Or it could be that he spent years in the wilderness with no supplies, wound up betrayed by his best friend, finds out his king is dead, and has a little weaksauce whippersnapper trying to tell him what to do.
That could be...but since most everyone so far has come across as some kind of cliche of some kind, Panthro falls right in line with them. I mean a big muscle bound, pissed off, tough as nails guy who are some kind of mechanic, are a dime a dozen. You can't seem to make a action adventure movie without one. I half expect to see "And Vin Diesel as Panthro" to appear on the screen.
I mean I'm not against cliches in stories. Sometimes they are best, and easiest ways to get a story across. But so far it has just been a huge crutch for this show. They don't use it to move the story forward...it IS the story and the characters. It is everything. And when the 80's guys seem more developed, and that was in a era of one dimensional characters, then there is a problem. Cheetra still seems immune to this so far, but I'm starting to think that's only cause she has only said like five words in the whole show, and that once we do get to know her she'll just be one as well.
And I also don't like them Power Rangering up the Thundercats. Tygra is now wearing Green, and Panthro Red...what so they won't clash with Lion-O's blue? And of course Cheetra is Yellow, but she always was.
I just expect more from Thundercats, and maybe it will turn into something more. We are early on here, and it can get better once we lay ground work. I remember I didn't really like the rebooted BSG movie that launched that series, but it got a lot better after that so I'm giving this show a chance cause it is still amazing to look at. I wish Voltron looked like this.
