>>108815588I guess. A sort of Jessie and James dynamic, but more looney.
>>108815596We can talk about how cool the backgrounds were if you like.
I thought they did a great job giving the martians a new aesthetic that separates them from earlier Looney Tunes sci fi stuff. Where it used to be heavily based off of 1950s retrofuture versions of what a space faring civilization would be like (they kept that for the Earth, though with a bit of an update still), Mars was instead given a more imperialistic design that capitalized off of how Marvin's design is supposed to be a faux roman armor. The sharp edges, use of reds, oranges, yellows, pinks, and purples, and overall angular designs stand in complete contrast to the rounded edges of Protectorate designs, their blues, whites, light purples, and light greens.
Compare that with the original Duck Dodgers short where Marvin and Dodgers' ships and supplies looked different, but aesthetically they differed very little. Like comparing the city of Rapture to Prey's Talos 1, both environments are different sure, but it's still art deco.
There's been a few instances where this design philosophy has carried over into later Looney Tunes stuff. In the song "I Am A Martian", there's a scene with Marvin at a podium and the room was obviously inspired by Duck Dodger's version of Mars. In Rabbits Run, Marvin's laser gun has the same color pallet as the one he uses in Duck Dodgers even if the environment is based more off of Hareway to the Stars. In one of those air jordan commercials, there's a brief shot of Mars getting blown up. The Mars they used is either specifically from Duck Dodgers or was heavily based off of it.
Overall, Duck Dodgers has had a great impact on the aesthetics of the martians and I hope subsequent iterations like the upcoming Looney Tunes Cartoons utilize it to its full potential. And that they bring Tyr'ahnee back.
