This week's cartoon review comes courtesy of a Listener Recommendation, so we're legally obligated to check out Roughnecks: The Starship Troopers Chronicles. With 44 episodes -- 4 of which are clip shows -- this 1999-2000 series tells the story of Rico's Roughnecks, a squad of space-based troops carrying out orders in defense of Earth. It continues the tales laid out in Robert Heinlein's book as well as Paul Verhoeven's '97 movie that started a fan-favorite franchise. But does Roughnecks live up to that pedigree?
The computer generated-animated series definitely shows its age 20 years later. CG looks great when it comes to bugs and alien worlds but it's an absolute abomination when it comes to human faces, hair, expressions, and even lip sync. It's a mess. It quite honestly should be thrown back into the Uncanny Valley from whence it came. But is it worthy of being dipped? You'll have to tune in to find out!
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Ep 241: Batman: Hush
Ep 240: A Pup Named Scooby Doo
Ep 239: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Ep 238: King Arthur and the Knights of Justice
Ep 237: Toxic Crusaders
Ep 236: Rubik, the Amazing Cube
Ep 235: The Magic School Bus
Ep 234: She-Ra and the Princesses of Power
Ep 233: Mother Goose and Grimm
Ep 232: Alvin and the Chipmunks
Ep 231: Garfield and Friends
Ep 230: Bubblegum Crisis
Ep 229: Teknoman
Ep 228: Danny Phantom
Ep 227: My Life as a Teenage Robot
Ep 226: Pinocchio's Christmas
Ep 225: 'It's Saturday Morning' with Joe Garner and Michael Ashley
Ep 224: Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
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