I used to get out of a warm bed early on Saturday morning to see this show. That alone says a lot. It was the only interesting, thoughtful and certainly adult show on at that time, during the "kid show" time period. The themes of humanity, loyalty,father-son relationships, post-apocalyptic survival, you name it. There was even a hint of extra-marital concern with one of the characters. Pretty heavy stuff for a "kids show", wouldn't you say? On top of that, it actually had interesting characters with solid, evolving backstories.
The show was dropped, by the way, because Landmark Entertainment, who were told that the show would be cross-merchandised with a complete line of interactive toys, found instead that the release of the toys was delayed - thus removing the basis for the show! So the SECOND ever interactive TV show - the first one was Winky Dink, by the way - lost its sponsor. The interactive toys were revolutionary and never repeated, from the Interlocker, the "Power On" base which self-activated when the show came on, the "ships", which enabled watchers to "shoot" at the bad guys in the show - and they shot back, by the way! - and to collect "points" for doing so. Just amazing, really. And a lot of fun.
It was also the first and probably the best CGI TV show. The characters of Lackey,Soaron and Blastarr (a character name stolen from 1960's Marvel comics) were the first all CGI characters on TV, and were fully formed, again with backstories. it's a shame that the episodes will probably never be available on a DVD, with the ability to use the old ships, Interlocker, etc. Of course, you could still use your Captain Power laser tag guns. Oh, I didn't mention them, did I? By the way - somewhere out there is the original "teaser" for the TV show. A housewife is making breakfast for her kids in a commercial-all of a sudden, breaking into the commercial is Captain Power, telling you he needed your help. It was fantastic, and it hasn't ever appeared again. And for a prequel of some of the Captain Power aesthetic, take a look at the He-Man feature film....
The show was dropped, by the way, because Landmark Entertainment, who were told that the show would be cross-merchandised with a complete line of interactive toys, found instead that the release of the toys was delayed - thus removing the basis for the show! So the SECOND ever interactive TV show - the first one was Winky Dink, by the way - lost its sponsor. The interactive toys were revolutionary and never repeated, from the Interlocker, the "Power On" base which self-activated when the show came on, the "ships", which enabled watchers to "shoot" at the bad guys in the show - and they shot back, by the way! - and to collect "points" for doing so. Just amazing, really. And a lot of fun.
It was also the first and probably the best CGI TV show. The characters of Lackey,Soaron and Blastarr (a character name stolen from 1960's Marvel comics) were the first all CGI characters on TV, and were fully formed, again with backstories. it's a shame that the episodes will probably never be available on a DVD, with the ability to use the old ships, Interlocker, etc. Of course, you could still use your Captain Power laser tag guns. Oh, I didn't mention them, did I? By the way - somewhere out there is the original "teaser" for the TV show. A housewife is making breakfast for her kids in a commercial-all of a sudden, breaking into the commercial is Captain Power, telling you he needed your help. It was fantastic, and it hasn't ever appeared again. And for a prequel of some of the Captain Power aesthetic, take a look at the He-Man feature film....