If you’re a child of the 80’s then you most likely still remember some of the great cartoons and the catchy theme songs that came out of that by-gone era. Theme songs from cartoons like Transformer, G.I. Joe, He-Man and Thundercats all left a permanent mark in our minds and to this day for some reason we can still remember every lyric of the opening verse. They were awesome but the tragedy of it all is they honestly weren’t the best theme songs out there. Sure they were catchy, but if you would rate them on things like music or lyrics realistically they would fall far short of some other great themes that never quite stuck out.

In an effort to bring some justice to these forgotten theme songs we here at the WPD have compiled a list of the top 10 most underrated and unforgettable cartoon theme songs of the 80’s. Songs that ooze with creative talent and substance. Theme songs that we can honestly say “Damn that song rocks!!!”

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 Sophia Myles has been cast as the female lead in CBS’ upcoming vampire drama Moonlight, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Moonlight, from Warner Brothers TV and Silver Pictures, centers on a private investigator (Alex O’Laughlin) who is a vampire and struggles with the repercussions of immortality, vampire adversaries and his love for a mortal.

Myles will play his love interest, Beth Turner an Internet investigative reporter who is always on the hunt for the big story. Myles will replace Shannon Lucio, who originally played the part as a TV reporter in the pilot episode.

Myles credits include Underworld: Evolution and Tristan + Isolde and will appear in Outlander which is currently in post-production.

 Cartoon Network and Hasbro, Inc. announced today that the next generation of the Transformers animated series is being jointly developed by the two entities for a 2008 debut on the network in the U.S. The 2-D animated series is a new twist on the old favorite, with new characters as well as legends such as Optimus Prime and Megatron. Each episode will be a standalone story featuring heroic Autobots who fight to triumph over the evil Decepticons. “Transformers Animated” series will be co-produced by Cartoon Network Studios.

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Kids’ WB! Senior Vice President and General Manager Betsy McGowen announced that the title of the new Spider-man animated series will be “The Spectacular Spider-Man”. It begins airing on Kids’ WB! on The CW in early 2008.

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 The official Star Wars site has just posted the first trailer to the upcoming CGI version of the Clone Wars animated series. From what I can tell the character designs seem to be based on Genndy Tartakovsky’s original designs from the original Clone Wars animated series even though he will not be involved in the production. Dave Filoni, who has worked on Avatar: The Last Airbender, is the supervising director of the series.

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Serenity star Nathan Fillion guest-stars on the Nov. 8 episode of ABC’s hit series Lost, Read more …

Sci-Fi Channel is airing 5 minute Webisodes that are to fill the gap between the end of the second season and the third season starting October 6, 2006. Read more …

Spike TV has just launched the website for their anticipated new show. There you’ll find downloads, cast info, photos, exclusive clips and a trailer that looks really cool. The series is set to premiere on June 28th, until then check out the site here.