TCL.org has received word that Larry Kenney will be voicing the characters Lion-O, Jaga and Mumm-Ra in a special feature for Warner Home Video’s upcoming Thundercats S2V2 DVD release! That’s all the details available.
Feel free to discuss and speculate what this feature could be!
Wow. That should be neat… I wonder what kind of special feature it will be. I’m excited to know what happens with S.2 V.2! We’ll see what happens…:tygra:
Wow, that sounds like a whole new episode if he’s doing multiple characters!!! Did Kenney always do the voice of Mumm-Ra, though?
Chris here…
I agree with you, and I’m excited to see exactly what it is Larry’s contributed to! Re: Mumm-Ra - nope, he didn’t voice Mumm-Ra originally, but did a very good impersonation of him on the special feature on the season 1 part 2 DVD set! 
Take care…
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Wow, that sounds like a whole new episode if he’s doing multiple characters!!! Did Kenney always do the voice of Mumm-Ra, though?
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Sadly the voice actor who originally did Mumm-Ra’s voice (Earl Hammond) passed away a couple of years back. I think he also did Jaga’s voice, so it would make sense that he’d need replacing regardless of what’s going on.
Larry Kenney did the voices for Lion-o and Jackalman in the classic series.
You know, I wonder how Larry Kenney would do voicing Jaga, now that I think about it?..
It sounds like another episode
It sounds like they may add another episode. Or maybe, they are using those charatcers to voice over the events after the last episode. I guess they are just trying to see if we will accept someone else to voice over the charatcers of Jaga and Mumm-ra for a new cartoon.
If they are using new character design, maybe they are using the DVD market to see if it will fly and what better way to test new ideas then by showing true fans of the show what to expect over the horizon.
I still say that they should just continue from the original series. Maybe not immediately after the very last show, which was shown last on TV close to twenty-years ago. Maybe they should have the storyline continue years later, but through flashbacks, explain what has happened over the years. This will give the writers plenty of freedom to explore and be creative while maintaining the show’s original premise.
I am just hoping against hope that THE POWERS THAT BE don’t pull a HE-Man or even a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and create an entirely new series. TMNT is actually okay, but the new He-man which came out a few years ago wasn’t nearly as good as the original.
I honest don’t think the Thundercats would be the same under a “completely new” direction and I am worried that with Warner Bros at the helm of the new cartoon", it may not be all that great. I mean, look at the DVD releases so far. So many unforgivable mistakes that could have been eliminated in production had better care been taken. Is this how they are going to handle the new show?
Anyway, my name is Joe and I just signed on today. I am a big fan of the show and have been disappointed with the DVDs; quality and content wise. I long for the Thundercats to return five days a week like they used to, but only if it is REVIVED in its original form… with updated visuals of course.
Also, sorry for my ignorance, but does anyone know if Leonard Star (Writer for most of the Thundercats episodes) is interested in writing for the new Thundercat series. He was the best!