"Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future" (1987) TV series

User Rating:

7.9/10   

Creators:

Tony Christopher
Gary Goddard

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

1 September 1987 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Sci-Fi

Plot:

A group of guerilla fighters battle the evil machine forces that dominate a future Earth.

Plot Keywords:

Resistance | Based On Toy | Cyborg | Computer Animation | Post Apocalyptic

Awards:

2 wins & 6 nominations

Cast

Tim Dunigan	...	Captain Jonathan Power (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Peter MacNeill	...	Major Matthew 'Hawk' Masterson (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Sven-Ole Thorsen	...	Lieutenant Michael Ellis (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Maurice Dean Wint	...	Sergeant Robert 'Scout' Baker (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
Jessica Steen	...	Corporal Jennifer Chase (22 episodes, 1987-1988)
David Hemblen	...	Lord Dread / ... (22 episodes, 1987-1988)

Runtime:

30 min (22 episodes)

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Filming Locations:

Toronto, Ontario, Canada

Company:

Landmark Entertainment Group

Trivia:

The "pulses" used to add or delete points from the interactive toys were created by blending various frequency black to white pulsing into backgrounds, clouds, flames, explosions and general mayhem. It was always fun to blend in point gain pulses JUST until something distracting was about to begin, then switch to point loss pulses to suck points back out of the toys. This was all done in the online suite as one of the final layers of the VFX compositing process.

Quotes:

[after shooting down a bunch of enemies]
Lt. Michael 'Tank' Ellis: I haven't had so much fun since my birthday-party.
Maj. Matthew 'Hawk' Masterson: Hm... your birthday-party was noisier!

Movie Connections:

Edited into Captain Power: The Beginning (1989) (TV)

Now THIS brings back memories

Wow, this is older than I thought. I tried tracking down this show by looking up people who were in it, and for some reason I thought Colm Meaney played Hawk Masterson. Anyways, I finally did a search for "project new order" which was basically the only thing I remember of this show. I finally found out that the title was Captain Power.

Anyways, I thought this was a great show, but the ending kind of left you hanging, I mean I remember Power saying "project new order is finished" but the bad-guy and his computer orb were still alive, right? I dunno, it was a weird show, but it was cool.