Not everything in the 80's was that great.
Posted on 10/12/2007 1:09:45 PM PDT by qam1
Last month, FilmCrunch told you about some up-and-coming movies based on classic cartoons; one of the more exciting endeavors just edged closer to fruition. H-O-O-O-O!
Seasoned videogame art director Jerry O’Flaherty—best known for his work on such games as Gears of War, Unreal Tournament 3 and Command and Conquer—will cut his directing teeth on the big-screen, computer-animated adaptation of the classic 80s cartoon Thundercats. O’Flaherty recently told Variety why he has what it takes to bring the idiosyncratic cartoon to the silver screen:
“It feels like a natural thing for me to step into. Games have come so far now. The last four years of my life have been about bringing the energy of filmmaking into the videogame experience”
The creative but often repetitive (everything’s fine; bad guy lures good guy into trap; good guys save the day, thwarting bad guys; it all ends with a moral and a good laugh) television show followed a group of feline/human hybrids fleeing from their destroyed home planet Thundera. Upon their arrival on Third Earth, the Thundercats are met with unclear opposition from the immortal Mumm-Ra and his gang of other … animals resembling humans.
The script, penned by Paul Sopocy, will focus on the leader of the Thundercats, Lion-O, as he grows, trains and comes to lead the crew. IMDB has the project listed with a 2010 release, but at this point no further information has officially been released.
I may be crazy, but I’m really looking forward to this movie. I was a big fan back in the day and gave the series a second glance after its DVD release—a move that ultimately caused my inner child to cry as I asked him, “What the hell were you thinking?!” But the cat-campy animated series will likely share success with the other recent 80s revival Transformers, which relied on a fan base of twenty- and thirty-somethings with heretofore disillusionment and low expectations.
Mediocrity, H-O-O-O-O!
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Not everything in the 80's was that great.
Col. Hogan - Harrison Ford
Col. Klink - Robert Duvall
Sgt. Schultz - John Goodman
Maj. Hochstetter - James Woods
Sgt. Newkirk - Mel Gibson
Sgt. Kinchloe - Samuel L. Jackson
Cpl. LeBeau - Gerard Depardieu
Sgt. Carter - Ben Stiller
Gen. Burkhalter - Robert DeNiro
Helga - Paris Hilton
Frau Linkmeyer (cameo) - Hillary Clinton
I’m going to have that stupid theme song in my head alll day now. Thunder Thunder Thunder Thunder CATS!
What years was this show on? I heard about it, but never watched it. I watched D&D, Thundar, and Superfriends, mainly. Pac-Man was cool for a couple of episodes, too.
Thundercats rocked. It was on in the mid-late 80s.
Snarf!
Thundercats was great!
Never watched the Thundercats, sadly -- by the early 80s I was in my mid teens and officially 'too cool' for cartoons. Strangely, that's all I watch these days.
I was already a big boy and too old for such childishness by that time.
I do however recall watching “Galaxy High” on the USS DALE mess deck TV of a lazy Saturday morning when I had duty section and was stuck on board. A live-action version of the story of a couple of earth kids going to a gifted and talented program with a high-school full of aliens might be an interesting twist on the “Men in Black” format.
Furthermore, the cartoon plots always had a moral for the kidz a la “Fat Albert.”
What's next, Silverhawks the Movie?
At least this won't be directed by Michael Bay.
I'm just saying
Ho.
Hey now, Transformers 2007 turned out well.
Just saw Transformers last night, it was a lot of fun.
(And they did some cool and positive things with the military too.)
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