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From: kyonshi <gmkeros@gmail.com>
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Subject: Re: [Gizmodo] How the Finale of the Dungeons & Dragons '80s Cartoon
 Became a Pop-Culture Mystery
Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2024 09:52:02 +0100
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On 3/28/2024 5:50 PM, Justisaur wrote:
> On 3/28/2024 2:07 AM, kyonshi wrote:
>> Source: 
>> https://gizmodo.com/dungeons-dragons-80s-animated-series-finale-true-story-1851353843
>>
>> How the Finale of the Dungeons & Dragons '80s Cartoon Became a 
>> Pop-Culture Mystery
>> As D&D marks its 50th anniversary, here's how the beloved '80s cartoon 
>> based on the TTRPG really ended—no matter what you remember.
>> By
>> Falene Nurse
>> PublishedMarch 21, 2024
>>
> 
> I was perhaps a little too old for it when it came out for its intended 
> audience.  I enjoyed watching it when I could catch it, but that wasn't 
> all the time, and remembered almost nothing of it when I got the series 
> a year or so ago on DVD.  I only watched about 3 episodes before I got 
> bored/turned off with it.
> 
> Same thing happened with Pirates of Dark Water around the same time for me.
> 
> I want to get Thundarr the Barbarian, but I'm worried the same will 
> happen with that series.
> 

 From what I remember Pirates has the big issue that it ends on a 
cliffhanger.

I remember Thundarr, but well, those were childrens' series. And there 
are few that I noticed are as good as one remembers them from their 
childhood.