Thundercats to be rebooted on CN

[Grimpond]

Link!

This time around, "ThunderCats" will sport a heavy anime look, thanks to Warner Bros. Animation's collaboration with Japan's Studio4°C ("The Animatrix").

So, I'm not sure how to feel about this. I mean, I loved TC. Don't get me wrong. But should I be looking forward to this? I dunno I don't remember much of the "plot" except that they were always fighting Mum-Ra and stuff. I guess I'm just not sure how well it will stand up nowadays.

[synkr0nized]

I can't watch Thundercats anymore unless the point is to remind myself how awful it is. Granted it was the shit when I was like 3 but the voice acting and predictability of children's cartoons makes it nigh unbearable these days save for some "lol Mahmut" moments.

Making it into an animu is probably not going to make it better.

[bluestarultor]

Well, it sounds like a lot of good people are working on it, but I wonder if they're combining the right pieces.

You can bet that a lot of people are going to hate the new style, for one. Thundercats had a distinctive look to it, even though it was standard technical quality for the animation at the time. They were all fairly realistic and Western, while anime generally is more cartooned and distinctive in its own right.


I also wonder if they're partly missing the point of the original. The words "sharp new telling" make me cringe and the mention of the lessons makes me imagine a sledgehammer.

Other words that worry me are "realistic cat-like characteristics inconceivable in previous incarnations." They had claws and feline markings and that's all they needed. If they give them kitty faces, there is gong to be Hell to pay. It especially worries me that they're adding stuff that they think was technically impossible before, because you can draw damn near anything traditionally that you can digitally, and I shudder to consider what that might mean.

[Grimpond]

Originally Posted by bluestarultor

Well, it sounds like a lot of good people are working on it, but I wonder if they're combining the right pieces.

You can bet that a lot of people are going to hate the new style, for one. Thundercats had a distinctive look to it, even though it was standard technical quality for the animation at the time. They were all fairly realistic and Western, while anime generally is more cartooned and distinctive in its own right.


I also wonder if they're partly missing the point of the original. The words "sharp new telling" make me cringe and the mention of the lessons makes me imagine a sledgehammer.

Other words that worry me are "realistic cat-like characteristics inconceivable in previous incarnations." They had claws and feline markings and that's all they needed. If they give them kitty faces, there is gong to be Hell to pay. It especially worries me that they're adding stuff that they think was technically impossible before, because you can draw damn near anything traditionally that you can digitally, and I shudder to consider what that might mean.

And then I spent ten minutes looking back at your avvy

[Kyanbu The Legend]

They might add on to it. Fix up the plot, add some depth to the characters. Maybe even throw in a few Anime original characters.

[synkr0nized]

Why not just make a new, better show?

[bluestarultor]

Originally Posted by Grimpond

And then I spent ten minutes looking back at your avvy

I know, pot to the kettle.

That's my honest opinion, though. The particular character I have up has nothing to do with it (he's there just because).



@ synk: Because then they wouldn't have the built-in nostalgia market.

[Kyanbu The Legend]

Originally Posted by synkr0nized

Why not just make a new, better show?

Because everybody knows about Thundercats. Remaking an Icon is easy money.


But there was a Thundercats sequel series that was planned a year or two ago that got canned before it was even made. It was American based.

So chances are this might get abandoned too.

[Lumenskir]

@ synk: Because then they wouldn't have the built-in nostalgia market.

Yes, that coveted 6-12 nostalgia market.

I would buy that argument for movies (because parents determine who pays for those) but I remember having quite a bit of control in what I watched on Saturday mornings.

As regards the cartoon itself...I honestly can't remember, but was the He-Man remake any good? That's like the closest analog, right?

[Premmy]

I liked the He-man show, it was allright.