The first and foremost argument of the non-haters is that Thundercats Roar is not for us adults.
Thundercats was quite serious, but like Teen Titans Go, we can’t help but expect a lot of lunacy and fart jokes in Thundercats Roar.īut a simple analysis of the current situation is needed as to why Lion-O is now Steven-O. We had a good run, didn’t we? And we perceive the current trends in animation as lazy, dumbed down as if the networks are under-estimating the intelligence of the current generation of kids who we feel deserve the same stuff we had and maybe even better. But the toys were equally awesome weren’t they? Yes, one has to admit that most, if not all those above were designed to sell toys. T, Robocop (Yes, that too), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and finally, The Real Ghostbusters the list goes on. Thundercats, Silverhawks, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors, Centurions, Inhumanoids, Visionaries, GI Joe, Transformers (G1), The Legend of Zorro, Sky Commanders, M.A.S.K., Bionic Six, BraveStarr, He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, She-Ra, Dino-Riders, Rambo (Yes, Rambo), Mr. Again, allow me to enumerate the stuff available back then during Saturday mornings and weekday afternoons. That was a question based on emotion and intense eye-melting visual stimuli because the 80s and 90s generation would call many 80s and 90s cartoons totally awesome. So, for most adults of the same opinion (key word adults), seeing the new direction the Thundercats was heading is a big letdown. Thundercats also featured amazing toys and vehicles such as the iconic Thundertank. It was on mostly during weekday afternoons, and would I rush home from school to watch the series. I loved Thundercats mostly because of its action and fantasy elements. Peace wasn’t easy as they’re constantly besieged by the evil Mutants and the evil mystical entity Mumm-Ra as well as the various dangerous denizens of Third Earth.
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The series had a serious tone and was full of fast-paced action about a group of cat people who escaped their doomed planet and sought to live in peace on a version of Earth in the far distant future. One has to wonder why? What is it about Thundercats that resulted to such a reaction? The original Thundercats was an awesome piece of animation with an almost anime feel at a time when anime wasn’t mainstream. Yes, I hated on it for a while, well until the dust settled. Guess where and who the vicious amount of hate came from? Well, my generation, at least many of us, the same guys described in the previous paragraph. Cartoon Network received plenty of vitriol as to the approach to the reboot’s animation. The reaction to the trailer was mostly negative. Okay, maybe not big enough to force the Cartoon Network to cancel the show, but you get the point. As soon as the series was announced and its trailer spread, the internet suddenly exploded the way Twitter did with Roseanne’s comment about Valerie Jarrett. Thundercats Roar is set to arrive in 2019.
If you’re familiar with cartoons like Steven Universe, Gravity Falls, Star and the Forces of Evil and Gumball, that is what kids can expect of Thundercats Roar. The current prevailing style of animation is totally cartoon-like that lack detail, look goofy and are more colorful. That’s how much some of these shows hold up. We are oh so proud of them and still watch them as grown men and women in the mid-30s and 40s.
Many of them also include moral lessons and public safety announcements. Today’s styles of animation are so unlike the animation styles of 80s cartoons such as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe, Bravestarr, MASK, GI Joe, Bionic Six, Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors and Thundercats which call for realistic-looking muscle-bound humanoid characters, amazing backgrounds, great music and mostly fluid animation. You see, my generation is currently powerless and can do nothing but frown upon the prevailing styles of animation today. That should make a lot of 80s kids very happy, right? The answer is a resounding NO. Thundercats, the iconic 80s animated series is getting another reboot thanks to Cartoon Network, entitled Thundercats Roar.