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It's okay for the Cats to lose a fight. The problem is that the writers don't seem to know how to do that without having them fight like idiots. Which is unfortunate, because it undermines every single character on the show.
It makes it look like the cats are slightly retarded, and it makes it so the villains aren't credible threats because they only win when the cats are being dumb. Better written fights, where the cats win, or lose, based on luck and circumstance rather than plot-based stupidity would make the whole thing better. Better heroes, scarier villains, etc. I know I use the Last Airbender as an example a lot, but once again Thundercats could learn something from it here. That is a show where the heroes win, lose, and escape regularly without ever having to behave truly dumb to explain their losses. They lose because the villains are strong. They need to give the villains an upgrade. Give them all new weapons that make them credible threats to the cats with the cats fighting at full strength. Use it to write more dangerous fights and to sell toys. Win, win. Atticus and Caynar are a step in the right direction, but not quite far enough. |
Two episodes in Season 2 and not a single, "Thunder, Thunder, Thundercats. HOOOOOOO!"
So far the addition to Atticus and Kaynar got two wins over them. I'm still waiting to see if the Ancient Spirits of Evil will have a talking part. |
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DO IT MORE. Yeah, I'm liking the new villains. Need a little bit of work, but definitely a good addition. |
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Take the battle at the end of episode 14. Cheetara forgets her super-speed, even when she could have used it to save Tygra. Tygra simply smirks like a fool at Lino-O; so much for all those lessons in battle strategy with Claudus. Lion-O, who previously held his own against an entire lizard battalion, seemingly finds it difficult to take on Slithe. Or take the latest debacle that was their capture in episode 15. I understand the writers wanted to show the viewers that the Cats were taken by surprise but this was ridiculous. Cheetara once again mysteriously forgets to use super-speed, even to go to Tygra’s help. Lion-O loses the Sword due to a single shot, then basically stands there waiting to be captured. Mr. Fantastic... sorry… Panthro, who knocked out all three mutants in less than five seconds last time, was nowhere to be seen! The writers had no idea what to do with him; they didn’t even bother showing him during this “fight.” Consistency does not seem to be an ability the writers possess. |
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Superman has his theme music play as he turns it around. Naruto has their own comeback music when the fight turns around. The main point is to excite the fans that their hero is going to win, like WWE excite when a wrestler has the crowd going wild by chaining signature moves to set up for the finisher. |
Does anyone know how long Paul Giacoppo has been writing episodes?
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Also Lion-O forgot to fire the claws to grapple to the side of the mountain in 15. |
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That shot was to the back, he was not expecting it. |
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Come find out his daughter is the rightful heir to the throne and can use SBS better than lion-o. |
You people have worn me out. I'll be back when Part 2 airs. I'll be hanging with the bronies if you need me.
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Dan Norton told me once that on the pre-animation side of things they only have about 3 weeks to do everything for each episode. They're probably forced to cut a few corners.
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Why would they forget their powers?
The show needed the two new villains to beat the Thundercats, but not while the Thundercats are fighting at their best. There is a difference between losing and losing after giving it everything you had. Also the love triangle conflict could be written as affecting the minds of Lion-O, Tygra, and Cheetara. Lion-O can forget his powers at times since he's got a lot of things in his head at once. |
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I was in the military; all we ever do was train. We train so it would be like second nature to us. Didn't matter what was going on at home, people would stick to the mission until it was done. |
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Lion-O is still green and needs a lot of discipline training to go through, not to mention the list baggage. Lost his father. Lost his Kingdom. Most of his people wiped out. Has to unite the other animals to beat Mumm-ra. Broken heart. Personal issues with Tygra and Cheetara. Difficult quest to find the other stones. Constantly being hunted by Mumm-ra's army. Teenager King responsibilities. Team Leader responsibilities. |
We all know that they don't spend all their free time training. Most of their time is spent traveling.
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If Lion-O haters wanted to take a piss on him, they wouldnt have to. His fans do it for him:) Now, once he completes these trials everyone around him wont have to be weak in order for him to be strong. Yeah, everyone's happy. |
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The point of that last was to poke fun at some of the conflicting post in here. You want him to be some great leader who everyone respects, yet some of the stuff in here would suggest Lion-O be a whiny brat with a pocket full of excuses. Or, like the post I qouted, someone who needs to be around people he can walk all over. Nothing strong or awe inspiring about that:D |
This is a cartoon. Writers are the ones who make him weak.
Weak sauce, I haven't heard that since the 90s on the basketball court. :) |
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If every problem we have with a character is suppose to "blamed" on the writers then what is to be said about character growth and development? How do we know its a weakness of the writer, or a character flaw? These characters are not suppose to be cookie cutter perfect. What you might call a weakness, may actually be an intentional flaw intended for that character. If all the problems we have with characters are to be blamed on the writers, then why is Lion-O the only one with this crutch? How come everyone else is written off as bad, while Lion-O is just a victim of shoddy writers ? |
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Two episodes in and it has been far to long not to see Mumm-ra inject Super Happy Fun Time Anger Go Go Juice into his bony hide.
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How did lion-o know the stone was in the AP? |
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It seems like mummra is the real test, not tygra. |
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I am not saying that. I am saying everyone is a victim of shoddy writing. |
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This, honestly I think Lion-O if he does make it back from the spirit realm, is most likely going to train under Tigra in later episodes. At this point the writers have made it clear that Lion-O doubts his abilities to be king, so far Tigra is still able to beat his brother up whether he's the real Tigra or the AP Tigra, and Tigra looks down on his brother because in his eyes Lion-O never had the same dedication that he had in the past. Plus the real Tigra said you could learn a few things from us. Now if Lion-O starts to learn under Tigra, the character roles change to student and teacher rather than just brothers. Possibly a stronger bond between the two characters, since Tigra learned everything from Claudius. Hopefully overcoming their differences in that seem to be the cause of the little quips and arguments they throw at each other. This of course is just a theory, I don't know for sure, but hopefully in some way shape or form this rivalry between the two of them gets settled. Since the Thundercats are suppose to be a close team, pretty much a family, and they haven't been a very good team these past couple of episodes. |
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Just for the sake of the series, I would like to see a Monarchy vs. Democracy clash. Something like Lion-O pushing the King title around against a cat clan that elects their leaders. |
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As for the Monarchy vs Democracy, it could be pretty interesting to see, but that sort of takes away from the way we've seen most of the cat people live which was under a monarchy. I don't know if they would change their leadership positions so quickly after they lost the Cat Kingdom, unless we're talking about a sub group that weren't a part of Thundera. |
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