reaper2051
02-26-2006, 11:28 PM
Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles, called Starship Troopers: The Series in the UK) was a science fiction animated television series first aired in August 1999. 3-D animation is used, the same system as Toy Story and Shrek, but given a more serious and darker look. It resembles a war-game in look and style.
It follows the exploits of the Mobile Infantry squad "Razak's Roughnecks" during the SICON-Arachnid war, and focuses mainly on the small actions in which the squad participates, rather than addressing the larger war.
40 episodes were originally scheduled, although only 35 episodes of original material were eventually produced due to production problems. Each week was to be a separate campaign with five daily episodes. The DVDs released reflect this as there are seven campaign DVDs available:
Pluto
Hydora
Tophet
Tesca
Zephyr
Klendathu
Homefront
There is also a compilation DVD available called Trackers, which consists of episodes created from clips of previous episodes and some new material.
The show was produced by Columbia Tristar for daily television syndication and ended its intended run of a single season, with a cliffhanger but without a proper series finale. Both the war and the personal history of most of the characters is 'left hanging' without any clue as to what will come next.
Fan Campaign and DVD Releases
With a fan campaign begun by the now defunct Roughneck Chronicles website, the "Pluto" campaign was released on DVD. Based on sales, the other 'arcs' were released on DVD. However these subsequent DVDs were released in order of popularity, not in chronological order. The last DVD released was called "Trackers" containing the episode missing from the "Homefront" campaign DVD and the clip shows that were produced in order to fulfill Sony's 40 episode order. Unlike the other DVDs, "Trackers" did not have any cast or crew commentaries.
Given the success of the earlier DVDs, it was hoped that the sales would encourage Sony to produce a final DVD movie to complete the original story-arc. However, other than a recent box set release of the series (which are stripped down versions of the individual releases, removing the cast and crew commentaries), there have been no announcements regarding the Roughneck Chronicles series. Also, the original production company, Foundation Imaging, has since went out of business, so prospects of a final DVD movie are perhaps non-existent.
It is worth noting that while the series ends on a cliffhanger, the writer of the final story arc outlined his plan for the final three episodes on the crew commentary of the "Homefront" campaign DVD.
If you want me to post the Campaigns and Characters let me know but DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO HAS THE COMPLETE SERIES ON DVD!!!???? :( :( :( :(
It follows the exploits of the Mobile Infantry squad "Razak's Roughnecks" during the SICON-Arachnid war, and focuses mainly on the small actions in which the squad participates, rather than addressing the larger war.
40 episodes were originally scheduled, although only 35 episodes of original material were eventually produced due to production problems. Each week was to be a separate campaign with five daily episodes. The DVDs released reflect this as there are seven campaign DVDs available:
Pluto
Hydora
Tophet
Tesca
Zephyr
Klendathu
Homefront
There is also a compilation DVD available called Trackers, which consists of episodes created from clips of previous episodes and some new material.
The show was produced by Columbia Tristar for daily television syndication and ended its intended run of a single season, with a cliffhanger but without a proper series finale. Both the war and the personal history of most of the characters is 'left hanging' without any clue as to what will come next.
Fan Campaign and DVD Releases
With a fan campaign begun by the now defunct Roughneck Chronicles website, the "Pluto" campaign was released on DVD. Based on sales, the other 'arcs' were released on DVD. However these subsequent DVDs were released in order of popularity, not in chronological order. The last DVD released was called "Trackers" containing the episode missing from the "Homefront" campaign DVD and the clip shows that were produced in order to fulfill Sony's 40 episode order. Unlike the other DVDs, "Trackers" did not have any cast or crew commentaries.
Given the success of the earlier DVDs, it was hoped that the sales would encourage Sony to produce a final DVD movie to complete the original story-arc. However, other than a recent box set release of the series (which are stripped down versions of the individual releases, removing the cast and crew commentaries), there have been no announcements regarding the Roughneck Chronicles series. Also, the original production company, Foundation Imaging, has since went out of business, so prospects of a final DVD movie are perhaps non-existent.
It is worth noting that while the series ends on a cliffhanger, the writer of the final story arc outlined his plan for the final three episodes on the crew commentary of the "Homefront" campaign DVD.
If you want me to post the Campaigns and Characters let me know but DOES ANYONE KNOW WHO HAS THE COMPLETE SERIES ON DVD!!!???? :( :( :( :(