Saturday, April 30, 2011

Simian Saturday : Return to the Planet of the Apes

Why don't they show cartoons like this on Cartoon Network????




I'm ashamed to admit it, but I had actually forgotten this POTA cartoon series existed. I only got to see some of it back in the day. Guess I need to track it down on DVD. Has anyone noticed how alot of the cartoons and shows we grew up with are no longer shown on T.V./Cable? I mean yeah Thundarr is back and I've seen some Johnny Quest which is awesome, but when was the last time you saw an old He-Man cartoon? or Flash Gordon, Thundercats, G.I. Joe?? I said to my teenagers the other day, "Knowing is half the battle," with a wink and they looked at me like I was nuts! Course they usually look at me that way anyways...
And where's my Three Stooges??!!!! ok rant off...
: )

9 comments:

  1. Bad monkey boy! Forgetting the POTA cartoon.

    S'okay, a lot of people forget there was a Star Trek cartoon too. Both those series found new life in animation. Heck, the ST cartoon even had the original cast as voice actors and the episodes are considered canon.

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  2. I have been trying to track down the copies of the mag sized b&w comic (with color cover) they did back in the early 70's ('73-'74?). I have looked over tons of stuff but I can't seem to find the ones that had a continuing storyline that was much like BENEATH but followed another human who stumbled upon a derailed train and followed the tracks into the underground.

    The most messed up thing-the animated series was better than the live series.

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  3. Cool theme song.

    Hey Bill, did you pick up the first issue of the new Boom! Studios comic?

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  4. and both of them were were actually geared toward adults as well. Many of those stories were quite intricate.

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  5. Eli...haning my head in shame... : )
    ADD Grognard, your right those were some great issues! I've featured several of the covers in previous Simian Saturday posts.
    Trey, my local comic shop hadn't gotten them in yet. : (
    Anthony, your right, which is part of the reason why I want them back on TV!! : )

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  6. Growing up this along with Valley Of The Dinosaurs, Lands of the Lost, etc. these were my favorite cartoons. This was a very cool cartoon.

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  7. Fascinating. I missed this BITD. Notice how they show those hominids crucified upside-down in the start? Kinda grabs your attention immediately.

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  8. The Animated Trek spent a long time in non-canon hell; it's only been in the last decade or so that it has been canonized.

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  9. Hulu has all the episodes as far as I could tell. I watched the 1st with my baby boy and he'd get bored when apes weren't on the screen but when they were he'd get excited and yell "Monkeys".

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