Okay, so the review is up, but I'm going to do this post here.
I revealed there that, unfortunately, Penelope was not present in the movie. It feels like she was kind of a victim of Pepe's scene getting deleted, and I think the decision to do the game in CGI animation. Her main gimmick was basically being a replacement for Pepe, so that scene getting deleted meant her story purpose was gone, and then add in the fact that giving her an entire (expensive) 3D model to then just stand around was probably not cost effective. I think there was a planned scene where she pretended to be a skunk and scared away the Goon Squad to score points, but after that there's not lot you could do with her and even that's just a watered down version of a gag they did last movie. It's disappointing on a lot of levels, but I think the Pepe scene as described was actually just a little too mean, and needed to be cut. Surely, after all that, Penelope's automatic for Space Jam: Threepeat or whatever in 2046. (And I'm still not sure that that isn't her paw.)
Marvin, though in the movie and featuring in multiple scenes, is also not on the team. Bugs basically just steals his spaceship and uses it to fly to the different themed worlds.
Ironically, Daffy also no longer plays for the team; he calls the "coach" position, and never dons a uniform. I think that was pretty clear from the advertising, but I still half expected him to actually get in the game (the Goon Squad's coach does). Of course, he doesn't actually coach much, either.
The Road Runner's jersey number changing from 7 to 5 now makes sense; another character takes the number 7. That's kind of a spoiler, but only plot-wise. It's not a super secret cameo character. Still not sure why Lola moved from 10 to 11, though. I didn't really spend a lot of time checking; maybe the activity book got that wrong. (Alternatively, I have reason to believe 10 might have been Penelope's number; I believe there might have been an attempt to pair her with Sylvester, who both managed to gain a starting position and yet didn't actually get much to do, and having the two cats' number in proximity might have reinforced that.)
Okay, so the review is up, but I'm going to do this post here.
I revealed there that, unfortunately, Penelope was not present in the movie. It feels like she was kind of a victim of Pepe's scene getting deleted, and I think the decision to do the game in CGI animation. Her main gimmick was basically being a replacement for Pepe, so that scene getting deleted meant her story purpose was gone, and then add in the fact that giving her an entire (expensive) 3D model to then just stand around was probably not cost effective. I think there was a planned scene where she pretended to be a skunk and scared away the Goon Squad to score points, but after that there's not lot you could do with her and even that's just a watered down version of a gag they did last movie. It's disappointing on a lot of levels, but I think the Pepe scene as described was actually just a little too mean, and needed to be cut. Surely, after all that, Penelope's automatic for Space Jam: Threepeat or whatever in 2046. (And I'm still not sure that that isn't her paw.)
Marvin, though in the movie and featuring in multiple scenes, is also not on the team. Bugs basically just steals his spaceship and uses it to fly to the different themed worlds.
Ironically, Daffy also no longer plays for the team; he calls the "coach" position, and never dons a uniform. I think that was pretty clear from the advertising, but I still half expected him to actually get in the game (the Goon Squad's coach does). Of course, he doesn't actually coach much, either.
The Road Runner's jersey number changing from 7 to 5 now makes sense; another character takes the number 7. That's kind of a spoiler, but only plot-wise. It's not a super secret cameo character. Still not sure why Lola moved from 10 to 11, though. I didn't really spend a lot of time checking; maybe the activity book got that wrong. (Alternatively, I have reason to believe 10 might have been Penelope's number; I believe there might have been an attempt to pair her with Sylvester, who both managed to gain a starting position and yet didn't actually get much to do, and having the two cats' number in proximity might have reinforced that.)