Defenders of the Earth

A good fun cartoon of the mid 1980s. I remember this well from my own childhood, it was one of the few US import shows I watched, and seen today I can remember why I enjoyed it: it's fun, funny, creative and fast-paced.

The 80's were the best time ever for cartoons and Defenders of the Earth was one of many fantastic shows.

For starters, the Defenders consisted of a team of brilliant heroes. There was Flash Gordon, comic book heroes The Phantom and Mandrake the Magician and Lothar. Each of them had a child who helped them battle the truly diabolical Ming the Merciless.

The shows were really good; the music was brilliant and the action was top-notch. Flash Gordon needs no introduction and neither do the other heroes. Each week they pooled their resources to foil Ming's plans.

If you like 80's cartoons then you will love this.

This show had the interesting idea of bringing together the stars of the four greatest adventure strips that were distributed by King Features Syndicate and team them with their children to fight Ming and his son. Too bad it only lasted a short time because I really enjoyed the cross generational concept. This show probably would have succeeded if it had come on perhaps during the late sixties at a time when the strips featuring the principals were still popular and at a time when super hero shows were at their peak.

This show looks really good. Its just not for me.

Its a superhero show.

The animation is great. Its just the pacing and music that gives me a headache. It has a story going on however, the pacing is really fast.

The characters are plenty, fine and very 80s like.

OVerall a nice show. Its put together real well. However, its not for me after a few episodes I'm done.

What can be learned? 80 shows are really good.

Verdict: It's the music that gives me a headache. Overall a fun show if the music doesn't harm you.

I remember seeing this first time round and even had it as a VHS as a youngster. I even remember the episode that the other person talked about the flash back when the Phantom sent his 2 sons to fetch some thing and the eldest son left his younger brother for dead only to have there minder who mite have been a phantom i dont remember bring the younger brother back only for the older brother who returned with the object to discover that his younger brother had been given the role of the new Phantom and as I sit here writing this I am remembering more and more about it lol