Mysterious Cities of Gold
OK, so it's not a film: it's a series of 39 animated episodes.

However, I have a sneaking suspicion that, given the average age of B3ta members, there will be more than a few who remember this series from the '80s when it was originally broadcast.

Quite simply - they don't make cartoons like this any more. It is without doubt the most amazing series I've ever seen, or am ever likely to see. Remember the golden condor, soaring over the forests and plains of Peru - powered only by the sun? Remember the hauntingly beautiful music which ran through every episode?

One of my enduring childhood memories was of the moment when Esteban and Zia finally took their medallions and inserted them into the doors which would reveal the City of Gold. In later years, I found the episodes available to download - and was able to relive those memories.

Now I just discovered that the series has finally been released on DVD! Wooyay... go and see it!
(EuroSong I love horse meat: best of all the animals, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 13:30, 5 replies)

Didn't Philip Schofield
have lyrics sheets made up that you could write in for so you could sing along with the theme tune?
( K2k6 has a proper job these days, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 13:55, closed)

Wooyay!
Totally. I got the box set the day it came out. A seminal part of my childhood.

And yes, one of the extras is a singalong to the theme tune with (a horrifyingly young-looking) Philip Schofield in the broom cupboard.
(The Empress it seems you CAN polish a turd!, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 14:03, closed)

"Something is going wrong, Master Menator!"
I re-watched this when I was about 19 and that line actually made me cry. In fact, I'm getting choked up right now. All but reduced to tears by the fictional plight of cartoon Olmecs - oh dear.
(moglin shall make you writhe in her cage of torment on, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 14:57, closed)

Haven't thought of that in AGES!!
You are totally right.. Me and my Dad LAAAAAAARVED that cartoon, although I think my Dad may have loved Starblazers even more which was on just after. Yeah, tv when we were kids ruled.
(AmiBambini, Mon 21 Jul 2008, 18:10, closed)

Grin!
Waaaaaaaoaaaoaaaaaaa searching for the cities of gollllllld........
(cmouse is pondering about life in other jobs, Tue 22 Jul 2008, 12:18, closed)