Space Ghost..."Reimagined"

[The Question]

No, that was Jeremiah Surd. He was crippled in reality, but he was also a badass computer hacker. He was the Quest kids' primary antagonist in Questworld.

Oh yeah, now I remember the name. I forgot it and just assumed that it was Zin. If I remember correctly, he was an old colegue of Benton Quest who went crazy, held a bunch of people hostage with a nerve gas, and got the gas turned on him when Quest tried to stop him, thus crippling him. Right?




Also, I must comment on how freakin' badass Dr. Quest was in the new series. He wasn't "take on an army of ninjas" badass. That's Race. He was "use cleaning products to build a bomb and escape while being held captive and just waltz out like nothing happned" badass. I remember one episode where some terrorists kidnapped him and forced him to apply his new reaserch in cryogenics to create a freeze weapon. When they came to check on him, he had built a huge cannon. They said "this the freeze ray?" He responded "No." He then wipped out a a flash light sized device and froze them solid, and said "that was the prototype."

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yeah, everybody in the new cartoon had their own niches. I loved that. Jonny was the adventurous psycho, basically, Jessie was the heir to Race's badassery, Hadji was skilled with computers, Dr. Quest was basically like MacGyver and Indiana Jones put together, and Race was the badass to end all badasses. No more crap with Jonny just being a loser who got himself into dangerous situations and had to wait for Race to rescue him.

I actually don't remember all the details about Surd. I'll try to look him up.

 

[The Question]

I just looked him up. He was a radical terrorist back in the 70s (you know, back when it was the cool thing to be) who threatened to release a bio weapon on Washington DC. Race Bannon, back when he was in special forces, stopped him, crippling him in the process. Surd really had no beef with the Quests to begin with. It was all about getting at Race, who just happened to be their body gaurd.

 

["Iron Man"]

Ok guys, this isn't the Johnny Quest thread...

But seriously, when you have any news on Space Ghost 2 (well the sequel, whatever they'll call it) just post it in here. And PLEASE visit my SG movie thread to discuss with all of us about the movie I'm currently writing.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Ok guys, this isn't the Johnny Quest thread...

It's also not much of a Space Ghost thread given that the previous mini's been discussed to death already and there's no news on the next series, if there's even going to be one. The thread's going to either bounce from topic to topic--and Jonny Quest is at least still related to Space Ghost--or it's going to fall down the pages and never be heard from again.

 

["Iron Man"]

I dont even know that much about Johnny Quest...

 

[TheCorpulent1]

He started out as the eleven-year-old son to Dr. Benton Quest, the world's most renowned "phenomenologist" (he investigates any and everything weird), which of course led to a life filled with adventures from the start. Jonny and Benton were accompanied on their exploits by Race Bannon, an ex-spy who quit the government when they started asking him to do spy things that compromised his morals, Hadji, Benton's adopted East Indian son, and Bandit, Jonny's dog. Later, Jonny and Hadji grew into teenagers and Race found out he had a daughter named Jessie, who began living with him and helping the Quests out. It's basically a really good variant on the adventurous family archetype.

 

[patrickbateman]

yeah i am a great quest fan

 

[GyLocke]

Do you remember the opening sequence of New Adventures of JQ?
It was freaking incredible.

The whole show's tone was suprisingly dark. We saw Ezekiel Rage's family die becouse of the goverment. (Best character design ever.)
We saw a drooling crazy cripple as a main nemesis. The opening episode of the new series (Welcome to Questworld) would make an awsome movie.
(It's about Dr. Quest and Race trying to defuse a giant nerve gas bomb in chicago, but getting stuck there, so, before time runs out, the kids try to find the guy who built it in the seventies, who is in the mental institution - the crippled Jeremiah Surd. They offer him a deal and introduce him to Questworld - but it only makes matters worse, because just in a few seconds the doctor is able to take control of the virtual reality, unleashing him on the unsuspecting world.)

 

[GyLocke]

double post.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Yep, the most recent show did indeed partake of the ass-kicking. I loved it, even though I can't remember too many details of any of the episodes now.

 

[The BatDude]

I was pretty young when the new JQ Show came out. Don't remember to much though but I loved it.

 

[SuGarRush]

is it out on DVD? i loved the old episodes, I used to watch them with my dad when I was a kid, the reruns on saturday mornings.
In my early teens the New Adventures of Johnny Quest came out and it was just as cool.
Man I love that show.
Any news about it or the characters?

 

[Speedball]

I thin ka live action Johnny Quest or Space Ghost would work, as long as it's not put in some directors hands who claims they "Love" the originals.(ex. Bryan Singer, who stated he never read an x-men comic).
I think fans, true fans, should be given MUCH more power in the creative process. I don't want another cgi heavy, hard to take serious crapfest (ex. Bewitched, Thunderbirds, The Honeymooners, The Flintstones 2)

 

[TheCorpulent1]

A live-action Jonny Quest would be great. It could be the Indiana Jones of a new generation. Which would be odd considering the original Jonny Quest cartoons predated Indiana Jones, but whatever.

 

[The Question]

A live action JQ might be cool. But I'd rather see a Quest comic. Or really, anything with the Quests. I mean, their stories are like James Bond meets Indiana Jones meets the Fantastic Four. What's not to love?

 

[Speedball]

A live action JQ might be cool. But I'd rather see a Quest comic. Or really, anything with the Quests. I mean, their stories are like James Bond meets Indiana Jones meets the Fantastic Four. What's not to love?

never thought of it that way, but yeah it kinda is like that. and johnny quest comic would rock. I'd buy that.

 

[Anubis]

Hey, if anybodies interested, I got a Brock Samson vs Race Bannon battle going on in the "Ultimate Showdown Thread" over in the Misc. Comics forum.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

As much as I love Race, Brock would pwn him. He was created to be a more cartoonishly badass Race, after all.

 

[Anubis]

I don't know, Brock's all power, gotta figure Race has the finesse to compete. Of course, Brock did take down the 6 Million dollar man.

 

[The Question]

Yeah. But Brock and Race are old buddies. Brock might not be willing to unleash his full, borderline superhuman furry on Race.

 

[Anubis]

Bull, that guy would kill his own mother if she looked at him funny.

 

[Speedball]

Brock is cool, but i bet Race is more fun to be around.

 

[The Question]

Bull, that guy would kill his own mother if she looked at him funny.

Doubt it. Brock, while not a stoftie by any streatch of the imagination, ain't gonna kill people he likes. I mean, remember the whole deal with him freaking out every time he thinks about that time he accidentally killed his best friend?

 

[Anubis]

I also rememeber him getting hammered and beating Doc Venture and his friends damn near to death.