Too many fans seem to be blown away

not as good as all the hype

i know i wasted 90 mins of my life.

It's a mild crowd pleaser for people who are exhausted by blockbusters.

Most or all of us have loved shows at more impressionable ages, that we'd regret "revisiting" in later years, shaking our heads in disbelief that we ever liked them, & hoping nobody walks in while we're watching. Sometimes, it may be imprinting, sometimes it's shows that were fine for their time, but are best left there.Jonny Quest-one of the most misdefined shows ever-is an excellent example of one I'm more impressed with now, than I was in my younger years. It's about very down to Earth characters in not so down to Earth situations. The characters are very easy to care for. Dr, Benton Quest, brooding over the safety of his family members, but having to deal w/ such safety being compramised by the nature of his profession, a reasuring prophessionalism in body guard Race Bannon, who puts his life on the line to protect the family, but is very forthright in expressing his humanness, & common sense. The musical underscore was used a lot in Hanna Barbera cartoons in the future, as well as more serious animations, but This show seemed to provide the best chemistry for them. The underscore & action were in constant harmony.The so called "Real" Adventures, didn't come close to the rawness of this original.When I say misdefined, I mean it gets hyped as just like any other cartoon. I guess what I like about it is that it has the wholesomeness of other animated contemporaries(no profanity, strong sexual content, or graphic mutilation)& the intensely brutal drama of the live action adventure shows.Wholesome, but intense.

Yessir, this was one of my favorite cartoons 40 years ago,and I could still watch it today. I believe my 4 yr. old daughter might even watch it. It was about as realistic as a cartoon could get. One of Hanna-Barbera's best. I've seen previews of an updated Jonny Quest, but somehow I don't think it would interest me like the original.Back in 1982 my wife and I took a first anniversary trip to Big Meadows Lodge on Skyline Drive in Virginia's Shenandoah Nat. Park. When we went to the lounge we saw on the sign that the featured singer was a lady named Debbie Zinn. We both looked at each other and immediately knew where we'd heard her last name before:The Evil Dr. Zin!! Yep, both of us remembered Jonny Quest's arch enemy. My wife had watched the show when she was growing up too. Funny how that popped up.I am not a huge fan of many of the action cartoons today, but you mention an old one like Jonny Quest and I'm in that conversation.

Quite simply, the best male adventure drama in ANY MEDIA - books, television, theater, even familial legend. It tells the story of Johnny Quest, a 12-something boy whose father is a government scientist, who lives on a private island off the Miami coast. His father, one of the top scientists for the USA, is assisted by Race Bannon, a sort of Bruce Lee and Clint Eastwood rolled into one, and his half-brother, Hadji, adopted son of Dr. Quest, a former orphan from Calcutta.The main characters fly all over the world (Race Bannon is a Jet Pilot) completing government research missions and also solving science-fiction based mysteries. The show is laced with the latest gee-whiz stuff from Popular Science of the 1960's, much of which STILL hasn't been invented yet!! Particularly good episodes from season #1 include "The Robot Spy", an invention of the evil Dr. Zinn, created to steal Dr. Quest's Research Results, and "The Invisible Monster" (aka "The Energy Monster", as both my 4 year olds call it in my house), a science experiment in molecular energy gone berserk on a south pacific island.This is perhaps the ONLY television show in history besides STAR TREK that glorifies both brawn AND brains, as personified by Race Bannon and Dr. Quest. Did it have an effect on me ?? I have a PhD, I have worked for the government, I have worked on space satellites and touched them, and have jetted across America as a consultant to several industries. Live the dream! There is _almost_ no gratuitous violence in this series, except for a particular episode with a giant crab where the violence (and firearm) level is way beyond what can be called "intelligent".

When I was a kid (you know, back when Hanna-Barbera dominated TV cartoons and dinosaurs roamed the antediluvian plain), there was an incredibly, inexplicably popular show named…"Scooby Doo". But, for those of us who considered ourselves smarter and hipper than the average bear, there was only one cartoon that ruled and it ruled with an iron fist. I'm talking about "Jonny Quest", a combination of pulp adventure, science fiction, spy flicks, horror, drama and comedy that was utterly irresistible to me and millions of other little boys around the world back in the mid-60's. From the opening bars of Hoyt Curtin's driving, jazzy theme song, the opening credits were enough to drive any kid insane: a savage jungle with giant lizards, a mummy, a pteranodon, jet packs, gunfire, fisticuffs, giant robot spiders, hover platforms, giant death rays and then the introduction of the Quest family: 11-year old Jonny, scientific genius Dr. Benton Quest, tutor-pilot-combat expert-bodyguard Roger T. "Race" Bannon, Indian mystic Hadji, and Jonny's bulldog pup Bandit racing around the world to another thrilling adventure in Dr. Quest's sleek, needle-nosed jet aircraft. Jonny and his dad lived in a secluded island fortress-secret laboratory with Race Bannon, Hadji and Bandit. Dr. Quest was a scientific genius working for the U.S. Government, a widower (Mrs. Quest's death is only mentioned once, but the impression lingered that she was killed by bad guys trying to get to Dr. Quest – hence, government agent Race Bannon is assigned to protect father and son) who was constantly called to come up with some piece of super-science or a solution to a strange mystery in some remote and exotic corner of the world – and, more often than not, how Jonny (with considerable assists from Hadji and Bandit) saved or gave him critical assistance. "Jonny Quest" was different because it was obviously a show that was striving for a maturity and realism that had never been seen in television animation before. From the lush and detailed backgrounds to the almost-adult level of violence (all sorts of people and animals die in this show - and when someone died, they stayed dead), there was a lot in this show that wasn't for kids. And now, after years of waiting, Warner Brothers has released all 26 episodes in a massive and elegant 4-disc set, presented in their original broadcast order. From "Mystery of the Lizard Men" to "The Robot Spy" to "The Sea Haunt", they're all here and looking absolutely smashing along with all sorts of DVD goodies like trailers, a featurette on the animators, everything you'd ever want to know about the good and bad guys on the show and even a vintage commercial for sneakers starring Jonny! I fell in love with this show when I was about 8 years old, watching it dubbed in Spanish and in black-and-white, rediscovered it again in color when we came to the States and now, after 30+ years I can say with total assurance that some pleasures from childhood are just as good when you're an adult.