New ThunderCats Series. Episode 1
As you may or may not have already read, I am not particularly convinced that the world is need of a new ThunderCats series. But in the interest of Science (yes, Science!), I decided to check out the first episode that premiered last Friday anyway. (Also because my previous rant about the announcement of the new series got a lot of hits over the weekend.)
So let's start with the bad:
On to the good:
Overall, it's a pretty solid production with a very promising story. I just don't understand why it had to be a ThunderCat remake. You could replace all the 'Cats with original characters and still have the beginnings of a great animated series. I will admit, I got chills the first time Lion-O did the whole, "ThunderCats, HOOOOOOO!" bit.
So yeah, maybe I will tune in for next episode. For, you know, Science.
This review originally appears in Teluete's awesome blog, Gab Can Fly. Check it out.
So let's start with the bad:
- I spent the first 10 minutes thinking I had accidentally downloaded a Furry version of Vision of Escaflowne or El Hazard. What is this world? This is not ThunderCats, by Thundera!
- The citizens of Thundera are complety ignorant of all things, "technology". Seriously, guys? The whole reason the original ThunderCats were alive when their SPACESHIP crash landed on a distant planet was because they were in SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
- Also, for some reason (and this is what irked me the most, honestly) Tigra is Lion-O's older brother (their father is a Lion, in case you were wondering) but it's Lion-O who is the crown prince. How does that even happen? Is Tigra a bastard? Was he adopted? Should he be renamed Ligra? Tigra's also a lot less ghei in the new series, boo. I liked that he was kinda sexually ambiguous before. Oh, was that just me?
- I also can't get over just how anime everything looks. Haha.
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| Welcome to Agrabah. City of mystery, of enchantment. |
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| Bromance |
On to the good:
- It takes getting used to, but it's actually very well done. The design of the castles, the buildings are gorgeous. The animation is fluid, although the incorporation of CGI with the 2D stuff isn't as smooth as it could be.
- I am also a little relieved that nobody looks like wrestling rejects anymore. No one's in speedo's yay! The costumes don't look as bad as I originally thought they did in the teasers, but Panthro still looks too much like Jet from Cowboy Bebop.
Overall, it's a pretty solid production with a very promising story. I just don't understand why it had to be a ThunderCat remake. You could replace all the 'Cats with original characters and still have the beginnings of a great animated series. I will admit, I got chills the first time Lion-O did the whole, "ThunderCats, HOOOOOOO!" bit.
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| Thunder, thunder, thunder, ThunderCats! Kamehameha! |
So yeah, maybe I will tune in for next episode. For, you know, Science.
This review originally appears in Teluete's awesome blog, Gab Can Fly. Check it out.
3 comments :
Teluete is so 80s when she should be 90s. But I'm not complaining.
And I will be here to protest every 80's cartoon remake. =)) I hear they're remaking Voltron Lions. I will reserve the rest of my nerd rage for that. Hahaha!
Voltron Force is already on episode 9. From the trailer I saw, it looks promising and similar, or at least a more logical update, of the original Voltron than this ThunderCats remake. (I get the vibe that they changed a lot of vital elements from the original ThunderCats that they should have just made a new series.)
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