WTF Happened to Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future? (1987)

[@JoBloOriginals]

Hey guys! This episode of GBNF was made from suggestions from fans who emailed us demanding this show be covered on this series. If you want to make suggestions for future episodes of GBNF then e-mail [e-mail] and maybe we’ll cover your show!

[@bulbafett5001]

Excellent. Loved this one and that show, got me hooked on Straczynski's writing and led me to Babylon 5. That's a show you should cover sometime in the future, remake being helmed by the creator is coming next year.

[@shatnermohanty6678]

Guess Street Hawk will be the next in this series 👍 ❤️ from India 🇮🇳

[@gundanout11]

Rest in peace David Hemblen as Lord Dread how also voice Magneto in the X-men the animated series.

[@mrg466]

The way you narrate the show , (and perhaps I am miss reading you) but you seem to imply that the show ripped off The Power Rangers. Well that can't be, because it came out before PR! Now, if you were to say Super Sentai, or Gatchaman...maybe. I liked the show, except for the obvious Star Wars rip-off it was, as with many shows,...back then, it seems like every producer said it must be like Star Wars for nearly every thing! Even these days....(although I love Star Wars too) , it's like everyone is out of ideas! Lastly, I really hate these woman groups who mess these types of shows up! For example, on TMNT Michelangelo use to swing nunchucks, then it was sausage links, or a rope! Then people don't want to watch the shows, and they get cancelled! Even now, you can't find a cartoon on Saturday morning, and if you do... it's some lame educational show, that's maybe for 4 year olds! And if you don't have cable, or internet, or fire stick, but just a regular TV, you can forget about being entertained on Saturday morning, or weekdays afternoon, and that likely because of these woman groups, saying it's too violent, I'm surprised they didn't stop the MCU! Enough said!

[@phenrilwolf]

You are the true Nostalgia Critic.👍

[@alank1995]

I worked for about 18 months on the post-production team for this show (Post was done at Motion Picture Video Corp. in Toronto). Before you criticize the CG you need to remember a few things. It was VERY time consuming back then and doing it for a TV series was an insane task. The company that did the CG (ARCCA Animation) was under deadlines that you wouldn't believe. Not just time and money, but back then rendering took huge amounts of time. I've been in the CG industry for 35 years and what they did was phenomenal for the time. Not only did they work in wireframe, often scenes were so heavy that the wireframe had to be rendered so you could play it in real time. It's also important to remember this series was created pre-digital compositing. It was shot on film which we then transferred to 1" videotape. We used 5 Ampex VPR3s to layer in all the effects - and there were a LOT of elements! You couldn't do everything at once so you would have 4 element tapes up being recorded to the 5th machine, then that would get moved over to a source machine and we'd add more layers. The battle shots sometimes took days to add all of the layers. We had several 2D elements and had to position each one for every gun blast you see. You showed several shots of 'overmind' - when we first got the footage the post supervisor came to me and said "Can you make this not look like a washing machine?" I had about 2 hours to come up with something so we created a few overlay effects as shown in those shots. That's how things got done. This series was groundbreaking on many, many levels. Does it stand up today? No - but it was 35 years ago. I'm still very proud of what we did and I'm sure the rest of the team is as well. Fun fact: The warehouse were much of this was shot was the same place where The Fly was filmed a year earlier.

[@nnatetj]

Great story

[@ferox965]

Well said. Loved this show when I was a kid.

[@kromulan]

Great JOB!

[@alexandrevolkov9905]

It was the best show ever! It was late soviet union, russia, moscow. Just imajine: it was an empty city while Captain Power was on tv - every boy was watchin it! And after the show everybody was running to our streets to try to become Power, Zoron, Tank and others! Star Wars didn t made such an effect like this sereis did! Thank you very much!

[@desiregonzales6246]

Hey! Nice to meet you! I did an article for Starlog on the SFX. I called ARCCA (sp?) in Canada and spoke with a rep there. A LOT of hard work! You guys did great work! Addendum: I just found the sizzle reel for ARCCA SFX! I've gotta dig out my VHS player! ❤

[@doalwa]

Loved this show as a kid. I have to disagree on the visual effects, considering we’re talking about a show from the late 80s, I always thought the CGI work was amazing for that period. Of course it didn’t age well, but it has its own charm nonetheless.

[@WorldCupWillie]

I was thinking the same thing. It looks more like mid 90s rather than 1987.

[@defektfilms]

The CGI is impressive for that time, and for a TV Show is even more impressive.

[@northprime_unlimited]

Yup, that’s what I said. For a Saturday morning show this was AMAZING‼️

[@dantheanimator5072]

Same here! It blew my mind Disneyland style back then

[@sambas9257]

the cgi was very impressive for the time. Before that there were only Young Sherlock Holmes church scene and the Last Starfighter movie space scenese (Tron wasn't cgi). The metal reflective surface of the robot models were astonishing and nothing in tv was comparable to that strange new mixture of live action and computer graphic.

[@davideberhartii6028]

I met Captain Power at a Toys R US. I was surprised that it was the real actor and he told me every episode that his gear was used in. It was an amazing experience.

[@dreamlandnightmare]

Tim Dunigan. He was "Faceman" in the A-Team pilot before being replaced Dirk Benedict.

[@BrainToMush]

Epic!

[@gagarin777]

About CGI - I can only say that it's very impressive. I can't even imagine it was from 1987. I still remember that a single car transformation for Viper tv series, that came in early 90's, was done on Silicon Graphics workstations and it was mind-blowing $1M.... for a single CGI effect!

[@dad_jokes_4ever226]

Agreed .. it's incredible they even had CGI at all let alone on a TV show !

[@DonaldHolben]

That was state of the art for then.

[@DOI_ARTS]

Because the morph would take 2 to 3 months to finish.

[@brianknapp6215]

We also need to remember that this series came out only 3 years after _The Last Starfighter_- the first film to feature extensive use of CGI.

[@israelhusky]

As an 80's kid... Captain Power, together with Robotech, were the two pillars of my childhood. I'm so glad I was able to enjoy them on TV and buy most of their toys. Good times!

[@briansmith2739]

This looks like VR Troopers but more mature. Never seen the TV show but the effects look very good.

[@roberbair1498]

Amen to that

[@dreamlandnightmare]

@@briansmith2739 This is WAAAAAAAAAAAY more mature than VR troopers.

[@RuntotheMovies]

I LOVED this show as a kid! I built replicas of Sauron the robot from scratch, using cardboard and wood, and played with him endlessly. This show truly fueled my imagination back in the day.

[@w104bgs]

That's awesome. Sauron was a great character. Loved him back then

[@wstine79]

Oh thank heavens Jesse & David are covering this show. I remember getting up Saturday mornings to watch the show with all the figures & the light flashing vehicles. The chemistry between Hawk and tank was great.

[@Arroyo2099]

Jesse is the narrator in the writer I appreciate the compliment though

[@wstine79]

@@Arroyo2099 My apologies. I keep forgetting that.

[@danbauer3669]

We used to have maybe 3 episodes of this show on a VHS when I was a kid and watched it like a million times! That tape also had the first episode of Visionaries and the movie Enemy Mine. Good memories.

[@bulbafett5001]

Rented them from the Mom and Pop Convenient Store/Grocers/Fishing Tackle/Gas Station combo a couple blocks away. They had Robotech, Voltron, Captain Power and Mio in the Land of Fantasy. WHich if you want to see a 6 year old Christian Bale facing down Cristopher Lee it's banging.

[@chichiboypumpi]

Bravo

[@dantheanimator5072]

@@bulbafett5001 oh heck yeah. But that was C Bale in that?! Wow lol But i loved those stores…where i got my first comics like Conan or first TMNT black n white comic

[@bulbafett5001]

@@dantheanimator5072 yep, glum glum is Batman

[@dariogeorge8680]

For years I've been trying to find out what was the name of the show I enjoyed as a kid back in the 80's. Now I know. Thanks.

[@StephenLeGresley]

There is no way that Lord Dread didn't inspire the look of The Borg in Star Trek: TNG. Also as far as Babylon 5 goes, you can see so many proto-versions of characters like Sheridan and Garibaldi on this. Please please do a Babylon 5 episode.

[@magicstix0r]

Not just the look, but the modus operandi: "Merging humans and technology to create perfection"

[@DK-hx4lt]

In the third S1 episode to air, airing October 4, 1987, “Final Stand,” we learn that Tank was not the only genetically-engineered person of his kind, and also the facility which genetically engineered him was “Babylon 5.” This was about two years before JMS wrote the B5 story Bible and pilot script, and about six years before Warner Bros. commissioned the Babylon 5 series for production in May 1993. /mindblown!!!

[@zooropa04]

Loved this show as a kid. My memories are of it being the first kids show that contained adult themes, some of which I even picked up on while watching it in pre-school. I was floored and genuinely emotionally affected when Pilot was killed. When I learned years later that J. Michael Strasczynski was involved with it, it all made sense.

[@StCreed]

I saw this show. It was exactly what I wanted: dark, dystopian, gritty sci fi. I'm happy I saw it when it came out. Just as I saw Robotech, Dr. Who, Sapphire and Steele, and Babylon 5. No regrets.

[@aditbiju3717]

I like those type of genres of science fiction because it is my cup of tea.

[@M.J.Conway]

Years after it went off the air, I found a VHS of a Captain Power episode in a bargain bin, so I snagged it, especially after seeing it was one of the ones J. Michael Straczynski had written. My girlfriend had never seen the series and we were both fans of JMS, so we watched it together. Then we got to a scene where Tank was talking and he said the words, "When I first left Babylon 5..." We had to run that back a few times to make sure we'd heard it right. Yup. Even back then, the idea was in JMS's head in one form or another.

[@northprime_unlimited]

Great show, great concept‼️ My friend’s mom was working at Mattel at the time so we got first dibs on testing the toys…and man they were solid! The VHS training tapes were DOPE. They were anime style from what I remember. The show itself was ambitious, very dark it didn’t look cheap, I never missed it. The CGI by today’s standards looks weak but back then it was unlike anything on television. I still think it holds up because the actors took it serious and didn’t cheese it up. The 80’s were a great era for innovative toys. They pushed boundaries with what little tech they had.

[@oddcreatureX]

The VHS tapes actually worked fairly decently with the toys from what I remember. The show itself, not so much, but I still enjoyed it.

[@northprime_unlimited]

@@oddcreatureX you are absolutely correct. I gave up after awhile because I wanted to focus on the story. Looking back at it now I believe it had to do with the flicker speed of the broadcast, the tapes were flicker consistent.

[@professorkatze1123]

for 1987 this show was ambitious and crazy good looking with its early cgi. we had never seen anything like it. terminator 2 was still years in the future when this came out. it was mindblowing for my 6 year old brain lol

[@jordel2010]

This show was definitely way ahead of its time in many respects. The whole post apocalyptic setting plus the darker (kinda mature-ish) tone of the series despite being mainly a kids show (like Star Wars with a good measure of The Terminator thrown into the mix), this sort of stuff wouldn't be seen better developed and received until well into the 1990's. The CGI was awful, most definitely; but this was back in 1987 and it was a TV show that didn't have the budget of a Hollywood blockbuster (and still was expensive to produce regardless of that).

[@viowave]

The CGI might look awefull but as a kid Soaron scarred the hell out of me. So was Blasstar. I always thought that they were digital being transferred to reality. Hench their abillity to digitise ... The bad CGI made them horrifying. Yet an addiction as well... compare to Voltron, Power Rangers that was just laughable creatures of people in props.

[@AR-xd3dp]

Yeah it was,but unfortunarily that element is what also destroyed it

[@RonJDuncan]

I remember this one. I was 11 at the time it came out and got the toy with a VHS tape for Christmas and focused on playing to get the best score. It wasn't great, but it was... memorable.

[@INFJ-Alien]

I had completely forgotten about this show. I saw its name in your video list, and the memories, mostly fragmented, came flooding back to me. It's always interesting to recall esoteric memories from childhood.

[@makatron]

Damn this gave me a massive nostalgia trip, loved this show and honestly this would be a great opportunity for Netflix to revive it with proper modern CGI.

[@spiderpig9777]

Make it dark, because kids are not going watch this

[@makatron]

@@spiderpig9777 hell yeah, with darker tone to show a distopian future

[@spiderpig9777]

@@makatron fingers crossed...

[@Craig100hockey]

A Summoning of Thunder is up there with any Science Fiction story ever. It's a shame this writing wasn't recognized at the time for how truly great it is. Thank you for doing this review.

[@cesarvidelac]

With all due respect... I agree the show is a product of its time, but remember the case of Battlestar Galactica. The reboot is a totally different nature of a show, I think Captain Power could do well with a remake in such style. And still can cut the name to Soldiers of the future with some plot twist explaining it. I am not the kind of fan that become toxic for nostalgia's sake, I'd really welcome a modernization of the idea now that I'm fifty. Great video, thanks for sharing!

[@unprofessionalreviews26]

I was a pre-teen, growing up in post-soviet, early 90s Belarus when state TV showed this series. Everyone was glued to a TV, kids mostly, and we thought the CGI was good. Didnt see any of these toys for obvious reasons, and I remember some story skip, which led me to believe they skipped some episodes for some reason. I never seen the end of the series, because I was sent to summer camp. Now, in my mid 40s, the nerd in me wants to rewatch it, but part of me scared Im going to find it crude. Will see...

[@MadDragon-lb7qg]

Peggy Charen sounds just like Mary Whitehouse, a woman here in the UK who LOUDLY complained everytime she didn't like something. However the irony is, everytime she complained the ratings of said show went up, as MORE people would watch to see what all the fuss was about!

[@dpalmerama]

I bought the Captain Power annual at a fare way back in the early 90s when I was at school. Not knowing what it was, or who he was, but the artwork looked cool, and it was done by Marvel. I recently found that book again, and googled it to find out there was a show, and then this video appears?

[@dobromirvidev9262]

Hi! I am glad someone makes these documentaries. I was a kid when they aired this show in in Bulgaria. But the beginning of the 90's was an experimental stage in my country anyway. It was captivating watching the CGI and never thought about the quality. Apart from the business side, now I realize how ahead of its time was the thinking of the public broadcaster. Which is worth mentioning given the fact that now nobody remembers watching the show in Bulgarian.

[@cugamer8862]

I loved this show for a lot of reasons, but the biggest one is that it was a "children's show" that didn't talk down to children. Subjects included war, child abandonment, totalitarianism (my dad said that Lord Dread sounded like Hitler,) torture, oppression and genocide. Miles away from the sanitized content that pretty much every other show aimed at kids had back in 86. Adult me will be eternally grateful to JMS and the other creators for making a grown-up show that ten year old me could understand and learn from.

[@conflictandvictory]

omg I've been looking for the name of this show for ages. I used to watch it as a kid. I totally forgot the name but would always remember bits and pieces of scenes in my head. thank you for posting this 🙏🏻

[@pong86r]

both the lightgun jets and the VHS i got as a kid are things i haven't been able to let go of. i let the kids play a couple years ago when we still had the tube tv. was a ton of fun, even if for only a little while

[@cernstormrunner7263]

i remember reading a story where, as a prank, the set crew built a wall out of actual bricks instead of fake ones and didn't tell Sven-Old Thorson about it, thinking he wouldn't be able to smash through it. they were wrong.

[@serwinzzalot9989]

It ended so abruptly...waited for the next episode that never came...thanks for digging up this footage awesome

[@3rdegree13]

Loved this show! Had a lot of the toys to interact with it as well. I was so little but still remember the episode when Corporal Chase sacrificed herself. It Had me in tears.

[@kylefukumoto5811]

The show was great and I never got the toys as a kid. Cgi was weak, look at the Hercules shows in the 90s, it just takes time. A few years back, I went to a Captain Power signing at a store, I parked in the alley at the side of the store. There was a nice car that parked across from me. Out of it came a massive guy in a suit. I noticed we were walking to the same store, I thought, "Is it?" Yup, it was Tim Dunigan, Captain Power who was so nice, he held the door open so I could enter. Also, there was J. Michael Straczynski, Marc Scott Zircee, Larry DiTillo, another writer, and Robert DeLapp (special effects) and composer, Gary Guttman. Very cool to see them, got my Captain Power comic and DVD set signed, and I went on eBay to buy one of the toys.

[@roniel.casaljay4797]

The present time is the perfect time to recreate Captain Powers and the Soldiers of the future. Judging by the improvement of technology in move making, and they could also make animated version of it if interested.

[@DungeonMasterMike]

Loved the heck out of this when I was a kid. Had all the toys, the main base base, and all VHS releases; still have a majority of the original toys in storage. Luckily I picked up a Blu-ray copy of the entire series years ago that included all the toy commercials and the animated training videos as a bonus. It was impressive animation at the time too, with an excellent soundtrack; which also released a while ago. It can be a bit cheesy here and there, but its a fun series to watch, and was waaay ahead of its time.

[@digitalmagicAR]

This show was amazing for a kid's show in 1987. Incredible production for such. Worst thing was trying to find it on TV back then. They had an idea that should have worked, but possibly was cancelled before catching on

[@allanp8370]

anyone remeber a movie : teenage boy (kinda bullied because he's a nerd) school project comes on, he draw 2 space alien girls ( wearing white armor+ black suit + necklaces each and carrying space gun, 1 is blonde 1 is asian) he got laughed at and the school ends with everyone is having a vacation. nerd went to camping with the guys that he got bullied, ordering him to buy drink can. all of sudden spaceship crash. the nerd saw it came out : the same space girls that he drew. the space girls explained that their planet was destroyed by evil guy, they are wearing necklaces that grant the user power if combine. they gave him the necklaces to him, transforming him into a superhero ( the suit was kinda mix with :: head armor white with a red gem on its forehead shape similar like ultraman tiga forehead ( can shot beam from its forehead) almost same as guyver but with a black eye visor, body armor white was like seiya pegasus 2nd cloth, the body suit was red and black, and it needs electricity to recharge its power by the space girls placing their hands on the nerd shoulder ) i remember all the story, where there is a scene recharging its power to the max by standing in behind of electricity power station and finally he can fly and killing the evil soldier before the final boss. the ending of this movie : earth is saved, billy now looking cool, was in a split position, both foot on chairs while he was spreading the legs while erasing the blackboard. the teacher introducing the two new student ( the space girls ) the guys that bullying were shock because it was true. then the space girls are kissing on both billy cheeks. if anyone knows what this movie is called, I would be really grateful to you all. ( i dont remember what year probably 80-90s and its in color, not black and white)

[@ErikDvorak]

Thanks for this. I've been searching for the name of this show for ages, since it was called differently in our region I reckon. Loved the show back then as a kid, esp. the darker overtones. Definitely a very influential (but nowadays mostly forgotten) gem, way ahead of its time!

[@psychosious]

I loved this show and game as a kid. Played it repeatedly at my grandmother's house. Had the white and black ship and multiple episodes. Loved the guy who could fly.

[@davidaitken8503]

The CGI characters, Soaron and Blastor had an awesome otherworldly look about them that made them feel like they were a far more sophisticated type of mech than the standard foot soldiers, which they were.

[@I_am_Diogenes]

I wondered if I was the only one who remembered this little detail . I have watched several channels cover this show and never mention the interactive part of this show , which to me watching it at the time WAS THE WHOLE POINT .

[@billsquire2010]

I havent been able to find your videos lately! Im so happy to see a new one!

[@Raul-wt5jx]

I thought I was the only loser who played with these toys when I was 10 lol. Thanks for this...brings back good memories.

[@autothrust330]

Ahhh the 80’s tv shows! Better than all the social media BS nowadays.

[@klandersen42]

I was working at a toy store when Captain Power came out. The toys at first were a super hit. I seem to recall there were VHS tapes that went along with some of the toys. Maybe they were just practice exercises to prepare for watching the show. After the show bombed the toys of course were no longer desired.

[@kingdom216]

I didn't know this was a show on TV, I had the toy and it came with a VHS of the episodes. After getting frustrated trying to score, I would pause it so I could get some points. It lost it's charm pretty quick

[@radleybuttons7830]

This show still holds up today

[@dpyxl]

omg.. i just suddenly remember this show.. after i see that horus robot.. my memory of this is burried in my mind. thanks for reminding me how i crave these toys back in the days.

[@powerbomb4833]

I remember my father taping a few episodes of this on VHS so I watched them constantly. The effects might look bad now but boy, when I was a kid, those robots looked scary AF in my eyes.

[@Shiirow]

yeah I think I still have the ship you used with the video cassettes.

[@RamseyDewey]

I’ve been trying to remember the name of this show for ages.

[@watermunteconomie3938]

I loved this a a kid on saturday morning - was so cool and a powersuit yes please! Soron was so scary and the story was very good, I vote for a reboot.. get on with it because a plot has already been written. I still years on remember the intro and words spoken.

[@archmage7813]

I can't hear your pronunciation of J Michael Straczynski without cringing.

[@Thiesi]

"J.M." 😆

[@captain0080]

Yes i do, the concept of being robbed of your humanity was terrifying. Had nightmares about being digitized by the robots in this show yet i would be sitting there every saturday afternoon waiting for more, it's a shame the network which aired Captain Power didnt buy all the episodes so it just ended one day and put the Tracey Ulman Show in that timeslot.

[@brunosa200]

Really amazing you did this Remember... I have amazing memories from this show and, at the time, everything looked amazing. I still have the final episode on VHS 😁

[@w104bgs]

This was a great overview of Captain Power. I was a huge CP nut back then, had most of the toys, and loved the show. Around 8:40 I was laughing the hardest I've laughed in months!🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@ComdrStew]

I never had a problem with the toy, it actually worked perfectly. My friend had the same problems you are talking about. I think it depended on the TV. My mom just bought a brand new TV that year and my friend still had an old TV.

[@ripast2605]

The series was fascinating in every way, the graphic effects that imitated the metal of the robots were surprising as well as terrifying, at times it felt like a Terminator series (apocalyptic future, robots with their own intelligence, a protagonist modeled on Kyle Reese), even down to the computer effects it seemed like they were intended to continue the stop motion from the first terminator movie.

[@tmoore4075]

OMG I used to rent this from the video store all the time and loved it as a kid. Brings back so many memories.

[@wstine79]

Those "Pilot 1 Missions" videos were awesome. It was like an Interactive anime.

[@SpinDoc420]

late 80's, i was working at an outlet toy store and we got all the knock offs and stuff that did't sell, which is where i discovered this line and got the entire toy line and VHS tapes for my nephew i watched all the time. It was the key to some great times watching the kid, as he plated, i got to watcha solid sci fi show and later use those estories to sell a buttload of the toys to parents and kids

[@TiagoSilvaLx]

Still have some episodes on tape

[@tumbleweedjoe]

So cool! I had one of these toys, and have always vaguely remembered the show. Thanks for finding this!

[@ftuT]

Great to see some love for this one. I remember I loved it as a kid, I had a Cpt. Power action figure and a friend had both ships (you could do battle between them, no need for the TV, it was a crude Laser Tag experience, but awesome). I think I loved more the concept, but didn't realize how cheap everything was until I saw the show again some years later.

[@mythcafe]

The show seems very inspired by ishinomori property's like kamen rider and super sentai (footage was used for power rangers in fact) as well as western influence of star wars and id argue RoboCop, mentioning doctor who as an influence also makes sense due to villains such as the Cybermen and the daleks [due to the N*zi theming from the dread youth also seen in the kamen rider with villains shocker]

[@UstraMage]

This was one of my favorite shows as a kid. I am so glad I have the DVD set!

[@cantbejawsome]

The CGI is literally so freaking impressive.

[@jessetorres8738]

The characters from the thumbnail resemble Dr. Man and Bio Hunter Silver from the Super Sentai series Bioman.

[@shaider1982]

Yup, Dredd does look like Dr. Man without the silver hair. I watched both shows when I was a kid

[@camcordernonsense5264]

I love this show. it's a bit dark and grainy on the copied generations I have found available but I still can enjoy it. good work. nice presentation in a small amount of time.

[@fluxcapacitor007]

I have the powerjet too and it always worked perfectly and still does. In fact I kept an old CRT TV for the sole purpose of being able to show the toy's function. Sorry to hear your experience wasn't like mine.

[@LordRae]

Yeah mine worked great.

[@KerbalFacile]

One of my friends had the tabletop game, but I don't remember anything about it. This show had the first non-cardboardy villain with depth I ever saw on TV.

[@shatnermohanty6678]

This was telecast in India in 1993 on the Government owned Doordarshan channel . I was Ten years old at the time and couldn't make Head or Tail of it 😄But We , my friends and classmates , found it AWESOME 👍

[@peartree8338]

Mr. Straczynski made my childhood. Literally! Wheeled warriors exploded into battle, Captain Power fought Lord Dread, Babylon 5 GODAMNIT! The man imprinted generation with ethics that even organised religions can't get away with. Thank you Mr. S.

[@jhoughjr1]

I immediately thought B5 when I saw that name. Didn't realize he did Captain Power also.

[@druunderwood5602]

The Babylon Watcher that found Mjölnir.

[@druunderwood5602]

He's the reason I call my self a Foundationist.

[@VulpisFoxfire]

@@jhoughjr1 He did some of the best episodes of Real Ghostbusters, as well.

[@robonintendo]

During the original run i usually caught the ending credits as it aired too early for me back then. Fortunately YTV aired it in the mid-90's and I was able to enjoy the entire series. For the time it came from this show was amazing, too bad it didn't last more than a season.

[@BluesElwoo2]

When this show was on the air, I wanted some of the toys so bad! My parents wouldn't get any for me until the show was over with. I had one of the bad guy crafts. I had a vhs to use the ship with, but I wish I had more episodes to interact with! What a cool concept for the time.

[@robdrabkowski2708]

The full-cgi Bio-Dreads were one of my favorite parts of the series. It might look a bit hokey by today's standards, but back then it was cutting edge stuff that had only been seen in movies like The Last Starfighter and Tron. The rudimentary cgi actually made the Bio-Dreads seem more surreal and menacing. On the other hand, the flying effects for the Jumpship and Hawk Masterson were truly awful. Flaws aside, I still love this series. CP is just another example of a great show that was killed off before its time.

[@LucaCaserta]

Loved this show here in Italy when I was a child in the 80's. Had the toys too and loved them too! The CGI aged bad, but it was cool at that time for a kid 🎬🎥👍

[@republikadugave420]

This show was my childhood..

[@Pduarte79]

Add Automan, Knight Rider, etc...

[@mattiabassriffs]

I didn't remember this show, but I was a huge fan as a little kid, 'cause I do remember one of my birthday parties being completely about captain power. I mean, the cake the piñata, cups, napkins, EVERYTHING

[@hthrun]

7:00 The CGI and effects were amazing for a TV show at that time. I loved Captain Power.

[@ΕΛΧΟ.ΠΟΛΕΜΙΣΤΕΣ]

I was 7 yo, Sunday afternoon. Here in Greece, marvelous ages, thanks for the memories😎

[@kaijupredator4063]

The toys worked just fine for me. I had the Powerjet XT-7, Dread's fighter and a anti-aircraft gun/throne called the Interlocker. All of them scored points when shooting the proper flashing targets and to avoid ejection you were supposed to pull away to "dodge" the incoming blasts. The problem with the show wasn't the technology, but its poor distribution and random timeslots. It was bounced around the schedule so much it became difficult to find. I ended up recording several of the episodes in Spanish off UNIVISION just to be able to see them!

[@themadlad8540]

I remember this . As a 3 year old this was absolutely a master piece

[@szeryff0]

Of course I remember! Saturdays with The Cildren's Channel! All the shows, even the Milky Way commercials :) Seems like yesterday...

[@Ventrux]

You missed something about the Toys, 1st the toys can fight each other and it was super fun. 2nd There were 3 VHS animated movies just to play and they were awesome, produced in POV with tunnels, ships firing to you and the intro was with Captain Power himself in live.

[@czmisfitsfan]

I remember having a few tapes with episodes as well as the toys. One of those tapes also had the California Raisins Christmas special.

[@DamonCzanik]

Captain Power was way better than Power Rangers. The kiddie attempts at comedy in Power Rangers made it impossible for adults to take it seriously. Captain Power had real acting, drama and dark stories. Captain Power was like the 1989 Batman. Power Rangers was the Adam West 60s Batman. The CG effects look awful now (like.all CGI from 1987), but was amazing to see back then, especially on TV. The actors killed it and played their roles seriously. They elevated the material. But the title, even the gold costumes look silly now. Still love it though. They had amazing VHS tapes designed for the toys. Some of the best anime cartoons back then (people called it japanimation then). Search for Captain Power Training Level 1 on KZbin.

[@jokh1976]

The show was probably the closest we would get to a terminator dark future series. I cannot think of a worse fate than being digitized and absorbed into the machine consciousness. Although the action series were a bit disjointed at times, the characters both protagonist and antagonist forces are memorable and i could recite all the hero characters in the intro. There was a lot of thought placed in the series, I particularly loved Blastar retractable shielding and when he gets beaten or maimed. He would be regenerating. ( I imagined Marvel Days of the Future past character Nimrod had the same ability. During my youth, My mind mixed up the characters from time to time.) There was even a love angle between the heroes. Hopefully, Netflix or the networks can do a reimagining of the franchise.

[@alisabbagh8242]

This show/game kept off the streets. I loved it. I wore out the vhs tapes and the stupid trigger on the plane. Wish I still had those.

[@Darhan62]

"Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" is one of those things that I'd forgotten about for about 35 years until I saw the title of this video on my KZbin feed and it was like, "Oh yeah... I think I vaguely remember that -- some dude with a visor and shiny metallic armor."

[@rockmanx6857]

Of course,I remember this short-lived gem. I still remember the Captain Power action figure I had when I was 7.

[@red56dragon61]

I was 25 and we got up early just to watch it. I have it on mirrored hard drives, CD's, and the cloud

[@henriquereisjr6771]

Loved this show as a kid. And I live in Brazil. That was a great show. I had to watch it with my uncle on my grandma house because my mom though it was too dark for me. In Brazil aired in 1990. I was 8.

[@tonedover]

The VHS adventure tapes were where it was at w this technology - there were at least three, 75% ANIMATED and w the on screen effects much more functional than on the main show. Once i figured out to tip the plane away from the live action scenes my scores became much better lol. I loved those adventure tapes so much!!

[@leandrobenitez292]

i watched it for the first time not to long ago it was pure cheese gold, i just couldn't get enough of it god knows the world need quality entertainment like this back the only way a reboot or relaunch could work would be only if it had the same special effects

[@ettcha]

This show was so heavy! I don't think our censorship board bothered watching past episode 1😂 Thank god for that coz I loved this show, CG and all!

[@LordRae]

I used to tape the episodes so I could play them over and over. But I remember seeing a news story about parent groups were upset about it because it had a ton of violence and death but also because it wasn’t “fair” for kids who couldn’t afford the toys. Loved it though and my parents never complained about the content. The toy worked great for me. The only time you would get falsely ejected for me was that the transformation scenes triggered the getting shot effect.

[@dedhandbandit]

I was obsessed with this as a child. It was fantastic to me.

[@dayaninikhaton]

I made some artwork based on the Powerjet, Phantom Striker and Sauron Sky Sentry toys. I really loved this show back in the day.

[@andrewmaclellan608]

I actually still have the complete line of figures and I think this show would get lost in the modern environment of sci-fi shows which is a shame. Probably one of the most ambitious shows of all time - the gimmick was only so that Mattel would help fund the show because of the enormous budgets required at the time.

[@northprime_unlimited]

Man kudos to you if you still haves the toys‼️They were dope‼️They had a chromish finish if I remember right.

[@dantheanimator5072]

I wish i did too, good for you!! Worth anything?

[@andrewmaclellan608]

@@dantheanimator5072 Soaron is the most valuable but as I open all my toys they are not worth a great deal. I love them all the same.