbish remake.

The only good thing this new Animaniacs has going for it, is that it at least is better than Magical Girl Friendship Squad. That show... has no right to exist!

[NYCQuestions1976]

Yet another reboot/resurrection destroys a phenomenal show from decades ago. It's terrible that this continues to happen. It's almost like it's done on purpose. I did find the Pinky And The Brain portions tolerable.

[NYCQuestions1976]

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[errorgoodnameunfound]

1. Glad to see no snobs here denouncing it as a "cartoon only for kids" cause gawd those boring shitheads are annoying.

2. It's not bad. I could borderline say it's more a family friendly adult humor show because too many concepts only adults, maybe teens, would understand. An example of this is a sly hit at Batman v Superman. That came out in 2016. Most people who saw it likely were at least near 14 years old or so. It's four years later now, meaning those near 14 year olds that saw it are likely 16-20 or older. Not to mention there's political references the average eight year old 9/10 times just can't comprehend. Believe me, I've tried.

3. They are a bit try hard with humor yes, but in my opinion, the more parody, satire, and meta humor that exists, the better as it's a subtle push to make people take things less seriously and therefore, maybe a bit happier in a rough world.

[BCA6010]

I've yet to see a single show reboot that didn't utterly trash the franchise, even if I had neutral opinions about the original. For that reason I usually ignore them now.

[MCheetah]

True.

[hellionthesagereborn]

I didn't check it out because my friend was telling me about it being woke and that would just drive me insane. Hate how they do this, they need to interject their wokeness into every fascit of existence and its grating.

[cumbath]

It's so-so for me because of the woke shit. But all in all I agree. Please stop digging up old, rotting skeletons of 90s shows. Make something new for once. Like how hard would that even be?

[MCheetah]

That would require talent. Hollywood chases away and shuns talent nowadays. So, "very hard."

[Physics-Man]

I was thinking about watching it since the original was awesome, but now that you've alerted me about its "Woke" nature stemming from the poisoned imaginations of libtard corporate fatcats, you can expect me to flush it down the toilet, along with the oh-so progressive "Batwoman" series, with the rest of my shit.

[errorgoodnameunfound]

Eh, I'd give it a watch anyways. It's not too hard to ignore some of the overly woke stuff and focus on the other humor. Both me and my older sister want to watch it. And she's near neutral politically.

[Scarecrow13]

The Pinky and the Brain segments were great, I had no issue with them. I agree with most of what you said about the Main show, however I think there may be a line between them embarrassing the woke agenda and them making fun of it and at times I don't know which it is. However their Gun control segment was very heavy handed and they treat the audience like idiots. When the old Animaniacs made a point, it was more subtle.

[MCheetah]

Every episode written by one Jess Lacher is hyper-woke, feminist BS. I didn't notice it was all coming from the same writer until halfway through the episodes. But as I said above, this one writer is extremely bitter and mean spirited and that level of feminism/man-hatred is seeping through every episode to the point it's painful to watch at times. None of Lacher's episodes are funny at all; they're borderline bigotry. Like on some 1940s Walt Disney/Looney Tunes blatant, hateful, horrendous bigotry. Jess Lacher clearly has a dark, empty rotten soul to turn a family cartoon into THIS and I've never even seen this person before.

[Jjpayne]

I have yet to see it but now I really have to! I thought they were just hosting it! That's so cool! I will have to watch it! Maybe even later tonight

[Jjpayne]

It is amazing! The show is back!

[BoobMan]

I haven't seen it but could you even make that now? That show was hilarious as were real classics like Bugs Bunny, but given the humorless state of the SJW/woke set I'd imagine it'd get cancelled

[Anonymous]

I avoid SJW remakes. The originals are good enough, SJWs knows people don't like their shit so they force it into remakes of stuff people likes.

[JakeS00]

I guess it was alright, but the original was really good I think.

[Jamie05rhs]

You didn't have a poll option for people who knew about the old show but never saw the new one.

[MCheetah]

Option F would be for those who didn't see the reboot.

[Jamie05rhs]

But I a) HAVE heard of it before and b) DO have an interest in it.

[ronaldo75]

If it's woke Im not watching it. The adult political satire of the original was what made it great.

[najekim]

Overall, it pretty good. My only gripe is the lack of additional characters. Really enjoyed Slappy!