Epic Win: Thundercats
Submitted by E Bennett
A while back, there was talk about a Thundercats remake. I imagine Hollywood works something like this:
Knock, knock.
Who’s there?
Hollywood.
Hollywood who?
Hollywood, who likes to ruin everything you ever loved about your childhood.
Last I checked, though, the movie was halted. Thundercats seems lost on the younger generation though. Anyone else remember in Juno when she says “Thundercats are go!”? I think she meant “Thundercats ho!” or “Thunderbirds are go.”
Haha I remember this being talked about, but I don’t think I ever watched it.
Thumbs up though.
I always hear about the “thundercats” but we never got it where I’m from I guess
Can someone explain the appeal of this show? I thought it was the most boring thing.
Well it does boast one of the best intros of any animated TV show ever, some cool designs, and Earle Hyman, who I could listen to all day. certainly the show has become a little dated over the years, but I think it maintains a kind of innocent charm. I particularly like the “everything but the kitchen sink” mentality which allowed Third Earth to be home to robot teddy bears, unicorns, Amazon warriors, a samurai, and a mummy and his pet dog. The show had a lot of potential and I think a remake done well could be really fun.
But if it’s not your thing, that’s fine too.
Personally I think The Real Ghostbusters had a much better intro. It was just better all around. How come no one else talks about that show?
I loved it so much <3
Oh, I agree…Real Ghostbusters should be on here, too…Watched it a lot. It was great, until it was ruined because obviously the studios couldn’t handle a girl like Janine, and they completely messed up her character. I was always an Egon Spengler fangirl and Egon/Janine-shipper, too! ^_^
Cheetara’s huge rack
I suppose that helps too. Did I mention that all of the characters are nude in the first part of the first episode?
My eyes are up here!
Well, tell your boobs to stop staring at my eyes, thank you very much!
The one thing that never made sense, is the fact that if Cheetara’s supposed to be a cat, why didn’t she have FOUR sets of boobies?
Too much parental appeasement?
I’m a woman, and also not a furry. So that wouldn’t appeal to me :\
Well, for me the appeal was that I was 1.) a geek and 2.) a tomboy and this show hit both my demographics. As a seven year old girl it was kind of cool to be into Thundercats. If you liked GI Joe you were too much of a tomboy and got accused of being gay. If you liked stuff with sci-fi overtones but owned up to being a Trekkie you were basically asking to get your butt kicked and your lunch money stolen. Thundercats was kind of a happy medium…and it was all I was left with when they took Voltron off the air.
Thundercats also taught me that when you’re doing anything difficult your speech. must. be overrun…by. excess….punctuation. Ehn!
As I favored Voltron, my sister favored Thundercats. go fig.
I didn’t get to see this show until they put it on Cartoon Network a couple of years ago, and I wish they hadn’t taken it off again. It was awesome! All the main characters were anthropomorphic cats like me!
OMG I loved this show!
SNARF SNARF!
I wanted Snarf to die painful flaming death, but otherwise loved this show. At first I lusted for Kit, but then I grew and lusted for Cheetara. Sigh.
Whoa, maybe I meant Kat. Damn, now I forget which was which. Well, the girl one, anyway.
Wileykit’s the girl and Wileykat’sthe boy. I think.
Look mommy! Furries!!!
if the remake was anything like this fan made trailer it be awesome win.
Thank you, I was just going to post that ^_^
you cannot possibly consceive how AWESOME the movie would be
One thing must be said.
“And Keep your foot of that blasted samophlange!!!!”
“WTF is a samoflange?”
I was obsesed with this show. To the point that I bought every toy, playset, and anything Thundercats I could find. I -still- have all of it packed in my basement..but..wow it was scary.
I think this show rocked so much because the voice talents were amazing, the animation in most episodes was fantastic. And it had more plot then JEM at least…Gah I still <3 It.
And yes, Cheetara is hawt.
awesome. not sure i want them to do a movie though. and juno was being ironic. which if you didnt get, i’m guessing you didnt get a lot of the movie. lol
Robot Chicken does a lot of homages to Thundercats. They have had several skits about them. Here’s a couple:
http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25c39214ff52ed011500ba8f51015b
http://www.adultswim.com/video/?episodeID=8a25059520aa06ea0120ab8c671a000f
I wish I could find the one where Liono is adopted by a little girl and she trains him with spray bottles.
The Chicken is a beautiful thing.
<3 Thundercats when I was a kid.
Watched 'em on Cartoon Network as an adult. Oh, the PAIN!
*Thumbs up anyway*
Oh, and remember, Cheetara is a Gateway Furry.
XD
Mummra!
i friggin loved thundercats! my sister and i were tomboys, so we had all the toys and stuff. i would love a movie , i was so excited when trasformers and GI joe came out.
Never actually watched the show, but had enough friends who did. The guys I hung out with in elementary school and I would create our own scenarios while running around at recess and after school. Thundercats, Voltron, Transformers, Go-Bots, and Masters of the Universe– it didn’t matter which. I was the only girl in the group, but it was fun.
Thundercats was full of epic winnage…I watched it a lot but after so long, couldn’t remember anything specific about it…There were a few episodes on Cartoon Network (I think) and yes, it’s dated, but it was really packed with awesome artwork!
I lurvs dems Thundercats!
100% pure squeezed awesomeness. Not from concentrate.
I loved that show when I was about nine. I used to spend hours on the playground pretending I was my own Thundercat, and the strange concrete tunnel they had there was my home base where all my electronics were.
I tried to watch it again a while back, and it was painful, but I still have great memories.
I wonder why I can’t watch it now?
THUNDERCATS, HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!
The show itself was always cool, but the outtakes were friggin hilarious beacuase of just how much profanity the voice actors used when they goofed up. Some f the outtakes were featured when the guy who voiced Lion-O was interviewed for a radio broadcast.
During my childhood, I used to watch Thundercats cartoons. At that time it was my one the favorite cartoon show.
It was my favorite as well. I WAS a Thundercat…I had the official Thundercat ring from Burger King that I wore everywhere.
People who has their childhood ruined by a remake or something did not have a very strong connection to the thing they claim to love so much.
That said I never did enjoy Thundercats all that much. To many cartoons as a child to watch all of them.