Adventure Of The Galaxy Rangers Explored - Forgotten 80's Sci-Fi Western Cartoon
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- Опубліковано 13 лип 2024
- The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers might have slipped your attention even if you were there during the 1980s. The series took inspiration from a wide variety of westerns and science fiction films for one spectacular season in 1986. Given that the iconic Tom Cruise movie released only a few months before, there are also surprisingly many references to Top Gun.
We are taking a long look back at the weird idea, peculiar cast and catchy theme tune of Galaxy Rangers in our most recent video posted on our channel today. But really, our new jam is "No Guts, No Glory" by Johnny Vancouver. The show's opening sequence did an excellent job setting the stage. In 2086, aliens visited Earth to give humans sophisticated interplanetary technology in return for their safety from the Crown Empire. - Розваги
This was one of my favorite childhood cartoons ever. Been waiting for a live action ever since.
This was my favorite too. But I don’t trust Hollywood to make a movie to do it justice.
I loved this show as a kid in the 80's. I remember watching the opening sequence the first time, and being completely blown away! As a middle age person now, I am proud to say I own the entire DVD set. This show may be largely forgotten, but I will always treasure it.
Oh I definitely remember this one. This blew me away as a kid with its soundtrack and animation. The 80’s were the glory days of anime, but this one was a cut above the rest because the animation was so off the chain.
Shows like Galaxy Rangers, Saber Rider and Bravestarr essentially paved the way, creating the thirst for Firefly decades later.
I love this show! I grew up watching back to back episodes on recorded vhs tapes and now own this entire series on DVD. It is one of my all time favorite shows ever. I really wish more people knew about this show. It is severely underrated and I really appreciate this video about this show.
This show was the best. I never forgot the song, and I remember playing with my gi joes thinking the were Galaxy Ranges. Those were the good old days.
I was born in the late 70's... I haven't even THOUGHT about this (or Silverhawks, or Sectaurs etc...) for YEARS!!... Thanks for the nostalgia!! 😂👍
I loved this show as a kid..I'm 50 now and would still watch it ,would love to see if the leader of the group got his wife back.
I have to complete series as dvd collection. Its amazing
This is a blast from the past! Thanks for making this! You’ve absolved yourselves from your last 10 videos.
Uffff look at that so good traditional animation.
I remember watching this show when I was younger it was a great show for its time
I loved this show. Used to watched every weekday morning before school.
I used to watch this cartoon in the morning with my wife at the time just before we went to work , it was a cool cartoon. I was a newlywed back then, no doubt young adults of that time would have watched it too like we did. This cartoon and Voltron were real good ones.
Great video! I LOVED this show -- definitely an underrated gem of the '80s.
This was my favorite Clint Eastwood show as a kid
Loved this show.
Gooseman was Clint Eastwood and I loved his powers.
Neko was Jean Gray.
Doc was great. and the first Technomancer I can remember in a show.
Zachery was the Bionic Man, enhanced.
So it has all the stuff I was already into.
and lets not forget the robo horses and the villains, 'specially the Scarecrow.
This would be a great live action series.
I describe Doc for modern viewers as "Okay, think a cross of Lando Calrissian. Now think of Alec Hardison from Leverage.Mix both of those and add about 50% MORE sarcasm."
Im from new zealand, ive been looking for this cartoon for years it aired in nz sometime in my childhood in the 90s i always loved this cartoon and cant believe i finally found out what it was called, no one i knew could re call it so stoked and also a comment from one of the aritists on here, thats so ficken awesome, i would love to watch the whole 65 episode's, that would be insane thanks so much for the video
I loved this show.
Forgotten??? I watch this show almost every day 😂
I can guarantee that the full series came out on DVD, as I have both volumes in front of me right now. Volume 1 has Eps 1-32, and Volume 2 has 33-65. They have been released through Koch Vision.
There was also a full release in Germany of the entire series years before the Koch releases, containing both German and English soundtracks. I worked with other fans back in the 90s on a preservation project. If I can find the old CD-Rom we created, I have a couple pics of rare production memorbelia from that collection.
Also own those DVD sets. When people say "it was never released" it often seems to come down to they never saw it themselves, so it didn't happen. Shrug.
This was one of my favorite shows I watched as a kid(early 90's kid). It was still airing on local channels in my state at that time. I agree. The story is great and the animation is great for the time of release. I'm still surprised that no one else remembers this show. I love it even more when I watched it again.
Whats crazy is im 22 but i had this on video as a child just remembered it after seeing some nostalgia posting 😂
So cool I really liked this show at the time.
Thanks for the informative video. I'm Dennis J. Woodyard, I was one of the original artist of the Galaxy Ranger and I did storyboard and character design. It's great to see the series remembered so fondly. Check my youtube channel I plan to add Galaxy Rangers art and videos there soon. Thanks again, it brings back a lot of good memories.
Where did it get released? Because it didn't make it to Memphis, TN.
@@voicesoftheoutworld3617 Aired here at 7:30am for 3 months weekdays, then got pushed to Sat and Sun mornings at 6am for the remaining part of its 2 year run locally. That was a way to get me up early on weekends..... ^_^
Thanks for that work. You and your partners created one of the best cartoons in history. Unfortunately just 1 season but it hit all the right buttons to stay in our minds for ever. Thank you so much.
Dude you and your team are legend. This cartoon is one of the unique and greatest of 80s! The music and dynamic art style is matched by only a few handful of top notch animation in that era.
This series should've been as big if not bigger than g.i.joe.
Great show thanks for the memories
God i loved this cartoon.. this and visionaries. Amazing theme song and beautiful animation. Wished there was a live action movie. Niko- Anne hathaway. Goose- Scott Eastwood. Doc- Anthony Mackie. Zachary- Ben Affleck. :)
I loved this show remember I had a ton of the toys even remember being disappointed when they stop making them 😭
loved this show!
ok, there are a few things i correct;
the show was initially targeted at the PRE-TEEN and young teens of the 1980's
1 the entire series was released in 2 boxed sets, some of the sets can still be found on amazon
2 jerry orbach played zachery fox, he also played LENNY BRISCOE for over 10 years on the long running series LAW AND ORDER
3 12:57 with the help of the HIGHLY SOUGHT AFTER andorian hyper drive
4 13:23 the galaxy rangers is an intergalactic police force and the main special forces team is a group of technologically enhanced operatives.
5 14:41- the term is slaver lords-the slaver lords act as the eyes and ears of the queen of the crown across her entire empire, it allows her to sit in her throne room and be on several planets at the same time and give orders to her robotic troops.
6 15:57 the kiwi are expert geneticists, they genetically engineer plants to grow on alien planets to produce food for the people across the known galaxy.
7 16:16 the planets name is called KIRWIN-pronounced [ K+ear+win ] it is the home world of the KIWI pronounced [ key+wii ]
8 18:52 there WAS a toy line , BUT it wasn't released here in the states you could get the toys in germany, HOW EVER, there was a tie in with arbys, i think, where you could get a kids meal that came in a plastic space ship that had stickers that came with it and it had some of the rangers in them OR captian kid on them, that is all i can remember, you can find the interviews in the boxed sets that will tell you MUCH more.
9 19:12 the monkey creature is called squeegee, he is a semi-intelligent creature like a parrot, he can mimic things he hears.
10 21:34 the painting is supposed to be from Montana NOT alaska.
11 21:53 it is called the emotional electric chair, because if anyone other than a poe mutant touches it, it overloads their minds with a flood of uncontrolled and uncontrollable emotions.
12 22:20 later on we find out that jackie subtract has an identical twin brother who is an inventor called aiden subtract
13 23:19 you need to remember the CGI may be crude by todays standards, BUT, thirty years ago, it was a break through in technology, i am willing to bet that most of the money for the cartoon went to the CGI effects, considering it was a break through technology for the time.
This was a classic! Would watch this and Sabre Rider back in the day
I don't know why, but I really appreciated this series.
As always, thank you so very much for the video.
If they would have had it on in the afternoon they might have had more viewers but it was on early morning. I enjoyed this TV series
Awesome show.
This , Thundarr, AND dungeons and dragons ,were amongst the Best at the time.VERY,underrated cartoon. Years ago I paid a MINT on ebay for just One episode on VHS lol. They saw me coming lol. GREAT show!
THIS WAS MY SH*T I need episodes now to go down that rabbit hole for sure.
I think what is sad about so many of these shows is that they just ended and never really had any kind of conclusion.
I was 27 when this came out. Great music. My favorite characters, The Queen of the Crown, Scare Crow, The General and The Black Hole Gang.
For fans of the songs, check out Steve Overland from the band FM. They were the uncredited band behind "Rangers are Forever" and other songs. Steve has a song out (free on UA-cam) called "Edge of the Universe" that is not from Galaxy Rangers but sounds like a dead ringer for a song from the show. Highly recommended for all fans of the show music.
I loved galaxy Rangers
I sure hope Paramount Pictures,Skydance Media,Flynn Picture Company and Bosque Ranch Productions would do a live-action movie adaptation of The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and add in the style of Wild Wild West and Cowboys & Aliens.
The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers haves a really good intro song "No Guts, No Glory" and they have 65 episodes but I still wished the writer would make a episode were the Galaxy Ranger would revive Eliza Foxx and Zachary Foxx reunited with his wife before the series has completely finished for good.
I may not of watched it much when I was a kid, but I definitely remember the Galaxy rangers! It brings back a whole Lotta memories when I think about that cartoon. In fact, I actually have this series on DVD believe it or not!
this was a great series that i loved post college. it was an interesting idea and well done. the animation is a bit dated but that's understandable
i would love to see it again
It's always amazing of fictional characters symbolize the way things should be as opposed to reality where there's nothing but chaos and complete lie after lie
I've been thinking about it this morning. I never thought I'd see this show in one of your videos
No guts no glooooory !
I remember this series back in day on vhs 📼 in uk in the early 90s
I had a vhs of this wh3n I was young. I was about Gooseman hunting down the other super soldiers. They should remake this today.
The full series is available on DVD, at least here in Germany. I only bought it recently. It has all 65 episodes, both in German and original English voicing, at a reasonable price.
I believe I have some of the episodes in a released set like volume 1....probably some of the first episodes.
Where it came from and where it was going is worth a mention. The show sprang from the production company that imported and dubbed the TMS show TechnoBoyagers renamed as Thunderbirds 2086. After the success of that project, they moved on to make an original show, Galaxy Rangers. Many of the voices and CGI style carried over from Thunderbirds 2086. After Galaxy Rangers, the production company floated a concept for another new series about police on a planet of dinosaurs. Concept art published in trade magazines showed these space cops riding the dinos instead vehicles. Dinosaurs were hot at that time but this dino cop show never saw production.
WOW! I asked for a retrospective on this great cartoon only few days ago and here it is! What a great coincidence! Now I'll wait for The Spiral Zone and Cadillacs And Dinosaurs!
Theres only one other, well two, maybe three that i alwas looked forward too. Bionic 6, Uyluses 31, Jason and the wheeled warriors.
This show looked interesting, but I absolutely do not remember it. This is a bit of a catch-22, but I think it ultimately failed because it failed. It initially failed to draw in audiences, so broadcasters buried it before it had a chance to get a second wind. I think it got pulled before I had a chance to watch it, and the same is likely true for others who would have liked it. I remember Bravestarr, and I remember Sabre Rider, so it's not that I'm forgetting this one as being distinct of other space westerns. I just don't think I played here for very long.
It may not mean a lotto others. This means a lot to my old ass. Thank you!
Johnny Vancouver is a pseudonyme of John Van Torgeren
I'm watching season 2 right now lol
We had it in France too, I loved it
I loved this show, especially the “Gooseman” centered episode like “Galaxy Stranger”. This show would make an awesome sci-fi movie for sure, if done with good writing. Although “Darkstar” has a minor role in the series, she’s essential for Goose’s character development. Oh and the queen of the crown is paying such high bounties for humans, because apparently humans are the only race where one human is enough to power a slaver lord while for each other several are necessary to power on crystal 🤓
Doc Hartford was the best. He had Augmented Reality PC programs called tweakers that have specialized roles. imagine donning AR glasses but instead of AR his is instead full 3d holographic programs that have specialized functions like lifeline scans for biometrics, tripwire can bypass doors and electronic locks, etc. Its like real life Microsoft help icons(wizard, paperclip, dog) pop up in real life as floating holographic help tools that can help you in different ways.
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I've never heard of "Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers". It looks like a great cartoon! Eliza is part of a prehistoric society? Cool! I like prehistory! I, also, like how some of the lady's in the video have bangs! The despotic queen of the crown kinda looks like the evil queen from the Disney film "Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs". 12:53
Never heard of it!
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Galaxy Rangers did have toy line by Galoob
Live action...do it!
What do you mean forgotten 80s oh, don't you know Rangers are forever.
Gooseman!!!!
I remember this show but never watched I never even knew the girl rangers name now I know it's Nico.
found the rest of what i posted earlier.
2-the adventures of the galaxy rangers-kids meal promotion.mpg
ua-cam.com/video/GYWJWoqeTDw/v-deo.html
season1 episode 2 new frontier commentary 2
ua-cam.com/video/-SnrY64wJhw/v-deo.html
1 the adventures of the galaxy rangers memories of jerry orbach
ua-cam.com/video/Obyxcowbh6c/v-deo.html
the adventures of the galaxy rangers-pilot demo reel
ua-cam.com/video/0Fg0lsCkixc/v-deo.html
the adventures of the galaxy rangers-interview with robert mandel
ua-cam.com/video/35Tg1xM_TS8/v-deo.html
I didn't know Doc was Jamaican
This was kinda kool tho 😅
Niko and Goose never have a fling.
Goose actually attempts to get back with his ex girlfriend, Darkstar, but she decides to stay with his old super trooper nemesis and outlaw gang leader, can't remember his name.
A team of varied race members and a strong woman (redhead but with asian hues in her looks) far from the damsel-in-distress trope in the 1980's. Nothing forced, all perfectly smooth. And scripts that never aimed any political agenda (even though race and gender equity problems were touched in the series). That's how you normalize things. The same happened with Captain Planet and even Power Rangers (though the stories in Power Rangers were quite a bit cheesy). When you make a good product, well animated, well written no one cares about stupid things, we just enjoy it and when one of its stories touches certain concepts we just rise an eyebrow, think about the story and the message and probably learn something good from it.
Just like The Last of Us series. Bill and Frank's chapter (yes, the story is different in the game though they still were a gay couple) and Ellie and Riley. They could have been Bill and Frances or Ellie and Ridley and the story would be the same. That's how you insert gender/race/sexuality in a story. Making the story about the characters and their lives not about how they look or define themselves. Just like Galaxy Rangers did.
Yeah. The cast balance was superb and even many live action series don't match it. Usually, the female and non-white cast members get the "Good Troi Episode" while White Male Lead gets all the meaty story bits. Not GR. Hell, there was a string of Doc and Niko focused episodes in the middle of the series. I think the reason was to accommodate Pries being on Thundercats and Silverhawks while Orbach was filming Dirty Dancing. Still...pretty cutting edge to just say "Cool, then we'll give these two characters some good stuff."
There were a few environmentally themed episodes, like "Space Moby" and "Progress," but even those were handled with more grace and tact than a lot of things currently running. It wasn't "Evil CEO exploiting the poor, oppressed whatever." The CEO in "Space Moby" was a good guy who wanted his employees safe. The whales wanted to eat. In the end, Niko and Zozo negotiate with everyone so they all win. "Progress" had a case where the factory owners didn't realize that while the output didn't seem to be harmful to their species, it wasn't good for the locals. In the end, again, Rangers negotiate with the parties so they all win.
Back in the 80's television worked differently. You didn't just go to ABC with your cartoon and it would be distributed across the country on all ABC channels. Most local television channels were privately owned and were part of an affiliate licensing program with the big name channel producers.
Many cartoons were sold on a package deal to the network affiliates. Without a strong toyline to help the creators grease the palms of the network buyers. The superior cartoon failed, repeatedly. Of course a toyline didn't guarantee a second season. A lot of luck went into were the cartoon was placed in schedule. Too early in the afternoon before the 10 year olds were home from school, or late Saturday morning and it gets preempted by college football or some other local paid for program.
One of the series of cartoons, which are carved in high relief in my memory, that I will always cherish. I would love a reboot, although maybe it would be better to leave the Galaxy Rangers in the past, untainted by modernity that most certainly wouldn't bring the same feeling of the 80's.
Maybe I'm completely wrong. But somehow it seems as if the series (subliminally) wanted to convey that only Americans can bring law and order into space. And otherwise tyranny and anarchy would rule there.
And isn't it strange that somehow almost all the bad guys are aliens?
Don't get me wrong, I like the series. But this is something that has always struck me.
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In most animated series for kids, bad guys tend to be non-human (aliens, robots, demons etc.) so that fighting them with serious weaponry has no negative message. Since the Galaxy Rangers were working far from earth, it also stands to reason that they'd mostly be meeting with aliens.
Yeah, dude most of cartoons of the past had protagonists that looked white or could be described as American even Animae characters seem/appear that way at least this show featured "doc" and more shows are featuring People of color not all of the bad guys were aliens some were white
I can't believe a show this good was made in 1986, that was before Captain N The Gamemaster came on the air, and that show was horrible.
I could've sworn this is the one about a Native American space ranger/sheriff. Same art style as He-man, does anyone knows the name?
BraveStarr...I have the complete series on dvd official release vol. 1 and 2. I will be getting this one...a bit pricy since it is out of print...but im willing to pay the price.
@@CrimsonThorns See if you can find the German DVD set (if you have the right hardware to run it, as Germany is on another region). It's still in production and it has the English voices as well as the German ones.
@@cayreet5992 - i purchased the Koch Vision dvd releases NTSC Region 1. They are in a nice slipcover with digibox and artwork on the discs....very nice sets. Vol. 1 ans Vol. 2
@@CrimsonThorns KSM Gmbh Germany - 65 episodes, 4 DVDs, one box. EDIT: Price Amazon Germany: 39,90 €
@@cayreet5992 - yep saw the Bluray set ...however it is not multi region. But im happy with the dvd set. Vol 1 contains eps 1-33 with pilot...and Vol 2 contains eps 34-65.
Did an AI write this script?
I didn't like this as much as BraveStarr.