Author Topic: Thunderbird Movie (Read 660 times)

Swager · « **on:** October 09, 2003, 08:32:49 PM »

Remember the 1960s Si-Fi show about the Thunderbirds? Puppets who flew rescue vechiles to save people in water and in space?

Well they are making it into a movie, due out next year. May be pretty cool!! I guess Bill Paxton is starring in it.

rpm · « **Reply #1 on:** October 09, 2003, 08:57:44 PM »

The sound you just heard was Hollywood scraping the bottom of the Idea Barrel.

vorticon · « **Reply #2 on:** October 09, 2003, 09:21:44 PM »

dont forget the deserts

nothing to get in a tiff over...

SunKing · « **Reply #3 on:** October 09, 2003, 09:28:26 PM »

I had nightmares of those puppets for years.

vorticon · « **Reply #4 on:** October 09, 2003, 09:33:39 PM »

THEY WERE MARIONETTES!!!

Sundiver · « **Reply #5 on:** October 09, 2003, 10:25:54 PM »

TechTV's been running them a couple of nights a week for several months now.

SFRT - Frenchy · « **Reply #6 on:** October 10, 2003, 12:03:14 AM »

... and they also explained how it was done, pretty cool.

Saintaw · « **Reply #7 on:** October 10, 2003, 02:00:47 AM »

Can still watch it over here. They have a knack for passing pre 60's era programs... again, and again.

Swoop · « **Reply #8 on:** October 10, 2003, 05:15:17 AM »

But but but........the only reason thunderbirds was so cool was cos you could see the wires and they moved like spastics and spoke with that odd bottom lip flapping thing they did.

How they gonna transfer the magic of all that to the big screen?

JimBear · « **Reply #9 on:** October 10, 2003, 08:21:27 AM »

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Originally posted by Swoop
...and they moved like spastics and spoke with that odd bottom lip flapping thing they did.

How they gonna transfer the magic of all that to the big screen?

Have you seen Bill Paxton act?

gofaster · « **Reply #10 on:** October 10, 2003, 09:02:12 AM »

I wonder if they'll use the Pixar Entertainment trick of using computer animation ala "Toy Story" instead of marionettes with strings.

Best thing about "The Thunderbirds" was the toy vehicles I talked my parents into buying for me.

gofaster · « **Reply #11 on:** October 10, 2003, 09:07:28 AM »

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Originally posted by JimBear
Have you seen Bill Paxton act?

In "U-571" there's a scene where he's having a heart-to-heart with one of the other submariners (Mathew McConaghy's character I think). Anyway, its supposed to be this real serious "war is heck" type speech, but the whole time I kept thinking of his ride in the 'vette with Arnold Schwarzenegger in "True Lies" when he's having a heart-to-heart with Arnold and that scene ends with a hilarious daydream by Arnold of knocking Bill's lights out.

I kept waiting for a punchline in "U-571" that never came.

Replicant · « **Reply #12 on:** October 10, 2003, 10:42:31 AM »

I love all Gerry Anderson's marionette TV progs - Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, Stingray, Joe 90 etc., and live action - UFO and Space 1999.

Captain Scarlet would be a cool film to make!

LePaul · « **Reply #13 on:** October 10, 2003, 11:08:01 AM »

Yea Ive seen a few of those episodes....I think they also made those "Orbitz" commercials too (or someone made a knock off of them).

Some of those episodes..lol...nice to see someone giving the "sparkler" and black powder industry work!

Otto · « **Reply #14 on:** October 10, 2003, 11:20:02 AM »

They weren't real...???