Thunderbirds Are Back!

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Because I don't pay as much attention as I should to TV news, I only learned today that a new series of Thunderbirds episodes launches on Saturday evening on Britain's ITV. It's CGI animated, of course, not puppets like the original, but the sole review I've seen suggests that it might be worth watching. First series will be 26 half-hour episodes with a second series already confirmed. Cast looks much the same as in the original, as do the vehicles, except that it looks like FAB 1 can fly, and that there is at least one new action-orientated female character.

Trailer - https://youtu.be/6y2hFqgtjLk
You tube channel - https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCtbLAx ... 1UrHF3i7PQ
Wikipedia - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thunderbi ... _series%29
Web site - http://thunderbirds.com/

Annoyingly I'm away from home on Saturday, at an SF convention, and may not get to watch it for a couple of days. Really must remember to set up the recorder...

[Diziet Sma]

Awesome! Hope it makes its' way Down Under soon.

[spud42]

Thunderbirds are GO !!!!!!!!!!

That thunderbirds.com website wont do anything until you give them an email address..... dont feel like being blackmailed so i can watch something.... too bad...

[Astrobe]

Thunderbirds are GO !!!!!!!!!!

That thunderbirds.com website wont do anything until you give them an email address..... dont feel like being blackmailed so i can watch something.... too bad...

You could use some throw-away mail account service.

Here. I created one: http://mailinator.com/inbox.jsp?to=XXXX#/#maildirpane

Replace the Xs with "ootm". Nothing too exciting yet.

[Diziet Sma]

Thunderbirds are GO !!!!!!!!!!

That thunderbirds.com website wont do anything until you give them an email address..... dont feel like being blackmailed so i can watch something.... too bad...

You could use some throw-away mail account service.

Here. I created one: http://mailinator.com/inbox.jsp?to=XXXX#/#maildirpane

Replace the Xs with "ootm". Nothing too exciting yet.

Yep, I use Abine's Blur (used to be called MaskMe) to do the same thing. Once nice feature is that it integrates with your browser.. click on the email field and it will ask if you want to use your real email addy, or generate a disposable one, that will be forwarded to your real addy.

[spud42]

got several, thats not the problem. i dont like being forced to do something just to get to the home page. i would rather just pass....

[Astrobe]

got several, thats not the problem. i dont like being forced to do something just to get to the home page. i would rather just pass....

I can understand that but on the other hand, I think it's merely a tool to measure interest and to make sure people that might be interested in it don't forget about it (a RSS feed would do equally well, but sadly that's not something people are used to). I was actually surprised that the mailinator address didn't get rejected right away.

[Wildeblood]

Awesome! Hope it makes its' way Down Under soon.

6:30 Sunday on GO!

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Just got round to watching the recording from Saturday.

OK. Well. That was a little naff. The plot was about par for Thunderbirds, though not as complicated as it sometimes was, but the animation let it down badly. The cast are in uncanny valley territory (In particular everyone's hair looks like it's moulded and part of an action figure), and inertia seems to go bye-bye whenever it suits the animators - for example, Thunderbird 2 is supposed to be a massive machine, but the "loading a cargo pod" sequence which used to seem appropriate to something that massive is now compressed to a couple of seconds. The water effects in the first part of the story were also very poor, and looked like very small models very close to the surface, not huge machines well above it. Gerry Anderson could do considerably better many years ago.

I think kids will probably love it, but I'm just not convinced. Sorry if I raised anyone's hopes.

[Cody]

Perhaps the return of Clangers will be more to your liking! Seriously good stuff, was Clangers!

[Thargoid]

I had a fun time trying to spot all the little homages to the original that they snuck into it. For example, have a close look on the wall of TB-1's silo...

[spud42]

Perhaps the return of Clangers will be more to your liking! Seriously good stuff, was Clangers!

clicked to play a clip and it took me to youtube and a message that not available in your country!!!...i give up

[Disembodied]

There's always this ... I for one welcome our knitted pink overlords.

[Cody]

Excellent!

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I have my own theories about the Clangers: Space-Time for Clangers

Powerpoint version also available from the above link.