Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)

A Masterpiece!

It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

Marvin the Martian makes an appearance as he battles wits with Daffy Duck as they try to conquer Planet X. The interesting thing is that all the planets are lettered. Porky Pig is a young cadet. Despite his vocal limitations (almost all the Warner Brothers characters were candidates for speech therapy) he is really the smart one in the group. Daffy tries to take credit for every revelation that Porky puts forth, in his own inimitable, self-centered way. I've always loved the voice Mel Blanc developed for Marvin. Of course, everything heads in the direction of utter destruction. Anyway, this is a very entertaining offering from Chuck Jones and the gang.

I guess science-fiction lovers will enjoy this 7-minute cartoon from over 90 years especially. Daffy is in space and fights Marvin the Martian for control over Planet X. I like that Martian character and I was surprised to see he appeared actually in quite a few films. I do not have much memory of him I must admit. However, the fact that he appears in one of Warner Bros' most famous cartoons of all time certainly makes him fairly popular I guess. Still, I have to stay, in terms of the story and of the jokes I am a bit surprised that this cartoon is so popular and famous. I am not saying it's bad by any means. It's definitely a solid watch, but I just cannot really see what the hype is about. Jones, Maltese and Blanc did a fine job here, but so they did on an uncountable number of other cartoons. Nonetheless, I recommend it and it shows that Warner Bros was still making pretty good movies in the 1950s as well and does not have to hide behind Disney. Thumbs up.

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.

"No one knows his way around outer space like Duck Dodgers," proclaims Dafffy as he given the assignment to find a valuable material on Planet X (wherever that is, because they don't know here, either!).This parody of "Buck Rodgers" is a hoot to view, right from the start with the wild 24th century look to it and exaggerations of the future. The color in this cartoon is absolutely bold and brilliant.Duck's "eager young space cadet" is Porky Pig, who calls Daffy "Your Heroship, Sir!" Although our "hero" wants to take credit, it's the little assistant who points to way to Planet X. Upon arrive, "Dodger" plants a flag and proclaims in belong to Earth. A second later, we see the arrival of Marvin the Martian, who claims it for his planet!!!There's a lot more of this craziness, making this one of the better Daffy cartoons. This animated short is very, very entertaining. Cartoon historians label this as one of Daffy Duck's all-time best, and who's to argue?