# Thundarr on DVD **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 22, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607 "2010-09-22T02:58:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![N9IWP](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/n9iwp/32/3154_2.png) [@N9IWP](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/N9IWP)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 2:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/1 "2010-09-22T02:58:33Z")
I have vague memories of this show, but I know Ookla the Mok rules. > **[DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/feature/more/dvd-calendar)** > > DVD Calendar - Metacritic Feature Articles on Video Games, Movies, Music, and TV (a friend reminded me of this quote: “Devil Dogs! we ride!”) Part of WBs manufacture on demand DVDs, along with Pirates of Darkwater > **[DVD Calendar Feature Articles - Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/feature/more/dvd-calendar)** > > DVD Calendar - Metacritic Feature Articles on Video Games, Movies, Music, and TV (If the show actually finished the narrative I would definitely get this one) Just thought I’d spread the word Brian ---
**Author:** ![pope\_hentai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ee59a6/32.png) [@pope\_hentai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pope_hentai)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 5:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/2 "2010-09-22T05:53:05Z")
we used To play a drinking game with “demon dogs”/“lords of light”, of course the vhs tape we watched it from was also affectionately referred to as the “Ookla humps everything” tape because for some reason it contained only episodes where at some point, Ookla would grab something like a car or a puppet, wave it over his crotch, then toss it aside. I was disappointed when i acquired all the episode and foun it didnt happen in EVERY episode… just the ones on the tape! ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 6:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/3 "2010-09-22T06:07:33Z")
Ah, yes. Thundarr. That cartoon with the _other_ Princess Ariel. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/4 "2010-09-22T12:38:45Z")
I loved Thundarr in my youth. Of course, I wasn’t really that young at the time. But not enough to buy the DVD. ---
**Author:** ![Hypno-Toad](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b2d939/32.png) [@Hypno-Toad](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hypno-Toad)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 2:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/5 "2010-09-22T14:19:09Z")
The only thing I remember about Thundarr was that he had a knockoff lightsaber. And the shot in the credits of a comet destroying the moon. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/6 "2010-09-22T16:08:36Z")
I used to watch that on Saturday mornings then run outside and whack stuff with a stick (sunsword.) Good times. ---
**Author:** ![Bosstone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/22d042/32.png) [@Bosstone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosstone)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/7 "2010-09-22T16:11:38Z")
I remember it with a certain fondness, and I enjoyed the surreality of seeing it when Cartoon Network used to show it at like 3 am back when I stayed up that late, but come on. ---
**Author:** ![filling\_pages](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/b9bd4f/32.png) [@filling\_pages](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/filling_pages)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/8 "2010-09-22T16:17:14Z")
I’m pretty sure that Thundarr sparked my life-long love of post-apocalypse fiction. Lords of light! ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 4:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/9 "2010-09-22T16:49:15Z")
I remember hearing a really great story by one of the writers on Thundarr. The censors would come down very hard on them since the show involved MAGIC and “realistic background destruction.” Magic was already a concern since church groups thought anything related to magic was of the devil and the post-apoc backstory provided concerns since kids could get freaked out by seeing a recognizable car or a lamp post all mangled in the background. The writers would therefore go over the top with the violence in the scripts because they knew it would get whittled down to what they actually wanted to do. ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/10 "2010-09-22T19:35:57Z")
I started watching these recently on the Boomerang channel (Cartoon channel specializing in 60s-80s cartoons). After about 5 episodes I stopped watching it. 1. He never actually ever hit any living thing with his sun sword. 2. His only plan of attack was rush in fool-hardily and wreak havoc. 3. There was plenty of sexual innuendo. 4. They never explain how Aerial had such an expansive knowledge of civilization from 1000 years ago. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/11 "2010-09-22T20:05:46Z")
> [@xizor](#): > > 1. He never actually ever hit any living thing with his sun sword. That does suck, but it was a kiddie show afterall. > [@](#): > > 1. His only plan of attack was rush in fool-hardily and wreak havoc. Duh. Barbarian! 😛 > [@](#): > > 1. There was plenty of sexual innuendo. Shouldn’t this be in the “pros” column? Good on them sneaking that into a Saturday morning cartoon. > [@](#): > > 1. They never explain how Aerial had such an expansive knowledge of civilization from 1000 years ago. Oh, c’mon. This adds to the character’s mystique - she was probably a double major in evocation magic and archaeology :D. Yeah, okay - the show wasn’t…good. But I have fond memories of it anyway, along with Dungeons and Dragons, which I’m sure would suck heinously to me today as well. ---
**Author:** ![control-z](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/eada6e/32.png) [@control-z](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/control-z)\ **Post date:** [September 22, 2010, 8:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/12 "2010-09-22T20:11:47Z")
I remember being old enough to know that much of shows like Thundarr, D&D, GI Joe, and Transformers sucked, but there were still plenty of cool bits. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [September 23, 2010, 8:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/13 "2010-09-23T20:28:58Z")
I could swear that I heard years ago that Ookla got his name from a phonetic pronunciation of “UCLA”. I don’t know if this was something that appeared on the show, or a writer giving a shout-out to his alma mater, or what…anyone else ever hear of that? ---
**Author:** ![DocCathode](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doccathode/32/18773_2.png) [@DocCathode](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DocCathode)\ **Post date:** [September 24, 2010, 3:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundarr-on-dvd/554607/14 "2010-09-24T03:44:54Z")
> [@Max\_Torque](#): > > I could swear that I heard years ago that Ookla got his name from a phonetic pronunciation of “UCLA”. I don’t know if this was something that appeared on the show, or a writer giving a shout-out to his alma mater, or what…anyone else ever hear of that? Yep. MOK was actually M O C, Mount Oak College or somesuch where the other creator went to school. Thundarr forever!