I know, we’ve all calmed down until next year, when Thundercats Roar hits Cartoon Network but I found this video and I wanted to show it. And while Thundercats is used as an example the arguments in the video hold true for the direction kids TV has gone and the arguments against getting upset at not-stalgia and mockstalgia when it comes to kids TV.
Really the defenders of these shows use one very insulting argument to the creators of the original show: “it’s only a kids show”, as if somehow that’s a bad thing. As if kids shows don’t have a lot of work put into their lore. You know what else is “only a kids show”? Steven Universe, Star Vs. The Forces Of Evil, Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend Of Korra, Batman: The Animated Series, Ducktales, Gargoyles, and that’s the shows made for kids that get heapings of praise by adults for their lore and characters. You know what other show had a strong lore and well thought out characters? Thundercats!
I’ve been following the channel of author and modern mythology teacher Michael Critzer, aka “Professor Geek“. One of the reasons is this follow-up he did to his previous video on Thundercats Roar, the comedy-fied mockstalgia of the classic series. He counters some of the arguments made in defense of the new incarnation and why fans of the original are right to not be happy with the new incarnation. And it starts with the Iliad, which is also a work of fiction but we call it mythology.
