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| Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition 2-Pack Gift Set (Thunderbirds Are Go / Thunderbird 6)
Directed:
- David Lane
Gerry & Sylvia Anderson Rule
The gentleman from Seattle knows what he is talking about. Let me echo and affirm that "Thunderbirds" by Gerry & Sylvia Anderson has NOTHING to do with the American Air Force precision flying jet team nor the cold war with CCCP. The naming is coincendental and that is as far as one can take it. Gerry & Sylvia like Gene Roddenbury in American were and continue to be VERY optimistic about human endeavor and the future of the human race. International Rescue is about using technology to help people and make a difference. The TV show and these two movies are a testament to that ideal.
The show was so successful and the message so clear that Stanley Kubrick had serious discussions with Gerry and Derek Meddings about producing all the special photographic effects for 2001! That says something.
The Tracy boys were named for our Mercury Astronauts: John Glenn, Scott Carpenter, "Gus" Virgil Grissolm, Alan Shepard and Gordon Cooper. The only conclusion you can derive from that is that Gerry & Sylvia admired the genesis of the American Manned Space program enough to immortalize it in their show. That's pretty cool.
The show is goofy by today's standards, but was cuttting-edge by yesterday's. Never discount the formative steps that brought us to today's effects capabilities. Derek Meddings - special photographic effects superviser - went on to do Superman 1 -for which he got an Academy Award nomination - & 2 and many of the better James Bond films - "Moonraker" and "The Spy Who loved Me" - for which he got another Academy Award nomination - to name a few. That's not too awfully bad.
I love this show and can't wait to replace my VHS versions so I can finally see these two in widescreen format
The live-action movie that has been talked about for about 20 years is finally being released the end of this month. Sadly, Gerry & Sylvia are not apart of the production but the original was so impactful for a new genreation of film-makers that they are fired up to translate it into the cutting-edge show of our time.
Besides, Ben Kingsley playing the Hood, Bill Paxton playing Jeff Tracy and Anthony Edwards playing Brains is pretty inspired casting. Can't wait for this new genration of heroes.
The '"No Puppets" Viewer' has got it all wrong
First of all, they are the TRACY brothers NOT the 'ALAN' brothers....Alan is one of the brothers. In my opinion, what makes the Thunderbirds cool is the different vehicles and gadgets, and the great miniature sets, all of which contribute to creating a somewhat believable self-contained world. And another thing: when I think of the time period in which the Thunderbirds' movies and television episodes were produced (the 1960s), I don't think of the elements of the show relating to the Cold War or the U.S. vs. the U.S.S.R....I think of the quest for space, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson's idealized view of the future, and the emphasis on innovative gadgetry. I have the laserdisc versions of the two Thunderbird movies in letterbox and I did have the VHS pan-and-scan videos, and I must say it's a treat to watch either film in widescreen. The photography and image composition are excellent in this format, and it helps make up for the slow pacing in both films. I prefer "Thunderbird 6" over the first film because there is a bit more humor and I think the special effects are an improvement over "Thunderbirds are Go!" To me, paying 20 to 25 bucks for both films together is a bargain considering what I paid for the these two films on laserdisc and VHS. FAB!
No puppets!
Ok, look people. I don't understand what the big deal of this is. Like, it's from the 1960s- you know- during the Cold War period. So, I suspose the only reason why people liked it was because they associated us (Thunderbird team) with the Soviets (Aliens). But the Cold War is- like- over. So why should we dwell on stupid, hand-made puppets when there are cool sci-fi shows out there minus the pupets! The characters were also poorly designed. Lady Penny, what a wimp! The Alan bros- lifeless!
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