"C.O.P.S." (1988) TV series 1988-1989

User Rating:

7.8/10   

Director:

Kevin Altieri

Writer:

Michael A. Medlock (writer) (episode)

Seasons:

1 | unknown

Release Date:

10 September 1988 (USA)

Genre:

Action | Animation | Sci-Fi

Tagline:

Fighting crime in a future time

Plot:

A team of specially enhanced policemen fights crime in the year 2020.

Plot Keywords:

Police | Futuristic | Based On Toy

Cast

Ken Ryan	...	Agent Baldwin P. 'Bulletproof' Vess (35 episodes, 1988-1989)
Len Carlson	...	Brandon 'Big Boss' Babel / ... (33 episodes, 1988-1989)
Paul De La Rosa	...	Berserko (24 episodes, 1988-1989)
Ron Rubin	...	Dr. Badvibes (19 episodes, 1988-1989)
Mary Long	...	Officer Tina 'Mainframe' Cassidy / ... (19 episodes, 1988)
Darrin Baker	...	Officer Donny 'Hardtop' Brooks (16 episodes, 1988)
John Stocker	...	Sgt. P.J. 'Longarm' O'Malley (15 episodes, 1988-1989)

Also Known As:

"C.O.P.S (Central Organization of Police Specialists)" (USA)
"Cyber C.O.P.S." (USA) (rerun title)

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

USA:TV-Y7

Company:

DiC Enterprises

Trivia:

The show was known as "C.O.P.S." until the prime time reality show "Cops" (1989) hit the airwaves and was gaining popularity. In order to avoid confusion, they changed the name to CyberCOPS

Quotes:

[repeated line]
Various Bad Guys: Freeze! We're crooks, and this is a stick-up!

Movie Connections:

Spoofed in Spun (2002)

OMG! How did I miss this?

COPS is one of the 80s classics that I did not catch when I was young. Heard about it here and there and the previews looked nice. When I finally heard that Richard Raynis, Fil Barlow and Duane Capizzi et al who were behind the development of the brilliant and amazing Extreme Ghostbusters series, were also involved in COPS, I went ahead and bought some tapes.

This series is downright impressive, mature and highly polished. The characters are all very nice and interesting. All in all, an excellent production. Perhaps if it had a movie preceding it, it would have been as well known as the also good, although slightly over-rated, The Real Ghostbusters, also directed by Richard Raynis, which it compares favorably against. All of them are certainly the better ones of the 80s.

Like XGB, COPS remains something obscure and rare, but rewards he who tracks and follows it, beyond imagination. Very impressive stuff from the same clique of geniuses. Too bad I did'nt catch this wonderful series during the 80s!