wait remember get ed it was a 2005 jetix classic which focused on a group of young carriers whose
job it is to ensure that packages are delivered on time or just delivered at all because apparently
in this world that's something that's hard to do the tier list goes dhl ups fedex a carrier pigeon
then the usps i don't make the rules i just put them in a youtube video get ed takes place in
the futuristic urban utopia appropriately named progress city important packages are transported
from one location to another using actual humans in various forms of vehicles on an open mario kart
reminiscent highway called the hoverway there isn't a lot of confirmed lore based around this
show but we can assume based on the rankings of different courier services that more prestigious
and well-trained carriers are used for the transportation of more important packages
this leads our team of main characters from their services called dojo deliveries to
be constantly bombarded by various gangs of outlaws of clowns or robots constantly trying
to intercept these packages only running for one season which totaled 26 episodes overall
this show was short-lived created by andy knight the canadian writer and director
had also worked on projects like inspector gadget and directed disney's beauty and the
beast the enchanted christmas and ned's newt and pig city listen up
ain't no way miss piggy just said that but today we're focusing on get ed so stay tuned
as we take a deeper dive into the intense world of package delivery activate the clones
game's about to start and you got a lot to learn the show itself focuses on ed our main protagonist
voiced by lion smith he has no living family so a lot of the mystery in the show comes from ed's
origin story which the series very slowly reveals over the course of its one season
from the first episode he finds that he has a special connection to a package that he is
ordered to deliver it ends up being a piece of alien tech that is heavily related to who
ed is as a person well a genetically modified person various small forms of tech are revealed
like puzzle pieces and we are given a classic chosen one trope for our main character picture
the millennium items a bit in yu-gi-oh if they were futuristic rather than from the past along
with his dna being some kind of futuristic alien techie kind of thing his clairvoyant
abilities allow him to see possible futures yeah i don't think the writers knew too much
more than we do at this point because this part kind of felt tacked on to make the show about
delivering packages in the future a little more intense adding some extended thrill he is dubbed
the protector in the group and although it's established that he's fairly new to the team
he seems to have naturally assumed some leadership role much to his teammate burns dismay byrne is
known as the warrior of the group he is voiced by el dean eiffel byrne is the more official leader
of the group and is very stubborn and actually someone that we never get to know
very well we know he's highly competitive which leads to him and ed fighting quite frequently
about his leading of the team down the wrong path sometimes because of his own hard-headedness but
this could also be chalked up to the fact that they're all fairly young and burn has proven
time and time again that he can very easily learn from his mistakes and grow from them
contrasting ed's hoverboard i didn't even mention the hoverboards i like them that's all i wanted to
say but burn rides a solid metallic one-wheeled motorcycle with a flaming paint job on the side
neat the next character in the group is dietz whose voice actor is the iconic megan fallenbach
who i totally didn't add the wrong photo instead showing linda cardellini in my 16 video
dietz is known as the dreamer of the group and by far one of the most interesting her given name is
sarah and she was a teen computer programmer that was blackmailed by our main villain
bedlam into basically enslavement because he was holding her family as hostages
diet's personality is a nice contrast to the energy that ed and byrne create
she is less competitive and relaxed caring a lot about her nails and easily disgusted by
some of the more unappetizing situations that they are constantly being put in although she
complains frequently she proves to be very loyal to her team and is willing to get messy for them
whatever that means fizz voiced by bailey kennedy is the youngest and the smallest of them all but
despite that she is indispensable to the team there always seems to be one person carrying
the most weight on every team and forget ed that person is fizz her quick thinking
and insane bank of science information helps them out in tight situations so frequently lugi
is another category himself accompanied by his catfish friend mr pinch who comes alive with the
help of lugi's ventriloquy mr pinch insists that he has his md and should be addressed as a doctor
which the team doesn't quite take that seriously both of them are voiced by peter kugno it feels
like loogie should serve the role of comedic relief but instead it really just is instilled the
feeling of concern in me why is no one respecting that mr pinch is dr pinch but in general whenever
he had to function on missions he is the equivalent of charlie day in his wild card era
the deliveries in which the team actually succeeds in keeping their drop safe loogie tends to mess it
up anyway or almost mess it up and i have to admit we're pretty good upgrading to the next level
today at 4 3 central on disney speaking on that there must be a lot of boring off-screen
deliveries that we don't get to see because it seems like every delivery that we are shown goes
horribly wrong while they are able to foil bedlam's plans successfully and usually return
the package it comes at a cost of them doing their jobs competently their ranking is also very
frequently vocalized by a fun omniscient radio announcer woman in a very gossip girl adjacent
format fun fact i was walking around brooklyn the other week and they were filming the new gossip
girl that has nothing of note in this video i just felt like a gossip girl walking by the film so we
know that they lie in the ranks pretty mid and it seems that the team falls down the ranks more than
they climb it it could be that bedlam our main villain is just targeting really specific packages
and we only are shown these deliveries that have significance to the overarching plot bedlam
himself is such a perfect antagonist his dark and drawing tone mixed with his slim matrix-inspired
appearance is the perfect look for someone who is constantly looking to take over the world and you
can't forget about that beautiful soul-patching goatee pairing phenomenal along with world
domination bedlam is also fixated on ed and his seemingly otherworldly abilities and connections
to powerful alien tech he and old school the kid's mentor voiced by tony daniels guardian and founder
of dojo deliveries used to be business partners before they had some sort of unexplored breakup
and fallout i mean come on guys make up make out i mean never mind i think a lot of the success
of the show is in the compelling plot for ed's identity that transcends the traditional 20-minute
cartoon episode reset because of this there was more incentive for me to watch the next episode
because i wanted to learn more it left me excited to watch the next episode i mean the futuristic
world and the beautifully uncanny early 2000s cg make me totally invested but the other stuff is
nice too additionally the writing is pretty good and the characters are treated humanely most shows
would overlook the inherent trauma that would come with a character like dietz being held basically
hostage and blackmailed but this show emphasizes her past and shows the characters dealing with
that trauma get ed is constantly drilling in the concept of found family as well which i have a
huge soft spot for family isn't just the people you're born into having it can be the people
you choose it focuses on ed and his feelings towards not having a family it really goes to
show how little it takes for a character to come alive and feel real and relatable to an audience
and the show did exactly that while it does have its wacky moments that require the viewer to have
a juvenile approach in order to even remotely make it all make sense it also treats the characters
as malleable and fallible people and that's one of the show's strongest aspects the art style
also holds a lot that requires unpacking and wow computer animation at the time was just perfect
i mean not really perfect but for me perfect just in general it teeters on the edge of polar express
esque uncanny valley but the characters are artistically stylized enough so that it isn't
a true and uncanny valley example because of the underdeveloped computer animation of the time the
backgrounds are left feeling a little flat but the action sequences more than make up for it a
lot of the show is basically just hyper techno music with an intense chase fight ensuing and
i just love it one of the major things that stuck out to me while re-watching is the music choices
that go into the show and everyone can agree that the techno theme song is a straight banger and
those at the primetime emmys agreed as it seems the intro song written by ari pozner and amin
bhatia was nominated for the award outstanding original main titles theme music in 2005. but
it isn't just the theme song that's good the show itself sports a massive amount of background music
that enhances basically every scene it's what keeps the action moving and engaging most of the
villains have their own theme songs that allude to their presence even when they're not on screen yet
it lets the audience know when the characters are safe when they're in danger and when they're just
goofing off or having fun stop wasting time oh yes sir and later stick around for get a right here on
never had the chance to fully come together making the 26 episode adventure fall a bit
flat just like those backgrounds am i right don't take that as in the show is bad because it's not
everything else as a whole was a lot of fun but it hits this dead end so hard it somewhat spoils
all of the good that came before it i wanted to see more of this where it was all planning to go
but it doesn't look like that will ever be an option in the future unfortunately the creator
of the show andy knight passed away in april of 2008. because of this and the fact that it's been
17 years since the show came out the chances of a reboot or continuation are even slimmer i feel in
general this show is fastly becoming lost to time i would like to see a more modernized version of
the show given that the concept of packages being delivered and stolen is so so so commonplace today
but for now if you're looking to get your ed fix you can either watch the one season series
or try out their combat style flash game called get ed curier combat so with a quick salute to
our brave carriers in yellow brown white and blue that's all for today and you need to sign for your
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in the comments section below i'm very curious if you were as disappointed because we didn't
get any season two and you really liked the show like i am but anyways thanks so much for watching
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