Thundercats being REMADE ;_; Sewers-worthy, as your childhood is being raped within.

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Originally Posted by Aintitcool

WB animation is remaking the Thundercats as an animated TV series.
The animation style is whimsical, Americanized-anime, along the lines of Teen Titans.
The setting is modern-day Earth, in a major city (possibly LA)
The Thundercats are all teenagers.
Their leader is Snarf (!) who is now a mystic with a "third" eye.
Each of the Thundercats has a weapon with an "Eye of Thunderra" and transformative powers (not just Lion-O)
When they aren't fighting evil, the Thundercats play together as a rock band. That's not a typo, or a joke. They are rockin' cats in their present form.
Mum-Ra now has wings.

Christ almighty.

This really bums me out... ;( I'm sorry, but I enjoyed this show as a kiddo... Curls my graw.

What is this, Josie and the Pussycats? Are they gonna solve mysteries between musical numbers? Rgh.

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Damn you people, why must you rape my childhood memories! Is nothing sacred?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Hahah I'm gonna watch this drunk.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

This has got a big "WTF" written all over it. If anything, I was expecting Snarf to be the Scooby-Doo of the "mysery-solving gang."
Is this a sign of the apocalypse?!

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Great, more classic cartoons being raped by wannabe anime artists trying to cash in on the anime cash cow.

What's worst is kids will probably eat this up. Driving them on to make even more.

That whole thing just sounds horrid.

I was speaking idiomatically.

I can taste my own bile.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO... They can't do that to the THUNDERCATS... Rockband? Why can't they just make a new series, damnit?

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Of course they're remaking Thundercats. They're going to remake everything. Someone once said something about entertainment these days being like hospital food. We eat up the same old crap because that's all they're offering.

However, for some bizarre reason, I find Teen Titans kind of clever, and I never loved Thundercats all that much anyway, so I could enjoy this remake. Tongue-in-cheek is alright with me, most days.

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I never really cared much for Thundercats anyway, so I have no clue which one Snarf is or any of the other details. This just sounds horrendous though. Teen Titans is alright, but anything else trying to use that Americanized anime style is pretty miserable.

If they wanted a rock band cartoon they should have brought out an updated version of Jem. Honestly, would anyone care if they butchered Jem? It's already totally outrageous, so giving it a crappy anime style could only improve it!

Jam it back in, in the dark.

"When they aren't fighting evil, the Thundercats play together as a rock band. That's not a typo, or a joke."

I wonder if they get to fight the Misfists.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Lion-o is excitement. Lion-o is adventure. Mayhem, mutants, fashion and fame.


That, sadly, has more potential than Snarf with a third eye.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Originally Posted by Shonos

Great, more classic cartoons being raped by wannabe anime artists trying to cash in on the anime cash cow.

What's worst is kids will probably eat this up. Driving them on to make even more.

That whole thing just sounds horrid.

You know, I don't even remember ever seeing lunatics takes off. The reason something become popular its because it actually brought something unique and relavent to the table, not just rehash of old licences in new dresses. Personally, I think this is rather insulting to the mental conpacity of the viewer now a days, and not even a anime spin is going to save this one.

How ya doing, buddy?

For those wondering, Snarf is literally comic relief. He's basically chubby, short, cute, with an annoying voice. The closest thing he got to a main role is one episode where he borrowed the power that lets Mumm-Ra leave his lair, and kicked Mumm-Ra's ass. Then he lost it, and never had anything close to a main role again.

As an FYI, I watched this show when it was being played on Toonami from Cartoon Network. And this is like REALLY early Toonami. Like back when the mascot was a freaking satellite with a face.

That, and I have a great memory for unimportant shit. Which is why I could probably recite at least a few of the major plot points from memory. ._.

I was speaking idiomatically.

What's funny about this is that the original Thundercats was produced by mostly Japanese staff in American cartoon style, and now it's American staff producing the remake in anime style.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Oh bloody hell, ten bucks says their weapons will shoot out decks of magical cards and they'll battle with those instead.

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Originally Posted by Infernal Monkey

Oh bloody hell, ten bucks says their weapons will shoot out decks of magical cards and they'll battle with those instead.

"Well, my arch-nemesis, we've been hunting each other for ten years. Finally... we will do battle. This will decide the fate of our clans, the fate of the very world. Draw your weapon."


"Got any 4s?"

"Go fish."

"nnnooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!"

Thank YOU fucking japanese trends towards card games.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

I'm going to start hitting on some of you. Some of you sound old.

I bet that at some point during our childhood some cartoon our parents watched as remade/re-imagined and then they were like "zomg they totally ruined it" and meanwhile we heartily enjoyed it. I'm too lazy to think of what it is but it happened. I'm sure of it.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Originally Posted by Bigblah

What's funny about this is that the original Thundercats was produced by mostly Japanese staff in American cartoon style, and now it's American staff producing the remake in anime style.

Well, an American writer staff that is. Animation itself will still be done in ... what is it these days, still Korea?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Eh.

Much like Masters Of The Universe or Silverhawks, Thundercats is best left as 80s pastiche. Watching it now is akin to sticking a tire iron through your stomache and pulling out your entrails - the show is terrible and badly written. It's campy - if you're into that - but its really just ... bad.

Yes, it's sad to see something that was a milestone of my childhood twisted into an even worse thing than it is now - but it is by no means even remotely possible to compare whats happening to Thundercats to what happened to Looney Tunes. To even suggest an inkling of an idea of a possibility of a chance of a thought that they're on the same level is ludicrous as it is insulting. I swear to God the internet goes out of it's way to insult me sometimes.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

It's like they didn't have enough fun raping my childhood when they remade the transformers like 6 times and GI-Joe like 4 times.. Now they have complete butcher the ThunderCats...

Haven't they learned that they're not going to accomplish anything by recycling the old shows?

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Makes me wonder how long before an american Dragon Ball Z series gets made to carry on the hype, whatever may be left of it.

I could never really get into Thundercats as it reminded me of a glammed up version of Gi-Joe.

I was speaking idiomatically.

This makes me really wonder if Hollywood really is out of good ideas, to have to rehash classic stuff, and usually make it worse in the process.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Originally Posted by Eleo

I bet that at some point during our childhood some cartoon our parents watched as remade/re-imagined and then they were like "zomg they totally ruined it" and meanwhile we heartily enjoyed it. I'm too lazy to think of what it is but it happened. I'm sure of it.

I can't think of any shows from the '80s that were remakes of older shows. They were all just repeated. Now though since no one seems to be capable of coming up with anything original*, a lot of the old-old shows are being remade. Tom & Jerry, Scooby, Thomas the Tank Engine & now we also have CG Winnie the Pooh.

* It's probably not just originality that's the problem. I'm sure there's something even in Thundercats that some git'd complain about so it needs to be more suitable for today's parents.

FELIPE NO

Originally Posted by Sal

It's probably not just originality that's the problem. I'm sure there's something even in Thundercats that some git'd complain about so it needs to be more suitable for today's parents.

Those of us old enough to remember - cartoon censorship was at its height in the late 80s and early 90s, thanks to family watchdog groups. It's the reason The Real Ghostbusters was pulled from the air.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Yeah, TMNT was called Teenage Mutant Hero Turtles over here because people were worried about the ninja connotations.

Jam it back in, in the dark.