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this one would like to see a full manga-style adaptation. Or at least a cel-animated movie to rush through the rest of the treasures and resolve the plot.
This is a show that should get a full blown remake done proper and complete. If One Piece can last over 25 years and still ongoing then I think there’s room for Pirates of the Dark Waters
@@susansydale71 this idea did not work for Thundercats, and that IP has a much larger public and already had multiple seasons of a complete story. Maybe it could work, IDK, but they would have to do the unthinkable for the current generation of western media: put real effort into it, bet in it's success for more than one episode and trust the audience's intelligence
The Villains main ship design is such a staple now in Pop Culture. Pirates of the Caribbean, 2000s Clash of the Titans and many more have “borrowed “ that ships look😮
The Villain ship was called the Maelstrom and was constructed out of Leviathan bones. The ship featured a "mouth" that could chew into other ships and devour them. Deep inside the Maelstrom's belly was an underworld of slaves and monsters. Most notable of which was the Constrictus which the villains used to execute insubordinate crew and enemies.
I remember getting so invested in this series and then the next thing I knew it was all over, even though the story was not. I wish the OG author had written a book or something to wrap it up, but to my knowledge it never happened.
Agreed. As I kid I tried to follow the series. However I kept on getting hit by reruns and so was left confused a lot about the progress of collecting the 13 treasures. It was such an overarching theme, and annoyed me so much when I never knew how it finished.
Pirates of Dark Water along with Bucky O'Hare are two cartoons from my childhood that both went unfinished and were both way better than they had any right to be. Both had a charm and aesthetic that feels very specific to the time that they were made, but I would still love if either of them ever got completed.
Y'know, with all the Warner and Hanna-Barbera properties that Dynamite recently snapped up and turned into comics, I'm surprised that this one hasn't been nominated yet. You'd think that the whole "story without an ending" thing would be an enticing enough lure for comic writers AND readers.
One of the dozens of kid shows that suddenly get cancelled yet you still come back searching for it and whatever time slot it may have gone too. I could probably name a dozen cartoons and two dozen pilot or single season shows that just vanished and for about a month you keep hoping you find it till you naturally give up. 80's and 90s were choke full of shows that just left you hanging.
I can't remember if I have the blu-ray or dvd. I'm pretty sure it's the DVD because I got it off the WB shop. If I'd known they were gonna put it out on blu-ray...!
Loved this show so much as a kid! I didn't start watching it until it was rerun on Cartoon Network in the mid-90's, and would always look forward to it! One can only hope that one day Ren and his gang of pirates will one day be revived either in live-action or an animated show reboot!
This show was criminally underrated and its a shame it never got the proper finish. Ill definitely need to check out the genesis and snes games though, i had no idea they were totally different games with different endings.
as a kid I rented the SNES version from Blockbuster and did nothing but play it for an entire weekend! I spent the next week looking forward to getting it again, but it was never back in stock 😭
I'd like to think Pirates of Dark Water would've fared a lot better if it came along some 20 or so years later, but we have examples like Thundercats, still pissed that got canned, and Young Justice that say the series might still have been doomed. Maybe it would have a chance as something like a Netflix series so they wouldn't have to stay G rated.
I think the market for adult animation is just very volatile. You have to get people hyped about it, enough to subscribe to your service and maybe buying merch. The classic model of appealing to kids to sell toys doesn't work well since there are fewer kids (in places with money) and children these days play digital games, not so much with physical toys.
@@mandisaw What you really need is leadership that's willing to let a series actually succeed and won't instantly pull the plug on something after only a few episodes if it isn't instantly the biggest hit ever. The lack of viewership on a lot of new shows on streaming platforms (especially Netflix) is in large part because people don't have any faith that Netflix won't cancel the show after a handful of episodes that end on a cliffhanger.
I'll always love it. Dark Water is one of those shows that feels like it was just at the wrong time. Either too early or too late. I put it in the pantheon of shows that just missed the hook to turn into perpetual nostalgia machines. Herculoids, thundarr, Centurions, Swat Kats. List goes on and on. Fantastic shows that just died on the vine and had more effort than was deserving compared to the reaction and treatment. I'd love a revival or a live action show. In a landscape of legacy and derivative franchises, Pirates of Dark Water is still unique
I was so crushed (and confused) that Dark Water just STOPPED. On a cliffhanger to boot! (at least on my local channel). It was my absolute fave during the years it was on.
There needs to be a full animated reboot of this show. It had such potential. I watched it when I was a kid and I've rewatched it as an adult and I would really like to see a proper conclusion
This series had so much potential with its characters, story telling & world building. And it ended getting foolishly discarded like other excellent but short lived shows.
I remember loving this cartoon when I was a kid, I think it was the fact it was a kids show with a genuinely scary almost 'lovecraftian' concept in the form of the dark water. I always wondered what happened to it as we didn't' always get full series in general at the time where I lived
I was mildly obsessed this show when it was new and was devastated when it went off the air. Sadly, I feel like it's so niche now that it's not even cult.
I absolutely loved the Pirates of Dark Water. I still dearly miss this show and can only keep hoping we get a reboot at some point. I love the PODW shirt I got from your site!
I watched this on Cartoon Network and absolutely adored it. Such a fantastic show. It was also one of the biggest disappointments in my young life when I was introduced to the concept of a relatively serialized show that stopped rather than ending.
There is interest. In six hours after this video was published, you have over three hundred and fifty comments, 20K views and 2.7 thumbs up, on an animated series that is over three decades old.
I loved Pirates of Dark Water and was so frustrated that it was cancelled before completion. Now, I learned that there was an RPG?! I have a new quest!
Pretty sure I saw it in the FLGS at the time, and it occasionally pops up at conventions but you'll have to look. Could try some greybeard forums - I doubt anyone's willing to part with their copy, but they might be able to connect you with a shop or vendor.
This is one of the pieces of media from my childhood that I'm not sure if it was a fever dream or not. Like that Dragon's Lair arcade game that was basically an animated story with one action button.
When a series has a plot that involves a "collection" of items that need to be found for the story to be completed, it sure would be nice if they were given enough of a run for that to happen. But I guess that isn't how Hollywood works, as I'm still salty about "Friday the 13th TV" series that was also about collecting items, and ended before it could reach a conclusion.
One of my favorite shows of all time! Watched the premiere and so disappointed it was never finished. Definitely raised the bar for ‘children’s’ programming.
😭😭 So sad that this show got cut early! (I was just talking to a friend about this show the other day! Perfect timing on this episode, gentlemen! Keep up the great work!!)
I had the whole collection of the toys when I was 6 and I had just thought the female character was just hard to find. It took me a minute to realize they didn't make one. They probably figured that boys wouldn't want to buy a girl action figure wearing pink.
Used to run home after school trying to sit down and watch the early broadcast of the show. You know how they always put the cartoons in early timeslots kids aren’t at home.
I posted on the last video about PoDW, but I'll say it again: this show ruled. It was so weird and an unusually plot-centric kid's show, and it didn't get the run or attention it deserved. If I watched it today I might hate it, I dunno. But for me as a kid at the time, it was really great.
Loved the series and I also have the 9 Marvel comics. Wish that Dynamite - who currently publish comics on a few Warner-owned properties such as ThunderCats, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost and the upcoming SilverHawks - would wrap up the story. Unlikely though. Heh. I also remember "Fish Police" (both comics and the short-lived animated series).
Me, my sister loved the show the story, the animation the character is all of it. It would be nice if DC comics actually continue this series in comic that is or maybe dynamite entertainment since they’re known for writing Saturday morning, cartoon comics like He-Man and Darkwing duck.
The pirates ☠️ of dark water was my favorite Saturday morning cartoon as a child. This cartoon deserves a remake despite all it's flaws it was fun too watch and a exciting adventure to watch 😊😂😂.
I remember thinking about how special this show seemed given the quality of the episodes that I saw, but I also remember it being difficult to keep track of when it was on. I must have started to watch after it's first run.
No, they moved it around the schedule for a while in the original run. I saw it from the start on NYC's ABC station, and they jerked it around as the ratings slid, creating a death spiral :(
@mandisaw Doubly deadly back then, too. Not like kids always had access to the TV schedules to keep track. I don't think my parents kept a subscription to TV Guide, they just bought it when they were grocery shopping and we probably missed days (weekends likely) when groceries weren't week to week.
The Swat Kats IP owners have been shopping for a revival for years. Last I heard they got a deal with an animation studio a few years ago, but I haven’t heard anything since.
@@Dreadjaws I remember hearing about a potential crowdfunding campaign a long while back, no idea what came of it though. I'm just thankful that Warner Bros put out a DVD set of the original cartoon. It holds up well.
I already enjoyed fantasy stories, so The Pirates of Dark Water was for me. It was one of first DVD sets I bought from Warner Archive when that started going.
My wife introduced me to this based on her vague childhood memories, and we were both surprised at how good it was, and disappointed it didn’t go on longer. It’s good to get a behind-the-scenes look at such a classic show.
I had hoped when remakes for shows like Thundercats was happening, this would be next... but that of course didn't happen (nor did those remakes get the justice they deserved).
Underrated Toon, i really was sad when the series suddenly had stopped. honestly, i'd prefer that The Pirates of Dark Water be finished by telling the entire story through an RPG.
Only six more episodes would have allowed the series complete to concept in epic fashion... but the production cost was just too high while the toy sales were just too low... ; _ ; Ah well great bold imaginative show for its time. Oh and its my personal canon that Captain Calypso & her crew on her ghost ship of the damned is an alternate universe Captain Janeway & Voyager Crew. BTW: To this very day if I feel like swearing in a situation where its unacceptable to do so I'll yell "Noy Gi-Tatt!!!
First of all I love this channel, second of all I always thought "Pirates of Dark water" was a fantastic show and is super underrated. Excellent video, please keep these going!
Both, both were good! Disney's in-house style varied a lot for about 25yrs or so as they experimented away from a classic, "old masters" style (Snow White, Cinderella, then Jungle Book & Robin Hood) and before the CG-augmented stuff kicked in (Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast). Movies like Fox & the Hound and The Great Mouse Detective had a lot of love put in. Remember too, that Don Bluth and his crew all started out working for the House of Mouse. They wanted to iterate on the Masters' style in new directions - but in the Animation side at least, all were all working from a similar place of appreciation for the craft.
Clicked play. Haven't even watched yet, but paused to say I loved this show as a kid. I watched religiously and even recall having some of the action figures. Thanks for making this episode. I hope the merch section of the video doesn't go into the figures being unreleased and I've just been Mandela Effecting this entire time. Anyhoo. Pressing play now.
Something about the art style for this show always caught my attention, don't think I ever really watched it though but saw plenty of commercials and it kinda lives in my mind rent free.
For years I’ve told friends that there are 2 animated tv shows that would make incredible film franchises, The Pirates Of Dark Water & Exosquad. The stories and characters are already there and the technology to make these into films now exists. It’s all there and ready to be made. Whoever holds the rights to these titles is sitting on a winning lottery ticket if handled correctly 👍👍
PODW is so amazingly well written, especially for the time. In some alternate universe I hope it’s a popular anime. The story is more like that in structure.
This was one of those shows I loved (watching it on both FilmNet+'s KTV programming and Cartoon Network) and couldn't comprehend that it had been canceled. I just watched those existing episodes over and over, hoping the story would continue the next time they reached the end point.
I loved this show as a kid. A couple of years ago I found a PDF version of the world sourcebook. 1:07 it took me a second to realise what was happening "Primus" lol!
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I'd try it but they sell these tiny boxes of cereal at Walmart for $10 EACH. You can buy a "Mega Size" (bigger than "Family Size" of ANY name brand cereal for $6 and you can fit about 3 boxes of Magic Spoon into the Mega Size.
Cereal in general isn't nearly as bad as Magic Spoon makes it out to be, they just need their cereal to sound that much better so they can try justifying charging so much for it.
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It's about time you retire "The failure of" from your titles... It's well beyond stale.
This show was too ahead of its time, it absolutely deserves a comeback--us '90s kids are still wondering how the story ends!
It can be safely assumed that Ren recovered the remaining jewels and defeated the Dark Dweller.
I wish the original author of Dark Water would at least write a novel to finish the story
this one would like to see a full manga-style adaptation. Or at least a cel-animated movie to rush through the rest of the treasures and resolve the plot.
@@deathstinger13 A manga version might be cool actually!
@@deathstinger13 A hanar in disguise?
Wouldn't be cannon, cause books and comics are seprate from shows as connonolagy
@@sirducksworthythe3rd842 I was thinking that the novel would pick up where the series left off
This was truly one of the best done cartoons of the age, and it is a travesty it didn't get a full run.
Second this!
Really? I remember seeing it and thinking it looked weird as shit, and didn't care for it. That main dudes eyes were so weird.
@@c0ldsh0w3r Not weird, dude, just more MidEastern - Asian looking. The character designs fit the setting, and was a great change of pace.
I need to rewatch the show. I watched it when it first aired as a little kid, but have not watched it since then.
@@c0ldsh0w3r The strangeness of the world and art style is what's so great about it. There's really nothing like it from that era.
This is a show that should get a full blown remake done proper and complete. If One Piece can last over 25 years and still ongoing then I think there’s room for Pirates of the Dark Waters
Unfortunately, its time has passed and manga/anime has taken over
Then why not adapt it to that style? It would probably gain traction that way.
@@susansydale71Probably because people would dismiss it as a One Piece knockoff.
@@susansydale71 this idea did not work for Thundercats, and that IP has a much larger public and already had multiple seasons of a complete story.
Maybe it could work, IDK, but they would have to do the unthinkable for the current generation of western media: put real effort into it, bet in it's success for more than one episode and trust the audience's intelligence
No. No modern day remakes of this. Have you seen the crap Hollywood has been putting out for the last decade or so. Just leave it be, like Firefly.
The Villains main ship design is such a staple now in Pop Culture.
Pirates of the Caribbean, 2000s Clash of the Titans and many more have “borrowed “ that ships look😮
Also, Naglfar in Witcher 3
The Villain ship was called the Maelstrom and was constructed out of Leviathan bones. The ship featured a "mouth" that could chew into other ships and devour them. Deep inside the Maelstrom's belly was an underworld of slaves and monsters. Most notable of which was the Constrictus which the villains used to execute insubordinate crew and enemies.
I remember getting so invested in this series and then the next thing I knew it was all over, even though the story was not. I wish the OG author had written a book or something to wrap it up, but to my knowledge it never happened.
Agreed. As I kid I tried to follow the series. However I kept on getting hit by reruns and so was left confused a lot about the progress of collecting the 13 treasures. It was such an overarching theme, and annoyed me so much when I never knew how it finished.
Pirates of Dark Water along with Bucky O'Hare are two cartoons from my childhood that both went unfinished and were both way better than they had any right to be. Both had a charm and aesthetic that feels very specific to the time that they were made, but I would still love if either of them ever got completed.
The Pirates of Dark Water was an awesome update to the action cartoons Hanna-Barbera made in the 60s. The animation was great, especially Tula.
Tula awakens her geomancer powers and also awakened a lot of us in the 90s
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Haven’t watched the vid yet, but I love that more obscure stuff is getting videos made instead of rehashing older subjects.
I’ve never clicked on the video faster than when I saw this thumbnail.
Y'know, with all the Warner and Hanna-Barbera properties that Dynamite recently snapped up and turned into comics, I'm surprised that this one hasn't been nominated yet. You'd think that the whole "story without an ending" thing would be an enticing enough lure for comic writers AND readers.
Could be a rights issue maybe
As a young D&D kid, this was the closest thing at the time to what I was into. I was beyond bummed it didn’t stick.
I loved the pirates of dark water as a kid, so of course it was cancelled before we got a conclusion.
Every show should be legally obligated to film a conclusion episode at the same time as episode 1 just in case.
YES 😂😂😂
One of the dozens of kid shows that suddenly get cancelled yet you still come back searching for it and whatever time slot it may have gone too. I could probably name a dozen cartoons and two dozen pilot or single season shows that just vanished and for about a month you keep hoping you find it till you naturally give up. 80's and 90s were choke full of shows that just left you hanging.
I absolutely adored this show. Bought the blue ray as soon as it was available. Underrated AF
I can't remember if I have the blu-ray or dvd. I'm pretty sure it's the DVD because I got it off the WB shop. If I'd known they were gonna put it out on blu-ray...!
This series could’ve been so much more. It’s like Lord of the Rings meets Pirates of the Caribbean, it deserves a proper ending.
Most shows deserve a proper ending. No need for a cliffhanger.
I was OBSESSED with this show as a kid, and was heartbroken when it just stopped
Loved this show so much as a kid! I didn't start watching it until it was rerun on Cartoon Network in the mid-90's, and would always look forward to it! One can only hope that one day Ren and his gang of pirates will one day be revived either in live-action or an animated show reboot!
This show was criminally underrated and its a shame it never got the proper finish. Ill definitely need to check out the genesis and snes games though, i had no idea they were totally different games with different endings.
as a kid I rented the SNES version from Blockbuster and did nothing but play it for an entire weekend! I spent the next week looking forward to getting it again, but it was never back in stock 😭
I'd like to think Pirates of Dark Water would've fared a lot better if it came along some 20 or so years later, but we have examples like Thundercats, still pissed that got canned, and Young Justice that say the series might still have been doomed. Maybe it would have a chance as something like a Netflix series so they wouldn't have to stay G rated.
I think the market for adult animation is just very volatile. You have to get people hyped about it, enough to subscribe to your service and maybe buying merch. The classic model of appealing to kids to sell toys doesn't work well since there are fewer kids (in places with money) and children these days play digital games, not so much with physical toys.
@@mandisaw What you really need is leadership that's willing to let a series actually succeed and won't instantly pull the plug on something after only a few episodes if it isn't instantly the biggest hit ever. The lack of viewership on a lot of new shows on streaming platforms (especially Netflix) is in large part because people don't have any faith that Netflix won't cancel the show after a handful of episodes that end on a cliffhanger.
I'll always love it. Dark Water is one of those shows that feels like it was just at the wrong time. Either too early or too late. I put it in the pantheon of shows that just missed the hook to turn into perpetual nostalgia machines. Herculoids, thundarr, Centurions, Swat Kats. List goes on and on. Fantastic shows that just died on the vine and had more effort than was deserving compared to the reaction and treatment. I'd love a revival or a live action show. In a landscape of legacy and derivative franchises, Pirates of Dark Water is still unique
I need a conclusion to Dark Water and Thundarr!
I was so crushed (and confused) that Dark Water just STOPPED. On a cliffhanger to boot! (at least on my local channel). It was my absolute fave during the years it was on.
There needs to be a full animated reboot of this show. It had such potential. I watched it when I was a kid and I've rewatched it as an adult and I would really like to see a proper conclusion
This was SUCH a cool show. Real shame it never got to finish up.
This series had so much potential with its characters, story telling & world building. And it ended getting foolishly discarded like other excellent but short lived shows.
I remember loving this cartoon when I was a kid, I think it was the fact it was a kids show with a genuinely scary almost 'lovecraftian' concept in the form of the dark water. I always wondered what happened to it as we didn't' always get full series in general at the time where I lived
One of the best shows of all time, still have a Cartoon Network marathon recorded on VHS
I can’t believe it never became the phenomenon it deserved to be
This is my favourite cartoon ever. I still got my original Dutch dubbed VHS.
I was mildly obsessed this show when it was new and was devastated when it went off the air. Sadly, I feel like it's so niche now that it's not even cult.
SWAT Kats was cool, but they had no business replacing The Pirates of Dark Water. This was my show!
I absolutely loved the Pirates of Dark Water. I still dearly miss this show and can only keep hoping we get a reboot at some point. I love the PODW shirt I got from your site!
Sad they never finished this series. Watched it with my mom back when it was first airing, and she was just as much a fan of it as I was at the time.
Loved the Primus riff. Bless you, editor.
No, =you= rewound that section twice.
Lold when I heard it, while getting ready for bed
I watched this on Cartoon Network and absolutely adored it. Such a fantastic show. It was also one of the biggest disappointments in my young life when I was introduced to the concept of a relatively serialized show that stopped rather than ending.
If I hit one of these billion dollar lotteries, I'd spend half of it to finish this series
I cackled at that Les Claypool lick when you said "Primus" 😆 Well done
They do it in other videos every time they mention a character with Primus in the name 😆. Mostly Transformers videos.
My name is mud!
There is interest.
In six hours after this video was published, you have over three hundred and fifty comments, 20K views and 2.7 thumbs up, on an animated series that is over three decades old.
That commercial takes me back. A personal pan pizza and a Sprite in those red cups... mmm.
That was the biggest nostalgia hit for me, too.
The compass necklace must have been replaced so many times, because is basically every episode someone grabs it off someone else's neck 😅
I loved Pirates of Dark Water and was so frustrated that it was cancelled before completion. Now, I learned that there was an RPG?! I have a new quest!
Pretty sure I saw it in the FLGS at the time, and it occasionally pops up at conventions but you'll have to look. Could try some greybeard forums - I doubt anyone's willing to part with their copy, but they might be able to connect you with a shop or vendor.
This is one of the pieces of media from my childhood that I'm not sure if it was a fever dream or not. Like that Dragon's Lair arcade game that was basically an animated story with one action button.
I know exactly what you mean! 😂
It was Quicktime Events, The Game.
I have the original marketing art piece for this! One of my favorite shows of all time! Can't believe nobody's tried bringing it back.
This show will NEVER be a failure. I watched it on cartoon network in the 90s.
Hanna Barbera had some gems in the early 90s. Pirates Of Dark Water, Gravedale High, and Of course Swat Kats.
When a series has a plot that involves a "collection" of items that need to be found for the story to be completed, it sure would be nice if they were given enough of a run for that to happen. But I guess that isn't how Hollywood works, as I'm still salty about "Friday the 13th TV" series that was also about collecting items, and ended before it could reach a conclusion.
Oh man, Friday the 13th TV - that's another one that was far better than its premise suggested.
One of my favorite shows of all time! Watched the premiere and so disappointed it was never finished. Definitely raised the bar for ‘children’s’ programming.
😭😭 So sad that this show got cut early! (I was just talking to a friend about this show the other day! Perfect timing on this episode, gentlemen! Keep up the great work!!)
I had the whole collection of the toys when I was 6 and I had just thought the female character was just hard to find. It took me a minute to realize they didn't make one. They probably figured that boys wouldn't want to buy a girl action figure wearing pink.
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Used to run home after school trying to sit down and watch the early broadcast of the show. You know how they always put the cartoons in early timeslots kids aren’t at home.
I posted on the last video about PoDW, but I'll say it again: this show ruled. It was so weird and an unusually plot-centric kid's show, and it didn't get the run or attention it deserved.
If I watched it today I might hate it, I dunno. But for me as a kid at the time, it was really great.
I feel the same. I rewatched it recently and adored it. Give it a shot, I bet you'll feel the same!
It still holds up pretty well. I only truly appreciated it when I rediscovered it as a young adult.
This was my childhood....I LOVED THIS CARTOON.
Jesus… What a cast…
Loved the series and I also have the 9 Marvel comics. Wish that Dynamite - who currently publish comics on a few Warner-owned properties such as ThunderCats, Jonny Quest, Space Ghost and the upcoming SilverHawks - would wrap up the story. Unlikely though.
Heh. I also remember "Fish Police" (both comics and the short-lived animated series).
It's sad that this show never got to finish the story.
13:45 Looks like the editor knows what's up.
Yeah, I think everyone in the media business knows that bit now
this getting cancelled for SWAT Cats is so funny because that show _also_ got cancelled
It was the best version of the anti pollution messaging as compared to Captain Planet.
Me, my sister loved the show the story, the animation the character is all of it. It would be nice if DC comics actually continue this series in comic that is or maybe dynamite entertainment since they’re known for writing Saturday morning, cartoon comics like He-Man and Darkwing duck.
The pirates ☠️ of dark water was my favorite Saturday morning cartoon as a child. This cartoon deserves a remake despite all it's flaws it was fun too watch and a exciting adventure to watch 😊😂😂.
I remember thinking about how special this show seemed given the quality of the episodes that I saw, but I also remember it being difficult to keep track of when it was on. I must have started to watch after it's first run.
No, they moved it around the schedule for a while in the original run. I saw it from the start on NYC's ABC station, and they jerked it around as the ratings slid, creating a death spiral :(
@mandisaw Doubly deadly back then, too. Not like kids always had access to the TV schedules to keep track. I don't think my parents kept a subscription to TV Guide, they just bought it when they were grocery shopping and we probably missed days (weekends likely) when groceries weren't week to week.
Pirate of Dark Water & SWAT Kats both deserve a Netflix revival.
eh, this one'd rather see them get a revival that wouldn't be killed after two seasons.
Nah, I’d like them to have more than two seasons
Netflix has One Piece. I don’t see them investing in another animated pirate show.
The Swat Kats IP owners have been shopping for a revival for years. Last I heard they got a deal with an animation studio a few years ago, but I haven’t heard anything since.
@@Dreadjaws I remember hearing about a potential crowdfunding campaign a long while back, no idea what came of it though.
I'm just thankful that Warner Bros put out a DVD set of the original cartoon. It holds up well.
This needs a proper end
Unexpected Mud drop 7:58
Loved this show, I remember when cartoon network made a stupid joke about someone taping over the last episodes of the cartoon.
I already enjoyed fantasy stories, so The Pirates of Dark Water was for me. It was one of first DVD sets I bought from Warner Archive when that started going.
I loved that cartoon when I was a kid.
I still think Leviathans are awesome because of this ahow
King Primus? I thought his name was Mud
My wife introduced me to this based on her vague childhood memories, and we were both surprised at how good it was, and disappointed it didn’t go on longer. It’s good to get a behind-the-scenes look at such a classic show.
It's crazy Warner Bros owns alot of Hannah Barbera IP and doesn't use them
My friends and I were all in love with this show. We were frustrated that it was so hard to catch on TV and that we could never find the toys to buy
I had hoped when remakes for shows like Thundercats was happening, this would be next... but that of course didn't happen (nor did those remakes get the justice they deserved).
Underrated Toon, i really was sad when the series suddenly had stopped. honestly, i'd prefer that The Pirates of Dark Water be finished by telling the entire story through an RPG.
Only six more episodes would have allowed the series complete to concept in epic fashion...
but the production cost was just too high while the toy sales were just too low... ; _ ; Ah well great bold imaginative show for its time.
Oh and its my personal canon that Captain Calypso & her crew on her ghost ship of the damned is an alternate universe Captain Janeway & Voyager Crew.
BTW: To this very day if I feel like swearing in a situation where its unacceptable to do so I'll yell "Noy Gi-Tatt!!!
This channel repeatedly surprises me with shows that I watched as a kid but had completely forgotten about, what a trip.
First of all I love this channel, second of all I always thought "Pirates of Dark water" was a fantastic show and is super underrated. Excellent video, please keep these going!
This show was AWESOME!
You've now covered all my animated childhood favourites. Bravo!
I still have issue one of the comic somehere. I imagine it has the value of colorful toilet paper
this damn show's animation was toooo gooood
I never liked the Disney style when I was a kid. I liked this, GI Joe, X-Men, Batman, Red Planet, Bakshi, Bluth, and everything else "weird and cool"
Both, both were good! Disney's in-house style varied a lot for about 25yrs or so as they experimented away from a classic, "old masters" style (Snow White, Cinderella, then Jungle Book & Robin Hood) and before the CG-augmented stuff kicked in (Little Mermaid, Beauty & the Beast). Movies like Fox & the Hound and The Great Mouse Detective had a lot of love put in.
Remember too, that Don Bluth and his crew all started out working for the House of Mouse. They wanted to iterate on the Masters' style in new directions - but in the Animation side at least, all were all working from a similar place of appreciation for the craft.
AMAZING timing with this video, the full DVD series just arrived today!
This was such an amazing concept. The original miniseries was absolutely captivating. The subsequent regular one just fell short on every level.
Clicked play. Haven't even watched yet, but paused to say I loved this show as a kid. I watched religiously and even recall having some of the action figures. Thanks for making this episode.
I hope the merch section of the video doesn't go into the figures being unreleased and I've just been Mandela Effecting this entire time. Anyhoo. Pressing play now.
such a great show. Awesome animation , actors and story. Only thing i hated was Niddler screeching all the time
I loved that show when I was a kid. Real shame when it up and disappeared.
Ps saw whatcha did with Primus!😂
Something about the art style for this show always caught my attention, don't think I ever really watched it though but saw plenty of commercials and it kinda lives in my mind rent free.
For years I’ve told friends that there are 2 animated tv shows that would make incredible film franchises, The Pirates Of Dark Water & Exosquad. The stories and characters are already there and the technology to make these into films now exists. It’s all there and ready to be made. Whoever holds the rights to these titles is sitting on a winning lottery ticket if handled correctly 👍👍
It was a fun show with cool characters, unlikely to ever get a cartoon reboot so it needs a Comic Book Series. Please & Thank You.
I loved this. And yet, when I ask other people about it, they had no idea what I was on about. Bring it back!
I loved this show! I LOVED it!!!
PODW is so amazingly well written, especially for the time. In some alternate universe I hope it’s a popular anime. The story is more like that in structure.
This was one of those shows I loved (watching it on both FilmNet+'s KTV programming and Cartoon Network) and couldn't comprehend that it had been canceled.
I just watched those existing episodes over and over, hoping the story would continue the next time they reached the end point.
Oh man, I remember setting our VCR to record PoDW while I watched TMNT. It was great, but to be fair, so was SWAT KATS.
I have a annual post I do every year on my various social media talking about wanting a remake of this. Has such potential.
With the drought of new ideas in recent media, maybe someone pick it up for a remake.
I loved this show as a kid. A couple of years ago I found a PDF version of the world sourcebook.
1:07 it took me a second to realise what was happening "Primus" lol!