Michael Jordan and the Looney Tunes vs. the Aliens in the Center of the Earth

Now that the title has gained your attention: Space Jam.

After Who Framed Roger Rabbit came out people now had the technology to merge cartoon characters with beings of flesh and blood. Also around that time Nike had released two commercials advertising the "Air Jordans". The commercials stared none other then Michael Jordan and Bugs Bunny.

I for one think these commercials are funny, and I guess everyone did to leading to the next logical step: a movie. Of course.

I'm still waiting for the big screen adaptation of the epic "Where's Gibert" saga

Thus comes the movie Space Jam. Lets review shall we. The movie starts off with lil' Michael shooting hoops.

Then cut to a montage of Mr. Jordan's successes. I think this would work in a biopic, but for a movie like this it comes off as self indulgent. Unless this IS a biopic which in that case means Michael leads one of the coolest lives ever.

After Michael Jordan expresses his (real life) desire to retire from basketball and pursue a career in baseball. Then we zoom out the the cartoon planet of Moron Mountain. 

If you walked into this movie with out any idea of what it was about. Then you would seriously be confused right now. Unless of course you didn't blink during Bugs Bunny's name in the credits. I love how none of the other Looney tunes get a mention in the credits.

Poor Daffy you'll always be MY favorite

The theme park planet is run by a shady looking gremlin played by Danny Devito. Who is always a good actor when you have a shady looking gremlin.

No this is not Danny Devito

He's mad because everyone thinks his theme park is lame. So he gets the idea to send his lackeys the Nerdlucks down to Earth to kidnap the Looney Tunes.

I like the Nerdlucks. However I doubt they will ever appear after this. Anyway they go down to Earth to get the Looney Tunes. Who live in the center of the Earth. I don't know WHY they live in the center of the earth but I assume it has something to do with the great ToonTown recession of the 1960's.

So anyway they threaten the Looney Tunes to come up to there planet. But in an act of being Bugs Bunny he challenges them to a game of Basketball, if they loose they have to go with them.

In case you didn't know the Nerdlucks are really really small

Unexpected to them the Nerdlucks steal the talent of some of the NBA players. I really like the animation in this scene so you can watch it in the link. The actual scene starts at 0:34.

Monstars

So yeah. Now that they pose a threat Bugs Bunny goes up to the surface to kidnap Michael Jordan.

Michael Jordan decides to help the Looney Tunes out. He assembles all the Looney Tunes including one new one.

This is Lola Bunny. She doesn't have much of a purpose in the movie other then to make all the girls feel equal and the boys feel funny. Me I like her better in the new Looney Tunes show that just came out recently.

So they need to practice their game but Michael needs his shoes.

So they get his shoes.

So the game begins its the "Tune Squad" vs. "Monstars". Everyones there even Bill Murray and Wayne Knight. Oh and various Looney Tunes in the crowd. If you pause and look closely you can see that some are repeated.

So typical sports movie stuff. Tunes lose some, then they get some water which makes them win thinking its super stuff (when its of course its whats inside them that counts, duh).

Say Wabbit Season again I dare you

Then Michael Jordan unsleshes his inner cartoon charcter. Every sports movie has that.

So in the end the Looney Tunes win and Michalel Jordon returns to basketball. Best comeback story ever. 

Now lets talk about a few things.

This is a schisophrenic movie. The diffrent scenes are like two different movies. Is it a Michalel Jordan movie that just so happens to have Bugs Bunny, or a Bugs Bunny movie that just so happens to have Michael Jordan? When Michael enters toon land it becomes apparent on the former. But for some reason its why I love it.

Its such an odd piece of film (just read the plot). Im not a fan of 90's sports movies but I would be if they all had cartoon aliens I would be.

Goodbye, and remember Im just a random kid with a computer.