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Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 8:51 pm
by Reverend Strone
Re: Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Thu Jun 19, 2014 9:05 pm
by Buzz Bumble
Looks okay-ish ... apart from the silly cockpit area they've added and the strange "screw hole" thrusters. I thought the new series was being done in all CGI.
Assuming the images around it are also the vehicles they're using, then, with the exception of what is presumably a changed Thunderbird 5 space station, it looks MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH MUCH better than the garbagised American movie with its ugly changed designs and silly ill-fitting "Spy Kids" plot.
By the way, for fans of old British shows, in the NZ Herald earlier this week it was announced that a new series of
Danger Mouse is being made to be shown in the UK next year. No mention on who is doing the voices or what it looks like yet, but it did say that Danger Mouse would have more technology, including an "i-patch" with various functions. (Cue Apple's lawyers.
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Re: Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:14 am
by Buzz Bumble
From today's TV Guide junk email ...
F.A.B. Scott! News this week that the iconic 1960s kids' adventure series, Thunderbirds, is to make a TV comeback in 2015 with a big dollop of Kiwi input and expertise will have excited fans of the show.
Let's just forget the dismally-failed 2004 attempt at a movie version of Thunderbirds and pray that this remake will pay homage to the original series and its wonderfully-inventive ideas and adventures.
Thunderbirds, created by British husband-and-wife team Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and their Century 21 production team, broke new ground in the use of scale models to create the futuristic world of International Rescue. As much a part of the Swinging 60s as The Beatles and mini-skirts, Thunderbirds was the show that millions of kids watched, loved and dreamed about. Yes, yes - it may all look so dated and quaint to today's children, who have grown up with the almost unlimited power of Computer Generated Imagery. But it was Thunderbirds that set the tone for the half a century of film and TV sci-fi adventure that followed after it began in 1965. It deserves a Golden Anniversary re-birth, doesn't it?
Re: Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 1:42 am
by MattG
I think it's very cool that aspects of the production reside in NZ, and look forward in particular to hearing more about the kiwi-made/kiwi-designed elements.
Re: Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Fri Jun 20, 2014 6:27 am
by Buzz Bumble
Apparently Gerry Anderson rejected previous attempts to bring back Thunderbirds because they weren't going to be made in Britain (one of the previous attempts was by the same company who did the new Captain Scarlet). Of course when he died his greedy heirs obviously jumped at whatever gave them dosh in their pockets ... it remains to be seen whether or not it was a good decision.
Re: Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 3:33 am
by The Kiwi Jedi
I heard Gerry gave permission right before he passed.
Re: Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 4:34 am
by Buzz Bumble
Gerry Anderson was working on a Thunderbirds revival (and had been for quite a while), but I don't know whether or not it was this particular one. The version I have a trailer for, which looked very good, says "Coming 2005" at the end.
Re: Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Sun Jun 22, 2014 5:49 am
by MattG
Buzz Bumble wrote:Gerry Anderson was working on a Thunderbirds revival (and had been for quite a while), but I don't know whether or not it was this particular one. The version I have a trailer for, which looked very good, says "Coming 2005" at the end.
There was a lot more post-2005, apparently. Here're Anderson's thoughts, from 2011:
http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news/newser ... birds.html
And the first announcement of Weta/Richard Taylor/Pukeko Pictures' involvement, in 2013:
http://www.itv.com/presscentre/press-re ... rds-are-go
I think there's more than enough evidence to take a positive approach to this, rather than a cynical one
Re: Thunderbirds are Go!
Posted: Mon Jun 23, 2014 1:42 am
by Reverend Strone
Richard is a huge original TBirds fan, believe me, and he has been involved in every aspect of the production so far.
Buzz Bumble wrote:I thought the new series was being done in all CGI.
Digital characters and craft composited over and into miniature environments, but done with a choice to honour the aesthetic choices of the original show while updating it for modern audience sensibilities and expectations. I've been lucky enough to see some of what has been created for the show so far and I think it has done that very well. I'm hopeful we have something very cool and worthy of the TBirds legacy poised to debut.
