Don't adjust your screen—what you just saw was Lion-O horsing around on Third Earth. G4 spotted, via Flixist, test footage of the now-nixed ThunderCats theatrical reboot project. The leaked footage matches the awful style of concept art that leaked in 2009 (remember this?) and depicts the lionhearted leader in his first fight, wielding the Sword of Omens in a rocky patch of terrain.
Warner Bros. Animation has leapfrogged Jerry O'Flaherty in reviving the franchise with an all-new animated series featuring more of a pastel-anime style. The two-minute video appears to have a more layered narrative to the ThunderCats universe, blending serious edge with sarcastic humor. Focusing on Lion-O's coming of age story instead of his battles with Mumm-Ra, Thundercats may have been blown out of the CGI water by The Clone Wars, which was cooler and better looking.
Soul2Sole February 15th, 2011 at 03:03 PM
In my opinion, the dialogue is there. I just wish they would do an X-Men-like affect on the entire thing. May I speak for all when I say og heads feel cheated by seeing a cgi version. They did the same thing with TMNT(which wasn't bad in the end but still). If they can do all these things with Marvel, why not show other classic cartoons some realistic love? The original turtles costume still holds supreme. Especially with the limited tech they had back then to make the costumes look the way they did for sequels in the early 90s.