Highly Overrated But Still Good

A bit overrated, but still an amazing film

The movie turns out to be a little better than the average. Starting from a romantic formula often seen in the cinema, it ends in the most predictable (and somewhat bland) way.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

Conan...I mean Thundarr!!!! So he wore fur and he was Conan but named differently and he rode around on strange looking horses long after a comet destroyed earth and left us in a new Hyborian Era...But, he also had a best friend who was like Chewie from Star Wars, but had a face kind of like that angry Timi thing from Space Ghost and they hung out this princess who was all legs.While they were fighting mutants who also cohabitant the earth and occasionally their adventures take them underground where they find the ruins of subways and realize that there once was a more advanced civilization.And if that doesn't convince you to watch it, then the fact that Thundarr has a lightsaber shaped like a hand-and-a-half should.And the little kid in me is drooling. DROOLING. Cartoon overload. Awesome.

Fantasy and sci-fi have always been my favorite genres, part of the reason is because both are always about possibilities and believing that the impossible could be possible. When combined together the possibilities are just endless.This is one of my favorite animated shows of all time, and it's another childhood relic since I was a kid from the 80's; when I saw this show it just blew my mind and still does to this day.The combination of the post apocalyptic sub genre and fantasy I think is a beautiful combination and it's one I honestly don't see much. The only other ones I can think of are the movie Ralph Bashi's "Wizards" and the pulp comic book series "Mighty Sampson" which may have been a partial influence to this cartoon due to the uncanny similarity.The characters their not deep their simply there to serve their functions. But lets face it were all in this for the adventure and action and this show delivers well on both.I really love the animation, sure it old but sometimes old fashioned can still be the best way to go and it has a retro charm for me. The character animation is good but it's really the background animation that impresses me the most.It's a bit unnerving seeing how much of our world is in ruin because it also means a lot of culture that we thought would survive forever hasn't. For example, in one episode Thundarr sees a movie poster of "Star Wars" and Thundarr has no idea what the heck it is, let alone what a movie even is. It was a little disturbing but that little moment just shows how the things we take for granted once their gone their gone forever, which made me treasure things I love like "Star Wars" all the more.However at the same time despite the ruin it also means new possibilities have opened up like with the film Ralph Bachi's "Wizards" we see there is magic back in our world along with some advanced technology which is scarce but still around all the same. These things just created a sense of broadness and made me wonder what more this world holds.And the action is great and choreographed solid. I really like seeing the team just go on adventures and kick some asses that deserved to be kicked. They have to deal with Sourcerers, Evil Mad Scientiest, Robots, Monsters, Mutants, Faciests, Aliens, just a corn a coppia of bad which just makes it all the more tasty. Of course the highlight of the action is that Sun Sword which is obvious a rip on the light saber but all the same awesome, just seeing Thundarr using it to cut all things like butter and even block lazer bolts, you were almost indestructible with that sword. Along with seeing both Thundarr and even the Chewbaca like character Oo Loc both use their brute strength and force and Arial with her mystic powers which is also cool.I would love to see a revival, where may'be we can have a little more depth on the characters as well as a developing plot line concerning on of the villains. As well as may'be even more depth into the ruined world, where it could take place further in the future and we would see what kind of technological advancements were made which could advance the plight of the villains but also question whether we were already on a way to ruin. Let alone an explanation where Thundarr got his sun sword, may'be he stumbled onto some ancient ruins and this was a mystical object from their society, I don't know something along those lines, but all the same the idea should be considered.Overall, if you have a knack for retro toons then this show is one to check out, this series has plenty of thunder.Rating: 4 stars

The 1980's definitely had their fill of cheese, but this series was legitimately good. For those that call it a Conan knockoff, note that this came out several years -before- the Conan movie.It was essentially a mash-up of Conan-esque characters from Robert E. Howard's books in a post-apocalyptic setting. The most hilarious part has to be Thundarr's pathological hatred of wizards and his 'Princess' Ariel (Sorceress) companion.Like a lot of these morning adventure gems (I'd include the late 1970's Filmation Rotoscoping efforts like Tarzan and Buck Rogers) this one never made it to DVD, so your only legitimate source is to catch it on something like the Boomerang network. It's too bad this one only made it through a year and a half of production.PS. 'Lords of Light' makes an excellent drinking game. He has several signature phrases repeated throughout all the episodes but this is one is repeated multiple times in each 20ish minute episode.

Mind you....that isn't a bad thing.Spice it up with more sci-fi and give him regular companions and we have Thundarr. Which is a cool name by the way.The apocalyptic intro seems more frightening as a 10-14 year old. (Which I was at the time.) But it sets a great stage. Also the lack of a running story made it a little more fun. However, it also suggests a lack of faith in the project.This was on a little later in the morning on Saturdays so it was probably aimed at older kids. I didn't see it as much as I'd liked. But it's worth remembering. I'm surprised your comic-con and "cosplay" types don't go here more often. Princess Ariel seems like an American anime at times. Only smart.Thank you Cartoon Network/Boomerang for bringing it back.