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Comic comparison. Cadillacs And Dinosaurs began life as Xenozoic Tales, a comic book which began publication in 1987 (though appeared the year before in a comic anthology) and was crafted by Mark Schultz and his wonderful mind.Each issue contains a primary and secondary story, the former focusing on the ongoing adventures of Jack Tenrec, Hannah Dundee and the uprising of Wilhelmina.
To briefly explain the show, this was about a post-apocalyptic group of people, surviving after a disaster that happened several hundred years before the show's timeline. They never actually mention what that disaster or event was explicitly, but only provide tiny snips of it to tease the audience, leaving them all wondering just WHAT happened and, more importantly, where did all those dinosaurs come from? The animation quality was top-notched and the voice acting was very well done, and the characters were very likable and believable to boot. Despite the usual action scenes that are found in all shows, there's nothing really fantasy-like or too 'out there' by any of the characters on the show. Which brings up the best points of the show. It wasn't a show about weird adventures, it wasn't slapstick comedy, it didn't have a hero who was so good and heroic that he glows awesome wherever he walks and causes people to cheer out in frenzy every time he says something.
Nor did it have any bona fide villains either. Most shows then and now would have a villain who's so evil you'd think he was the devil's incarnate or is practically oozing with slime and sin.
As well as having the motivation of 'just being evil'. Jack Tenrec is a mechanic who believes that nature needs to be considered when doing any kind of development or action, and delivers this message, both in words and style, exactly how a person would do it in RL.
He the good guy, but rarely does anything that's too unbelievable or fantasy like to be dismissed. His relationship with Hanna, a diplomat and scientist from another 'tribe' is also similar to some love-hate relationships that occur in RL (minus any real abuse, of course). He's flawed, does and says stupid things. What about the opposition? There are two main enemies that are frequently brought up, the governor of the City, Scharnhorst, a group of poachers, and some other one-time bad guys. So what's going on with these guys?
The poachers are precisely that, poachers, they hunt illegally and sell the stuff on the black market for profit. And that's it. They hate Jack because he constantly foils their work. Nothing like a cartoon norm, they act precisely like poachers in RL with the same motivations and the same reasons to hate the hero as real poachers hate the guys who stop them. The relationship between Scharnhorst and Jack is, IMHO, the single most maturely done hero-villain relationship that was ever shown in a cartoon series. Scharnhorst is NOT a vile, evil mistress that wants to kill all kittens, enslave the people, and whip them day and night for the heck of it.
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She's just an bigot who has beliefs contrary to Tanrec and is less ethical than him. Again, how people in Real Life would push their agenda against whatever possible consequences it might have, take credit for other people's work, and try to legally humiliate and do away with the people they hate? Too many to count, and Scharnhorst is just that. She isn't always the ultimate bad guy, is even willing to negotiate and even HELP Jack at times because they would both benefit from it, and adheres to the law of the city even she doesn't like it at times (putting crooks who tried to bust on Jack, for example, in jail in one episode). So Jack and Scharnhorst tread a thin line as opposed to being like Duke Igthron and the Gummi Bears. There are some flaws in the show, but nothing that isn't present in any other post-apocalyptic setting. For example, how did the cars manage to survive for over 600 years or so without decaying down into nothingness?
Or the ruins still containing something usable after being neglected for that long? Naturally I'm not being fair when I say these things, and this is a general problem and not a specific one to the cartoon. It was a pity it only lasted 13 episodes, yet even with just 13 they still managed to portray a very, very richly detailed world with a huge amount of potential. Sadly, however, despite the shows great animation, great characters, and original ideas, it never got the chance it deserved to make television history.
Contents GameplayUp to three players can play at once, guiding their selected characters through eight stages, battling various enemies and bosses. There are four playable characters, each with their own strengths and weaknesses: Jack (balanced type), Hannah (skill type), Mustapha (speed type), and Mess (power type). The game's titular dinosaurs make appearances as neutral characters that may attack both player characters and enemies.In Cadillacs and Dinosaurs, the player has access to several attacks. Each character has two special moves including one that depletes a character's health upon contact with an enemy and when two or more players play together, they can trigger a team-attack. Players can also find and use various firearms, throwing weapons such as rocks and explosives, and melee weapons such as clubs.StoryKey artwork.The plot is based on the comic 'Cadillacs and Dinosaurs' and takes place in the 'City In The Sea' and its neighboring nearby jungle. The story starts 500 years from the 20th century, when an ensemble gang called the Black Marketeers begin hunting the dinosaurs to serve their unknown purpose.
The continuous hunting process has made the dinosaurs violent and now they have started attacking villages and people.In order to get things sorted again, mechanic and shaman Jack Tenrec, diplomat and explorer by profession Hannah Dundee, friend and engineer Mustapha Cairo, and mysterious Mess O'Bradovich have decided to team up against the evil deeds of the Black Marketeers. The protagonists reach 'the City in the Sea' where they suspect the whole hunting network being operating from. They finds themselves surrounded by Vice Terhune's men as they reach the top of Eastcoast 2513 building. Vice orders his men to attack the group to keep them away from the business.
Fighting all the men, the four finally get their hands on Vice Terhune. After being beaten, Vice tells them about Butcher, who had been hunting in the northern woods.Following the information provided by Vice Terhune, the heroes reaches the swamp forest where they find a lot of dead dinosaurs. Proceeding through the forest they finally reach the place where the butcher is chopping a dead dinosaur with his two machetes. The butcher attacks but ends up being beaten lifeless.
Meanwhile, another big name in the hunting network, Hogg, realizes that Jack is busy in the swamp forest and decides to take over Jack's Garage.Proceeding with the mission, the heroes go through the desert of death, where they use their car to travel safely. But then the car is chased by Hogg on his cruiser motorcycle.
Hogg attacks the car with hand grenades while they try to hit him back with the car. After defeating Hogg, Jack realizes that the gangsters have taken over his garage.The entrance of the garage is blocked with barrels, but the heroes drives through the barrels using their car.
They clear out the garage, killing all the gangsters there where they confront Slice, a Mohawk haired guy with boomerangs; the team manages to defeat Slice, regaining control of their garage. This is when they receive a message from an old villager who tells them about the weird behavior of the dinosaurs and asks for help.In response to the villager's call, the heroes reaches the village where they notice dinosaurs violently attacking the people. They also notice that the village has been set on fire by someone. Going ahead further, they meet the old villager who asked for the help. The villager tells about the whole network and as soon as he is about to reveal the name of the person behind all these activities, he is shot dead with an Uzi by Morgan. Morgan attacks the group as well with Uzi, rocks, grenades and knives, but the four manage to beat him.
After receiving some beating from the team, Morgan talks about the powers of 'doctor' transforms himself into a dinosaur-like creature called Morgue. The Morgue is beaten lifeless. By now, they have come to know that some doctor is trying to create new lifeforms.Proceeding ahead, the heroes reach the coal mine and another jungle, where they face a dinosaur trying to stomp them.
They eventually reach a place where they encounter a few gangsters with a metal box. The metal box breaks open and a creature with tentacles, named Tyrog, comes out of it. Tyrog attaches itself to the body of one of the gangsters and transforms it into an acid and ember spitting dinosaur-human hybrid. Tyrog keeps itself attached to the gangster until his body is able to take the beating. After that, Tyrog detaches itself from the exhausted body of gangster and attaches to another gangster, transforming him; the same happens for another time. Finally, Tyrog itself dies.With all the leads and hints, Jack has now realized that Dr. Simon Fessenden is the mastermind behind all that is happening.
He also identifies the place in a photograph they find while fighting Tyrog. The team heads towards this underground place, which again is somewhere in 'The City In The Sea'.The heroes head towards the basement, going through the library and the computer lab.
In the latter, they are interrupted by Slisaurs (hybrids of slice and dinosaurs). The doctor appears on the computer screen, calling himself the creator of a new world and ordering the Slisaurs to finish off the team; however, the Slisaurs fail in their attempt, and the heroes moves deeper in the basement.Deep down is a bio-lab with different organisms in big jars, including dinosaurs, like Rock Hopper, and hybrids, like Bludges and Tyrogs. Below is a cave, which finally leads to Dr. Fessenden's lab.
Seeing the team, he transforms himself into a Morgue-like creature, but is beaten. By now, the transforming serum's effect reaches its peak, and Fessenden transforms into a 3-headed creature. He is said to have the strength of a dinosaur and the brains of the doctor; however, the heroes manage to defeat him.
Crippled by his defeat, Fessenden sets the whole laboratory on explosives.As the laboratory starts exploding, the heroes run for their lives; however, Hannah falls down while running and Jack stops to help her. Only Mustapha and Mess are able to make it out of the laboratory as it is destroyed. As they are walking back to their homes, thinking about Jack and Hannah, the latter two come from behind in the car, alive. The heroes return home.CharactersPromotional art.( Note: following descriptions, except for Vice, are from the arcade flyer.). Jack Tenrec - ' A hot-blooded man who loves (the) nature. He is a leader of the team and loves Cadillac. His sliding attack is very powerful'.
Hannah Dundee - ' A genius scientist and a cool head. Her fighting style is that of a man and she has an iron will. She is proficient in using items and is a high jumper. She also mastered a triangular jump'. Mustapha Cairo - ' A skilled engineer. He has a sense of humor and is very agile as a panther. The enemies hardly keep up with his incredible speed.'
. Mess O'Bradovich - ' A gentle giant. Once he gets angry, he cannot be stopped!! He has the greatest strength of all.
His flying lariat is a sure threat to poachers'. Vice Terhune - First boss the player fights. He attempts to ambush the heroes at a building but fails.
Vice then tries to skin a Rock Hopper before being subdued.CreditsPlanning: Da., Hattari, JraObject: Kurisan, Jun, Matano, SS, Shisui, Kinmon, The WhoScroll: Nissui, Konomi, Ohnicchan, BentobuchoProgram: Yuki Sɐiko, Cky Gi-U, T Uragoro, Some-PCompose:,Sound Des.:,Assist: Kitasan, Daniel, Inukichi, Ban, Jirou, Kurata-N, HanisawaAd-Design: Sho, Tom,USA Support:Many Thanks:, Hore Hore, Super Joe, and Capcom All StaffProduced by: Gallery.
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