Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

This is finally coming out in the UK, its an HMV exclusive 4DVD slim-digi collection & released in early January. Excellent! HMV are getting very good at bringing out cult & classic animation on to DVD, they've already released Thundercats, Looney Tunes, Tom & Jerry, Hong Kong Phooey, Superman Doomsday, Dark Knight Chronicles & very soon, The Mysterious Cities Of Gold which is a worldwide exclusive box set & released in March 2008. This box set even contains a replica of the original medallion & Phillip Scofield singing the theme song with Gordon The Gopher in the broom cupboard! Full contents:- Contents (TBC): Medallion A3 Poster Booklet 6 Collectors Postcards Features: All 39 Episodes With Fully Restored Picture And Sound Dubbing Cast Interview Documentary Featuring The 4 Lead Characters Interview With Creators Jean Chalopin And Bernard Deyries Interview With Composer Shuki Levy Phillip Schofield Broom Cupboard Singalong Karaoke Singalong Original Storyboards Original Concept Designs Cast And Crew Biogs Episode Synopses Subtitles Series Synopsis Deleted Scenes All 39 Original Documentaries Episodes: Esteban, Child Of The Sun Crossing The Atlantic Heroes Again Adrift On The Endless Sea The Abduction Of Zia The Ship Solaris Secret Of The Solaris The New Continent The End Of The Solaris Secret Of The Temple Messengers Of The Region Secret Of The Medallions Mystery Of The Parents Esteban's Medallion The Subterranean Secret The Urubus The Great Condor Maiden Flight Of The Great Condor The Nazca Plateau The Spaniards' Cannon The Amazons The Mirror Of The Moon The Jade Mask The Manuscript The Lake Of Gold The Swamps The Doors Of Night The Forest Of Statues The Burning Shield The Escape The Village Of The New Sun Attack Of The Olmecs The Reunion Revolt Of The Mayas The Olmec Machine Aerial Pursuit The City Of Gold The Great Legacy End Of The City Of Gold Carry on on the good work HMV!

I liked most of Filmation's stuff, but this one is near the top! Definitely one of my favorites of all time (along with 'Janna the jungle'! :D) I remember my cousins and I would play the parts in the cartoon right after we finished watching them on Saturday morning (and 2 of us would always fight over who got to play Hercules! As I was smaller than my cousin, I usually had to play the Mercury guy! LOL :D) I would also like to see this on DVD. With Rhino bringing out everything else, I don't see why this one wouldn't be possible. I would actually like to see Filmation's ENTIRE catalog on DVD! :) C'mon, Rhino (or Filmation or whomever) Hook us up!

The Space Sentinels, or The Young Sentinels, as it was originally named; was a fun series with flaws. Like much of Filmation's shows, it was done on the cheap, with repeated use of stock footage. The concept owed much to other sources, with the robot MO conjuring up Star Wars, and the Sentinels from different worlds, taken from Green Lantern (although, to be fair, Green Lantern borrowed it from the Lensmen saga). The voice acting was typical for Filmation, bland at times, but with some good moments. Still, the stories were imaginative, for the most part.The Sentinels faced adversaries like Morpheus, a rogue Sentinel with all of their powers; Anubis, an alien being who was worshipped as a god by the ancient Egyptians; a sorceress; giant robots; and other menaces. Astrea was the leader, able to change shape into any animal form. Hercules was the strong man, and a bit of a dope. Mercury was the speedster and resident jokester; and MO, short for Maintenance Operator, was the comic relief and handy-robot. They were advised by Sentinel One, a sentient computer, which provided information and ran the functions of their ship. He appeared as a holographic projection of a head.Filmation did have one feature that made them stand out from other studios: they were very socially progressive. There was a diverse racial mix within the group; Astrea was African,Mercury was Asian. Astrea was the leader, and clearly the most intelligent. This was still fairly radical in the 70's.I have never seen the show in syndication and only a few episodes were released on video in the US. In fact, little of Filmation's catalogue has been released on any video format, except Star Trek. Hopefully, with DVD, we may see some of their better shows see the light of day.

Produced by Filmthon (the people who brought us the 1970's anime of Tarzan and Star Trek) in 1977 and with a run of sadly only thirteen episodes this became my favorite (well one of at least) show of the time. "Hercules empowered with the strength of a hundred men..Astrea, able to assume any living form..Mercury , the amazing athlete who can match the speed of light...working together with me sentinal one and my maintenance robot , Mo" This is how the show began each week and each week and new and deadly foe would make the sentinals fly off from their lair inside a volcano (in which was hidden their space craft) to do battle , which they won and had the "team" laugh scene which everyone knows is the staple of all classic shows ! Somebody must release them soon, with the advent of DVD and the fact that each show was 20m mins long it would be easy to do but who would?