Duck Dodgers in the 24½th Century (1953)
- Directed by
- Chuck Jones
- Genre
- comedy film, science fiction film, family film, speculative fiction
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 7 min
- Rated
- NR
- Rating
- 7.6 of 10 from 179 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
Daffy Duck plays Duck Dodgers, a bumbling space hero in the 24th and a half century. He and his assistant Porky Pig compete against Marvin the Martian over a valuable planet.
playfulfast-pacedsatiricalslapstickwhimsicalnostalgiclighthearted
What happens
Duck Dodgers in the 24+1/2th Century (spoken as "twenty-fourth-and-a-half") is a 1953 Warner Bros. Merrie Melodies cartoon directed by Chuck Jones. The cartoon was released on July 25, 1953, and stars Daffy Duck as space hero Duck Dodgers, Porky Pig as his assistant (the Eager Young Space Cadet), and Marvin the Martian as his opponent. This cartoon marked the first of many appearances of the Duck Dodgers character. Marvin the Martian had been introduced as an unnamed villain in Warner's cartoon Haredevil Hare (1948), playing opposite Bugs Bunny (Marvin would not receive his proper name until 1979). He was later given the title 'Commander, Flying Saucer X-2' in 1952's The Hasty Hare. The Duck Dodgers cartoon is an extended parody of the pulp magazine, newspaper comic strip, and comic book character Buck Rogers, and his longtime run of space adventures, Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. In 1994, Duck Dodgers was voted #4 of The 50 Greatest Cartoons of all time by members of the animation field. Because he was such a fan of the short in particular, Star Wars creator George Lucas attempted to arrange that the short be shown before the original Star Wars film during its initial run in theaters and succeeded in making this happen for screenings at the Cinema 21 in San Francisco. In 2004 at the 62nd World Science Fiction Convention, it was retrospectively nominated for a Retro Hugo Award for Best Dramatic Presentation—Short Form. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Dime to Retire (1954)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.