Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I never had the video games, but did anyone else ever see the cartoon? My sister and I loved it. All the "sword and sorcery" about it was so much fun. The only thing was, it bugged the crap out of me that in almost every episode they would find a way home, juuuuust nearly make it, but then they'd always miss it and still be "stuck" in The Realm. UGH! It drove me crazy! LOL The same people who did the He-Man and She-Ra sets did this set also, and it's *awesome*. All 27 episodes, plus "fun facts" for each one, a couple of commentaries, a documentary, a booklet of the episode summaries, and a special other booklet with character and "Weapons of Power" profiles. When I was a kid I identified with Presto, a.k.a. "Magician", because he wore glasses (though I wear contacts now), was insecure, and he loved magic. And it was cool that he wore green. Definitely another worthy buy!
Originally Posted By AuroraRose dungeons and dragons was a cartoon? how'd i miss that? i spent many an afternoon in the early 80's as a sorceress in the "board game"
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Yeah, it was on Saturday mornings, I think on CBS from '83-'85. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeons_&_Dragons" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D ungeons_&_Dragons</a>_(TV_series)
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Well, you have to make sure " _(TV_series)" is at the end of the addy, grr.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I just finished the last episode. Man, what a great series. I didn't even know it had seen the light of day since its original run until I read it online last night. Diana, Eric, and Presto are my favorites.
Originally Posted By jasmine7 I watched a couple of episodes of this when I was a kid, but I had to sneak them. My mom didn't want me to watch that show because it came out around the same time as the D&D bad press (people thinking it was Satanic, people getting killed playing it as a live-action RPG), but when she was at work on Saturday mornings, I'd watch it. I loved the opening credits and that little unicorn, lol.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Well now jasmine you can sit in your own home and watch all 27 episodes if you wish---and we won't tell! ;-)
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I never even knew this was a cartoon...and I watched a lot of TV as a kid! It's only recently that I've seen it on Toon Disney.
Originally Posted By gurgitoy2 I was probably watching Gummi Bears or something when it originally aired.
Originally Posted By FiveBearRugs I remember seeing snippets of this as a child, especially the opening credits. The cartoon was re-aired when the live-action film came out in 2000. My friends introduced me to D&D in early 2001. Yawn. I do not like the game, and they know that. Now, Magic: The Gathering... that's different.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Ah, but have you tried AD&D FBR - a whole different proposition. I used to watch it, but I much prefered playing it!
Originally Posted By DAR I played the game for a little bit too but I can't remember anything about my character.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I just watched the retrospect documentary on the DVD...it makes me wanna watch the whole series all over again! lol
Originally Posted By hightp From what I remember, the voice cast were a couple of people from "Eight is Enough". Willie Ames and Adam Rich, maybe one of the girls, too. I don't think I've seen a episode since it first aired. I do remember one of the final episodes where they nearly kill the bad guy (only to let him go). It was done pretty effortlessly, and I was thinking, "Why didn't you just to that 15 episodes ago?"
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Aames voiced Hank, the Ranger, and Rich voiced Presto, the Magician. Don Most of Ralph Malph "Happy Days" fame did Eric the Cavalier (the disagreeable one). Neither of the girls were from sitcoms, but Tonia Gayle Smith, who voiced Diana the Acrobat, won the 1986 Young Artist Award for "Outstanding Young Actress - Animation Voice-Over" for this series. <I do remember one of the final episodes where they nearly kill the bad guy (only to let him go). It was done pretty effortlessly, and I was thinking, "Why didn't you just to that 15 episodes ago?"> LOL, "The Dragon's Graveyard", from season 2. I guess they didn't have quite the experience yet, or the knowledge of where they could go and how they could do it. The guy who wrote it wrote several D&D scripts, and this one was his favorite, and he says a big favorite with fans (he does a commentary on it on the disc). It is a good one, but I think my favorite is "Child of the Stargazer", since Diana has such a big role in it, and she's my favorite character (followed by Eric and Presto).
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Oops, Smith didn't win the award, she was nominated for it. "My bad". Please don't send Tiamat or Venger after me.
