Question: Why does everyone always give Lion-O enough time to say “Thunder, thunder, thunder, Thundercats, ho”? Lion-O throws himself on the ground and thrusts the Sword of Omens up and down but can’t get the little red cat signal to come out ‘cause the eye of the sword has goo all over it. Hulked-out Lion-O says, “My hands, look at the size of them.” Indeed.Įpisode Two: “The Unholy Alliances” (a.k.a. Hmmmmm: “It will not be long before the sword feels natural in your hand.” Sketchily avoids addressing the deaths of all the other Thundercats. Motley crew of semi-anatomically-incorrect naked cats escape home planet. Anyway, here goes:Įpisode One: “Exodus” (a.k.a. Most memorable is “super fan” Alex Bickmore, who sings the Thundercats theme song at the end and talks about how much he relates to Lion-O and his experiences (like, becoming the leader of a group of cats and saving Third Earth from the constant threat of a lame, 1000-year-old mummy). But first, a quick note on the supplemental feature, “Feel the Magic, Hear the Roar: Thundercats Fans Speak Out.” Fans of the show are not to miss this four-minute embarrassment of riches, in which a group of 40-year-old virgins, including Wil Wheaton, talk about how much they (still) love the show. Since I don’t want the notes that I took during the first 12 episodes to go to complete waste, I’m transcribing them below with the occasional.
I mean, it’s not a horrible show by any means of the imagination (the animation was ahead of its time and there are some individually thrilling, haunting moments), but it took me exactly two episodes to come to the conclusion that if I was an adolescent boy today and I was watching the show for the first time, I’d probably write it off as completely “gay.” That and the fact that I was crushed by the feeling that I had been duped all those years ago when I responded to the Thundercats so strongly. I was going to write a review of the show except I found out later that I hadn’t received the deluxe edition that runs 759 minutes and contains the first 33 episodes of the show’s first season.
I say all this because I received a copy of the season-one, Volume One DVD set of Thundercats from one of my publicity contacts and sat down to watch the 12 episodes collected on the two discs. For sure, if my experiences revisiting V and Thundercats in the past year have taught me anything it’s that you can dampen a few childhood memories by chasing after a nostalgia kick. I don’t want to see this show or Voltron ever again for fear that I won’t take as kindly to them as my nine-year-old self did. Joe fan really (ditto Star Wars-but you all knew that already, right?), but I do remember loving a string of episodes that had the Joes and Cobra Commander’s posse competing to secure elements of earth, wind, water and fire all over the world. He-Man was my favorite, followed by Thundercats and Voltron. If you were a little boy in the ‘80s, chances are you liked some combination (if not all) of these shows.
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