The Germans beat them to it, 40 years ago:

If the colors are a bit funky, that’s because this is a re-colorized version of the 60’s black & white series, Raumpatrouille Orion, or Space Patrol Orion.  Here’s a b&w English language trailer of a movie based on the original TV series:

(Cross-posted from CloudAve)

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Tags: Google, Humor, orion, Raumpatrouille, sci-fi, space patrol