I personally loved the arc where lion-o has to defeat chetara in a race, defeat panthro in strength, tigra in mind games and illusions, the wilykids in tricks and finally kick mum-ras without the sword of omens. That to me was peak Thundercats. Also loved the female cop from space that came from time to time to have adventures with lion-o. I was like: yes , take lion-o to space before chetara scratches your eyes out.
I absolutely LOVED the Thundercats. Racing home after school to catch an episode and then talking about said episode the next day at the schoolyard. And to this day, I still think the Silverhawks were the Thundercats in space. 😄
Looking back over the years, watching the thundercats and those moral lessons that each episode had, has definitely had a lasting impact on my life, I always have tried to carry my self with those lessons in my heart some times more successful then others and I still love the show to this day
Mumm-Ra was one of the most badass cartoon villains of the 80's. Would have loved a crossover with He-Man to see what shenanigans him and Skeletor could get up to.
As long as the movie is being made by people who truly love the show and are determined to maintain its integrity for the production, then I can see a live-action version doing really well!
6:17 Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! for using the ORIGINAL, unedited version of the Jedi ghosts scene in Return of the Jedi! (Also, ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thundercats! HOOOOOO!)
The intro has one of the most incredible pieces of animation ever made. I also think the idea of them loosing their planet and landing on a new one was really cool. Mumm-Ra even dough evil had a good side, he showed when he lost his dog. The scenery animation was also top notch, and the music… just amazing.
I loved Thundercats, and still do. I'll put it out here, I loved Snarf, and watching the whole 130 eps again recently, I'm 43, made me love the show even more. season 2 goes a bit off the rails, but it's still good. and I even recently tracked down a genuine 1986 LJN plush Snarf! yes, cost me a bit from a seller on EBay, but the plush snarf is everything I remember from seeing him in Hamleys toy shop back in the 80s and I wanted to give him a home then, but didn't have the money. Snarf is going nowhere, this is his Final home. "Snayayayarf." *smile*
I agree after the entry of the lunatacks the story lost its balance. That's not fair with the noble thundercats living in cats lair and the new thundercats at the tower of omens. Why did lynxo, bengali and snarfer left third earth with the nobles to new thundera when they swapped tygra in tower of omens and pumaiyra in cats lair??
I grew up with that show. Even now I think the animation is still pretty high quality, especially compared to modern animation. A show like He-Man was good but also a bit lackluster in its storytelling. ThunderCats seemed to offer a richer story with more complex characters. Even today while it is still kid friendly it somehow feels like it took a few more risks in its storytelling to create more compelling stories.
Hearing that a Thundercats superfan is trying to make a live-action adaptation, and worked on the prototype as soon as 10th grade, fills me with so much hope! I'm a little skeptical that it could work, but I'll save my judgement for the movie trailer
Many happy memories of watching Thundercats on the TV as a kiddo, remember always looking forward to the next episode. Keeping fingers crossed the movie adaptation happens soon.
The original Thundercats is far superior to the reboot. It was fairly well written, had good continuity, and we even saw Lion-O anointed as Lord of the Thundercats. Jaga, Cheetara and Tigra was the best characters. And thanks for using footage from the Original Return of the Jedi with Sebastian Shaw as Anakin Skywalker.
Snarf is great. I see no reason for the hate. He's the Thundercats version of Orko / Cringer and his role is kind of required for the formulae of these shows I mean, Cowl, Niddler Blip, Bandit etc.. Furthermore, Snarf in particular seems to me to be a precursor to Pikachu but unlike the pokemon cast in his image, Snarf can say more than snarf though he does often say "snarf". Also, he's pretty much a Binturong (Bearcat) and they're the coolest animal to ever exist.
Snarf was so practicle. and I think they even animated him correctly so that when he ran on all fours, you could see he was a biped as well as a quadruped. Look at "snarf takes up the challenge," I think there, at the beginning, is a rear shot of him walking towards cat's lair, you see his tail and feet, look at how he walks on the balls of his feet and hands. and I agree with you about the Binturong (Bearcat). I'd also like to take time to give a shout out to the late Bob Mcfadden who voiced Snarf. Bob was responsible for other voices in the show, Slithe, for instance. bob got more expression and emotion into the word "snarf," than i thought possible. People think Snarf said "snarf" all the time to be annoying, but his use of it was akin to a cat's meow. Snarf used the phrase to express emotions such as delight, fear, anxiety and anger. Just listen to Snarf when he gets angry, oh yes, and bob did voice all those purrs, miaows and other cat sounds Snarf and Snarf's nephew Snarfer made. I still think Snarfer's "giggle Riaow," as I call it, is the cutest. for that you'll have to watch season 2. the episode is called Side Swipe, in which Snarfer's delivering a take out to the other Thundercats, yes that's how off the wall the show had become by then, and he gets delayed by Chiller, one of the Lunatacks. of course, Snarfer makes a joke about the food being "Chilli," which it is, in more ways than one.
@@AH-ef3rw if you want to see how silly snarfs can be, watch the chain of loyalty. Oswold and Egbert get into a scrap and it's rather cute. yes they're furious at each other, but the fight seems very half hearted, even when they're properly going at it. I think this was the point, Snarfs usually don't fight among themselves.
I remember the episode where he saved the other Thundercats from their mummified imprisonment in Mum-Ra’s Black Pyramid. All because the Mutants thought that Snarf was a joke and not worth capturing. Big mistake on their part.
@@kenb2671 that's Snarf takes up the challenge. and yes, Snarf's super heroic when he needs to be. but he can mess up too. watch the episode called bracelet of power to see snarf go power crazy.
Thundercats was my favorite cartoon to watch after school. Panthro was my favorite, mostly because he reminded me of my oldest brother, who is a martial artist, uses nunchaku, and has a shaved head.
Lots of 80s cartoons had PSAs for kids to act honorable. Thundercats, He-Man, G.I. Joe, Jem, Transformers (I think), Brave S.T.A.R. and the list goes on.
If the script is legit done by a fan of the show, and not just a jump-on-the-bandwagon, it could be worthwhile. The next hurdle is casting. I just hope the casting doesn't devolve into a half-dozen generic a-listers chosen entirely for box-office draw. The Thundercats were akin to their family traits. Panthro was high strength, medium agility, less cunning and no speed. Cheetara as a cheetah was all about speed and agility. She wasn't especially strong, but power wasn't her game. Tigra was all about cunning. A bit of muscle, moderate speed. Lion-O had to embody all those to a lesser degree. I still don't quite get what the Wily kids would contribute as adults one day, as clearly they aren't especially smart, and don't look to have much promise of strength. I guess they were the one kids watching it would associate closely to. Then there's Snarf. Who seems to exist because someone has to Snarf. Snarfer was just Scrappy Doo as a cat.
@@MGower4465 All modern cartooning is an incestuous horror show that comes out of the same building, Cal-Arts. That's why it all looks the same and is pretty much either Lol-Random, Bad Memes, or Rick and Morty clones. That's the only people major companies will hire. So it has no choice but to be awful.
Thundercats is one of my favorite cartoons from the 80s. It holds up so well and I still watching episodes every Saturday as I get older to remind me of a better time. Thundercats HOOOOOOO
I LOVE Thundercats! I own the new figures from Super 7 and even pre-ordered their amazing Thundertank. As long as everyone involved the movie cares about the characters and what made the show so special, it will succeed. Top Gun Maverick did an amazing job honoring the source material that came before it and it could be on track to make a BILLION dollars. If the film makers try to shoe horn in an agenda, it will fail. Fans of many of these beloved properties from the 80s are tired of all the garbage being put out in the names of their favorite shows. With that said, it is past time for the WB to digitally retore the complete original series of Thundercats and put it on Blu-ray. It will sell.
As far as the explicit outtakes go, please folks, grow up. These were adults working for hours probably in a cramped studio, recording lines for this show. They're gonna let loose sometimes. The first time I heard them I thought they were hilarious and showed that there were real people behind these voices.
@@mr.stinker9335 Oh, you mean that blind obedience to religion isn't as common place now as it was in the early 80's. Not sure morality a goal for religion, rather a question for power over others.
The original ThunderCats was one of my favourites ever. I also liked the 2011 version and was disappointed when they cancelled it. The only issue I had with that one was that I think they should have given it an intro similar to the original, as a sort of hook for newer viewers. Also, where I lived they were just airing the same few episodes regularly, and you'd have to keep checking back to see if anything new turned up. (I had a similar issue with one of the StarGate series where it would be just the same few episodes being aired, and the next thing I knew, the series was cancelled.)
No Snarf?! What is wrong with such people. He is a voice of reason and the most loyal of all characters. Lion-o is at his heart a child in a man’s body; a Pinocchio trying to be a real man, who needs a companion to even him out. I have always loved Snarf. I said what I said.
I tolerated him. That’s all I can say. The only thing both reboots did right was to silence him. It’s good that they kept him, though. Better than pretending he doesn’t exist like Scrappy Doo.
The outtakes are legendary, plus it's adults that were voicing the characters. Will minus the two children voice actors. Many 80s cartoons had psychologist on their shows just look at the ending credits.
Well I wasn't a "kid" when it came out but the adventurous kid in me loved the show. Personally I've waited a long time for an actual movie to come out...God please let it be Awesome for the sake of ever one who has the heart of a Thunder Cat...
I wish that guy the best of luck in making a live action Thundercats movie. He sounds like a true fan. Unfortunately, we live in an era when the studio will pressure him to hyperfocus on Cheetarah and Panthro while undermining the role of Lion-O, possibly killing him off because he is a ginger. I hope not, but there is a mountain of evidence backing me up. 😔
@@jocramkrispy305 I just hope they let Cheetarah be 'traditionally attractive; no need to reinvent her with a mullet, raspy voice, and a 'I'm gonna be queen, dick!' attitude.
Still love Thundercats to this day. Had all the episodes and watched them with my wife who was born a little too late to see it when it was on TV and she loved it too. I'm a little cynical about a live action version...but they managed to make 2 enjoyable sonic movies without pushing *The Message* so I guess anything is possible.
I've been waiting for a movie for years and hope they do it justice, do not go low budget on this and it get big names to play the roles and it will be a hit at the box office, just keep it true to the original with a good story line and will not go wrong. They brought back transformers and it did great...so just do the same. One of my favorite childhood memories and still brings a smile to my face when I think about it, please dont jack it up. Lol
Even though I was an adult when Thundercats first appeared on Tv, my Son, Kevin, LOVED them. I liked the show as well, and we enjoyed it together, and I, for one, liked Snarf. I felt, even though he was a bit annoying at times, he was always trying to help Lion-O do the right thing.
Definitely my favorite cartoon growing up. Bringing it back as a full fledged movie true to it's roots would be a dream come true. I still have all my toys and Castle Grayskull to this day. I even have a metal replica of the Sword of Omens hanging on my wall! ThunderCats hoooooo!!🤘😼
I grew up in the 90s. I was raised in care of the state. I had no role models that were healthy for a young boy. I used all these cartoons and thier respective Characters as a model for what I wanted to be. I beleive if it wasn't for them I might be 1000% more fucked up than I am.
I was four years old when Thundercats came out, this was one of my big three, every 80s boy knows those but today WITHOUT hearing it again only 2 openings I can remember and only 1 I can still recall verbatim the og opening for Thundercats.
Thundercats didnt send until the summer of 1994 in Sweden, remember how fantastic I found that world they lived in. Soon 30 years later I love the show and watch every now and then.
One of the rumors behind the change with Lion-O's original name was because the producers didn't want to get a lawsuit from the Lionel Train toy company
The actual reason Lion-L was changed to Lion-O was they were afraid of being sued by the Lionel Toy Train Company. For the names sounding too similar. It had nothing to do with Lionel Richie.
Love how Cheetara was fast enough to be a speed demon in her own right, but not so fast that she rendered the other Thundercats stationary and useless, like a DC Flash or Marvel Quicksilver kind of does
Snarf was important because he was important to Lion-o. The "Oh Snarf" Lion-o wobbles out when he thinks Snarf has snuffed it is probably the most emotional moment of the whole thing. I like to think after 100 episodes of someone disliking Snarf they would still root for him to be OK, for Lion-o's sake at least.
A 12 year old inside a cat-mans body, i mean that's Ryan Reynolds definition isn't it? Like that's him playing himself. He'd have to have Wolverines body though, deadpool is sleek where Liono is more Rocky Balboa. I have no hopes though Disney has destroyed and corrupted everything it's touched lately.
"When it mattered most Darth Vader he re-discovered his humanity and did what was right." The 2 billion people of Alderaan would like a word with you...
Apparently, you missed the final film of the original trilogy, "Return of the Jedi", where he ends up disposing of the Emperor. I have feeling that for some, the only thing they remember about that film was an "exposed" Carrie Fisher strangling Jabba the Hutt.
@@floydjohnson7888 For Vader to join Yoda and Obi-Wan as a "force ghost" was a huge moral flaw with Star Wars. It bothered the hell out of me even at age 13 when I saw Jedi in a theater THE DAY IT PREMIERED. So beat that, sonny... Killing the Emperor does not make up for murdering a whole planet, not to mention all his other tyrannies. Imagine forgiving Hitler because he had a change of heart on his deathbed. Vader was vastly worse than Hitler.
Looper: "His original name was Lionel, it's easy to see why they changed it..." Me: "Yes, of course, because of the comparison to Superman's real name Kal-el." Looper: "It was because of Lionel Richie jokes" Me: "Oh..."
Use to be my catoon when I was a little cub. I use to sit in front of the tv watching it while eating porridge. Seeing this now as a full grown bear, brings back memories. Hell, I even had the toy Sword of Omens as a cub! Yeah yeah, I know... A cub using a sword when I already had claws... Insane, right?
wow lots of memories flooded back seeing this video i remember aside from thundercars.....transformers...gobots...voltron...mask...and there was a cartoon of kids that could transform into cars (forget the name of it) g.i. joe..he-man
Thank goodness that mockery of a show Thundercats Roar was canceled after one season. I'm surprised it got away with making 52 episodes. I would prefer to remember the Thundercats as they were. A live action movie would be awesome to see, hope producers get it right.
Born 83 the best cartoons were in the 80s and when the outtakes were leaked I literally peed my pants because the outtakes were so funny 🤣🤣🤣 I wasn't bothered by it js #80sbaby #80sCartoons 🤓🤓🖖🏽🖖🏽🤙🏽❤
I used to run around with my mom's yellow broom. Pretending that I was Cheetara all of the time. I loved watching Voltron and Transformers during the Saturday morning cartoon lineup every weekend 😂
Snarf was actually quite capable and helped out all the others a lot. I don't know why people ignore his usefulness. He did much more than the Thunderkittens did.
I don't see anything with Snarf in the 80's ThunderCats. The show need an old ham, not only was Snarf that, but he could be heroic as well. In the episode of "Snarf takes up the Challenge" demonstrates that he is more than just a sidekick.
Out of all the cartoons I watched and loved during the 1980s the Thundercats was my favorite. I hope Adam Wingard is actual fan of Thundercats, Because I remember a certain someone saying he was a fan on He-Man series and then he made "Masters of the Universe: Revelation".
Cracking cartoons back then as an 8/10yr-old....Looking back...the amount of "illuminatic-symbology" in this...and He-Man etc were off the scale...from Rams-Head Staff's...All-Seeing-Eye-Of-Thundera, Pyramids, Mind-Control...Maltese-Cross...Greyskull...i.e. "Skull & Bones etc....
What were your thoughts on “ThunderCats”?
My favourite show as a kid. Late 80s, early-mid 90s was golden age for kids tv
Love the Original Thundercats (1985)… My favorite character is “Tygra”… Can’t wait to see up-coming Thundercats movie… Regards🇶🇦
The original 1985 version was far better than the unnecessary reboot.
I was 18 but I loved cartoons. This and Friday Night Videos , the only reasons I wanted a TV in college. It was my reward for a tough class day.
Why does no one ever talk about the beastiality that created the thunder cats?
I personally loved the arc where lion-o has to defeat chetara in a race, defeat panthro in strength, tigra in mind games and illusions, the wilykids in tricks and finally kick mum-ras without the sword of omens. That to me was peak Thundercats. Also loved the female cop from space that came from time to time to have adventures with lion-o. I was like: yes , take lion-o to space before chetara scratches your eyes out.
Mandora the evil chaser
No kidding! My understanding of speed vs. endurance in distance running comes from that final mile running against Cheetara. So good!!!
I got the impression that Mandora liked Lion-O and Vice versa.
@@kenb2671 and I got the impression that Chetara liked Lion O and vice versa
@@tela2171 I got that impression also because I don’t think she liked Mandora all that much.😊👍🏾
I absolutely LOVED the Thundercats. Racing home after school to catch an episode and then talking about said episode the next day at the schoolyard. And to this day, I still think the Silverhawks were the Thundercats in space. 😄
It was. They were created by the same company. And had almost the same voice actors as well.
silver hawks was similar to battle of the planets, birdlike superheroes
TigerSharks - oceans
@@ronaldcaling127 exactly
I had forgotten silverhawks! Brings back memories
Looking back over the years, watching the thundercats and those moral lessons that each episode had, has definitely had a lasting impact on my life, I always have tried to carry my self with those lessons in my heart some times more successful then others and I still love the show to this day
Mumm-Ra was one of the most badass cartoon villains of the 80's. Would have loved a crossover with He-Man to see what shenanigans him and Skeletor could get up to.
Yeah especially we never got any information on Mumm-Ra’s backstory.
DC Comics had a 6 issue limited series doing just this.
I still find myself cursing stupid co-workers by saying, "Moonstar Of Limbo, Give Me The Might, The Menace Of Mumm-Ra!" as i point at them. 😄
@@chiefinspectorshine Monstar from Silverhawks?
@@psykloneja you're right! Sorry, i called the wrong villian.🤦🏿♂️
As long as the movie is being made by people who truly love the show and are determined to maintain its integrity for the production, then I can see a live-action version doing really well!
One would hope
Agreed!
Everything you said is right and Hollywood is wrong...
Maintain it's integrity? What integrity? Real question, btw. The Cartoon wasn't that great are we talking about the comics?
Well going of Halo, Wheel of time, and soon to be the lord of the rings tv show I just have a feeling it will be very bad.
ThunderCats was one of my favorite cartoons as a kid, the high-action intro got me psyched.
To this day I find that the intro's for Thundercats, Silverhawks, and Transformers are my top 3 intro's of all time lol.
The music scare was Fantasy-adventure mixed with heavy metal. Absolute killer.
6:17 Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU! for using the ORIGINAL, unedited version of the Jedi ghosts scene in Return of the Jedi!
(Also, ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ Thundercats! HOOOOOO!)
Wish the 2010s Thundercats was still ongoing loved that series too.
A moment of silence for my kids who have only ever seen the god awful Thundercats Roar 2020 reboot.
👌🏽, the most popular cartoon for 90’s kid indeed. A Thundercat fan from India 🇮🇳
I"m an older mother (43 when my son was born), I loved watching Thundercats in the 80s. When my son got a lion binkie, it was named Lion-o.
The intro has one of the most incredible pieces of animation ever made. I also think the idea of them loosing their planet and landing on a new one was really cool. Mumm-Ra even dough evil had a good side, he showed when he lost his dog. The scenery animation was also top notch, and the music… just amazing.
I loved Thundercats, and still do. I'll put it out here, I loved Snarf, and watching the whole 130 eps again recently, I'm 43, made me love the show even more. season 2 goes a bit off the rails, but it's still good. and I even recently tracked down a genuine 1986 LJN plush Snarf! yes, cost me a bit from a seller on EBay, but the plush snarf is everything I remember from seeing him in Hamleys toy shop back in the 80s and I wanted to give him a home then, but didn't have the money. Snarf is going nowhere, this is his Final home. "Snayayayarf." *smile*
I agree after the entry of the lunatacks the story lost its balance. That's not fair with the noble thundercats living in cats lair and the new thundercats at the tower of omens. Why did lynxo, bengali and snarfer left third earth with the nobles to new thundera when they swapped tygra in tower of omens and pumaiyra in cats lair??
I grew up with that show. Even now I think the animation is still pretty high quality, especially compared to modern animation. A show like He-Man was good but also a bit lackluster in its storytelling. ThunderCats seemed to offer a richer story with more complex characters. Even today while it is still kid friendly it somehow feels like it took a few more risks in its storytelling to create more compelling stories.
Hearing that a Thundercats superfan is trying to make a live-action adaptation, and worked on the prototype as soon as 10th grade, fills me with so much hope! I'm a little skeptical that it could work, but I'll save my judgement for the movie trailer
All I know is that Cheetara with her ... well ... "extremely good posture", was my first boyhood crush.
Many happy memories of watching Thundercats on the TV as a kiddo, remember always looking forward to the next episode. Keeping fingers crossed the movie adaptation happens soon.
I'm 46 years old and this literally was my favorite cartoon, I wanted to be Lion-O 😊
The original Thundercats is far superior to the reboot. It was fairly well written, had good continuity, and we even saw Lion-O anointed as Lord of the Thundercats.
Jaga, Cheetara and Tigra was the best characters.
And thanks for using footage from the Original Return of the Jedi with Sebastian Shaw as Anakin Skywalker.
I adored Thundercat's growing up, I'm happy it's getting some spotlight time once again. :)
Snarf is great. I see no reason for the hate. He's the Thundercats version of Orko / Cringer and his role is kind of required for the formulae of these shows I mean, Cowl, Niddler Blip, Bandit etc.. Furthermore, Snarf in particular seems to me to be a precursor to Pikachu but unlike the pokemon cast in his image, Snarf can say more than snarf though he does often say "snarf". Also, he's pretty much a Binturong (Bearcat) and they're the coolest animal to ever exist.
Snarf was so practicle. and I think they even animated him correctly so that when he ran on all fours, you could see he was a biped as well as a quadruped. Look at "snarf takes up the challenge," I think there, at the beginning, is a rear shot of him walking towards cat's lair, you see his tail and feet, look at how he walks on the balls of his feet and hands. and I agree with you about the Binturong (Bearcat). I'd also like to take time to give a shout out to the late Bob Mcfadden who voiced Snarf. Bob was responsible for other voices in the show, Slithe, for instance. bob got more expression and emotion into the word "snarf," than i thought possible. People think Snarf said "snarf" all the time to be annoying, but his use of it was akin to a cat's meow. Snarf used the phrase to express emotions such as delight, fear, anxiety and anger. Just listen to Snarf when he gets angry, oh yes, and bob did voice all those purrs, miaows and other cat sounds Snarf and Snarf's nephew Snarfer made. I still think Snarfer's "giggle Riaow," as I call it, is the cutest. for that you'll have to watch season 2. the episode is called Side Swipe, in which Snarfer's delivering a take out to the other Thundercats, yes that's how off the wall the show had become by then, and he gets delayed by Chiller, one of the Lunatacks. of course, Snarfer makes a joke about the food being "Chilli," which it is, in more ways than one.
@@AH-ef3rw if you want to see how silly snarfs can be, watch the chain of loyalty. Oswold and Egbert get into a scrap and it's rather cute. yes they're furious at each other, but the fight seems very half hearted, even when they're properly going at it. I think this was the point, Snarfs usually don't fight among themselves.
Snarf snarf….he was my favorite character. Still crack up when i watch it.
I remember the episode where he saved the other Thundercats from their mummified imprisonment in Mum-Ra’s Black Pyramid. All because the Mutants thought that Snarf was a joke and not worth capturing. Big mistake on their part.
@@kenb2671 that's Snarf takes up the challenge. and yes, Snarf's super heroic when he needs to be. but he can mess up too. watch the episode called bracelet of power to see snarf go power crazy.
Thundercats was my favorite cartoon to watch after school. Panthro was my favorite, mostly because he reminded me of my oldest brother, who is a martial artist, uses nunchaku, and has a shaved head.
Lots of 80s cartoons had PSAs for kids to act honorable. Thundercats, He-Man, G.I. Joe, Jem, Transformers (I think), Brave S.T.A.R. and the list goes on.
first I'd heard of a live version of Thundercats. IF it's written and performed well, it could be incredible. They were fun cartoons for sure.
Have you SEEN modern reboots? You don't want this. You REALLY don't. It will be awful.
If the script is legit done by a fan of the show, and not just a jump-on-the-bandwagon, it could be worthwhile. The next hurdle is casting. I just hope the casting doesn't devolve into a half-dozen generic a-listers chosen entirely for box-office draw. The Thundercats were akin to their family traits. Panthro was high strength, medium agility, less cunning and no speed. Cheetara as a cheetah was all about speed and agility. She wasn't especially strong, but power wasn't her game. Tigra was all about cunning. A bit of muscle, moderate speed. Lion-O had to embody all those to a lesser degree.
I still don't quite get what the Wily kids would contribute as adults one day, as clearly they aren't especially smart, and don't look to have much promise of strength. I guess they were the one kids watching it would associate closely to. Then there's Snarf. Who seems to exist because someone has to Snarf. Snarfer was just Scrappy Doo as a cat.
@@MGower4465 All modern cartooning is an incestuous horror show that comes out of the same building, Cal-Arts. That's why it all looks the same and is pretty much either Lol-Random, Bad Memes, or Rick and Morty clones. That's the only people major companies will hire. So it has no choice but to be awful.
I love Thundercats.
Such a shame decades past and they never made a show or movie for Thundercats .
I grew up watching Thundercats. Loved them. Watched it with my kids and these days my grankids.
Thundercats is one of my favorite cartoons from the 80s. It holds up so well and I still watching episodes every Saturday as I get older to remind me of a better time. Thundercats HOOOOOOO
I LOVE Thundercats! I own the new figures from Super 7 and even pre-ordered their amazing Thundertank. As long as everyone involved the movie cares about the characters and what made the show so special, it will succeed. Top Gun Maverick did an amazing job honoring the source material that came before it and it could be on track to make a BILLION dollars. If the film makers try to shoe horn in an agenda, it will fail. Fans of many of these beloved properties from the 80s are tired of all the garbage being put out in the names of their favorite shows. With that said, it is past time for the WB to digitally retore the complete original series of Thundercats and put it on Blu-ray. It will sell.
I loved the Thundercats as it was one of the best 80s cartoon in a long list of great ones. It comes on Hulu and a live action movie is long overdue.
As far as the explicit outtakes go, please folks, grow up. These were adults working for hours probably in a cramped studio, recording lines for this show. They're gonna let loose sometimes. The first time I heard them I thought they were hilarious and showed that there were real people behind these voices.
Im honestly surprised Thundercats hasn't been adapted yet, especially since Netflix brought He-Man back recently 🤔
Morals. Everything today doesn’t have.
MLP does… yeah I said it.
@@Sam-zu5mr it started way before that.
@@mr.stinker9335 Oh, you mean that blind obedience to religion isn't as common place now as it was in the early 80's. Not sure morality a goal for religion, rather a question for power over others.
The original ThunderCats was one of my favourites ever.
I also liked the 2011 version and was disappointed when they cancelled it. The only issue I had with that one was that I think they should have given it an intro similar to the original, as a sort of hook for newer viewers. Also, where I lived they were just airing the same few episodes regularly, and you'd have to keep checking back to see if anything new turned up. (I had a similar issue with one of the StarGate series where it would be just the same few episodes being aired, and the next thing I knew, the series was cancelled.)
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Please let this happen! A Thunder Cats live action movie is wayyyyy overdue. This was one of my favorite shows growing up
I imagine it would look kind of like CATS.
As long as it doesn’t turn out as ugly as the first Sonic
IIRC, there's a CGI tribute to the Rankin-Bass/Pacific Animation Corporation series lurking on TH-cam.
@@questworldmatrix IT would have to TRY to look that bad.
"Thundercats are loose." That tells you everything you need to know. (bow chicka bowwow...)
I could see Vin Desel as Panthrow and Ryan Renolds as Lion'O, maybe Jessica Alba as Cheetara.
The modern remake had one of the best episodes of any cartoon: it was about plant people who only live for 1 day. It was very emotional
No Snarf?! What is wrong with such people. He is a voice of reason and the most loyal of all characters. Lion-o is at his heart a child in a man’s body; a Pinocchio trying to be a real man, who needs a companion to even him out. I have always loved Snarf. I said what I said.
I tolerated him. That’s all I can say. The only thing both reboots did right was to silence him. It’s good that they kept him, though. Better than pretending he doesn’t exist like Scrappy Doo.
The outtakes are legendary, plus it's adults that were voicing the characters. Will minus the two children voice actors. Many 80s cartoons had psychologist on their shows just look at the ending credits.
Well I wasn't a "kid" when it came out but the adventurous kid in me loved the show. Personally I've waited a long time for an actual movie to come out...God please let it be Awesome for the sake of ever one who has the heart of a Thunder Cat...
Still has the most hype-inducing epic intro of all time!
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I wish that guy the best of luck in making a live action Thundercats movie. He sounds like a true fan. Unfortunately, we live in an era when the studio will pressure him to hyperfocus on Cheetarah and Panthro while undermining the role of Lion-O, possibly killing him off because he is a ginger. I hope not, but there is a mountain of evidence backing me up. 😔
Sounds about right, which is why I would prefer they never make it into live action film.
c'mon, who didn't hyperfocus on Cheetarah and/or Panthro?
@@jocramkrispy305 I just hope they let Cheetarah be 'traditionally attractive; no need to reinvent her with a mullet, raspy voice, and a 'I'm gonna be queen, dick!' attitude.
@@michaelmorris1741 She was 80s attractive, so she should be 20s attractive.
(no, not a flapper)
Oh, bravo for using the Sebastian Shaw force-ghost clip! I still can't believe they cut him out of the re-masters.
Do a video for Thundercats 2011, because we don't get enough of those.
The 80's was a great time.
Still love Thundercats to this day. Had all the episodes and watched them with my wife who was born a little too late to see it when it was on TV and she loved it too. I'm a little cynical about a live action version...but they managed to make 2 enjoyable sonic movies without pushing *The Message* so I guess anything is possible.
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I've been waiting for a movie for years and hope they do it justice, do not go low budget on this and it get big names to play the roles and it will be a hit at the box office, just keep it true to the original with a good story line and will not go wrong. They brought back transformers and it did great...so just do the same. One of my favorite childhood memories and still brings a smile to my face when I think about it, please dont jack it up. Lol
Yo I saw the title and I knew I had to watch it
I think that the 80's cartoons were more about the story and message. Selling toys was never something I noticed.
Even though I was an adult when Thundercats first appeared on Tv, my Son, Kevin, LOVED them. I liked the show as well, and we enjoyed it together, and I, for one, liked Snarf. I felt, even though he was a bit annoying at times, he was always trying to help Lion-O do the right thing.
One of the many classic 80's cartoons.
With Avatar movie technology, you can make an amazing Thundercats!
Favorite 80's cartoon by far. Had all the toys too including the Thunder Tank. 😆
So underused... 😆
Mum-RA deserves his own origin movie!
Definitely my favorite cartoon growing up. Bringing it back as a full fledged movie true to it's roots would be a dream come true. I still have all my toys and Castle Grayskull to this day. I even have a metal replica of the Sword of Omens hanging on my wall! ThunderCats hoooooo!!🤘😼
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I grew up in the 90s. I was raised in care of the state. I had no role models that were healthy for a young boy. I used all these cartoons and thier respective Characters as a model for what I wanted to be. I beleive if it wasn't for them I might be 1000% more fucked up than I am.
Used to have a huge crush on Cheetara as a kid 😍😍😍
I was four years old when Thundercats came out, this was one of my big three, every 80s boy knows those but today WITHOUT hearing it again only 2 openings I can remember and only 1 I can still recall verbatim the og opening for Thundercats.
... Ryan Reynolds as lion-o? That could go a lot of ways
Every Cartoon at that time did the Moral Lessons Bit... He-Man always had the bumper teaching a lesson, GI Joe of course...
I thought they were going to touch upon that magical growing sword of Lion-O's! Well, I used to watch it and I loved Cheetara!
3:24 Snarf was the heart even if sometimes annoying. Hope they don't get rid of him in any possibly future versions...
No, he wasn't. Away with you.
Thundercats didnt send until the summer of 1994 in Sweden, remember how fantastic I found that world they lived in. Soon 30 years later I love the show and watch every now and then.
I can clearly remember playing Thundercats on the elementary school playground with the boys
One of the rumors behind the change with Lion-O's original name was because the producers didn't want to get a lawsuit from the Lionel Train toy company
Every time any studios tries to modernize any property, they need to find somebody who is obsessed with the original.
Thundercats was a addiction the first part gets our endorphins running its a natural high first experience
The actual reason Lion-L was changed to Lion-O was they were afraid of being sued by the Lionel Toy Train Company. For the names sounding too similar. It had nothing to do with Lionel Richie.
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"He's not the first X-Men actor..."
me: "Trainee!"
Love how Cheetara was fast enough to be a speed demon in her own right, but not so fast that she rendered the other Thundercats stationary and useless, like a DC Flash or Marvel Quicksilver kind of does
To be slightly fair to DC, the original Flash wasn't that fast. It only got stupid when Barry Allen was introduced.
Snarf was important because he was important to Lion-o. The "Oh Snarf" Lion-o wobbles out when he thinks Snarf has snuffed it is probably the most emotional moment of the whole thing. I like to think after 100 episodes of someone disliking Snarf they would still root for him to be OK, for Lion-o's sake at least.
A 12 year old inside a cat-mans body, i mean that's Ryan Reynolds definition isn't it? Like that's him playing himself. He'd have to have Wolverines body though, deadpool is sleek where Liono is more Rocky Balboa. I have no hopes though Disney has destroyed and corrupted everything it's touched lately.
"When it mattered most Darth Vader he re-discovered his humanity and did what was right."
The 2 billion people of Alderaan would like a word with you...
Apparently, you missed the final film of the original trilogy, "Return of the Jedi", where he ends up disposing of the Emperor. I have feeling that for some, the only thing they remember about that film was an "exposed" Carrie Fisher strangling Jabba the Hutt.
@@floydjohnson7888 For Vader to join Yoda and Obi-Wan as a "force ghost" was a huge moral flaw with Star Wars. It bothered the hell out of me even at age 13 when I saw Jedi in a theater THE DAY IT PREMIERED. So beat that, sonny...
Killing the Emperor does not make up for murdering a whole planet, not to mention all his other tyrannies. Imagine forgiving Hitler because he had a change of heart on his deathbed. Vader was vastly worse than Hitler.
@@dougjohnson1517 So Team Lucas landed on its face with that "redemption" plot element ?
That was Tarkin, I'm pretty sure, not that Vader gave a damn.
Looper: "His original name was Lionel, it's easy to see why they changed it..."
Me: "Yes, of course, because of the comparison to Superman's real name Kal-el."
Looper: "It was because of Lionel Richie jokes"
Me: "Oh..."
ecstatic there're plans in the works to bring these awesome characters to the big screen.
Use to be my catoon when I was a little cub. I use to sit in front of the tv watching it while eating porridge. Seeing this now as a full grown bear, brings back memories. Hell, I even had the toy Sword of Omens as a cub! Yeah yeah, I know... A cub using a sword when I already had claws... Insane, right?
My favorite cartoon series of the 80's! Pure perfection!!💖💖
Thank you for NOT using Hayden Christianson in the "force ghost" scene you showed!!!
wow lots of memories flooded back seeing this video i remember aside from thundercars.....transformers...gobots...voltron...mask...and there was a cartoon of kids that could transform into cars (forget the name of it) g.i. joe..he-man
We mistakenly called him "Lionel" back in the day sometimes. Now I don't feel bad that we did that. Like how did we know this?
Thank goodness that mockery of a show Thundercats Roar was canceled after one season. I'm surprised it got away with making 52 episodes. I would prefer to remember the Thundercats as they were. A live action movie would be awesome to see, hope producers get it right.
Snarf was nothing more than Lion-O’s nanny / nurse maid.
Born 83 the best cartoons were in the 80s and when the outtakes were leaked I literally peed my pants because the outtakes were so funny 🤣🤣🤣 I wasn't bothered by it js #80sbaby #80sCartoons 🤓🤓🖖🏽🖖🏽🤙🏽❤
Not just for kids my uncles then in their 20s-30s LOVED that cartoon, had all the toys and everything
Snarf was my favorite! I had no idea there were people who didn't like him!!
Grew up when this cartoon was created. I was mesmerized by Mumm-Rana.
Us 80s kids had the best cartoons to watch growing up.
Love the thunder cats, still awaiting for the live action movie
I never found snarf annoying. I enjoyed the Thundercats show, wished there was more of it.
I'm glad I'm not the only one who didn't think snarf was annoying.
I used to run around with my mom's yellow broom. Pretending that I was Cheetara all of the time. I loved watching Voltron and Transformers during the Saturday morning cartoon lineup every weekend 😂
Snarf was actually quite capable and helped out all the others a lot. I don't know why people ignore his usefulness. He did much more than the Thunderkittens did.
Love Thundercats 😎👍🏽👍🏽… Regards🇶🇦
I wish I still had all my Thundercats toys. I had all of them including the cats lair. Thundercats was my favorite show ever when I was a kid.
I don't see anything with Snarf in the 80's ThunderCats. The show need an old ham, not only was Snarf that, but he could be heroic as well. In the episode of "Snarf takes up the Challenge" demonstrates that he is more than just a sidekick.
Out of all the cartoons I watched and loved during the 1980s the Thundercats was my favorite. I hope Adam Wingard is actual fan of Thundercats, Because I remember a certain someone saying he was a fan on He-Man series and then he made "Masters of the Universe: Revelation".
“The Anointment Trials” will always be my favorite string of episodes from any cartoon series
Cracking cartoons back then as an 8/10yr-old....Looking back...the amount of "illuminatic-symbology" in this...and He-Man etc were off the scale...from Rams-Head Staff's...All-Seeing-Eye-Of-Thundera, Pyramids, Mind-Control...Maltese-Cross...Greyskull...i.e. "Skull & Bones etc....
I remember the pilot, it got broadcast during primetime in Albuquerque, I had chicken pox so it was a welcome diversion.