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Departments => Movies and TV => Topic started by: Lieutenant Kije on October 17, 2005, 09:03:08 PM

Title: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: Lieutenant Kije on October 17, 2005, 09:03:08 PM

I saw this series on and off as a child when Nickelodeon decided to run it in the late 80s.  I always thought it was really cool.  I've only now remembered it that I'm teaching my 8th graders about the conquistadors and all that.

Has anyone else seen this cartoon?

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: Spriggan on October 17, 2005, 09:50:04 PM

Me and EUOL use to watch it all the time.  It was done by some French animation company and was based off a novel or comic, again from France.

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: Chimera on October 18, 2005, 02:57:12 AM

I remember the name and can almost picture some of the characters. The "villian" was a conquistador trying to find the City of Gold, right? And there were two kids--a boy and a girl--who knew more about the city then he did, right? Or maybe I'm off.

If you hadn't mentioned it, though, I probably wouldn't have remembered it.

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: Tage on October 18, 2005, 12:21:14 PM

Oh I remember it distinctly. There were 3 kids, one was an Incan boy or something. And they got to travel around in solid gold ships and flying machines shaped like an eagle. I've NO idea how anything made of solid gold goes ANYWHERE.

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: Spriggan on October 18, 2005, 02:43:49 PM

Wiki has a nice entry on the subject

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mysterious_Cities_of_Gold

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: stacer on October 18, 2005, 07:06:12 PM

I've been sitting here all morning trying to figure out what the heck this was, and then I realized that you said it was on Nickelodeon. No wonder. When you lived in the country back then, you didn't get anything but broadcast channels unless you had a huge satellite dish.

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: Mad Dr Jeffe on October 18, 2005, 07:48:25 PM

They ran it alternately with Belle and Sebastian. I remember the Exploits of Esteban and his friends fairly well. It was part of a good block of Nick shows. Dangermouse was on soon after, YCDTOT a little later, the third eye later than that and finally the tomorrow people. Those were the days.

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: stacer on October 19, 2005, 12:24:26 AM

Never heard of most of those, and never saw any of them. Weird.

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on October 19, 2005, 09:05:24 AM

omfrpg13!
You MUST see Dangermouse.

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: Spriggan on October 19, 2005, 09:17:11 AM

Count Duckula just came out on DVD.

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: Gemm: Rock & Roll Star; Born to Rock on October 19, 2005, 10:32:58 AM

Thank you e. I appreciate that. =P

Title: Re: The Mysterious Cities of Gold
Post by: The Holy Saint, Grand High Poobah, Master of Monkeys, Ehlers on October 19, 2005, 01:27:44 PM

hey, I do what I can.