TV Review: THUNDERCATS (2011)
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When I found out that I had the chance to review a remake of the classic 80′s cartoon Thundercats I leapt at it. Excitement electrified my every nerve. Then, almost as quickly, I was overwhelmed by a dread fear; what if one more sacred creation is ruined by the attempt to modernize it? What if the Thundercats becomes another shriveled relic, used, abused and tossed aside in the name of making a quick buck?
I am one of those sad sad fanatics who still thinks about and quotes from Thundercats most days of the week. I named our cat Lion-O, Lord of the Thundercats, and subsequently lost my next attempt to name our second cat Cheetara. Turns out that my wonderful wife is not the fan that I am.
So here I sit, a man obsessed with an aging franchise, balanced on a knife-edge of possibility. With trembling fingers I press ‘play’…
A little backstory first.
The Thundercats was one of a slew of cartoons released in the 1980′s which revolved around good versus evil tales where all problems were eventually resolved through the lead characters’ fists, and a side serving of morals; such as He-Man, Transformers, Silver Hawks and Voltron. Alongside these shows were the heavy marketing of franchise toys. Being a kid of the 80′s I was completely sucked in by the advertising gambit and am still paying for it financially all of these years later.
Yet what separated the Thundercats from the other cartoons of the era, from my perspective, was a focus on characters who make mistakes and develop from them. Lion-O, physically aged by accident but still with the mindset of a teenager, must learn to be the level-minded ruler of his people. Whilst other cartoons like He-Man were cool, they lacked any real change in the characters who were almost the same at the end of the series as they were when it started.
Now, in 2011, Warner Bros have decided to reboot the Thundercats for a new generation. My review is based on the two-episode long opening chapter – “ The Sword Of Omens ” and “ Ancient Spirits of Evil “.
My plan was to try to review this new series from two separate perspectives; as a show on its own, and then as a remake. But it is impossible to separate these. I would warrant that the show’s creators are themselves fans of the 80′s version. This new Thundercats is such an ode to the original that every creative choice they have made is tied into what came before.
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