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Posted: Oct 19 2009 10:05 pm

Hey I have been trying to figure out the name of this cartoon for a few years based on my vague memories of it. I will give you these memories and hope someone can ID it based on such:

This cartoon was on in the late 1980's and early 1990's, unsure what channel but I believe it was on network TV saturday mornings. All I can really remember is that there were these people on this ship and the sea was red in the opening. That is all I really remember. If anyone has any possible leads based on this vague description of the suspect please contact your' local FBI field office....er.....I mean post them here.

Thanks!

Posted: Oct 19 2009 10:21 pm

wow. talk about vague description.

no clue. sorry man

Posted: Oct 19 2009 10:28 pm

pirates of darkwater maybe?

Posted: Oct 19 2009 10:33 pm

THATS IT!!!! Oh my God I thought I would never know. Dude this has haunted me since like 1998. Thanks. That was an epic ID relative to the absurdly vague description I gave. Kudos to you sir, I am very much in your' debt.

Posted: Oct 19 2009 10:43 pm

Your welcome! It's kinda funny because the only reason I thought of it was that I obtained the complete series very recently. I have had movies that have eluded me for years as well( took me about twelve years to find this movie called The Mouse and His Child) the only memory I had to help me find it was that a rat lost his teeth (sigh lol).

Posted: Oct 19 2009 10:54 pm

Looks like I know what dvd's I'm getting next. Thanks again man you made my day.

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http://www.sydlexia.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=10167
Cmon man, it's on the same page

Posted: Oct 20 2009 02:49 am

Oh God I loved this show so much as a kid.

Since we're on the subject, I'm correct in thinking the show ended before the plot was resolved, right? Wren never found all the Treasures?

that bugs the crap out of me. Confused

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I definately remember the main character...but not much else.

Title: Titlating Joined: Dec 17 2007 Posts: 5042

SoldierHawk wrote:

Oh God I loved this show so much as a kid.

Since we're on the subject, I'm correct in thinking the show ended before the plot was resolved, right? Wren never found all the Treasures?

that bugs the crap out of me. Confused

Yeah they even had a bumper that made fun of the fact,saying the last episode was taped over.

Posted: Oct 20 2009 02:59 pm

Oh man didn't see that topic otherwise would have posted my query there. Im new to forums sorry.

Posted: Oct 20 2009 07:35 pm

Optimist With Doubts wrote:

SoldierHawk wrote:

Oh God I loved this show so much as a kid.

Since we're on the subject, I'm correct in thinking the show ended before the plot was resolved, right? Wren never found all the Treasures?

that bugs the crap out of me. Confused

Yeah they even had a bumper that made fun of the fact,saying the last episode was taped over.

That's too bad. Sad

Okay, new topic: you know what cartoon series really, really needs a movie? Pirates of Dark Water.

*hums* dumm...dum dum dum DUMMMM! Dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dum dummmmmmmmmmmmm....!

Posted: Oct 20 2009 08:58 pm

In totally unrelated news I found out today that Fabulous Films will be releasing Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea in the US relatively soon (Sry wasn't going to start a thread for something 2 other people probably care about), this is great news for any old..old school fans of Nickelodeon, having this will practically complete my extensive retro video collection (Excluding a complete collection of ABC Weekend Specials).

Posted: Oct 20 2009 10:01 pm

ha awesome. Out of curiosity what does your' retro collection include? I have just begun to build mine with Seasons 1 and 2 Pete and Pete and also seasons 1-5 Simpsons. I am trying to find other shows that were more obscure (like pirates of dark water).

Posted: Oct 20 2009 10:26 pm

Berserk007 wrote:

In totally unrelated news I found out today that Fabulous Films will be releasing Spartakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea in the US relatively soon (Sry wasn't going to start a thread for something 2 other people probably care about), this is great new for any old..old school fans of Nickelodeon, having this will practically complete my extensive retro video collection (Excluding a complete collection of ABC Weekend Specials).

This is the best news ever...almost...maybe. But I did love that show and have been trying to find episodes all over with no success. Let us know if you hear anything more about it. I had all of the Mysterious Cities of Gold before my computer got zapped.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 08:46 am

well to list them all would be a long long project but here is a short list(Mostly of cartoons but some live action thrown in, a few have seen DVD release recently):

1. Arajin to maho no ranpu (1982) US version aka (Aladdin and his Wonderfull lamp)
2. Nelvanamation Vol. 1 and 2
3. You Can't do that on Television / Turkey Tv
4. The Adventures of Mouse and Child
5. The Grave
6. Banjo the Woodpile Cat
7. The Trouble with Miss Switch / Miss Switch to the Rescue / The Incredible Detectives
8. Are you Afraid of the Dark Complete Collection
9. The Adventures of Pete and Pete all seasons and shorts
10.Spider-Man 1981 / Amazing Friends
11. The 13 Ghosts of Scooby-Doo
12.The Incredible Hulk 1982
13. Dungeons and Dragons
14. Captain Power complete series
15. Grimms Fairy Tales
16. Alvin and the Chipmunks
17. The Mysterious Cities of Gold
18. David the Gnome
19. Pirates of Darkwater
20. The Adventures of Conan
21. Pac-Man
22. Herculoids
23. The Racoons
24. Rocko's Modern Life
25. Thundarr the Barbarian
26. Beetlejuice
27. Cow and Chicken
28. Dragons Lair
29. Muppet Babies Season 1
30. The Drew Carey Show all seasons
31. The Phantom Tollbooth
32. The Mouse and the Motorcycle
33. Raggedy Ann & Andy Musical Adventure (Trippy)
34. Whose Line is it Anyway
35. Freddy's Nightmares Season 1
36. Fox's Peter Pan and the Pirates (Working on Completing)
37. Disney's Halloween Treat both versions

Well there you go, a small mix match of my collection

Posted: Oct 21 2009 03:54 pm

Wow nice collection.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 05:26 pm

That's a great collection. I've also been looking everywhere for Turkey TV and for Dragon's Lair.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 05:38 pm

Berserk, has that stuff all been released officially, or is a lot of it bootleg/VHS stuff?

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I wouldn't think Freddy's Nightmares had been officially released, as the majority of them were awful. I'm probably wrong though because plenty of garbage get's officially released these days. That episode of Freddy's Nightmares with Brad Pitt was dreadful.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 05:56 pm

I saw C.O.P.S - Fighting Crime In Future Time on DVD. Kinda wish I bought it.

I used to have Banjo The Woodpile Cat and Disney's Halloween Treat both on VHS... both taped off the Disney channel. I'd kill to see those again.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 06:02 pm

Yeah unfortunately the bulk has never been released on DVD so the majority are Polished bootlegs but what has been released on DVD I bought(I am not going to wait 50 years to get my childhood memories back though). Syd I got news that's going to make you very very happy then

http://www.amazon.com/Banjo-Woodpile-30th-Anniversery-2-Disc/dp/B001PLNR6W/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1256162477&sr=8-1
buy it directly from Don Bluth himself, I sure did

Disney's Halloween Treat is on Youtube a little work with a flv converter/Windows Movie Maker and WinX Video Converter and you could have a pretty decent copy (I got mine from a old vhs tape my dad recorded off the Disney channel and had a professional restore it)

Posted: Oct 21 2009 08:02 pm

Syd Lexia wrote:

I saw C.O.P.S - Fighting Crime In Future Time on DVD. Kinda wish I bought it.

I used to have Banjo The Woodpile Cat and Disney's Halloween Treat both on VHS... both taped off the Disney channel. I'd kill to see those again.

I have been dying to see some C.O.P.S. That and Dinosaucers.

Posted: Oct 21 2009 09:02 pm

David The Gnome was a great show, used to like Eureka's Castle too. I wonder what kind of crap Nickelodeon plays nowadays. Does SNICK even still exist? I used to wish my house had a big orange couch.

Posted: Oct 22 2009 07:34 pm

I couldn't tell you what they air now but I can assume the majority of it is garbage, I just wish they went with their original plans and had a Nick Rewind Channel that played the 80's and 90's stuff, I think the kids would enjoy it a lot more than the fluff they have on now.