Thundercats Reboot and My Lion-os Tee

Cartoon network aired their revamped Thundercats series on Friday night. Thundercats was literally my favorite cartoon as a child. I very much enjoyed the redo, was nostalgic for me. I did giggle a few times while watching, because it was so “very epic”….

Lion-o, (who clearly needs to work on growing his mane) is heir to the throne (his older “brother” Tigra is adopted, and therefore not eligible, even though the people of Thundara feel that Tigra would be a better choice for king.) However, he also has his head in the clouds dreaming of finding “tech”. Basically, Lion-o, in this iteration is a geek.

In the opening scenes we saw Lion-o having lots in common with your average Disney princess (visiting the “bazaar” in disguise and getting in trouble ala Jasmine, collecting objects from the “outside world” and neglecting his duties ala Ariel) but it was a nice introduction to see who our new Liono is. We also end up with a touch of Thor with the weapon deciding if its owner is worthy or not.

I am not going to recap the whole episode, you can watch it here:
http://www.megavideo.com/?d=38LNLOU1

I did enjoy this iteration and will be watching it weekly. Loved the “hot” new Cheetara, loved the kitty (big cat) sounds during the fight scene. I was amused by the over the top soundtrack. Also, I HATED Snarf in the original series, but he is sooooo cute in this one. Almost like a Lion-o Chibi. I did note that while lizards may have had some tech to use, they are terrible at shooting. Just awful.

In the original series, Lion-o was 12 when Thundara was destroyed, and aged in body but not in mind in the escape pods. Which is why he seemed slightly dense at times, he was a child in a man’s body. Tigra was not all related to him. Also, Thundara was an entire planet, and during its destruction, they escaped but crash landed on “Third Earth” which was supposedly our Earth, after Mummra killed all the humans. I don’t know if any of this will tie into the new series, or if it’s a complete reboot with a totally new past, but it will be interesting to see what happens moving forward!

Check it out!

Thundercats airs Friday nights at 8:30 / 7:30 central on Cartoon Network

Here I am in my Lion-O's tee :)