Which Obscure 90s Cartoon Should Get a Live Action Movie?

[Road Warrior]

Part of me is glad Tommy returned as White Ranger, but another part wishes he would have sticked with this show.

 

[Darkness Falls]

Darkwing Duck as a cgi film

 

[the a1ant]

I remember sherlock Homes.
Oh if you really want obscure then creepy crawlers. Even retrojunk talks about how almost no one has heard about it.

OMG - I loved creepy crawlers, lol.

You can't get more obscure than a show that never went past the pilot stage:

Wasn't the final aired show called VR Troopers, with three actors?

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[co2]

90's is when cartoons really started to suck IMO, and they seem to have never recovered.

 

[deathshead2]

OMG - I loved creepy crawlers, lol.



Wasn't the final aired show called VR Troopers, with three actors?

Yeah that show became Vr troopers. The guy who was the lead in Vr was supposed to be the white ranger in power rangers, but kids wanted Tommy back so the producers had them switch roles.

 

[deathshead2]

90's is when cartoons really started to suck IMO, and they seem to have never recovered.

90s is when cartoons got awesome. It wasn't until 98 did they start slowing down. Then they had a dead stop in 2001-05 and only a few shows have been picking up steam.

 

[ShadowBoxing]

90's is when cartoons really started to suck IMO, and they seem to have never recovered.

I disagree. Good cartoons are few and far between. Usually nostalgia blinds us to this. Transformers, G.I.Joe, Thundercats and He-Man may have spawned popular franchises, but their original cartoons were glorified toy commercials at best. The only truly great cartoons of the eighties were cartoons like Robotech/Macross and Mobile Suit Gundam, I also remember TMNT being a slight cut above the rest. As for the ninties, again, you're right most cartoons went south or were either fair to middle of the road. Then on top of them you had high quality shows like Batman The Animated Series, Reboot, Beast Wars and Superman. The new millenium has the same trend. Mostly pokemon/anime styled crapola mixed in with some very good cartoons like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Justice League Unlimited, Samurai Jack and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

 

[Catman]

Wasn't the final aired show called VR Troopers, with three actors?

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Yea...but they went with a different approach. VR Troopers was a virtual reality show. Atleast the JDF version was Iron Man-esque.

90's is when cartoons really started to suck IMO, and they seem to have never recovered.

This disagrees with you:

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[Catman]

Now that Leno's time as host of Tonight Show will end within a year he may need some work. And what better gig for him than a starring role in the adaptation of this show:

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[tyler-durden]

Wow, I used to watch that, and now I realize how crappy that show actually was, why were their monsters involved? the idea is kind of cool but the beetleborgs were cheesy

 

[Catman]

Big Bad Beetleborgs was just too silly. I still have nightmares of the episode where they are attacked by a giant broccoli.

 

[The Kid]

I disagree. Good cartoons are few and far between. Usually nostalgia blinds us to this. Transformers, G.I.Joe, Thundercats and He-Man may have spawned popular franchises, but their original cartoons were glorified toy commercials at best. The only truly great cartoons of the eighties were cartoons like Robotech/Macross and Mobile Suit Gundam, I also remember TMNT being a slight cut above the rest. As for the ninties, again, you're right most cartoons went south or were either fair to middle of the road. Then on top of them you had high quality shows like Batman The Animated Series, Reboot, Beast Wars and Superman. The new millenium has the same trend. Mostly pokemon/anime styled crapola mixed in with some very good cartoons like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Justice League Unlimited, Samurai Jack and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

I can agree to an extent that good cartoons are rare however that wasn't true of the 90s and early 2000s. They were frankly overflowing with quality toons during the rise and height of cartoon network and Nickelodeon, the networks couldn't find space to air them all so they later created more toon dedicated channels. Now of course we have prettymuch only Avatar the last Airbender and it saddens me that things had to peak so early. Is it the creators getting older and moving on? I don't know.

 

[Catman]

I think each decade had something good to offer. The `60s had Flintstones, Yogi Bear, Jetsons, Jonny Quest, etc. The `70s had Scobby-Doo. The `80s had Ninja Turtles, Inspector Gadget, DuckTales, etc. The `90s had Batman, Animaniacs, etc. And nowadays we have Spongebob and Danny Phantom and stuff like that.

 

[Dr.Doom]

Big Guy and Rusty

Does anyone know the name of this show where it starred a boy that had a tv show in his basement i think. He had a robot friend with a tv in his chest and they would watch wacky races on it?

 

[Hectorminator]

ANIMANIACS needs to be the next Roger Rabbit. I know it's not obscure, but before any "Bonkers" talk just yet, Animaniacs needs to be made by Steven Spielberg and basically be what "Looney Tunes Back in Action" was trying to be. Add awesome celebrity cameos, like the show, CG talking mice trying to take over the world, like the show, and brillaint hilarious writing, like the show, and you're done.

Basically any show that was really ambitious and tried to be EPIC, like Gargoyles, Reboot, Johnny Quest: The Real Adventures, could all be adapted into something awesome. There was nothing better than that Johnny Quest intro back in the day, man, that theme song was freaking awesome.

The Tick would be cool. Captain Planet could be cool, especially now that we're screwed, enviornment-wise.

Earthworm Jim would be funny, a new game would be awesome. And Captian N: The Game Master totally needs a new game.

 

[3dman27]

Big Guy and Rusty

Does anyone know the name of this show where it starred a boy that had a tv show in his basement i think. He had a robot friend with a tv in his chest and they would watch wacky races on it?

you aren't thinking of moltar and toonami are you?

 

[co2]

I disagree. Good cartoons are few and far between. Usually nostalgia blinds us to this. Transformers, G.I.Joe, Thundercats and He-Man may have spawned popular franchises, but their original cartoons were glorified toy commercials at best. The only truly great cartoons of the eighties were cartoons like Robotech/Macross and Mobile Suit Gundam, I also remember TMNT being a slight cut above the rest. As for the ninties, again, you're right most cartoons went south or were either fair to middle of the road. Then on top of them you had high quality shows like Batman The Animated Series, Reboot, Beast Wars and Superman. The new millenium has the same trend. Mostly pokemon/anime styled crapola mixed in with some very good cartoons like Courage the Cowardly Dog, Justice League Unlimited, Samurai Jack and Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex

I will concede, that the DC based cartoons are the exceptions to me. The quality that the Batman animated series initiated was far and away better than almost anything else on TV that decade. MTV did some decent stuff. Not sure if anyone ever saw the Max series based on the Image comic, but it was really good. Other than that, it was poor quality or way too much anime overload.

 

[DashCon]

What about Legionaries, Knights of the Magical Light? Anyone remember that?

 

[tyler-durden]

Sorry about this but spongebob is a cartoon of the 90's it came out in 98 or 99.

 

[Lord Blackbolt]

Where's the Mighty Max love. It's like jumper...meets lord of the rings.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=1-Q7a6SxIBk

 

[R3M3D1]

Not really obscure but...

"The power is yours!"

 

[3dman27]

monster force

 

[Catman]

ANIMANIACS needs to be the next Roger Rabbit. I know it's not obscure, but before any "Bonkers" talk just yet, Animaniacs needs to be made by Steven Spielberg and basically be what "Looney Tunes Back in Action" was trying to be. Add awesome celebrity cameos, like the show, CG talking mice trying to take over the world, like the show, and brillaint hilarious writing, like the show, and you're done.

You're right. It could totally work. HOWEVER...the voice cast HAS to return. I don't want them to be replaced by celebs and s--t. Rob Paulsen dammit!

 

[tyler-durden]

How much are the dvd volumes for the animaniacs and the pinky & the brain? I gotta pick those up.

 

[EdRyder]

I will concede, that the DC based cartoons are the exceptions to me. The quality that the Batman animated series initiated was far and away better than almost anything else on TV that decade. MTV did some decent stuff. Not sure if anyone ever saw the Max series based on the Image comic, but it was really good. Other than that, it was poor quality or way too much anime overload.

Whenever people bring up Liquid television the first thing that pops in their heads is Aeon Flux. However,It ran this short by Kawajiri called The Running Man-
Its brilliant.

if ya get a few free minutes,watch it.
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