# Thundercats 7/29 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 30, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-7-29/590834 "2011-07-30T15:30:01Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Sodalite](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/34f0e0/32.png) [@Sodalite](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sodalite)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-7-29/590834/1 "2011-07-30T15:30:01Z")
It wasn’t nearly as bad as I thought it would be. In fact, it was pretty good. Anybody else watching? ---
**Author:** ![Sir\_T-Cups](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ed655f/32.png) [@Sir\_T-Cups](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sir_T-Cups)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-7-29/590834/2 "2011-07-30T15:41:04Z")
Watched it and put it on the DVR to record. It was good to me. It’s been forever since I could get into a cartoon that wasn’t some type of comedy show (Futurama, Archer etc.) and I thought they did it well. I liked the action element, I like that people (people…cats…) actually died. Get’s a passing grade from me, although it will be interesting to see how they convert to a half hour. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [July 30, 2011, 11:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-7-29/590834/3 "2011-07-30T23:22:47Z")
Superb! I admit, I never watched the original show, but _this_ one’s got me hooked at least. ---
**Author:** ![purplehorseshoe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/purplehorseshoe/32/2996_2.png) [@purplehorseshoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/purplehorseshoe)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 12:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-7-29/590834/4 "2011-07-31T00:42:53Z")
Ran into it while channel-surfing, promptly got sucked in. Halfway through, Mr. Horseshoe and I looked at each other: “Set to record? Series record? Yeah?” " _sigh_… yeaaaah. Dammit." I watched the original (ah, the Eighties!) and it brought back _snarf!snarf!_ some memories. Actually, a lot of them. Don’t remember Cheetarah being that hot in the original, though. Neither does the Other Shoe, for that matter, and you’d think he’d be the expert… I was afraid they’d screw it up - re-dos so often are messed up if you’re loyal to the original version. This was pretty faithful, though. And a few of the animations were definitely brought to you by people who love/study/watch cats … gorgeous feline movement. Thumbs up! ---
**Author:** ![Quimby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/q/22d042/32.png) [@Quimby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Quimby)\ **Post date:** [July 31, 2011, 5:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/thundercats-7-29/590834/5 "2011-07-31T17:11:39Z")
I had set the DVR for it Friday but my power went out…luckily it was on On Demand and I saw it. The animation style will take getting used to and I think Mum-Ra’s voice should be deeper but otherwise, I liked it quite a bit. The idea that Thundara is a Cat empire and the “mutants” were its slaves was genius. Also making Liono and Tigra brothers and rivals was a good idea as well. I am looking forward to seeing where this is going.