Once Seen, Somethings Cannot Be Forgotten

[SoulBlazerFan]

Some time ago, I was searching the bowels (And I mean this literally) for information about the unreleased in America Gundam series, which include ZZ Gundam, Turn A, After War Gundam X, V Gundam, amongst a few others.

I discovered something so horrific, so horrible- I had to share it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e8um1N78AhY


(I ask that you do not continue without watching this video. The mere horror is too much to be missed)


This was someone's ill-advised way of bringing the hugely successful and popular Gundam franchise to America, as was stated in the video, in 1991. Could you imagine if Gundam had come to American a full ten years before Gundam Wing aired in 2000?

Gundam would've become Doozy Bots, much like Pocket Monsters remains Pokemon to this day. Doozy Bots Wing? Dynasty Warriors: Doozy Bots? I can't even try to imagine the name change to G Gundam.

I could only imagine the horror of the voice acting. I fondly remember the shows from the 90's, and don't wish to have the memories tarnished. I have watched the Real Ghostbusters in the intervening years, and the show hasn't held up well at all. I could only imagine if this actually made it to series- would it have been popular? Would this have brought Gundam to even greater popularity than it has seen in America? Discuss.

I guess better judgment had been made. here, though. This show would've been horrible, IMO.

One final point before I leave you- anyone find it extremely offensive the black kid is not only in a wheelchair, but also turns into the Guntank?

[inferiare]

To be fair, the moniker of Pokemon is a shortened version of Pocket Monsters, and is also used in Japan (they do that with a LOT of stuff) as the Japanese name for Pocket Monsters is spelled out as Poketto Monsutaa in Romaji.

...but is it just me, or do a few of those designs look like the SD Gundam designs from a lot later? o.O This is on par with the American Live Action Sailor Moon that was proposed but never gone through with.

[chicken]

live-action sailor moon scared the shit out of me

[SoulBlazerFan]

These were probably taken from the "kid friendly" SD Gundam franchise. Although I've never seen any of it, save for one video where all the females in the series are ghosts, are dancing, and one is nude (Don't ask), I haven't watched any SD Gundam. However, there have been multiple SD Gundam shows (Pretty much one for every Gundam series released- MSG, the original show, had one based on it, as well as Zeta- and many others). These designs are similiar to those, but now that you mention it, there are some serious similiarities between these designs and the SD Gundam Force series.

I still can't get over how offensive this would've been. Generic fat kid failure? Wheelchair bound black kid being turned into the Guntank? Mad scientist that looks like a cross between MegaMan villain Dr. Wily and Emmett Brown from Back To the Future.

...And now that I have your attention, I wish to introduce you to another potential series, so horrible, so bad, even Youtube doesn't have it.

http://www.veoh.com/browse/videos/category/entertainment/watch/v332217tCth2FrY#

(Once more, view at least the first part before continuing.)

The series would've been called Heat Vision and Jack. As seen in the video, it's the brain child of Ben Stiller, starring a then barely known Jack Black and Owen Wilson. Owen Wilson, of course, playing a talking Motorcycle.

This one got as far as the pilot stage, but honestly, I would've preferred Doozy Bots over this crap.

[psychokind]

the retarded nig... I mean: the disabled negroe super racist stereotype!

[Mantaray]

thank god the american sailor moon (a complete western re-do) never aired. but it would have been fun to laugh at


SD doozy bots... how times have changed.

[Blade]

Stuff you don't want to see...has been seen...another sad day for me <.<