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some time ago, there was a fully CGI series on tv called ROUGHNECKS: Starship Trooper Chronicles. it was on BKN, Bohobot (i think) Kids Network, and sci-fi channel picked it up for a while, dropped it, and picked it up again, and played it at 7:30am weekdays. somehow through what has to be the WORST marketing job in history, this amazing show got cancelled not only after one season, but BEFORE the final 3 episodes of the season were made.
largely through the efforts of RoughnecksChronicles.com, and the power of the internet, a massive petition was drafted, signed and we got Sony to release the series on DVD. last year, two of the campaigns from the first season were released in April and November. as of this year, because of what i can only assume are good sales, they've released two campaigns on the 19th of Feb.
this show was one of the best animated series in tv, and bar none the best fully CGI series. none of that Reboot animation. the writing was great, the music was awesome, and the stories and plots were well done. the show took itself and it's audience seriously and most importantly, expected them to be adults. of course they had great graphics, and the soldiers had cool toys too
the hope is that if Sony sees enough support for the DVDs they'll actually produce the final three episodes, and possibly restart the series. if you're a fan of the book, or the movie (yeah, i liked it even tho a lot of people didn't), or just of good sci-fi, then you owe it to yourself to check out the DVDs. you can look for them at local video stores or best buy or amazon.com has them too. (just search DVDs for "Roughnecks") if you're interested, the chronological order of the campaigns are: Pluto, Hydora, Tophet, Tesca (altho they weren't released in that order).
hopefully, some of you who saw the series but didn't know about the DVDs, or didn't know about it at all, will get introduced to this awesome series. enjoy
largely through the efforts of RoughnecksChronicles.com, and the power of the internet, a massive petition was drafted, signed and we got Sony to release the series on DVD. last year, two of the campaigns from the first season were released in April and November. as of this year, because of what i can only assume are good sales, they've released two campaigns on the 19th of Feb.
this show was one of the best animated series in tv, and bar none the best fully CGI series. none of that Reboot animation. the writing was great, the music was awesome, and the stories and plots were well done. the show took itself and it's audience seriously and most importantly, expected them to be adults. of course they had great graphics, and the soldiers had cool toys too
the hope is that if Sony sees enough support for the DVDs they'll actually produce the final three episodes, and possibly restart the series. if you're a fan of the book, or the movie (yeah, i liked it even tho a lot of people didn't), or just of good sci-fi, then you owe it to yourself to check out the DVDs. you can look for them at local video stores or best buy or amazon.com has them too. (just search DVDs for "Roughnecks") if you're interested, the chronological order of the campaigns are: Pluto, Hydora, Tophet, Tesca (altho they weren't released in that order).
hopefully, some of you who saw the series but didn't know about the DVDs, or didn't know about it at all, will get introduced to this awesome series. enjoy
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I'm also very interested in seeing what happened on the eppisodes I hadn't seen, all 3 of those. I really liked that Robot 'trooper' they had, the first eppisode I caught. *sniff* They should have brought him back as a regular.
