Star Fleet | John's Gems

[@thecapitolg009]

Star Wars meets Getter Robo but with Puppets. Sounds right up my alley!

[@Cyklopz007]

Wow that was awesome! Great video! Can't believe I missed this one somehow.

[@richardhaynes3925]

I watched this as a young kid in the original run in the 80s and then on DVD more recently. Quite simply: Brilliant. Thanks for this excellent summary video.

[@CrimzonRozez]

X Bomber/Star Fleet is definitely something that aged well. I remember having volume 3 of the vhs series growing up, and I had Saturday detention a couple years back and literally sat through the whole detention and watched this entire series in one sitting. I've seen it all the way through about 5 times now

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

In the year 2999 gingers are the dominant species and Barry “MF’king” Hercules is a legend.

[@BohbearonYT]

I still wanna sit down and watch this through to the end, I've only seen an episode or two but jam out hard to Brian May's take on the theme song all the time.

[@cjadams7434]

Is this out on itunes? whats the actual title

[@minicle426]

I have this desire to one day see this show remade. But with the same techniques used on the original with only minimal CGI for certain effects.

[@dsesuk]

I loved Star Fleet as a ten-year old. It was released in the UK on DVD in 2009 with some funky extras like a poster and additional materials, so I bought it and watched it with my daughters. Sure, it's a bit wobbly in these days of CGI, but the thing I loved about it was that it had a story arc and wasn't afraid to kill off big characters. Dr Ben's death was so pointless and hollow, but when Dai-X got revenge on Commander Makara it was a massive payoff. As Shiro said, "This is for Dr Ben!" Hell yeah! I also didn't like Thunderbirds because, as you said, it was episodic and had no wider arc, but also because the premise was always to stop the nuclear reactor from exploding or the experimental aeroplane from crashing. As a kid, I want to see the fireworks and Star Fleet provided them. Star Fleet blew things up and killed characters off whereas with the likes of Thunderbirds, you always knew at the start of each episode things were going to be A-okay by the end. Oh, and I also bought the Paul Bliss soundtrack on CD when the 2009 DVD came out. Whatever the original Japanese soundtrack was, it couldn't possibly have been as on-point.

[@disneyboy3030]

Man it's a shame that more episodes weren't made. I wonder what would've happened next.

[@drewlovelyhell4892]

This show made a big impact on me and my brothers when it aired in NewZealand around 1985. I filled my scrapbooks with drawings of Dai-X. I found the dvd set in a video store about 5 years ago and marathoned through it. The first few episodes were very impressive, but many episodes were somewhat uneventful. Glad I got a chance to see it again after all these years, but I don't think it has as much replay value as the Gerry Anderson shows like TerraHawks.

[@nlmfilms6641]

As a fan of Thunderbirds, anime, and Science Fiction, it’s been years since I’ve watched Star Fleet X Bomber. Having recently rediscovered this amazing series, and your video discussing its fascinating history has really made me consider seriously rewatching X Bomber! Awesome Video, and Well Done!🙂

[@paultyler7535]

Ready made hit for a live action remake... what are they waiting for

[@MD_Chaos]

Glad to see this vid back up, been thinking about Star Fleet since I did a re-watch of team america not too long ago also most iconic shot at 2:29

[@LatitudeSky]

What little I've seen of Star Fleet has been hard to stomach, because I am a huge fan of the original Bow Wow music, possibly the hardest rocking music ever used in a show aimed at kids. But that's not why I like it. I like it because it kicks ass. I've never heard or seen the dub version but I will admit you make it sound really interesting!

[@steveandjeanniefrith236]

Hey, dude. Thunderbirds and Stingray rock!

[@armoredvistitor2197]

thunderbirds and stingray more than hold up in my opinion. pure fun, well plotted, and meaningful(in thunderbird's case). also captain scarlet and the mysterons kicks ass!

[@siamiam]

ive heard about this show from some of my UK friends but have never watched it yet , great video :)

[@nicksothep8472]

Cap. Custer with his shades is so ridiculous it's actually cool 😎 Thanks for giving us these mostly forgotten gems anyway, truly appreciated 🖤☠️🖤 Oh, and Go Nagai is an absolute legend! His name alone is worthy of the title😅

[@channelwithout]

Discotek manage to save so many anime from licensing hell, praise be unto them

[@THEAnimeHERO]

With the name Starfleet, I'd assumed it had more connections with Star Trek.

[@UNICORNxGUNDAM]

This was dubbed to arabic and was just called "001". Cool show.

[@Enshohma]

Wonderful video! Please take a look at more older or overlooked tokusatsu if you can though I understand the focus for this one due to the Go Nagai connection.

[@kevinkeene474]

Picked up the complete bluray set from Discotek media that also includes the original Japanese series. Highly recommended picking it up

[@truckrobo147]

I can see why everyone in Britain loved this it has that Gerry Anderson vibe

[@mrrolandlawrence]

like gerry andersons terrahawks .. but just better. also brian may doing your intro music :D

[@publicanimal]

How could you not mention that Brain May got Eddie Van Halen to play on his cover of the theme?

[@MrAnonymousme10]

Damn, this is nostalgic,

[@the_once-and-future_king.]

Fun fact: John Lee is voiced by Mark Rolston, better known as Drake in Aliens.

[@Saitamaz94]

Go Nagai's works doing okay or poorly in Japan but got mad popular in Europe is phenomenon that should be studied.

[@hilarioph]

I watched this on Betamax in the Philippines back in the 80’s

[@christiandacanay3086]

Funny you bring it up, it aired in the past on the now defunct CityNet 27 (and yes I remember that show there because it's the same channel that aired Superhuman Samurai Syber Squad in the Philippines).

[@hilarioph]

@@christiandacanay3086 I remember Citynet 27 including this one it aired every Sunday at 8:30am. Memories

[@jackpittorino]

I prefer the original Japanese soundtrack, it’s so epic!

[@TheHouinMark]

You have me sold on this. Where can I watch the dub of the series and is it on KZbin? My job allows me to watch KZbin videos in between calls so this would be a great watch to pass the time.

[@leonidasjuniorjohnson6681]

Is it me or Barry Hercules has a really nice pointy chin and a really deep and smooth voice,making him something of a Bruce Campbell kind of guy?

[@ShahPhilLeotardo]

Barry Hercules has a glorious Afro

[@SlapstickGenius23]

Cowabunga! The British English dubbed Star Fleet!

[@MercuryFalcon]

Fudged up the frame rate on that last upload, here we go again *GTA san Andreas meme*

[@2012hasg]

In the arbic version this show called ( 001 ).

[@theskullraider5058]

Dai X reminds me a lot of Space Runaway Ideon

[@jamesmoss3424]

I should check this puppet show out. 😀👍

[@dwanyewest]

You can find episodes on KZbin.

[@danhitchin2932]

Please check out the star fleet x bomber page on Facebook

[@fmsyntheses]

Is Go Nagai that guy who started doing manga because he couldn't stop shitting all over the place?

[@MercuryFalcon]

yes

[@sonic23233]

Really

[@mondomacabromajor5731]

Stingray and Thunderbirds don't hold up??? WHAT??? ...In no way is Starfleet better than Thunderbirds!!! Thunderbirds is vastly more thrilling and entertaining with brilliant models, explosions and puppet deaths ... Sure the Stingray/Thunderbird puppets were limited, but through the high detail and great puppeteering, were hilariously enjoyable to watch... Starfleet - meh!

[@Graham_Patch]

Did you actually pay attention to what was said? He said that the Gerry Anderson shows look good, but don't hold up in the era of home video because of the lack of character development and overarching story throughout the series. He never criticised the models or special effects of Thunderbirds & Stingray.

[@mondomacabromajor5731]

@@Graham_Patch "lack of character development' ... yeah that is garbage ... Thunderbirds has ten times the character development as Starfleet - you are tripping if you think otherwise ....

[@minicle426]

Really I find myself rolling my eyes when people poo-pooh old tv shows for following what was standard procedure in the days when there was no on-demand/streaming and very few repeats that made it simple for audiences to follow a continuous narrative on an often weekly basis.🤷‍♂️

[@mondomacabromajor5731]

@@minicle426 When people criticise a show they don't like as much, when comparing it with another they like more - all it demonstrates is wilful bias ...