Out of the ashes of defeat came JONATHAN POWER, humanity's last hope of defeating the BIO-DREAD warriors led by the evil LORD DREAD. Captain Jonathan Power and a devoted band of freedom fighters are all that stands between Dread and the final destruction of mankind.
That is the story of none other than CAPTAIN POWER and the SOLDIERS OF THE FUTURE.
That's right, the TV show that everyone tried to convince me I was making up.
Well, it's real, it has cool toys, videos, and video clips.
CAPTAIN POWER aired back in 1987, and was written by J. Michael Straczynski (Babylon 5).
For those that don't remember, or tried to convince me I was crazy, CAPTAIN POWER was an action show for kids that used an interactive light gun toy. You could battle with friends, just like LASER TAG.
But that's not all - if you held up the gun/ship to the TV during an episode or video, the bad guys in the show could blast your pilot right out of your ship!
The Soldiers of the Future were a 5 man team, each with a special suit of power armor (much like the Centurions) . Each member had a special ability and suit, and personality - much like G-Force or Voltron or any 5 guy sci-fi team.
My favorite element of the show was the computer generated characters, the BIO-DREADS.
These villainous robots would 'digitize' people - sort of like beaming someone up in Star Trek, but very painful and traumatic. The 'digitized' people would be stored in a computer.
I wonder how many digitized people would fit in an i-pod ?
The show was very ambitious, in that it was pretty well written, in depth, had good production values, incorporated CGI characters, and had an interactive toy line.
The look of the show was great, too - a real mixture of Terminator, Voltron, and even the Borg from Star Trek.
I would go into greater depth, but the links above are very thorough and well done.
So now you know I'm not crazy. Just like the last time...
I'm not crazy Part I
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