Dinosaur King - Worst Pokemon Rip-off ever

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Also...why in the world did Sega need too get into this?....they are doing more good in the video game industry

ROFL! Since when!?

[ZariusTwo]

Sega? Oh yeah, that rotting pile that killed off their biggest franchise on virtually every system trying to make him Mario.

Originally Posted by Wildcat

Out of every genre of cartoons,it seems this is most that everyone wants too rip-off.....I mean you dont see a bunch Power Rangers rip-offs and they have been around for years

Actually, there really isnt any way of "knocking off PR" because Toei kept an iron clad grip on virtually every show it made, and Saban created other similar series based on those other shows due to his contract with them. VR Troopers, Beetleborgs etc, were all developed by the same company. The only ones that could be called a "rip-off" are SSSS, and Tattoted Teenage Alien Fights because they were developed by DIC.

And ya dont see a bunch of TMNT rip-offs

TMNT hasnt been big enough to rip-off in years.

[Peanut]

Who made SHSCS!? That show was hilarious.

[ZariusTwo]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Who made SHSCS!? That show was hilarious.

DIC, I didnt include "H" because "Superhuman" is one word.

[Jester]

SSCS looked like it was a Ultraman rip off, did it have anything to do with that show?

[ZariusTwo]

No, it was an Ultraman rip-off.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Peanut

I never got the Barney hate. It's a show for little f*cking kids. It's not even on at a time where you should be home if you're 5 or older. People are so lame.

You clearly didn't have a younger sibling who was a baby in 1992, did you? But then that's almost sending your kids to Harvard compared with Nick Jr's line up.

TMNT hasnt been big enough to rip-off in years.

That's a good thing. i hate TMNT knockoffs. And I don't even mean the "Snaliens/Street Sharks" type toy deal things. I mean the lousy B+W comic books. One or 2 for parody is fun, but then everyone jumped on the ambiguous "Is it a parody or a knockoff" bandwagon.

Actually, there really isnt any way of "knocking off PR" because Toei kept an iron clad grip on virtually every show it made, and Saban created other similar series based on those other shows due to his contract with them. VR Troopers, Beetleborgs etc, were all developed by the same company. The only ones that could be called a "rip-off" are SSSS, and Tattoted Teenage Alien Fights because they were developed by DIC.

And let us not forget some company that brought over Ultraman for a brief period in the 90's. See, something can be created first, but by using an old propert to cash in off a newer property, you can make a ripoff by copying it's popularity.

Which sucks, cuz I really enjoy Ultraman.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Drtooth

You clearly didn't have a younger sibling who was a baby in 1992, did you? But then that's almost sending your kids to Harvard compared with Nick Jr's line up.

Actually, my little sister was 4 in 1992. She watched Barney all the time, and even had a ton of toys and stuff, but it still didn't bother me. You know why? Because I wasn't an immature little punk who couldn't tell the difference between a show made for toddlers and one made for someone in my age bracket. Grow up.

[Raph's Girl]

And ya dont see a bunch of TMNT rip-offs

Well...Street Sharks was actually kinda created in the 70's. Samurai Pizza Cats is kinda a spoof of TMNT...they even make fun of em in their theme song. *L*

But just remember this... TMNT itself is a spoof of Daredevil (and the ironic thing is I don't even like Daredevil.....)

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Actually, my little sister was 4 in 1992. She watched Barney all the time, and even had a ton of toys and stuff, but it still didn't bother me. You know why? Because I wasn't an immature little punk who couldn't tell the difference between a show made for toddlers and one made for someone in my age bracket. Grow up.

I can tell the difference... but when it blasts into your room at 10000 decibles of that annoying song, you just can't ignore that, no matter how hard you try. Remember a lot of people who hated him were

Spoiler:

The parents who were forced to watch the show with their kids.

Truth is I know a kid's show from an adult show. But I also know the difference between a good kids show and a bad kids show. Sesame Street lasted for almost 40 years. New Zoo Revue is a little known knockoff that only a few kids of the 70's remember, and it is rerun on home shopping channels in compliance with FCC regulations to give lip service to their educational TV requirement.

Barney, kids show or not, was a very poorly produced Sesame wannabe. it was so cheaply done that you can see the zipper. And now we get even worse kid's shows. End of story.

Well...Street Sharks was actually kinda created in the 70's. Samurai Pizza Cats is kinda a spoof of TMNT...they even make fun of em in their theme song. *L*

Pizza Cats is no ripoff or parody of the TMNT. The dub may make it that way, especially the theme song (there so bad/ they got more fur than any turtle ever had). But if it was a parody of anything, it's the sentai show. Remember it was dubbed by Saban, who was really milking the sentai genre then.

[BigApple3AM]

Originally Posted by Wildcat

ya dont see a bunch of TMNT rip-offs using frogs or something else instead of turtles....or Transformers rip-offs...but that would be kinda hard too make a knock-off out of.

Battletoads? .... Gobots?
Gobots/Transformers is sort of like Digimon/Pokemon where we don't truly know which came first. We do know which is better though.

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Well...Street Sharks was actually kinda created in the 70's.

Say what?

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

But just remember this... TMNT itself is a spoof of Daredevil (and the ironic thing is I don't even like Daredevil.....)

They pulled from all sorts of things, like x-men, teen titans, ronin, daredevil, jack kirby, etc... But in that case it was an obvious spoof, not a rip off.
Plus TMNT grew into something that I honestly think is better than what it spoofed in the first place. All that plus I think TMNT has more humble origins, they weren't a corporation with marketing executives and analysts and all that crap. They didn't even think they'd make money (or so they say). I give TMNT the benefit of the doubt over any crappy card show.

[Raph's Girl]

Saw the 2nd ep of this series...

Spoiler:

The 2 other kids got their dinos today...The Misty wannabe, Zoe got a Parasauralophus she named Paris....apperantly the parasauralophus is a grass type (why does the transformation sequence for these dinos remind me of Sailor Moon? ). ATM it's main power is healing others in battle. Paris is adorably cute in it's Chibi form with the big Anime eyes. *lol*
http://www.4kids.tv/images/funstuff/...er/paris01.jpg

The Brock wannabe (who's dad is appearantly another Paleontologist...both of the dads are irritating as all heck) has a Carnotaurus (it's power card is a hurricane...which is odd considering that the first time it's used is in Egypt).

Bad guys ended up with a Spinosaurus (which beat the crap out of Chomp).

I think they've gone too far with Chomp making him an electric type Pokemon er Dinosaur....

Now the opening theme song mentions having "Jurrasic giants in your hand.."...I've yet to see a Jurrasic period dino in this show...so far they're all Cretaceous period dinos!

[BubblyShell22]

I saw part of this ep, and had to turn the channel because the dads were so annoying. So I didn't see all of what you wrote in the spoiler. Chomp is cute, but I don't like the show at all. It just doesn't appeal to me.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Now the opening theme song mentions having "Jurrasic giants in your hand.."...I've yet to see a Jurrasic period dino in this show...so far they're all Cretaceous period dinos!

That's dumb, even for a company that thinks that every dub needs a million bad puns per second. But they are trying to get really dumb 7 year olds to buy toys.

Wondser how long it's gonna be before some weirdo that's in his late teens, late 20's complains that 4Kids raped this show, and it actually had substance to it? Dispite the fact it's a piece of crap.

Poor Dinosaurs. Run around, ruling the Earth... now they're cookies and stupid TV Shows.

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, now dinosaurs have been reduced to nothing more than fodder for a trading card game. I'm pretty sure this will have some sort of trading card game for kids to collect the cards.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

I'm pretty sure this will have some sort of trading card game for kids to collect the cards.

Hey, if they didn't, there would be no reason for 4Kids to even show it. Or anyone for that matter.

[BubblyShell22]

Yeah, that's true. But it's a dumb show.

[Raph's Girl]

Originally Posted by BubblyShell22

Yeah, now dinosaurs have been reduced to nothing more than fodder for a trading card game. I'm pretty sure this will have some sort of trading card game for kids to collect the cards.

Actually the tv series is based on a trading card game created by Sega in 2005. They wanted something to rival Yu Gi Oh and Pokemon or something. I doubt this will happen tho. Having a yellow Triceratops with electric powers doesn't help at all....

But yes it's been confirmed that Veronica Taylor voices Max (wouldn't be surprised if she voices Dr. Z's grandson as well). Darren Dunstan (Splinter) voices characters as well in the series.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dinosaur_King

[BubblyShell22]

Oh, it was based off of a trading card game. I see. Well, the concept may sound good, but the show sucks.

[Drtooth]

Originally Posted by Raph's Girl

Actually the tv series is based on a trading card game created by Sega in 2005. They wanted something to rival Yu Gi Oh and Pokemon or something. I doubt this will happen tho. Having a yellow Triceratops with electric powers doesn't help at all....

And the fact that those card games are pretty much old hat now also doesn't help.

Don't worry! If they can't sell Merchandising, this will only be on a year or two.