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Centurions

  • TV Series
  • 19861986
  • TV-Y7-FVTV-Y7-FV
  • 30m
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7.6/10
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Centurions (1986)
AnimationActionFamily
The adventures of a unit of elite soldiers who wear special frames that accept various weapons and transportation equipment teleported from a space station.The adventures of a unit of elite soldiers who wear special frames that accept various weapons and transportation equipment teleported from a space station.The adventures of a unit of elite soldiers who wear special frames that accept various weapons and transportation equipment teleported from a space station.
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  • Stars
    • Pat Fraley
    • Neil Ross
    • Vince Edwards
  • Stars
    • Pat Fraley
    • Neil Ross
    • Vince Edwards
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    • 5Critic reviews
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    Centurions (1986)
    Diane Pershing and Neil Ross in Centurions (1986)
    Diane Pershing and Neil Ross in Centurions (1986)
    Vince Edwards, Pat Fraley, Diane Pershing, and Neil Ross in Centurions (1986)
    Ed Gilbert and Diane Pershing in Centurions (1986)
    Pat Fraley in Centurions (1986)
    Pat Fraley in Centurions (1986)
    Diane Pershing in Centurions (1986)
    Diane Pershing in Centurions (1986)
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    Pat Fraley
    • Max Ray
    Neil Ross
    Neil Ross
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    Vince Edwards
    Vince Edwards
    • Jake Rockwell
    Ron Feinberg
    Ron Feinberg
    • Doc Terror
    Ed Gilbert
    Ed Gilbert
    • Hacker
    Diane Pershing
    Diane Pershing
    • Crystal Kane
    Bill Martin
    Keone Young
    Keone Young
    Patrick Pinney
    John Stephenson
    John Stephenson
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    Alan Oppenheimer
    Alan Oppenheimer
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    Frank Welker
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    Jennifer Darling
    Jennifer Darling
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    Mea Martineau
    Tress MacNeille
    Tress MacNeille
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    • Trivia
      This show was broadcast in the UK as part of "Get Fresh (1986)."
    • Goofs
      When the Centurions are communicating using their wrist communicators, they are often shown on the receiving viewscreen at an angle that could not possibly be picked up by the wrist communicators, even showing their left arms which they wear their wrist communicators on.
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    The years have not been kind to this one
    For some reason cartoons made by Ruby Spears haven't done well outside of the 80s, mainly because they were truly a product of their time: fast and disposable fun for kids and young teenagers. Look at the line-up: Mr.T, Heathcliff, Rambo and Thundarr the Barbarian to name a few. None of these have survived outside the 80s and with good reason – they're not much better than the 15 second cartoons used to sell toys that were so popular back then. Centurions is basically that – a glorified ad for the toy line aimed squarely at boys under 16. Given to Sunbow or Lou Scheimer this would have done well but in the hands of Ruby Spears it's become something embarrassing after all these years.

    Take He-Man, Transformers or G.I.Joe: what makes those cartoons so enjoyable after all these years is the time they took to distinguish the characters. Despite some huge casts they all managed to find a distinct, recognisable trait and voice for every star of the show. The late great Christopher Latta is instantly recognisable as Cobra Commander or Starscream and Alan Oppenheimer's Skeletor has the most marvellous villain's voice in cartoon history.

    No-one ever took that kind of care with the Centurions. You'd imagine it would be easy to give the 3 leads some personality but they remain bland and lifeless, distinguished only by the colour of their suits. Every week their ineffective nemesis Doc Terror would hijack/brainwash/terrorise some research facility or city for some rare metal or source of energy and the Centurions would beam in, select an outfit and blast him back to Dominion. What made me laugh was that there was always a river or lake nearby for Max Ray to use his 'sea-weapons'. If you've seen the episode of the Simpsons where Bart dismisses 'Kinght Boat' you'll get the joke.

    Time hasn't been kind to this show. I loved it as a kid because it worked as an ad for toys I wanted. I watch it now (I have all 65 episodes on VHS) after 20 years and I wind up fast-forwarding most of the episodes. For the sake of your childhood memories, don't try to watch this now as you'll find yourself floundering badly, wondering what on earth you saw in this show. Remember it as it was, part of that wild, glorious decade and leave it there.
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    • Jul 18, 2005

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      • April 7, 1986 (United States)
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      • Worldvision Enterprises
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