[Jack Quinn]

Ah well then since I have no idea what JL is, HKP gets my vote, especially if the voice was the guy that got axed in the Shining

[The Canadian Content]

Zan and Jayna apparently:



Wikipedia

[williamssl]

No no no. I think you're talking Superfriends, which first had Wendy/Marvin/Wonderdog and then had the Wonder Twins - Zan and Jayna - and their space monkey Gleek. Zan turned into things water-based, Jayna into animals.

Justice League is completely different show.

EDIT: Psycho beat me to the punch, but at least we're saying the same thing.

[The Canadian Content]

Clarissa Explains It All vs. Spectreman - Someone's going to have to help me out here. I've never heard of either of these shows, and I'm not interested doing the research. So far, Loki's pretty adamant about the superiority of Spectreman, but he's also got the WD-40 thing going on, so I'm not sure he's to be trusted.

He-Man vs. Samuari Jack - It really is a shame Samurai Jack's going to get killed here. It's a really fun show.

Challenge of the Gobots vs. Mr. T - "Go-bots, Go-bots, Migh-ty ro-bots, Migh-ty ve-hi-cles, GO-BOTS!"

Justice League vs. Hong Kong Phooey - sorry, Tex, but HKP predates me by a few years. While I've heard about it, I've never seen it. JL, on the other hand, was a fine show. It'll get my vote.

Inspector Gadget vs. The Wuzzles - I was late for school many mornings because I was watching Inspector Gadget. The same cannot be said of the Wuzzles, fun though it was.

[Jack Quinn]

don't know about spectreman but Clarissa had Melissa Joan Hart, take that for what it's worth.

[Deleted]

This is all you really need to know about Clarissa:

[Lucky]

I will apparently continue to be breaking all apathy ties for the Live Action polls with who had the hottest cast member.

[Loki]

The Spectreman case:

Since half of you have no idea what this show was, I’ll give you a bit of edumaction and maybe get the show to earn more than one vote.

Tex made reference to Ultraman up above. For those who remember that, these (and others) are the same basic show. I think Spectreman was the first of these to arrive in the US, however. All of you out there know the descendants of these shows, however: Power Rangers. DynaMan. Beetle Borgs. Any of a hundred thousand shows where someone dresses up in a nifty costume with a helmet and fights giant foam monsters. Sometimes they drive vehicles, sometimes they have weapons, and sometimes they fight an army of cannon fodder before facing the giant mutated creature and their master (who is usually an alien or something similar who wants to conquer the world). But the same basic set up is always the same.

These shows originated in Japan during the 60s and 70s, were badly dubbed into English and then the better ones were shown on American TV, with Spectreman being one of the, if not the, original. These shows were much different from the American shows of the time and became very successful. That success was enough to allow other Japanese shows to follow suit and become translated into English and shown on US TV. This idea spilled over to cartoons as well, and are the reasons Americans from the 80s have fond memories of shows like “Transformers”, “Voltron”, “Robotech”, “G-Force” and “StarBlazers” (what – you didn’t think those shows were actually US-based, did you? Silly American!).

Spectreman also aged surprisingly well, especially compared to other shows from that same time period. The special effects aren’t great when compared to ones of today, but they’re still decent. The screen writing, while a bit simplistic, appealed to adults as well as younger people.

All in all, the show is decent as a stand alone, but is one of those shows that has legitimate historical value.

[Loki]

Didn't Hart get in deep trouble for those pictures? If I remember right, it almost ended the show.

[The Canadian Content]

So, it's basically a showdown between this

gatorbait said:

and this

loki said:

<stuff> Power Rangers <stuff>

Seems pretty simple to me. Even without the hotness, a show that is in any way, shape, or form responsible for Power Rangers does not get my vote.

[Loki]

I hate you.

[The Canadian Content]

;D

[Lucky]

psychofish said:

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Seems pretty simple to me. Even without the hotness, a show that is in any way, shape, or form responsible for Power Rangers does not get my vote.

Actually, applying my "hotness of cast" standard Power Rangers probably beats out Clarissa. Because while Melissa Joan Hart is a pleasant memory from my more formidable years Amy Jo Johnson was an intrical part. The Pink Power Rangers > Clarissa. Hands down. Or uh... something like that...

So the question is, did Spectreman have a hot chick who could have made an impact on my young years (and who ideally was old enough so that I can look at pictures of her now without feeling dirty)?

If you don't have a hot chick you're of no use to me.

[Loki]

Since it was mae in Japan in the 60s-70s, I'm going to say no.

HOWEVER,

This



is responsible for this



and this (one of the other Ranger chicks)



and this (another Ranger chick)

images.amazon.com/media/imdb/01/I/05/17/58s.jpg


(I looked for nudes, but couldn't find any. Sorry.)

[Loki]

Wait! I found 'em! Here's links, so this wwill be work safe.

Random Ranger chick who was also in "The Cell"

home.maine.rr.com/lapinmaine/ABYS160@CatherineSutherland_TheCELL.jpg

(okay, that's creepy)

Amy Jo Johnson - home.maine.rr.com/lapinmaine/AmyJoJohnson-PursuitofHappiness.jpg

(not great, but nekkid! I think. Close enough, anyway.)

[Lucky]

Spectreman is not responsible for Pink Power Ranger. Nope, sorry. Not buying. It was the wonderful foresight of the Power Rangers' casting to give a job to such an amazingly hot woman who could do gymnastics. And to feature her doing said gymnastics in tights that showed off her great ass as often as possible.

[Loki]

Bullshit, dude. As I said earlier, Spectreman paved the way for Japanese shows to come to America. Without Spectreman, you never would have been able to oogle Amy Jo Johnson, because Power Rangers would never have been created. Power Rangers is a descendant of those Japanese shows.

Nope, without the Japanese influence the best you could have hoped for was that the spinoff shows of Mr. Rogers and Sesame Street had a cute librarian. And she certainly wouldn't have been doing splits.

Think I'm lying? Okay, name me a great live action French show that mainstreamed here into America and spawned tons of kids shows with hot chicks doing gymnastics in tight clothes that was around when you were younger. What? Magdeline? Sorry, doesn't count.

Can't? Fine, name me a great Chinese show. Nothing? Name me a great Spanish show. No, no - Dora is of this generation, not yours.

Name me a great Danish show. Hungarian? Russian?


Can't do it.


Whether you want to admit it or not, without Spectreman the Power Rangers would have stayed in Japan and been played by some homely Asian chicks (who you wouldn't have been able to oogle, anyways).

[Lucky]

Sorry. I'm not buying it. They were already making big foam monster movies. Big foam monster TV was a natural progression. If it wasn't Spectreman it would have been Ultraman or Kikoman or Awesomeman. Pink Power Ranger would have found her way into my life somehow.

Even if it took watching Felicity to do it!

[Chris Eco]

Forget the Pink Ranger. I miss Thuy trang. She left us too soon.

[Deleted]

Even so, Power Rangers had its own nomination. I am rendering the "this show led to others" argument pointless since nearly every cartoon can be traced back to another, as well. And all those can be traced back to cave drawings, etc.

[Krydor]

Bad Japanese show versus bad Nickelodeon show? I'll vote against either, so bribe me.

[Loki]

I was supposed to post the new matchups yesterday, but I was K.O.ed by a nasty cold. I'll post themI was supposed to post the new matchups yesterday, but I was K.O.ed by a nasty cold. I'll post them today on my lunch hour. today on my lunch hour.

[williamssl]

loki said:

I was supposed to post the new matchups yesterday, but I was K.O.ed by a nasty cold. I'll post themI was supposed to post the new matchups yesterday, but I was K.O.ed by a nasty cold. I'll post them today on my lunch hour. today on my lunch hour.

Judging from this post, you are still KO'd....or enjoying the cough syrup.

EDIT: hope you're feeling better and let me know if you need any help.

[Batman]

COUGH SYRUP INTERVENTION!

[Loki]

$@!#!!&*@ work computer....

Yes, I need COUGH SYRUP INTERVENTION! I've been mainlining the stuff like Pepsi and... oooh, look at the pretty lights! They're speaking to me, spoking spaking speaking mysteries of the cosmos it's like a box in a box in a box divided up into parsecs of time and laughter where the wind tickles your eyes and you hear the taste of Doritos in the kaleidoscope of the universe at large and the biotechnology reveals the structure of photoframes embedded in the rocks of mirrors while ice shards shine their light on the coffee mug.....

Who am I?

Why am I here?