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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 12:12:36 GMT -5
I'm surprised to miss this thread and I feel that if they put together a winning team to pencil it and ink it - I wouldn't mind one bit to pick it up. Who would have the guts to create this into a comic book? ... Meaning Publishing Company.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 15:31:13 GMT -5
Warner Brothers owns the rights to Thundarr but DC has shown no inclination to use him as part of their Hanna-Barbera cartoon lines (Thundarr was Ruby-Spears not H-B but wound up at Warner anyways). They (WB) also don't seem inclined to license the characters out. The licensed 1 wave of action figures, 1 set of mini-mates, and the DVD release (only because it was selling like hotcakes as a pirated DVD on ebay for years while they refused to put it out as being non-profitable and not anything people would be interested in buying)since they got the property and there have been several people who have tried to get the license to produce more stuff and gotten stonewalled by WB, so I hold little hope of seeing anything new for Thundarr any time soon, as much as I would buy some of it in a heartbeat.
I don't know if there are issues with residuals and royalties because it was Ruby-Spears and not H-B, or something else, but WB has been extremely reluctant to exploit this property.
At least give me an Ookla the Mok Funko Pop guys!
-M
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 18:53:10 GMT -5
Warner Brothers owns the rights to Thundarr but DC has shown no inclination to use him as part of their Hanna-Barbera cartoon lines (Thundarr was Ruby-Spears not H-B but wound up at Warner anyways). They (WB) also don't seem inclined to license the characters out. The licensed 1 wave of action figures, 1 set of mini-mates, and the DVD release (only because it was selling like hotcakes as a pirated DVD on ebay for years while they refused to put it out as being non-profitable and not anything people would be interested in buying)since they got the property and there have been several people who have tried to get the license to produce more stuff and gotten stonewalled by WB, so I hold little hope of seeing anything new for Thundarr any time soon, as much as I would buy some of it in a heartbeat. I don't know if there are issues with residuals and royalties because it was Ruby-Spears and not H-B, or something else, but WB has been extremely reluctant to exploit this property. At least give me an Ookla the Mok Funko Pop guys! -M thanks mrp for the information ... understood loud and clear! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2016 21:11:54 GMT -5
Well the package form Amazon arrived this afternoon, and I have already watched the first 2 episodes of Thundarr!
-M
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Post by rom on Sept 9, 2016 8:12:43 GMT -5
I would definitely be onboard for some Thundarr action figures; I missed the three that came out around 2004 (Ookla, Thundarr, and P. Ariel), and those go for big bucks on the secondary market these days.
It would actually be great to see a whole line of Thundarr figures; there were so many cool mutants/magicians/aliens in the cartoon that I can easily see a full-fledged & extensive action figure line. Maybe it could be sold exclusively online and/or to specialty toy stores. Sure, there may not be a huge market for this but I'm sure there is some demand. There are a lot of us older collectors/fans out there who still have fond memories of this series.
Shifting gears, to those fans who own the official Thundarr DVD's (4 disk set), I had a technical question:
Last year, I got out these official Thundarr DVD's from the local library & re-watched the show. These were all in the original full-screen format, i.e. 4:3 - this is the way those of us who watched this show back in the day saw them, i.e. to fit on the old Cathode Ray Tube (CRT) TV set.
More recently, I got these official DVD's from Amazon, and am currently watching them - note, these are definitely the official DVD's that came out circa 2010/2011, not bootlegs (I've never seen bootlegs of this show). However, these copies are in the "Widescreen" format - i.e., they fill up my entire flat widescreen TV set. Note that I'm not a novice re: aspect rations; i.e., my TV is set up so that if I'm watching a widescreen movie, it will automatically be set to the correct format (16:9). And, full-screen TV shows/movies will automatically be shown in the correct format too, i.e. 4:3.
Note that if I "change" the format of my TV screen to 4:3 when watching these Thundarr DVD's, it will truncate the picture of these Thundarr Widescreen images, so half the picture will be cut off. Obviously, this does not look good.
So, do I have some kind of "alternate" copy of these DVD's that have been modified from full-screen to widescreen? However, if so, why is it that the previous DVD's I saw were full-screen? Are there two different official sets of these official DVD's?!
Note, I'm not upset about this - nor do I plan on returning them (I got them from Amazon months ago, and just got around to watching them now - so, it's too late to return them anyway). They do look good - I'm just puzzled about this.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 11, 2016 14:32:44 GMT -5
I have vague memories of this show. I think it caught by eye back in the day because the lead character had what appeared to be a lightsaber. The Sunsword I believe it was called, was certainly inspired by the lightsabers from Star Wars which had come out the year before the cartoon. -M I also believe its presence was made necessary because Saturday morning cartoon characters weren't supposed to use sharp objects. Something about preventing kids from going for mom's steak knives and playing Thundarr or something. (Wasn't a similar argument used to explain replacing Johnny Storm by H.E.R.B.I.E. in the FF cartoon?) |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 11, 2016 17:04:50 GMT -5
The Sunsword I believe it was called, was certainly inspired by the lightsabers from Star Wars which had come out the year before the cartoon. -M I also believe its presence was made necessary because Saturday morning cartoon characters weren't supposed to use sharp objects. Something about preventing kids from going for mom's steak knives and playing Thundarr or something. (Wasn't a similar argument used to explain replacing Johnny Storm by H.E.R.B.I.E. in the FF cartoon?) Yeah, Standards and Practices for Satruday morning programming were pretty strict in the 70s. It's why Batman and Robin never threw a punch in their Scooby-Doo appearance too, just chased Penguin and Joker around with the Scooby gang. -M |
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 12, 2016 12:17:22 GMT -5
Ah, Thundarr. One of my favorite cartoons as a kid. I've been toying with the idea of recreating an idealized Saturday morning cartoon experience (delicious and bad for you candy cereal included) and Thundarr would be at the top of my lineup. I'm tempted to buy that Amazon DVD set now...
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Post by rom on Sept 12, 2016 15:52:17 GMT -5
Ah, Thundarr. One of my favorite cartoons as a kid. I've been toying with the idea of recreating an idealized Saturday morning cartoon experience (delicious and bad for you candy cereal included) and Thundarr would be at the top of my lineup. I'm tempted to buy that Amazon DVD set now... This is a great idea. I'm actually limiting my viewings of my Thundarr DVD's to certain Saturday mornings (when possible) to recreate my early '80's memories/nostalgia re: this show. |
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Post by dupersuper on Sept 13, 2016 12:40:07 GMT -5
Speaking of Thundarr, Blackstar, He-Man...did any one watch Son of Zorn?
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Post by Nowhere Man on Sept 13, 2016 21:34:45 GMT -5
Speaking of Thundarr, Blackstar, He-Man...did any one watch Son of Zorn? I certainly remember Blackstar but I don't remember Son of Zorn at all. I'm sure that the owners of the Conan license at the time were thrilled about all of these knock offs! |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 21:45:56 GMT -5
Son of Zorn is a new show that debuted on Sunday, it's a parody comedy...   and the clips/trailers I have seen make it something I have zero interest in. -M |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 13, 2016 21:47:20 GMT -5
Here's the trailer if you are morbidly curious...
-M
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Post by rom on Sept 14, 2016 8:02:42 GMT -5
Think Francesco Francavilla would make a spectacular Thundarr comic for us to enjoy. Bring back Steve Englehart to do his thing and make the stories fun and i am there immediately for every issue! I'd definitely be onboard for a new Thundarr comic. The show didn't last for that long & so wasn't able to delve too much into the post apocalyptic world. Obviously, there's a whole planet for Thundarr, Ookla, and Ariel to explore & weird aliens/mutants for them to encounter. So, a comic series - if done properly - would be fantastic. If this is ever done, it would be great if the art would be similar to the animation from the series.
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Post by String on Sept 14, 2016 17:31:33 GMT -5
The Sunsword I believe it was called, was certainly inspired by the lightsabers from Star Wars which had come out the year before the cartoon. -M I also believe its presence was made necessary because Saturday morning cartoon characters weren't supposed to use sharp objects. Something about preventing kids from going for mom's steak knives and playing Thundarr or something. (Wasn't a similar argument used to explain replacing Johnny Storm by H.E.R.B.I.E. in the FF cartoon?) That's when you go into your dad's workshop and make your own wooden sword.  The Sunsword was a big appeal for the show and character for me. Lightsaber-ish, I loved the sound effect that accompanied it whenever Thundarr swung it. In fact, the only episode I recall vividly is the one where the sword is losing it's charge and Ariel leads them to a mystic pool or something where it can be recharged. However, whoever holds the Sunsword to recharge it will the sole wielder of it. So naturally, the villain of the weekend stole it from Thundarr and he had to race to retrieve it before bad dude could recharge/steal it. Which of course raises the obvious question of how and where did Thundarr acquire the Sunsword in the first place. I can't remember, how much of his past history was ever revealed in the show? |
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