In the 10th episode of the season, Lion-O learns a tough lesson in preserving the natural order of things. Sight Beyond Sight introduced us to a new race of Elephant Men, a forgetful but thoughtful and peaceful race.
Read on to check out our review of Thundercats Episode 10 – “Sight Beyond Sight”. The Story
We open on the ‘Cats, now in their fully powered Thundertank, heading towards the first stone. Lion-O and Tygra bust out in a race and they all wind up at a huge set of steps. The steps lead to the Elephant village, where the Elephant Men reside. Thee we find that the Elephant Men are a very quiet, peaceful race, though very forgetful.
Lion-O, after much back and forth, explains they are looking for a mystical stone. One of the Elephant men recognizes the power of the Sword of Omens, and tries to help Lion-O use its “Sight Beyond Sight” to locate it. As Lion-O struggles with the ability, the village is attacked by a swarm of insects called the Wraiths. The Wraiths steal much of the food picked by the Elephants. Though the Elephants seem indifferent to it, Lion-O and the Thundercats attack to attempt to save the harvest. It proves fruitless.
While the Elephants meditate, Lion-O attempts to track down the Wraiths and put a stop to them. Meanwhile the Wily Kittens and the Elephants put on a impromptu concert that ends with their harmony shattering some nearby stones. Lion-O follows the Wraiths trail, which leads to a cave, which Lion-O destroys. This awakens a giant rock monster that promptly follows Lion-O back to the village and attacks. The Elephants once again go to meditate while the Thundercats attack. The ‘Cats destroy the monster, who quickly reforms and traps the ‘Cats in a rock cage. The Wily Kittens remember their musical number from earlier and they once again use the power of music to shatter stone, destroying the rock monster, thus freeing the trapped Thundercats.
Lion-O now understands the symbiotic relationship of living things. This allows him to use “Sight Beyond Sight” correctly and he places the stone at a hut in the village. But when Lion-O goes to look, the stone isn’t there. The Elephants tell Lion-O to seek out a magi in an enchanted forest who can help him.
Review
Well the streak had to end sometime. This is the first episode of the season I would label as utterly forgettable. The story went absolutely nowhere this week, and the exploits were very mundane. This was the first time a filler episode lived up to its label. The Thundercats are given nothing interesting to do and there were just too many moments where things didn’t gel together. The Elephants proved to be very inconsistent. The forgetfulness was kinda funny at first, but then was used only as a punchline throughout. They seemed to have selective memory rather than poor memory.
Also, the lack of any credible threat this week meant there was nothing to really look forward to. The end of episode battle with the rock monster was anti-climactic and the Wraiths never seemed deserving of the attention Lion-O was giving them. This all lead to a very uneven narrative throughout the episode.
On the plus side, the animation was excellent once again. It was also nice to see the Kittens get some time in the spotlight. The episode was clearly meant to set them up as valuable members of the team. For the most part, that was a success. Also, it was nice to see some of the more advance features of the Thundertank, if only briefly.
Bottom Line
This one missed the mark for me a bit. It never came together as a meaningful narrative. The threat this week was more of an annoyance rather than a danger. The story was not moved along in any meaningful way and the new characters introduced were not interesting enough to be memorable.
Overall: 6.5 out of 10
- Sight Beyond Sight Review
Thundercats Episode 10 - Sight Beyond Sight airs at 8:30PM EST on Cartoon Network.
Use this thread to talk about what you expect, as a live commentary thread as well as post airing discussion.
It looks good I just don't like the way the elephant ppl look with the tusk coming out the side of the head I'd rather see them coming out of the mouth
Score one for Wilykit, zero for Lion-O. This has been pretty cool \ o /
I loved that Kit saved the day haha. Almost felt like a filler, but wasn't a bad episode.
I consider a rerun a filler anything new is new a new story adds to the thundercats world even if it's just story about snarf finding candy or whatever in mho
not my favorite episode - but still entertaining. I think the lack of a real "bad guy" really is what took away from the episode for me.
Thundercats Ep 10 - Sight Beyond Sight Review
Didn't really feel it this week. Just nothing interesting going on.
Althoe I don't think it was filer I really wasnt diging it ether
I like the concept of this episode. Very Eastern Philosophy with a touch of action. I'm satisified with this episode.
Best part- Elephant Buddhists.
So-so part- Kit as Lisa Simpson.
any download links folks?
I missed it, looking for any good download links..
This show has a lot of heart. The Wily's and Monks interaction was charming. I loved the race in the beginning too.
Missed it's airing on TV, but was just able to catch it online. Another good episode, but not quite as good as some of the others. Definitely not a filler episode.
It's really nice to see them getting back on track with the stones. Should be interesting to see where else this journey takes them. Should also be interesting to witness their next encounter with Mumm-Ra.
The race at the beginning was quite nice. Especially seeing the bikes in action for the first time. Was also a good opportunity to have Panthro say samoflange again. I'm beginning to think it could be turned into a phrase he uses to essentially say don't get ahead of yourself, or something like that, rather than something physical.
Wilykit's flute having so me importance was a nice touch. I look forward to seeing that used in future episodes. Hopefully Wilykat gets to use his claw things in the near future.
Already looking forward to next week's episode, and well, all the episodes following that, lol.
Good ep, sound character development. Inched the story along a bit. But, felt again like another filler ep. The series had a ton of juice going into the break, and coming back off the break with these 2 eps hasn't felt the same. Hoping that the next mumm-ra oriented arc gets kicked off soon.
HD Caps are up: Thundercats Episode 10 High Res Image Gallery
Bedtime!
willy kit is amazing in this episode! it's about time some one gets development other then lionO! lol!
but then again panthro got some last episode, but it seems as if she lost some in this episode. but still great to see the other cats getting used.
it's nice to see willykit save the village. and it is nice to see that lionO almost destroyed it, oops lol!
maybe next time he won't rush in to hastily!
Here is a rapidshare link too.
Wow, this was uploaded early!
thanks for the link you guys!!!
Caught it last night, and I was left a little confused at the end. We know something is up with the hut, but then they mention the magic forest and...end?
Now I did enjoy the stuff with Kit and the Elephants. Funny, and still grew the character (that song is her mom's lullaby? Wow.)
All in all, good episode, but room for improvement.
Was a good episode and the search for the stone isn't filler. You know what I miss from the old rhundercats? Mumm-Ras couldron. Even when he didn't get involved he was always watching. It was part of what made him so evil imo. Have they done this at all my memory ain't what it used to be.
It's alright, I'm enjoying watching the show with my kids, but am losing interest.
This episode was okay. Design choice of ear tusks is bad. In general, the designs are not very good, but they work okay IMHO.
I dislike the stroby 'anime' cliches, and lack of real acting in the animation
And the stories are so predictable it hurts my face. Just like Avatar The Last Airbender.
Still it's higher quality mythology than the original, and is a solid 2.5 stars for overall quality. Will keep watching with the kids...
Oh and Cheetarah is ridiculously hot for a cartoon. It's silly.
i loved their designs! and i didn't see any "anime" cliches in this story, nor in the animation, or at least nothing that didn't exist BEFORE anime.
i didn't really predict the end of the episode myself. i would of predicted lion O would of found away to destroy the rock biter himself. also, i don't see HOW you could of predicted that there was going to be a rock biter in the story! lol! if you're predicting that, then you must of peaked at the images here, a head of time of watching it.
I'm so pleased we got a decent 500MB + HD version some of the 180MB ones are a little pixely even on my Modest Computer screen so I hate to think how they look on a big TV. Fine for playing on your Palm Computer / Netbook type Computer though.
But I like the bigger files.... so If anyone spots any for the older eps that had previously lacked 500MB+ file versions please share the love.
Thankfully the conventional Animation does not get harmed by the compression as much as say Transformers Prime does but it's still nice to have the best possible version In my opinion.
Ya I got to say everything is a li predictable think comes from 28 years of watching cartoons reading comics and watching every sic fi and fantasy movie that's presented to me lol
Not a bad episode, but it didn't do all that much for me. The Elephants were great characters, but beyond that, I just didn't feel sucked in.
The opening was a bit "TO SELL TOYS" for me as well.
The show is feeling a bit slowed down, but hopefully it'll pick up soon.
It was good but not great. Seeing how so many relaunch cartoons are horrible, and most of my favorite cartoons from my childhood are just plain unwatchable, I'm still really happy with this series.
My 2 cents - ep was a little slow in spots, but not Circus-Train horrible by any means
Liked the sentimental bit about the wilykittens' mom and origin of that song she always plays. Good to see them getting back to focus regarding the Stones too but I guess they needed a working tank for that.
I am wondering why technology isn't made a big deal of anymore. It was a huge thing in the first few eps. That plot point feels lost to me. Anyone else think so or is it just me?
The pilot and "Journey to the Tower of Omens" gave us several great plot elements, but the series hasn't really continuiously developed them.
One of the reasons I loved Transformers Animated so much was that every episode either contributed to that seasons finale or was part of a story that would be revisited in the next season (or was started in the prior season[s] in the case of seasons 2 and 3), while also being able to be self-contained stories as well. Even if the contribution wasn't much, every episode contributed to building the overall major story. TC lately feels like it's done a fair amount of slipping in this regard.
They need to battle with the lizards again soon, so we get a sense that they're still being hunted.
Pravus Prime, thanks for your thoughts. Glad it's not just me thinking that stuff! Don't get me wrong, still enjoying the series over all, but I'm feeling the story is wandering a little lately so hopefully they get back on track...and address some things they brought up earlier and resolve them.
I'm itching to see the lizards, Mumm-Ra, and/or Grune again too. I also hope we get to see the other "mutants" too, soon. Kind of wondering if the Hook Mountain reference in Berbils will mean a visit to the mountain and maybe the introduction of Vulturemen. I'd love to see Vultureman updated in this series - he was my fave mutant back in the day
I find the Elephant People to be pretty funny. They'd be a good match against the giants from the Berbil episode. I thought Lion-O mastered sight beyond sight back in Journey To The Temple of Omens.