You know, last year I decided to give the Thundercats 2011 reboot a try, and I actually really enjoyed it. It was an interesting take on the whole story and I was excited to see what was going to happen next.
Then news came that after the end of the first season, the show was shelved. From what I hear the ratings were not bad, so I was very curious why Cartoon Network would basically "cancel" the show. After awhile I just shrugged and moved on.
Then a day ago while watching Regular Show, I notice a preview come up for a new LEGO Television show, done by the same animation house that did Ninjago. It's called Legend of Chima, and I sat looking at the screen going "What the fuck..."
For those that didn't watch the Thundercats 2011 It's about Lion-O as a young prince of the cat kingdom, in a Third Earth that involves all the animals having their own kingdoms and tribes. Legend of Chima is about a young prince named Laval of the cat tribe, in a world called Chima that involves animals all having their own tribes.
In TC2011, the biggest enemy of the cats is the lizards, lead by Slythe (who gain support from Mum-Ra) In Legend of Chima, the biggest enemy is the crocodile tribe.
In TC2011 the premise is that Lion-O and company are going around attempting to find these items of power to keep them out of the hands of the enemy and use them to defeat Mum-Ra and the lizards. In Legend of Chima, the premise is Laval going around and finding Chi, a powerful substance, to keep it out of the hands of the Crocodiles and use it to defeat them.
I know in the end all shows are just rips of other shows, but this explains to me why TC2011 got canned. Legend of Chima is so similar to TC2011 that if both of them were on the same channel in the same general slots, kids would have likely become confused. Since Legend of Chima will likely end with more toy sales and less production costs (due to cheap 3D, rather then the classic animation used for TC2011), it made sense for them to just get rid of TC2011.
Does not make me any less mad about it. I really liked TC2011.
Then news came that after the end of the first season, the show was shelved. From what I hear the ratings were not bad, so I was very curious why Cartoon Network would basically "cancel" the show. After awhile I just shrugged and moved on.
Then a day ago while watching Regular Show, I notice a preview come up for a new LEGO Television show, done by the same animation house that did Ninjago. It's called Legend of Chima, and I sat looking at the screen going "What the fuck..."
For those that didn't watch the Thundercats 2011 It's about Lion-O as a young prince of the cat kingdom, in a Third Earth that involves all the animals having their own kingdoms and tribes. Legend of Chima is about a young prince named Laval of the cat tribe, in a world called Chima that involves animals all having their own tribes.
In TC2011, the biggest enemy of the cats is the lizards, lead by Slythe (who gain support from Mum-Ra) In Legend of Chima, the biggest enemy is the crocodile tribe.
In TC2011 the premise is that Lion-O and company are going around attempting to find these items of power to keep them out of the hands of the enemy and use them to defeat Mum-Ra and the lizards. In Legend of Chima, the premise is Laval going around and finding Chi, a powerful substance, to keep it out of the hands of the Crocodiles and use it to defeat them.
I know in the end all shows are just rips of other shows, but this explains to me why TC2011 got canned. Legend of Chima is so similar to TC2011 that if both of them were on the same channel in the same general slots, kids would have likely become confused. Since Legend of Chima will likely end with more toy sales and less production costs (due to cheap 3D, rather then the classic animation used for TC2011), it made sense for them to just get rid of TC2011.
Does not make me any less mad about it. I really liked TC2011.
