utgard14 Chuck Jones' mediocre follow-up to his classic Duck Dodgers short from the '50s. This was originally part of the made-for-TV special Daffy Duck's Thanks-For-Giving . Given that it was made for television and that it was made decades after the classic Looney Tunes shorts, you can imagine that this is inferior stuff. Surprisingly, the animation is not terrible. Compared to a lot of other stuff from the same era, it's quite good. However, it's not the least bit funny. It's dialogue-heavy with no good gags. Mel Blanc does provide the voicework and that automatically makes this better than any of the Looney Tunes stuff that came out after he died. So, it's not as good as the original short it follows up on, but it is watchable. More forgiving fans will likely rate it higher. After all, it's still Chuck Jones, Michael Maltese, and Mel Blanc. That's nothing to sneeze at.

Lee Eisenberg "Duck Dodgers and the Return of the 24 1/2 Century" isn't really terrible, but I don't understand why they thought that the original needed a sequel. Whereas the original was clever every step of the way - namely the conveniently alphabetical planets - there's just too much dialog here, something that director Chuck Jones didn't like. The main salvation is that Mel Blanc is still providing the voices (without him, the current stuff is basically worth nothing).But overall, this cartoon doesn't add anything new. The near consensus that sequels suck should also apply to cartoons. Daffy, Porky and Marvin didn't deserve to get used like this.

Robert Reynolds In honor of the 34th anniversary of, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", I bring forth a comment on Duck Dodgers. Daffy matches wits (?) with both Marvin the Martian and Gossamer and is found largely wanting. Porky virtually steals the show, but the best line is actually Daffy's. While fleeing as only Daffy can flee from certain dismemberment (as well as duck feathers flying everywhere) at the paws of Gossamer (the large, hairy and very orange monster), Daffy comes upon Porky and first tries to bribe him with a meagre promotion and then, in the true fashion of cowards everywhere, declaims, "Back, underling! How can I be a craven, crawling, cowardly poltroon with you in the way?As a past President (three times running-they caught me each time) of the Cowards Guild, that line fair brings tears to my eyes every time I hear it issue forth from his yellow beak (either that, or I have a rock in my shoe-I can never tell which) but I digress. Not the best ever done, but I like it well enough. Well worth watching. Recommended.

Op_Prime This was a follow up to the classic short starring Daffy Duck. However, it really doesn't live up to it. The voices are fine, but many of the jokes are pretty weak. The animation is also poor and badly done. The story as a whole also seemed pretty weak. Trust me, it's really not worth seeing.