Thursday, February 22, 2024

The Real Adventures of Jonny Quest (1996)

 

From Wiki- Dr. Quest, a famous phenomenologist, investigates mysterious occurrences and exotic locales with his son, Jonny Quest, adopted son Hadji Singh, bodyguard Race Bannon, Race's daughter Jessie, and pet bulldog Bandit.[2][4][70] Real Adventures is set a few years after the classic series, making Jonny and his friends teenagers. (X7 again)  This does help, for the most part, though a little more connection to the original series would have helped out a bit.  Jessie is Race's daughter, but at this point in time I am not sure if Jade is her mother.

The voices are hit and miss.  Race has a southern accent, which seems at odds with his Irish heritage.  He also calls Dr. Quest "Ben" once and that sounded weird.  The late George Segal plays Dr. Quest, and he seems a little too laid back.  Also, he has brown hair now.  The kids sound pretty good, though hearing Jonny call his father "pop" didn't sound right.

So far the stories are pretty good, though.  The AI Questworld does not look good now, but it probably was trendsetting at the time.

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