Thunderbirds (DVD)

...oh so quintessentially British. The Thunderbirds of the 1960's are without doubt one of the finest TV series that Britain has made and exported all over the globe. 50 minutes of disaster filled TV with puppets whose hands would magically transform into fully fleshed mitts able to operate all kinds of futuristic leavers. The audaciousness of the plots and settings were every little boys dream. Who didn't want to turn themeself into a wooden puppet, ...
...surprised this has been named Thunderbirds because there are so many things wrong with it, they might as well have called it 'The Smurfs Attempt To Stop An Enraged Ben Kingsley'. Firstly, Alan Tracey pilots Thunderbird 3, not 4 like at the end of the film. Then there's the age of the characters, with Alan, TinTin and that Ferret kid being teenagers whereas they should be fully fledged adults (and Ferret shouldn't even exist). Finally they break the ...

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The Thunderbirds was a hit TV show in the 1960's and 1970's that through the use of puppets told the story of the Tracy family who with their weird and wonderful crafts fought to save the world. In 2004 a film was released to tell a further Thunderbird tale. This time however real-life actors where used instead in an attempt to bring the whole idea more up-to-date and make it appeal to more people. Now for me this was the best idea but for die-hard ...
...the timeline of the old Thunderbirds TV episodes, as the film to begin with shows Jeff Tracy at the helm of a Thunderbird craft and then progresses to show Alan's initiation into International Rescue whereas in the TV programme Jeff was never in control of a vehicle and Alan was already a fully fledged member. The film begins with Alan Tracy and his best friend Fermat watching another daring Thunderbirds rescue on the TV at their boarding school. ...

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...The story follows the thunderbirds after they return to there secret island to find out their space station TB5 has been badly damaged the team thinks its just a meteor strike but unknown to them master criminal The Hood did it so that the thunderbirds left the island and he could take it over, using the power of his mind he makes brain work for him. however he hasn't realised that Alan, Tin Tin and Fermat are still on the island and there not about ...
...one of the three youngsters who go about saving Tracy island hes helped by Soren Fulton who plays Fermat a brilliant character and Vanessa Anne Hudgens who plays Tin Tin. the three develop a great relationship and use each others strength to fight against The Hood. The actions isn't bad, there's explosions and big scenes just like there should be, and the effects are good. the set looks like it did they seem to of tried to keep it as similar as the ...

curiousG2 04.03.2007 (05.03.2007) · Read full review
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