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ORC_Paradox

07-31-04, 07:02 AM
The poor fellow's web site is going to get lots of hits.

http://users.belgacom.net/bn776351/dandd_intro.mpg
PsionScribe

07-31-04, 07:54 AM
Sorry to say this Doxxie, but I think thats considered advertising, is it not?

Jake
Escef

07-31-04, 08:11 AM
Thanks for reminding me just how cheesey that was.
SnowbearK

07-31-04, 06:14 PM
Originally posted by PsionScribe
Sorry to say this Doxxie, but I think thats considered advertising, is it not?

Jake

Not at all. The website doesn't appear to sell anything nor does it appear to turn a profit. Near as I can tell it's a personal webspace of the same kind most every ISP hands out to their users. The base site appears to be a european (
French? Netherlands? Belgium?) ISP and in that particular sense would be advertising, except if they were to ban that they'd have to ban all links to any ISP user's personal webspace, which would just be ridiculous.

Unless you're referring to the cartoon itself, in which case you are completely incorrect.
PsionScribe

07-31-04, 08:14 PM
Originally posted by SnowbearK
Not at all. The website doesn't appear to sell anything nor does it appear to turn a profit. Near as I can tell it's a personal webspace of the same kind most every ISP hands out to their users. The base site appears to be a european (
French? Netherlands? Belgium?) ISP and in that particular sense would be advertising, except if they were to ban that they'd have to ban all links to any ISP user's personal webspace, which would just be ridiculous.

Unless you're referring to the cartoon itself, in which case you are completely incorrect.

Okay. I got it. Sorry bout that. I wanted to make sure that there wasnt a WizO making some violations.

Jake
Edymnion

07-31-04, 09:03 PM
Sorry Dox, you know I collect 80's toon intros.
I've had that opener for years :P
ssvegeta555

07-31-04, 09:34 PM
:uh-huh:

80s cartoons scare me.
Tanuki, the Bewildered

07-31-04, 09:56 PM
Still the lamest Tiamat ever.
Edymnion

07-31-04, 10:15 PM
Originally posted by ssvegeta555
:uh-huh:

80s cartoons scare me. You're frightened by some of the all time classic toons? Thundercats, GI Joe, He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...

Wait, you're probably too young to have been watching toons in the 80's. If you had to grow up on that catdog and Spongebob Squarepants crap, you have my sympathies.
ssvegeta555

07-31-04, 10:48 PM
Originally posted by Edymnion
You're frightened by some of the all time classic toons? Thundercats, GI Joe, He-Man, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles...

Wait, you're probably too young to have been watching toons in the 80's. If you had to grow up on that catdog and Spongebob Squarepants crap, you have my sympathies.

I've grown up watching Ninja turtles, a thundercats, but now that I look back I think to myself "what was I thinking?" I do have some soft spot to Thunder cats though, I was a huge fan to that show.
magicbehere

07-31-04, 10:58 PM
I hate to say it (no not really) but in north amarica the ninteen hunderd and eighties was a huge cultural wasteland, I'm glad I only spend 2 years and 3 months in that decade, the early ninteen hunderd and ninties wasn't much better for north amarica either but things were ok in Japan. Aww good old Japan to bad I could not afford a trip there this summer, I could afford the round trip tickets and accomidations for 2 weeks but would have no shopping money and what a trip to Japan without shopping? Just sight seeing a sex thats what, hardly worth the entire trip.
Ultarant

07-31-04, 11:44 PM
Originally posted by Tanuki, the Bewildered
Still the lamest Tiamat ever.

Actually, there is a lamer Tiamat, the Tiamat in the first edition Monster Manual which the cartoon Tiamat is based on. That Tiamat doesn't even have wings!

Ah yes, that opening is still the awesomest thing ever.

Cheers!
The Vagrant

08-01-04, 12:38 AM
Where can I get the entire D&D series on a DVD collective set?

I've never seen an episode, but I'd like to.
green_yawgmoth

08-01-04, 12:48 AM
Shazbot. That looked even worse than "Pirates of Dark Water". I saw these eps once on Ebay, but they were VCDs. I got outbid for them by $65. :(


http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif
The Dusty Dustman

08-01-04, 01:07 AM
Originally posted by green_yawgmoth
Shazbot. That looked even worse than "Pirates of Dark Water". I saw these eps once on Ebay, but they were VCDs. I got outbid for them by $65. :(


http://img30.photobucket.com/albums/v91/yawgmoth/kittyjig.gif

hey hey now, don't be insulting Pirates of Dark Water:smirk: I'm 19 come this September and I'm still proud to admit this is one of my guilty pleasures.

As for the D&D cartoon, I've seen bits of it. Doesn't look like it would appeal to me, even if I were a wee one still.

....VIVA LA PIRATES!!!!!
Dr_Draco

08-01-04, 01:51 AM
Well, I never got to see the D&D cartoon, because it was basically just before my time (for watching and remember kid cartoons that is). I think I was 2, maybe 3 years old when it was on the air.

That opening was interesting, though. Not Ninja Turtles, He-Man, Pirates of Darkwater, or G. I. Joe, but looks interesting enough.

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SlaineFargallows

08-01-04, 02:27 AM
Yeesh! I was a teenager when this series aired, and lemme' tell you...I was up at the crack of dawn every Saturday morning to see D&D and (embarrassingly) Muppet Babies. Given that I endured the 70's cartoons and the whole Sid & Marty Kroft era, I thought the 80's animation was leaps and bounds ahead of, say Hong Kong Phooey (which is still cool) and crap like The Banana Bunch. Just like you kids know that Mucha Lucha (the Flea is the best!) or Cowboy Bebop, totally kicks :censored: over G.I.Joe animation.

I'm darn near 37 and I get up every Saturday morning to watch cartoons with my kids, and someday maybe I'll get to watch a new series of D&D cartoons with them. Wishful thinking;)
Fi'Irdray

08-01-04, 02:38 AM
Originally posted by The Dusty Dustman
hey hey now, don't be insulting Pirates of Dark Water:smirk: I'm 19 come this September and I'm still proud to admit this is one of my guilty pleasures.

As for the D&D cartoon, I've seen bits of it. Doesn't look like it would appeal to me, even if I were a wee one still.

....VIVA LA PIRATES!!!!!

was Pirates of Dark Water the one where the guy's companion was the red gargoyle lookin' thing?
Dr_Draco

08-01-04, 02:50 AM
Originally posted by Fi'Irdray
was Pirates of Dark Water the one where the guy's companion was the red gargoyle lookin' thing? Well, he was more of a man-bird creature. But I think you've got it right. He also had an insatiable craving for pommegranites (which I can never figure out, those things are friggin' bland as far as fruit goes).

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Fi'Irdray

08-01-04, 02:55 AM
I thought he liked mangoes... pommegranites was the phoenix in Conan...

I loved Pirates of the Dark Waters
The Dusty Dustman

08-01-04, 03:10 AM
ye're all wrong. Its Minga Mellons he was obsessed with eating. (fictional of course). And his little pet thingamabobber was a monkey bird, not a gargoyle.

Sheesh I sound like a nerd:D
Dr_Draco

08-01-04, 03:15 AM
Originally posted by The Dusty Dustman
ye're all wrong. Its Minga Mellons (fictional of course)I coulda swore it was pommegranites... Ah, it's been so long. But Minga Mellon does sound familiar.

I probably did get Pirates and Conan fruits mixed up, hehe.

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Soel Griffin

08-01-04, 03:27 AM
Originally posted by The Vagrant
Where can I get the entire D&D series on a DVD collective set?

I've never seen an episode, but I'd like to. \

The Dungeons and Dragons cartoon is out on dvd in England. Just came out. You can find an all region player for pretty cheap nowadays.
q'afuu

08-01-04, 04:58 AM
Originally posted by SnowbearK
The base site appears to be a european (
French? Netherlands? Belgium?) ISP and in that particular sense would be advertising, except if they were to ban that they'd have to ban all links to any ISP user's personal webspace, which would just be ridiculous. Belgium. :D And no, it's not mine.
Escef

08-01-04, 07:45 AM
How can all of you guys talkin' 'bout '80s cartoons forget Transformers?! That show practically was my childhood.
PsionScribe

08-01-04, 08:26 AM
Originally posted by Edymnion
Spongebob Squarepants crap, you have my sympathies.

:bigeyes: But Spongebob is my friend.
Keku

08-01-04, 11:28 AM
Originally posted by Escef
How can all of you guys talkin' 'bout '80s cartoons forget Transformers?! That show practically was my childhood.
they forgot ghostbusters too........and street fighter the animated series was good too....
The Dusty Dustman

08-01-04, 01:32 PM
Ohh Ohh Ohh, I just remember another cheesy 80's cartoon that's a guilty pleasure. Anyone remember Thundarr the Barbarian? The poor man's splicing of Conan and He-Man. Plus, he had a Chewbacca look-alike:D

*sigh* 80's really was the golden age of cartoons, regardless of cheese factor.
CrimsonRyoko

08-01-04, 01:58 PM
Ah Transformers. . . . the good ole days. . . . Bumblebee was always my fav :D

Beetlejuice was good, thou that might have been early 90's. . . .
Edymnion

08-01-04, 04:46 PM
I keep an index file of all the 80's toons I have the openers for.
Just to put everybody in their place, I'm going to post it up here :devil:Alvin and the Chipmunks
Bananaman
Battle Of The Planets
Bionic 6
Bravestarr
Bucky O'Hare
Captain N - The Game Master
Captain Planet
Centurions
COPS
Count Duckula
Darkwing Duck
David the Gnome
Defenders Of the Earth
Denis The Menace
Denver the Last Dinosaur
Dinosaucers
Dogtanian
Droids
Duck Tales
Dungeons & Dragons
Galaxy High
Galaxy Rangers
Get Along Gang
Ghostbusters (the original)
GI Joe
GoBots
Gummi Bears
Heathcliff
He-man
Inhumanoids
Inspector Gadget
J.E.M.
Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors
King Arthur and the Knights of Justice
Kidd Video
Legend of Zelda
M.A.S.K.
Mysterious Cities of Gold
Mighty Orbots
My Little Pony and Friends
Pirates of Dark Water
Police Academy
Pound Puppies
Real Ghostbusters
Rescue Rangers
Robotech
Robotix
Saber Rider
Shazam
She-Ra
Silverhawks
Smurfs
Sonic the Hedgehog
Space Sentinals
Spiderman and his Amazing Friends
Spiral Zone
Star Blazers
Starcom
Super Mario Brothers Super Show
The Littles
Thunderbirds 2086
Thundercats
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
Transformers
Ulysses 31
Visionaries
Voltron
Wildfire
WuzzlesAnd I am actively looking for:ALF: The Animated Tales
Beverly Hills Teens
Care Bears
Ewoks
Galtar and the Golden Lance
Hulk Hogan's Rock N Wrestling
Laser Tag Academy
The Littl' Bits
The Little Prince
Maya the Bee
My Little Pony
The Noozles
Paw Paws
Punky Brewster
The Snorks
Sectaurs
Sky Commanders
Strawberry Shortcake
Teen Wolf
Turbo Teen
Thundarr the BarbarianIf you have any of those, give me a yell, would you?
SlaineFargallows

08-01-04, 05:23 PM
Originally posted by The Dusty Dustman
Ohh Ohh Ohh, I just remember another cheesy 80's cartoon that's a guilty pleasure. Anyone remember Thundarr the Barbarian? The poor man's splicing of Conan and He-Man. Plus, he had a Chewbacca look-alike:D

*sigh* 80's really was the golden age of cartoons, regardless of cheese factor.

"Ariel! Ookla! Ride!!!"

Awesome show set in a post apocolyptic New York City. Thanks for the reminder;)
Joni-san

08-01-04, 07:23 PM
*Takes a look at Edymnion's list*

I've seen a lot of those cartoons, and I popped up in 1988, neat. :P

I'd like to thank Yle,MTV3(a.k.a. "Maikkari". Finnish TV-channel), Nelonen, SubTV, Cartoon Network, Movie-channel, Some other channels and the Internet :D

*starts humming some 80's cartoon theme songs*
ORC_Tuhteth

08-02-04, 04:41 AM
Originally posted by PsionScribe
Sorry to say this Doxxie, but I think thats considered advertising, is it not?

Just for the record, no, this does not constitute advertising. Links to commercial sites aren't allowed, and even then we use our judgement. For example, a fan site with original D&D creations and a link to Amazon wouldn't count as a "commercial" site, nor would a site with banner ads that connect to commercial sites.

Besides, Doxxie is in charge of the RPG Boards, so if he does it, it's allowed. (Just kidding! I think!) :D
Sweet Steph

08-02-04, 06:57 AM
So Edy, why isn't Strawberry Shortcake on the list? ^_^
diablos666

08-02-04, 07:57 AM
It's scary how many of those shows I remember watching as a little kid! Man! I watched WAY too much telly!
Lord Dracul

08-02-04, 10:56 AM
Originally posted by The Dusty Dustman
ye're all wrong. Its Minga Mellons he was obsessed with eating. (fictional of course). And his little pet thingamabobber was a monkey bird, not a gargoyle.

Sheesh I sound like a nerd:D

Nay, it was indeed pommegranites and the creature was a phoenix type bird.

Oops, I was wrong. It is a monkey type creature.
Fleetfang

08-02-04, 11:50 AM
Well, Edymnion, you get big points for having the Wuzzles on your list (Go Bumblebear!)...

But what about Gummi Bears?!

...bouncing heare and there and everywhere
High adventure that's beyond compare,
They are the Gummi Bears!
They are the Gummi BEARS!
Phrennzy

08-02-04, 01:08 PM
The year 1994: From out of space comes a runaway
planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon,
unleashing cosmic destruction. Man's civilization is
cast in ruin.

Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...

A strange new world rises from the old: a world of
savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man
bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions
Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength,
his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the
forces of evil.

He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!

http://www.thundarr.com/index.html

Edymnion, there is a download section where I believe you can get the opening credits.

Demon Dogs!
Torpedo

08-02-04, 01:44 PM
Originally posted by Edymnion
Battle of the Planets

Just to be a stickler for details it is a 70's, not 80's cartoon. I remember watching Battle of the Planets after school in the late 70's. I believe the original cartoon that Sandy Frank cut up (people died hard in the original) and added characters to (7-Zark-7, and 1-Rover-1) debuted in the early to mid 70's in Japan. It was called Gatchaman. The heroes were "science ninjas" and they didn't fight aliens, but a secret terrorist organization. They added the aforementioned robots and made it a space cartoon to capitalize on the Star Wars craze of the late 70's.

I've got the Battle of the Planets DVDs volumes 1-6 by Rhino. They are cool, because they contain both the Battle of the Planets and Gatchaman versions of the same episodes. You can really see how TV execs try to change things for American audiences and how it ends up just dumbing down the material.
Edymnion

08-02-04, 03:40 PM
Originally posted by Sweet Steph
So Edy, why isn't Strawberry Shortcake on the list? ^_^ Whoops, you're right. I'll go add it to my wishlist.Originally posted by Fleetfang
But what about Gummi Bears?! What, its right there on my "I got it!" list right under the... no, its not. I must have forgotten to put it in the index. Thanks for catching that, you can be sure I've got the Gummi Bears!Originally posted by Torpedo
Just to be a stickler for details it is a 70's, not 80's cartoon. I know, but it was still playing in the 80's in the guise of G-Force. My collection isn't strictly 80's. Couple things in it, like Pirates of Dark Water, were actually 1990-91.
DrWorm

08-03-04, 02:26 AM
I was so excited to see Orbots on that list...man I loved that short lived cartoon. I seem to remember the animation being pretty good too, but it has been years.

GO! MIGHTY ORBOTS!
SlaineFargallows

08-03-04, 02:55 AM
Ed! No muppet babies?
Rpgpunk

08-03-04, 04:25 AM
You need to get out more.
Rpgpunk

08-03-04, 04:26 AM
Gotta love the babies.
Soel Griffin

08-04-04, 01:35 AM
Bionic 6 !
Galaxy Rangers!
Spiral Zone!
Thunderbirds 2086 !
Ulysses 31 !

You have any of these actual toons on dvd-r, vcd, or vid, Edy?

These are some of my favs form the 80's, along with the usual Robotech, Transformers, Gi Joe, etc.

How's about Macron 1 ?
hiryuu

08-04-04, 02:49 AM
What about SpartaKus and the Sun Beneath the Sea? ANyone remember that one?

And by the way, Edymnion, how can I get the opening to Mysterious Cities of Gold from you?
darkjedi1

08-04-04, 11:43 AM
I used to love that cartoon, I would love to watch it again. I cant remember how old I was but i wasnt a teenager yet, or barely a teen, and my parents were convinced back then that AD&D was evil and wouldnt let me watch it, so i would get up and have the tv just barely loud enough to hear it and half listen for them, i would love to watch that again. Now they dont think AD&D is evil though, of course i would tell them some parts of our games about what happened and how we defeated evil and all that, would always leave out the part where my character was almost evil and would take finger bones and stuff hehehe.
Lord Dracul

08-04-04, 02:32 PM
I don't see Plastic Man in that list.
diaglo

08-04-04, 02:36 PM
Go speedracer go
Random bloke

08-04-04, 05:42 PM
Meh.

The best animated series are the 90's ones - Batman - TAS, Superman - TAS, Batman Beyond.

The only good series on TV in the 80's was Parker Lewis. Up to an including the second (?) season diner finale, but not after.

(Goes back to listening to "I've known you all of my life")
Edymnion

08-04-04, 05:44 PM
Originally posted by SlaineFargallows
Ed! No muppet babies? Nope, sorry, I haven't been able to find that one. If its not on my wishlist, I'll go add it (to the list on my PC, probably won't go edit the copy I posted up).
Originally posted by Soel Griffin
Bionic 6 !
Galaxy Rangers!
Spiral Zone!
Thunderbirds 2086 !
Ulysses 31 !

You have any of these actual toons on dvd-r, vcd, or vid, Edy? Out of those, I only have the first couple episodes of Ulysses 31, I'm afraid.
Originally posted by hiryuu
And by the way, Edymnion, how can I get the opening to Mysterious Cities of Gold from you? If ye see something you like, send me a PM or an email. I'm on broadband now, so I don't mind sending stuff around. Most of my openers are 5 meg or less, so many email boxes can get one or two at a time, if need be.

If you're one of the lucky ones with gMail (like me :D), I can send much larger files to it.

But really, if you want to talk to me about trading this sort of stuff, send me that PM or an email, and I'll be happy to send ya stuff. Especially if you happen to have something I don't that you'd trade me :)