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5 out of 5 people found the following review useful: GREAT SHOW, 25 April 2001 Author: indianman from Baton Rouge, La
I loved this cartoon series. I even remember that i live action movie was supost to come out but never did. This show was one of the best cartoon series for young boys that has ever come out. The only other thing i can say is that this show was even better than he-man and that was a good series that ran a long time and had one movie.
4 out of 4 people found the following review useful: None of my friends remembers this, 11 April 2002 Author: jlb5947
I remember Bravestarr and I still remember the theme song. I never forget songs so I remember a majority of the 80s cartoons theme songs. This show was cool. I always watched it right after school. Too bad it didn't last long. I wish I could get all of the 80s cartoons on video because it's wonderful taking trips down memory lane.
4 out of 4 people found the following review useful: I Remember This!, 13 July 2001 Author: JasonDallas from Newell, West Virginia
I used to watch this show when I was a kid. It was great. Excellent stories, fun but deep characters, and the animation is great even by today's standards.It wasn't afraid to take an honest look at real-life problems and there were always consequences. I remember the episode with the boy dying from the drug overdose, and it had a profound impact on me and to this day I have never touched them. I wish this would at least come back out on DVD, the world needs heroes like this again.
4 out of 4 people found the following review useful: Was bolder than most other cartoons of the time, 14 February 2001 Author: (whamontree@hotmail.com)
BraveStarr was the only cartoon I remember to show someone, a child no less, die of a drug overdose. Most other cartoons had a kid drawn into drugs by some sleazy, awful looking guy, massively OD, than make a complete recovery with no ill effects, just in time to say, "I'm sure glad I learned my lesson," before the end of the show. BraveStarr's "drug episode" had a pretty cool looking, suave guy convincing a kid to steal from his mother in order to buy the drugs, showed the kid's transition from handsome, healthy young lad to burned-out junkie, and then showed him die when he finally OD'd. If I saw that episode today, I might see that it isn't as good as I thought it was when I was a kid, but, darn it, it DID hit me hard and make me think when I was eight and that was the point. For that, I will always hold BraveStarr a little higher in regard than the other cartoons of the period.
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: One Of My Childhood Heroes., 11 November 2005 Author: blackarachnia2 from ON, Canada
In a distant time and far away place the planet of New Texas floats deep in space. Land of three suns, and land of precious ore. The carrium rush bought out-laws by the scores. BraveStarr. BraveStarr. Then one day a lawman came with powers of hawk, wolf, puma, and bear. Protector of peace, mystic man from afar. Champion of justice Marshall BraveStarr. BraveStarr, BraveStarr, eyes of a hawk, ears of a wolf. BraveStarr, BraveStarr, strength of a bear, speed of a puma. BraveStarr, BraveStarr, BRAVESTARR! Absolutely one of my favourite cartoons. At the time I was eleven and I didn't really care that Marshall BraveStarr was a fictional cartoon character. I just knew that the BraveStarr cartoons were great and that I wanted to watch more and more of it every time it came on. Marshall BraveStarr was one of my childhood heroes and I never forgot the day that he first came on. I was in awe about it because it was the first time that I saw a country western cartoon that wasn't about the Lone Ranger and Tonto.
2 out of 2 people found the following review useful: Bravestarr is one of the best cartoons ever!, 6 November 2002 Author: Movie Nuttball from U.S.A.
Bravestarr was an excellent cartoon series. It was one of My favorites and I liked it just as much as He-Man and the Masters of the Universe! The cartoon was always action packed and exciting and even viewing it today its still one awesome cartoon. I just like the story and futuristic western characters. I hope one day Bravestarr will come back once more like He-Man did this year. If you haven`t seen a Bravestarr episode before please do if you can because it packs a wallop!
2 out of 3 people found the following review useful: One of Filmation's better efforts., 2 April 2003 Author: Victor Field from London, England
Looking back, the 1980s was not a great time for cartoons, one reason being the stranglehold toy manufacturers had on the genre, with whole armies of corporate creations getting TV shows and not usually to the benefit of viewers; for every show like "Wuzzles" and "Transformers" (which at least had the advantage of being good) there were series like "She-Ra, Princess Of Power" and "Lazer Tag Academy." (Since the latter isn't listed on IMDb, I'll take time out to comment about this - based on the laser gun game, this had heroine and star pupil of the Lazer Tag Academy Jamie Jaren pursue cryogenically-frozen-and-thawed-out villain Draxel Drear and his genetic sidekicks the Skuggs - probably the most useless assistants in TV history - through time, with the help of her modern-day ancestors Tom, Beth and Nicky. It only lasted one season, and was yet another stinker from Ruby-Spears. Enough.)Of course, there were still plenty of shows that came before the merchandising, and "BraveStarr" was one such; several SF shows have been dubbed Westerns in outer space, but this one took the concept literally, with Frank Becker's title song setting the scene: "In a distant time, and far away place/The planet of New Texas floats deep in space/Sky of three suns, land of precious ore/The kerium rush brought out thugs by the score!" (The lyrics were talked rather than sung, in a manner that really helps you understand why it took so long for Eminem to make his mark.) The thugs were generally led by the evil, wizened Tex Hex, who wanted to take control of New Texas and its kerium."Then one day a Marshal appeared/With powers of hawk, wolf, puma and bear..." Enter Marshal BraveStarr and his sidekick, cyberhorse Thirty-Thirty (named in honour of his rifle) - BraveStarr was what we now call a Native American who could call on the eyes of a hawk, the ears of a wolf, the speed of a puma and the strength of a bear. As you may have figured, he had a bit of a mystical bent (the show was also given to "Kung Fu"-type flashbacks to his youth); less positively, it wasn't free of Filmation's typical sledgehammer morals - in one episode, the guest villain even berated a regular villain for his smoking! But the show was several cuts above average for the studio in terms of watchability and entertainment; and it deserves a footnote for what comes next."Sherlock Holmes in the 23rd Century" was a two-part story which dispensed with all the characters but BraveStarr, basically dropping him into a plot that had Sherlock fall from Reichenbach Falls just as a time warp opened, carrying him into the time of "BraveStarr." (Moriarty followed, and the deerstalker'd one acquired equivalents for Watson, the Baker Street Irregulars and Lestrade - his female descendant, a much tougher cop than the Inspector.) It's not uncommon for TV shows to work in pilot episodes through the back door - "Star Trek," "Adam 12," "Who's The Boss?," "The Nanny," "CSI: Crime Scene Investigation" and "Murder, She Wrote" tried it (only the latter two succeeded in launching "CSI: Miami" and "The Law and Harry McGraw" respectively) - but it's never been as obvious as it was here, and it didn't work... although we did eventually get the unrelated "Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century"!"BraveStarr" was one of Filmation's last shows, but it was one of their better ones. Maybe if they had had more like that and less like "Filmation's Ghostbusters"...
One of Filmation's Best Efforts, 10 June 2008 Author: waiching liu from London, England, UK
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
Bravestarr was released in 1987 by the now defunct American animation company, Filmation on the back of He-man: Masters of the universe and She-Ra: Princess of Power, in 1983 and 87' respectively. The plot of the cartoon was about a Native American cowboy named Marshall Bravestarr, who possesses the strength of the bear, ears of the wolf, speed of the puma and eyes of a hawk, and his trusty sidekick, a talking horse named Thirty- Thirty, who carried with him a gun aptly titled, 'Sarah Jane' and with the help of Deputy Fuzz and Judge J.B serve to protect New Texas from the evil Tex Hex and his band of outlaws.Set in futuristic Texas, this was and still is to this day, one of the very few cartoons set in a particular city, in the US- hence in the South- thousands of light years ahead in the future. Considering this was made in the 80s, the creators did an impressive job trying to recreate the wild west look but from a Sci-Fi based outlook. Bravestarr didn't just evoke morality and good verses bad, as well as teaching children lessons about life, but it also highlighted themes of culture and community and that we shouldn't take things and life for granted. And despite the fact that this was an action adventure cartoon, many of the story lines, themes and issues it addressed resonate with children and adults in a way that makes sense to them. In addition, Marshall Bravestarr was one of the very first major cartoon characters from a (ethnic)minority background, to make an impact on TV.The sound effects were amazing, the music was great, the theme song equally memorable and the animation was wonderful. The characters were well designed and the stories were diverse and taught kids morals and the importance of what is right and what is wrong. Something of which the same cannot be said about today's cartoons, sadly.Whilst Bravestarr was overshadowed by the success of He-man, it is still a personal favourite for many 80s cartoon fanatics. Suffice to say, I preferred Bravestarr over He-man because of the diversity of the story lines, characters and that the depth of the situations and problems that the characters faced themselves, were more what I would say realistic and identifiable in contrast. For some reason, they resonated more with people because like for instance,in 'The Pledge' where a kid dies from a drug overdose, the fact that there wasn't a happy ending was important- in the sense that when kids watch that episode, well, in fact anyone who watches that episode, will realise for themselves the devastating consequences of drug usage and that no one should underestimate the dangers of drugs.Bold, brave and at times thought-provoking, Bravestarr is definitely that- bold, brave and thought provoking. A cult cartoon classic for many years to come, it dared to take some risks, but it had well and truly paid off in the end. It will be remembered by many cartoon fans as one of the most interesting as well as best 80s cartoons ever, and rightly so8 and a half out of ten
Worth any "Price", 31 December 2007 Author: chris-683 from Canada
...and I think every BraveStarr fans know what I mean by "price". Or should I say, The Price. THAT episode. Spin! BraveStarr is a cartoon series from the mid 1980s that many have forgotten, or worse, never watched. It was made by Filmation, who as we all know did He-Man (The debate over THAT series being better than Transformers is a matter of taste) and She-ra. Like those series and others from Filmation, every episode ended with a moral. The moral consisted of a character from the series, usually it was BraveStarr himself, delivering a message of what we all learned.I was a He-Man fan myself, and BraveStarr could be looked on as He-Man of the wild west. The setting was a distant time, and far away place. The planet of New Texas, deep in space. Sky had...sorry got to stop the theme song.BraveStarr was easy to like, since I was a fan of He-Man, the similarities of the characters in both series is staggering. You've got the Shaman (he knows everything, just like the Sorceress), you've got Tex Hex (Evil, just like Skeletor), you've got Thirty - Thirty, BraveStarr's steed (he complained less than Cringer when he wasn't Battlecat), you've got the sidekick, and you've got the main man.Bravestarr himself had FOUR incredible abilities. 1) He could see almost everything (Eyes of a Hawk). He could hear everything (Ears of a wolf). He was strong (Strength of a bear), and fast (Speed of a puma).The episodes themselves were actually far more serious than anything Filmation had ever made. At least two episodes (including the series best known episode) that stand tall in my memory, deal with some real important matters.One episode, BraveStarr remembers his old trainer, Jingles. Tough, fair, and good. BraveStarr's idol, his hero. He relates all the good in him, only to later discover that he has become a wanted criminal. Wanted for murder! The other episode deals with the issue of drugs. A deadly drug comes the way of New Texas, and a boy of about ten becomes addicted to the drug (The drug was called spin). He goes from the friend you always want to a hallucinating, stealing, wacko! I still remember the first time I watched that episode, all time thinking he'll pull through at the end. Was I ever in for a SHOCK!
I remember, 29 December 2001 Author: Mekish (hamoshoo@hotmail.com) from Sweden
I remember this one.. It was about a guy, who had the strength of a bear, the speed of a panther and the eyes of an eagle. Please if anyone has some pictures or movie clips from this series email them to me!Thanks
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