![]() ![]() I like this post quite a bit but I have to quibble a bit - it's true that high fantasy didn't hit its stride until much later, but the 1980s had a pretty strong output of low fantasy/ sword & sorcery, eg Conan, Beastmaster, etc.Īs for sci fi, seriously? In the US, 1982 had Blade Runner, The Thing, Tron, ET, Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan, and The Road Warrior. Obama, the presence of fantasy TV proliferates). Bush II, so ineffective he doesn't make any impact, thank goodness. ![]() I wonder if the amount of imaginative, supernatural high-fantasy on TV in any given Zeitgeist/decade has to do with politics? (Kennedy, lots of fantasy TV. And that's just the 70's! The 80's had programs like Manimal, M.A.N.T.I.S., The Phoenix, Q.E.D., Voyagers, Automan, Photon (based on the game), Blake's 7 (British), The Transformers cartoon, Tripods, V, Starman, Max Headroom, Star Cops. Not all of them lasted very long, but they were there. Star Blazers, G-Force/Battle of the Planets, Speed Racer, Captain Harlock, Galaxy 999, and lots of stuff from the 60's still floating around.Īnd don't forget the Spiderman TV shows starring Nicholas Rowe, Logan's Run, and Future Cop. The Magician, about a stage magician who solved crimes.Īnd there were tons of Anime (although no one called it that back then). Fantasy cartoons? I remember Blackstar, and in the seventies, there was Isis, The Powers of Matthew Star, Space: 1999, Reruns of Star Trek: TOS, Electra Woman and Dyna Girl, Project Blue Book, There was the Star Trek Animated Series, which was pretty good, and if you were into British TV, there were tons of Sci-Fi shows to watch: Doctor Who, Sapphire and Steel, UFO, Thunderbirds, Tomorrow People. Besides this D&D cartoon, I remember He-Man and the Masters of the Universe. In the 1970's, we had Six Million Dollar Man, Bionic Woman, and Wonder Woman. The early 1980's were such a desert of slim pickings for hi-fantasy and sci-fi fans! Was there *anything* worthwhile back then? But still, I watched it, just because it was the only televised offering for D&D fans at the time.Īh, how excited I would have been if I could have looked into the future, and seen promotional trailers for Hercules, Xena, Charmed, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Angel, Supernatural, The Vampire Diaries, Smallville, Star Trek: TNG, Deep Space Nine, Enterprise, Star Wars: The Clone Wars, and so many, many others. I hated that it was played for children, with a heavy dose of comedy and silliness. I was a college student when this cartoon was airing, and was very into "serious" D&D playing. And they did get to go home in one episode, but Venger followed them, and they had to lure him back into the portal by going in themselves.Īnd no, I haven't watched it in ages. The Bad Guy's name was Venger, and I believe they based the mortal form of Paladine on the Dungeon Master character, who like all really wise and powerful characters, could only speak in riddles and allusion, making the players grind their teeth into powder. and had to stuff it back into the hat before it breathed on the party. Once he pulled out a living Dragon's head. And The comic relief magic user, who had a magic hat he could pull stuff out of, but never what he wanted. I think my favorite was the Ranger's bow, which created a magic string and arrows every time it was used. Requisite cute animal companion being Uni the Unicorn. Several of the characters were opposite-ville, like the Cavalier being a terrible coward, and the Barbarian being an 8 year old kid with a club. And yes, I watched it religiously back in the day. (Puts on nerd hat) I have the entire series on DVD. ![]()
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