Intro
I decided to do this, making an episode-by-episode recap and review of the 2011 Thundercats. I will review the episodes as they come out, though expect a few days distance between the airing of new episodes and their review, since I need to download them and will watch them a few times.
I've been watching the old show a lot in the past year, as it airs on Teletoon Retro when nothing else is on. And let me be honest, this show did not age well. But still, it has some charms. So let us see how the new one holds up.
Comments
Korval
Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 4th 2011 at 12:13:25 AM
One thing I noticed about Thundera was that it bore a conceptual resemblance to Ba Sing Se. It's a big walled city, who's walls are so large that they even encompass farmland.
And yes, the airquote are needed, as everyone in the show uses the word like if Technology was a specific material. Dude, everything you have is technology. That cloak, the shack, that's technology too. The way they use the word bugs me.
Is there a trope for that? Because I think there should be. I know in Harry Potter at least, there is the notion that "technology" doesn't work at Hogwarts. It seems that these uses tend to want "technology" to mean "electronics" or "machines" or somesuch.
Though I would say that calling clothes "technology" certainly sounds odd. Carts, looms? Yes. Chothes? Not so much.
There have to be other works out there that do this.
Note: a few errors in the review:
"out there, but Panthro says no ": I think you mean Grune.
"and ion-O tells his dad ": You missed an 'L'.
Ghilz
Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 4th 2011 at 12:25:01 AM
Fixed those. Thanks.
And clothes is technology. It's something created to the application of knowledge (knowledge about fabrics and textiles, etc...). It's more primitive technology than, say, a car, but it is technology none the less. And that is why the way the show uses the word really bugs me.
To quote The Other Wiki
Technology is the making, usage and knowledge of tools, techniques, crafts, systems or methods of organization in order to solve a problem or serve some purpose
Clothing serves a purpose (protection from weather, not being naked, upholding social standards) and it's an application of skills and tools and knowledges. Just more primitive than, say, giant CG robots.
One thing I noticed about Thundera was that it bore a conceptual resemblance to Ba Sing Se. It's a big walled city, who's walls are so large that they even encompass farmland.
This is Older than you think. Atlantis was described this way, with canals and walls and farmlands in the outer rings. Even Minas Tirith in The Lord Of The Rings (the books, not in the films) has walls around the Pelennor fields protecting the farmlands around the city.
72.202.130.32
Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 5th 2011 at 11:53:53 PM
You keep saying "El Dora." I'm fairly certain it's "El Dara."
Ghilz
Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 6th 2011 at 8:07:27 AM
It`s not like they spell it out for me
Deboss
Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 6th 2011 at 7:43:36 PM
Maybe we should start a trope for massive cities that have walled in farm land. Walled Country maybe?
Vanitas
Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 7th 2011 at 1:19:02 AM
I was actually one of those people who thought Grune was a good guy. But I the first thought that crossed my head when I saw him pulling that rock up was Trojan Horse. I just thought Grune might've been tricked if I was right.
Ghilz
Since: Dec, 1969
Aug 7th 2011 at 10:44:43 AM
I'll admit that a part of me would never trust a character voiced by Clancy Brown to be a good guy _ever_. Bit still, to me, Grune might have well had a neon sign saying "EVIL".
217.39.107.93
Since: Dec, 1969
Sep 3rd 2011 at 4:23:27 AM
Your nitpicking is pretty bad, like it should have been obvious Snarf got in front of the guys feet in a fashion that is all too common to anyone who's been around cats, or that they can use a word differently than we do in regards to -technology-
