Weekend Superheroics 11/25/2011
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Dark One,
Posted on: 2011-11-25 21:04 in Comic and Hero-Villain Culture
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Finally started his dime for selling junk bonds to senior citizens?
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Originally Posted by ShoNuff
OMG PANTHRO NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Yeah, Thundercats has been really good. And I *really* like the elephant monks.
Goodbye may seem forever
Farewell is like the end
But in my heart's the memory
And there you'll always be
-- The Fox and the Hound
Loved the Thundercats episode, but could you really call what happened at the end of the episode a betrayal committed by Tigera?
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I'm sure it feels that way to Lion-O. Though really, compared to the genuine shenanigans Tygra's pulled on him thus far in the series, I somehow suspect he'll get over this one eventually. 
There is an art, or, rather, a knack to flying. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss. --The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Thundercats I kind of call BS on this one. I mean seriously the whole season leading up to the "Betrayal". It's been one way, then the previous episode flashback just so they can justify her choosing Tygra? OK, not going to stop me from watching, but they could have hinted it a bit more. I mean we knew Tygra liked her from Episode 1 and the various comments he made. We never ever saw how she felt about him, and the flashback seemed a heavy handed way to do that.
So what's up with Young Justice? Is the season over or what? Or are they pulling a Firefly and bumping it for any random thing?
I chalk it YJ absence due to the Holliday season.
This Friday we have an hour of Lego commercials followed by a Batman: BatB repeat, a new Ben 10, a new Star Wars and a Thundercats repeat.
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Don't worry, they released the pictures for the series 2 toy line: he's getting some cybernetic ones.|
Originally Posted by ShoNuff
Thundercats - man.. if you have not started watching this series.... YOU NEED TO START!!! OMG PANTHRO NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!
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Originally Posted by Unknown_User
Loved the Thundercats episode, but could you really call what happened at the end of the episode a betrayal committed by Tygra?
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Now we're 13 episodes in; I'd say this is a wonderful revamp to the series and I look forward to the continuing adventures of the new Thundercats.
Tyger (50), Mutation-Controller Mind/FF - oldest Mind/FF on Union
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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It looks like they've put it on another hiatus. Nebulous airdates of 2012 for the remaining eight episodes, which Weisman confirms are done and ready to air. Not such a bad move, really. Thanksgiving through New Years is a hectic time for most, and premieres in that period are likely wasted, not getting the viewers they could at pretty much any other time of the year.|
Originally Posted by Dark One
So what's up with Young Justice? Is the season over or what? Or are they pulling a Firefly and bumping it for any random thing?
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Originally Posted by Tyger
Now we're 13 episodes in; I'd say this is a wonderful revamp to the series and I look forward to the continuing adventures of the new Thundercats.
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"I wish my life was a non-stop Hollywood movie show,
A fantasy world of celluloid villains and heroes."
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Having got all 200+ 1985-era episodes, I can agree that being a lot shorter is definitely working for the show. On the old series it's a bit like Star Trek where they get the same plans being used against them but in slightly different ways.|
Originally Posted by Ms. Mesmer
Apparently, this was it for season one, but the series has been picked up for another. Who knows when that will debut. They're starting over from episode one tonight, so it's a good time to catch up for those that have missed it. It's better than the original in every way, in my opinion.
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To use the Yahtzee analogy; they're both like Branston Pickle but the old one has it spread too thinly.
Now comes the waiting time till we find out what happens next.... meantime I'll just keep singing 'Tygra and Cheetara, sitting in a tree'
Tyger (50), Mutation-Controller Mind/FF - oldest Mind/FF on Union
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Originally Posted by Dispari
I don't know why Dink thinks she's not as sexy as Jay was. In 5 posts she's already upstaged his entire career.
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The 1985 era was all about selling toys. True with He-Man, true with Transformers, true with G.I. Joe. Thundercats and SilverHawks were just a year or two newer franchises. New season = new characters and/or equipment = new product in stores.
Then the FCC or someone tried to shut down the whole "toy tie in" but agreed to PSAs tacked on at the end of episodes ("Knowing is ..."). Personally I like how that idea was parodied in the 90s ("Wheel of Morality Turn Turn Turn...").
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Ben 10 / Generator Rex - Heroes United
Star Wars Clone Wars
Thundercats
-So far watched B10/GR-HU. Fun hour long spec ep . That being said - they definitely hinted at a sequel, and it appears this ep is considered continuity / cannon for atleast Generator Rex.
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Star Wars Clone Wars - fairly decent ep, and showing more shades of Anakin going dark.
Thundercats - man.. if you have not started watching this series.... YOU NEED TO START!!! OMG PANTHRO NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!