tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post6956151470768566768..comments2024-03-25T17:18:56.205-04:00Comments on Saturday Morning Archives: Saturday Morning's Forgotten Heroes: The Space Sentinels (1977)hobbyfanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-35935226336597673112014-05-08T15:13:53.577-04:002014-05-08T15:13:53.577-04:00Or CBS could've picked up the show to replace ...Or CBS could've picked up the show to replace elements of Super 7 that were shipped off to NBC in 1980 (i.e. Batman, Web Woman). That would've sparked fresh interest.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-62442284077152797402011-07-21T09:50:22.786-04:002011-07-21T09:50:22.786-04:00I definitely agree with your points, hobbyfan!
Th...I definitely agree with your points, <b>hobbyfan</b>!<br /><br />The BCI set doesn't go in depth in regards to the live action <i>Space Sentinels</i> screentest included as a bonus feature, unfortunately, but I can guess the SFX budget for a live <i>SS</i> would've been higher than what was put towards <i>Space Academy</i> or <i>Jason of Star Command</i> (which cost more and was very ambitious with its SFX, by comparison).<br /><br />CBS was loaded with hits back in '77, and I recall appreciating 90 minutes of Bugs Bunny (and his friends)! <i>SS</i> might have thrived better as part of <i>Tarzan and the Super Seven</i>.R.A.M.'67https://www.blogger.com/profile/12817535165296807817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-13885894601044068202011-07-20T22:16:08.317-04:002011-07-20T22:16:08.317-04:00Ah, but in a live-action setting, that would'v...Ah, but in a live-action setting, that would've required adding special effects whenever Astria changed forms. As I recall, Gerry Anderson's Space: 1999 ran into this minor obstacle when they added a shape-shifter to the cast around that same time.<br /><br />Seeing as how CBS was, IIRC, devoting as much as 90 minutes then to Bugs Bunny, and already had 4 Filmation shows on the schedule, they could've found room for the Sentinels. That they passed was their loss.hobbyfanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08089664500077967952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-365564334433777661.post-52845108161888649212011-07-20T09:20:42.106-04:002011-07-20T09:20:42.106-04:00The BCI DVD set for this series was a minor revela...The BCI DVD set for this series was a minor revelation of sorts; it was interesting to find out <i>The Young/Space Sentinels</i> could've been a live action show!<br /><br />An original, decent cartoon that would've had a better chance if it were on CBS. (Not ABC, who was done with Filmation after the <i>Uncle Croc's Block</i> debacle.)R.A.M.'67https://www.blogger.com/profile/12817535165296807817noreply@blogger.com