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I see your Visionaries, and raise you Ring Raiders.
... No. Seriously. Was 1989 a Magical, Innuendo-Free zone or did I miss the memo?
Also, it has the most overblown plot you can think of for an 80s-Children's-TV-Show-Created-For-Merchandising;
By now, almost too late, the great nations of the world are aware of the Skull Squadron's plot. They band together to produce one super aircraft that gives them a fighting chance against the Skull Squadron's onslaught. They produce Air Carrier Justice, an incredible airborne carrier that can travel through time. They outfit the carrier with a small crew and send it back into time to gather the best planes and pilots of all time and all nations, and train them for battle against the Skull Squadron.
The pilots are gathered right of the greatest air battles of history. Each pilot and plane are beamed out of battle and on board the Justice. The pilots are selected not just because of their flying skill, but because of the characteristics that make them real heroes, like honesty, bravery and a noble sense of fair play. When they finish their training, each pilot is given a ring from which they receive instructions and improved flying skills in times of crisis. Because of their rings they call themselves the Ring Raiders.
Then again, it did have a stultifyingly odd catchphrase;
The show used the catchphrase "The command is in my hand" when characters wished to transform their planes, using their magical rings to make them more powerful.
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It depends, I suppose, on whether, like me, you're unable to shake a decidedly puerile sense of humour. I'm trying to get rid of it, honestly I am, but the characters list reads like it was written by Garth Marenghi... |
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