They talk an awful lot about the DC liscenced properties, though they don't mention TARZAN AND THE SUPER-7.
The Filmation TARZAN cartoon was surprisingly close to the novels: one of the more spectacular versions of La seen yet, with the gorillas with spears and helmets and whatnot.
I always assumed the filmation Ghost-Busters was somehow a copy, or that there was something not "kosher" about it legally...interesting it should set me straight there. Then again, the Ivan Reitman film isn't a copy either: it had such a unique, idiosyncratic vision.
The last one. (Laughs) Not really. I'll tell you, the one that I thought would do tremendously well was disappointing, and that was BraveStarr.
It's funny...everyone about my age, of my generation, remembers BraveStarr fondly. It's surprising to hear it wasn't all that successful, because it seemed to be everywhere.
You know the frustrating thing about these interviews? They never ask the questions you want to ask.
If I was in a room with Steve Englehart, I'd ask point blank which issues of DOCTOR STRANGE he did on acid.
Here are the three things he never got to answer:
Blackstar. What was the relationship between it and He-Man? I'm sure there's a story there; Blackstar was the first black hero on Saturday Morning and had so many qualities in common with He-Man (magic sword, Dark Lord sorceror enemy, etc.) that I wonder what the relationship between the two programs was (Blackstar, incidentally, came first).
I am curious about Space Sentinels, however...and the incorporation of Hercules into other programs.
I wonder too, if there is a big female audience for these sort of thing, or if he ever gets comments from women. After all, BraveStarr may have been the best looking guy in Saturday Morning.
I can't even think of how many girls have told me they had a crush on one of the male Thundercats. It's gotten to be a pretty reliable test:
Lion-O = Relax, she's okay
Panthro = Father Complex
Tigra = "Fag Hag"
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