...and I think every BraveStarr fans know what I mean by "price". Or should I say, The Price. THAT episode. Spin! BraveStarr is a cartoon series from the mid 1980s that many have forgotten, or worse, never watched. It was made by Filmation, who as we all know did He-Man (The debate over THAT series being better than Transformers is a matter of taste) and She-ra. Like those series and others from Filmation, every episode ended with a moral. The moral consisted of a character from the series, usually it was BraveStarr himself, delivering a message of what we all learned.
I was a He-Man fan myself, and BraveStarr could be looked on as He-Man of the wild west. The setting was a distant time, and far away place. The planet of New Texas, deep in space. Sky had...sorry got to stop the theme song.
BraveStarr was easy to like, since I was a fan of He-Man, the similarities of the characters in both series is staggering. You've got the Shaman (he knows everything, just like the Sorceress), you've got Tex Hex (Evil, just like Skeletor), you've got Thirty - Thirty, BraveStarr's steed (he complained less than Cringer when he wasn't Battlecat), you've got the sidekick, and you've got the main man.
Bravestarr himself had FOUR incredible abilities. 1) He could see almost everything (Eyes of a Hawk). He could hear everything (Ears of a wolf). He was strong (Strength of a bear), and fast (Speed of a puma).
The episodes themselves were actually far more serious than anything Filmation had ever made. At least two episodes (including the series best known episode) that stand tall in my memory, deal with some real important matters.
One episode, BraveStarr remembers his old trainer, Jingles. Tough, fair, and good. BraveStarr's idol, his hero. He relates all the good in him, only to later discover that he has become a wanted criminal. Wanted for murder!
The other episode deals with the issue of drugs. A deadly drug comes the way of New Texas, and a boy of about ten becomes addicted to the drug (The drug was called spin). He goes from the friend you always want to a hallucinating, stealing, wacko! I still remember the first time I watched that episode, all time thinking he'll pull through at the end. Was I ever in for a SHOCK!
I was a He-Man fan myself, and BraveStarr could be looked on as He-Man of the wild west. The setting was a distant time, and far away place. The planet of New Texas, deep in space. Sky had...sorry got to stop the theme song.
BraveStarr was easy to like, since I was a fan of He-Man, the similarities of the characters in both series is staggering. You've got the Shaman (he knows everything, just like the Sorceress), you've got Tex Hex (Evil, just like Skeletor), you've got Thirty - Thirty, BraveStarr's steed (he complained less than Cringer when he wasn't Battlecat), you've got the sidekick, and you've got the main man.
Bravestarr himself had FOUR incredible abilities. 1) He could see almost everything (Eyes of a Hawk). He could hear everything (Ears of a wolf). He was strong (Strength of a bear), and fast (Speed of a puma).
The episodes themselves were actually far more serious than anything Filmation had ever made. At least two episodes (including the series best known episode) that stand tall in my memory, deal with some real important matters.
One episode, BraveStarr remembers his old trainer, Jingles. Tough, fair, and good. BraveStarr's idol, his hero. He relates all the good in him, only to later discover that he has become a wanted criminal. Wanted for murder!
The other episode deals with the issue of drugs. A deadly drug comes the way of New Texas, and a boy of about ten becomes addicted to the drug (The drug was called spin). He goes from the friend you always want to a hallucinating, stealing, wacko! I still remember the first time I watched that episode, all time thinking he'll pull through at the end. Was I ever in for a SHOCK!