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Throwaway idea: Savage Worlds _Captain Power and the Soldiers of the Future_

Started by daniel_ream, October 02, 2016, 06:45:35 PM

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For what was designed as a TV-commercial to sell toys, Captain Power was surprisingly sophisticated.
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Quote from: RPGPundit;924149Captain Power was surprisingly sophisticated.

Er, yes.

Quote from: daniel_ream;923105JMS and Larry DiTillio were the story editors, so they were elevating the show as much as the format permitted.

Rather a lot of kids' TV from the 70's and 80's has a great premise that only needs the sanded-off corners sharpened back up again to be good adult genre work.
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Quote from: daniel_ream;924230Rather a lot of kids' TV from the 70's and 80's has a great premise that only needs the sanded-off corners sharpened back up again to be good adult genre work.

I'm not sure about that. Sure, you can "reimagine" or "reboot" almost anything to be decent, but most kids shows from the 70s and 80s were not actually very decent story-wise at all. A lot of 'grown up' shows too for that matter.  I will often make a point of avoiding some of the shows I loved watching in those days because on many occasions where I have looked back I'm stunned by just how bad it was.
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