Thundercats-HO!
OH MAN. SO MUCH LOVE. WHY ARE ALL THE 80'S REBOOT CARTOONS SO AWESOME???
Oh man, SO GOOD. I can totally agree with the people who've been saying it's like if Thundercats grew up and crossbred with A:tL. It's THAT level of awesome. And so many nods to the original series (I kept doing little wiggle squees for all the lines and moves I recognized) but you totally don't NEED to have seen the original to appreciate the new one. It's that good kind of reboot that gives kudos and nods to the original but also strikes out on its own so that new fans can follow along too.
Some non-spoiler VA squee that might be of interest:
King Claudius (Lion-O's dad) = original flavor Lion-O from the 80's (eeeeee! <3)
Grun = the Kurgan (HL) and also Silas (TFPrime)
Jaga (who does a great job of sounding like original flavor Jaga) = Spike Witwicky (TF G1)
OH GOD, the animal growls and purrs and noises in everyone's voices! <33333333333
I am going to hold out hope that we haven't actually SEEN Panthro's body, dammit, and therefore cartoon logic says anything could happen. So there.
Jaga! Kicking ass! And the total Gandalf he pulled at the end! Oh man. SO MUCH LOVE.
Tygra and Lion-O's new pseudo sibling rivalry dynamic is... interesting.
"Now you see me... now you don't"
"Catch me - if you can"
"Thundercats, HO!"
"Ancient spirits of evil..."
Oh man, SO MUCH LOVE for all the original bits of dialog coupled WITH using basically the same visual angles/shots/motions but in the new sleek animation style - eeeeeee! My younger fan self who dressed up as Wily Kit for Halloween totally squees!
Speaking of Kit and Kat, they're great. I like the street rat version of them. And tails! They have bushy swishy tails! ^____^
Also, not exactly spoilery, but itty bitty baby kitten seen briefly in passing in the first minute? OH GAWD SO CUTE. x____x itty bitty baby kittens!
And of COURSE cats would develop a game/sport that involves a giant climbing tree going up to a shiny dangly bell while the loser gets dunked in a pool of water. [facepalm] Oh gawd, it's TOTALLY what sentient cats would come up with. LOL
In short, I loved it. Between this and TFPrime, I feel like I'm back in... er... ok, it might have been highschool *cough* but it was really early in highschool! Like, ninth grade. And I was usually a year younger than everyone. Really. Ahem. ^_____^
THANK YOU, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, FOR REBOOTING MY CHILDHOOD AND MAKING IT *AWESOME*.
Oh man, SO GOOD. I can totally agree with the people who've been saying it's like if Thundercats grew up and crossbred with A:tL. It's THAT level of awesome. And so many nods to the original series (I kept doing little wiggle squees for all the lines and moves I recognized) but you totally don't NEED to have seen the original to appreciate the new one. It's that good kind of reboot that gives kudos and nods to the original but also strikes out on its own so that new fans can follow along too.
Some non-spoiler VA squee that might be of interest:
King Claudius (Lion-O's dad) = original flavor Lion-O from the 80's (eeeeee! <3)
Grun = the Kurgan (HL) and also Silas (TFPrime)
Jaga (who does a great job of sounding like original flavor Jaga) = Spike Witwicky (TF G1)
OH GOD, the animal growls and purrs and noises in everyone's voices! <33333333333
I am going to hold out hope that we haven't actually SEEN Panthro's body, dammit, and therefore cartoon logic says anything could happen. So there.
Jaga! Kicking ass! And the total Gandalf he pulled at the end! Oh man. SO MUCH LOVE.
Tygra and Lion-O's new pseudo sibling rivalry dynamic is... interesting.
"Now you see me... now you don't"
"Catch me - if you can"
"Thundercats, HO!"
"Ancient spirits of evil..."
Oh man, SO MUCH LOVE for all the original bits of dialog coupled WITH using basically the same visual angles/shots/motions but in the new sleek animation style - eeeeeee! My younger fan self who dressed up as Wily Kit for Halloween totally squees!
Speaking of Kit and Kat, they're great. I like the street rat version of them. And tails! They have bushy swishy tails! ^____^
Also, not exactly spoilery, but itty bitty baby kitten seen briefly in passing in the first minute? OH GAWD SO CUTE. x____x itty bitty baby kittens!
And of COURSE cats would develop a game/sport that involves a giant climbing tree going up to a shiny dangly bell while the loser gets dunked in a pool of water. [facepalm] Oh gawd, it's TOTALLY what sentient cats would come up with. LOL
In short, I loved it. Between this and TFPrime, I feel like I'm back in... er... ok, it might have been highschool *cough* but it was really early in highschool! Like, ninth grade. And I was usually a year younger than everyone. Really. Ahem. ^_____^
THANK YOU, ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY, FOR REBOOTING MY CHILDHOOD AND MAKING IT *AWESOME*.