Nostalgia is a funny thing. As I get older, one of the more trivial disappointments I have to endure is the realization that the cartoons, comic books, and movies I loved as a kid may not be as perfect as I remember. Perhaps the saddest part is, like Plato’s cave, once I’ve seen how awful they
, I can never see them as I once did.The very Platonistic (yes I probably did make that word up) property of nostalgia is the very reason that I hesitate to watch many of my childhood favorites. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, The Real Ghostbusters (which I own on DVD) and many other 80’s-90’s faves have been ruined by this property.
So now that I have waxed on about the terrible burden of nostalgia, I am proud to announce that Exo Squad is on Hulu, and it still kicks ass.
Exo Squad was a series that aired between 1993 and 1994 on Fox. It is set in a futuristic world in which humanity has expanded and colonized the newly terra-formed planets of Venus and Mars. After the terra-forming humans genetically engineered a race of workers called 
Neo-Sapiens who, after years of enslavement, rebelled sparking a decades long war that ended with an uneasy (mostly segregated) coexistence. The series follows the adventures of Able Squad, a platoon of exo-skeleton wearing soldiers who are an integral part of the newly sparked war between humans and neo-sapiens.
The show is surprisingly mature, well animated, and full of compelling narrative. It openly discusses death, prejudice, and the implications of war and it is full of awesome action. There is a ton of depth in this series that I didn't even pick up on as a kid!
So I am officially endorsing Exo Squad on Hulu!
WATCH IT!!!
-End Transmission
p.s. Marsala is the shit!
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