Buzz Lightyear of Star Command is such an underrated show, why score of 6.7? it has action, characters, humor and feels exactly like a show that is perfect in terms of FUN!, something that is painfully missed these days. it's one of my favorite Disney shows i used to watch alongside "Recess" and "Pepper Ann" during the early 2000's.
riding on the success of "Toy Story 2" Disney/pixar pitched an hour- long movie (backdoor pilot) to an animated spin-off of Buzz Lightyear which is not a bad idea at all since buzz in films always mentions his mission as a space ranger, zurg and star command. "the adventure begins" pilot movie was surprisingly good, a great introduction to the characters, great action scenes, and slightly dark.
the series is a lot of fun. mostly character focused, with the space rangers: Buzz Lightyear as the leader, "Princess Mira Nova" second-in-command and my favorite character, "XR" the short robot with many accessories and used to be my favorite character when i was younger, "Booster" big alien and a former janitor, who admires buzz, and knows almost everything about their space ranger rule book and up-coming mission log. most episodes centers around saving their star command, planet or a galaxy from zurg or other interesting villains.
the main villain Zurg is slightly more campy in the series then the film, being over-the-top but still menacing, but always fail to destroy buzz or star command.
my only nitpick i had with the show, was buzz. he is very 2- dimensional and never really get's developed in the show which is a shame. he has more development as a toy, then a human character in a spin-off show!.
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