Looney Tunes  Given the shoddy treatment Jim Henson’s Muppets
characters got through much of the ’90s and the ’00s, last
year’s refresher of their property, The Muppets, was welcomed as
a huge breath of fresh air. Finally somebody with true affection
for these beloved characters gave them a big screen vehicle that
skillfully treated them with the respect they deserve.  Things
are arguably looking worse for Warner Bros.’ Looney Tunes
franchise than they ever did for the Muppets though. The last
time these characters hit the big screen was in 2003’s already-
forgotten Looney Tunes: Back in Action, and the last time they
felt remotely relevant was when they appeared in Space Jam in
1996. Here is a stable of characters that was beloved for
decades, whose earliest animated works are still held up in
knowledgeable circles as being enduring pieces of modern art,
and we can’t even get them a decent Space Jam sequel? What
gives?  Hopefully all this is about to change, because the
brothers Warner are putting together a