Been a lot of heated discussion on this third Thundercats show online. Let me preface that I enjoyed the original Thundercats a lot growing up, I'd sit with my cheap Thundercats TV tray holding a bowl of cereal and watch every week as it ran in syndication long after its original run. The show went dormant for a long time and then there was the 2011 reboot which I liked a lot, but it got canceled because of budget issues.
When I saw the 2019 trailer nothing about it appealed to me. The animation look lazy and the tone seems to be shifting young, thinking under 7 crowd. The character designs are off putting and it all gives me the sense of a goofy spin off than a true series.
Talking points I've run into.
"It's not for you!" - Yes, it clearly wasn't made with me in mind. Me being the person that has affection for the characters and series. My reply is are you surprised when taking an existing property that fans compare it to what they loved and express why this doesn't measure up. I think telling large parts of potential audience to go away is just bad marketing. The next question is who is this for? I'm guessing very young children who have no attachment or knowledge of these characters, so why not make a new show in this tone and style? Ultimately time will tell, but I don't see how this stands out among other cartoons right now.
"You care about a kid's cartoon? Grow up!" - I care in the sense that I did watch it and got emotionally invested. I don't care in the sense it takes over my life. It doesn't take much effort to discuss a show. It also does bother me a bit how animation in the US is consistently downplayed as less serious because of the medium.
"You didn't support the old versions" - I did, but if there isn't a market I have to question why try again. My guess is people did support it, but it is a safer bet to crank out cheap animation and get X to watch than quality animation that requires 5X to watch.
Will I watch the 2019 version? No, I may see a clip or two online, but too many shows to be bothered by an unappealing reboot. Maybe there will be another Thundercats "for me" in 2028.
