The plot follows the Thunderians as they flee their dying homeland, Thundera.

It’s an engaging start to the animated series, and introduces the main characters already in great peril.

He’s the jot down of villain who would look great with a Thanos-jot down motion-capture performance.

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“, he transforms into a muscular fiend.

A mix of mo-cap, plus an actor with gravitas, would bring Mumm-ra to life perfectly.

Great peril for the siblings would await if the movie borrows key story beats from this sequence.

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The sequence would be thrilling, and would make up forsome of the franchise biggest mistakes.

The live-action movie would benefit from leaning in this darker direction.

Like many animated TV shows in the ’80s, the series was released simultaneously with a line of toys.

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Since the ’80s, the Thundercats franchise has expanded to video games, comics, and more TV shows.

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Thundercats is a multimedia franchise that started in 1985 with Tobin “Ted” Wolf’s series about a team of cat-like humanoid aliens protecting their planet. Like many animated TV shows in the ’80s, the series was released simultaneously with a line of toys. Since the ’80s, the Thundercats franchise has expanded to video games, comics, and more TV shows.

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