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I grew up on G-Force ---> Gatchaman, so this whole Zark and Rover thing left me completely bewildered. I had no idea what was everyone talking about for quite a while. I think I should consider myself happy. (Well, except for that Dirk Daring and Ace Goodheart and Dr. Brighthead thing)
By the way, when I saw that picture of the team in their civvies, I had to think 'Oh look! It's Chewbacca, princess Leia, Luke and Han Solo! In the presence of some... shaved Ewok or something...'
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Victoria, you don't know how lucky you are! For most of my childhood, I had Zark like it or not. I often thought he interupted things just as they started to get really exciting. I do think he could have been a lot more bearable if he was just restricted to intro's and signing off roles, and didn't try to take all credit for G-Forces success!
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I think that the Sandy Frank team were influenced by many Sci-fi shows of the time, 1-rover-1's resemblence to K-9 of Doctor Who springs to mind!
Can anyone spot references to other 70's TV shows they could have "borrowed" from?
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Well we previously had a discussion about how the 'cerebonics' sounded awfully close to 'bionics' aka the Six Million Dollar Man/Woman.
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And did the idea for robotic personalities come from The Hitchhikers' Guide to the Galaxy's Marvin the paranoid Android?
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BOTP's "Intergalactic Federation of Peaceful Planets," squared off against planet Spectra sure does seem like it could have been influenced by Star Trek's "United Federation of Planets," and its dealings with Klingons or Romulans.
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Thank you the other Jason for that welcome
I'd often wondered what the point of 1-rover-1 was, because other to hold Zark's towel, he really doesn't do anything. He certainly doesn't add anything to the story IMHO!!!
If anyone can show me any different I'd be happy to hear about it
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Awww .. that's a great story, Jason!
No, Orion was never going to be a small dog, and I can't even imagine how they thought they could change a detail like his size!
I was, however, entirely grateful as an adult that the Sandy Frank producers kept the guise that he was still alive at the end, even if left behind. I was devestated when I watched the end of the "Gatch" version and would have been even more so had I watched that as the naive 10-year-old that I was.
And I must confess that I never minded 1-Rover-1; in fact, I rather liked him ... especially considering that he was fond of dismantling Zark's ready room with his snackie wrenches!
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RIgirl, I agree, 1-Rover-1 was definitely less annoying than Zark, but that could just be the fact that I am a dog person, too.
I'm not sure how I would have reacted to Orion's death. By the time I was 8 and watching BotP I had already experienced the loss of two dogs: one we had to put to sleep for back tumors and one we had to give away because she would not stay in the backyard no matter how high the fence and the front yard was not safe, we lived on a busy street.
But this talk of influence has me wondering: Could Zark and Rover have influenced the makers of Star Trek: The Next Generation when they gave Data his cat, Spot?
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RI Girl, I felt the same way about Rover. I didn't mind him. He didn't add anything to the show, but it was nice to see him and be able to watch him rather than some of the stuff that Zark waffled on about.
Plus I always thought it would be fun to have a robot dog at your beck and call, ready to carry things for you or to take messages (or dirty plates to the kitchen) rather then me having to carry them myself.
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I am as far from an 'animal person' as you can get, so I wouldn't have been bothered at all as a kid if Orion had died. However, 1-Rover-1 wasn't a problem for me at all. In fact, I liked him much better than Zark, who talked too much and for too long!
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