Tweek
UberMod
DOOP Secretary
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« on: 07-21-2004 05:30 »
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As the South Park thread was starting to get a bit off topic with discussions about puppet shows I thought I'd start a thread about the shows of Gerry Anderson. I'm sure many people here grew up watching them and had their favourites. My favourite was always Captain Scarlet, the puppets were better than those in earlier shows like Thunderbirds, in fact I've seen more wooden acting in some live action shows
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Jamesbondcja
Professor
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Stingray gets my vote but Captain Scarlet and thunderbirds are pretty cool too.
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Bushmeister
Professor
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I like both Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet, whereas I've never much liked Stingray. So I'll go for Thunderbirds.
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CrazyDoc
Bending Unit
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Originally posted by Melllvar Think about it, Spectrum were posterboys for jack-booted facists. AFAWK, the world of Captain Scarlet was not fascistic/dystopic/whatever. Originally posted by Melllvar Remember also, that The Mysterons were a benevolent and peace-loving race, until they were attacked by Captain Black.
That's a good observation...but don't forget, the Mysterons threatened to destroy the ENTIRE Earth in return for the actions of one man (seeing as Black was not firing under orders from the World Government). Doesn't that sort of cost them the moral high ground? Actually, there was an episode called 'Dangerous Rendezvous' where Spectrum had recovered a diamond pulsator from a Mysteron complex on Mars (as detailed in the episode 'Crater 101') and used it to broadcast an apology to the Mysterons and arrange a rendezvous to negotiate. And what did the Mysterons do? They tried to kill Scarlet, then tried to blow up Cloudbase using the pulsator as an energy bomb! Peace-loving, indeed...warmongering Martian bastards...:hmph: But a good observation nonetheless.
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Archonix
Space Pope
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(one quick search later) So does it still cont as a puppet show when they're computer animated? I've just been watching the new (relatively) reboot of Captain Scarlet to see whether it was any good. What's this, action? Violence? One episode features a virus that makes people commit suicide by feeding them images of death and destruction and war until they can't take it any more. What a great show for kids! And so it turns out it is any good. Yay necrothread!
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Farnsworth38
Professor
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« Reply #18 on: 09-11-2011 13:50 »
« Last Edit on: 09-11-2011 23:25 »
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Ive seen a few episodes of the animated series and would say its an age rating higher than the originals, though I may be applying dated standards. At first I was a bit miffed about the Rhino replacing the good old SPV, but then had to admit that it was more consistent with the re-modelled environment. The shows I mainly watched were Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet; I was intrigued by the machinery and gadgets. The only really good thing about Joe 90 was the theme tune.
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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(one quick search later) So does it still cont as a puppet show when they're computer animated? I've just been watching the new (relatively) reboot of Captain Scarlet to see whether it was any good. What's this, action? Violence? One episode features a virus that makes people commit suicide by feeding them images of death and destruction and war until they can't take it any more.
Sounds like a cool show. Is it American? Normally the only animated shows that yanks make for adults are comedy. If you want a serious grown-up animation you really have to look to the Orient.
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Farnsworth38
Professor
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« Reply #21 on: 09-11-2011 16:52 »
« Last Edit on: 09-11-2011 17:22 »
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Its British, and still rated as a childrens show. But based on the few episodes Ive seen, there is more direct violence than in the original, and the use of animation has allowed the female characters to be rendered more, uh, realistically. I think one episode was actually scrapped because it was considered too frightening for the target audience.
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coldangel
DOOP Secretary
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Graphics look like something off the PS2.
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Zmithy
Professor
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It's also about 10 years old now.
Was a very good remake all things considered, quite close to the source material and way better than the atrocity that was the thunderbirds movie.
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