Thundercats: Not as good as you think it is.
Ah, this whole remaking childhood crap thing is getting out of hand. I'll be watching the premiere of the new Thundercats cartoon this coming Friday, but I'm not really getting my hopes up. To be honest, I watched Thundercats as a kid, and I think even then I was super-skeptical of things on the show. It just didn't make much sense to me. So, this morning I watched some back-to-back episodes of the original from the very beginning of the series. And I have to say...WHAT THE FUCK IS THIS SHIT? Because really...I mean...geesh, man.
Person-Cats from another planet (the dying Thundara) crash to yet another planet (Third Earth, which may be OUR Earth in some sort of distant dytopian future) and are stalked by a crazy, spittle-flinging, shape-shifting mummy (I'm old, no wait, I'm a muscle dude) who wants the stone off of the sword of ...blah, blah. How does he even know what it is, who the Thundercats are, and what the stupid Sword of Omens does IF he's not from the same planet as them? There are too many plot holes in stupid Thundercats.
The episode I watched today was episode three (I think) and it involved Lion-O (clever name, right? They're all that clever. And why is Tygra a boy? Doesn't the "a" suggest female? Or am I just using antiquated earth standards?) and Snarf (aarrrrggghhh!) stumbling across a race of robot bears (yes, ROBOT BEARS) who grew candy on trees. Due to random happenstance Lion-O defends them (and their crazy crops) against their enemies (some bulldogs with people bodies (?) and some bald giants) then Mumm-Ra got involved and turned into a swarm of locusts in order to keep the Thundercats from sharing the Robobears (I forget their real names) bounty, but he seems to have forgotten his plan mid-whatever because he turns instead into one GIANT locust and tries to drop Lion-O into a volcano. Thankfully Lion-O's kick ass sword saves his ass and then the Robobears and the Thundercats reinact the mythical first Thanksgiving. The end.
WHAT THE FUCK? Who built those fucking robot bears? And why do they need to eat? They're robots! How did they grow bread trees with baked baguettes on it? None of this shit makes any sense.
Also, Snarf is annoying.
Person-Cats from another planet (the dying Thundara) crash to yet another planet (Third Earth, which may be OUR Earth in some sort of distant dytopian future) and are stalked by a crazy, spittle-flinging, shape-shifting mummy (I'm old, no wait, I'm a muscle dude) who wants the stone off of the sword of ...blah, blah. How does he even know what it is, who the Thundercats are, and what the stupid Sword of Omens does IF he's not from the same planet as them? There are too many plot holes in stupid Thundercats.
The episode I watched today was episode three (I think) and it involved Lion-O (clever name, right? They're all that clever. And why is Tygra a boy? Doesn't the "a" suggest female? Or am I just using antiquated earth standards?) and Snarf (aarrrrggghhh!) stumbling across a race of robot bears (yes, ROBOT BEARS) who grew candy on trees. Due to random happenstance Lion-O defends them (and their crazy crops) against their enemies (some bulldogs with people bodies (?) and some bald giants) then Mumm-Ra got involved and turned into a swarm of locusts in order to keep the Thundercats from sharing the Robobears (I forget their real names) bounty, but he seems to have forgotten his plan mid-whatever because he turns instead into one GIANT locust and tries to drop Lion-O into a volcano. Thankfully Lion-O's kick ass sword saves his ass and then the Robobears and the Thundercats reinact the mythical first Thanksgiving. The end.
WHAT THE FUCK? Who built those fucking robot bears? And why do they need to eat? They're robots! How did they grow bread trees with baked baguettes on it? None of this shit makes any sense.
Also, Snarf is annoying.