JC looks at: Starship Troopers, Roswell Conspiracies
Jacob Gilbert
BKN package, pulling Incredible Hulk
in favor of Street Sharks & Roswell Conspiracies. Sci-Fi's doing toons
again, or is this a 1-shot? Can anyone
offer some info?
Roswell Conspiracies: Don't know the studio working with Bohbot on this one,
looks a little like they've borrowed
character designs from WB among other things. This one's got some promise,
although I didn't see the ending
to this show. Nick Logan looks like my kind of guy, bounty hunter/PI-type
hero. Now if it's on at a more accessible
time.....! Grade-Incomplete.
Starship Troopers: Bug Wars: Adelaide (Columbia/Tri-Star) is trying CGI.
Cool. Stuff works, although the timing
of the voices is a little off, like dubbing kung-fu theatre. Saw the last
couple of minutes, which will be the only
chance I get, unfortunately, since STBW isn't scheduled next week. UPN38 in
Boston has the UPN daily block
pencilled in for next week from 7-9, and WB11 has slotted in Sailor Moon at
6. No word on when either station
will have STBW & Monster Rancher on again.
Speaking of Monster Rancher, this looks like it's another one from the same
place that gave us Pokemon, although
I only saw a commercial for the show.
BTW, STBW gets an I also,since I didn't see the whole show.
J. C. Gilbert
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Jeff Harris
hobb...@hotmail.com (Jacob Gilbert) wrote:
> First let me note that Sci-Fi has at the last minute picked up part
of the
> BKN package, pulling Incredible Hulk
> in favor of Street Sharks & Roswell Conspiracies. Sci-Fi's doing toons
> again, or is this a 1-shot? Can anyone
> offer some info?
Well, the announcement certainly caught many off guard since it was
only made about two weeks ago. Maybe the higher-ups caught wind of my
HFIL column I posted on August 9 (found right here:
http://www.geocities.com/TelevisionCity/Studio/8307/hfil/hfil1.html ).
Oh, and you cynics out there, I have statistical proof that individuals
from Sci-Fi's minority owner, Seagram's, have visited the site.
> Roswell Conspiracies: Don't know the studio working with Bohbot on
this one,
> looks a little like they've borrowed
> character designs from WB among other things. This one's got some
promise,
> although I didn't see the ending
> to this show. Nick Logan looks like my kind of guy, bounty hunter/PI-
type
> hero. Now if it's on at a more accessible
> time.....! Grade-Incomplete.
Actually, this is Bohbot's first solo production. The core of this new
company used to be Graz Entertainment (see Monster Rancher).
> Starship Troopers: Bug Wars: Adelaide (Columbia/Tri-Star) is trying
CGI.
> Cool. Stuff works, although the timing
> of the voices is a little off, like dubbing kung-fu theatre. Saw the
last
> couple of minutes, which will be the only
> chance I get.
That is, unless you have Sci-Fi.
Actually, to differentiate itself from the Mainframe-produced Beast
Wars (and it's future spinoff Beast Machines), Adelaide changed the
name of the series from Starship Troopers: Bug Wars to Roughnecks:
Starship Troopers. Still, it's already one of the best shows of the
new season.
> Speaking of Monster Rancher, this looks like it's another one from
the same
> place that gave us Pokemon, although
> I only saw a commercial for the show.
Sorry, this series comes from two different sources: TMS and Stephanie
Graziano. TMS is one of the best animation studios on the planet and
has a reputation of animating good shows from Bionic Six to Galaxy High
to Batman: TAS to Spider-Man (not Unlimited). Stephanie Graziano,
founder of Graz Entertainment (responsible for the first seasons of X-
Men, The Tick, and the American Street Fighter series as well as
Skeleton Warriors) isn't a newcomer to anime. Her studio's dub of
Ronin Warriors (Premiering 9-27-99 5:30 PM EST on Toonami)is one of the
most faithful anime productions to date. Now she's responsible for
this Pokemon-esque series. Of course this show also has elements of
Captain N and Legend of Zelda as well, proving itself to be a bit
smarter than the other Pokeclone Digimon and a little better than
Pokemon!!!
As an added "bonus," BKN brought back the mid-80's Rambo animated
series. At first, I thought that they were making an entirely new
series, but once again, I was proven wrong.
Have you noticed how inferior the DiC contributions to BKN (Double
Dragon, Mummies Alive and Street Sharks) are?
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You should like Gabe. It's another variation on the aforementioned
macho loner type (kicking ass, chewing gum, that dsort of thing) -- and
Bob Forward does them like nobody's business. His name on the project
guarantees me a full viewing of the series.
Just FYI, the artwork looks to be the stuff from leftover WildC.A.T.S.
staffers. Animation on the premiere courtesy on Jiunweh [sp?], a
Chinese studio that has some Capt. Simian work behind it.
> Actually, this is Bohbot's first solo production. The core of this
new
> company used to be Graz Entertainment (see Monster Rancher).
Skeleton Warriors, X-Men, etc.
> > Starship Troopers: Bug Wars: Adelaide (Columbia/Tri-Star) is trying
> CGI.
> > Cool. Stuff works, although the timing
> > of the voices is a little off, like dubbing kung-fu theatre. Saw the
> last
> > couple of minutes, which will be the only
> > chance I get.
>
> That is, unless you have Sci-Fi.
>
> Actually, to differentiate itself from the Mainframe-produced Beast
> Wars (and it's future spinoff Beast Machines), Adelaide changed the
> name of the series from Starship Troopers: Bug Wars to Roughnecks:
> Starship Troopers. Still, it's already one of the best shows of the
> new season.
Under NO circumstances, says I. I'm sure the writers'll find something
for these poor blokes to do other than shoot bugs all season.
> > Speaking of Monster Rancher, this looks like it's another one from
> the same
> > place that gave us Pokemon, although
> > I only saw a commercial for the show.
>
> Sorry, this series comes from two different sources: TMS and Stephanie
> Graziano. TMS is one of the best animation studios on the planet and
> has a reputation of animating good shows from Bionic Six to Galaxy
High
> to Batman: TAS to Spider-Man (not Unlimited). <
Or to be more specific, providing good animation to shows of varying
quality...
> Stephanie Graziano,
> founder of Graz Entertainment (responsible for the first seasons of X-
> Men, The Tick, and the American Street Fighter series as well as
> Skeleton Warriors) isn't a newcomer to anime. Her studio's dub of
> Ronin Warriors (Premiering 9-27-99 5:30 PM EST on Toonami)is one of
the
> most faithful anime productions to date. <
For better or worse...
> Now she's responsible for
> this Pokemon-esque series. Of course this show also has elements of
> Captain N and Legend of Zelda as well, proving itself to be a bit
> smarter than the other Pokeclone Digimon and a little better than
> Pokemon!!!
To be honest, Digimon wasn't as horrible as I was expecting. Noted
John Ludin's name in the writing credits, and he's written some good
eps of Littlest Pet Shop in the past. (He also wrote a few eps of the
CBS Back to the Future series from a few years back, but I'll leave
comments on that to more educated folks.) He might make a few eps
tolerable -- seeing as how the characters do little but chatter.
> As an added "bonus," BKN brought back the mid-80's Rambo animated
> series. At first, I thought that they were making an entirely new
> series, but once again, I was proven wrong.
For better or worse. Then again, I don't think any 90s Rambo, no
matter how bad, would come up with a line like "Only one man can do the
job...RAMBO!"
Street Sharks, eat your heart out.
Animatophiles looking for a jolly good time should check out the
credits. Tom Minton, Kevin Altieri, Doug Wildey, Jack Kirby, and Dick
Sebast all had a high ol' time padding their resumes on this bad boy.
> Have you noticed how inferior the DiC contributions to BKN (Double
> Dragon, Mummies Alive and Street Sharks) are?
I wouldn't put MA in the same league as the other two, but yeah, things
are looking down. Any worse, and it'd be Toonami :)
Terrence Briggs
P.S., for a good time, listen to Thundercats in Spanish through the SAP
track. Improves the voice editing considerably.