BTW, it's a joke article. And even if it weren't, It's Thundercats. I find no myth more staggeringly immature in geek circles than the thought that anything from Superman to Mortal Kombat can be a blockbuster trilogy with entries three hours each, directed by John Woo (or, more recently, Guillermo del Toro/Peter Jackson), that would make a billion dollars. Yes, an Alien movie set on Earth or the Alien homeworld would be cool. That does not mean we need Brad Pitt playing Lion-o in a big-budget Thundercats movie.
Honestly, people should be surprised Transformers was as good as it was, yet the amount of outrage that someone took a cartoon designed to sell toys and used it to make a movie designed to sell toys and cars... you'd think it was Star Wars.
This has been your requisite internet cynicism for the hour, please, tip your waitresses and drive safe.