What about Thundarr the Barbarian?

[Thundarr]

I thought princess Ariel was a mulatto or an Egyptian due to her bronzed skin!
Anyway who cares?
Get kristin kreuk then!
because princess "Ariel" has got to look like she's barely 20

They never truly specify her racial heritage. The closest they come is in Battle Of The Barbarians when she tells Ookla that her ancestors likely lived in a place much like the Old Earth Chinatown they were helping. I agree with you on the Kriatin Kruek part though. That's why I put her on my list of actresses to play Ariel.

 

[Thundarr]

Wow!
I went to see an image of this kelly Hu on google
she'd be the splitting image of Ariel
she just has to get a tan.

I thought she looked pretty tanned in The Scorpion King.

 

[Peyton Westlake]

G.I. Joe definitely, and possibly He-Man will beat Thundarr to the big screen. But, if they do well, dont be suprised if Thundarr's name is kicked around then.

 

[Thundarr]

G.I. Joe definitely, and possibly He-Man will beat Thundarr to the big screen. But, if they do well, dont be suprised if Thundarr's name is kicked around then.

He-Man already has, and it was a total bomb. G.I. Joe is due out next summer (2009) I believe. All I know about it so far is that Ray Parks (Darth Maul, Toad) will be playing Snake Eyes.

 

[Thundarr]

Is he really so obscure that no one would pay attention to him?

Yes.

I don't agree. There are many hit movies that were based on very obscure comics, novels, or TV shows. Willow was a novel long before Ron Howard and George Lucas turned it into a movie. But how many of you had read it before the movie came out, or even knew of the book's existance? The Princess Bride was a novel long before Rob Reiner ever turned it into a movie. But how many of you had read it before the movie came out, or even knew of it's existance? There are many other examples, like Fight Club, Manhunter, S.W.A.T., and Get Smart, just to name a few.

Is Thundarr The Barbarian an obscure source for a movie script? Sure it is. Should that have any bearing on whether the movie is made or it's success? No. The only thing that should have any bearing on the making of the film or its success is the quality of the script and the director's dedication to making a quality product.

 

[The Lizard]

I remember about 3 or 4 years ago I saw listed on eBay an animation figure model cel of Ariel from Thundarr -- nude. Some perverted Ruby Spears animator had apparently felt the need to make a full figure study of her with no clothes. t:

 

[Thundarr]

I remember about 3 or 4 years ago I saw listed on eBay an animation figure model cel of Ariel from Thundarr -- nude. Some perverted Ruby Spears animator had apparently felt the need to make a full figure study of her with no clothes. t:

That's a little twisted. Or kinda cool, depending how you look at it.

 

[Thundarr]

So how would you go about writing the Thundarr Movie? Here's my thoughts...

1) I would start the film with The Cataclysm. I wouldn't make a mention of the year like on the show (changing 1994 to 2094 or whatever), but rather write "Present Day". Then after some nifty CGI effects and destroying models and miniatures in front of a green screen, we see a ruined landscape with the caption "2000 years later".

2) I would then introduce Thundarr as a free barbarian, living a peaceful life with his tribe. The primary villain in the movie would then be introduced as Thundarr's village is attacked and everybody is either killed or enslaved. Obviously, Thundarr is one of the latter.

3) Once enslaved, this will be where he meets Ookla The Mok. Ookla's story is not so different from Thundarr's. They become friends. Perhaps they're forced to fight each other in a gladiatorial arena and Thundarr refuses to kill Ookla after defeating him, thus earning himself a lifelong companion and friend. How Thundarr learns to understand Mok could also be explained here. Perhaps he learned it after meeting Ookla, or maybe his village did trade with a tribe of moks and he learned it from them. Maybe Ookla was even a member of that tribe and he and Thundarr were aquainted before they were ever enslaved.

4) Ariel is introduced. Exactly how she is introduced I'm a little fuzzy on. In all the Thundarr lore I've been able to find, Thundarr and Ookla were enslaved by Ariel's wicked step-father, an evil wizard named Sabian. She then helped free all of Sabian's slaves and fled with Thundarr and Ookla. Why is unclear. It's always been obvious that Ariel is in love with Thundarr, perhaps her infatuation was her motivation.

5) While all Thundarr lore says Sabian was the wizard who enslaved Thundarr and Ookla, this being a movie they'll likely rewrite that part and make it a more recognizable wizard from the show. Most likely choice is Gemini, as he's the only wizard to be in more than one episode of Thundarr. I think he was supposed to be in one episode per season, but they cancelled the show midway through Season 2 so he only appeared twice. Of course, they might use Gemini as their villain but simply rename him Sabian.

6) After escaping their captors, Thundarr finds The Sunsword. I think he should aquire it in much the same way Conan found the Atlantian sword in Conan The Barbarian. It should be locked away in a tomb with its previous master. Thundarr picks it up and claims it as his own. And with its previous master dead, thus becomes the Sunswords new master.

7) Of course there should be a subplot and a final battle. I'd suggest using one of the stories from the series as the subplot. For example, assuming they use Gemini as the primary villain (or at least make Sabian look and act like Gemini), then they can use Thundarr Episode 1: Secret Of The Black Pearl as their subplot. Maybe Ariel steals The Black Pearl before setting Gemini/Sabian's slaves free. Then Gemini/Sabian tries to recapture them but the pearl protects them from his magic. Then after Thundarr finds his Sunsword, they go to the village of Manhatt. Gemini/Sabian follows them there and animates The Statue Of Liberty to attack them and the villagers. Thundarr defeats the automaton and the wizard the same way he did in the cartoon.

8) Thundarr, Ariel, and Ookla ride off together to seek adventure and fight for freedom. And of course Thundarr shouts "ARIEL! OOKLA! RIIIIDE!!!"

 

[Thundarr]

If any of you want to download any pictures of Thundarr onto your hard drives for screen savers, etc, here are some links for you...

www.geocities.com/ramjeesingh/thundarr.html

www.toonarific.com/show_pics.php?show_id=3652

http://cartoons.infinitecoolness.com/01/toon01.html

http://members.fortunecity.com/classics11/index_thundarr.html

I found one website a long time ago that had a picture of Princess Ariel that looked alot like it was drawn by Boris Vallejo (spelling?). Unfortunately I haven't been able to find it since. I'll keep looking though, as there were alot of other really cool looking Thundarr pictures on that site.

 

[Thundarr]

So what about a line of Thundarr toys? I know Toynami has put out a line of Thundarr action figures. Heck, I'm the one who posted the link on this thread! But I have a small problem with those action figures. It's the same problem I had with my A-Team action figures when I was a kid. We have all the heroes (back then Hannibal, B.A., Face, and Murdoch, today Thundarr, Ookla, and Ariel), but no one for them to fight, no one for them to save, nothing for them to do. Here's how I would design the toys...

1) I would make them fully posable, with bending knees, elbows, wrists, and ankles. Unlike the old He-Man, Star Wars, and Ken & Barbie dolls that could only bend at the shoulders and waists.

2) I would make them the same size as Ken & Barbie dolls, with synthetic hair and removable/replacable/interchangable clothing and accessories. This has two benefits. (a) It allows the toy manufacturers to make more money by also selling alternate and/or replacement outfits for the action figures. And (b), if a kid only has Thundarr, Ariel, and Ookla to play with, he can use his sister's Ken & Barbie dolls as villains to be fought and/or victims to be rescued.

3) Perhaps most importantly, I would make figures of other characters from the show. There were 21 episodes of Thundarr. Even when you subtract the few episodes where the key villain wasn't a wizard, you still have about 20 wizards that could be made into action figures. In Challenge Of The Wizards there were four evil wizards. And In Wizards War there were two. In addition to all of the wizards, there were also all the lackies and henchmen. The groundlings and robot knights from Secret Of The Black Pearl. The carocks from Harvest Of Doom. The pirates from Treasure Of The Moks. The tiger-man mutants from Den Of The Sleeping Demon. The hawk-man mutants from Last Train To Doomsday. The list goes on and on. In addition, friends and allies could be made as well. Like the Chieftan from the moks tribe in Treasure Of The Moks. Or Shara The Barbarian and Merlik The Sorcerer from Den Of The Sleeping Demon. Or the three women from The Prophesy Of Peril. Or Tai, the swamp urchin from Harvest Of Doom. They can even make numerous generic villagers and moks from many of the episodes.

4) And finally, I would make several accessories for the action figures. Things like Thundarr and Ariel's horses, Ookla's equart, Tai's train, the various tanks and transports used by the various villains on the show, as well as the many generic monsters (dragons, giant rats, giant robot gorilla, etc) that Thundarr and his friends had battled throughout the show.

 

[Thundarr]

Have any of you ever heard of Atom Films? It's a website fo people to post home made fan films, music videos, and other short films. They have an entire section devoted to Star Wars fan films. I looked, but there aren't any Thundarr fan films listed. However, that doesn't mean there couldn't be in the future. The address is www.atom.com/spotlights/starwars/challenge/awards.html. They also have downloadable sound effects for lightsaber battles and blasters. And there are links to other sites which have more info on how to make professional looking lightsaber duels and blaster battles on your home computer. One of those sites is www.theforce.net. The thread pertaining to lightsabers is http://boards.theforce.net/fan_films_fan_audio_scifi_3d_forum/b10015/22268323/p1/?221.

Now I know that this is a thread about a Thundarr movie and not Star Wars, but much of what was in the show was inspired by and an homage to (some might even say ripped off from) Star Wars. Namely the Sunsword and moks. Thus, if any of us were to make a Thundarr fan film, it would make alot of sense and things much simpler to borrow the visual and sound effects used in making Star Wars fan films. And don't worry about copy rights. George Lucas is well aware of the existance of Star Wars fan films, and of Atom Films in particular, and he rather enjoys them. As a matter of fact, he gives an award to the best Star Wars fan film on Atom.com every year. And as for Warner Brothers, as long as nobody's profitting from the making of any fan fiction or fan films I don't think there's any copy right law violation. If there were, Thundarr.com wouldn't be able to post those crappy stories by Shiela Shellinburgh or even exist at all. So if any of you have any thoughts of maybe making a short, live action Thundarr fan film, I say "Go for it, and post the link here!".

 

[Thundarr]

Someone spliced together scenes from Deep Impact, Conan The Barbarian, The Fantastic 4, and Return Of The Jedi and made a Thundarr The Barbarian movie trailer and posted it on You Tube. I'm not sure what they did for a voice over as I was using the computer at the public library and didn't have headphones plugged into the computer at the time. It was still kind of interesting to watch though. But to be honest, I'm pretty sure I could have done better if I had the equipment. If you want to watch it, here's the link:
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=qHuQzxMQi6M

Personally, I would have spliced together scenes from Deep Impact, Armageddon, Volcano, Superman, The Planet Of The Apes, Underworld, T2: Judgement Day, Return Of The Jedi, The Masters Of The Universe, TV's Beauty & The Beast, The Scorpion King, Buffy The Vampire Slayer, and The Fantastic 4. Here's what I would have done. I would have used the naration from the opening sequence of the cartoon as the trailers voiceover. Then I would choose scenes from the above listed movies which closely match the scenes from the TV shows opening sequence.

"In the year 1994 a runaway planet hurtles between The Earth and The Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction!"

A scene of the comet heading toward The Earth in Deep Impact.

"Man's civilization is cast in ruin."

The scenes where the tidal wave wipes out the entire Pacific West Coast in Deep Impact, the asteroid destroying Rome in Armageddon, the earth splitting and the dam breaking in Superman, and The Labraya Tar Pits erupting and spewing out lava in Volcano.

"2000 years later, Earth is reborn. A new world rises from the old."

The famous Statue Of Liberty scene from Planet Of The Apes.

"A world of savagery, ..."

A pack of lycans charging from Underworld.

"... super science, ..."

A bunch of terminators walking about without there skins and shooting their laser cannons from T2: Judgement Day.

"... and sorcery."

Emperor Palpatine shooting Dark Force Lightning from his figertips in Return Of The Jedi.

"But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice."

Dulph Lundgren as He-Man breaking his shackles near the end of The Masters Of The Universe.

"With his companions Ookla The Mok..."

Ron Perlman as Vincent roaring on TV's Beauty & the Beast.

"... and Princess Ariel."

Kelly Hu as the sorceress in The Scorpion King pulling a live cobra out of a clay jug by its tail and using it as a whip.

"He pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sun Sword..."

He-Man picking up and throwing an enemy in Masters Of The Universe, then attacking a large number of opponents, then his first strike in the final battle with Skeletor (who's now in golden armour).

"... against the forces of evil."

Dr. Doom shooting lightning from his fingertips on the streets of New York in The Fantastic 4, Willow shooting lightning from her hands in the episode Hell Hath No Fury Like A Wicca Scorned, the two part season finale of Buffy The Vampire Slayer Season 6, and Skeletor sitting on his throne early on in The Masters Of The Universe.

"He is, THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN!"

He-Man holding up the Power Sword and shouting "I HAVE THE POWER!" from Masters Of The Universe.

Splice those scenes together and you'll have a movie trailer that'll look alot more like a legitimate Thundarr Movie.

 

[Kent Allard]

The created trailer is an interesting exercise - but it's far to long. The first minute to minute and a half could be easily cut out.

There's no real audio either - just the tv show's music looped through out the whole thing with the opening narration used in the last minute to 45 seconds.

 

[BLACKVULCAN]

Devil Dogs!!
Lords of Light!
Ookla !Ariel! Riddeeeeeee!
I just wanted to add that Thundarr was one of the greatest cartoons ever to be broadcast. He had some of the greatest villains( Mindok was my fav)I loved it as a kid and now i catch it on boomerang,( it beats alot of stuff that is suppose to be must watched Tv)Thundarr will forever rule!

 

[Thundarr]

The created trailer is an interesting exercise - but it's far to long. The first minute to minute and a half could be easily cut out.

I thought so too. Also, too much of Jedi and Fantastic 4 were used (we didn't need to see Luke or the Fantastic 4, just Emperor Palpatine and Dr. Doom).

 

[Thundarr]

Wasn't there another thread on this site about casting a Thundarr movie? I remember posting on it but I haven't been able to find it since.

 

[Thundarr]

Here's another Thundarr idea. What about a Thundarr The Barbarian video arcade game? It would be like the old Ninja Turtles game, mixed with the Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow over Mystara and X-Men arcade games. Here's how I see it...

a) It's a multiplayer game with three joysticks, one for Thundarr, one for Ariel, and one for Ookla. Whichever character you put quarters in for is the character you end up playing.
b) Each joystick has four buttons next to it, Jump, Kick, Punch, and Special. Thundarr's "Special" button allows him to take out and put away his Sunsword. While his Sunsword is in hand and activated, "Punch" causes him to attack with the Sunsword. Pressing Ookla's "Special" button causes Ookla to shoot a stun arrow. Ariel's "Special" button causes her to shoot magical blasts from her hands.
c) Certain items in the game can be picked up or dragged by the characters for various reasons. Ookla can pick up a car and throw it at his enemies, or pick up a steel beam and use it as a club. Thundarr can push a boulder in front of a cave opening to keep groundlings from coming out, etc.
d) There will be 22 levels to the game. Level One will be where Thundarr, Ariel, and Ookla escape from the wizard Sabian's dungeon and Thundarr aquires his Sunsword. This is hinted to in the show's opening credits and in the dialogue of various episodes, and is explained in more detail on the net, but never truly seen. Levels Two through Twentytwo are based on the twentyone episodes of the show, starting with Secret Of The Black Pearl as Level Two, and wrapping the game with Last Train To Doomsday for Level Twentytwo.

I Know. The last episode of Thundarr wasn't Last Train To Doomsday, it was Trial By Terror. But Trial by Terror was such a weak episode compared to the others, I just can't see ending the game with it. My bootleg DVDs of Thundarr has Prophesy Of Peril as the last episode of Disk 4 (probably for the same reason). But for a video game, Last Train To Doomsday makes the most sense, as it's the only episode in which a wizard Thundarr has defeated (in this case, Gemini) comes back for revenge. It was also one of Thundarr's most challenging adventures, which put him in greater peril than any other. That makes it the perfect way to end the video game.

 

[Thundarr]

The created trailer is an interesting exercise - but it's far to long. The first minute to minute and a half could be easily cut out.

There's no real audio either - just the tv show's music looped through out the whole thing with the opening narration used in the last minute to 45 seconds.

Finally watched the whole thing with audio. Again, I agree with your assessment. I also just watched a computer animated bit of Thundarr, Ariel, and Ookla walking down to a WWE wrestling ring. Short but ammusing.

If I were to make a live action Thundarr fan film, I'd probably start off with a live action version of the show's opening. Just film a bunch of scenes with Thundarr, Ariel, Ookla, and Gemini, then mix them with a CGI recreation of The Cataclysm that was shown in the cartoon. Would actually make for a good trailer to pitch to movie producers too.

 

[Thundarr]

I've found a website for posting Fan Fiction stories. It's www.fanfiction.net. They have sections for movies, TV shows, books, comics, and cartoons. Their cartoon section doesn't have any entries for Thundarr, but it could. If any of you have any creative writing talent, I urge you to write a Thundarr story and post it on www.fanfiction.net. I'm part way through a story myself, in which Thundarr, Ariel, and Ookla meet and team up with the kids from the Dungeons & Dragons cartoon to defeat the team of Venger and Sabian. So far I've just got past the introductions.

 

[3dman27]

here's another thundarr idea. What about a thundarr the barbarian video arcade game? It would be like the old ninja turtles game, mixed with the dungeons & dragons: Shadow over mystara and x-men arcade games. Here's how i see it...

A) it's a multiplayer game with three joysticks, one for thundarr, one for ariel, and one for ookla. Whichever character you put quarters in for is the character you end up playing.
B) each joystick has four buttons next to it, jump, kick, punch, and special. Thundarr's "special" button allows him to take out and put away his sunsword. While his sunsword is in hand and activated, "punch" causes him to attack with the sunsword. Pressing ookla's "special" button causes ookla to shoot a stun arrow. Ariel's "special" button causes her to shoot magical blasts from her hands.
C) certain items in the game can be picked up or dragged by the characters for various reasons. Ookla can pick up a car and throw it at his enemies, or pick up a steel beam and use it as a club. Thundarr can push a boulder in front of a cave opening to keep groundlings from coming out, etc.
D) there will be 22 levels to the game. Level one will be where thundarr, ariel, and ookla escape from the wizard sabian's dungeon and thundarr aquires his sunsword. This is hinted to in the show's opening credits and in the dialogue of various episodes, and is explained in more detail on the net, but never truly seen. Levels two through twentytwo are based on the twentyone episodes of the show, starting with secret of the black pearl as level two, and wrapping the game with last train to doomsday for level twentytwo.

I know. The last episode of thundarr wasn't last train to doomsday, it was trial by terror. But trial by terror was such a weak episode compared to the others, i just can't see ending the game with it. My bootleg dvds of thundarr has prophesy of peril as the last episode of disk 4 (probably for the same reason). But for a video game, last train to doomsday makes the most sense, as it's the only episode in which a wizard thundarr has defeated (in this case, gemini) comes back for revenge. It was also one of thundarr's most challenging adventures, which put him in greater peril than any other. That makes it the perfect way to end the video game.

a thundarr videogame?
Excellent

 

[Thundarr]

I remember about 3 or 4 years ago I saw listed on eBay an animation figure model cel of Ariel from Thundarr -- nude. Some perverted Ruby Spears animator had apparently felt the need to make a full figure study of her with no clothes. t:

There are actually websites devoted to making X Rated comics about famous cartoon characters. Nothing is sacred to these people. I've seen comics and pictures of an X Rated Scooby Doo, The Smurfs, The Superfriends, The Simpsons, Snow White & The Seven Dwarves, Dungeons & Dragons, the list goes on and on. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised if there were pictures of Ariel getting nasty with Thundarr and Ookla out there as well. I wouldn't put the actual websites addresses on this site, seeing how it's family friendly and all, but if you're over 18 and want to see these kinds of cartoons all you have to do is type Thundarr+cartoon+porn into a search engine and I'm sure you'll find what you're looking for.

 

[Thundarr]

a thundarr videogame?
Excellent

I would spend so many quarters on that game you wouldn't believe it. I wish I had thought of that game concept when I applied for a job at Square Soft. I might have gotten the job then.

 

[Thundarr]

a thundarr videogame?
Excellent

I would spend so many quarters on that game you wouldn't believe it. I wish I had thought of that game concept when I applied for a job at Square Soft. I might have gotten the job then.

 

[Thundarr]

I found that other thread. It's at...

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=304520

There are some interesting suggestions on there, check it out.

 

[Thundarr]

If any of you have any thoughts about making a live action Thundarr Fan Film, try checking out www.fanfilms.net. There are fan films of just about everything on there.