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THUNDER CATS HO!!! : A review of CartoonNetwork's new show.
Last friday Cartoon Network showed the one hour series premire of ThunderCats.
Now for you people who don't know what Thundercats is.....go read wikipedia first. :D
This show is a revamp of the classic 80's sci-fi cartoon by the same name...
However there are some majors changes from the original the obvious one is the change in character design and art style. That and the animation for the Thundercats has been sent over to the japanese studio who did TeenTitans.
In my opinion most of the designs are an improvement, maybe with the exception of Panthro's. Mainly because the outfits have been modernized and the cats themselves are given a more feline apperence. As for the animation itself it was a nice change from the noodle arms of Adventure Time or the bright colors of The Problem Solverz. It had a nice flowy, realistic quality to it and a western style that made me forget that this show is basically now an anime (japanese animated cartoon).
Now for the story....oh boy....
First off the story got a major overhall and seems to very loosely follows plot points and continuity from the first series, but this new series sees multiple changes to the continuity.
1) Lion-O and Tigra are "brothers" (Tigra is adopted and is a snotty ass to boot in the preview, here's hopping that improves.)
2) Thundera seems to only bee a walled city, not the entire planet like before.
3) Panthro is so far NOT in the main group of characters and is actually never seen (exept for one seen but it was mumm-ra).
4) Technology is viewed as a myth for the cats.
5) NO MUTINTS! Yes the quarky animal based foes from Plundar actually are not in the new series as of yet. The only villians that we see in the primire is Slythe as a general of a lizard army.
6) A new race of beings known only as the lizards serve as the rival and enemy race to the thundercats.
7) Last but not least there are more Thundercats than ever before.
Continuity aside the main story wasn't that much different than that of another recent show on Cartoon Network, Symbiotic-Titan, where the civilization has been taken over by an invading force with help from a trecherous general, the king dies, and the new leader must leave to survive and learn to lead so they can eventually come back and defeat the invading force and reclaim the throne.
The wrighting itself however made this already told story interesting and watchable. The dialoge was good to the point of surpassing the original, and the pacing of the show was excelent. All in all a great job done by the wrighting department.
Thundercats 2011 proved so far to be a decent rehash of the original with various improvements made here and there. It's a great nastalgia piece for anyone who grew up with the show and a great starting point for new viewers. Not only that, but it's so far possibly the most epic story on Cartoon Network now. So go and watch it!
Rating: 8.5/ 10
Views: 622
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Comment by Gift of the Magi on August 10, 2011 at 1:10am -
I can sum this show up for you in three words. Just three.
Thundercats are assholes.
The series has the Thundercats living in a walled city, where they have an ongoing war with the other 'animals' of Thundra (the mutants from the old series). We get regular scenes of the 'Cats beating helpless lizards, treating Lion-O like a douche' because he has a conscience, stuffing their faces full of food after a dialogue about how the other species on the planet are starving, and general emotion detachment when an entire shelter gets destroyed and everyone inside is killed.
Add in the concept that 'technology' is suppose to be super-rare here, to the point that no one knows how to use it but they search for it constantly...and the big battle at the end has the supposively starving lizard people armed with laser rifles and pistols...and mecha. I shit you not, FUCKING MECHA! Not even stylized mecha, but hardcore 'realistic' style Macross-like mecha.
At the end of the opening two-parter, I was cheering for the lizards.
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Comment by Ken Davis on August 8, 2011 at 7:32pm -
I guess it's ok though
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Comment by Ken Davis on August 8, 2011 at 7:31pm
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I'm 15 and I grew up watching reruns of the original THUNDERCATS
and let me tell you, this is nothing like the original. It's Darker,more
realistic, and elliminates the classical but cool cheesyness of the
original. Because there have only been 2 episodes shown so far, I can't judge
too harshly, but so far, Im not a fan of this reboot.
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Comment by demonknight on August 6, 2011 at 10:13pm -
Your review is good, but why is Panthro not in the show yet!! They had to kill off the black thundercat!! HA HA HA
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Comment by John Gastelo on August 6, 2011 at 8:39pm -
im actually liking it so far.. well see how the rest goes,
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Comment by Brenden williams on August 6, 2011 at 3:38pm -
Studio 4C didn't do Teen Titans and it wasn't sent to Japan, it's all American animation
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Comment by Rider Kabuto on August 4, 2011 at 11:00pm -
I can't wait to see what will happen this week. So far this like a better show then the Voltron remake.
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Comment by moviemedstudent on August 3, 2011 at 10:18pm -
Good theory Knight. I was thinking the same thing too. I was thinking The king was Lion-O and had a son, but shook it off bc his name is like claudis or something.
Also, I think there are apt of pre-teen boys (and maybe girls) felt a stirring in their pants when Cheetara came on the screen lol
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Comment by Hank on August 3, 2011 at 1:40pm -
So far the show is really good i feel your review pretty much hit the nail on the head. Can't wait for the next episode.
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Comment by kingofsnake on August 3, 2011 at 9:44am -
Yes, but are there robear-burbles?
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