"But the liquor store guy... he knew." Always loved that line. The behind the scenes stuff is fascinating to watch. Zemeckis was way ahead of his time.
I trained as a call center repair tech for a large cable service provider. Our trainer was very good, and I tried my best to be a positive participant in the training classes. One day he was explaining DNS (Domain Name Service) and drew a metaphor to an apartment concierge who could help a person find the room number of the person they were visiting. I had done my best to avoid being the obnoxious know-it-all during Internet training, and I think I'd done a pretty good job, but here I spoke up in support of his concierge metaphor: "But the liquor store guy, he knew!" (in my best Roger Rabbit voice). He laughed and said he was going to steal my joke forthwith.
Roger was a creation for the movie. Looney Tunes and Disney characters had equal screen time for Disney to be able to use them. Definitely do some research on the making of the movie. This was way ahead of it's time and was a pretty big hit for Disney. There were lots of plans for Roger in all the Disney parks, but relations between Spielberg and Disney fell apart as time went on, and most of the plans were dropped. There is still an attraction at Disneyland, Roger Rabbits Cartoon Spin, and the whole Toontown is a response to the movie. As I "get" all the references in this movie, it's a great one to watch over and over as there's so much you can miss! Enjoyed the reaction!
Rodger wasn't a creation for this movie he was from the source material this movie was made off of "Who Censored Rodger Rabbit" by Gary K Wolf. the book is vastly different from the movie but the author of the original book liked this movie so much that he retconned the first book and made I think two more books that were more in line with the movies themes.
@@jessicafarnsworth9820 Thanks, yes I was aware of the book (never read it). As he'd never been on screen, I just over simplified Rogers existence without the book explanation.
An example of a filmmaking masterpiece is the scene where Valiant is trying to saw the cuffs. Not only do they have the 2d/real life interaction but they also had to animate the light and shadow of the swinging lamp on Roger. Theres more, you can look it up, but there was so much that went into that one scene that it's used as an common example in filmmaking classes.
I love the line, "No, only when it was funny." It lets the audience know there are constraints on the otherwise nearly invulnerable Toons' abilities, concise example of fantasy world building with just a single line.
that trope is called 'bumping the lamp' where animators and special effect artists go above and beyond just to friggin flex their skills. Side effect of really immersing the viewer in the movie, cause here, Roger seemed so much right there, despite being added in later.
@@AlanCanon2222 That's one of my favorite lines from this movie (I use it occasionally where I can sneak it in). It perfectly sums up what a toon is all about.
Slugworth was played by Gunter Meisner... The villain here is played by Christopher Lloyd, a prolific actor most known for being in the Back to the Future movies and the Addams family movies. They do look similar, I'll admit. This movie gets compared to Space Jam but I think the closest thing we get to a sequel would be The Mask 🥳
The big hint that Doom is the toon who killed Eddie's brother: Teddy's killer had just robbed a bank and got away with "a zillion semolians" a few years back. Meanwhile, Doom was elected judge in Toontown a few years back when he "spread a bunch of Semolians around" and bought the election.
Plus, he wore a protective glove when dipping the Nancy Cartwright-voice squeaking shoe. That was another give away. He also jumped back when the canister of DIP he had brought in to execute Roger in the Terminal Bar was knocked over in Roger & Eddie's ensuing escape after Eddie used "Duck Season, Rabbit Season" logic to trick Roger into drinking alcohol, which caused him to once again transform into a Toon steam whistle & slip out of Judge Doom's grasp, with Eddie catching him just before Roger could land in the DIP vat, which Eddie then knocked over, prompting Judge Doom & the weasel Toon Patrol to jump back to avoid the spilled DIP before the weasel henchmen were sent off to pursue the fleeing Eddie & Roger after the duo had successfully rescued Toon taxi Benny the Cab from inside of the Toon Patrol's real-life black paddy wagon, with Eddie actually riding in the Toon taxi cab (naturally, using green screen techniques to superimpose Benny the Cab in animation over the small dolly cart Eddie was riding on in real-life, of course) with Roger (with Charlie Fleischer voicing both Roger Rabbit AND Benny the Cab) as the weasels drove after the pair.
@@TherealRNOwwfpooh Ehhhhh the glove bit isn't much a giveaway. I'd not be putting my unprotected hand into a steaming mix of turpentine, acetone, and benzine.
@@WalkerRileyMC Point taken, but the fact was, he needed protective gloves to keep himself from melting when dipping the Toon shoe & classical Toons already generally wear gloves in terms of their design, so it would be him putting a glove on top of his gloved Toon hand.
@@WalkerRileyMC The difference between Judge Doom and you when manipulating the Dip is that Judge Doom put on protective gloves... Over his leather gloves ! He had two pairs of gloves on when manipulating the Dip. Any normal person like you and me would have removed the leather gloves before putting on the rubber ones or, if you wanted to be more efficient, constantly only have the rubber ones on seeing how it is implied Doom uses the Dip a lot. Having two pairs of gloves on, especially if one of them is as tight and suffocating as leather gloves are, is uncomfortable for humans but for a toon, who already always wears gloves, never feels the need to remove them (as it's part of them) and is using the leather ones as part of a disguise, there's no discomfort in keeping them at all times.
This is a classic in my opinion. Older toons, newer tools at the time, real people, and the combo of all 3 was groundbreaking. Love that you did this one!
I was so happy you got the Harvey reference! Most younger people miss that one! Christopher Lloyd is the perfect actor to play Judge Doom. And, for persistence sake, I'm going to request "Adventures in Babysitting" again. Put it on a poll maybe, see if others would like you to see it.
Funny considering Tim Curry almost got the role. But they thought he'd be too scary. Lloyd was pretty scary near the end, can't even imagine what it would've been like if Curry had those red eyes.
1. First time I saw this was in the middle of the ocean. My ship (USS Tripoli LPH-10) was doing a Tiger Cruise. That's where crew members could bring "male only" family/friends to join us from Hawaii to San Diego. There were displays set up on the hanger bay. For entertainment there was an area to watch movies. This was one of them. 2. There had to be equal time for Disney and HB characters. 3. To make it as realistic as possible they sometimes had to hand paint the shadows. 4. One of the cartoon bullets is the voice of Pat Buttram. He played Mr. Haney on Green Acres. 5. The tunnel going to toon town is the same one used at the end of Back to the Future II. 6. This was Mae Questel's/Betty Boops third to last gig. Her last was Christmas Vacation. (RIP) 6. Favorite character is the Baby🤣
I actually like the fact that jessica is actually a pretty decent person who really loves roger. It is kind of sad that TV primed people to see a sexualized or sexually liberated woman and immediatly jump to conclusions. And in this case, It's like she said: She was _drawn_ that way. Its comparable to a woman having really big breats and constantly getting comments because of it. Wasn't her choice, and if she _does_ wanna show them off, that is her right and not an invitation for harassment.
@@chrisbolland5634 A woman who is not ashamed of her sexuality, willing to have sex for fun instead of baby making and able to flirt freely. I.e. a woman who is allowed to use her sexuality the same way a man does.
@@saiyasha848 hm... I think that's an unhealthy way to use sexuality, in men and women. But lemmie explain, my objection is 'flirting freely'. People shouldn't tug on other people's hearts like that. I dislike it when men OR women treat romance as casual. Everything else you said is great when it's within a good healthy relationship with another person, male or female.
@@chrisbolland5634 Oh, I think we understamd "flirting freely" diffenrently. I'm not talking about love'em and Leve'em, I mean mutually agreed upon one night stands, being able to be sexualy active without it meaning you are bound to that person forever
@@saiyasha848 see I don't think that's healthy. Sex is supposed to mean more than just 'fun'. It's a testament of a bond of relationship with someone you trust. Doesn't it always feel better waking up next to someone you know will never leave you, after a passionate night of trusting them with your most intimate self? Idk... but to me sex ought to me more han that. There's a freedom in waiting too.
Don't feel bad, you didn't miss much. As long as you know who the major cartoon characters are, Donald and Daffy Duck, Tweety, Mickey and Bugs, Porky Pig, you're all good. Hey, you even got the Harvey reference, which I was impressed by. There were other, real characters in there but you don't have to know all of them. And I think you get the noir knowledge that you need from the more modern versions that you've seen. You're fine! The shave-and-a-haircut bit, well, I'm sure a million people will explain that better than I can. (Let me know if no one mentions it, and I'll give it a shot.) This was very innovative for the time. I'm sure you've looked it up by now but there was no computer animation in this. It was all done by hand. An early blending of cartoon and live action was in 1945, when Gene Kelly and Jerry (from Tom & Jerry) danced together in a movie called Anchors Aweigh. Definitely look that up, it's on RU-vid and it's only three minutes long. Anyway! Thanks for this, I really enjoy your reactions. You're clearly intelligent and you have a calm energy, which is really fun to watch..
what i missed when i first watched this was that when it is panning over the stuff in Eddie's office you see that he and his brother were clowns before becoming detectives
I was living in a place called Grays in Essex, east of London. The scene where Eddie, Dolores and Roger hid out in the cinema was filmed at the cinema in Grays because it still had all the original period features. The films makers spent quite a bit making the place look great. They did a special showing of the film at that theatre and my husband and I went. Everyone cheered when that scene came on and you see the Art Deco clock.
This movie is such a perfect combination of Film Noir and Screwball Comedy! It tackles gentrification, racism, AND corruption, along with the murder of course!
Steven Spielberg was paramount in his contribution in helping to finance this movie with the stipulation that both Disney and Warner Bros. shared equal time together
Thor gets points for his recognition of Betty Boop. You did okay! Can I assign you some Looney Toons homework? If you ever plan to watch the Mel Brooks Star Wars parody, Spaceballs, please watch the short One Froggy Evening first. And if you ever watch(ed) Monsters Inc., you should watch the short Feed the Kitty. Both iconic classics which the movies referenced. BTW, the dog running the elevator is Droopy, who was a Tex Avery character from MGM's cartoons. Disney and WB have survived and gone on promoting their vintage characters, but there are other great classic cartoon studios who have been forgotten, and many of their characters appear here.
Watching your face was priceless, this movie is still amazing after all these years! I got to see this in the theater, but was a tad on the young side for the mystery & noir. Quite a few jokes went over my head while my parents laughed their asses off. Definitely go check out behind the scenes!
funny thing, most toons consider Jessica the lucky one in the Jessica/Roger relationship. A loyal, funny husband? Yep, she wants to keep that, and would go to lengths to keep it.
32:10 as a Gene Kelly fan I can tell you He danced with Jerry the mouse in the movie Anchor's Away (1945). And in Invitation to the dance(1956) there's a complex dance sequence with cartoon characters
Kathleen Turner is the voice of Jessica Rabbit. The voice actor that does Roger appears in Back to the Future 2. He is the guy that Biff paid to get the manure out of his car and he played the clock tower guy in the 2015 future.
Judge Doom is doc from back to the Future. Also, I wish they would show what Jessica and Roger's kids would be. Would they be "human" or rabbits?? Can Jessica even get pregnant?
@@fynnthefox9078 Yes, but it's an interspecies relationship, even if they're both Toons (a Toon rabbit & a busty Toon female human). The Muppet pairings of Kermit X Miss Piggy (or Kermit X Denise, if you go for that frog x pig relationship instead, although most hardcore Muppet fans prefer the former) & whatever/weirdo/alien Gonzo & hen (female chicken) Camilla are also interspecies, except they're Jim Henson puppet creations.
13:22 This movie is very losely based on a book of the actual name. It deals much more with the themes of segregation... and in it Roger actually _is_ the guilty one. He's actually trying to frame Valiant. It also involves a Genie.
Actually, the novel is called "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" As I recall, the toons were involved in comic strips, not the movies. When they spoke, word balloons appeared, and the scenes were photographed for publication in the newspaper. It's been a while since I read it. Will have to revisit it one day.
@@galandirofrivendell4740 You're right. Which makes sense because in the Novel... well... no one framed him. He actually did kill someone (though not the same person as in the movie= and he actually tried to frame _Valiant_ for it.
@@saiyasha848 It was actually Roger's evil twin doppelganger that was the murderer in the novel, not the actual Roger himself. The real Roger was killed early on, perhaps by said evil twin, who planned to replace the original & subsequently frame Valiant for the death due to already being aware of Valiant's pre-established grudge/racism against Toons, but Valiant was able to safeguard himself & uncovered the truth just as the evil twin vanished (because doppelgangers only had a limited shelf life in terms of their existence).
@@WalkerRileyMC Which was why when the sequel novels that the author actually patterned more after this movie than the first book were made, the events of the first book were retconned as being a terrible nightmare Jessica Rabbit had.
I saw this in the movie theatre when it came out. Loved it. There are behind the scenes stuff here on RU-vid. There are several movies that mixed live with cartoon. But this was the first time with the quality and level of interaction. The BTS stuff tells more about why it's so special. BTW - your counter was a bit off. But, you don't even need a counter. There is no time definition when it comes to fair use.
Just watched a bit of this reaction, looks like fun...I do want to finish this reaction at some point since I barely remember this film, but this time of the year is pretty hectic! haha. I laughed so hard at the real rocks in Valiant's drink though 😂 - This film is definitely Noir inspired, with Jessica playing the femme fatale. Jessica Rabbit really reminds me of Rita Hayworth from the film 'Gilda' actually. So glad you saw LA Confidential as well...it's my favourite modern noir :)
Also, 'shave and a haircut' is the knocking rhythm that Doom is doing. Long short-short long long. Roger is going nuts because Doom isn't finishing the rhythm.
Richard Williams, who's studio directed the animation (Disney only assisted), used a combination of influences from classic animation.. as they put it.. it's the "quality of Disney, the humor / character of Warner Bros (Looney Tunes / Merrie Melodies), and the slapstick violence of MGM (Tex Avery / Hanna Barberra). Williams had worked in practically every style imaginable so it wasnt an issue for him. He was also a master of animating over live action without a locked down camera.. pre computers, that meant a ton of work and talent, because you have to change the characters perspective and proportions for every frame.
Okay, Looney Tunes primer time. There are many amazing classic shorts (and just as many duds), but this list of 20 is a good place to start to get a feel for who these characters are and what kind of humor you're into: * Rabbit Fire * Rabbit Seasoning * Duck, Rabbit! Duck! * What's Opera, Doc? * Rabbit of Seville * High-Diving Hare * Devil-May Hare * Bully for Bugs * Duck Amuck * Duck Dodgers in the 24th 1/2 Century * Robin Hood Daffy * The Scarlet Pumpernickel * Drip-Along Daffy * Canary Row * Fast and Furry-ous * For Scent-imental Reasons * Lovelorn Leghorn * One Froggy Evening * Feed the Kitty * The Dover Boys at Pimento University (or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall) The first three are the fantastic Bugs/Daffy/Elmer trilogy, followed by five each of the best showings of Bugs and Daffy and some recurring antagonists. Then four more starring the wider cast, and three that are critically-acclaimed shorts with one-off characters.
Of course, *One Froggy Evening* is the famous introduction to Warner Brothers' 90's-00's television channel mascot Michigan J. Frog & his froggy rendition of "Hello My Baby".
I love that you reacted to this! When you're 5 year's old Christopher Lloyd as Doom was terrifying. And I love that you got the Harvey and noir references too ❤
Most people I talk to about this movie don't realize Dooms plot was based on a real conspiracy during this time. Strings of murders and double dealing were committed to get the freeway built
This was based on a book called "Who Censored Roger Rabbit", which I've always meant to read, so I don't know how many characters in the movie are OC's from the book.
Don't know if anyone has said it but in the book this movie is based on, Roger DID do it! He used a toon trick (not in the movies) to clone himself but after he did HE died and only the clone was left alive but the clones only exist like max 3 days so the whole story takes place over 3 days and eventually we find out Roger did kill Acme and all the events happening were caused by him accidentally making wishes to a vengeful genie. Its a wild book yo
Yes, but when the author actually liked this film rendition better than his own original novel, he retconned the events of the first novel as a nightmare Jessica Rabbit had in one of the sequel novels that took more influence from the film.
5:35 - Thank you for laughing at the "piano on his head" punchline. I think it's hilarious and one of the funniest lines in the whole movie, but hardly anybody gets it. Her delivery is perfect. XD 8:15 - OF COURSE it's LITERAL patty-cake. What, did you actually think cartoons have sex and affairs?
Not only was it appropriate for a toon to play literal patty cake, but it so sweetly set up the animation-within-animation in the office. Brilliance all around!
*What, did you actually think cartoons have sex and affairs?* Yes, they do. At least, when played strictly for older audiences (i.e. randy teenagers & those over the age of 18/ADULTS), they do, but it's only heavily implied (and if ever shown, it's a rare occurrence [online Rule 34 notwithstanding]). However, _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_ in spite of the racy & sensual content included as part of the murder mystery film noir plot, was still deemed ultimately a "family" film warranting a hard PG rating, although Disney initially developed it under its more ADULT-driven Touchstone Pictures label. Touchstone Pictures was purposely made for those films that Disney feels are too ADULT for Disney to associate with publicly, with _Who Framed Roger Rabbit_ being one of the first prime examples of it usage. In the mid-90's, the same situation also applied to the original release of _The Nightmare Before Christmas_ when it first came out due to its gothic visuals (which were indicative of co-creator Tim Burton, of course, since the gothic aesthetics had become a staple of his token art style by that point) & slightly dark concept of a Halloween representative -- Jack Skellington, as the anointed ruler of Halloween Town -- trying to replace Santa Claus in an attempt to have Halloween overtake Christmas.
Saw this in the theater and what a jaw-dropping experience! I was old enough to get most of the jokes! eta- the phrase in animation, “bumping the lamp,” was coined from this movie; taking the time to add animated detail to the scene to really sell it
thor: "how did they do that? i need to check behind the scenes" me: has ignored and avoided behind scenes my entire life so they dont break this perfect magic for me XDDDD watching this as a kid and seeing all the characters from disney movies and warner cartoons in the same movie all being friends was the biggest mindblow your little head get XD
When the author of the book likes the movie better, you know it's good. Also some of what you said, read the book fast if you don't want to be spoiled. Wrote a character partly based on Jessica rabbit that while disastrous at 6 was recycled when I was 12 into a witch and is now my favorite character I've made. Every time I see the trolleys I think of "Meet Me in St. Louis." If you are looking for musicals. The drinking thoughts you had made me think of B5, if you're ever looking for a sci-fi series. Smile darn ya smile is a song I adored as a kid. You're reaction to patty cake, the camera pan, the chalk, painting's,
Roger is an original character. Funnily enough, in the book "Who Censored Roger Rabbit" (the movie is an adaptation of the book), Roger was the murderer. The mystery in the book though was who killed Roger Rabbit. The book and movie is very different, I prefer the movie in the end. It's just that good.
Who Frame Roger Rabbit came out in 1988. The main villain was played by Christopher Lloyd of Back to the Future/Addams Family fame. Mary Poppins did the animated characters interacting with real people, but it was only for a sequence, not throughout. Disney and Warner cartoons were used throughout the movie, but the central cartoon characters were original characters from the novel it is based on, “Who Censored Roger Rabbit.” It received 4 out of the 7 awards it was nominated at the Academy Awards including best visual effects, best film editing, best sound editing, and a special achievement award. The special achievement award is not an annual occurrence and only 18 films/short films that have a great contribution to the medium. The last person to receive one was back in 2018 to Mexican director, Alejandro Gonzalez Iñaritu (dir. Birdman or The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance, Babel, The Revenant, 21 Grams, Amores Perros) for a virtual reality short film, “Flesh and Sand.”
When I first watched it as a kid, it was so well-done that I thought toons were real! Like, I thought for a couple of hours that there was a toontown in a specific place in the world and humans around that area could interact with them. I was also very innocent and naive and hadn't seen much outside of my hometown, but the timing of interactions in the movie was so well-done that I bought it completely. The movie still holds up
There is a ToonTown. It's in California's Disneyland (the original Disney theme park, but is basically just a truncated version of Walt Disney World's Magic Kingdom by comparison, hence the creation of Disney's second California theme park, Disney's California Adventure, which houses the other lands & tie-in IPs that the original Disneyland has no more room to hold due to the limited space available). ToonTown also used to be in Walt Disney World (as Mickey's TooonTown Fair), before the WDW version was demolished in favor of Storybook Circus as part of the New Fantasyland expansion within the past couple of decades. A prop facade of the ToonTown location (but not the land itself, unfortunately) is used as a visual backdrop for Character Meet & Greets inside of the Walt Disney Studios miniature theme park inside of Disneyland Paris (although the Walt Disney Studios miniature park is separate from the main portion of Disneyland Paris by a studio building facade made to resemble the real-life Walt Disney Studios of Walt's day back in Burbank, CA). A version of ToonTown (the land thankfully & not just a meager cardboard cutout of it) also exists within Tokyo Disneyland, but like everything else under the Japanese banner, Tokyo Disneyland is not really owned & operated by Disney itself. No, Tokyo Disneyland & its associated Tokyo DisneySea cruise ship are both owned by the independent creative Japanese enterprise known as The Oriental Land Company, with Disney corporate only distributing the rights to license the entertainment giant's characters for the Japanese to market & use.
The original story was actually a political satire which Disney all but washed away. In the 19th century, street cars, first pulled by horses, then electrified as trolleys, made possible the "modern" city because residents could get downtown so much easier. A horse-drawn carriage movedabout 3-5 mph (and with the best streets cobblestone, made for a bone-jarring rid) but a trolley could easily go 10x and the ride was so much smoother. This meant for the same travel time, a downtown could draw on 10 squared or 100x the population for theaters, restaurants, night clubs, large hotels, etc. But the trolleys were all privately owned, and had to make a sufficient profit and had to pay taxes. In the 1930's, GM, Standard Oil and one of the major tire companies, got together and set up holding companies in different cities (such as "Cloverleaf Industries" in this movie), with the direct intent to put the trolleys out of business. Thus people would be forced to ride the busses or better yet, get their own cars. This isn't conspiracy theory - the three were convicted in the 1950's and fined 2K (the cost of one auto) but by then, the damage had been done. At the same time, city planners like Robert Moses in the NY area deliberately ran the highways through the low income neighborhoods to break them up, or between the downtown and the poor sections. The satire in the movie is that these were sometimes known as the pejorative "coontown" where "the crazy people live" or here, Toontown.
how can doom's plan be exciting? simply: because of the fucking money. Dooms entire plan was essentially a real estate scam. If he had goten his hands on toon town, he would have had all the land in the world to sell to the government and use it to profit via other businesses to build on. Gu would have been stinkin rich. And "all" he had to do was wipe out his own race. That is what makes Doom imo also one of the scariest villains in animated history. the willingness to commit genocide all for profit
Written by Robert Zemeckis and Bob Gale and directed by Robert Zemeckis starring Bob Hoskins as Eddie Valiant. A private detective who has a negative history with toons. When a famous toon, i.e. Roger, is framed for murder, it is up to Valiant to team up with Roger Rabbit to clear his name
The amount of INSANE work needed to make the animation and real world work together was a crazy difficult process that just blows me and everyone away when watching the making of.
24:02 the first freeway 🛣 from California open 65 years ago. 27:08 my brother and I used to get scared of judge doom real face as kids. But, we got over fears of him. 27:50-28:01 😆 28:08 that’s right.
Goddamn it Thor Yes :D This is a disney classic crossover and you'll really like it. Btw I'm new to your channel, I'm also a big fan of your other channel whitenoise reacts.
Some fun places to go to see some of the behind-the-scenes stuff for this movie would be the Disney+ series "Prop Culture" (since they had an episode surrounding this movie) and Corridor Crew's "VFX Artists React to Bad & Great CGi" (because they react to the effects of this movie in Episode 12 of the series that Prop Culture doesn't touch on)
Disney most of all have been playing around with cartoon and live ators before this one. Mary Poppins, Pete and the dragon Eliot, and Walt D. even had a conversation with a small Donald Duck. These are the once at the top of my head. But no one has done it at the level of this movie and so elaborate and so good attention to details as the reaction of the real world and the shadowing of the animation as they turn and how light is hitting them.
Filming lasted 7 months running from November 1986 to June 1987, post production lasted 14 months and it was released on June 22, 1988, so it took a total of a year and a half and a LOT of work to make the whole movie. There’s behind the scenes and “the making of” documentaries floating around RU-vid. It’s really interesting to see what all they did. You should give them a watch!
I've loved this ever since I saw it theatrically back in '88. It's a pity Spielberg wasn't able to get the rights to every major cartoon character that existed in '47. Notable among the missing are Tom & Jerry, Popeye, Felix the Cat, Casper the Friendly Ghost and the Fleischer's version of Superman.
They (Spielberg & company) did want to use them & there are storyboard images actually available of them included, such as Popeye being a pallbearer for Marvin Acme's funeral, which was unfortunately left on the cutting room floor due to time contraints. The face of Felix the Cat is itself used on the entryway into the tunnel leading into ToonTown to further separate it from its other iconic role in the _Back to the Future_ movies.
There's not gonna be a sequel to this. Roger Rabbit was even taken out of the Disney theme parks as a meet-and-greet character. The only glimpse of him we'll ever see of him now is on the Disneyland ride. Plus, Bob Hoskins is dead, so bringing him back is out of the question.
Great reaction. It was a serious story, with some insanely groundbreaking and innovative sfx. Really one of a kind...nothing had come close since. Blending animation and irl cinema 🎥
"That would be a crazy plot twist if Roger actually committed the crime." All I have to say is read the book this movie is based on, "Who Censored Roger Rabbit?" You'll be in for a surprise.
SPOILERS FOR THE BOOK _ _ _ _ _ _ 'Who Framed Roger Rabbit' is loosely based on the book 'Who Censored Roger Rabbit'. In the book, Roger was actually the murderer. The book is rather complicated, but basically instead of Toons being invulnerable, they can create temporary doupelgangers to take their place during stunts. When Roger's boss starts an affair with Jessica, Roger sent his doupelganger to be an alibi and then went to murder his boss. However, the real Roger got killed along the way. Valient solves the murders by the end of the book, the doupelganger thanks Valient for finding the answer and not condemning Roger for what he did, and then the doupelganger fades away.
Not really. Yes, a Roger Rabbit did do the killings in the book, but it was a doppelganger & he had killed the original Roger whom he was based on in an attempt to permanently replace him and planned to frame Toon-hating detective Eddie Valiant for the murder.
Hi, I just watched your reaction to one of my favorite movies of all time and I loved your reaction to the movie. In the video you asked viewers to see what other references the movie contained. There were two others I found while watching the movie. One was the "Sunset Blvd" reference on the car/trolly. "Sunset Blvd" was referencing the movie "Sunset Boulevard" which was released in 1950. The movie was a black comedy film noir. The other reference was the falcon in Eddie's office, where he put his hat on. That was referencing the 1941 American film noir, "The Maltese Falcon" with Humphrey Bogart. Hope these movie references help! ^_^
REALLY?! A year later and nobody commented on the penguin waiters. Famously featured in the extensive chalk drawing scene, with live action and animation combined, in Mary Poppins 22 years earlier (1964). I don't know if that was the first time they appeared in a blend but that scene was so marveled over at the time that I think it was the sort of thing Thor was thinking of when he specifically asked for earlier examples. Not to mention other classics such as Bedknobs and Broomsticks etc.
