Dino-Riders

Yes, Dino-Riders was, in the end, basically a half hour toy commercial dedicated to selling overpriced plastic dinosaurs to young children. As a cartoon, it was inseparable from its toy line. That said, it did the selling very well.

As a six year old child obsessed with dinosaurs, this series was a dream come true. It combined sci-fi action with dinosaurs-everything a boy wants! When you're that young, you don't recognize commercialism, no matter how crass.

Looking back, the show is obviously silly. One of the smaller plot holes is the fact that the alien Valorians look just like humans. Still, it's a fun piece of nostalgia.

I watched a few on youtube for nostalgic reasons and...I am going to try write this review like I saw it as an 8 year-old boy.

It's what made being a little kid in the '80s great, it was the era before the government ruined Saturday Morning Cartoons.

Here you have...

1: Outer Space 2: Adventure 3: Action 4: Dinosaurs 5: Science-Fiction

What little boy is not going to love that? What little boy is not going to watch that and, in typical '80s fashion, what little kid is not going to want the toys to play with?

The only problem is, exercising greed and lack of scientific knowledge, instead of adding new dinosaurs, they changed the Second Season to Ice Age Animals and killed it all.

Trust me, the Ice Age is fascinating to me as an adult that works in history...but I was once a little boy and according to some people I still am a little boy and little boys want dinosaurs not wholly mammoths.

So the cartoon died in its second season and the toys stopped selling and we lost what would have otherwise been an epic childhood cartoon.

This series NEEDS a reboot in the streaming era!

Be it completely CGI, animated, live action, or mix of CGI/Live Action! Sooooooo much you can do with this franchise and it being a HUGE success today would be an understatement! Star Trek meets Transformers: Beast Wars/Jurassic Park. Imagine the money from the toy line alone. From doing new ones to doing a retro line. I even think it can bring money in the trading card genre too. This has so much potential to bring in BILLIONS of money if someone knew how to market it. Oh right, I do. If only i could get a hold of people in the business who actually want to bring this franchise back.

Hey everybody remember Dino-Riders. No well that's too bad because i know everyone has heard of it. i might have been a little guy when i saw it but i could tell it was destined to become a classic. So what happened? Where is the legacy now. I think Dino-Riders is in need of an update or remake. and i don't usually approve of remakes. but this generation of minds needs Dino-Riders it could be bigger then Pokemon.

I don't know why Dino-Riders was one of those shows that never got the chance that it deserves. I mean Dino-Riders has such a cool idea for a TV Show. Having two groups being able to control Dinosaurs sounds Awesome! I only saw the first episode, and I was very little when I saw this show, But it was made to become one of the best cartoons shows ever made. I wish Dino-Riders went on for a few more seasons, and I wish Dino-Riders was on DVD. I would like to see Dino-Riders back on TV or someone bring back an new Dino-Riders Series. Dino-Riders had everything a true sci-fi fan and cartoon fan would want. A Pefect group of voice actors (Peter Cullen, Frank Welker, Dan Gilvezan, Noelle North, and others) I watch this show because Peter Cullen And Frank Welker are two of my favorite voice actors. I love the music in Dino-Riders, because it match every part of the show. A great story about Two groups are war with each other.The Dino-riders and the Rulons are the groups that control and befriend the dinosaurs in their way. Bring Back Dino-Riders because it just ROCKS!!!