Because I spent almost 30 Years as a Member of a Rescue Organisation and Thunderbirds was a favourite Show of Mine, My Friends took liberties in the Naming of My Transport Vehicles. My Car got the Nickname of “Thunderbird 1” because it carried Me and it was always the First of My Vehicles, to Leave Home Base and the First of My Vehicles to Arrive on Site, in any potential “Rescue Zone”. One of its other Missions was to locate a “Safe Landing Zone” (a Big Parking Space) where My Trailer, “Thunderbird 2” (which always came behind) could ‘Park Up’ and deploy it’s Load, via the rear mounted drop down Ramp. “Thunderbird 2” being the Heavy Lift Body, which carried and deployed another “Thunderbird Vehicle”. My Electric Mobility Scooter became “The Quad” (because it had 4 Wheels) and was a Thunderbird Vehicle of Indeterminate Purpose, other than to carry Me and a few (Rescue) Supplies (Food and Drink mainly, but also some Camera Equipment). The combination of a Loaded “Quad” on My Cage Trailer (“Thunderbird 2”) became known as “Pod 3”. Bringing “Pod 3” thus meant that I was bringing My Electric Mobility Scooter with Me, Loaded onto “Thunderbird 2”, arriving at the “Rescue Zone” behind “Thunderbird 1”. This whole situation caused (& still causes) much Humour among My Friends.
I am 61 years old and grew up with the Thunderbirds and some of the other shows. While Thunderbirds are my favorite, Fireball XL5 is a close 2nd. And the theme to Thunderbirds still gets me even now......
I'm 65 now and still love these shows. As a child, they caused me to become interested in science and aviation. My life as a professional pilot was very rewarding. I can't thank the Andersons enough.
Glad it is still with us !,! I was 10 years old when it first came to my afternoon television. Here we are nearly into 2020... and I am still fascinated .
I was living in Okinawa in 1966 and Thunderbird was huge! I bought up every Thunderbird model released by Imai Kagaku and kept a scrapbook of photos gathered from Japanese boys' magazines. It was the first time I obsessed over a television series to that extent. I still have the original Tracy Island model after almost 60 years.
My dad grew up with Thunderbirds in the 70s. He taped the episodes when they reaired in the 90s and shared them with me. I was obsessed with Thunderbirds as a kid. I think the tracy island toy being out of stock was why my dad built me one from scratch. I still have it. Mine was definitely better than the store bought one.
The one thing that everyone forgets about Anderson. The man HATED puppets. My favourite quote from him was "I always wanted to do live action. So, when i was given Four Feather Falls, i thought "If i do this REALLY well, they'll let me do whatever i want." Nope, they just kept making me do things with puppets..."
I am 65 and I still love the Thunderbirds. I get sort of emotional when I think about how there should be an International Rescue in real life...we sure could use it. This show brings back good memories and was and still is entertaining.
I saw it once at the cinema, thought it was decent at the time, but looking back, yeah it sucks. The worst movie I’ve ever seen BY FAR is Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. It is one big insult to one of cinema’s best loved franchises!
@JULIE COLBY The 2004 film?! No, don't agree. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen; but it was bad enough that I wish it had never been made. The Script was the main problem.
What a treat to see a revival of Thunderbirds in its original format, all high tec sets and BIG explosions. I was a big fan of all the Gerry Anderson series from early sixties, happy times.
I remember shooting out of bed on a Saturday morning to get my weekly fill of Thunderbirds as a kid! Innocent and great days they were, and a show about something positive that captured our imaginations. No shooting and killing like video games today. It made rescue and saving people's lives something cool and exciting. Perhaps that is why it still has such appeal with people after all these years?
Thank you for this wonderful storyline of that great childhood memories. In the 1994-1997, it was on BBC, and later on the Belgian channel vtm in 2000. I always was excited too see every episode of it. Full of action and good storytelling in that. The movie was a big failure. I never seen it, but heard and read about it. I makes me young again too see this over and over again. 😁👌🏼👍🏼
Great video, thank you. I'm an American fan who forgot about this show til quarantine set in. I was very intrigued to find out more. Theres so much work put into this show it's incredible. F A B
For the longest time I thought the Thunderbirds were a show made in Japan and brought into the U.S. Same with Supercar. This was MUST see tv for me way back when. Well done Brits! 👍👍👍
The original 60's series ...Best kids TV series ever made!! the 2004 movie was pants and sorry to say it but so is the new CGI re boot. Everyone is fed up with CGI these days, You simply cannot compete with the model work etc. of Derek Meddings, The man was a genius!
That was informative and entertaining! I'm just discovering the original show on Amazon Prime (after listening to the theme song for forty years!) I just love it, and now after watching your video, I'm really looking forward to the new show! Thanks for all the cool facts.
as i was growing up in the sixties , enjoy and watching gerry anderson tv programmes, amazing models, think back no computers , now i am 63, purchased most gerry anderson tv series as still like watch them
I enjoyed the shows when I was 8 years old absolutely captivated me and now to see it on RUclips well that's just really sharp thank you so much for the review nice to look back
Having been a fan of Thunderbirds since 1965 I agree that the 2004 fil missed the mark completly. Despite the awful remodelling of the craft you have Alan as a schoolboy, Tin-tin as a juvenile and that god-awful Firmin character, the son of Brains. Jeff leaves the base, which would be a no no in real situations.
Few things to say: The original 1965 show was my favourite show of my childhood. The 2004 movie was absolutely horrible. I like the new 2015 50th anniversary Thunderbirds.
I'm 18 now. When I was growing up (so about 5), I watched the old Supermarionation series on TV. Never saw the film until I was about 9, and, to be honest, didn't notice the redesigns that much. The new series has yet to grow on me, but it'll get there eventually. Dad's fault. he was about 5 when the originals were on TV, and he got me and my brother into it. It was the bane of Mum's life though, cos I kept creating scenes across the floor in my bedroom.
The series was inspired by the 1963 Lengede mining disaster in (West) Germany. Many workers had become trapped underground and the world's media assembled as different attempts were made to get them out over time (a bit like with those Thai cave boys in 2018). Watching on TV in Britain as things unfolded over several days, Gerry Anderson pondered making a TV show about a specialist `international rescue' team who could solve such situations anywhere.
I devoured every episode of "Stingray" and that barely matched the level of my childhood fandom of the original "Thunderbirds" -- the stories, the action, the onscreen scifi ships, and the mind-blowing modelmaking (and usually explosive un-making ) were everything I could've asked for in a TV show. I was really looking forward to the 2004 film and nearly cried when I saw it; someone got the idea, "It's a kids' show, make it relatable by making the young kids the heroes and while you do it strip away as much of the original spirit of the show so we can make more money off it with our version's spinoffs and merch!" Uggh. The new animated series is pretty good and definitely echoes the spirit of the original show... but all those incredible models & miniatures gave the original a certain je ne sais quoi that set it on a pedestal it resolutely refuses to vacate (although it shares a lot of space with "Captain Scarlet" for similar reasons).
I discovered Thunderbirds in the 90's when they were aired again although my father also adored it as a kid. It blew my mind, there just wasn't anything like it on TV. The weird technology, the awesome designs and the great toys... plus epic explosions. The original movies were pretty good to, that modern movie was an absolute disgrace. Hopefully you have checked out Firestorm.
I love the original puppet show, I grew up watching VHS copies. We even had that playset. I really enjoyed the 2004 movie (but I was really young, don't hate me). I watched the first season of the CGI series a while back, and I really enjoyed it. Fits very well with what I liked about the original, but updated it for modern audiences. To me, that's totally fine. I may not find all the episodes amazing, especially as they are marketed towards kids, but I like it.
I was the Same although I watched the puppet version after watching the movie which I liked (I was also only a kid) I watched the first couple of episodes of the new thunderbirds and liked it but I felt it really wasn't for me so havent watched it recently
A life long fan of the series and all the Anderson shows, the only thing I don't like about the latest incarnation is that it doesn't reflect the actual physics of the real world, which the original actually did. Modern CGI often does not replicate real acceleration, inertia, momentum, etc. and being an engineer, I see those things LOL The 60's was an impressive decade to grow up in!
Thunderbirds always amazed me when I was young in the early 2000s, at the time I enjoyed the movie, and for me it is a bit nostalgic as it's from when I grew up.
I absolutely loved the show in the early 1970's (I was 5 in '70), So was kind of excited to see the film when it came out in 2004 when my son (then 8 yrs old) wanted to see it. I remember being kind of tired when we went; The movie started and just WOULDN'T END.. So, as my son watched the movie, i "cat-napped" through pretty much the whole thing, to such a point, I don't even recognize the kid in the film who, by this video, was a big part of it. Yes, the movie was a good "sleeper".. and my son, now short of 22) cannot even remember much of it anyhow lol...
I was born in the mid 90's and grew up with the re-runs on the BBC, it was easily my favourite show back then, and still holds up even now. I think I still have the first season on DVD somewhere. I liked some of the 2004 movie, the story was awful, as were the TB2, TB4 & TB5 redesigns, but some of the TB1 and TB3 shots and scenes were amazing
What about the 3 episodes that were audio releases only but now a team have used that to recreate 3 new episodes with the same (or newly made) puppets and sets so it's faithful to the original? Not sure when it will be released but I saw a youtube video that showed the making of it and it was fantastic, just like watching it from the 60's.
Tbh I prefer the CGI reboot of Captain Scarlet although both shows are inferior to their originals but New Captain Scarlet had ideas I wanted to see explored in the original show, along with Motion Capture being more appealing than full CG, but it hasn’t aged amazingly. Having said that the 2015 Blu-Ray release looked superb! Plus having Captain Scarlet & The Return of the Mysterons with the original voices of Scarlet and Blue is a great bonus feature to include even if it’s only in 480p quality.
What about the Thunderbirds 1965 project? As part of the 50th anniversary in 2015, they made three new episodes based on audio episodes that were made during the original series and filmed them with the classic style. I loved watching Thunderbirds repeats during the 90s and I still love the show. Thunderbird 2 is my favourite and Virgil Tracy is my favourite character. Oh, and I preferred David Holliday's voice as Virgil than Jeremy Wilkin. Wilkin was okay, I had nothing against him as Virgil. But I just felt Holliday's deeper voice was better suited. May they both rest in peace.
I just got the DVD yesterday from ebay. I could rave on about how everything looks original, the voices the puppets, the sets, but let's just say this, "Exactly like 3 more episodes from the original series." That's all it is and everything I could have wished for! Stunning.
Maybe I look back on it with rose tinted glasses, but Thunderbirds 2004 is kinda underated to me, I personally enjoy it a lot and I think it works well for what it is
In the 1970s the show was for many years on end transmitted at 6am on Sydney TV. It was great waking up early to catch an episode. In the days before some idiot would eat a bat and send the whole world into lockdown
I grew up slightly after that time frame. It looks vaguely familiar. But the small towns I lived in had one TV station and a couple more if you were lucky enough to have a really good antenna. It seems like the kind of thing I would have liked, though -- like Johnny Quest, but with real fire.
There was one more good thing out of that 2004 film - Sophia Myles' Lady Penelope. She was almost perfect in that with her characterisation, and Ron Cook's Parker wasn't too bad either.
2:22 Does anyone know if the first several episodes exist at all in their original 25 mins versions before additional material were filmed to extend the episodes? Or do they only exist in their 50 mins formats? While you can probably tell where new footage were included in some scenes, it'd still be interesting to see how the first several episodes would've looked in their 25 mins presentations.
The Thunderbirds are the best l have the Mini figures of the Tracy Family and the talking dolls...Scott, Virgil and Alan...l love this show and others so much...it's like they made my dolls come alive..FAB!!!
FAB! I must have missed that one. I picked up the original box set recently. It was great watching them again. I was gutted when I finished the box set. For its time, it was very well done.
It was beyond terrible. Obviously Johnathan Frakes either NEVER watched the original show OR totally missed the point of it. He gets completely lambasted for the horrific failure of that movie to this day and justifiably so.
_Thunderbirds_ started when I was 2, and I loved it from the start. I still do. I find it telling that Gerry Anderson had nothing to do with the _Thunderbirds_ film (which is utter crap), _Thunderbirds Are Go_ (ditto), but he _was_ involved with _New Captain Scarlet,_ which I do like.
Thunderbirds was meant to have been revived in the late 2000s but Michael Grade who was the chairman at ITV blocked it from happening because he didn't want ITV to make children's programming despite much of children's programming generating high income from international sales, merchandise and Cosgrove Hall which ITV owned who were producing programmes for other channels like the BBC, channel 5 and Nickelodeon.
You forgot about Thunderbirds1965 where they did 3 new episodes in the original way using the TV21 Thunderbirds records as the voices, sound effects and stories. They created new marionettes from the original moulds. F.A.B P.S everything had guns in the 60’s - it was all cowboys etc on mostly.
I had never even heard of his series until reading your comment and looking him up! Despite us sharing the same titles I think our videos are quite different in style. I like his approached of being fast and quick for most things but I like to take a little more time with mine, thanks for making me aware of him though! I'll probably watch a few more :)
I read that the reason Thunderbirds Are Go failed was because people in the 60's thought why should they spend good money paying to see Thunderbirds on the big screen when they could watch it at home.
there was also an anime series in the early 80s called Thunderbirds 2086 - I remember watching a few episodes of that and I give credit to the soundtrack and how epic the animation looks despite its occasional stiff movements, but the entire cast of characters was replaced, as was the vehicle collection But yeah, the classic series is the one I shall remember the most
Johnno9989 compeltely forgot about 2086! I remember reading about it before but it slipped my mind! But yeah the classic and reboot was my main focus! ☺
I guess one can't fit everything in. Mind you, I don't think a lot of people remember 2086 that much. BTW, I saw your review on 2016, totally agreed with it, and speaking of 2016 and Thunderbirds, can you believe the year killed off Sylvia Anderson as well?
That Thunderbirds player was the best toy I ever had. I also liked the film back then but looking at it now... No. I also watch the first episode of the revival, it was okay but nothing special, then there was that new Thunderbird unveiled and I was completely out, haven't watched one since. What makes you like it?
One other thing the 2004 film did was provide a decent reason for the Hood’s motive. The man International Rescue failed to save (the psychic powers ruin it though)
God I actually love Thunderbirds and That Film from 2004 and that kickass song by Busted I mean just that song alone Makes “Thunderbirds Are Go’s Theme Song” eat headass!
When I was 7, I was in hospital having 3 brain operations, my Scott Tracy puppet kept me safe, during my ops..
It's fun to look back in a way. Take care my friend.
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Because I spent almost 30 Years as a Member of a Rescue Organisation and Thunderbirds was a favourite Show of Mine, My Friends took liberties in the Naming of My Transport Vehicles.
My Car got the Nickname of “Thunderbird 1” because it carried Me and it was always the First of My Vehicles, to Leave Home Base and the First of My Vehicles to Arrive on Site, in any potential “Rescue Zone”.
One of its other Missions was to locate a “Safe Landing Zone” (a Big Parking Space) where My Trailer, “Thunderbird 2” (which always came behind) could ‘Park Up’ and deploy it’s Load, via the rear mounted drop down Ramp.
“Thunderbird 2” being the Heavy Lift Body, which carried and deployed another “Thunderbird Vehicle”.
My Electric Mobility Scooter became “The Quad” (because it had 4 Wheels) and was a Thunderbird Vehicle of Indeterminate Purpose, other than to carry Me and a few (Rescue) Supplies (Food and Drink mainly, but also some Camera Equipment).
The combination of a Loaded “Quad” on My Cage Trailer (“Thunderbird 2”) became known as “Pod 3”.
Bringing “Pod 3” thus meant that I was bringing My Electric Mobility Scooter with Me, Loaded onto “Thunderbird 2”, arriving at the “Rescue Zone” behind “Thunderbird 1”.
This whole situation caused (& still causes) much Humour among My Friends.
I am 61 years old and grew up with the Thunderbirds and some of the other shows. While Thunderbirds are my favorite, Fireball XL5 is a close 2nd. And the theme to Thunderbirds still gets me even now......
I still right this moment remember the Fireball XL5 theme song
Sang1957 My favorite show was Supercar with Mike Murcury .
Stingray was and still is my favourite.
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I'm 65 now and still love these shows. As a child, they caused me to become interested in science and aviation. My life as a professional pilot was very rewarding. I can't thank the Andersons enough.
54 years old and still love this show they were way ahead of their time!!
No matter how many times I watch a thunderbirds episode it will never get old
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Glad it is still with us !,! I was 10 years old when it first came to my afternoon television. Here we are nearly into 2020... and I am still fascinated .
I was living in Okinawa in 1966 and Thunderbird was huge! I bought up every Thunderbird model released by Imai Kagaku and kept a scrapbook of photos gathered from Japanese boys' magazines. It was the first time I obsessed over a television series to that extent. I still have the original Tracy Island model after almost 60 years.
My dad grew up with Thunderbirds in the 70s. He taped the episodes when they reaired in the 90s and shared them with me. I was obsessed with Thunderbirds as a kid. I think the tracy island toy being out of stock was why my dad built me one from scratch. I still have it. Mine was definitely better than the store bought one.
The one thing that everyone forgets about Anderson. The man HATED puppets. My favourite quote from him was "I always wanted to do live action. So, when i was given Four Feather Falls, i thought "If i do this REALLY well, they'll let me do whatever i want." Nope, they just kept making me do things with puppets..."
I am 65 and I still love the Thunderbirds. I get sort of emotional when I think about how there should be an International Rescue in real life...we sure could use it. This show brings back good memories and was and still is entertaining.
That intro theme, with that Barry Gray score was superb. It was merely a kids show, yet it had one of the best 'unskippable' openings ever made.
I was born in 1997 and I still love the original show I got so many old VHS tapes and toys.
im here in 2019 prepping for a binge watch of thunderbirds with my mates haha
The other good thing out of the 2004 film was Sophia Myles and Ron Cook's fantastic Lady Penelope and Parker respectively.
The live action film remains to this day as THE worst film I have ever seen. It was an insult to all Thunderbirds fans
Just don't bring it up to Jonathan Frakes at conventions.
I saw it once at the cinema, thought it was decent at the time, but looking back, yeah it sucks. The worst movie I’ve ever seen BY FAR is Star Wars Episode VIII: The Last Jedi. It is one big insult to one of cinema’s best loved franchises!
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@JULIE COLBY The 2004 film?! No, don't agree. It wasn't the worst thing I've ever seen; but it was bad enough that I wish it had never been made. The Script was the main problem.
The reboot series was a million times better
What a treat to see a revival of Thunderbirds in its original format, all high tec sets and BIG explosions. I was a big fan of all the Gerry Anderson series from early sixties, happy times.
I remember shooting out of bed on a Saturday morning to get my weekly fill of Thunderbirds as a kid! Innocent and great days they were, and a show about something positive that captured our imaginations. No shooting and killing like video games today. It made rescue and saving people's lives something cool and exciting. Perhaps that is why it still has such appeal with people after all these years?
I'm an original TB guy , i loved that show when i was a kid , thanks for your video.
Thank you for this wonderful storyline of that great childhood memories. In the 1994-1997, it was on BBC, and later on the Belgian channel vtm in 2000. I always was excited too see every episode of it. Full of action and good storytelling in that. The movie was a big failure. I never seen it, but heard and read about it. I makes me young again too see this over and over again. 😁👌🏼👍🏼
Fairly new to the 1960’s show….love it! It’s theme is right up there with JQuest! Magnificent!
You've done a nice concise job here. I would love to see the same treatment given to Captain Scarlet. Cheers
I was born in 1997. I was living in London, England back in the day. This show was literally my childhood.
me too, only it was 1996 for me haha
I like the original Thuunderbirds with puppet strings and models. But not the Thunderbirds CGI version
Loved this. Brought back some FAB memories
Great video, thank you. I'm an American fan who forgot about this show til quarantine set in. I was very intrigued to find out more. Theres so much work put into this show it's incredible. F A B
For the longest time I thought the Thunderbirds were a show made in Japan
and brought into the U.S. Same with Supercar.
This was MUST see tv for me way back when. Well done Brits! 👍👍👍
The original 60's series ...Best kids TV series ever made!! the 2004 movie was pants and sorry to say it but so is the new CGI re boot. Everyone is fed up with CGI these days, You simply cannot compete with the model work etc. of Derek Meddings, The man was a genius!
If you want puppets, we'd love it if you'd check out Gerry Anderson's Firestorm :)
@@FirestormHQ Just watched your brilliant Firestorm Minisode, excellent work. Can't wait for more.
That was informative and entertaining! I'm just discovering the original show on Amazon Prime (after listening to the theme song for forty years!) I just love it, and now after watching your video, I'm really looking forward to the new show! Thanks for all the cool facts.
as i was growing up in the sixties , enjoy and watching gerry anderson tv programmes, amazing models, think back no computers , now i am 63, purchased most gerry anderson tv series as still like watch them
I enjoyed the shows when I was 8 years old absolutely captivated me and now to see it on RUclips well that's just really sharp thank you so much for the review nice to look back
Having been a fan of Thunderbirds since 1965 I agree that the 2004 fil missed the mark completly. Despite the awful remodelling of the craft you have Alan as a schoolboy, Tin-tin as a juvenile and that god-awful Firmin character, the son of Brains. Jeff leaves the base, which would be a no no in real situations.
the music make the hairs stand up on the back of my neck.....wonderful!!!...
Few things to say:
The original 1965 show was my favourite show of my childhood.
The 2004 movie was absolutely horrible.
I like the new 2015 50th anniversary Thunderbirds.
I'm 18 now. When I was growing up (so about 5), I watched the old Supermarionation series on TV. Never saw the film until I was about 9, and, to be honest, didn't notice the redesigns that much. The new series has yet to grow on me, but it'll get there eventually.
Dad's fault. he was about 5 when the originals were on TV, and he got me and my brother into it. It was the bane of Mum's life though, cos I kept creating scenes across the floor in my bedroom.
The series was inspired by the 1963 Lengede mining disaster in (West) Germany. Many workers had become trapped underground and the world's media assembled as different attempts were made to get them out over time (a bit like with those Thai cave boys in 2018).
Watching on TV in Britain as things unfolded over several days, Gerry Anderson pondered making a TV show about a specialist `international rescue' team who could solve such situations anywhere.
What!!!! No mention of the Blue Peter Tracy Island?!?!?!? Thanks for a trip down memory lane.
utter classic, just top draw.
God bless Gerry and Sylvia Anderson and the crew 😊
I liked thunderbirds because they look like really really cool toys coming to life!
I devoured every episode of "Stingray" and that barely matched the level of my childhood fandom of the original "Thunderbirds" -- the stories, the action, the onscreen scifi ships, and the mind-blowing modelmaking (and usually explosive un-making ) were everything I could've asked for in a TV show. I was really looking forward to the 2004 film and nearly cried when I saw it; someone got the idea, "It's a kids' show, make it relatable by making the young kids the heroes and while you do it strip away as much of the original spirit of the show so we can make more money off it with our version's spinoffs and merch!" Uggh. The new animated series is pretty good and definitely echoes the spirit of the original show... but all those incredible models & miniatures gave the original a certain je ne sais quoi that set it on a pedestal it resolutely refuses to vacate (although it shares a lot of space with "Captain Scarlet" for similar reasons).
I discovered Thunderbirds in the 90's when they were aired again although my father also adored it as a kid. It blew my mind, there just wasn't anything like it on TV. The weird technology, the awesome designs and the great toys... plus epic explosions. The original movies were pretty good to, that modern movie was an absolute disgrace.
Hopefully you have checked out Firestorm.
I love the original puppet show, I grew up watching VHS copies. We even had that playset. I really enjoyed the 2004 movie (but I was really young, don't hate me). I watched the first season of the CGI series a while back, and I really enjoyed it. Fits very well with what I liked about the original, but updated it for modern audiences. To me, that's totally fine. I may not find all the episodes amazing, especially as they are marketed towards kids, but I like it.
I was the Same although I watched the puppet version after watching the movie which I liked (I was also only a kid) I watched the first couple of episodes of the new thunderbirds and liked it but I felt it really wasn't for me so havent watched it recently
Heck yeah! Thunderbirds are, does and always will go!
A life long fan of the series and all the Anderson shows, the only thing I don't like about the latest incarnation is that it doesn't reflect the actual physics of the real world, which the original actually did. Modern CGI often does not replicate real acceleration, inertia, momentum, etc. and being an engineer, I see those things LOL The 60's was an impressive decade to grow up in!
Why isnt Elon Musk building real life Thunderbirds?
good video :D
He’s building Thunderbird 3 atm tho lol
@@TheEventHorizon909 wait wait wait what
@@Sawer think about it starship is basically thunderbird 3
@@TheEventHorizon909 pretty much ye, good point :p
I love the rebooted thunderbirds are go season 1, 2 and 3
Thanks for the great memories and the history .... and i'm 63.
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Let's not forget the resurgence in the 90s where they played the original series on ITV and Pizza Hut in the UK did a special tie-in deal as well!
The music is brilliant, fantastic, bellissimo.
Thunderbirds always amazed me when I was young in the early 2000s, at the time I enjoyed the movie, and for me it is a bit nostalgic as it's from when I grew up.
One of the best t.v themes ever
I absolutely loved the show in the early 1970's (I was 5 in '70), So was kind of excited to see the film when it came out in 2004 when my son (then 8 yrs old) wanted to see it. I remember being kind of tired when we went; The movie started and just WOULDN'T END.. So, as my son watched the movie, i "cat-napped" through pretty much the whole thing, to such a point, I don't even recognize the kid in the film who, by this video, was a big part of it. Yes, the movie was a good "sleeper".. and my son, now short of 22) cannot even remember much of it anyhow lol...
Great memories for a life time Anderson fan
Part of the fabric of tv in the UK 🇬🇧
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FANTASTIC AND BELIVEABLE !
THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO. I REMEMBER all of the versions. I am 56 yrs old. thanks again.
i'm only 55, naaaa! you're old! But seriously, weren't all those, joe 90, stingray, Captain scarlet, etc. just great?
Even though I knew everything in this video I still enjoyed watching it. Thanks for that.
I was born in the mid 90's and grew up with the re-runs on the BBC, it was easily my favourite show back then, and still holds up even now. I think I still have the first season on DVD somewhere.
I liked some of the 2004 movie, the story was awful, as were the TB2, TB4 & TB5 redesigns, but some of the TB1 and TB3 shots and scenes were amazing
I like the 1960s Thunderbirds and the 2015 Thunderbirds are go
... superb reboot ... yes, it is very nice ... follows the original spirit of the show and yet was updated.
1964 This and Hanna-Barbera "Jonny Quest" Is the Best of the 1960s. I Was 3 - 13 that Decade.
I like how he just says when he shows the Thunderbirds movies like that
What about the 3 episodes that were audio releases only but now a team have used that to recreate 3 new episodes with the same (or newly made) puppets and sets so it's faithful to the original? Not sure when it will be released but I saw a youtube video that showed the making of it and it was fantastic, just like watching it from the 60's.
Check ebay - I managed to buy a blueray version from one of the original recipients.
You can watch them on Twitch this weekend! :)
Tbh I prefer the CGI reboot of Captain Scarlet although both shows are inferior to their originals but New Captain Scarlet had ideas I wanted to see explored in the original show, along with Motion Capture being more appealing than full CG, but it hasn’t aged amazingly. Having said that the 2015 Blu-Ray release looked superb! Plus having Captain Scarlet & The Return of the Mysterons with the original voices of Scarlet and Blue is a great bonus feature to include even if it’s only in 480p quality.
Thunderbirds is a classic! And classics never die!
What about the Thunderbirds 1965 project? As part of the 50th anniversary in 2015, they made three new episodes based on audio episodes that were made during the original series and filmed them with the classic style. I loved watching Thunderbirds repeats during the 90s and I still love the show. Thunderbird 2 is my favourite and Virgil Tracy is my favourite character. Oh, and I preferred David Holliday's voice as Virgil than Jeremy Wilkin. Wilkin was okay, I had nothing against him as Virgil. But I just felt Holliday's deeper voice was better suited. May they both rest in peace.
I just got the DVD yesterday from ebay. I could rave on about how everything looks original, the voices the puppets, the sets, but let's just say this, "Exactly like 3 more episodes from the original series." That's all it is and everything I could have wished for! Stunning.
Maybe I look back on it with rose tinted glasses, but Thunderbirds 2004 is kinda underated to me, I personally enjoy it a lot and I think it works well for what it is
There were also a couple new puppet episodes made fairly recently, based on some old radio dramas.
The McBusted soundtrack for the 2004 movie was definitely the ONLY good thing to come out of the movie.
"Tintin, you're blossoming" 😣😣😖😖🤮🤮
Good Show. Gotta Get the 1965 & 2015 0n DVD.
For me, Thunderbirds 06 is a classic case of "so bad, it's good".
The new CGI one not a patch on the original. Why update characters - to hell with pc brigade keep the format as it was.
In the 1970s the show was for many years on end transmitted at 6am on Sydney TV. It was great waking up early to catch an episode. In the days before some idiot would eat a bat and send the whole world into lockdown
And I only discovered recently that the Tracy's first names were based on the original Mercury astronauts....
I grew up slightly after that time frame. It looks vaguely familiar. But the small towns I lived in had one TV station and a couple more if you were lucky enough to have a really good antenna. It seems like the kind of thing I would have liked, though -- like Johnny Quest, but with real fire.
There was one more good thing out of that 2004 film - Sophia Myles' Lady Penelope. She was almost perfect in that with her characterisation, and Ron Cook's Parker wasn't too bad either.
2:22 Does anyone know if the first several episodes exist at all in their original 25 mins versions before additional material were filmed to extend the episodes? Or do they only exist in their 50 mins formats? While you can probably tell where new footage were included in some scenes, it'd still be interesting to see how the first several episodes would've looked in their 25 mins presentations.
The Thunderbirds are the best l have the Mini figures of the Tracy Family and the talking dolls...Scott, Virgil and Alan...l love this show and others so much...it's like they made my dolls come alive..FAB!!!
Thunderbirds 2004 was horribly cringy
I still haven't seen it fully, just the odd clips. I refuse to watch it as its isn't thunderbirds its just hollywood crap.
FAB! I must have missed that one. I picked up the original box set recently. It was great watching them again. I was gutted when I finished the box set. For its time, it was very well done.
was not good lack a plot story
It was beyond terrible. Obviously Johnathan Frakes either NEVER watched the original show OR totally missed the point of it. He gets completely lambasted for the horrific failure of that movie to this day and justifiably so.
The one line, "Tintin, you're blossoming" 😣😣😖😖🤮🤮
Thunderbirds epic moment? My vote is the oil refinery explosion at the end of title in every episode. _that_ is Thunderbirds!
Where can I watch this in the US?... It looks like the kids show I always wanted but never had.
Adam F try dailymotion
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Me *an intellectual* : General kenobi!
MadMan 479R so uncivilised
_Thunderbirds_ started when I was 2, and I loved it from the start. I still do. I find it telling that Gerry Anderson had nothing to do with the _Thunderbirds_ film (which is utter crap), _Thunderbirds Are Go_ (ditto), but he _was_ involved with _New Captain Scarlet,_ which I do like.
Ok now i actually might wanna watch thunderbirds.
Thunderbirds was meant to have been revived in the late 2000s but Michael Grade who was the chairman at ITV blocked it from happening because he didn't want ITV to make children's programming despite much of children's programming generating high income from international sales, merchandise and Cosgrove Hall which ITV owned who were producing programmes for other channels like the BBC, channel 5 and Nickelodeon.
You forgot about Thunderbirds1965 where they did 3 new episodes in the original way using the TV21 Thunderbirds records as the voices, sound effects and stories. They created new marionettes from the original moulds. F.A.B
P.S everything had guns in the 60’s - it was all cowboys etc on mostly.
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I had never even heard of his series until reading your comment and looking him up! Despite us sharing the same titles I think our videos are quite different in style. I like his approached of being fast and quick for most things but I like to take a little more time with mine, thanks for making me aware of him though! I'll probably watch a few more :)
Also... 6-year-old me worshipped Busted. Glad you also remember it.
Those three shows were prerunners starkrek seaquest was another show that was ahead of its time
I read that the reason Thunderbirds Are Go failed was because people in the 60's thought why should they spend good money paying to see Thunderbirds on the big screen when they could watch it at home.
there was also an anime series in the early 80s called Thunderbirds 2086 - I remember watching a few episodes of that and I give credit to the soundtrack and how epic the animation looks despite its occasional stiff movements, but the entire cast of characters was replaced, as was the vehicle collection
But yeah, the classic series is the one I shall remember the most
Johnno9989 compeltely forgot about 2086! I remember reading about it before but it slipped my mind! But yeah the classic and reboot was my main focus! ☺
I guess one can't fit everything in. Mind you, I don't think a lot of people remember 2086 that much.
BTW, I saw your review on 2016, totally agreed with it, and speaking of 2016 and Thunderbirds, can you believe the year killed off Sylvia Anderson as well?
That Thunderbirds player was the best toy I ever had.
I also liked the film back then but looking at it now... No.
I also watch the first episode of the revival, it was okay but nothing special, then there was that new Thunderbird unveiled and I was completely out, haven't watched one since.
What makes you like it?
Gotta love how they just have a random space station in orbit
9:00 I STILL HAVE THAT PLAYSET IN MY ATTIC! XD
Cromwell the Synth SAME
Hell yeah same dude!
Great presentation!
5... (DUUUN)
4... (DUUUUUN)
3... (DUUUUN)
2... (DUUUUUUUUN)
1. (BRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR-)
Thunderbirds are go!
Love it I remember this good show.
This is what World America Team Police got the style from Thunderbirds
Correct me if I'm mistaken, but isn't Gerry Anderson The same guy who created " Space Precinct"
You are correct!
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What was the name of the adult or rated R version?
One other thing the 2004 film did was provide a decent reason for the Hood’s motive. The man International Rescue failed to save (the psychic powers ruin it though)
God I actually love Thunderbirds and That Film from 2004 and that kickass song by Busted I mean just that song alone Makes “Thunderbirds Are Go’s Theme Song” eat headass!
Nathan Simpson Still doesn't beat Barry Gray's brilliant orchestrations.
I remember when i was a youngster in 1999 and getting the tracy island set think i still might have it xD