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bluelucied asked:

Like, I really REALLY wanted to like the 2011 think, but Lion-o being a jealous butt and then the whole PUMYRAA IS ACTUALLY A VILLAIN thing was the worst. You could see that from a mile away without glasses.

tarajenkins:

Haha, yeah! Also I am going to sit here amazed at the post circulating calling TCats 2011 “passionately respectful of the source material” because man that just did not happen. They changed damn near everything (predictable character design alterations aside), and apparently forgot the 80s did not need Sexual Tensions to tell a story. 

Some 2011 fans can also hate on Rankin-Bass Productions all they want but they were a big part of the reason that shit had a cult following that endured for decades (see: The Last Unicorn)

Also, again, jfc Snarf. That little gremlin beat Alluro in the 80s and this is all you give me, 2011?

o rite no Luna-Taks in 2011 either? trolol

It was cancelled so soon, I can’t have been the only fan from the original who felt turned off, and it had to be lacking to new audiences as well. Or the toys were too expensive. Anyhow SOMETHING CLEARLY SOMETHING TOOK A WRONG TURN AT THIRD EARTH and I personally was not surprised. (inb4 cries of “G1 purist”)

There’s a chance this new version will fail the source material in the same way, sure. but I’m going to give it a chance, same as I gave 2011 a chance (and raged for days after lmao). 

Cartoony things can be heartfelt and serious, did these people learn nothing from Gravity Falls and Adventure Time? Steven Universe, anyone? Yet these folks already got the pitchforks out over a show that hasn’t even been released.

jfc tunglr dot com 

I was a bit more forgiving at first but after the special it was a struggle to keep interest with it. I always love villains more and the villain designs were ACTUALLY more true to the source material but their origins were completely changed.  2011 tbh I REALLY COULDN’T BLAME the lizards for doing what they did cause holy CRAP they made the thundercats seem really awful.

Also again the love triangle is still ??? to me cause I will always see Lion-O as a 12 year old lol. Tigra as a same aged brother instead of a teacher figure was also a bit jarring.

What was also hard for me to unsee was

I could never unsee this either lol

What’s also strange to me is people crapping over the new cartoon before its released because its the “calarts style” that’s been done to death when uh

well

Animation trends aren’t new. Even the first Thundercats could be lined with similiar cartoons of the time.