Saving Bugs Bunny

Why, why bother? Every last blog and newspaper is lamenting the "updating" of Bugs Bunny and his friends. Jonah Goldberg has even gone into full neoconservative-invade-another-country mode ("I say, that's a joke by the way, son"). The New York Post notes,

For "Loonatics," the six characters are being projected 700 years into the future, given superpowers, and outfitted in tight-fitting, slenderizing space gear.

They're even being given altered names.

So let me get this straight: they're being given altered names, they don't look the same, they're being given costumes, the cartoons take place far in the future, and for all intents and purposes the cartoon characters will be unrecognizable. In other words, they'll be brand new characters and because they're somewhat similar to past Warner Brothers cartoon characters everyone has gone apoplectic. Give me a break.

By the way, I'm sure Warner Brothers is loving the publicity but this latest incarnation will probably last as long as the previous incarnations: one, two years at the most. In the meantime, I'll fondly remember the days when we actually got to see the anvil hit Wile E Coyote.