Hare-Way to the Stars

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!

I really do not understand why this cartoon was banned, I must have seen it 10 times in the past month and I don't find anything offensive about it. And I personally think it is better than Mad as a Mars Hare, which I liked for the voices, animation and music but I found it too talky and was disappointed at how little Marvin was given to do. Back on target, this cartoon is wonderfully imaginative; the animation is truly stunning and the music is atmospheric enough. Marvin is given more to do here, though if anything he could've done with a tad more, and Bugs is great. The writing I thought was excellent, Bug's last line "run to the hills, otherwise you'll be up to your armpits in martians" was hysterical. I think it was how Mel Blanc, brilliant again, delivered it. Overall, I enjoy this a lot, it is imaginative, beautifully animated and just fun really. 10/10 Bethany Cox

Badly hung over from mixing radish juice and carrot juice the night before, bugs staggers up his stairs and accidentally into a space rocket that has been established as a launch point directly above his home. When the rocket reaches his destination, Bugs stumbles into a plot by an alien to destroy the earth - a plot Bugs has no option but to try and foil.

This film is one of the many that started to cash in on the whole sci-fi scene and saw the creation of the alien character who has faced up to several of the usual characters. The plot here is too simple for my tastes and doesn't create that many funny sequences. The overly silly setup is happily put aside as soon as it can be to create a battle of wits between Bugs and alien. Sadly this chase is full of daft looking monsters who are easily outwitted by Bugs - but only in one amusing sequence. Before you know it the film is finished (and with a whimper at that).

Bugs is good and the alien is funny if you like him; the problem seems to be with the material, which is uninspired and lacking in real imagination or spark. Bits of it are still pretty amusing but mostly I found it to be quite lacklustre considering the characters involved. Overall, it is worth seeing because all Bugs Bunny films are, but it would have been nice if the material had ran to a few more sequences with more laughs.

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!!!

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.