{"id":7798,"date":"2012-12-02T18:32:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-02T18:32:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/index.php\/2012\/12\/02\/filmation-favourites\/"},"modified":"2019-09-08T18:14:23","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T18:14:23","slug":"filmation-favourites","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/plaidstallions.com\/reboot\/filmation-favourites\/","title":{"rendered":"Filmation Favourites"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\nJudging by the tremendous amount of feedback I got on my review of Lou Scheimer: Creating the Filmation Generation<\/a>\"\", I can honestly say I am not alone in my adoration of this once great studio. If anything, I’m part of a mob, it feels pretty great.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nI’ll announce the winner of the contest below but I felt like talking about my personal Filmation favorites, no real reason other than reading the book has reignited my interest and it’s my blog, so feast upon my rambling.<\/span><\/div>\n
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\nShazam!<\/a>\"\" I never saw the Adam West Batman series much as a kid, maybe twice, so this larger than life show was my first introduction into superheroes. A boy never forgets his first man in tights. I went close to madness to find these on bootleg VHS in the 80s, one dealer tried to convince me they were all destroyed. Luckily the Warner archive finally released these on DVD this year with morals intact.<\/span> <\/div>\n
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\nI have no idea why Filmation’s Tarzan <\/b>isn’t on DVD in it’s entirety, this series gave me a lifetime love for the character and I’d argue it’s one of the best adaptations going. This wasn’t the “Me Tarzan, You Jane” dolt, this was a smart calculating, adventurer Tarzan who often found lost worlds. Lou Scheimer’s daughter told me once that he was a big Tarzan fan and it showed.<\/span>
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\nJason of Star Command<\/b> grabbed my attention every week and gave me an early crush in Nicole Davidoff. The show also featured 70 exploitation film stars Tamara Dobson and Sid Haig, nothing to sneeze at. I can still pop in the Jason DVDs and be thoroughly entertained.<\/span><\/p>\n

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\nSpeaking of childhood crushes, there was a lot to love about Filmation’s New Adventures of Flash Gordo<\/b>n, especially the amazing detail and credence that was paid to the original Alex Raymond strips. As a bonus, their interpretation Princess Aura gave me an appreciation for red heads that often clouded my judgement for the next 10 years.<\/span><\/div>\n
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