"Jason of Star Command" (1978) TV series 1978-1981

User Rating:

7.6/10   

Creator:

Arthur H. Nadel

Seasons:

1 | 2

Genre:

Adventure | Family | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A young Space Command officer fights evil in his jurisdiction of space.

Plot Keywords:

Space | Space Opera | Stop Motion | Kids And Family | Character Name In Title

Cast

Craig Littler	...	Jason (28 episodes, 1978-1979)
Sid Haig	...	Dragos (28 episodes, 1978-1979)
Charlie Dell	...	Professor E.J. Parsafoot (28 episodes, 1978-1979)
Susan Pratt	...	Captain Nicole Davidoff (16 episodes, 1978-1980)
James Doohan	...	Commander Canarvin (16 episodes, 1978-1980)
John Russell	...	The Commander / ... (12 episodes, 1979-1981)
Tamara Dobson	...	Samantha (12 episodes, 1979-1981)

Runtime:

30 min (28 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Filmation Associates

Trivia:

The "laser beam" light that appeared to be projected from Dragos' eye piece wasn't a digital effect - the light was triggered by a switch that actor Sid Haig held in his hand.

Quotes:

Narrator: Danger hides in the stars! This is the world of Jason of Star Command. A space-age soldier of fortune determined to stop the most sinister force in the universe: Dragos, master of the cosmos. Aiding Jason in his battle against evil is a talented team of experts, all working together in a secret section of Space Academy. Jason of Star Command!

Movie Connections:

Follows "Space Academy" (1977)

Great fun!!

Jason of Star Command is one of my favorite shows. As a young teenager, I had already enjoyed earlier related Filmation shows, Tarzan, and Space Academy both of which were great stuff. When Jason came out as part of the whole Tarzan and the Super 7 package, the whole 90 minutes worth of action just about blew me out of the water, and Jason was one of my favorite segments.

Jason was packed to the gills with great special effects produced on a shoestring budget. The whole production moved along at a brisk, sledgehammer pace, with solid stories, and reasonably good performances, in particular those of Charlie Dell (as Professor E.J. Parsafoot) and Sid Haig (Dragos), both of whom obviously had a great time filling their roles.

The whole thing was reminiscent of the old science fiction movie serials of the 40s, such as Undersea Kingdom and the Phantom Empire, as well as its contemporary serial like films Flesh Gordon and Starcrash.

The show (deservedly) earned its own half-hour time slot, but faded all to quickly, for my money.

Filmation did two other fine science fiction serials, both animated, in 1979, following Jason: Mighty Mouse: The Great Space Chase (as part of the New Adventures of Mighty Mouse, and later repackaged inaccurately for home video as Mighty Mouse's first "feature legnth movie") which was camped up to the hilt, and the beautifully animated (New Adventures of) Flash Gordon.