"Chariots of Fur" is an American 7-minute cartoon from 1994, so this one has its 25th anniversary now in 2019. It is a more recent addition to the universe of Roadrunner and Coyote and was made by Chuck Jones, who was already in his 80s back then and Paul Julian, the original Road Runner returned for this one as well and he was also 80. May the duo rest in peace. I was probably never the really biggest Road Runner fan (despite liking Coyote kind of) I must admit, but still there are some I like and some of the ACME gadgets are just impossible to find interesting, even for somebody like me with virtually zero interest in technical stuff. But here it was all just disappointing. The visual side was okay overall, but the specific scenes and as always it is a collection of some very short films in one rather short film were mostly underwhelming. The ideas behind them weren't great either. I mean Coyote hiding in a fake cactus to catch Road Runner, really? Why would Road Runner stop and even if he does, the moment he sees the cactus moving or Coyote getting out of his costume, he is gone immediately anyway. Most of it makes little sense and it feels Coyote has gotten a bit senile in terms of the ideas he picks up on. They took some retro stuff too like the big rock falling from up high on Coyote and he waving the sign is something we could have seen exactly this way in a 50s or 60s cartoon too. Overall, however, it was fairly disappointing and I give this one a thumbs-down. It's probably only worth seeing for curiosity reasons by those very boiggestg RR fans. Or maybe these are the ones who should not watch it most of all? I am not sure. So I guess you can skip this one. It is nowhere near as good as it is fast. Not recommended.
Review of Chariots of Fur
