Thundercats Forums - View Single Post - Thundercats Episode 20: Curse of Ratilla Discussion

SirSapphire · 05-08-2012, 09:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by KaleRylan

You know, I've been wondering this myself lately. One of the most dramatic parts of the original series that has been completely absent from this series has been the true power of the SoO. And by that I mean that when he called Thundercats Ho, all the cats' eyes would glow and they would turn insanely powerful for a short time.

I wonder if they're building to that and that's why they haven't had him say the words that many times. I wonder if he's gonna finally say it when he's truly earned his kingship, it's gonna make the cat symbol appear on all their gems, and we're gonna get the eye-glow power up?

Quote:

Originally Posted by stormbringer

Yeah the SoO has been pretty weak so far, I mean not even one good "Sword of Omens, come to my hand", yet.

Yeah, all it's done so far is tear apart and crash a ship the size of a small city, defeat several lizards at once in a single stroke, and burn the hell out of Mumm-Ra so badly he ran like a little girl. Pathetic!

It's a different show, different rules apply. If the sword even can return to Lion-O's hand and hasn't it isn't because the sword is weak, it's because Lion-O hasn't mastered that skill yet. None of the other cat's powers are granted by the sword either, the eye glow and "power up" is a function of their loyalty to Lion-O and so far only Cheetara has displayed that level of loyalty. The purpose of the Thundercats signal is to call the other cats to Lion-O's side when he needs them. If they're right there there's really no need for it (although he has used it with them right there before). In the old series it was over-used (pretty much every episode) and really served no purpose other than to pad out the show with stock footage and allow the other cats a token appearance in an otherwise Lion-O only episode (of which there were quite a few). By the time they even got to him he had most likely already beaten whatever he needed help with. Limiting the use of it is for the best, as it actually means something when he does do it.

05-08-2012, 09:55 PM	#230
SirSapphire Man of the Stacks Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Harrisburg, PA Posts: 362	Quote: Originally Posted by KaleRylan You know, I've been wondering this myself lately. One of the most dramatic parts of the original series that has been completely absent from this series has been the true power of the SoO. And by that I mean that when he called Thundercats Ho, all the cats' eyes would glow and they would turn insanely powerful for a short time. I wonder if they're building to that and that's why they haven't had him say the words that many times. I wonder if he's gonna finally say it when he's truly earned his kingship, it's gonna make the cat symbol appear on all their gems, and we're gonna get the eye-glow power up? Quote: Originally Posted by stormbringer Yeah the SoO has been pretty weak so far, I mean not even one good "Sword of Omens, come to my hand", yet. Yeah, all it's done so far is tear apart and crash a ship the size of a small city, defeat several lizards at once in a single stroke, and burn the hell out of Mumm-Ra so badly he ran like a little girl. Pathetic! It's a different show, different rules apply. If the sword even can return to Lion-O's hand and hasn't it isn't because the sword is weak, it's because Lion-O hasn't mastered that skill yet. None of the other cat's powers are granted by the sword either, the eye glow and "power up" is a function of their loyalty to Lion-O and so far only Cheetara has displayed that level of loyalty. The purpose of the Thundercats signal is to call the other cats to Lion-O's side when he needs them. If they're right there there's really no need for it (although he has used it with them right there before). In the old series it was over-used (pretty much every episode) and really served no purpose other than to pad out the show with stock footage and allow the other cats a token appearance in an otherwise Lion-O only episode (of which there were quite a few). By the time they even got to him he had most likely already beaten whatever he needed help with. Limiting the use of it is for the best, as it actually means something when he does do it. Last edited by SirSapphire; 05-08-2012 at 10:44 PM..