Who remembers the Galaxy Rangers?

POSTED BY: Hothersale
UPDATED: Saturday, November 1, 2003 17:55
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HOTHERSALE

Thursday, October 23, 2003 12:26 AM

The other day, I was reminded of an old animated TV series I used to watch in the 80's called the Galaxy Rangers. Does anyone remember this show? Like Firefly, it was a sci-fi/western hybrid and incredibly kick-ass in its own way.

Anyway, I think it's quite likely that Mr. Whedon was influenced by this cartoon gem. (Have the Galaxy Rangers already been discussed? I don't read the boards quite as often as a I used too.)

CW

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VETERAN

Thursday, October 23, 2003 2:16 AM

Is that the one where they are cyborgs and ride mechanical horses?

SOUTHERNMERC

Thursday, October 23, 2003 5:10 AM

I remeber some of the theme song..."NO GUTS NO GLORY!" repeated several times while the cast do cool stuff in the background. And I think they were cyborgs too.

Jayne: "How big a room?"

HOTHERSALE

Thursday, October 23, 2003 5:14 AM

Yes, one of them -- the leader -- had an artificial arm that could be used as an energy weapon. There was also a woman who was a martial arts master slash psychic, and a metamorph nicknamed "Goose." Plus some other guy who was a medic or something. If you do a quick search for Galaxy Rangers you'll come up with all sorts of resources. Apparently, they recently released the DVDs in the UK. Hope they come to North America soon....

CW

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STRINGSLINGER

Thursday, October 23, 2003 7:29 AM

Fireflyfans' very own LJC has a fan site at

http://www.loony-archivist.com/rangers/

Pretty shiny, no?

If you're looking for sounds, there's

http://members.tripod.com/~rabbibob/GalaxyRangers/

Enjoy!

Keep Flying

BROWNCOAT1

Friday, October 24, 2003 5:26 PM

I remember the Galaxy Rangers. I always liked the cartoon.

"May have been the losing side. Still not convinced it was the wrong one."

VETERAN

Friday, October 24, 2003 11:53 PM

Thanks Stringslinger. I checked out the site.

The computer expert had a programme called Firefly and one of the main characters is named Ariel. Did you notice?

ZENCAT

Saturday, November 1, 2003 5:55 PM

I thought I was the only one who remembered that show! I named a cat after Niko... and a friend of mine looked just like Doc! I don't understand why so many people had trouble with the scifi/western combination - they go together so well! Wonder if we'll ever get DVDs over here? I'd buy them!