# From out of space comes a runaway planet... **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 21, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166 "2002-05-21T20:21:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Grim\_Beaker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/46a35a/32.png) [@Grim\_Beaker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grim_Beaker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166/1 "2002-05-21T20:21:58Z")
**Hurtling between the earth and the moon!** Yes, you guessed it (or if you didn’t shame on you!) one of my favorite childhood cartoons was Thundarr the Barbarian! Included in my list of favorite childhood shows was: Voltron. I liked both the 5 lion one and the one made of a ton of little space ships… the lion one was the better Voltron IMHO. Blackstar. I used to debate with my grade school peers as to whose sword was more powerful Blackstars or Thundarrs… Blackstars obviously. Dungeons & Dragons. Yes, this show was pretty cheesy but I loved it anyway. So much so my wife bought me a complete set of the episodes sans commercials for Christmas last year. Yay! Spider-man and his Amazing Friends. Awesome show! Especially loved the episode(s?) where the Xmen made a guest appearance. Also liked (but didn’t get to see very much of) the Herculoids, and the Mighty Orbots. So share with me people. What were some of your favorite childhood shows? Grim ---
**Author:** ![Don\_Draper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b2d939/32.png) [@Don\_Draper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Don_Draper)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 9:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166/2 "2002-05-21T21:17:05Z")
I liked the Godzilla cartoon – the one with Godzookie and the four-person “Mystery Machine”-like yacht crew (bearded guy/brainy woman/black guy with glasses/ubiquitous kid) sailing all around the world and always running into titanic-sized monsters everywhere they went. And I have fondest memories of the Shazam/Isis live action show. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/bb73d2/32.png) [@Baker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [May 21, 2002, 11:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166/3 "2002-05-21T23:32:44Z")
**Grim Beaker** , I didn’t even know that “Dungeons and Dragons” _had_ a video set! Do you know where your wife got it? I’m enquiring solely for a…child, ummm, my \*nephew, \* that’s it! ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166/4 "2002-05-22T00:07:37Z")
I think you can get bootleg videos of the **Dungeons and Dragons** cartoon at most sci-fi conventions. I know some of the shows have been released on videotape by Rhino, but I don’t think they have a complete set. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166/5 "2002-05-22T01:44:02Z")
Back when rec.arts.sf.tv.babylon5 was still read by J. Michael Straczynski (who also created _Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future_), I once posted: > [@](#): > > Earth. 2147. The year of the metal wars, when men fought machines – and machines won. > Bio-dredds, sinister creations of Lord Dredd, who hunt down humans – and digitize them. > 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 Sun Sword against the forces of evil! Sadly, nobody got the reference. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Bearflag70](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8e7dd6/32.png) [@Bearflag70](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bearflag70)\ **Post date:** [May 22, 2002, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166/6 "2002-05-22T02:04:20Z")
> [@](#): > > I am Adam, prince of Eternia, > Defender of the secrets of castle Grayskull. > This is Cringer, > My fearless friend. > Fabulous powers were revealed to me > The day I raised my magic sword and said, > “By the power of Grayskull!” > I have the power! > Cringer became the mighty Battlecat > And I became He-man, > The most powerful man in the Universe. > Only three others share this secret. > Our friends, the sorceress, > Man at arms, > And orko. > Together we defend castle Grayskull > From the evil forces of Skeletor. ---
**Author:** ![tracer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tracer/32/20578_2.png) [@tracer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tracer)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 1:06am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166/7 "2002-05-23T01:06:54Z")
Compare the above with the opening monologue for _She-Ra_. You’ll notice that in the _She-Ra_ opener, all references to “power” are conspicuously absent. ---
**Author:** ![MrAtoz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@MrAtoz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrAtoz)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2002, 5:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/from-out-of-space-comes-a-runaway-planet/110166/8 "2002-05-23T05:19:18Z")
I don’t know quite where this puts me on the pathetic scale, but I am paying DirecTV an extra two dollars every month, specifically so that I can get Cartoon Network’s sister channel, Boomerang, which shows Thundarr on weekends. Also Pirates of Dark Water (anybody remember that one?), Godzilla, and an alarming amount of Jonny Quest. But Thundarr rules them all. Thundarr was the man. And Thundarr was the first cartoon I ever saw where it was patently obvious to me that he and Ariel were, shall we say, “more than just good friends.” They also show the Herculoids, but I don’t bother with them. They’re just silly.