Exosquad-pretty cool

[broberfett]

I'm watching Exosquad on Hulu. I had watched the first episode a few months ago, but I think the next few episodes are really great. The Exo fleet actually employs tactics like using reconaissance before an attack(except the dickhead second in command talks the admiral into abandoning Exo-recon before the main attack). They use the Exosquad to support their jump troopers. People die and get injured. It isn't like G.I. Joe at all. The show isn't episodal, but has a continuing story as it goes.

 

[God Magnus]

Exo-Squad was one of my favorite shows from the 90's. The toys were awesome as well. Sadly, the animation never lived up to the premise, but it says something about the writing that it could rise above that drawback. The show could have gone on for at least two more seasons than it did. Enjoy it!

 

[darkwing_duck1]

I must admit I bought the DVDs when they first came out and promptly got rid of them.

I loved this show when it was first run, but looking at it after a long absense brought home just how flawed it really was as a production.

Yes the storyline is interesting and even well put together, but the animation is BEYOND abysmal (Akom is the worst animation studio there ever was), the score consisted of three short pieces of music (including the main theme) that were used for EVERYTHING, and the voice actors snapped out their dialogue like they were parodies of boot camp trainees.

 

[Anwar]

I bought the 1st season DVD last week but haven't had the time to watch it yet (I also bought the MoonScoop Fantastic Four series at the same time and watched that first). But it's the Ocean Group doing the voices so I'm sure I'll like it.

Animation, yeah it was crap but I can overlook that. Same for music since even Gargoyles only had a few pieces they kept using over and over.

 

[C.E. Evans]

ExoSquad was one of the few U.S. cartoons (Robotech being the only other one I can remember) at the time which featured characters that could evolve, fall in love, suffer tragedy, and even die as the series progressed. I think it was also one of the few shows in which the toyline came as a result of the series instead of the other way around.

While the animation may look very dated by today's standards, it was comparable to other action cartoons in the U.S. during the early 90s/late 80s. Otherwise, I thought it was one the better cartoons of that era and had a good voice cast...

 

[Noname Given]

ExoSquad was one of the few U.S. cartoons (Robotech being the only other one I can remember) at the time which featured characters that could evolve, fall in love, suffer tragedy, and even die as the series progressed. I think it was also one of the few shows in which the toyline came as a result of the series instead of the other way around.

While the animation may look very dated by today's standards, it was comparable to other action cartoons in the U.S. during the early 90s/late 80s. Otherwise, I thought it was one the better cartoons of that era and had a good voice cast...

Actually, Robotech was Japanese anime, and taken (and heavily changed and re-editied story wise) from three anime series, all creatively re-edited to make Robotech. The three Japanese series were Super-Dimension Fortress Macross; Super-Dimension Southern-Cross; and Genesis Pit Mospeda.

 

[Angry Angel]

Loved watching that show when I was younger ... wouldn't mind it returning in some form in the near future.

 

[SeerSGB]

Used to love Exosquad. I'm sure if I started digging in the storage room I'd fine a bunch of worn out VHS recordings of the show

 

[C.E. Evans]

ExoSquad was one of the few U.S. cartoons (Robotech being the only other one I can remember) at the time which featured characters that could evolve, fall in love, suffer tragedy, and even die as the series progressed. I think it was also one of the few shows in which the toyline came as a result of the series instead of the other way around.

While the animation may look very dated by today's standards, it was comparable to other action cartoons in the U.S. during the early 90s/late 80s. Otherwise, I thought it was one the better cartoons of that era and had a good voice cast...

Actually, Robotech was Japanese anime, and taken (and heavily changed and re-editied story wise) from three anime series, all creatively re-edited to make Robotech. The three Japanese series were Super-Dimension Fortress Macross; Super-Dimension Southern-Cross; and Genesis Pit Mospeda.

Yes, I know all that, but Robotech was the closest contemporary (in terms of story content and characterization) to ExoSquad on U.S. television during that era.

 

[broberfett]

What amazes me is that Exosquad was out around the same time as the 90s Spiderman cartoon. Spiderman wasn't even allowed to punch anyone.

 

[Christopher]

What amazes me is that Exosquad was out around the same time as the 90s Spiderman cartoon. Spiderman wasn't even allowed to punch anyone.

Spider-Man was on network TV, specifically a network that had come under fire for the "violence" in Power Rangers and didn't want to incur more bad publicity. ExoSquad was a syndicated show, and thus subject to less censorship.

And ExoSquad wasn't unique for the era. A similar show was The Legend of Prince Valiant, based on the Hal Foster comic strip. It was also a smartly written, adult-oriented show with serialized storytelling and actual character deaths, it was also dreadfully animated (even making Akom's work look decent), and it even had the same lead actor as ExoSquad, Robby Benson. And it was in syndication. The same studio also made Phantom 2040 a few years later -- also a smart, adult-ish show, also syndicated, also dreadfully animated.

 

[Colonel Green]

I'd all but forgotten about this show. It was pretty cool IIRC.

 

[Anwar]

Yeah, for all the flak the 90s gets for animation and stuff it produced some good stuff like Gargoyles, Exosquad, Beast Wars/Machines, Prince Valiant, and probably others I've forgotten.

 

[darkwing_duck1]

Yeah, for all the flak the 90s gets for animation and stuff it produced some good stuff like Gargoyles, Exosquad, Beast Wars/Machines, Prince Valiant, and probably others I've forgotten.

wasn't BW/BM in the 2000s?

As for Gargoyles, it was LIGHT YEARS better than ExoSquad.

 

[Teelie]

Exosquad was one of the series I enjoyed watching in the 90's. It's too bad they never got to do a proper ending. Yes, the animation is flawed but it's the story that you're supposed to care about and it actually had a compelling story for a cartoon.

 

[Anwar]

Yeah, for all the flak the 90s gets for animation and stuff it produced some good stuff like Gargoyles, Exosquad, Beast Wars/Machines, Prince Valiant, and probably others I've forgotten.

wasn't BW/BM in the 2000s?

As for Gargoyles, it was LIGHT YEARS better than ExoSquad.

Beast Wars started in 1995 until 1999, while BMachs was in 2000-2001. But since it was a continuation I count them as essentially one series.

As for Gargoyles, the animation was better yes but I'm as big a fan of that show you'll find and I think Exosquad is still in its league.

And we are also forgetting the DCAU shows on in the 90s. That finale to the Superman series was just so awesome, and yet so Anti-Supermanish...