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CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy 08-21-2020 02:39 PM

Need Help Identifying a Cartoon?
 
I don't remember the name, or the names of the characters. All I remember are three guys, in color coded uniforms (yellow, green, and blue) who each had technology and weapons corresponding to their color: yellow was earth, green was water, blue was sky... I think?

Does that ring any bells for anyone? Am I crazy? :tlol:

Leo656 08-21-2020 02:41 PM

Sounds like The Centurions!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Centurions_(TV_series)

And here I thought only I remembered.

sdp 08-21-2020 02:53 PM

It does sound like centurions, watched some of it in the 90s on CN reruns, what a horrible show. I'm sorry you had to re-remember such a show.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon...._AC_SY445_.jpg

ZariusTwo 08-21-2020 04:02 PM

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Originally Posted by sdp (Post 1858418)
what a horrible show.

Enough of your wrong opinion. Centurions was awesome.

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy 08-21-2020 04:09 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656 (Post 1858416)
Sounds like The Centurions!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Centurions_(TV_series)

And here I thought only I remembered.

Quote:

Originally Posted by sdp (Post 1858418)
It does sound like centurions, watched some of it in the 90s on CN reruns, what a horrible show. I'm sorry you had to re-remember such a show.
https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon...._AC_SY445_.jpg

Holy $hit, that's it! Finally... this has been bugging me for about 20 years.

And... wow. That's some extremely dated stuff right there. :tlol:

When I explained my dilemma to the wife, she told me if I DID find it, it would probably suck. Dammit, she was right. :tlol:

turtle1237 08-21-2020 06:37 PM

There were better shows like Galaxy Rangers or He-man on Tv.

ZariusTwo 08-22-2020 02:18 AM

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Originally Posted by CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy (Post 1858431)
Dammit, she was right. :tlol:

She isn't. I still watch this show to this day. Still great. I'd watch it over s*ite like Steven Universe anyday

Voltron 08-24-2020 12:38 AM

This show kicked all the ass. I wish they'd make a new one.

Leo656 08-24-2020 12:44 AM

I had a little electronic toy pinball machine of The Centurions. I remember that more than the show, but I do remember liking the show.

Back then I pretty much watched everything, so a lot of it blurs together. Like SilverHawks. I remember watching it. I just don't remember much about it.

ZariusTwo 08-24-2020 03:09 AM

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Originally Posted by Leo656 (Post 1858920)
I had a little electronic toy pinball machine of The Centurions. I remember that more than the show, but I do remember liking the show.

Back then I pretty much watched everything, so a lot of it blurs together. Like SilverHawks. I remember watching it. I just don't remember much about it.

As a kid, I had a VHS of the first two episodes and I wore the sucker out throughout the 90s. Then Boomerange UK screened ten or so episodes on a loop in reruns around 2000/2001, I remember enjoying one so much I wound up taping it TWICE...on the SAME tape.:lol:

The plots were absurd, but you didn't care when the action was so good. A lot of premiere league comic book talent also worked on the show, the episode where they ripped off 'Alien' is worth tracking down

Mayhem 08-24-2020 05:21 AM

And yet no one has said "POWER EXTREME-TREME-TREME-TREME-TREME!!!" :lol:

CylonsKlingonsDaleksOhMy 08-24-2020 09:46 AM

Man and machine!

POWER EXTREME.

Oof. Loved it as a kid, but this is one of those rare times when I allow myself a little nostalgia... only to have it backfire. :tlol:

At least I now know what it even was! $hit's been haunting me off and on for over 20 years...

Leo656 08-24-2020 04:36 PM

I'm rather the opposite, in that I knew I liked "The Centurions" as a kid but couldn't remember a damn thing about it other than "Guys in colored armor suits". :lol:

turtle1237 08-24-2020 08:35 PM

Some shows survive the test of time.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Se_cC4nvx8

And others look pretty cheesey.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hIajdXHRmJ4

ZariusTwo 08-27-2020 02:29 PM

The show was produced by Ruby-Spears. One half of that partnership, legendary animator Joe Ruby, has died:(

https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/joe...oo-1234750948/

Leo656 08-27-2020 02:56 PM

D'oh.

Ruby-Spears produced a short-lived Superman animated series which was quite good for its time. Sort of a forgotten gem among fans because it had a very brief run and thus was never syndicated nor released commercially until about 10 years ago.

turtle1237 08-27-2020 05:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656 (Post 1859358)
D'oh.

Ruby-Spears produced a short-lived Superman animated series which was quite good for its time. Sort of a forgotten gem among fans because it had a very brief run and thus was never syndicated nor released commercially until about 10 years ago.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSZeYzQbZyE

Yeah Wonder Woman was showing a LOT of butt cheeks in that show lol.

Leo656 08-27-2020 05:52 PM

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Originally Posted by turtle1237 (Post 1859381)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TSZeYzQbZyE

Yeah Wonder Woman was showing a LOT of butt cheeks in that show lol.

I'm not sure if that's spoken as a complaint but it damn well better not be. :lol:

I forget the story, but i think Gil Kane was actually a storyboard artist or a consultant or something on that show.

turtle1237 08-27-2020 05:54 PM

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Originally Posted by Leo656 (Post 1859383)
I'm not sure if that's spoken as a complaint but it damn well better not be. :lol:

No complaints from me, but there were scenes were will her cheeks were sticking out of her Star Spangle undies(I guess that's what they are??)

Almost look like a thong.

Leo656 08-27-2020 05:59 PM

That just means the show was ahead of the curve! The Wonder-Thong wouldn't be in-comics canon until around 1993! :lol: Points to Ruby-Spears for raising the bar.

Jokes aside, quaint as it is nowadays you can see it was a cut ahead of several other Saturday morning shows of its specific time (that being in the animation window post-Super Friends, and pre-Batman:TAS). Little things like how much movement there is in the animation. The entire reason it didn't get renewed was because between the license and the animation it was just too expensive to make it.


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