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The eighth installment of the ever- popular and universally loved Fast and Furious franchise—The…Read more Judging from the official trailer, which dropped yesterday, the movie is heisty, chock full of cool cars, stunts, exotic locations and action. It stars Eastwood, who made his Fast and Furious debut this year. You’d think that Overdrive would be a Fast and Furious spin- off of some kind, wouldn’t you? Certainly there have been rumors of a spin- off with The Rock and Jason Statham? Fans of The Fast and the Furious franchise—and of Jason Statham and Dwayne“The Rock” Johnson’s…Read more But, no, it seems like this movie will be a standalone, erm, thing. The film’s screenplay was written by Michael Brandt and Derek Haas, who also wrote 2 Fast 2 Furious and makes this whole thing even weirder!! Who is going to watch this movie and not bring up the Fast and Furious franchise—especially since it was written by the same guys?
If it seems like Overdrive already came out, it’s because it kind of did, sort of. The Hollywood Reporterexplains: Colombian helmer Antonio Negret is mostly known for his TV work, but producer Pierre Morel is the key name here. A graduate of the Luc Besson school of French- set, English- language action thrillers, Morel directed Liam Neeson in the first Taken movie back in 2.
Currently in U. K. French debut later this week, Overdrive is receiving a staggered European and Asian release before its U. S. launch. This kind of rollout is usually reserved for dead- in- the- water duds, but it worked for Taken and may yet help turbocharge the commercial prospects of this formulaic adolescent- male button- pusher, which is witless and brainless but not entirely joyless. Divx Cartoons Download Looney Tunes: Reality Check. As a massive fan of Taken, I’m optimistic about this. Overdrive opens in U. S. theaters on Oct.
You can bet I’ve already set a calendar reminder for it.
Daffy Duck - Wikipedia. Daffy Duck is an animated cartooncharacter produced by Warner Bros. Styled as an anthropomorphicblack duck, the character has appeared in cartoon series such as Looney Tunes and Merrie Melodies, where he usually has been depicted as the best friend and occasional arch- rival of Bugs Bunny. Daffy was one of the first of the new "screwball" characters that emerged in the late 1. Mickey Mouse and Popeye. Daffy starred in 1. Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies cartoons, behind Bugs Bunny's 1.
Porky Pig's 1. 62 appearances. Daffy was number 1. TV Guide's list of top 5. Duck Dodgers with Porky Pig and the Powerpuff Girls (all of which are Time Warner- owned characters through Warner Bros. Cartoon Network/Turner Broadcasting System, respectively).[2]Origin and history[edit]Daffy first appeared in Porky's Duck Hunt, released on April 1. The cartoon was directed by Tex Avery and animated by Bob Clampett.
Porky's Duck Hunt is a standard hunter/prey pairing for which Leon Schlesinger's studio was famous, but Daffy (barely more than an unnamed bit player in this short) was something new to moviegoers: an assertive, completely unrestrained, combative protagonist. Clampett later recalled: "At that time, audiences weren't accustomed to seeing a cartoon character do these things. And so, when it hit the theaters it was an explosion. People would leave the theaters talking about this daffy duck."[3]This early Daffy is less anthropomorphic and resembles a "normal" black duck. In fact, the only aspects of the character that have remained consistent through the years are his voice characterization by Mel Blanc; and his black feathers with a white neck ring. Blanc's characterization of Daffy holds the world record for the longest characterization of one animated character by his or her original actor: 5.
The origin of Daffy's voice is a matter of some debate. One often- repeated "official" story is that it was modeled after producer Leon Schlesinger's tendency to lisp. However, in Mel Blanc's autobiography, That's Not All Folks!, he contradicts that conventional belief, writing, "It seemed to me that such an extended mandible would hinder his speech, particularly on words containing an s sound. Thus 'despicable' became 'desthpicable.'"Daffy's slobbery, exaggerated lisp was developed over time, and it is barely noticeable in the early cartoons. In Daffy Duck & Egghead, Daffy does not lisp at all except in the separately drawn set- piece of Daffy singing "The Merry- Go- Round Broke Down" in which just a slight lisp can be heard. In The Scarlet Pumpernickel (1.
Daffy has a middle name, Dumas as the writer of a swashbuckling script, a nod to Alexandre Dumas. Also, in the Baby Looney Tunes episode "The Tattletale", Granny addresses Daffy as "Daffy Horatio Tiberius Duck". In The Looney Tunes Show (2. Armando" and "Sheldon" are used.
Different interpretations[edit]Virtually every Warner Bros. Daffy Duck character – he may be a lunatic vigilante in one short but a greedy gloryhound in another. Bob Clampett and Chuck Jones both made extensive use of these two very different versions of the character. Daffy's early years, 1. Tex Avery created the original version of Daffy in 1. Daffy established his status by jumping into the water, hopping around, and yelling, "Woo- hoo! Woo- hoo! Woo- hoo!
Woo- hoo! Woo- hoo!" Animator Bob Clampett immediately seized upon the Daffy Duck character and cast him in a series of cartoons in the 1. The early Daffy is a wild and zany screwball, perpetually bouncing around the screen with cries of "Hoo- hoo! Hoo- hoo!" (In his autobiography, Mel Blanc stated that the zany demeanor was inspired by Hugh Herbert's catchphrase, which was taken to a wild extreme for Daffy.) Clampett physically redesigned the character, making him taller and lankier and rounding out his feet and bill. He was often paired with Porky Pig. World War II Daffy, 1. Bomb Squadron emblem Daffy Duck. Daffy would also feature in several war- themed shorts during World War II.
Daffy always stays true to his unbridled nature, however; for example, he attempts to dodge conscription in Draftee Daffy (1. Nazi goat intent on eating Daffy's scrap metal in Scrap Happy Daffy (1.
Adolf Hitler's head with a giant mallet in Daffy the Commando (1. Hitler, Goebbels and Goering in Plane Daffy (1.
Daffy was "drafted" as a mascot for the 6. Bombardment Squadron.[4]Daffy 1. For Daffy Doodles (his first Looney Tunes cartoon as a director), Robert Mc. Kimson tamed Daffy a bit, redesigning him yet again to be rounder and less elastic.
The studio also instilled some of Bugs Bunny's savvy into the duck, making him as brilliant with his mouth as he was with his battiness. Daffy was teamed up with Porky Pig; the duck's one- time rival became his straight man. Arthur Davis, who directed Warner Bros. Mc. Kimson, Friz Freleng, and Jones), presented a Daffy similar to Mc.
Kimson's. Mc. Kimson is noted as the last of the three units to make his Daffy uniform with Jones', with even late shorts, such as Don't Axe Me (1. Daffy. Daffy 1. 95.
While Daffy's looney days were over, Mc. Kimson continued to make him as bad or good as his various roles required him to be.
Mc. Kimson would use this Daffy from 1. Friz Freleng's version took a hint from Chuck Jones to make the duck more sympathetic, as in the 1. Show Biz Bugs. Here, Daffy is over- emotional and jealous of Bugs, yet he has real talent that is ignored by the theater manager and the crowd. This cartoon finishes with a sequence in which Daffy attempts to wow the Bugs- besotted audience with an act in which he drinks gasoline and swallows nitroglycerine, gunpowder, and uranium- 2. Some TV stations, and in the 1.
TNT, edited out the dangerous act, afraid of imitation by young children. Pairing of Daffy and Porky in parodies of popular movies, 1. While Bugs Bunny became Warner Bros.' most popular character, the directors still found ample use for Daffy. Several cartoons place him in parodies of popular movies and radio serials; Porky Pig was usually a comic relief sidekick.
For example, Daffy in The Great Piggy Bank Robbery {1. Duck Twacy" (Dick Tracy) by Bob Clampett; The Scarlet Pumpernickel {1. Daffy was the hero and Porky Pig was the villain. In Drip- Along Daffy (released in 1. Hopalong Cassidy character) throws Daffy into a Western. In Duck Dodgers in the 2. Century (1. 95. 3), a parody of Buck Rogers, Daffy trades barbs (and bullets) with Marvin the Martian, with Porky Pig retaining the role of Daffy's sidekick.
In Rocket Squad, a 1. Dragnet and Racket Squad Daffy and Porky Pig pair up once again. Daffy also played Stupor Duck (Superman now a WB Property himself) by Robert Mc. Kimson. In Robin Hood Daffy {1. Robin Hood with Porky Pig as Friar Tuck. Besides being playing parodies, Daffy also played a salesman- who continually annoys a potential customer to buying something: in Fool Coverage Daffy actually succeeds into selling Porky Pig a $1,0.
Daffy all the conditions occur! Pairing of Bugs and Daffy, 1. Bugs' ascension to stardom also prompted the Warner Bros. Daffy as the rabbit's rival, intensely jealous, insecure and determined to steal back the spotlight, while Bugs either remained mildly amused or indifferent to the duck's jealousy or used it to his advantage. Daffy's desire to achieve stardom at almost any cost was explored as early as 1.
Freleng's You Ought to Be in Pictures, but the idea was most successfully used by Chuck Jones, who redesigned the duck once again, making him scrawnier and scruffier. In Jones' famous "Hunting Trilogy" (or "Duck Season/Rabbit Season Trilogy") of Rabbit Fire with Rabbit Seasoning and Duck! Rabbit, Duck! (each respectively launched in 1. Daffy's attention- grabbing ways and excitability provide Bugs Bunny the perfect opportunity to fool the hapless Elmer Fudd into repeatedly shooting the duck's bill off.
Also, these cartoons reveal Daffy's catchphrase, "Youuu're deththpicable!" Jones' Daffy sees himself as self- preservationist, not selfish.