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I did like my invented adventures before the cartoon, but I'd go with The Filmation version. I actually had Castle Grayskull before any of the figures, it seemed to me that giants lived there.
The problem with the transfer of the medium into a movie is that we love the original artwork, overall look and sounds of the animated work.
A G.I. Joe film can never be as cool as the G.I. Joe A Real American Hero cartoon, for instance. There is no way to duplicate the music at the right moment, or use the voices or sound effects in the same way and in the same combination. No actor or actress could ever be as good as the original artist's drawing of the character. Even if they would go with a computer animated 3D model movie, it would be under par big time, no matter the tricks and details, or even if they can recreate the lines, the colors, the uniforms, gear, weapons and equipment in the right places, it would still appear distorted and out of place.
It is the overall art, drawings, tone and feel that draws me into an animated series.
Robotech (live-action) would turn out looking like a Star Trek copy with big robots.
A live-action Thundercats movie would be disappointing, imho. There is no way to honor the actual art.
Even if you CGI in cat hair and cat muscles over top of the person's performance, there is no way the Thundercats' characters could be enjoyable as Season 1 of Thundercats. It is too distinctive and iconic.
Books, on the other hand, are mostly more open to the reader's interpretation, and even if the book covers and other artwork also make impressions, the stories and characters can be better portrayed & represented properly in a live-action movie. Each reader has their own vision of the book's world, and it is far easier to accept a filmmaker's vision of a book, (that is not a graphic novel), and more components of the book can be re-created in a new style easier than trying to make it from material that is mostly based on visual stimulus and visual picture art forms, designs, patterns and images.
He-man and The Master's of the Universe, might have a increased chance of success, though. Being that some of the toys and drawings are a little more easier to adapt into costumes to fit real humans and the toys transformed into props, sets and life size vehicle representations.
I'd say it has a good chance by using the bright colors as mentioned as well as using every quality of the Filmation cartoon as a guideline.
The problem with the transfer of the medium into a movie is that we love the original artwork, overall look and sounds of the animated work.
A G.I. Joe film can never be as cool as the G.I. Joe A Real American Hero cartoon, for instance. There is no way to duplicate the music at the right moment, or use the voices or sound effects in the same way and in the same combination. No actor or actress could ever be as good as the original artist's drawing of the character. Even if they would go with a computer animated 3D model movie, it would be under par big time, no matter the tricks and details, or even if they can recreate the lines, the colors, the uniforms, gear, weapons and equipment in the right places, it would still appear distorted and out of place.
It is the overall art, drawings, tone and feel that draws me into an animated series.
Robotech (live-action) would turn out looking like a Star Trek copy with big robots.
A live-action Thundercats movie would be disappointing, imho. There is no way to honor the actual art.
Even if you CGI in cat hair and cat muscles over top of the person's performance, there is no way the Thundercats' characters could be enjoyable as Season 1 of Thundercats. It is too distinctive and iconic.
Books, on the other hand, are mostly more open to the reader's interpretation, and even if the book covers and other artwork also make impressions, the stories and characters can be better portrayed & represented properly in a live-action movie. Each reader has their own vision of the book's world, and it is far easier to accept a filmmaker's vision of a book, (that is not a graphic novel), and more components of the book can be re-created in a new style easier than trying to make it from material that is mostly based on visual stimulus and visual picture art forms, designs, patterns and images.
He-man and The Master's of the Universe, might have a increased chance of success, though. Being that some of the toys and drawings are a little more easier to adapt into costumes to fit real humans and the toys transformed into props, sets and life size vehicle representations.
I'd say it has a good chance by using the bright colors as mentioned as well as using every quality of the Filmation cartoon as a guideline.
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