Thundercats!
#1
Posted 03 June 2010 - 02:39 PM
Well, it's getting a facelift.
Thundercats Press Release
#2
Posted 03 June 2010 - 02:51 PM
I don't know whether feeling expectation or trepidation (Real cat-like characteristics? Ugh!). So I reckon I will limit myself to drown in my childhood memories.
Thundercats Opening
Do you want to take over the world, huh? Well, you'll have to go through us first!
#3 Guest_New Revolution_*
Posted 03 June 2010 - 02:58 PM
#4
Posted 03 June 2010 - 05:04 PM
What's Happening with the Naruto series as of now!
#5
Posted 03 June 2010 - 05:13 PM
#6
Posted 03 June 2010 - 05:47 PM
He-man worked while it still had a regular time-slot; once they started shifting it around every other week, though, it kinda understandably fizzled. A shame, since it was actually a pretty good version of the show, I thought.
GI Joe... did that ever actually AIR? I know they talked about it a lot, but I never found out if they actually produced episodes for it or just the one mini-series....
Voltron was only 'brought back' the one time so far; now that didn't work, but that was partly because they were trying to make it a crappy CGI sequel, and was victimized by bad writing. They've gone back to the drawing board, and have a new version in the works that will NOT be a crappy CGI sequel... though I think I'll wait a bit before judging on the writing; World Events Productions (Voltron's rights-holders), while an otherwise good company, has HORRIBLE judgement when it comes to selecting writers... as evidenced by the Voltron live-action movie, which has been repeatedly pushed back because the reaction to the leaked scripts was so bad.
It did work for Transformers... for a time, anyway -- once you reimagine a reimagined reimagining of a reimagined universe (all within five years of each other), it starts to suck no matter what. Not to mention that, once returning to the non-CGI format (i.e., post-Beast Wars\Beast Machines, which was pretty hard to follow up on since it was practically Transformers armageddon, there), all of the series re-makes looked like they were trying to be Digimon clones....
Regardless, I think Thundercats has a reasonable chance of succeeding in updated form... as long as they don't try and make the show too 'Edgy' or anything like that.
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#7
Posted 03 June 2010 - 05:59 PM
#8
Posted 03 June 2010 - 08:24 PM
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Blasphemy >.>
#9
Posted 04 June 2010 - 02:10 AM
Those weren't corny either? I remember the old cartoons for those series. EXTREMELY corny, but enjoyable.
#10
Posted 04 June 2010 - 02:27 AM
Most of those shows were made more than ten years after Thundercats. In its day, Thundercats was remarkable... but it hasn't aged well because a great many of the commonly used tropes exploited in the show to make it appeal to younger fans (which, in their day, were perfectly fine) now appear incredibly cheesy. Batman was partly responsible for revolutionizing US-made cartoons in a way to remove most of those tropes, and almost all the others you mention (save Ninja Turtles and He-man) were made after Batman.
If you've grown up with those tropes enough to understand why they're there, though, Thundercats is one of the best cartoons of its day.
Edited by desaix, 04 June 2010 - 02:29 AM.
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#11
Posted 04 June 2010 - 03:15 AM
Quote for the win
#12
Posted 04 June 2010 - 03:18 AM
If you've grown up with those tropes enough to understand why they're there, though, Thundercats is one of the best cartoons of its day.
People use the "age" as an excuse all the time, trust me I've seen some of the old original episodes. I'm just simply stating my opinion of it being corny that doesn't imply for everybody's opinion.
Not to me they weren't, I thought they were awesome in the early mid 90's.
Edited by Uzumakikage, 04 June 2010 - 03:21 AM.
#13
Posted 04 June 2010 - 07:02 PM
Of course I'd snicker after watching an episode of it today, but that's only because my tastes have changed since twenty years ago. That's probably the biggest reason why I'm eager to see the remake, to see how well it is adapted.
#14
Posted 04 June 2010 - 08:44 PM
Of course I'd snicker after watching an episode of it today, but that's only because my tastes have changed since twenty years ago. That's probably the biggest reason why I'm eager to see the remake, to see how well it is adapted.
Well that's understandable to me if Thundercat's was only one the few shows you had available to watch.
Edited by Uzumakikage, 04 June 2010 - 08:44 PM.
#15
Posted 05 June 2010 - 06:05 AM
Uzumakikage,
Age MATTERS. Often you -and by you I mean "everyone or almost everybody"- diminish or willingly ignore the flaws of the shows you were exposed to first, but you focus on the flaws of the shows you watched later (Believe me, I would know it. I do it).
And sometimes you watch an older show and you love it, in spite of you didn't watch it back when you were a child.
A friend of mine loved X-Men Evolution, but she thought X-Men: The Animated Series was extremely corny (even thought she was exposed to X-Men TAS first). Of course, I am not implying she was right and you wrong. I just use that example for proving it depends heavily on the PoV.
I am twenty-nine and I watched Thundercats in the early nineties, along with several shows you have cited (all of them were aired in the same time on my country), and I loved all of them. Personally I never thought Thundercats was cornier than Iron-Man or Hulk (besides, I have never liked Hulk).
Of course if you think Thundercats wasn't good, that is your opinion and it is perfectly valid. I also dislike some shows everybody seem loving (like Evangelion).
Regardless, I don't think that cartoon hasn't aged well. I think it used common tropes in a fashion was popular back in the eighties (and not so popular nowadays), but it was well done. And it shows.
And I gladly will take a corny show uses the old, good tropes in efficient ways rather many current shows any day.
We will see how successful will be this remake. Some remakes improve the original, and some of them are awful (I still remember that He-Man remake back in the nineties. Unfortunately the brain bleach was unable to purge the memories off my tortured mind. But I have heard the last remake was good, if short-lived). Ninja Turtles's last remake was incredibly good. Transformers TAS has also been good.
Anyways, I wager it will not be so successful how the original series. If shows such like Robotech/Macross or Mazinger-Z have proved something, it is remakes/reruns usually are not so successful like the original show/run. Lightning don't strike twice.
Do you want to take over the world, huh? Well, you'll have to go through us first!
#16
Posted 05 June 2010 - 10:33 AM
So many shows that are memorable to me. And actually I forgot about the earlier 90s He-Man that they tried to bring out. The New Adventures of He-Man
#17
Posted 05 June 2010 - 12:46 PM
Seriously, if they touch my SWAT Kats, I'll be forced to kick some corporate ass.
#18
Posted 05 June 2010 - 08:07 PM
"Thunder Cats, thunder cats, thunder cats, HO!"
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#19
Posted 07 June 2010 - 09:32 AM
A friend of mine loved X-Men Evolution, but she thought X-Men: The Animated Series was extremely corny (even thought she was exposed to X-Men TAS first). Of course, I am not implying she was right and you wrong. I just use that example for proving it depends heavily on the PoV.
thisthisthis
I rewatched Gargoyles awhile back and, despite it's moments of obvious corn, I loved it
and obviously one has to factor in it's popularity "during its time." I mean you watch an old school horror now you'll complain about its production value and the like, but when it was aired it was amazing
some are even still amazing :o
tl;dr seconding age matters
in other news OMG X-MEN EVO
i'd pay to see that. Please touch his SWAT Kats, you corporate bastards you!
#20
Posted 07 June 2010 - 10:18 AM
in other news OMG X-MEN EVO
And that's where some of us differ. I still think Evolution was pure crap.
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