Youtube: Your One-stop Source for Childhood Nostalgia...
Wonder if anyone else remembers Dino-Riders. Yet another little-known, little-watched show that I loved as a kid. It had crazy-looking aliens, lotsa lasers, and dinosaurs. That right there is more fun than human beings should be allowed to have. Alas, looking back now I realize that they only made like, twelve episodes and it was pretty much just an excuse to sell a bunch of cool-looking "dinosarus with armor" toys. Still awesome while it lasted though. And like pretty much everything else these days (it seems), it's on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Dino-Riders&search=Search
Pretty much the whole series right there, which as I said isn't saying that much. Maybe my glasses are rosy with nostalgia, or maybe it's just that lots of dinosaurs with lasers are still pretty much all it takes to captivate me, but I think it holds up pretty well for an 80s childrens' cartoon, especially the big battle scenes, although it does have GI Joe Syndrome, meaning there's a lot of shooting and explosions, but strangely...no one ever actually dies. Some other random notes:
-Wow. If you ever wanted to see Dr. Claw giving orders to Cobra Commander, there you go. There are various Ninja Turtles and Transformers running around too. Seriously, did union bylaws prohibit anyone but the same six voice actors from appearing in 80s cartoons?
-Most of the dialogue's hokey but passable, except for that one guy who's meant to be the "genius mathmetician" of the group and whose "genius" lines are all along the lines of "there is a 78% chance we will lose this battle if we don't have reinforcements." Apparently he has some sort of computer dealie that can spit out the odds of anything in percentage form. I have a Magic 8-ball that works that same way. Seriously though, can you imagine going out clubbing/drinking with this dude?
Genius Dino-Rider Dude: "You have a 10% chance of getting laid tonight. And a 90% chance of discussing 80s cartoons on the Internet."
-The villains' uber-powerful spaceship/fortress is named Dreadlock. Now, as a kid I thought that was a pretty badass, imposing name, but now that I know what dreadlocks are, it sounds pretty damn stupid. What, were the other ships in the armada named The Cornrow, the Afro, and The Bouffant?
All things considered though, my idealized childhood memories of this show still survive. Dinosaurs, lasers, cool battles (love how they throw in military terminology makes it seem kind of authentic), no goddam cute little comic relief animals or fat character who constantly talks about food or any other misguided attempts at humour, and, unlike, say, He-Man, it doesn't seem absolutely fag-tacular when viewed as an adult. Really, no unintentional sexual innuendo, no matter how hard you look. Long live Dino-Riders.
Anyways, kids, thanks for induling my nostaglia trip, and I promise there'll be a post about my real life sometime next week or thereabouts.
http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Dino-Riders&search=Search
Pretty much the whole series right there, which as I said isn't saying that much. Maybe my glasses are rosy with nostalgia, or maybe it's just that lots of dinosaurs with lasers are still pretty much all it takes to captivate me, but I think it holds up pretty well for an 80s childrens' cartoon, especially the big battle scenes, although it does have GI Joe Syndrome, meaning there's a lot of shooting and explosions, but strangely...no one ever actually dies. Some other random notes:
-Wow. If you ever wanted to see Dr. Claw giving orders to Cobra Commander, there you go. There are various Ninja Turtles and Transformers running around too. Seriously, did union bylaws prohibit anyone but the same six voice actors from appearing in 80s cartoons?
-Most of the dialogue's hokey but passable, except for that one guy who's meant to be the "genius mathmetician" of the group and whose "genius" lines are all along the lines of "there is a 78% chance we will lose this battle if we don't have reinforcements." Apparently he has some sort of computer dealie that can spit out the odds of anything in percentage form. I have a Magic 8-ball that works that same way. Seriously though, can you imagine going out clubbing/drinking with this dude?
Genius Dino-Rider Dude: "You have a 10% chance of getting laid tonight. And a 90% chance of discussing 80s cartoons on the Internet."
-The villains' uber-powerful spaceship/fortress is named Dreadlock. Now, as a kid I thought that was a pretty badass, imposing name, but now that I know what dreadlocks are, it sounds pretty damn stupid. What, were the other ships in the armada named The Cornrow, the Afro, and The Bouffant?
All things considered though, my idealized childhood memories of this show still survive. Dinosaurs, lasers, cool battles (love how they throw in military terminology makes it seem kind of authentic), no goddam cute little comic relief animals or fat character who constantly talks about food or any other misguided attempts at humour, and, unlike, say, He-Man, it doesn't seem absolutely fag-tacular when viewed as an adult. Really, no unintentional sexual innuendo, no matter how hard you look. Long live Dino-Riders.
Anyways, kids, thanks for induling my nostaglia trip, and I promise there'll be a post about my real life sometime next week or thereabouts.