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New Thundercats

Scrye2Scrye2
edited 2011-08-11 10:38:38 in Media
Electric Boogaloo
...And they look like Thunderkittens. Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over.
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  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    pics, trailer, anything?
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    edited 2011-08-02 11:30:49
    Electric Boogaloo


    Lion-o in particular.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    Whiskey Tango Foxtrot indeed.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    That looks really really...not good. At least, meh. 
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    Watching the premiere now to see how the storyline is. I've heard it's supposed to be a lot darker and Snarf doesn't talk, so that sounds promising, but still. If you're going to mature the story and setting, why take the art direction into a completely opposite direction?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    Because dissonance?
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    You're gonna have to do better than that.

    If you're gonna add more violence and darker elements to Thundercats, Thunderkawaiis is not the way to present it.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    Maybe Lion-O will take a level in badass then.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    If you're gonna add more violence and darker elements to Thundercats, Thunderkawaiis is not the way to present it.

    But...but...don't you want to see Lion-O-kun~~~~~ murder things? D:
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    lolz Mummra desu!
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    Well if the story, setting, atmosphere, and characters are good, you might be able to look past the art design.

  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    They don't look kawaii, they look animesque, which the original also looked like, but it was a look alike to 80's anime, while the new looks like a new millenium anime. Also, it is still a kids show, making the characters look like 90's anti-heroes would have been really stupid.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    ^90's anti-heroes... Wasn't that the case in the darkier, edgier comic mini-series?
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    Electric Boogaloo
    I don't care if it looks vaguely animesque, especially considering most western cartoons are animated overseas for financial reasons (checking..... Yep. Animated by a Japanese company.) But still, the least you could do is make them look little capable fighters rather than a plush-doll just waiting to happen. They did with the DCAU, they did it with GI Joe: Resolute, and they even did it with X-men: Evolution.

    You can make Western Animation that isn't for kids. It's been done and it's been done right.
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    edited 2011-08-02 12:17:43
    You can change. You can.
    They don't look kawaii, they look animesque, which the original also looked like, but it was a look alike to 80's anime, while the new looks like a new millenium anime. Also, it is still a kids show, making the characters look like 90's anti-heroes would have been really stupid.

    That was pretty much my line of thought, actually. Facetiousness aside. 

    Anyway, I wish Western Animation works strived to differentiate from anime in terms of art style. I really don't have a reason for it, though, so you can forget about it, anyway.

    ^The thing is, that does examples are not only for kids. They may be far more enjoyable than their original aim was, but they're still kids show. 
  • DYREDYRE
    edited 2011-08-02 12:17:59
    You can make Western Animation that isn't for kids.

    They're not trying to though.  The original Thundercats was for kids, too, so why should this be any different?
  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    Yeah, I don't recall when a character looks like he is buff is a capable fighter or not, it seems. The screen cap you are using shows Tygra to look like a capable fighter to me. I can agree on Cheetara's redesign being too "generic chick" instead of "action girl".

    I didn't mean anything that says that western animation can't do grown up things, I fucking grew up watching Batman's cartoon. But I ask you: Since when Thundercats was a cartoon for adults?
  • MillerCrossMillerCross
    You can change. You can.
    I didn't mean anything that says that western animation can't do grown up things, I fucking grew up watching Batman's cartoon. But I ask you: Since when Thundercats was a cartoon for adults?

    Admittedly, it being a thirty year old cartoon, it seems dumb to not try to attract the nostalgia demographic, so to speak. 
  • vandrovandro
    edited 2011-08-02 12:28:32
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    They did, by revamping the story and the setting. But I guess people like scrye just care about "WAGH ANIMUZ GET IT AWAY FROM ME" or "WAGH THEY DON'T LOOK LIKE THEY ARE ON STEROIDS!"
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    ^^ Yeah, I remember watching on Toonami a few years ago and it really didn't keep me interested like when I was very young. I think the crab shark is where it lost.
  • VorpyVorpy
    ☭Unstoppable Sex Goddess☭
    Apparently a lot of people actually like this.

    I must murder them so my next argument against it becomes valid.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    edited 2011-08-02 12:43:46
    Electric Boogaloo
    ^^^Give me some credit. If I can watch Ghost in the Shell on Adult Swim, I think I can handle a little bit of animu in my American television. The point is, if even anime can take itself seriously, in both art and story, why can't cartoons that want to cater to the anime crowd?

    I'm not asking for all the characters to be juicers. I'm asking for their designs to included a sense of maturity that compliments the tone of the series they're in. It seems to me perfectly reasonable to ask that a character based off a motherfucking lion should take after a lion more than a tabby cat.

    For fuck's sake, teenage Simba looked more mature than the new Lion-O.
  • KinoKino
    Quit being a whiny bitch and man up.
    @OP: Jesus fuckin Christ; what is this faggotry? It's time's like this when i'm glad that I was old enough to watch the original Thundercats.

    $5 says that the furries are already getting ready for Rule 34.
  • vandrovandro
    edited 2011-08-02 12:47:27
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    New Lion-O is a fucking teenager, not a child in the body of an adult.

    @Kino: I'd guess the furries did that already with the original show.
  • KinoKino
    Quit being a whiny bitch and man up.
    New Lion-O is a fuckin idiot.

    "Hmmmm, should I back up my father or dick around inside of my room?"

    "The fuck is technology?!"
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington

    child in the body of an adult.


    child in the body of an adult.


    child in the body of an adult.


    child in the body of an adult.


    That's just creepy once you bring that up.


     

  • vandrovandro
    He who laments and can't let go of the past is forever doomed to solitude.
    That's the original Lion-O for you.
  • Scrye2Scrye2
    edited 2011-08-02 12:56:38
    Electric Boogaloo
    Which is weird, since the originals didn't really have fur factored into their design. The most they had were elf-looking ears, claws, feral-looking eyes, and big-cat camouflage patterns in their hair/skin. The only character that had no-shit fur was probably Snarf.

    Update: 5 minutes in, Snarf is still annoying as fuck, even without speaking english. The show's not half bad, minus the character design, and Will Friedle is almost as good as he was as Terry McGuiness.
  • KinoKino
    Quit being a whiny bitch and man up.
    I'm still wondering whee the fuck those shaman dudes were in the beginning? Way to jump in at the last sec and get 90% of your unit fuckin killed.
  • The_EdgeThe_Edge
    Mr. The Edge goes to Washington
    I wish I had a magic sword to summon my friends with.
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