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Post by GundamZero on Jun 26, 2007 22:33:05 GMT -5
A thread for anyone who remembers the awesome, yet sadly short lived 90's cartoon known as Road Rovers. Talk about your favorite episodes, characters, and thoughts about what might've happened had the show not been cancelled.
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Post by GundamZero on Jun 29, 2007 22:31:53 GMT -5
Some pics from the series: A group shot of the team (Back row, L-R: Shag, Muzzle. Front Row, L-R: Exile, Blitz, Hunter, Colleen) Hunter licking Colleen (I think this is a great indication of how much he really does love her) Colleen looking pretty, after going through the Transdogmafier: Colleen waving from the Street Rover, from the show's intro: Colleen compliments Exile on his prowess in battle, from the first episode's train battle sequence: Why it's a VERY bad idea to mess with Hunter when Colleen's around: In a scene from "A Day In The Life", the Rovers step out of the smoke, after Hunter arrives on scene and saves the rest of the team (Parvo and Groomer are in trouble now!)
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Post by colleen4ever on Jul 7, 2007 12:41:27 GMT -5
Hey there, I finally joined as you can tell. As you can also tell I love the Road Rovers! Who can be my favorite, I wonder? It's a shame it was gone before it';s time, but there's one good reason, it was TOO good! Who ever heard of a great show lasting only one year? With a few exceptions, it's unheard of. Anyone here wanna chat about this great show?
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Post by colleen4ever on Jul 7, 2007 12:45:23 GMT -5
I love this show, it rocks!
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Post by GundamZero on Jul 7, 2007 12:48:24 GMT -5
Welcome aboard! I agree, this great series went before it's time, and I will never forgive the idiot execs who killed this show in favor of the mind-rotting trash that followed.
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Post by colleen4ever on Jul 7, 2007 18:49:24 GMT -5
Amen for calling all the junk on now trash! Did you know that Pokemon (which I think replaced this, right?) is now on an msn list of worst cartoons ever? On the money, right? Thanks GOD Road Rovers is NOT on the list cause this show is super awesome.
One thing I like about this show (and especially Colleen) is even though Colleen is a girl, she's treated like an equal. She's completely equal to the men, unlike sexist shows like say Batman. No one ever said 'Leave the crime fighting to the men or 'She shouldn't come it could be dangerous for a girl'. I think, with the exception of Blitz, no one even cared about her gender. To them, she was a Road Rover and 100% equal to them! We need more charatcers like her and less like Disney Princeses! (I swear if I see one more Disney Princess thing I am gonna barf!)
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Post by GundamZero on Jul 7, 2007 21:11:58 GMT -5
You're absolutely right on that count. I never could stand Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh, or any of the trash cartoons that were brought in when Road Rovers was deep-sixed. I mean, whenever the execs get the least little complaint (for Road Rovers, it was some of the humor that killed it, like Blitz's "tooshie" obsession, the "Russian Name Game" song, and stuff like Hunter kicking one of Havoc's goons in the crotch during the snowmobile chase scene in "Where Rovers Dare".), they take it off air, and replace it with something that is total trash. Some of the stuff that's on today has even worse violent content (NEVER in Road Rovers was there blood), even when Muzzle went house on enemies, or when Colleen let loose her hellfire temper on some unfortunate goon (or Blitz). Yet even some of the supposedly "kid-friendly" cartoons have blood, and far worse violence than Road Rovers EVER had. The idiots who think that today's stuff is better than a fine show like Road Rovers should be ashamed of themselves. I wish there was a way to get WB to bring this show back. (The thing that REALLY ticked me off was when they started doing promotions for a second season, and even a Christmas Special, in which, supposedly, Hunter would confess to Colleen that he loved her, and they would then marry sometime in the second season), but then WB was like "Nope...we lied...HAHA!" Since then, I haven't watched WB, except when they still had Animaniacs and Pinky&The Brain, and I'll never forgive them for killing those great shows, along with Road Rovers. The only quality stuff I've seen in terms of cartoons/animated series in general since then have been the various Transformers series that have come out in the 90's, Samurai Pizza Cats, and the anime shows on Cartoon Network. That aside, Road Rovers never should have been cancelled.
Amen about Colleen also. She was always right there alongside Hunter and the others, and was never afraid to get her hands dirty (heck, she showed off her medical prowess in Ep. 4), and performed surgery on that wolf that Havoc's goons shot, and removed the bullet to save the wolf's life, and the wolf then repayed them by calling it's pack to the Rovers' aid, allowing them to take Havoc down. She's come in handy so many times, and she's a great 2nd in command for Hunter (No wonder he risked everything to return her to normal when she was turned into a Werewolf. She's his best friend, the one he loves, and the team would fall apart without her and Hunter's great chemistry that holds them together.)
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Post by colleen4ever on Jul 8, 2007 0:55:53 GMT -5
They WERE?! OMG, do you remmber any of these promos? Do you remember anything they said? Wow, so thus would have ended the triangle, huh? Oh Man, I would have given ANYTHING to see that!
People complained about Hunter kicking a guy in the CROUCH?! They do that ALL THE TIME now!! Geez, picky, picky. Some soccar Moms just can't take a frickin joke when it comes to Blitz. He was as Exile said, the 'Weird Boy'...he HAD to do something unusual!
The Russian song I can kind of understand, but the tushis?! Come ON! And the kicking in the crouch...why aren't they going after Pokemon, I've seen that happen at least twic, along with other cartoons.
CCartoons are just drivil now (do you even have to go to ART SCHOOL anymore?!) Thank GOD for VCR's!
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Post by GundamZero on Jul 8, 2007 12:26:47 GMT -5
Here's what I remember from the scene that they showed:
*The Rovers have just returned to HQ, after stopping Parvo from stealing a new American prototype weapon. Hunter and Colleen are sitting in the living room, alone in front of the fireplace, drinking tea, while the Christmas Tree is beautifully decorated in the background.
Hunter: "Colleen, I want to thank you for staying at my side all the time, for supporting me even when it looked like the end, and for being the best friend I could ever ask for." Colleen: "Huntie, I want to thank you too, for always treating me as one of the team, even though I'm a girl, for always being there for me, and for always caring about me." Hunter: "Colleen, I've wanted to say this for so long, but until now, I-I never could find the right words to express my feelings. I love you, Colleen, and I have since I first met you. I was just too shy to admit it at first, and I'm sorry if I hurt your feelings, or made you think I didn't have feelings for you." Colleen: "Huntie...I love you too, and I always will." *The two Rovers kiss, then go to their seperate rooms and head to bed.*
Of course, it never came to be, since the WB execs decided to kill off this beautifully animated show, and replace it with something that looked like it was made during a half-hour break. I mean, Road Rovers was well drawn, beautifully animated, had great characters (with the exception of the bad guys, of course), interesting plots, and great comedy. Most of the stuff that's on nowadays has none of that.
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Post by colleen4ever on Jul 8, 2007 12:48:01 GMT -5
OH wow...what an amazing scene! Now...when they kissed, did you SEE their lips meet,. or did he turn his head so you couldn't see it? Wow, oh man, I would have given anything to see that! (see all you 'she's teasing Blitz cause she likes him' supporters, THERE'S your answer! She loves Hunter!) You said they were hinting on the getting married at the end of the season?! Whoa! Wondr if they really did go to Confuse-Us?! But yeah, I so agree./ Thanks to Pokemon and these sensative soccar Moms, now we got WORSE stuff on TV than there was before! Man, I wonder if these Mom';s are enjoying their feet now?
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Post by GundamZero on Jul 8, 2007 13:00:25 GMT -5
Hunter didn't turn his head, it was clearly visible. The second season promos also hinted at Blitz maturing somewhat, making his peace with Hunter and Colleen, but he'd still keep the "tooshie" biting thing (Hey, it'd take alot of comedy out of the show if Exile lost all his reasons for calling Blitz "Weird Boy".
Curse you, you oversensitive soccer mom's, stupid execs, and the annoying FCC!
The kinds of stuff that are on these days make me really glad that sites like Youtube exist, so that people can put up old eps. of various series like Road Rovers, etc. Also, thank god for recordable DVD's!
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Post by colleen4ever on Jul 8, 2007 23:22:47 GMT -5
Oh wow!!! I wish to God I could have seen that, that sounded SOOO awesome!
Yeah, I can't believe how the quality of animation just deteriorated over the years to the mess that its become. Ya know, I'd LOVE it if Animaniacs wre still on the air! Can toy imagine Yannko, Wakko, and Dot taking on Pokemon? Too funny!
Anway, when did this promo air? Do you remember the exact date?
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Post by GundamZero on Jul 8, 2007 23:55:59 GMT -5
I think it was a couple of days before Christmas of '96. WB REALLY ticked me off that day, and even more so when they failed to show the promised new season of Road Rovers. I swear, Colleen should trash the lot of those brain-dead execs, or maybe let Muzzle loose on them!
The Animaniacs, Road Rovers, and some of the other stars of the great cancelled cartoons of the 90's, like Samurai Pizza Cats, etc, against the trash of today, it'd be a slaughterfest. All the Rovers would need to do is unleash Muzzle, and it'd be all over!
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Post by colleen4ever on Jul 9, 2007 0:21:19 GMT -5
HAH, I'd LOVE to see that, though, I really would! That would show those dumb-dumbs down there. Ya know, not to drift off topic, but what did you think if 'Hysteria!' I really didn;t like it too much. WAY too preachy, just to please the FCC. But there was a rumer that Hunter in dog form did a cameo in it..I'm not too sure if that was true seeing as how I never watched it. Anyway, back to topic...when Hunter kissed Colleen, was it a deep kiss or a small peck? (How sad am I that I wanna know this? )
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Post by GundamZero on Jul 9, 2007 9:47:27 GMT -5
I did see that ep. of Hysteria! you refer to, and Hunter DID do a cameo in dog form. As for Hunter&Colleen's kiss, it was full on, no little peck or whatever. He made sure she knew exactly how he felt about her. She had her arms around the back of his neck, and his were draped over her shoulders.
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