ThunderCats ROAR May Hurt Your Nostalgia, but You Shouldn't Complain
By: Nik S
Yesterday afternoon Entertainment Weekly unveiled the reboot of the beloved classic ThunderCats coming to Cartoon Network in 2019.
If you're unfamiliar with ThunderCats, it's an action cartoon which aired from 1985 to 1989 by Tobin "Ted" Wolf. It followed the adventures of humanoid cat aliens on a planet called Third Earth. They're originally from a planet called Thundera and had to flee their home world. After waking from suspended animation, they must defend against a mummified sorcer, Mumm-Ra, who recruits mutants to steal Lion-O's, leader of the ThunderCats, sacred sword.
After the reboot was announced, several fans from the original series took to social media to complain about the art style, despite the fact that they plan on following the original's premise.
Twitter become a toxic place in the animation community, by two warring parties of whether the show should be getting all the criticism before the show even airs.
Those in the industry came to the show's aid, like editor Nico Colaleo.
(screen shot from @animeoutsiders)
While I entirely disagree with one point in the second tweet, I do agree with his first tweet. The show isn't being given a fair chance, despite how it's not targeted for the original generation that first enjoyed it.
Cartoons have to go by what's trendy; what's in right now is a curvy, florescent, thin-lined animation similar to Teen Titans GO! and OK KO:Let's Be Heroes. Think about the early 2000's up to the start of the 2010's and what animation looked like. It was a bizarre mix of what was seen in comics, mangas, and anime.
Back in 2011 ThunderCats had a reboot with an anime-inspired style. When it was announced it had some backlash on social media. The cartoon was actually received praise from critics and fans of the original, enjoying the balance of action and new age troupes present in animation. Executives became worried and decided not to market the show in any way other than a few commercials at weird times on their channel. Due to the poor marketing and horrible time slots the show failed and got the axe.
(From @egoraptor)
The cartoon may not end up being everyone's cup of tea, but there's some positives that can come out of this. This can introduce a new generation to ThunderCats in a new comical fashion, but much like Teen Titans it's going to bring curiosity about the original. Due to GO!'s success, the classic Titans cartoon has been showing weekday mornings.
So maybe instead of getting on Twitter or Facebook, why not try introducing the younger generation to classics. The show may even get swept under the rug like many of the other cartoons on Cartoon Network's roster. Not saying fans of the original should give it a view, but rather just give it a chance for new viewers to enjoy and thrive as its own thing.
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Yesterday afternoon Entertainment Weekly unveiled the reboot of the beloved classic ThunderCats coming to Cartoon Network in 2019.
After the reboot was announced, several fans from the original series took to social media to complain about the art style, despite the fact that they plan on following the original's premise.
Twitter become a toxic place in the animation community, by two warring parties of whether the show should be getting all the criticism before the show even airs.
Those in the industry came to the show's aid, like editor Nico Colaleo.
While I entirely disagree with one point in the second tweet, I do agree with his first tweet. The show isn't being given a fair chance, despite how it's not targeted for the original generation that first enjoyed it.
Cartoons have to go by what's trendy; what's in right now is a curvy, florescent, thin-lined animation similar to Teen Titans GO! and OK KO:Let's Be Heroes. Think about the early 2000's up to the start of the 2010's and what animation looked like. It was a bizarre mix of what was seen in comics, mangas, and anime.
Back in 2011 ThunderCats had a reboot with an anime-inspired style. When it was announced it had some backlash on social media. The cartoon was actually received praise from critics and fans of the original, enjoying the balance of action and new age troupes present in animation. Executives became worried and decided not to market the show in any way other than a few commercials at weird times on their channel. Due to the poor marketing and horrible time slots the show failed and got the axe.
The cartoon may not end up being everyone's cup of tea, but there's some positives that can come out of this. This can introduce a new generation to ThunderCats in a new comical fashion, but much like Teen Titans it's going to bring curiosity about the original. Due to GO!'s success, the classic Titans cartoon has been showing weekday mornings.
So maybe instead of getting on Twitter or Facebook, why not try introducing the younger generation to classics. The show may even get swept under the rug like many of the other cartoons on Cartoon Network's roster. Not saying fans of the original should give it a view, but rather just give it a chance for new viewers to enjoy and thrive as its own thing.
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We're On Social Media!
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