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So, Paramount is making a Golden Axe cartoon and it's..... um, a comedy? Satire? Parody? Mockery?
I don't understand this fascination with taking something serious (Golden Axe should me a mix of Conan and D&D) and turning it into a self-humiliating, Teen Titans GO!, Rick & Morty, ThunderCats ROAR type of show.
I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with the Golden Axe video games, but for me, GA would be one of the five games I would take with me to a desert island. I have been infatuated with the series since its debut in 1989. Even when I was little, He-Man was Ax Battler, Teela was Tyris Flare, and Ram-Man was Gilius Thunderhead in my toybox... later I made custom versions of the characters with the Remco and PoP toys, and later still, I made custom GA figures from MOTU Classics / Mythic Legions.
In 2020, Storm Collectibles released officially licensed Golden Axe figures and I snapped them up faster than any other toy I ever owned.
Needless to say, I am a big fan of the property (not so much of some of the individual games... *cough* Beast Rider and GA III, I'm looking at you *cough*), and when wind of this animated series hit, I was ecstatic! But now, Ax Battler is gap-toothed, Gilius looks like a hobo, and Tyris is no longer the sexy, Red Sonja character she should be. *sigh* 😪
Anyway, rant is over... maybe some good can come of this...?
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I hate it when they do this. Especially when the dedicated fans have been keeping the torch lit for years, hoping for something awesome.
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So, Paramount is making a Golden Axe cartoon and it's..... um, a comedy? Satire? Parody? Mockery?
I don't understand this fascination with taking something serious (Golden Axe should me a mix of Conan and D&D) and turning it into a self-humiliating, Teen Titans GO!, Rick & Morty, ThunderCats ROAR type of show.
I'm not sure if any of you are familiar with the Golden Axe video games, but for me, GA would be one of the five games I would take with me to a desert island. I have been infatuated with the series since its debut in 1989. Even when I was little, He-Man was Ax Battler, Teela was Tyris Flare, and Ram-Man was Gilius Thunderhead in my toybox... later I made custom versions of the characters with the Remco and PoP toys, and later still, I made custom GA figures from MOTU Classics / Mythic Legions.
In 2020, Storm Collectibles released officially licensed Golden Axe figures and I snapped them up faster than any other toy I ever owned.
Needless to say, I am a big fan of the property (not so much of some of the individual games... *cough* Beast Rider and GA III, I'm looking at you *cough*), and when wind of this animated series hit, I was ecstatic! But now, Ax Battler is gap-toothed, Gilius looks like a hobo, and Tyris is no longer the sexy, Red Sonja character she should be. *sigh* 😪
Anyway, rant is over... maybe some good can come of this...?
Dunno... doubt it. Teen Titans GO works because there is enough of the OG property to have a comedy snack added to it. Rick & Morty works because its original content. Beast Rider with its story and movie clips is IMO a good example of the tone to set for a show/movie in this universe. Something along the lines of Heavy Metal or Fire and Ice. I can see a comedy working added a bit later and along side to it; not out of the blue as the main course when its mostly just a name people might have heard.
@lurker-man Yeah, it's a shame that they decided to start with satire instead of going the more serious fantasy route... that decision could railroad any future Golden Axe projects if it bombs. 🙁
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