Hare-Way to the Stars

Very entertaining Bugs Bunny short from the great Chuck Jones. This one features Bugs facing off against Marvin the Martian. When Bugs is accidentally launched into space, he crashes onto a space station where Marvin is once again planning an attack on Earth with his "Explosive Space Modulator." Great voice work from Mel Blanc. Very nice music from Milt Franklyn. The animation is mostly excellent. The backgrounds and things like the spaceship are very well done, while Bugs looks a little rough sometimes. It's a funny cartoon with good lines and clever bits of creativity (like the silly birdlike Martian creatures Marvin sends after Bugs). Not my favorite Bugs & Marvin short but a very good one.

When Bugs Bunny, after a miserable night's sleep, accidentally boards a rocket-ship, he inadvertently ends up in the domain of Marvin Martian, who wants to blow up earth. When Bugs steals Marvin's earth-shattering device, Marvin promptly sends some birdlike Martians after Bugs. Sure enough, Bugs is way ahead of him.

Aside from Bugs Bunny's simple irreverence, it's always great how these cartoons weren't afraid to do whatever they wanted. Marvin sort of reminded me of a 17th century fop, how he talked. But either way, the cartoon is just one of many classics. Not to be missed. And you just might want to run to the hills...

Silly-vization. Ha!

This and Duck Dodgers etc. are the two cartoons which have stuck in my mind since I first saw them over 40 years ago, though I didn't know the correct title until I thought of doing a search on 'Marvin Martian'. The last time I saw both was on 'The Bugs Bunny Show', which quite often - mostly, perhaps? - didn't include titles.

I suspect that you have to be 40 years of age or older to really appreciate this cartoon, which encapsulates the entire 1950s into it's length. The Cold War, the Bomb, Modern Art, the approaching leap into Space, even the fashions and colors, are worked into the 7 minutes.

In short, it's Warners Bros' supreme achieve in animation, and a fitting tribute to the Great Mel Blanc, not forgetting all those other geniuses whose names appear on the credits.

If I was limited to one item of movie media on a desert island, this would be my selection. Believe it :) !

This is my favorite Bugs Bunny cartoon that features Marvin the Martian as an adversary.

I also love Maurice Noble's layout work for Mars; marvellous stuff there, I must say. I also like the sound of Marivn's "Where's the kaboom?" I'm funny that way. And I also love the "mirror" scene between Bugs and one of the dehydrated Martians.

I have nothing more to add about this cartoon, but the animation is perfect. So anyway, I thought this was another Bugs Bunny favorite.

Bugs awakens from a rather exhausting night (and he'll never mix radish-juice and carrot-juice again, that's for sure) and heads up the rabbit hole to take a bath. However, what he doesn't realize is that a rocket has been placed over his hole, and Bugs accidentally has climbed inside! After realizing what's going on, Bugs arrives at Mars. While trying to find a way home, he runs into Marvin the Martian, who is planning on destroying the Earth with his illudium Q-38 explosive space modulator! What follows is a classic chase-scene involving Bugs and a mob of dehydrated Martians. This has got to be one of my favorite all-time classic cartoons, not to mention the real start of Marvin the Martian's career (he had been in one other cartoon before this, but this is where Chuck Jones truly developed the Martian we all know today). And now if you don't mind, I have to run for the hills before I'm up to my armpits in Martians!!!