Josh Kirby: Time Warrior

[Evan]

Has anyone seen this modern-seriel from 1995. For those who havent its a serial in 6 parts by Charles Band. Fourteen-year-old Josh Kirby (Corbin Allred) is a typical teenager. His life is forever changed when he gets caught up in a battle between the two most brilliant scientists of the twenty-fifth century: Irwin 1138 (Barie Ingham), a benevolent man, and the evil Dr Zoetrope (Derek Webster), the smartest man of all time. Both scientists are in pursuit of the most powerful weapon ever conceived, the Nullifier, capable of destroying the past, present and future of the universe. Irwin 1138 has seized this extraordinary device from Dr Zoetrope, broken it down into six components and scattered them through time. When Dr Zoetrope steals the coordinates and is able to determine the locations of the components, it sets off a race through time between the two scientists in an attempt to gather all the pieces of the Nullifier.  Josh, who accidentally finds the first piece, joins with Irwin 1138, Azabeth the female warrior (Jennifer Burns) and Prism, the creature which is able to find the Nullifier pieces.  As they all set off on an incredible adventure to save the universe, Dr Zoetrope moves through and disrupts the time-space continuum so that different historical periods and worlds collide. With superb effects and an interesting story line, this six-parter promises much entertainment for the whole family

The parts:
Josh Kirby...Time Warrior! Chapter 1: Planet of the Dino-Knights (1995)
Josh Kirby...Time Warrior! Chapter 2: The Human Pets (1995)
Josh Kirby...Time Warrior! Chapter 3: Trapped on Toy World (1995)
Josh Kirby...Time Warrior! Chapter 4: Eggs From 70 Million B.C. (1995)
Josh Kirby...Time Warrior! Chapter 5: Journey to the Magic Cavern (1995)
Josh Kirby...Time Warrior! Chapter 6: Last Battle for the Universe (1996)

[Rev. Powell]

Evan, do you know how this serial was marketed?  Was each episode it released directly to video, or did Band actually manage to get in shown on theaters (or more likely on something like the Sci-Fi channel)?  The idea of a modern serial is intriguing, but I'm not sure how it could be profitable, with episodic TV filling that niche now.

[Evan]

Im pretty sure it was direct to video. Its by the Kushner-Locke company which I believe is a subdivision of Full Moon films. The episodes them selves are full feature hour and a half length films. The entire series was filmed in Romania on a cheap budget so im pretty sre it wasnt shown in theatres.

[Derf]

Weird. I just saw one of these in a dollar store today and nearly bought it. It was the "Trapped in Toy World" episode. I didn't see any others, though.

[Andrew]

I have two or three of these on laserdisc and seem to remember them playing on cable, possibly SciFi, at some point.  They are 90 minutes and credited to three companies:  Paramount, Kushner-Locke, and Moonbeam Entertainment.

[Megalons Revenge]

I have the first one in the series, also bought at a dollar store. Pretty horrible movie.