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GekigangerV
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"Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Thu 29 May 14:05
For those of you who don't remember, didn't see or chose to block any and all memory from your mind, the cartoon was post live action movie. Guile was court martialed for disobeying orders and attacking Bison and now is part of some covert operations. Most of the characters are the same as their movie counter parts. Ryu and Ken are treasure hunters, Chun Li is a reporter and T. Hawk is part of the army. The only differences are the Dee Jay is good and Balrog is bad.
I think the animation is pretty damn good for an action cartoon in the mid 90's. Althought sometimes the Spinning bird kick animation is choppy. The fights flow pretty nicely, but Guile uses a sonic boom every 30 seconds. The story is pretty so-so. Just stand alone episodes with Guile, mostly Blanka and sometimes Chunli or Cammy stopping a Bison scheme that guess star other SF chacarters every so often. Not too deep, but I was suprised to see in the Fei Long episode that they are fighting a drug cartel that actually makes illegal narcotics. Something I don't believe I have seen on american cartoons before. The voice acting is also pretty nice. Most of the characters are fitted nicely with a voice. However, it is kinda disappointing to hear them pretty much get down 'tatsumakisenpuukyaku' but still say 'Raiyu' instead of Ryu.
There isn't much special to the DVDs though. They come in two volumes. Vol 1 is 3 discs 4 eps per disc and no extras, just previews. But I think it is still a good deal from $22. I am probably going to pick up the next volume soon.
I definetly prefer 2V and the Street Fighter 2 animated movie to the cartoon. But I still find parts of it enjoyable.
On another note. Has anyone here picked up the Megaman set? I think I will check that out myself later.
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Genjuro
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"Re(1):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Thu 29 May 14:35
True,I at least seem to have to blocked any memories of existence of that cartoon.. thanks for reminding..I remember seeing it a couple of times on TV way back..and true,Guile used a sonic boom every 30 seconds..shit now it's all coming back to me..even the greek dubbing..noooooo
btw,the SF2 movie RULED.Unlike Alpha :P
GekigangerV
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"Re(2):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Thu 29 May 21:22
quote: True,I at least seem to have to blocked any memories of existence of that cartoon.. thanks for reminding..I remember seeing it a couple of times on TV way back..and true,Guile used a sonic boom every 30 seconds..shit now it's all coming back to me..even the greek dubbing..noooooo
btw,the SF2 movie RULED.Unlike Alpha :P
I have a question on the SF2 Animated Movie DVD. Is it bilangual or dubbed only? The case does not say either.
The Zero anime could have been done better like how we discussed in the other thread.
And a little reminder, I think the old SF cartoon which is based around the Jean Claude Van Damme movie was also on USA network.
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Kaepora 163th Post
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"Re(3):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Thu 29 May 21:46
quote:And a little reminder, I think the old SF cartoon which is based around the Jean Claude Van Damme movie was also on USA network.
Yup. It was time-slotted with the Mortal Kombat cartoon ("Defenders of the Realm"), and on Saturdays the two could be seen along with Savage Dragon and Wing Commander.
CrazyMike
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"Re(4):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Thu 29 May 23:11
Hmm don't say too many bad things about the cartoon, it especially got decent later on.
If you remember, there was an episode where Ryu and Ken go to Metro City, team up with Guy, fight Rolento, El Gado, and even Belgar! Obviously true Capcom fans had a part in that episode...
Unlike that piece of crap Street Fighter Zero anime film heh.
RugalBernstein
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"Re(5):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Thu 29 May 23:17
quote: Unlike that piece of crap Street Fighter Zero anime film heh.
I don't love the SF Zero anime, but I don't hate it, either. I think it's interesting, especially if you view it as something "between games". I mean, crap, don't any of these characters get to do ANYTHING between games? And what's to say they don't fight people we never see, eh? ;D
, posted Thu 29 May 23:19
True, it can be viewed as a side story and its better than a average demon/wrecked city anime you see on the Encore Action channel, but it tells you something when an American cartoon actually follows the Final Fight story and the home grown Japanese anime disregards what made the Zero series what it is.
Although how "American" the cartoon really is I do not know, its probably 98 percent Korean @_@
BlackNinjaVinny
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"Re(7):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Fri 30 May 05:33
Guile was voiced by Conan. That was wierd, but cool. "CROM!!!! FLASH KICK!!!!" I used to watch this show in the morning. Wasn't Guile always looking for Blanka?
Gojira
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"Re(8):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Fri 30 May 12:02
quote: Guile was voiced by Conan. That was wierd, but cool. "CROM!!!! FLASH KICK!!!!" I used to watch this show in the morning. Wasn't Guile always looking for Blanka?
LOL Conan. That show was funny. However, no barbarian show in recent memory will ever be as engaging as Thundarr. EVER.
, posted Fri 30 May 12:11
dubbed only, and it doesn't even have a menu! you slip it in and it plays, kinda sucks. the dub isn't too bad, but i'd also like to hear the original voiced version someday
Dr Baghead
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"Re(7):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Fri 30 May 14:49
quote:Although how "American" the cartoon really is I do not know, its probably 98 percent Korean @_@
remeber they did 98% of the work... but that was just animation! the horrible concept and writing was all the US of A, baby!
I hope the Megaman and SF DVD collections continue past the first sets, since I remeber enjoying Megaman and wouldn't mind collecting if it's as good as I recall... and SF had some REALLY bad episodes (like the one with 3 other Blanka creatures, and another were a Conan-esque warrior came through a portal and feel in love with Chun-Li) I wouldn't mind watching them again, they were bad in that "can't stop watching the stupid!" way...
isn't the American Darkstalkers cartoon going to get a similar set released too? I remember being that show being awful, but the voice actors pretended to be trying... Morigan had some form of accent, and Lord Raptor sounded British-ish... that would be nice to see again, if only to question why no marketing directors cut the idea of an almost naked catwoman following around a 10 year old boy.
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Ishmael
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"Re(8):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Fri 30 May 15:44
quote: isn't the American Darkstalkers cartoon going to get a similar set released too?
WOW!!! the box is more horrible then I could have ever imagined!
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"Re(10):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Fri 30 May 18:54
Any cartoon where Chun-Li can fly like a helicopter and clears out a room full of gas by doing so _needs_ to be erradicated from each and every person's mind, not to mention soul. >_< (and let's not even discuss Ken's whiny personality... yipes)
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talbaineric
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"Re(2):Re(10):Picked up the old SF cartoon on "
, posted Fri 30 May 19:11
quote: Any cartoon where Chun-Li can fly like a helicopter and clears out a room full of gas by doing so _needs_ to be erradicated from each and every person's mind, not to mention soul. >_< (and let's not even discuss Ken's whiny personality... yipes)
Heh. True.
What was the name of that guy who Guile always talked to from some sort of headquarters? He was a blonde guy.
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GekigangerV
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"Re(1):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Sat 31 May 07:09
I bought myself the second volume and watched other parts of the episodes. Akuma sounds very sophisticated in the cartoon. He seems to have the power to steal chi through his shun goku satsu. But they made his shun goku satsu look like his new technique he has in 3rd Strike.
Anyway, not most of the episodes I got centers around Guile anymore. There was another episode with only Ryu and Ken have to fight Akuma and protect Gouken. And another episode where Ken gets "star struck" with his movie with Fei Long with Ken's father's money. And I think Rose later on appears.
I thought the cartoon would be cheesy at first but it's better than I remembered.
So Guile is played by Conan from Conan the Adventurer? Is that the cartoon where his family was turned into stone?
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RDS 93th Post
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"Re(2):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Sun 1 Jun 10:52
Does anybody have any pictures of this show?
I've never actually even seen it.
Ishmael
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"Re(3):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Sun 1 Jun 13:39
quote: Does anybody have any pictures of this show?
These aren't the best scans possible but the SF cartoon didn't have the best animation possible either. Now that the DVD's are out I'm sure somebody, somewhere will be crazy enough to start posting really clear scans soon.
[Strange that all my posts about the SF cartoon have contained a lot of inarticulate screaming.]
GekigangerV
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"Re(4):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Sun 1 Jun 15:59
quote: Does anybody have any pictures of this show?
These aren't the best scans possible but the SF cartoon didn't have the best animation possible either. Now that the DVD's are out I'm sure somebody, somewhere will be crazy enough to start posting really clear scans soon.
[Strange that all my posts about the SF cartoon have contained a lot of inarticulate screaming.]
If someone is interested I could try to take some screen captures on my PC DVD.
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RDS 94th Post
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"Re(5):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Sun 1 Jun 17:05
quote: If someone is interested I could try to take some screen captures on my PC DVD.
That would be cool Gekiganger. Thanks.
Radish
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"Re(9):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Sun 1 Jun 17:13
quote: isn't the American Darkstalkers cartoon going to get a similar set released too? Aiee!
THE HORROR.
The great irony is that they recommend Night Warriors at the bottom of the page.
GekigangerV
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"Screen capture problem..."
, posted Sun 1 Jun 18:44
It appears that when I try to take a screen capture it does not take the image. Instead it gives me a black box. I remember this being discussed just a little back. Thanks for any help.
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Kaepora 165th Post
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"Re(1):Screen capture problem..."
, posted Sun 1 Jun 21:06
quote: It appears that when I try to take a screen capture it does not take the image. Instead it gives me a black box. I remember this being discussed just a little back. Thanks for any help.
You need to use a program that specifically has the ability to capture from DVD. PowerDVD, WinDVD, etc.
Print Screen/Paste doesn't work [for some reason that was explained to me but I don't remember].
Grave
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"Re(1):Screen capture problem..."
, posted Sun 1 Jun 22:42
quote: It appears that when I try to take a screen capture it does not take the image. Instead it gives me a black box. I remember this being discussed just a little back. Thanks for any help.
Exactly what the companies that make DVDs don't want you doing, however, there's an easy way around that.
This program will not only play your DVDs, but it'll allow you to override region codes and take screencaps. I got it for OS X a little while ago and I love it. And to think I actually flashed the firmware on my PC's DVD-ROM drive to watch movies from all regions, and I still couldn't screencap.
Oh, and did I mention that it's free? And I said nothing of the streaming video, either...
Anyway, download the program. It kicks ass.
Dr Baghead
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"Re(10):Picked up the old SF cartoon on DVD..."
, posted Mon 2 Jun 10:15
quote:The great irony is that they recommend Night Warriors at the bottom of the page.
it would be more ironic if Night Warriors recommended the American Darkstalkers on the bottom of it's page (does it? I'm too lazy to check)
I mean, it's not uncommon for a product to be all "if you like this, you'll love..." as seems to be the cause in DS having NW as recommendation, but you never really see "if you've seen this, maybe something of a much lesser quality will peak your interest!" (unless we're talkin' sequel previews)
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GekigangerV
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"Re(2):Re(10):Picked up the old SF cartoon on "
, posted Mon 2 Jun 12:09
Thanks for the help. I will get some shots up later today. If you want anything specific just ask.
[this message was edited by GekigangerV on Mon 2 Jun 20:59]
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"Re(1):Got those shots up"
, posted Mon 2 Jun 21:09
Thanks Gekiganger ;)
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"Re(2):Got those shots up"
, posted Mon 2 Jun 21:17
i remember ryu and ken being similar to the scooby doo gang. does the series introduce evil ryu? and can you get shots of honda and dhalsim? i don't know if i ever saw them in the show
God, it looks even WORSE than I remembered. Ryu and Ken look like they've had too much sake.
Actually, the second season looked and moved a lot better than the first one did. But most of those shots are from the intro, which was made in the first season's crappy style and never updated.
quote: i remember ryu and ken being similar to the scooby doo gang. does the series introduce evil ryu? and can you get shots of honda and dhalsim? i don't know if i ever saw them in the show
There is no Evil Ryu. The cartoon has everyone from Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Alpha 2 except Evil Ryu and Dan. Got those pics of Dhalsim and Honda up and the same link as above. They only showed up about two times each so it would be easy to miss them.
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Dr Baghead
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"Re(1):Just a bit more"
, posted Tue 3 Jun 12:44
quote:There is no Evil Ryu. The cartoon has everyone from Super Street Fighter 2 Turbo and Alpha 2 except Evil Ryu and Dan. Got those pics of Dhalsim and Honda up and the same link as above. They only showed up about two times each so it would be easy to miss them.
Honda looks like Jay Leno!
and although I'm not surprised, it makes me sad Dan never showed up.
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Radish
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"Re(2):Re(10):Picked up the old SF cartoon on "
, posted Tue 3 Jun 12:45
quote: it would be more ironic if Night Warriors recommended the American Darkstalkers on the bottom of it's page (does it? I'm too lazy to check)
I mean, it's not uncommon for a product to be all "if you like this, you'll love..." as seems to be the cause in DS having NW as recommendation, but you never really see "if you've seen this, maybe something of a much lesser quality will peak your interest!" (unless we're talkin' sequel previews)
Customers who bought this DVD also bought:
Fatal Fury OVA - Double Impact DVD Ninja Scroll DVD Darkstalkers DVD Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust DVD
Dr Baghead
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"Re(3):Re(10):Picked up the old SF cartoon on"
, posted Tue 3 Jun 13:01
quote:Customers who bought this DVD also bought:
Fatal Fury OVA - Double Impact DVD Ninja Scroll DVD Darkstalkers DVD Vampire Hunter D - Bloodlust DVD
So? That's not irony either...
If they bough Fatal Fury as well, then they like fighting games, if they bought ninja scroll they like supernatural anime, if they bought the Darkstalkers DVD they like the Vampire series, if they bough VHD-Bloodlust as well they like vampires OR mistook "Vampire Hunter" and "Vampire Hunter D" as part of the same series.
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Radish
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"Re(4):Re(10):Picked up the old SF cartoon on"
, posted Tue 3 Jun 14:02
quote:So? That's not irony either...
If they bough Fatal Fury as well, then they like fighting games, if they bought ninja scroll they like supernatural anime, if they bought the Darkstalkers DVD they like the Vampire series, if they bough VHD-Bloodlust as well they like vampires OR mistook "Vampire Hunter" and "Vampire Hunter D" as part of the same series.
I know that one's not irony; that was just in reference to your comment about them linking the other way around. I just find the idea of people buying this thinking it's similar to the Vampire series and then finding out about how crummy it is amusing.
I still think the first one is ironic. You generally don't recommend a better product to people who are used to an inferior one from that line with a similar tagline. Irony can be when something happens that is not expected. If a movie is terrible, and for some reason they make a much better sequel and the tagline wouldn't generally be "If you liked CrappyMovieX, you'll love CappyMovieX2!" I would expect that people who had seen the crappy USA Darkstalkers wouldn't want to see any more (if they didn't know they were different). Obviously this is up to different interpretations which is why I hate it when people start up debates about what is ironic and what isn't; it gets petty fast and they’re rather pointless.
"Rain on a wedding day" isn't ironic since it isn't any more unlikely that rain would happen on a day someone arbitrarily set. If the couple moved to the Sahara in order to have a rain free wedding and then it rained, THAT would be irony.
I'm not starting some linguistic debate here. I made an offhanded comment about the suckiness of the Darkstalkers cartoon.
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