Plantiana Yawn. Poorly Filmed Snooze Fest.

BoardChiri Bad Acting and worse Bad Screenplay

Ava-Grace Willis Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Kimball Exactly the movie you think it is, but not the movie you want it to be.

Little-Mikey It has been a long time and I still find myself thinking about this series, THE series! It has been over 30 years since I last saw this original series. After airing for only one season on ABC,the series was picked up for syndication and popped up every now and then on the Saturday Morning cartoon line-up. Although the New Adventures from the 1990s was pretty good, maybe even better than the original, it never would had happened had it not been for this original series from 1964.The original is the one that deserves the honored place in history for many reasons. To start with, the opening theme was a theme that screamed "Look out! Another exciting adventure dead ahead! Hang on to your seat!"Historically,it was the first adventure cartoon intended to take the viewer through an exciting adventure. Before the big day, ads reminded us that this new cartoon would be in "Blazing Realism"! Golly! That really got us excited and we just couldn't wait to see this exciting new series which would air in September 1964 on Friday night (on ABC).JONNY QUEST also paved the way for other exciting cartoon adventures, like SPACE GHOST, which would air on Saturday mornings in September 1966.For better or worse, fans and critics alike must agree that this cartoon is truly a ground breaker!

DAW-8 Jonny Quest reflects mid-60s adventure kid entertainment at its finest. He goes around the world with his research-scientist dad, always to exotic locales ranging from Egypt to the Amazon, to Africa, to fictitious remote islands. To catch the bad guys standing in their way, Jonny, Dr. Quest, Jonny's buddy Hadji, Race, and Bandit travel through air, land, and sea using all kinds of James Bond-esquire gadgets--special scuba gear, rocket packs, etc.But another fascinating aspect of JQ is its reflection of the culture of its time. Particularly the depiction of racial and ethnic characters. The high quality animation really shows the detail to which the animators/creators went to try and depict authentic natives--from grass skirts to specifically drawn body and face paintings. At the same time, most of the natives in JQ are almost all villains and stereotypically represented: evil-intentioned voodoo kings, despotic village headmen, blow dart shooting thugs, savages ready to fight. Their ambiguous origins can't help but make you wonder where the creators came up with them. Most of them do have specific referents, probably somewhere in eastern South America or the Amazon, but needless to say being specific about that is not important to the show itself.And it's not only non-whites that are interestingly depicted in JQ. There are a host of other characters--Frenchmen living in what we might suppose are the French Antilles; Portuguese sailors who have been living at sea their whole lives, Ex-patriates who have been corrupted or live hermit-like existences in faraway places. JQ reflects the typical colonial ethnoscape of these parts of the world that most films and TV never do, either for fear of complexity and alienating the audience, or because they themselves are unfamiliar with them. Probably the only other major series that does so would be James Bond films with their international, exotic mix of nationalities and characters.Another cultural element of the time that sneaks into JQ is the Cold War. Either Dr. Quest works for the US government, or he is "doing research" for some or another scientific program. In one episode, he is trying to get a rare metal which is essential to the space program. Could it be more obvious? Of course, there are is the standard violence of that time period--against both animals and humans--that came to be criticized after the 60s. In one episode, Jonny and the rest of the gang when on a boat are threatened by crocodiles in the water, so they each grab a rifle and start killing them off. The scene lasts about 10 seconds, where they are just killing crocodiles. And of course, nothing is thought of beating an evil native over the head with a wood plank, killing a bad guy with an oxygen tank, and other quick ways to get the bad guys out of the way. All in all, Jonny Quest represents a really interesting historical moment, the mid-1960s, when racial and ethnic stereotypes still went unquestioned, internationalism was in, the cold war was raging, and kids all over America and even the world were tuning in for the most sacred time slot of a pre-teen: Saturday morning.

bensonmum2 Back in the 60s, I was convinced that "Jonny Quest" was the single greatest cartoon ever created. It was something special. It had a more adult feel to it and, therefore, to my 5 year old mind, that made it more real. Watching today, I realize how wrong my notions of reality were, but there's no denying a more serious tone or style to "Jonny Quest" than any other cartoon on at the time. But there's also no denying how good it really was. I was incredibly envious of Jonny and the adventures he and Hadji were allowed to go on. Battling mummies, chasing a giant robotic spider, and fighting off giant condors were just part of the fun. And what about Race Bannon – what small boy worth his salt didn't want to grow up and be like Race? He was awesome. Finally, I would argue that there were other positive aspects of the show beyond entertainment. This may sound completely ridiculous to someone who never watched "Jonny Quest", but it inspired a real interest in science and history in me and my brother. I look at the show as having had a very positive influence on us.I have fond memories of many of the episodes, but if I had to pick just one as a favorite, I think I would go with "The House of the Seven Gargoyles". Talk about creeping me out – I hid my head under the covers. I still have the most vivid memories of that episode. I recently picked up the DVD set and, over the past couple of months, I've been making my way through the episodes. Forty years later, I'm still enjoying them and "The House of Seven Gargoyles" is still pretty creepy. To my delight, my four year old son has watched a couple of the episodes with me. I was thrilled when I realized how much he was loving it. Like father, like son – how cool is that?

schuckman Jonny Quest was the ultimate experience for me as an 8 year old boy. Race Bannon and Mr. Quest were excellent role models providing both intellectual and physical goals for a young boy. Jonnny's adventures around the globe were perfect ways to capture the attention of a young man growing up in an unfolding and interesting world.I remember my mother being part of a coalition to get rid of JQ and other cartoons on the TV at the time. How misguided! These are the same people who want to get rid of the early Disney movies because they think they are too realistic for children.Now I see the "new" version of Jonny Quest. The global adventures have been TRADED for time tsaken up with a girl who wastes time by being insulting to Jonny and taking up the time that could have been spent on an adventure. The original series DID NOT have gay overtones. The only people who saw gayness had gayness on the brain. The real casualty of the "new and improved" Jonny Quest is the loss of male role models for young boys in favor of being tied to women.