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SATURDAY MORNING CARTOON SPOTLIGHT: THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN

post #1 of 20
11/13/10 at 12:30pm
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post #2 of 20
11/13/10 at 12:55pm
"The Year 1994...." uhm given all the stuff going on (earthquakes, sinkholes etc..) today. This was ahead of it time. Princess Ariel was favorite for this 10 yr old back then.
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post #3 of 20
11/13/10 at 1:02pm
I always had a crush on Princess Ariel...
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post #4 of 20
11/13/10 at 1:08pm
Loved Thundarr. Only 21 episodes though? Hmm, that means I must have seen each one at least five times by my estimation of my TV watching as a child.

And the best thing about that opening? Emmerich's 2012 can't hold a candle to it.

And I loved The Plastic Man Comedy/Adventure Show.
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post #5 of 20
11/13/10 at 1:38pm
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Thundarr was eminently fun because he just didn't give a shit about any challenge or threat. Giant crab, giant snake, dragon, gigantic reanimated mechanical King Kong relic, army of mutants, deadly wizard? Fuck it. Peel off the Sunsword and get in its ass, whatever it is.
HaHA! Excellent.

Yes, I loved this one. Been considering a purchase of that DVD set, actually. Has anyone in here bought it?
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post #6 of 20
11/13/10 at 1:56pm
Loved the hell out of this when I was a kid, to the point that when CBS trotted out its own fantasy series Blackstar, I was so vehemently against it I'd decided I hated even before seeing the goddamn Trobbits pop up.

And between Kirby and Toth on-board, how could you not love Thundarr?
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post #7 of 20
11/13/10 at 2:06pm
I've always sorta wanted to check this out, mostly because of the Kirby/Toth/Gerber connection, though intellectually I know it's just going to be another halfassed He-Man/Star Wars style piece of crap.
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post #8 of 20
11/13/10 at 4:51pm
David Oliver, Thundarr The Barbarian is one of my favorite US, cartoons ever. That is to differentiate it from my fave anime. I love the brashness, of the titular hero, and also loved his comebacks, when Ariel complained about his rescues. I could have let you, fall, or die there you know. Thundarr is...Awe-Inspiring and Awesome! I still remember the day it premiered. I had a Dr. appointment, and the intro started. I was stunned. I decided...Not, to wake up my mom, whom wanted to be awake 1/2 an hour before the appointment. Instead, she awoke 45 minutes later, and I could watch my show. I did lose tv privileges for a week because of this, but I didn't care, and I happilly hummed the Thundarr theme as I did chores and things.

El Gray, I bought the dvd set. The packaging is...Terrible. The flipper stores all...4 disks. I dumped the flipper, and kept the packaging as a placeholder. I put the 4 disks in individual CD, cases.
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post #9 of 20
11/14/10 at 2:05am
Echo the Thudarr love. My brother and I would watch every Saturday religiously and it still holds a special place. As I've gotten older, of course I snicker at the obvious Conan/Star Wars ties (lol, Ookla the Mok/Chewbacca the Wookie, Sunsword/Light Sabre) however it put enough of a spin on it to still make it interesting. I actually think it would make a decent movie, there's a lot to work with, but some of the similarities between it and other properties would undoubtedly cause a "what a ripoff" sentiment, so perhaps it remains best as a fond memory.........
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post #10 of 20
11/14/10 at 9:50am
Agent Of Chaos, The reason why, Thundarr resembles Conan, is that, Thundarr was...Originally to be an animated, Conan cartoon. It was dropped, when, Conan The Barbarian received an, R Rating.
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post #11 of 20
11/14/10 at 10:15am
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Originally Posted by duke fleed View Post
Agent Of Chaos, The reason why, Thundarr resembles Conan, is that, Thundarr was...Originally to be an animated, Conan cartoon. It was dropped, when, Conan The Barbarian received an, R Rating.
I think you're confusing it with the persistent 'He-Man toys were supposed to be Conan toys' rumour.
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post #12 of 20
11/14/10 at 2:26pm
Frankypanky, No, it was definitely...Thundarr. I read an interview a few years back about Thundarr originally being a...Conan cartoon. If it were, He-Man, I would have stopped reading the article. He-Man was an, Ok series, but had too many characters I didn't like. Thundarr is one of my favorite all time cartoons, which is why I remember the info.
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post #13 of 20
11/14/10 at 3:07pm
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Originally Posted by Frankypanky View Post
I think you're confusing it with the persistent 'He-Man toys were supposed to be Conan toys' rumour.
Actually, it would make sense, considering the first draft of the Conan movie was set in a post-apocalyptic earth that had returned to a primeval state.
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post #14 of 20
11/14/10 at 3:14pm
Well, according to this interview with Joe Ruby and Ken Spears, the idea was to cash in on the Conan movie with a similar property, not actually making a Conan cartoon.

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Thundarr.com: What was the inspiration for Thundarr the Barbarian and how did the show come about?

Joe Ruby: I had gotten hold of some action/adventure magazines to see what was the latest in this arena. I noticed a story that Arnold Schwarzanegger was going to make a movie based on the "Conan the Barbarian" stories. Usually we waited until a movie was released to see how well it did, especially with kids, then we'd develop shows in that arena. But this time I decided to develop a show in the swords and sorcery arena a year before the movie came out. That way, if it worked, we'd have a show on the air at the same time as the movie. And hopefully our show would do as well as we thought the movie would do.

So, I pitched the idea to ABC's Marilyn Olin and Judy Price at the Beverly Hills Hotel from a list of about fifteen ideas I had. "Thundarr" was pitched two ways - one a post-nuclear world, or a world destroyed by a natural disaster from space. We all agreed the first way wouldn't be so good for kids.
edited to add: And this is about the probably not true He-Man/Conan thing: link
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post #15 of 20
11/14/10 at 6:10pm
Ookla would've destroyed Chewbacca. Fact.
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post #16 of 20
11/14/10 at 7:27pm
Frankypanky, Thanks for the update.
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post #17 of 20
11/14/10 at 7:47pm
I can't believe nobody (on this site of all places) has yet mentioned the show's constant featuring of tattered Jaws posters.

Or the ep where mutants fix up Dino De Laurentiis' Kong robot and walk it around.
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post #18 of 20
11/14/10 at 7:58pm
Man I need to watch this again.
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post #19 of 20
11/15/10 at 1:12am
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Originally Posted by Richard Dickson View Post
Loved the hell out of this when I was a kid, to the point that when CBS trotted out its own fantasy series Blackstar, I was so vehemently against it I'd decided I hated even before seeing the goddamn Trobbits pop up.
This, a thousand fucking times. Hated Blackstar. Toothless crap.

I distinctly remember at least two episodes when Ookla actually killed living foes with his crossbows. I'm not talking the androids/robots Thundarr took out; these were clearly sentient organisms.

But I'm also afraid to revisit them, as I'm sure they won't be anywhere near as cool as I remember them being.

And Ariel - don't even try to convince me Thundarr wasn't tapping that.
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post #20 of 20
11/15/10 at 5:10am
Once you go Mok you never go back.
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