First Look, ThunderCats Reboot
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Aura_Familia,
Posted on: 2011-01-25 18:31 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
Sometimes I like Bruce Timm's art.
I like anime.
But you now whats absolutely fantastic? When Timm Timmverses anime characters. =p
http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gal...image_id=30945
(duller colors: http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gal...p?image_id=319)
http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gal...image_id=33612
http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gal...image_id=33649
http://www.comicartcommunity.com/gal...image_id=33650
(sorry about going off topic >.<)
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From the few episodes of new transformers stuff I've seen, and the kids cartoons going round I have to say,|
Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
What irritates me about this trend is that the producers/execs seem to think that what people want is only the visual style of anime, as if the whole attraction to that particular genre (for lack of a better word) is the way it looks and not the stories that are told.
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I would atleast rather good artistic visuals inspired by (or directly using) a brilliant artistic style, and telling lackluster stories.
Since the new transformers stuff loosely draws on anime, but generally falls into the category many modern cartoons fall into of using less and less character detail, and they tell lackluster stories.
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Originally Posted by VoodooGirl
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His designs aren't bad on paper, it's just when they get animated and/or poorly imitated.
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Originally Posted by Mandu
And Cynical Gamer. You are dead to me. Nay, you have gone beyond dead. You are undead. A rotting shambling corpse with the temerity to disparage Bruce Timm's work.
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Branching Paragon Police Department Epic Archetype, please!
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I agree!...I will give this a look for sure!
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Originally Posted by Mr. DJ
I can accept the character design based on how Lion-O acted in the original series...
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Is that a slight toward the DCAU? Because the DCAU were quality cartoons and very few cartoons today can compare. Mostly now we have cartoons designed by that hack, Tartakovsky.
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Originally Posted by Cynical_Gamer
His designs aren't bad on paper, it's just when they get animated and/or poorly imitated.
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Is that a slight toward Samurai Jack?|
Originally Posted by Scythus
Is that a slight toward the DCAU? Because the DCAU were quality cartoons and very few cartoons today can compare. Mostly now we have cartoons designed by that hack, Tartakovsky.
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Cause I'm gonna have issues with that, sir.
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And Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls.
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Originally Posted by Cowman
Is that a slight toward Samurai Jack?
Cause I'm gonna have issues with that, sir. |
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I hated Dexter's Lab after Tartakovsky left it
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Originally Posted by Cowman
Is that a slight toward Samurai Jack?
Cause I'm gonna have issues with that, sir. |
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Originally Posted by Lord_Nightblade
And Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls.
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Originally Posted by Furio
And the Clone Wars
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Art sucked.
I liked Samurai Jack. The art could have been better.
The art on the other shows wasn't fun to watch for me. Still I hate that it seems like everything is Anime ish or powerpuff girls ish.
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Pics of some of the toys and the redesign of Snarf. Damn I hate Snarf.
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Snarf character design...
I'm hoping Snarf is going to be more like Lassie then 80's Snarf. The less talking the better
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Okay, I can accept if something just isn't your cup o' tea, but THAT statement is just plain wrong.|
Originally Posted by Scythus
Yes.
Art sucked. |
The art was heavily stylized, but it did not suck.
Heck, the shadow fight from Samurai Jack is one of the coolest and most stylish pieces of animation I've seen.
Lion-o Strife is it. (seriously he looks like a demi human version of Cloud.) The original show was really bad, so honestly anything can be an improvement. Especially the voice overs. I know if you were a kid during the 80s you watched these shows. You had to as it was part of the block of stuff you could watch after school and that was it as you went off to do your chores and homework before the nonstop onslaught of kids shows on cable 24/7.
Thunder cats is something best left in your memories. Your nostalgia is right where it belongs. I caught an episode a few years ago when one of my roommates flipped it on when either Cartoon Network or Boomerang was running it. Some cartoons hold up well enough to be mildly entertaining such as transformers or Centurions after all these years. Not Thunder Cats. Oh it aged about as well as Michael Jackson. We were just laughing at it between the silly writing(even by kid show standards. It was really weird at times.) and stuttering voice overs. Like the janitorial staff did it. Which they did a land-sea air trinity with Silverhawks, and Tiger Sharks(this one obviously sucked the hardest as it lasted the least time of the 3.) reusing the majority of the same actors and these shows were even worse than Thunder Cats for most part.
I probably will check it out just for sake of seeing it as I usually watch cartoons online after a bunch of them get out there. If it's worth watching I'll show my sisters kids and watch it with them. Otherwise Ill dump it into the same bin I left the original in my brain and most of what i learned grade school.
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The director, Michael Jelenic, agrees:|
Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
I'm hoping Snarf is going to be more like Lassie then 80's Snarf. The less talking the better
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| "He won't be going, 'Lion-O, why don't you do this?'" said Jelenic, imitating the character's familiar whine. "We just having him say, 'Snarf! Snarf!' That's a way to get him in the show without annoying every single person who hates him. It's funny, because people are always like, 'I hate Snarf! Wait. you're not going to put him in? That's terrible!'" |
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I always thought he might be cool as a more Yoda-like type.
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Originally Posted by warden_de_dios
I'm hoping Snarf is going to be more like Lassie then 80's Snarf. The less talking the better
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It's something to be said for Tartakovsky to use the most basic elements of design for cartoon animation, and the have the show kick so much ***. In the television business or really any business for that matter, making something that simple and cost-effective is a godsend. To make something with such simplicity regarded as art, is a marvel in design. Samurai Jack looks so simple; using simple shapes, color, contrast, and space to give the illusion of dimension on what is actually flat space. Tartakovsky is a god, and does not nearly get the credit he deserves.
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Wow I must have missed that episode. That was cool.
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Originally Posted by Cowman
the shadow fight from Samurai Jack is one of the coolest and most stylish pieces of animation I've seen.
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Yes it did. Squares, rectangles, and circles with legs and faces is not "good art." If this is what you call "stylized" then I have a few drawings from my childhood that will probably "do it" for you.
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Originally Posted by Cowman
Okay, I can accept if something just isn't your cup o' tea, but THAT statement is just plain wrong.
The art was heavily stylized, but it did not suck. |
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I don't want to argue about this.|
Originally Posted by Scythus
Yes it did. Squares, rectangles, and circles with legs and faces is not "good art." If this is what you call "stylized" then I have a few drawings from my childhood that will probably "do it" for you.
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Have a nice day.
Hey, did they ever explain why Mumm-Ra couldn't stay all muscle bound all the time?
I didn't watch much of Thundercats, so I didn't know if they addressed this or if it was like the Power Rangers never starting a fight with their uber sword attack. Did he have a time limit on the power?
Just wondering. 
It's not a legitimate argument, it's a subjective matter of opinion, as evidenced by how many people do like his work.
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Panthro looks more like a Thunder Gorilla.
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