Friday, December 08, 2006
Thundarr the Barbarian
Over on the comments to this morning's Mary Poppins thread, I mentioned something about Thundarr the Barbarian in passing, and of course as soon as I'd typed the name I had to head over to YouTube to see if there were any posted clips from the show. Were there ever...
Man, I loved this show. I was soaked to the bone in it. It permeated by DNA. How do I know? Well, last year, shortly after I turned in Paragaea: A Planetary Romance to Lou Anders, I thought about the fact that I'd just written a 100K word novel about an post-historical Earth-like world, centered around a smart woman who knows all about science, a heroic male who prefers to solve his problems with a sword, and a big catman who's quick to anger and doesn't like water. And then I realized that I'd just spent a large chunk of my life reinventing Thundarr the Barbarian.
And you know what? I didn't mind that a bit.
Man, I loved this show. I was soaked to the bone in it. It permeated by DNA. How do I know? Well, last year, shortly after I turned in Paragaea: A Planetary Romance to Lou Anders, I thought about the fact that I'd just written a 100K word novel about an post-historical Earth-like world, centered around a smart woman who knows all about science, a heroic male who prefers to solve his problems with a sword, and a big catman who's quick to anger and doesn't like water. And then I realized that I'd just spent a large chunk of my life reinventing Thundarr the Barbarian.
And you know what? I didn't mind that a bit.
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Ah...Thundarr and the joys of childhood. I just picked up the DVD set of the old D&D cartoon. I can't wait to dig in.
Saturday mornings, I spent way too much time watching this show. Conan + Light Saber + Gamma World = Thundarr. What's not to love?
"Demon dogs!"
"Lords of Light!"
"Ookla! Ariel! We ride!"
"Demon dogs!"
"Lords of Light!"
"Ookla! Ariel! We ride!"
Hey did you know that they put some Thundarr action figures a few years ago! ...Yeah I bought 'em.
Take a look:
http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/thundarrpics.shtml
Take a look:
http://www.toymania.com/columns/spotlight/thundarrpics.shtml
We have a "no action figure" rule in our household, I'm afraid (the result of overindulgence back in my 20s, when I had disposable income and not enough to dispose it on), but I'll admit I'm sorely tempted. Those things look awesome!
Yeah, I try not pick up too many. But since there was only three and It was my favorite cartoon. I got 'em.
Now if they would only do authorized DVD!
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Now if they would only do authorized DVD!
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