The science was actually a really cool part of the show. It taught kids while still entertaining them. Centurions was an amazingly kick a$$ show, with even cooler toys.
this bald dude didn't get it because of the low IQ of his mixed latam race. I know, I'm a latam guy and I know latam people are usually extra ret *arded.
Bruh, the Centurions were slept on SO hard! It was definitely ahead of it's time before t all the sciency stuff was exactly what made it dope. Smart soldiers with Lego suits that have guns & vehicles attached.👍🏾
I never had the toys, but loved the cartoons. I watched them growing up in the 80s. Personally, I found the science bit encouraged me to learn even more, so I could better understand what was going on.
First watched it in the 80s. Didn't have a favorite, but I loved the concept and opening theme. Ruby Spears always had great concepts and intros, even if execution left something to be desired. I still think Goldie Gold and Action Jack was great in theory!
EXACTLY! I remember watching it when it originally came out. Then begging my Mom to buy me those toys at Toys R Us. But I forget what channel it was originally shown on though... wasn't it Cartoon Express on USA Network...or was it during the ABC Saturday Morning cartoons?
I watched that show in the mid 90s reruns on Kabel 1 in germany, in a time where you can't buy them anymore. But that don't stopped me rebuild them with Lego, mainly the technics figures
Great video! However, I have a couple of corrections to make. 1. The weapons were called Assault Weapon Systems. The Exo-Frames were the Centurions' uniforms, which the weapons attached to. 2. According to the writers' guide, Rex was from Minnesota, not Iceland. Depending on which bio you read, his exact birthplace was either St. Paul or International Falls.
I used to watch the show all the time. I have 2 brothers and I had Ace McCloud and my younger brother had Jake Rockwell and my baby bro had Max Ray....ah, the good ol days.
You are probably just being a troll to drive people to comment, but come on. The scientific elements of this show were a big inspiration for lots of people. The toys were fascinating, and the show made it clear that there were real people that got to use stuff like that. Many of my friends and colleagues chose STEM careers; because we wanted to be like Jake, Crystal and the others. Thanks for reminding me to cherish the childhood influences that inspired me to push back the borders of ignorance.
It was in the 80's for me and my brother. The issue with growing up poor as a kid is that there's no money for the toys. But it helped with our imaginations.
I grew up poor myself putting sugar water in my cornflakes cause we didn't have milk but it worked out cause being in front of that floor model wooden tv for hours gave me piece of mind
I first heard of this show since my dad gave me a view master reel from the series as an xmas gift while the show was still on and in reruns as he loved watching cartoons. Then I saw it on cartoon network free preview on intro tv which is now retroplex. A toy line also came out too. The animation was done by sunrise who would go on to make hit anime shows and the theme song by udi harpaz was memorable and a song with lyrics is also on TH-cam
This would make an insane movie now. I would make it an existential movie about man and machine with a shit load of action and scifi. Starring Idris Elba or the Rock as Max Ray, Jon Bernthal as Jake Rockwell, and some pretty boy actor as Ace McLeod, someone like Ed Skrein or Scott Eastwood. And Jessica Chastain as Crystal Kane who I would make more like Doc Terrors old lab partner who has fundamental differences about technology with him and she develops the eframes that then get militarized but were meant to be something else. He wants to replace humans with cyborgs to eliminate disease and all kinds of stuff and she wants to use tech to help people but not replace them, etc etc etc. And Hacker would betray Jake's army unit who get mauled by traumatizers and he gets injured and is given a chance at payback by Max Ray. I would have this whole sequence with Jake in WildWeasel and Ace in Skyknight trying to stop Hacker from stealing a component from a futuristic bullet train at insane speed with straffers and so forth. This stuff writes itself.
I first saw Centurions on Cartoon Network, Max is my Favorite Centurion, and it's still one of my favorite shows of all time. I first saw Centurions in the mid 90s, 1995 if I recall correctly. And just a few years later I saw one of my favorite animes of all time, Outlaw Star
@@SyFyWire This host just comes off like he has no idea what he's talking about and he's just reciting the script he was handed about 5 minutes earlier.
I agree. I'm sorry to the host-- you were fun in the other video I saw-- but this one threw me off. The running joke in the beginning is that the show has science and science is confusing. Honestly, even though I didn't understand it all, I loved it. But I liked the latter part of this episode more that focused more on the trivia
I enjoyed watching this show as a kid in the '80's. My favorite was Jake Rockwell with wild weasel weapon system, then Max and Ace. Still have all the toys.
lol... very awesome and only 13k views at this time... goes to show how many missed out on this gem of a show was really cool in my opinion best toys as well! and although i like science now i cant believe the show had that much reference to it now.... my fave was ACE also ...
For christ sakes!!! Can SOMEONE PLEASE get me some vinyl of the bgm's for these 80's cartoons?!?! Specifically Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, The Ruby-Spears produced Superman, and Centurions. My god, there's so many more! I need them all😭😭😭
GIJoe and Transformers were made to sell toys but at least they had good writing and characterization that carried the show, in the case of Centurions there is no character development and is basically a series to showcase the toys, episodes have no continuity so you can view them in random order it won't matter.
I watch the cartoon when it aired out of the reruns and my favorite was Ace, he can fly, and i like the colors. Eventhough i liked jake as well because of the different kinds of weapon configurations he had.
Man. I'm quickly realizing I may have been in the minority who wasn't into the sciency stuff, I was mostly into the action and the characters. Glad the sciency stuff resonated with yall though. - Juan
Nothing could wake me 5:00 am sharp than Centurions - these were the times 😊🤘wow it's a proud feeling that so many of us here watched this as a kid and I envy those who even owed toys 🤣
This really isn’t that crazy, I grew up on most Neil Ross voiced shows be it Centurions, Spidey, Transformers or GI Joe. How is this a mystery to most 80’s folks?!
Jake all along! He has the Best equipment!!! I grew watching the 1995 re run who also was the begining of Cartoon Network on latín América! And as the CENTURIONES say: "PODER SUPREMOOO!"
I first saw this show back in the 80's and I didn't like at first because I was tired of the same old formula that these toy based cartoons took where the heroes fought the same bad guys in every episode. However I decided to give the series another chance when it reran on Boomerang years ago and I became a fan of the series.
The science was actually a really cool part of the show. It taught kids while still entertaining them. Centurions was an amazingly kick a$$ show, with even cooler toys.
Particularly the final plugs on science at the end of every exciting episode.
this bald dude didn't get it because of the low IQ of his mixed latam race. I know, I'm a latam guy and I know latam people are usually extra ret *arded.
i'm not a scientist but very interested in the subject because of centurions.
I agree. the science was cool and the toys were just amazing.
Bruh, the Centurions were slept on SO hard! It was definitely ahead of it's time before t all the sciency stuff was exactly what made it dope. Smart soldiers with Lego suits that have guns & vehicles attached.👍🏾
For real this and the show C.O.P.S. The intro for C.O.P.S was epic!
Rex Charger - Coast Guard
John Thunder - Marines
Jake Rockwell - Army
Ace McCloud - Air Force
Max Ray - Navy
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
Those are the guys of the Village People...!! 🤣🤣
I thought charger was more Energy themed
The final plugs on science at the end of every episode of The Centurions aren't boring to me.
Centurions got me interested in studying science. One of the best shows from my childhood.
I definitely saw this in the 90s, Cartoon Network was in its infancy. As for a favorite, my boy, Ace McCloud.
You mean flyboy for sure!
Ace all day!!!! - Juan
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This was the first cartoon I watched when I got cable. Forever classic
Having watched this in the 80's, I have to say that this was one of the better shows on air at the time.
This deserves a live action movie!
Agree!
I agree
This show is ten time better then anything there showing on Disney XD or Cartoon Network
Now at least
Agreed
true my 2favorite neteorks
This was (and still is) one of my 80's favorites. Between Transformers, Voltron, MASK, and this, I was in awe.
I never had the toys, but loved the cartoons. I watched them growing up in the 80s. Personally, I found the science bit encouraged me to learn even more, so I could better understand what was going on.
I had one of the fugures Mc cloud and as a child playing toys Brave Starr and Mc Cloud would go into battle against Mumra the ever living lol
I named the dog I had as a kid Shadow because of this show. That was in 1985. R.I.P. Shadow.
That's ok. I named a dog I had Timber after Snake-Eyes' wolf. Had many adventures with that pup, and about the same time, 1985/86...
First watched it in the 80s. Didn't have a favorite, but I loved the concept and opening theme. Ruby Spears always had great concepts and intros, even if execution left something to be desired. I still think Goldie Gold and Action Jack was great in theory!
I watched The Centurions when it first aired in the 1980's on WBNA TV Channel 21 in Louisville, Kentucky.
First watched this as a kid in the 80s. Max Ray was my favorite for all his surface and subsurface gear! I just wish there was more to the show.
Saw this in the 90s. Jake Rockwell was my favorite.
I started watching Centurions in the 80's. Those toys were so fun!
EXACTLY! I remember watching it when it originally came out. Then begging my Mom to buy me those toys at Toys R Us. But I forget what channel it was originally shown on though... wasn't it Cartoon Express on USA Network...or was it during the ABC Saturday Morning cartoons?
80's baby...baby! Saw the Centurions when they 1st came out!
I watched that show in the mid 90s reruns on Kabel 1 in germany, in a time where you can't buy them anymore. But that don't stopped me rebuild them with Lego, mainly the technics figures
Great video! However, I have a couple of corrections to make.
1. The weapons were called Assault Weapon Systems. The Exo-Frames were the Centurions' uniforms, which the weapons attached to.
2. According to the writers' guide, Rex was from Minnesota, not Iceland. Depending on which bio you read, his exact birthplace was either St. Paul or International Falls.
Watched it in the eighties and Jake Rockwell was my favorite because I loved Detonator and Wild Weasel weapon systems.
My fave was Jake with Wild weasel and Detonator and Swing shot.
Almost had the whole collection. Dope show, better than most.
I loved this show as a kid
I am old, I watched the original airing and even got toys for Xmas. I was a max ray fanboy
I used to watch the show all the time. I have 2 brothers and I had Ace McCloud and my younger brother had Jake Rockwell and my baby bro had Max Ray....ah, the good ol days.
OMG I was waiting for this for soo long. Thanks guys !!
Thank for watching man! - Juan
I liked the science part, a lot, I always thought of this as the best series I saw during the 90s
I was an 80s kid i love this show
I could NOT remember the name of this show and no one knew what I was talking about when I described it. THANK YOU!
Guys! Your show is now my favorite on whole TH-cam! You ROCK!!! 🔥🤘😎 Such a cool information about all! Thank you so much!
I had all 3 Ace McCloud,Jake Rockwell,& Max Ray luved em
i watched it in the 80s and still have the toys. my fave is Max Ray, because I love water.
I WAS BORN IN 81' GREAT AND SIMPLER TIMES :'( AND JAKE ROCKWELL WAS MY FAVORITE I LOVED THE MOTORCYCLE SUIT!!!!!!
pretty ahead of its time. I watched it in the late 80s but later got to rewatch it on Cartoon Network
You are probably just being a troll to drive people to comment, but come on. The scientific elements of this show were a big inspiration for lots of people. The toys were fascinating, and the show made it clear that there were real people that got to use stuff like that. Many of my friends and colleagues chose STEM careers; because we wanted to be like Jake, Crystal and the others. Thanks for reminding me to cherish the childhood influences that inspired me to push back the borders of ignorance.
I remember my older brother had the toy of Max Ray. I was so jealous. I never did get my own, but I’ll always remember that awesome toy.
It was in the 80's for me and my brother. The issue with growing up poor as a kid is that there's no money for the toys. But it helped with our imaginations.
I grew up poor myself putting sugar water in my cornflakes cause we didn't have milk but it worked out cause being in front of that floor model wooden tv for hours gave me piece of mind
I still got my ACE McCloud action figure
I first heard of this show since my dad gave me a view master reel from the series as an xmas gift while the show was still on and in reruns as he loved watching cartoons. Then I saw it on cartoon network free preview on intro tv which is now retroplex. A toy line also came out too. The animation was done by sunrise who would go on to make hit anime shows and the theme song by udi harpaz was memorable and a song with lyrics is also on TH-cam
I assumed that the weapon systems were interchangeable like in the show, even though it was not their specialty.
@1tiercel Same with Jake when he used Depth Charger in their Atlantis adventure
The CEnturions and Swat Kats were my favourites growing up.
I watched Centurion when it originally aired. I didn't even know it re-aired on cartoon network.
I remember watching it as a lil kid in the 80's but didn't love it and appreciate it until re-watch in the 90's! - Juan
@@SyFyWireI actually really loved all the science stuff.
YOU TRIPPIN
I'm still mad that Boomerang doesn't air the show anymore.
And so do I.
I love a good throwback
I loved this show on Cartoon Network as a youngin!!!
This would make an insane movie now. I would make it an existential movie about man and machine with a shit load of action and scifi. Starring Idris Elba or the Rock as Max Ray, Jon Bernthal as Jake Rockwell, and some pretty boy actor as Ace McLeod, someone like Ed Skrein or Scott Eastwood. And Jessica Chastain as Crystal Kane who I would make more like Doc Terrors old lab partner who has fundamental differences about technology with him and she develops the eframes that then get militarized but were meant to be something else. He wants to replace humans with cyborgs to eliminate disease and all kinds of stuff and she wants to use tech to help people but not replace them, etc etc etc. And Hacker would betray Jake's army unit who get mauled by traumatizers and he gets injured and is given a chance at payback by Max Ray. I would have this whole sequence with Jake in WildWeasel and Ace in Skyknight trying to stop Hacker from stealing a component from a futuristic bullet train at insane speed with straffers and so forth. This stuff writes itself.
Reruns in the 90s and Ace McCloud for sure.
Think one of my favorite exo-suit would have been Ace McCloud's 2nd suit the stealth fighter suit.
I first saw Centurions on Cartoon Network, Max is my Favorite Centurion, and it's still one of my favorite shows of all time. I first saw Centurions in the mid 90s, 1995 if I recall correctly. And just a few years later I saw one of my favorite animes of all time, Outlaw Star
I saw marathon of this when I was little visiting Bangladesh.
I still have my Jake Rockwell minus all the cool accessories and helmet. It was one of the coolest Christmas gifts in 86
Lucky! My mom would give away all my toys when I stopped playing with them for like a week. Hence why we had to relay on ebay. - Juan
I remember this show...great choice to profile!!
I first watched it on CN and my favorite was Ace McCloud.
this guy said science was boring on the show... what is the name of this channel brah?
It was boring to me as a kid. Looking back at it now, I definitely appreciate it, but back then, science was the last thing on my mind haha - Juan
@@SyFyWire It might be worth considering how many in your audience empathize with that sentiment, and thus whether it's worth saying.
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This host just comes off like he has no idea what he's talking about and he's just reciting the script he was handed about 5 minutes earlier.
I agree. I'm sorry to the host-- you were fun in the other video I saw-- but this one threw me off. The running joke in the beginning is that the show has science and science is confusing. Honestly, even though I didn't understand it all, I loved it. But I liked the latter part of this episode more that focused more on the trivia
Damn this show kicked ass and I absolutely LOVED the science bits. I lived in Colombia at the time and watched the Spanish dub version.
Me too here in Puerto Rico.
Omg dude this video is very awesome and this cartoon was fantastic when i was a child 👍.
I saw them on Cartoon network. I’m not old enough to have seen them in the 80’s. xD But I still remember that cool intro to this day. :)
I remember watching em as a kid
I enjoyed watching this show as a kid in the '80's. My favorite was Jake Rockwell with wild weasel weapon system, then Max and Ace. Still have all the toys.
I LOLd a few times with this one. I used to have the toys. I loved this show as a kid
The toys were incredibly awesome, I had all of them but I barely remember the show
How have you guys not done EXO Squad yet????!!!!
Love the show keep.m coming
It's on our to-do list! Stay tuned and thanks for watching! - Juan
lol... very awesome and only 13k views at this time... goes to show how many missed out on this gem of a show was really cool in my opinion best toys as well! and although i like science now i cant believe the show had that much reference to it now.... my fave was ACE also ...
The only centurion is got for Christmas WAS Ace McCloud and Sky Knight
Rex Charger - Wood
John Thunder - Fire
Jake Rockwell - Earth
Ace McCloud - Gold or Metal
Max Ray - Water
I'd love to see this series for the science. (Yes, I'm a geek I'd probably be Krystal...)
I looked through all the videos and I'm surprised you guys didn't do an episode on Bravestar or The Inhumanoids.
I used to watch this on CN, wouldn't miss it for the world :D
For christ sakes!!! Can SOMEONE PLEASE get me some vinyl of the bgm's for these 80's cartoons?!?! Specifically Spiderman and his Amazing Friends, The Ruby-Spears produced Superman, and Centurions. My god, there's so many more! I need them all😭😭😭
On cartoon network, and my favorite was Max!!
I watched this when it aired. I think Jake was my favorite.
Rex Charger - sour
John Thunder - bitter
Jake Rockwell - sweet
Ace McCloud - pungent
Max Ray - salty
Favorite Centurion: Ace Mcloud back then.
Mine too.
Yes! Ace all day! - Juan
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Jake Rockwell... For being a solid guy. Plus, I liked some of his tech.
Max's tech was boring. The latter centurions had some interesting stuff too.
@@Leto2ndAtreides In other words, the sea isn't my very strong point, but the air and outer space, as a matter of fact.
the best part is when Hacker and Doc's cybernetic halves united and formed a more competent villain. And when Ace and Crystal finally hooked up
Defenders of Dynotron City! Battletoads, Attack of the Killer Dinosaucers, Denver The Last Dinosaur, Marshal Bravestar, Defenders of Moo Mesa
Can we please get a King Arthur and the knights of justice video would be dope...this show was so slept on
GIJoe and Transformers were made to sell toys but at least they had good writing and characterization that carried the show, in the case of Centurions there is no character development and is basically a series to showcase the toys, episodes have no continuity so you can view them in random order it won't matter.
I watch the cartoon when it aired out of the reruns and my favorite was Ace, he can fly, and i like the colors. Eventhough i liked jake as well because of the different kinds of weapon configurations he had.
100% Ace was my favorite
Ace McCloud!
Six year old me loved the science stuff.
Man. I'm quickly realizing I may have been in the minority who wasn't into the sciency stuff, I was mostly into the action and the characters. Glad the sciency stuff resonated with yall though. - Juan
@@SyFyWire I had a crush on Crystal!
I got into _Centurions_ during CN's early years, and my favorite really has to be Ace.
Nothing could wake me 5:00 am sharp than Centurions - these were the times 😊🤘wow it's a proud feeling that so many of us here watched this as a kid and I envy those who even owed toys 🤣
Ahahahaha the Centurion Universe seems much more relevant today in the middle of 2020 than in the 80s.
Great shirt man!
first off centurians was fire second where did you get that t shirt
We need a live action version...but that sticks to the original material.
This really isn’t that crazy, I grew up on most Neil Ross voiced shows be it Centurions, Spidey, Transformers or GI Joe. How is this a mystery to most 80’s folks?!
The action figures were so cool
Pretty sure Rex Charger was modeled after Chuck Norris. Just saying.
Jake all along! He has the Best equipment!!! I grew watching the 1995 re run who also was the begining of Cartoon Network on latín América! And as the CENTURIONES say: "PODER SUPREMOOO!"
Do Dinosaucers!!
The use of the correct scientific language is part of being educated as a child and is what made 80's and 90's cartoons great
I watched this as a kid in the 90 it was awesome lets call space base
Agreed. I saw this waaay back when....& it was AWESOMEBOLzZ! 🤙😂🇵🇭♥️
Hey, I noticed you typed a Philippine flag emoji... Did the Centurions cartoon show in The Philippines too?
Wow I love the 80,s
holly s**t, just realised you have a all bundy t-shit, that, my sir, is epic :D
I first saw this show back in the 80's and I didn't like at first because I was tired of the same old formula that these toy based cartoons took where the heroes fought the same bad guys in every episode. However I decided to give the series another chance when it reran on Boomerang years ago and I became a fan of the series.