Better than what Voltron ended up as.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ9TS2wsn4o

Granted I'm not happy with how Liono turned out in this version of
Thundercats, He's supposed to be manlier.

From what I read on the forums, this is to be a "prequel" to the cartoon series we all grew up with.
So Liono is younger/teenager.

I admit from what I seen so far at least *some* of the anthro-felines have tails/muzzles and more cat-like features.
-BT

PS
Yea they pretty much mucked up Voltron. I love the new look and all but the animation felt like a cheap version of Zoids. Even the mecha animation looked choppy.

Yea, I caught that after doing some reading, I just assumed which was bad of me.

It doesn't look all bad to men, well, aside from the fact it looks like generic anime, but
that's just me.

As for Voltron, I wasn't really happy with the looks at all.
It looked like every other trashy looking remake Nickelodeon does.

Again my own opinion.

Its cool! And I agree with all of them!

ONLY thing I do like about Voltron is well, I admit I still collect toys. And I could use some more articulated feline robot figures, since Mattel is making a massive *classic* Voltron figure =^.^=
-BT

I loved the original Voltron and I loved the original Thundercats.

I'm sure I'll enjoy Thundercats, I admit I haven't given Voltron Force a fair chance,
I just can't bring myself to watch it. :x

Believe you me you're not missing NOTHING. The hiphop theme song kills it, nothing against hiphop music but I can't STAND it when its applied to a cartoon. Worst of all King Lotor is a evil elf! He LOOKS LIKE AN ELF!!! No cat eyes, nada! My boys won't even sit through the cartoon long.

I guess companies are truly out of ideas and remaking EVERYTHING that made the 80's cool.
I suppose M.A.S.K, Turbo teen and Jace and the wheeled warriors are next?!!
-BT

Yea, I heard the theme and thought to myself "What is this crap?"

And I suppose so, we'll just have to see.

I'm going to assume this would mean a lot more to me had I ever seen any of the old ones.
As it stands I'm watching this and feeling I'm missing a huge load of back story, which is not what you want people to feel in episode one.

It seems to be more or less an "in name only" remake, so you're probably not missing too much. Also this seems to be bits and pieces from the pilot and not a continuous sequence - I hope, or man does their editing suck.

This is a lot more awesome than I thought it would be :) I'm actually quite stoked to watch it now :)

yeah modern cartoon remakes get 0% expectations from me.

modern cartoon network cartoons get -10% from me.

so seeing this now is a touch better then what I thought was going to pop up on the screen. The animation is dated looking but the charecters and styles seem a bit more fleshed out then the old cartoon. Seriously, nostalgia aside, the original Thundercats was no prize winner for animation, or voice acting, so I can't complain on those fields.

From what we can see looks like Snarf just makes sounds now, THAT'S AN IMROVEMENT! Not to mention he looks like a dragon/persian cat so his charecter makes more sense in the setting, I like the old Snarf design alot but come on, no one ever knew what the hell he was, other then some troll faced lizard/rat.

The genaric faces on the main charecters is dissapointing, especially when I can see more custom designed faces and body styles on charecters in the background.

I'm ok with it so far, so I'd like to see what this cat drags in(bad pun) :3 <---cat face

Oh good, I'm glad I'm not the only one who's ecstatic that Snarf got permanently SHUT THE EFF UP.

I like Snarf, just not his voice from the old show, never had nothing to say anyhoo :P

Also, Whilly Kit and Kat are much more sensable as troublsome thieves and looters just looking for a meal versus two annoying pests that are bored and whine to the older adults to play with them all the damn time.

LOL Im sure that this alone could be what saves it for a series. So long as he never starts speaking, this series might just have some hope.

I never watched the old Thundercats, so I can't really say anything about the nostalgia factor.

Why are the transitions so sudden? Is this just a mess of scenes from the pilot, or did they forget to do the fade? It almost feels more like a concept piece than a legit pilot episode.

The animation and style makes me think of the He-Man redux, like it might be the same studio but with more of an anime influence or something. Which is pretty "meh" to me, but I will admit I kind of like the redesign concepts so far.

Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm not sure if want.
You're right on all counts; the anime styling is really... off-putting. Sure, the only way this was going to get remade was by an anime studio, but they didn't have to go with Popular Anime Style #1. Does seem like a furry wet dream, though. Expect five metric tons of fanart from the fur community in general.

My biggest beef is that everyone just looks... too young. But... in a wierd way. Lion-O is supposed to be 24, the twins are supposed to be 12. Now he seems around 17ish, the twins... 9ish? IDK. And the whole plotline, king's son disguises himself to slum! how original More sticking to the original would have been BETTER if they weren't going to go with something brand-spanking-new, but then, I'm a purist.

I really hope this gets better. I'll stick around for the first season at least.

Oh, and I'm going to be disappoint as hell if we don't see hide nor hair of
A) Ben Gali
B) Grune
C) Slythe

I'm pretty sure I saw Grune in one of the commercials. They damn well better have Slythe,

slythe can be seen in the longer version on youtube ... didnt see that much changes with his design as with lion-o, just for a few seconds tho when he commands the army of lizards to attack

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvmZ6E_dfUU
this one

I do have to agree here, while I actually am enjoying the animation and designs, they do all feel a good five years younger than the original series, and I can't say I'm really big on Teen Adventures. Hopefully they won't lose the characters personalities in trying to make them seem younger, and in turn more obnoxious.

If anime faces and cliche scripting was an issue for you, you probably didn't like the first thundercats either lmao

Either way I'm not big on animu but I love the animation and designs, now that I've seen this I can't wait for the series to start!

Not true. I like that older style, and at the time the original was on I was a kid, and kids like all kinds of stupid shit. Like I said, nostalgia blinders!
Honestly though, I am just sick of the "anime look", and I'll be glad when the fad inevitably passes over for something else. I'm still gonna give it a chance, but my enthusiasm has cooled somewhat.

Understandable, I won't lie, I was an absolute nut for Thundercats and Johnny quest and even the original spiderman series and the like when I was a kid, they were pretty much some of my favorite cartoons. But watching them now, it gets kind of hard to, almost boring or awkward at times. When you look back on them with the attention and enrichment needs of a child, it's hard to compare them to what we need now in mental stimulation as an adult.

There were a lot of things I enjoyed as a kid I absolutely couldn't stand now. I think I am mainly missing the opportunity - it seems like the new series is discarding the most interesting concepts from the old one. Ah well!