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Cartoon Network bringing back ThunderCats for new animated series
- Thread starter Shard Shinjuku
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I thought the exact same thing when I saw this thread. I was thinking, "this is going to be like TTG or that new 'Family Guy' Scooby Doo series isn't it?" *Checks thread* Yep."
Part of me feels that gif is reaching with Dipper being compared to Clarence. But I can see what you mean especially when you take older cartoons into account. For example Dexters lab, Ed edd and eddy, courage, and PPG have vastly different styles compared to the shows in the gif.
Ive just seen that gif used multiple times in the past to accuse animators of those shows of being lazy and i just get defensive when animators are unfairly accused of being lazy.
I have mix feeling about this new Thundercats. I would have preferred a different animation style, but I'm willing to give it a shot.
That little snippet of Lion-O crushing Tygra in the intro tho. If this show is gonna be shitting on Tygra throughout, then I'm all in baby!
Sorry, I'm still salty about the 2011 version, they did my boy Lion-O dirty man.
That little snippet of Lion-O crushing Tygra in the intro tho. If this show is gonna be shitting on Tygra throughout, then I'm all in baby!
Sorry, I'm still salty about the 2011 version, they did my boy Lion-O dirty man.
But how can you say these aren't aimed at the grown ups? Who else would give a shit about thunder cats?
Edit: it's not that I don't think the style is neat, it's just so fucking tired at this point, and seeing it forced onto thunder cats seems so inappropriate.
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Have you heard of a little thing called ANIME?Posted my thoughts on Discord, which were initially negative as everyone else's. After giving it some thought, here's what I said
At some point you just gotta realize when you're being the old man in a situation and move on. Cartoons aren't for adults to enjoy.
Posted my thoughts on Discord, which were initially negative as everyone else's. After giving it some thought, here's what I said
At some point you just gotta realize when you're being the old man in a situation and move on. Cartoons aren't for adults to enjoy.
That's kind of a shitty outlook plenty of cartoon adults can enjoy. You gotta understand sometimes you ain't the primarly demo, but plenty. Its also insullting because adults make it, and I can have their work criticized. I enjoy plenty of cartoon nowadays, and can acknowledge that this thundercats isn't for me, and also think it doesn't look great
I get a kick out of grown men getting upset about children's programming. Especially reboots of children's shows that were never good in the first place.
Honestly this looks more fun than the original Thundercats ever dreamed of. I thought that show sucked even when I was a kid. The intro and theme song were awesome though.
Honestly this looks more fun than the original Thundercats ever dreamed of. I thought that show sucked even when I was a kid. The intro and theme song were awesome though.
Why though? Grown men and women make, I'm a grown man that makes art sometimes meant specifically for children.
You can criticize my art. LIke yeah, obviously your life shouldn't rotate around it, but no one is doing that. They just saying it looks kinda wack. And they can say that, whats your problem
Yep, many anime that are targeted at kids still have qualities that appeals to adults, and because of it has a large audience comprise of them. My Hero Academy, Precure, Dragon Ball Super, Case Closed, and Gegege no Kitaro are a couple examples.
That's fair. I'm mostly talking about those acting as if their childhood has been ruined by this existing. I'm not super crazy about the art personally, but this also isn't really for me either.
Honestly, the art style is pretty baller but it is funny how it has that Cartoon Network look to it. Like if I saw this, and someone told me it was fan art, I'd think, "oh they're doing it like a modern cartoon network show".
Also, even if you're an old ass man that watched the 80s cartoon, you can't deny that intro isn't beautifully animated. Also, you're old as fuck, this show isn't for you.
Also, even if you're an old ass man that watched the 80s cartoon, you can't deny that intro isn't beautifully animated. Also, you're old as fuck, this show isn't for you.
What's the point of bringing back an old ip like this if not for the fans? Not like Kids these days would even know what Thundercats is let alone care.
I still don't get why people are still trying to get upset about this. I mean, I was initially too, but then realized I was being an idiot and that this show isn't not for people like me. This is show is made for children. It's not made for you, watch something else.
Watch Voltron: Legendary Defender. It's what the 2011 Thundercats cartoon used to be.
You think this show is for fans of a cartoon that aired in 85?
I would assume the point is to leverage the IP and reintroduce it for said kids. Same as TMNT, Transformers, My Little Pony, Scooby Doo and many others have done over the span of decades.
I think the designs look repulsive, personally, but I'm also aware that this reboot is not aimed at me.
didnt they do that already?
Oh wait....they mean they are going to teen titans go it the fuck up...no thanks
Oh wait....they mean they are going to teen titans go it the fuck up...no thanks
My point is that point of taking an existing ip and rebooting it instead of making something new from scratch is that it has a built in fan base already. Ideally you'd want to get old fans back as well as create new ones. When you're reboot has upset most of said existing fanbase just by announcing it clearly you're doing something wrong.
Because Thundercats is cool and they're hoping to get kids in 2018 to watch and enjoy the show. They already did the old Thundercats in 2011 and they canceled that, do you honestly think they were going to keep making shows for an audience that didn't watch the 2011 series? This isn't for 35 year old dudes that were watching Thundercats in 1985 because those dudes didn't tune in for 2011 and they aren't going to tune in to 2018's.
If you're genuinely sitting there annoyed that a cartoon aimed for children, that is airing on a children's channel, isn't pandering to 80s kids then, well, what the hell?
I'm sure CN has learned at this point that serious/mature cartoons don't pay the bills, so everything has to be a whacky comedy if they hope to get ratings. it's a fucking tragedy, but we do live in the darkest timeline, so it shouldn't be a surprise.
When did this horror start? I remember all of my artist friends talking highly of Cal arts when we were in college
Thundercats 2011 failed because Cartoon network's screwing it up every step of the way. They didn't advertise it, kept switching the time slots at random. They basically set it up to fail because they don't think action shows will do will creating a self for filling prophecy. It didn't help that the toys weren't selling because they where absolute garbage.
The entire thing that makes thundercats cool is that it took itself seriously despite the outlandish material. Campy action is not the same as slapstick comedy which is why this new show misses the entire point
This isn't a brand new ip. It's a reboot, which means they are specifically playing on our nostalgia to try and drive sales. Children might be the primary demographic that they are aiming for but you're kidding yourself if you don't think they aren't aiming to get old fans as well, otherwise they wouldn't have used an old ip to create interest in the first place.
No, you're not longer the target demographic. When they're making this show do you think they're thinking of YOU before kids? Do you think Cartoon Network shows take into account adult's over children? Do they know fans of the 80s or 2011s cartoon will watch this? Yeah but they're not making the show FOR you.
The idea it's not "for you" is flawed because why even rebooting a cartoon from the 80s otherwise? They are obviously trying to harvest the goodwill the old series has with its fans, but they are bastardizing everything we love in the process.
Because it's a cool IP that they feel can appeal to kids now, I already said this.
I honestly don't understand how you can be, what, 35 years old and think that a cartoon in 2018 needs to pander specifically to you and you only, especially after they already tried it once 7 years ago. Kid's entertainment moves on past you, you're not going to be the target demographic for the next 40 years, man.
Just to be clear I never wanted it to pander specifically to me. I would have been perfectly happy with something more in line with the 2011 reboot where it at least tries to keep true to the series roots as an action cartoon and not some dumb comedy.
Simply because a previous reboot failed isn't an excuse to not try again. I mean just look at Voltron as an example. It's had prior reboots that did not go over well but pretty much everyone loves the current series because it aims to please both fans new and old alike.
I'm basically two minds about the new Thundercats show.
I don't like the way it looks. At the same time, I'm curious to see if the makers actually intend to focus on action as much as they say. A lot of cartoons these days don't have enjoyable action. (The new Voltron show is kinda funny, because I think it actually gets less interesting whenever they have to fight in Voltron. The hand to hand combat actually has some nice choreography. Voltron is a giant mech that just powers down when it's hit enough...)
The opening to the show actually does have more animation than I usually expect of cartoons now.
(Geez, that like/dislike bar already...)
Also, just throwing this out there.
I'll admit, I don't know much about animation in regards to cartoons these days. (I wish I knew more.) That said, the decline in viewers these days means CN/Disney/Nick probably wanna focus just on what's hot. Considering kids might just shrug at the toys, comedies are where you wanna place your bets.
I'm legitimately surprised by this chart. I assumed the shitty schedules and the leaning on comedy cartoons was because they were bringing in the ratings but looking at this slide across all the networks makes me wonder why they're doubling down on something that's clearly not working out for them.
I know your being sacarstic, but I honestly find kids anime to be more watchable then most current cartoons. Heck, that is half of the anime I'm watching this season.
My posts was written as if it was sarcasm to hide the fact that is actually the truth.
I WATCHED IT EVERY WEEK! EVERY WEEK UNTIL IT WAS CANCELLED.
Netflix Voltron is alright, but man I hate how they try to make certain characters into Korra counterparts.
Was never a huge TC fan but I enjoyed some of the early 2010s show. Art style-wise, it does look a little derivative of its contemporaries. Skews much younger. Like, the 2011 show is Pacific Rim, and this new one is PR: Uprising.
I can't be too mad. If they found a way to get kids interested in some old ip, go for it.
I can't be too mad. If they found a way to get kids interested in some old ip, go for it.
Silver Hawks 4 life https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=doQkAdVXBvo
cartoon network had a good run for awhile, flapjack, chowder, camp lazlo, fosters home... where has all that creativity gone.
now we get cheap looking cartoons that all look the same and are easy to churn out. This era might be worse than those dark ages of cartoon network real
now we get cheap looking cartoons that all look the same and are easy to churn out. This era might be worse than those dark ages of cartoon network real