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Thundercats
 Thundercats: The Complete Seasons 1 and 2 $259.98 Tied with He-Man and the Masters of the Universe - Season Two, Vol. 1 At 130 episodes; The Thundercats are equally matched with the same everlasting grandeur and stature. Difficult to separate which one I prefer. How could any kid of the 1980's NOT love The Thundercats?  Thundercats - Season Two, Volume One $64.98 Newfound Thunderians Bengali, Pumyra and Lynx-O join the Thundercats in their struggle to spread the Code of Thundera: JUSTICE, TRUTH, HONOR and LOYALTY to Third Earth in Thundercats - Season Two, Volume One. Comprised of the first 34 (of 65) Season Two episodes, this 6-disc (792 min.) set features Full Frame (1.33:1) video; English, French, Spanish mono audio; English, Spanish, French subtitles; plus the following Special Features: The Music of Thundera - Composer Bernie Hoffer and The Rembrandts reveal the inspirations behind the music; The Rembrandts Thundercats Theme Song Music Video; Bernie Hoffer - Live! - Thundercats theme song performed by its composer. Episodes include: Thundercats Ho! Parts 1-5, Mumm-Ra Lives Parts 1-5, Catfight, Psych Out, The Mask of Gorgon, The Mad Bubbler, Together We Stand, Ravage Island, Time Switch, The Sound Stones, Day of the Eclipse, Side Swipe, Mumm-Rana's Belt, Hatchiman's Honor, Runaways, Hair of the Dog, Vultureman's Revenge, Thundercubs Parts 1-5, The Totem of Dera, The Chain of Loyalty, Crystal Canyon, The Telepathy Beam.  Thundercats - Season One, Volume Two $64.98 I love the Thundercats. I remember watching it with a passion, when I was a kid along with G.I. Joe and Transformers and the appeal has lasted into adulthood. If you're nostalgic and want to re-experience a great cartoon (despite highly glaring reality issues (i.e., Thundercats breathing and talking in space)), then this is a great buy as a series. However, the massive problem I have with this is the order of the episodes. It's the worst possible thing you can do to a boxed set, considering that you're creating the boxed set for nostalgic fans. Do the producers of these boxed sets actually think children are looking for Thundercats cartoons? That's about as likely as a 30-year-old looking for Felix the Cat cartoons. Basically, this volume deals with Lion-O's trials to officially become the Lord of the Thundercats. These trials take place back to back, which is highly obvious due to: 1. The Thundercat's missing their logos after each defeat (Lion-O wears them now) 2. The mutants having conversations about the trials 3. Lion-O being physically tired from previous trial levels If you watch the dvds, though, you'll quickly find that the trial episodes are split up between the disks--about one episode per disk. The episodes are so badly reordered that the season narrative looses any sensibility. (For instance, in Episode 5: The Demolisher, Mum-Ra specifically uses video from Episode 10: The Rock Giant, to convince the Demolisher to fight Lion-O. The video in question is of Lion-O defeating the Rock Giant.) This happens time and again and not only is it annoying, it's insulting. It's like watching seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer out of order--the narrative just doesn't make sense. 1 star for the absolute worst boxed set ever and I've seen the TMNT (2003) and original FOX X-Men boxed sets (not new) so that's saying something. |
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