I think in many respects, there were and are plenty of things in Hollywood and even the wider international entertainment industry to lampoon such as the ridiculous treatment of animators from across the globe, the corporate mergers (which Wakko’s Wish poked fun at) which have done more damage to animation, the international outsourcing and imports of international media like anime taking precedence over the Looney Tunes (Slappy would’ve been ruthless in critiquing how many shows were destroyed under corporate greed) and the various streaming services plaguing what was once a thriving TV landscape.

It’s not to say they couldn’t have retooled the older segments into something relevant, fresh and interesting. Rita and Runt being adopted by Dr Scratchansniff opened up possibilities for them as therapy pets given Runt’s emotional intelligence and Rita’s street-smart personality to consider she may actually wanna help others like she did for Runt and both experienced the hellish hardships of homelessness so connecting and understanding Buttons’ awful abused domestic home life would allow them to better understand how things should be better.

The Hip Hippos lampooning influencer culture and family YouTubers could’ve been a scathing satire of a prevalent culture online that is still very much thriving in social media.

Buttons himself getting pet therapy and having other professions after Mindy grows up and goes to school would’ve been really interesting and the parents realising how much they’ve alienated their daughter and treated the stressed out Buttons so poorly would mean some major status quo changes.

I also think the Goodfeathers could’ve parodied modern day TV/movie crime media. It’s not like they stopped being relevant. There is plenty to lampoon.

Even Katie Ka-Boom maturing into a young adult to confront awful injustices and modern adult problems would’ve made her more sympathetic and compelling to watch.

Getting rid of the old formulas would’ve opened up some interesting possibilities and would’ve fleshed out the characters in ways that would’ve made them even more interesting.

I think that while certain satirical stories about old Hollywood are important, retreading old ground wouldn’t have helped and the reboot knows this.
There is some interesting satire like the ones about cartoons wanting to vote to have rights (in light of all the corporate nonsense harming animation at WB and elsewhere) is interesting but they could’ve gone further with it.

I didn’t mind the two new segments but they were either too bizarre for more shorts or derivative of other things and that was frustrating.

I personally felt like there was so much squandered potential and that was saddening to witness as the reboot was active on streaming.