"Return to Thundera" is a premise ripe with possibilities. The kind that really need at least a two-part episode to fully exploit. Unfortunately we only get one episode here, and the result is a 10 lb story in a 5 lb sack.
We needed to see more of Lion-O on Thundera. For him to explore a planet and society he barely knew. To be with his Father. To have him struggle to not change history. In short; he needed more time.
Meanwhile, the threat to the Thundercats in the present, on Third Earth, should have seen the Thundercats grapple with the mystery of what happened to Lion-O. That plot needed more time to bake before the giant death-dealing robot showed up.
All that said, "Return to Thundera" certainly doesn't wast any motion. It's a fast paced episode with all of the elements that we love about the series. I just wish that it had a little more meat on its bones.
We needed to see more of Lion-O on Thundera. For him to explore a planet and society he barely knew. To be with his Father. To have him struggle to not change history. In short; he needed more time.
Meanwhile, the threat to the Thundercats in the present, on Third Earth, should have seen the Thundercats grapple with the mystery of what happened to Lion-O. That plot needed more time to bake before the giant death-dealing robot showed up.
All that said, "Return to Thundera" certainly doesn't wast any motion. It's a fast paced episode with all of the elements that we love about the series. I just wish that it had a little more meat on its bones.