First, the Thundercats are asked for help by a friendly person called "Turmagar, the Tuska" that arrived to Cat's Lair flying over a curious mean of transportation: a flying animal aided by the help of two propellers. This flying animal seems to be, also, very friendly and Turmagar speaks highly of his race , the Gomplins.
Turmagar asks the Thundercats for help against an evil machine called "The Giant Tecnopede" that constantly attacks their water sources. Then the whole episode is dedicated to a large travel in the ThunderTank to arrive to Tuskania, Turmagar's land and defeat the evil Technopede. Nevertheless, once the Thundercats defeat the Technopede, nobody asks who built, sent or ordered the Technopede to attack the water sources in Tuskania. So, IMO, and it's only my opinion, the "Evil Technopede" is a metaphor for a "irresponsible use of technology", while the ThunderTank, being able of transporting the Thundercats efficiently and cleanly through different ecosystems works, in this episode as a metaphor of a "responsible use of technology". I also think this idea is reinforced by the fact that Turmagar uses a mean of transportation that is half biological (his Gomplin) and half mechanical (his propellers) meaning that Tuska is "searching for a healthy balance"... And is reinforced once more as it is his gomplin who contributes with the wild card for triumph when he arrives with Panthro and the kittens in the perfect moment to win the battle.
Having given my opinion on that part of the story, nevertheless the most famous part of this tale, by far, is when Tygra is hypnotized by a "vampiric siren" whose power of hypnosis comes from her singing, very alike to the ones appearing in the "Odyssey" written by Homerus, the Greek poet. And of course, all of the symbolic interpretations given to that story of Ulysses (or Odysseus) and the sirens, can be applied to this part of the episode, I suppose. These interpretations are too varied, ranging from a simple "be careful to who you listen, not everybody who seems to be a good person is really a good person" to... well, I think it is more interesting if you search a bit for yourself and choose for the interpretation that you find more useful for you.
As usual, thanks for reading, ThunderFans!
IMDb Review by David del Real. November 2017 Mexico City. Mexico.
Turmagar asks the Thundercats for help against an evil machine called "The Giant Tecnopede" that constantly attacks their water sources. Then the whole episode is dedicated to a large travel in the ThunderTank to arrive to Tuskania, Turmagar's land and defeat the evil Technopede. Nevertheless, once the Thundercats defeat the Technopede, nobody asks who built, sent or ordered the Technopede to attack the water sources in Tuskania. So, IMO, and it's only my opinion, the "Evil Technopede" is a metaphor for a "irresponsible use of technology", while the ThunderTank, being able of transporting the Thundercats efficiently and cleanly through different ecosystems works, in this episode as a metaphor of a "responsible use of technology". I also think this idea is reinforced by the fact that Turmagar uses a mean of transportation that is half biological (his Gomplin) and half mechanical (his propellers) meaning that Tuska is "searching for a healthy balance"... And is reinforced once more as it is his gomplin who contributes with the wild card for triumph when he arrives with Panthro and the kittens in the perfect moment to win the battle.
Having given my opinion on that part of the story, nevertheless the most famous part of this tale, by far, is when Tygra is hypnotized by a "vampiric siren" whose power of hypnosis comes from her singing, very alike to the ones appearing in the "Odyssey" written by Homerus, the Greek poet. And of course, all of the symbolic interpretations given to that story of Ulysses (or Odysseus) and the sirens, can be applied to this part of the episode, I suppose. These interpretations are too varied, ranging from a simple "be careful to who you listen, not everybody who seems to be a good person is really a good person" to... well, I think it is more interesting if you search a bit for yourself and choose for the interpretation that you find more useful for you.
As usual, thanks for reading, ThunderFans!
IMDb Review by David del Real. November 2017 Mexico City. Mexico.
