Topic: Thundercats (Read 34120 times)

Thad · « **Reply #160 on:** August 20, 2011, 09:25:29 PM »

I think he's quite clearly the showrunners' favorite character. As such I expect we'll see him rounded out more.

Büge · « **Reply #161 on:** August 21, 2011, 02:16:12 PM »

Friday · « **Reply #162 on:** August 21, 2011, 10:08:19 PM »

Hipster Lion-O's sword can play music you've probably never heard of

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #163 on:** August 21, 2011, 11:02:27 PM »

Quote from: Friday on August 21, 2011, 10:08:19 PM

Hipster Lion-O's sword gives him sight beyond what you've probably seen before

Thad · « **Reply #164 on:** August 29, 2011, 09:53:43 AM »

Speaking of which, "beyond sight" is now defined as "down".

I kinda like to think of the Eye of Thundera as sentient, and very reluctant to let Lion-O use it as a crutch. It spends the whole episode trying to get him to just use his head for a damn minute and then finally, in exasperation, just goes, "Okay, fuck it, the answer is DOWN. Look DOWN, asshole. Happy? Good. Now leave me alone."

...weakest episode yet, though I like the hint-dropping on Mumm-Ra and the Eye's backstory, and Panthro carrying everybody.

(Shark: Nobody's fallen in a hole yet, but they DID have a room slowly filling with water, which is similar. It also looked an awful lot like a bit in Thundercubs Part 1...)

Curious how much of The Key of Omens we'll see in the new series -- in the old series it's revealed that you don't actually READ the Book of Omens, you go INSIDE it using another ThunderMacGuffin, meet with a Guardian, and, if you don't have a THIRD ThunderMacGuffin, he will fucking BURN YOU ALIVE. It may be the most terrifying original-series episode, as well as the only third-season Collection Quest ep that is actually any good. Plus it manages to use the old Save-the-Villain bit in a way that it almost works: Mumm-Ra's pitiful wailing as he's roasted really does make you feel bad for the guy.

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #165 on:** August 29, 2011, 10:10:37 AM »

I actually liked this episode, myself. More than the one with the flower people, at least. I especially liked the way each cat actually covered for the others' mistakes: Kit and Kat covered for Cheetara's mistake, Cheetara covered for Panthro's mistake, and Panthro covered for Kit and Kat's mistake. Not to mention the fight at the end with Mumm-Ra -- despite each Cat giving their all in the fight, Mumm-Ra ultimately proved too powerful for them.

Büge · « **Reply #166 on:** August 29, 2011, 04:58:17 PM »

Anybody else notice how that cave sequence was practically lifted whole-cloth from Indiana Jones and the Last Cursade?

And what about the Wilykittens' map to that fabled city that they never mentioned after the pilot?

And why did the episode feel like a two-parter that was cut to bits?

Mongrel · « **Reply #167 on:** August 29, 2011, 06:05:03 PM »

Quote from: Büge on August 29, 2011, 04:58:17 PM

Indiana Jones and the Last Cursade

Büge · « **Reply #168 on:** August 29, 2011, 06:30:26 PM »

It's the keyboars, I swear.

Mongrel · « **Reply #169 on:** August 29, 2011, 06:58:46 PM »

Curse of the Keyboars

A² · « **Reply #170 on:** August 29, 2011, 07:29:04 PM »

Did you guys just write the next episode?

Thad · « **Reply #171 on:** August 31, 2011, 10:05:25 AM »

...so anyone who doesn't want spoilers for Friday's ep should steer clear of various comic/toon news sites. And MTV Geek.

Anyone who DOES want spoilers, fine, what the hell, here they are: [spoiler]Silverhawks/Tiger Sharks cameos[/spoiler].

Disposable Ninja · « **Reply #172 on:** August 31, 2011, 11:50:24 AM »

... okay, I kind of remember that first one but... what the fuck are the second?

Ziiro · « **Reply #173 on:** August 31, 2011, 12:07:42 PM »

Ninja:

(Ps. Spoilers)
This, apparently.

McDohl · « **Reply #174 on:** September 02, 2011, 07:56:15 PM »

I hope I'm not the only one who thought [spoiler]BEHOLD MY TRUE FORM AND DESPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAIR!!!!![/spoiler] during tonight's episode.

MadMAxJr · « **Reply #175 on:** September 02, 2011, 08:05:09 PM »

So exactly when will Lion-O put on the pointy pink shades and don the flaming skull cape?

Thad · « **Reply #176 on:** September 03, 2011, 10:23:25 AM »

The bad:
The most toy-centric episode in weeks.
Collection quest, ho!

The good:
Serious lore-building.
Answering the big questions that the original series never did (forging of the Sword, origin of the Eye of Thundera, where Mumm-Ra came from).

The fanservice:
[spoiler]Not just Tigersharks and Mon-Starr, but Feliners.
The guys forging the sword were surely Bengali's ancestors.
Monkians, Jackalmen, and Vulturemen -- all the Original Series Mutant races are now covered except the rats. Plus, elephants!
And I like to think that the purple cat lady was Jagara, though I never caught a name for her.[/spoiler]

Also: [spoiler]I like that Jaga is less Ben Kenobi and more Rod Serling.[/spoiler]

Meanwhile: MTV Geek takes a look at Jackalman, who, as previously alluded, will have an actual name in this series: Kanar.

Büge · « **Reply #177 on:** September 04, 2011, 06:18:21 PM »

Was that Cree Summer?

patito · « **Reply #178 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:06:41 PM »

Quote from: Disposable Ninja on August 20, 2011, 09:39:40 AM

I'm pretty sure he lost it like Grune lost that one tooth. Apparently, according to the creators... er... authors? Writers? Tails are a part of the Thunderian caste system (Tailless Cats>Tailed Cats>Non-Cats>Beasts of Burden>Tailless Cat Stool>Lizardmen)

So you could remove your tail to go up a rank? They didn't think this through very well did they.

Thad · « **Reply #179 on:** September 04, 2011, 08:30:03 PM »

Quote from: Büge on September 04, 2011, 06:18:21 PM

Was that Cree Summer?

Sounded like.

IMDB says yes (and that her name was Panthera) but IMDB says the original series ended in 1986, so grain of salt.

Quote from: patito on September 04, 2011, 08:06:41 PM

So you could remove your tail to go up a rank? They didn't think this through very well did they.

I assume the different races have more defining physical features than just tail/no tail.

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