A Disappointing Continuation

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Back when "Dastardly and Muttley in Their Flying Machines" debuted, I was a fan. I'd enjoyed the two in "The Wacky Racers" and so it was natural I'd watch this spin-off. And, for a five year-old, it was enjoyable. Several decades later, the show was shown on the Boomerang Channel and I decided to give it a watch for nostalgia's sake. And, to my moderate surprise, the show was absolutely terrible. A horribly low cel count (common in the poorly animated 1960s and 70s that was dominated by Hanna-Barbera), completely one-dimensional characters and terrible writing (with very repetitive and flimsy plots involving catching a stupid pigeon...PERIOD) made it an absolute chore to watch. After a few episodes, I swore I'd never see this abomination again! So why do I think I liked it to back in the old days? Much of it simply was because bad writing and low cel counts were the norm for 1969. Now, with the improvement in the quality of cartoons, it's obvious when you watch any of the old shows of 1969 that they simply don't stack up with the recent offerings by Nickelodeon or the old classic Looney Tunes shorts. And, I assume with kids today seeing better quality cartoons, that they, too, would be a bit bored by this Dastardly cartoon.

When I was younger I used to love watching Dick Dastardly and Muttley in Wacky Races. Then they did another show called Flying Machines which was nearly the same good entertainment. It is World War II and a carrier pigeon is flying with important messages to go to the good side. It is Dastardly and Muttley's job (as the bad side) to catch this pigeon to stop it delivering these messages. They are accompanied in their planes by two amusing characters called Klunk, a gibberish talking inventor, and Zilly, a squeamish translator of Klunk and never brave. Opening with a good theme song, this is a good cartoon when I was younger. Good!

Dastardly and Muttley was downright silly but that was exactly the reason why it was compelling viewing.It was set during the First World War. Dick Dastardly was piloting a heap of junk aided by his dog Muttley and they tried to stop the pigeon flying his messages to Uncle Sam. Of course, you can guess that they never succeeded in much the sam way as Wile E. Coyote never managed to catch Road Runner.It was a spin-off from Wacky Races and it was highly amusing and totally watchable. Call me sad but it was compelling viewing and I just loved the sound of Muttley's laugh.Stop The Pigeon!

As bad as Hanna-Barbera is at making spinoff shows, this "Wacky Races" spinoff is pretty good (as well as "The Perils of Penelope Pitstop"). It stars Dick Dastardly, and his dog Muttley who have traveled back in time to World War I. They along with some other pilots (Zilly, and Klunk) form the Vulture Squadron, and have one mission: To stop a carrier pigeon from crossing enemy lines. Like in "Wacky Races", Dastardly fails at his task, but still the results are humorous.I really have to give Hanna-Barbera a lot of credit. Their spinoff shows were really bad, but their "Wacky Races" spinoff shows were great. 10/10.