Older Leonard Starr Interview

Cartoons ThunderCats (1985)
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I found this interview somewhat interesting.

I am not sure how the business side of things works, but Leonard seems to believe he got a raw deal from Jules. I also found it interesting that the animators overseas requested that they no longer wrote about the “hordes” in their scripts as it was overwhelming to draw. Maybe that is why after the first handful of episodes we rarely saw the generic mutants?

http://gustaflingmark.blogspot.com/2012/05/creating-dent-in-pop-universe.html

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thanks for sharing this! very interesting read. its a shame that things went they way they did.

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Leonard Starr helped to bring the classic “ThunderCats” series to life.

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This was a really interesting interview. I guess it explains why Thundercats was so successful unlike their other attempts (Silverhawks and Tigersharks).

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I actually never thought of it that way, but it’s a very valid point. The man had vision!

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Most of the episodes he wrote were some of the best.

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Unquestionably, all of the most important episodes in the series were written by him (until he left, and then Peter Lawrence stepped up to the plate, and while he’s a good writer, he’s not so great on the broader strokes of the series).