Loonatics on Ice-Saturday Morning Glory

In this installment of Saturday Morning Glory, Ryan Lohner examines The Loonatics, a misguided attempt to make the Loony Tunes edgy and exxxxtreme by turning them into anime-inspired superheroes who shoot beams of energy out of random orifices. Ryan also revisits the accompanying firestorm of controversy that forced Warner Brothers to backtrack and soften up the designs. Of course, this happened six years ago, when this kind of internet backlash was a relatively new thing. Nowadays, a studio announces a ?reimagining?, and if less than 100,000 people post to say it?s raping their childhoods, the project goes forward. Here?s a look at the first episode of Loonatics Unleashed, ?Loonatics on Ice?, where the Loonatics fight a band of extra-dimensional mutant techno Vikings bent on freezing over the entire planet. And no, it doesn?t make any more sense if you actually watch the episode.