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Sabreman

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Lately I've been chasing down some of my old favourite TV shows, stuff from the late 70s and early 80s, mainly. What strikes me is how surprisingly great some of them still are, and how utterly terrible others have become in the harsh light of adulthood.

I'm finding that Ulysses 31 in particular is still superb entertainment. Still got that spooky edge, and enough genuinely weird and clever ideas to be very watchable. Mysterious Cities of Gold tends to drag in places, but likewise I'm still perfectly happy to sit though it.

What are other people's experiences of revisiting old favourites? Now that pretty much everything is available, whether through DVD releases or the world of videotape-rips on Kazaa, etc?

Still on the trail of some Star Fleet...

Inspired by Neb's Superted topic.

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Lately I've been chasing down some of my old favourite TV shows, stuff from the late 70s and early 80s, mainly. What strikes me is how surprisingly great some of them still are, and how utterly terrible others have become in the harsh light of adulthood.

I'm finding that Ulysses 31 in particular is still superb entertainment. Still got that spooky edge, and enough genuinely weird and clever ideas to be very watchable. Mysterious Cities of Gold tends to drag in places, but likewise I'm still perfectly happy to sit though it.

What are other people's experiences of revisiting old favourites? Now that pretty much everything is available, whether through DVD releases or the world of videotape-rips on Kazaa, etc?

Still on the trail of some Star Fleet...

Inspired by Neb's Superted topic.

Reckon Excelsior could help you there...

http://www.sfxb.co.uk

Although there were some commercially released compilation videos of the series here in the UK, they haven't been on the shelves for 15 plus years! However, in America the entire series was put on rental tapes, slightly edited for length - see the more detailed merchandise page. These occasionally appear on American auction sites, but while of good quality are in NTSC format.

Although modern UK VCRs can play NTSC, high quality PAL conversions of these tapes are available from Chris Snape. also provides the series converted from NTSC, although a little fuzzier! If you'd like to revisit the show just as you remember it, uncut and as originally shown in the UK, get in touch with Daz. Although uncut, Daz would be the first to point out that as they're recorded from TV the quality isn't as sharp as Chris' conversion from the US tapes. You can also frequently find the UK compilation tapes and other merchandise for auction on:

NOTE: The author of this site does not supply tapes personally.

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I'm finding that Ulysses 31 in particular is still superb entertainment. Still got that spooky edge, and enough genuinely weird and clever ideas to be very watchable. Mysterious Cities of Gold tends to drag in places, but likewise I'm still perfectly happy to sit though it.

Ulysses 31 >>>>>>>>> Cities of Gold

That was my opinion when I was 13 years old.

Out of interest where art you getting Ulysses 31 eps from?

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I used to like Button Moon and Thunder cats as a kid. Also Teenage Mutant hero turtles. But i haven't seen any of them for years.

I saw Thundercats recently and have to say it enterained me. Lion-o talks to himself way too much though.

The same can't be said for "Thundarr the Barbarian", the cartoon where the moon is split in half for some reason. It's crap.

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Jayce is a show that hasn't aged well in my opinion. It was fairly weak to begin with and the haggle of stereotypical characters, poor overall plot and quite frankly a ridiculous villan in Saw Boss makes it painful viewing. Just how many times can you watch an animated destruction derby? Not one of Jean Chalopin best.

Ulysses 31, Cities of Gold, Phantom 2040 and Prince Valiant however are storytelling greatness.

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Jayce is a funny one. I just can't remember it, despite my brother always praising it whenever we chat about stuff like this. I just recently downloaded a clip of the intro and I do remember elements of that, but I can't remember anything at all about individual episodes.

I'm a long-time visiter to sfxb, but all I've managed to get from there is a wobbly copy of the intro :)

dr lha - I'm getting Ulysses episodes from Soulseek. They aren't all there, and they aren't plentiful but at least there are some.

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Jayce is a funny one. I just can't remember it, despite my brother always praising it whenever we chat about stuff like this. I just recently downloaded a clip of the intro and I do remember elements of that, but I can't remember anything at all about individual episodes.

I'm a long-time visiter to sfxb, but all I've managed to get from there is a wobbly copy of the intro :o

dr lha - I'm getting Ulysses episodes from Soulseek. They aren't all there, and they aren't plentiful but at least there are some.

Of course this and MASK are showing every night on Fox Kids from 22:00 to 22:30. (This has been said so many times now.) Also their is a French language DVD compilation that as yet is still to be released with the English dub.

I still haven't got around to seeing "The Kingdom of Hades" on the recent showings although they've repeated "Secret of the Sphinx "too many times to mention. :) The richest episode in terms of atmosphere of the entire series of Ulysses 31 is "The Seat of Forgetfulness." Chalopin's really did work wonders with Ulysses 31 as it oozes style, feeling, spirit and a supernatural quality that he could not better. Cities did come close mind you but the fact that it was rooted in the real world to an extent diminished it. I'm still bitter at not getting the second series that he began writing for Ulysses 31. ;)

The Dreamstone is a really nice show and probably one of the last great animated programmes to come out of the UK.

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles is still as good as I remember it being. It's usually on at about 9:30 on BBC2, unless it's Fimbles day of course.

And Fireman Sam is still top quality entertainment. "Ooer, Ponty-Pandy fire service will comeandgetyouNorman!"

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The boxsets are this...

France (French) - Videos released 1996 (10 Volumes available individually, 4eps on 1st 9 Volumes, 3 on the last - includes documentary after each episode) Picture will be B&W on a PAL vcr. DVD boxset released 2000 (French language and subtitles only, includes all episodes and all documentaries). Video format is PAL / SECAM (note will not play on the NTSC format system (USA, Japan without special equipment). Picture will be colour on a PAL DVD player / TV (if the TV can handle SECAM frequency).

The documentaries after each episode are a nice touch and further the history and setting of the show.

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Transformers anyone. Sure the animation is crappy these days, but which of these shows isn't like that? It's still pretty damn cool and the movie remains one of my favourite films of all time.

What was that show with the guys in armour who had animal powers, or something? There was a line of toys. Each one had a hologram on it that was an animal. I forget whether it was anygood or not. Infact I forget pretty much everything about it.

TTFN

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