tatsunokofan
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Hi all!
| quote: | | I'm totally guessing here (and I suspect James will chime in here with his wonderful font of knowledge) but I would think that when the BOTP people did this episode, they weren't thinking at all of Cronus and Mark being related. SO they brushed that under the rug with Cronus 'having another family'. |
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That is the likely scenario. When peaks of Planet Odin was being produced, they probably had no idea that they'd be doing Sky is Falling, and didn't want to get into the entire "Cronus is Mark's father" aspect of this now-stand alone story.
| quote: | | I don't recall any further mention of Cronus' new wife, or Timmy, but I'm not so up on it. |
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No, there are no other references to his wife and Timmy.
| quote: | | As for Dr. Nambu rather unwise timing for this big announcement, I wonder if either he honestly thought Ken would take the news calmly and remain focused on the mission. |
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Honestly, I chalk this up more to poor writing than a logical decision by the character. It was the end of the episode, and the first of a 3-part story, but they didn't have the really strong hook to draw viewers back that they have in Part II. So, they threw Nambu's comment in to help build anticipation for the next episode, even though his doing so makes little sense.
| quote: | | And where the heck was his mom when the drowning was going on? |
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I do wonder if Ken's dreams of this event should be taken so literally. Yes, Kentaro dunked him underwater, but did he really hold him under for as long as it seems? Part of the point of the scene was that Ken couldn't remember what his father looked like, resulting in the long, lingering underwater shot of his shadow-faced father, but is this really meant to be a real-time demonstration of these past events? I'm not saying that they aren't, only that it is possible that they aren't supposed to be. Regardless, it's hard to watch these scenes and not wonder about young Ken's lung capacity...
Anyway, a Japanese fan did a cartoon based on this scene that I figured you might enjoy. So, here it is, conveniently translated for your English-language perusal.
James
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20-10-2009 03:09
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tatsunokofan
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Hi all!
To make things a little easier, here's a copy of the "Sandy Frank" order for the series. This is essentially the production order for episodes of Battle of the Planets, and is a good way to view them is you want to see how the series progressed as it was being made.
It should also be remembered that Sandy Frank produced several different suggested order lists. When Jason was going through the paperwork from Sandy Frank's archives, he came across numerous partial viewing order lists that, while often similar, did not exactly match up with each other. This list was the only one what was a complete list of all 85 episodes, so that was the one he went with.
1- ATTACK OF THE SPACE TERRAPIN
2- SIEGE OF THE SQUIDS
3- DECOYS OF DOOM
4- MAD NEW RULER OF SPECTRA
5- PERIL OF THE PREYING MANTIS
6- GIANT FROM PLANET ZYR
7- THE THING WITH 1,000 EYES
8- FASTEST GUN IN THE GALAXY
9- PANIC OF THE PEACOCK
10- RAID OF THE SPACE OCTOPUS
11- THE SPACE ROCK CONCERT
12- MAMMOTH SHARK MENACE
13- THE FIERY LAVE GIANT
14- RACE AGAINST DISASTER
15- A WHALE JOINS G-FORCE
16- RESCUE OF THE ASTRONAUTS
17- BIG ROBOT GOLD GRAB
18- THE MUSICAL MUMMY
19- ATTACK OF THE ALIEN WASP
20- SPACE SAFARI
21- RAID ON A NEARBY PLANET
22- THE GHOSTLY GRASSHOPPER
23- SPACE ROCKET ESCORT
24- MUSEUM OF MYSTERY
25- SILENT CITY
26- MICROFILM MYSTERY
27- MISSION TO INNER SPACE
28- A SWARM OF ROBOT ANTS
29- CUPID DOES IT TO KEYOP
30- RAID OF THE RED SCORPION
31- SPECTRA SPACE SPIDER
32- BEAST WITH A SWEET TOOTH
33- RAID ON RIGA
34- PRISONERS IN SPACE
35- CAPTURE OF THE GALAXY CODE
36- ORION, WONDERDOG OF SPACE
37- SECRET ISLAND
38- THE JUPITER MOON MENACE
39- SEALS OF SYTRON
40- GHOST SHIP OF PLANET MIR
41- THE ALIEN BIG FOOT
42- SUPER SPACE SPIES
43- VACATION ON VENUS
44- KEYOP DOES IT ALL
45- DEMONS OF THE DESERT
46- THE SPACE SERPENT
47- ROCKETS OUT OF CONTROL
48- THE SPACE MUMMY
49- THE SEA DRAGON
50- PERILOUS PLEASURE CRUISE
51- G-FORCE IN THE FUTURE
52- THE AWESOME ARMADILLO
53- TENTACLES FROM SPACE
54- ACE FROM OUTER SPACE
55- GIANT SPACE BAT
56- THE GREAT BRAIN ROBBERY
57- GIANT GILA MONSTER
58- THE DUPLICATE KING
59- CURSE OF THE CUTTLEFISH, PART I
60- CURSE OF THE CUTTLEFISH, PART II
61- PERIL IN THE PYRAMIDS
62- SAVE THE SPACE COLONY
63- ZOLTAR STRIKES OUT
64- MAGNETIC ATTRACTION
65- PEAKS OF PLANET ODIN
66- G-FORCE DEFECTOR
67- INVASION OF THE LOCUSTS
68- VICTIMS OF THE HAWK
69- ISLAND OF FEAR
70- STRIKE AT SPECTRA
71- THE GALAXY GIRLS
72- CONWAY TAPE TAP
73- THE AWESOME RAY FORCE
74- THE FEARFUL SEA ANEMONE
75- THE ALIEN BEETLES
76- DEFECTOR TO SPECTRA
77- THE BAT-RAY BOMBERS
78- RAGE OF THE ROBOTOIDS
79- THE SKY IS FALLING! PART I
80- THE SKY IS FALLING! PART II
81- THE FIERCE FLOWERS, PART I
82- THE FIERCE FLOWERS, PART II
83- CHARIOTEERS OF CHANGU
84- INVASION OF SPACE CENTER, PART I
85- INVASION OF SPACE CENTER, PART II
James
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20-10-2009 17:45
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The Cata-roller is a Galactor mecha based upon a device that has appeared in fiction before. A giant, armed and armored wheel that mows down everything around it made its appearance in pulp fiction, and has been proposed in speculations about future military vehicles. Those versions don't fly, or have grabber arms, though.
If anyone is interested, I spent far too much time making up a list of BOTP episodes (in order), with their corresponding Gatch episodes, AND the numbers of the DVD/Veoh order. So, if you're stuck at home for whatever reason, and your Internet connection is in order, you can see what's going on.
(I've already had to redo a couple of parts of my crossover, but not the plot-essential bits. I like the idea of Cronus shaking some sense into Mark's head. He didn't pound him the way RI did in the original.)
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24-10-2009 13:51
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Thanks for that cartoon, James!
), and you'll find out what I mean. The Veoh episodes are NOT in the Sandy Frank order.
