lborgia88
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I'm guessing they probably wouldn't have gone for it
Funny, but I can remember way back, when I first saw Star Wars, being confused as to whether the Storm Troopers were robots or real people. With them all being faceless and identical, and without much personality at all, it was easy to feel pretty indifferent about them all getting shot or blown up by the heroes. If I'd been able to see expressions of fear or pain on their faces, as a little kid, I'd possibly have found it upsetting.
In the scene in "Rage of the Robotoids," where they're all fighting the female mannequin "robotoids" at the end, a lot of that fight scene got cut from the Gatch version even though it's clear the opponents aren't human -but I think some of that might have been because someone thought that mannequins who've made their legs into sharp skewers and who are about to drop from the ceiling and impale G-Force was too disturbing, although some bits where it was just the mannequins getting clobbered were cut too.
If the Spectran goons looked like real humans, albeit wearing masks, and appeared to be reacting with fear or pain in fights, then it might have been considered unsuitable for children to see, even if Zark kept reminding everyone they were all robots, just "programmed" to mimic people.
But the fact that the Spectran goons so often had names, and indications of personality, really added to the show. If they'd been nameless, and all speaking in identical, monotone voices, I think it would have made the show duller.
So, even though Jason got deprived of most of his best fight moves and scenes, I guess it's a good thing that the BOTP people didn't take the ER route of making them all robots.
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16-10-2011 22:32
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