this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2023
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[–] [email protected] 39 points 1 year ago (2 children)

If you think this post is based on a true story…you’re right.

[–] ummthatguy 34 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] howsetheraven 6 points 1 year ago

Have you ever visited the Chinatown section in a major city?

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago

"Was this story based? Yes."

[–] [email protected] 32 points 1 year ago

Do you think God stays in heaven because he, too, fears what he has created? - Steve Buscemi in a Spy Kids movie

[–] mercano 30 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The first four Trek series are all represented, though TNG is the most prominent. Here’s a listical.

Wonderful series, though. It was doing inter-episode continuity and story arcs back in a 90’s Disney Afternoon cartoon.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Hey, cool! I knew about the TNG ones, but wasn’t aware of the others. Thanks!

[–] flatplutosociety 1 points 1 year ago

Incredible show. Gargoyles and ExoSquad were the cartoons of my early adolescent years.

[–] [email protected] 26 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 21 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 12 points 1 year ago

I wondered why I was seeing so much Gargoyles lately!

It would be really cool if they used some of the Trek cast again, but that's probably just a dream. They do all seem to like voice acting gigs though.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 year ago

They could have a lot of the same cast. All the Gargoyles would be CGI anyway and I don’t think it really matters how old any of the human characters are.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago

No Jeffrey Combs means it's not in universe.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I have no idea who decided a 90s kid show should have writing that good but they made the right call. Xanatos is one of the best written villains ever.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

The animated Batman series was also ridiculously good.

[–] ummthatguy 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

The episode "Heart of Ice" won an Emmy for writing. That good.

[–] flatplutosociety 2 points 1 year ago

What I love the most about that episode is that Mr. Freeze was a total joke villain before B:TAS. They took a guy whose entire existence was just dumb ice puns in non-serious stories and they did... that.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

As a child, going from the 60s Batman series to that was almost whiplash inducing. I did not expect animated Batman to give me the feels. I did not expect animated Batman to honestly scare the crap out of me.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

There's a reason the Xanatos Gambit (CW: TVTropes) is named after him.

[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (5 children)

Didn't Micheal Dorn also voice someone on Gargoyles? I know I watched the shit out of this show but I barely remember anything specific from it, which is wild because I loved it.

[–] [email protected] 16 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yep! Plus Marina Sirtis, Brent Spiner, and Levar Burton.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago (3 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago

He was an actor most known for his role as Bob Wheeler on Night Court, but that’s not important right now.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

"Puck" - but I can't remember the character names all that well.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

OMG I can't believe I forgot that! He was fucking AMAZING as Puck.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

He played Data

(/j)

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago

Yes he played a couple smaller characters. Also: Michael*

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

Yeah. He was a cybernetic gargoyle (or something. I haven’t seen the show in a while). I think he came along later, and wasn’t in the first season.

[–] EmpathicVagrant 3 points 1 year ago

Thank you I’m not alone in that regard. I used to rush home to watch it and fight for the remote and can’t tell you a damned thing I saw.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

He was Coldstone, the cyborg gargoyle.

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I never got to watch it as a kid because fundie parents, but my wife made me watch a few eps as an adult and I gotta say it holds up remarkably well.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

I haven't watched it since the 90s, so I was wondering if it did. I may have to pass it on to my next generation.

[–] agent_flounder 7 points 1 year ago

Damn that's a hell of a cast on that show.