Flush from the success of Thundercats, Rankin-Bass thought that lightning could strike again with this show. Well, lightning does often strike high points more than once, but it didn't happen here in the creative sense. In short, this show is terrible.
First thing, the villain is a copy of Thundercats' Mum-Ra and the heroes are worse. They barely display anything resembling a personality and show only the threadbare cliches of what proper heroes should be. The dialogue is stilted and written with obviously no creativity in any sense of the word. The setting is ludicrous with it being set in outer space, but characters seem to be able to operate without any protection as if it all had the equivalent ground level Earth atmosphere. I've heard of children who scoffed at this insult to their intelligence and they had every right to be offended.
It was truly the nadir of the 1980's toy cartoon craze that makes you value what quality shows we do have today.
First thing, the villain is a copy of Thundercats' Mum-Ra and the heroes are worse. They barely display anything resembling a personality and show only the threadbare cliches of what proper heroes should be. The dialogue is stilted and written with obviously no creativity in any sense of the word. The setting is ludicrous with it being set in outer space, but characters seem to be able to operate without any protection as if it all had the equivalent ground level Earth atmosphere. I've heard of children who scoffed at this insult to their intelligence and they had every right to be offended.
It was truly the nadir of the 1980's toy cartoon craze that makes you value what quality shows we do have today.