tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post7448086685174936507..comments2023-10-09T01:56:48.215-07:00Comments on Collected Cinema: Violent movies, kid-friendly merchandiseJack Thursbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-55805961486702300372013-03-17T04:17:34.753-07:002013-03-17T04:17:34.753-07:00Yeah I heard rumours about a Terminator cartoon to...Yeah I heard rumours about a Terminator cartoon too. I'd have loved to have seen how they would have done that in a non-lethal manner.<br /><br />Really hoping the footage from the Alien cartoon gets released one day. I loved those late 80s cartoons like Real Ghostbusters and TMNT.Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-52298855082834896772013-03-17T00:03:02.301-07:002013-03-17T00:03:02.301-07:00I adored the Aliens toys as a kid. They were my ab...I adored the Aliens toys as a kid. They were my absolute favorite. I was just discussing with a friend of mine that we both seem to remember watching the Aliens cartoon as a kid. To discover that one was actually planned, and a pilot produced, just makes me happy somehow. There's no way we knew about this. I think we just assumed, since the toys were so cool and popular, that a cartoon had to happen eventually. Though we both agreed a cartoon about rape demons from outer space was probably pretty inappropriate for kids.<br /><br />They also made toys/a cartoon for Toxic Avenger and toys/short-lived cartoon for Swamp Thing. Starship Troopers got a cartoon, though it was fairly mature and well-written. (And still shown in before school AM time slots.) I honestly kind of miss the R-rated movie/kids cartoon trend. I'm also fairly certain a Terminator cartoon was in development at some time. I would have loved that too as a youngster.Bonehead XLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04545161927886923285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-66267448475524329582012-04-28T14:34:08.249-07:002012-04-28T14:34:08.249-07:00Thanks Matt. Yeah, I think this might be my most p...Thanks Matt. Yeah, I think this might be my most popular post ever. The 80s were a pretty awesome time to grow up.Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-4663014804073014292012-04-28T13:48:28.226-07:002012-04-28T13:48:28.226-07:00What a great post! Total blast from the past. I ...What a great post! Total blast from the past. I remember watching the Rambo cartoon as a kid.Direct to Video Connoisseurhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02310858965138247572noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-83547128586283638602012-04-19T01:30:49.669-07:002012-04-19T01:30:49.669-07:00Glad you enjoyed the article. The Commando costume...Glad you enjoyed the article. The Commando costume sounds amazing - I'd have loved to have that.Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-27491020244835390842012-04-18T15:33:52.901-07:002012-04-18T15:33:52.901-07:00Oh man! I felt like I was 12 again reading this ar...Oh man! I felt like I was 12 again reading this article. Really, really great article! I had most of these myself, but not the Commando one. But I would have if I had ever seen it! I do remember buying a Commando costume at my local toy store when the film came out, which was just the vest with a knife, compass and grenades attached to it. I wish I still had that.robotGEEKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00355070295108163031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-68791338649920645232012-04-17T19:32:58.883-07:002012-04-17T19:32:58.883-07:00Excellent write-up! Would love to find the Command...Excellent write-up! Would love to find the Commando toy!Tyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06188012325610596179noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-35433682461361967952012-04-17T08:00:34.422-07:002012-04-17T08:00:34.422-07:00Totally, you could make toy versions of Data's...Totally, you could make toy versions of Data's high-tech belt for instance. The Goonies should have had a kick-ass trilogy along the lines of Indiana Jones, where one installment was really dark.<br /><br />I still wish the actors would drop everything and just do a reunion already but I guess they've all got other "better" projects to spend their time on.Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-44034762237521813932012-04-13T17:18:56.564-07:002012-04-13T17:18:56.564-07:00I think Goonies was a film that producers and toy ...I think Goonies was a film that producers and toy makers and everything makers have failed to capitalize on, they dont seem to understand how much love is out there for that film! I think they only made one crappy video game and I remember being so dissapointed by it, I mean if I had the Goonies, I'd be selling the shit out of it!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-70288735334437772262012-04-13T05:10:50.040-07:002012-04-13T05:10:50.040-07:00Yeah, it's weird that they thought Rambo and H...Yeah, it's weird that they thought Rambo and Highlander would make good cartoons while completely ignoring far more appropriate childrens films like The Goonies or Short Circuit!Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-14092771037996191092012-04-13T05:02:40.209-07:002012-04-13T05:02:40.209-07:00Cool post, I never did understand how they made a ...Cool post, I never did understand how they made a cartoon out of Rambo, a series of films that's extremely violent, but I guess it was like G.I. Joe, a cartoon series that could be used as a way to sell kids a bit of patriotism. I remember that cartoon series and the toys being pretty popular amongst kids. I was one of them! <br /><br />And Highlader...a series of films where you actually have to decapitate your enemy to win! Baffling in deed!Franco Macabrohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10994905312221715861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-60234446156303680492012-04-13T01:01:32.177-07:002012-04-13T01:01:32.177-07:00Totally forgot about the Tales from the Crypt anim...Totally forgot about the Tales from the Crypt animated series - good call. I think I caught a few of them as a kid. <br /><br />Another one I've just remembered that I could have covered was Conan the Adventurer - which borrowed a little from the John Milius movie. In it Conan fought a cult of shapeshifter snake people who had turned his family to stone. And rather than killing them he had a magic sword that just teleported them back to their own dimension when it touched them!<br /><br />Shame no one's found a copy of the Aliens cartoon pilot but I'm sure it will turn up one day. I'm intrigued to see it in action. Another franchise that they considered turning into a cartoon was Terminator but it never got past the planning stages.Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-21268045575158344282012-04-12T22:06:23.770-07:002012-04-12T22:06:23.770-07:00Great post! Besides the toys I also always found i...Great post! Besides the toys I also always found it strange that back in the 80s these R-rated movies got animated shows intended for kids. That would never happen nowadays!<br />Chuck Norris and the Karate Kommandos is an unintentionally hilarious show. I remember when they aired it on Adult Swim for an April's Fools Day prank a few years ago along with Mr. T's Mysteries.<br />I never even heard there was a planned Aliens animated series. I would love to see that pilot episode for the hell of it!<br />Another one I never understood was the Tales from the Crypt animated series. I guess it would make sense if they just wanted to make a scary children's show and use the name but that show ain't for kids!RVChrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10475379868308526845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-86670716710448254072012-04-12T05:16:22.551-07:002012-04-12T05:16:22.551-07:00Yeah, I can only think if they made a dog alien th...Yeah, I can only think if they made a dog alien they would have made it look too much like a dog which would have been too disturbing for kids.<br /><br />Of all of these, I think I only had a Battle Damage Robocop (from the TV show) and a Ripley figure from Aliens with a mini flame thrower. I was more into Batman figures.Jack Thursbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03101157160144955486noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4369795000647898787.post-51424986544914784152012-04-12T05:06:10.943-07:002012-04-12T05:06:10.943-07:00What an excellent article. I had the Rambo and Rob...What an excellent article. I had the Rambo and Robocop action figures and me and my brother split the Aliens toys. The Alien toys all had animal properties, which I guess was going to be incorporated into the cartoon series. There was a Bull Alien (with horns), a Gorilla Alien, and a Scorpion Alien. Strangely enough, they didn't have the Dog Alien from Part 3.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com