Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . two or three times EACH (such as Ethel Rosenberg's three Savage Jolts; you can read about her shocking demise in Wikipedia), DUCK DODGERS IN THE 24 1/2TH CENTURY marks Warner Bros.' effort to stop this nonsense. Many movie goers would later realize that the release of John Wayne's JET PILOT was tantamount to a confession that the self-styled "Il Duce" had given the Russians the A-Bomb blueprints himself in order to expand his Crusade against ALL Hollywood Reds (Dalton Trumbo), Democrats (Paul Revere's Oscar-winning several times great-granddaughter Anne), and Jews (John Garfield) to the East Coast, so his Congressional henchmen inquisitors could grill half of all New Yorkers, asking in their best Gestapo accents, "Are you now, or have you ever been of the Jewish persuasion?" Marvin Matian lands on Planet X two seconds after Daffy Duck's "Duck Rodgers" has "claimed" this outpost (not unlike someone--possibly Wayne--giving the Russians The Bomb a few instants, geologically speaking, after America found it). The Principle of Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) comes into play as Daffy and Marvin take mere moments to engage their version of A-Bombs, completely destroying Planet X. After Acme Corp. runs their "All for Nukes, and Nukes for All" sale, Space Cadet Porky Pig responds to Daffy's claim of Nuclear Victory with a cynical sigh of, "Big deal." Warner Bros. seems to be saying here, "Please, Uncle Sam, don't fry any more Moms!"
FilmBuff1994
This old Looney Tunes short "Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 century" is fantastic and stars three great characters Daffy Duck,Porky Pig and Marvin The Martian.Its about Daffy Duck living in a sci-fi like universe were he is known as Duck Dodgers ,he is ordered to go to a place called Planet X to find a rear shaving cream.Once he gets their alongside Porky Pig he declares the planet in the name of Earth,but Marvin The Martian comes along and wants to declare it in the name of Mars ,and since they both agree that the planet isn't big enough for the two of them they both get into a small war for who gets it.
Michael_Elliott
Duck Dodgers in the 24 ½th Century (1953) *** (out of 4) Fun spoof of Buck Rodgers has Daffy Duck playing the title character who along with Porky Pig is sent to Planet X where he ends up battling Marvin the Martian. I've never been a big fan of Marvin the Martian but he actually steals this film with his better used voice, nice looks and the laughs he brings. I think the film could have been a lot funnier but at the same time this is a treat for the eyes and that's where the real magic lies. The visual look of the space station and Planet X add a lot of fun and the dialogue is also rather smart if not all that funny. Daffy plays it rather straight here instead of going over the top, which is okay since they are spoofing something.
movieman_kev
This is quite possibly the best Daffy/porky pig cartoon ever. This short introduced Duck Dodgers into the Americon lexicon and I can't say anything else about this short that hasn't been said before by a great many many people. Needless to say this cartoon is greatness. And if you haven't seen it before, you in all likelihood just don't like Loony Tunes in the least and there's no help for you anyway. To everyone else this is and always will be a classic, and rightfully so. Like the first disk of the Loony Tunes golden Collection, the second disk also leaves the best for last. This hilarious Hugo nominated cartoon is on Disk 2 of the "Looney Tunes Golden Collection Volume 1" My Grade: A+
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