Gerry Anderson love-in

[Paul_Stewart]

I am sure there are some other Thunderbirds and Stingray fans on here. I bought myself the UFO box set for Christmas and it's still as watchable as ever even though it is now over 45 years old. Gerry was a legend for all boys of my age growing up. Not that we ever did.

FAB

 

[Lord Tyrion]

Yup, loved it as a kid and still enjoy it if I see a repeat now. I daren't think of the scorn if my kids saw it though.

 

[PhilTheFragger]

one of the (now-retired) partners in my wife's firm dealt with all the patent and trademark work and I still am a huge fan and had the pleasure of introducing my kids to Thunderbirds, Stingray, Joe 90, Capt Scarlet etc when they were quite young.

Best Thunderbirds Episode? The Pit one with the Sidewinder and The Mole

Lots of old shows on youtube

 

[patricks148]

I loved all of them on particular Captain Scarlet, my cousin had the Captain Black outfit and i was always jealous of him.. i had to make do with Joe 90

 

[Crow]

The best Thunderbirds for me was the one with the jet plane Fire Flash where the undercarriage failed (or was there a bomb in it preventing it's use?) and they had a load of multi-wheeled cars that they had to land the plane on, massive excitement when the tyres started blowing out!


Just had to watch it again, epic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOCmI72eRh4
(The runway must have been about 100 miles long though )

 

[mchacker]

(The runway must have been about 100 miles long though )

Seen again in fast and furious 6

 

[MashieNiblick]

Best Thunderbirds Episode? The Pit one with the Sidewinder and The Mole

Lots of old shows on youtube

My favourite too!! The opening scene and music are awesome.

 

[Paul_Stewart]

The best Thunderbirds for me was the one with the jet plane Fire Flash where the undercarriage failed (or was there a bomb in it preventing it's use?) and they had a load of multi-wheeled cars that they had to land the plane on, massive excitement when the tyres started blowing out!


Just had to watch it again, epic!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOCmI72eRh4
(The runway must have been about 100 miles long though )

That was the first episode of Thunderbirds. I always remember the one where the multi-storey building caught fire all because a car was speeding into the car park, crashed and set off an inferno. Even at seven years old, I thought this was pretty bad planning all round.

 

[HomerJSimpson]

Loved it all. I have Joe 90s theme tune as the ring tone on my mobile. I actually prefer UFO and actors nowadays as I see all the faults in the puppet shows

 

[Piece]

A reboot is being shown this spring. A mixture of live action and CGI apparently...

 

[Blue in Munich]

A reboot is being shown this spring. A mixture of live action and CGI apparently...

Somehow that's just not right. Loved it as a kid, leave it alone, let it be what is was.

 

[Foxholer]

Somehow that's just not right. Loved it as a kid, leave it alone, let it be what is was.

Totally agree!

Ahead of its time when it came out - and everything about it was leading edge - but technology has taken ginormous steps. So invent something new rather than rehashing dated tech!

That doesn't apply to either music or comedy btw! As some things are truly timeless!

 

[anotherdouble]

I am a true thunderbirds ologist. Ring tone on mobile. One of my favs was the giant alligators and the boys had to use the hover scooters. Real edge of seat stuff. Mrs Ad two xmases ago got me the re mastered complete box set. Talk about kid in sweet shop syndrome

 

[CMAC]

I am a true thunderbirds ologist. Ring tone on mobile. One of my favs was the giant alligators and the boys had to use the hover scooters. Real edge of seat stuff. Mrs Ad two xmases ago got me the re mastered complete box set. Talk about kid in sweet shop syndrome

spook! I was looking for that, is it the 'proper' intro music? not James Last plays Thunderbirds or similar

 

[the smiling assassin]

Top 5 TB episodes?...
The imposters
Cry wolf
The Cham Cham
Brink of disaster
Alias Mr Hackenbacker

 

[Smiffy]

I still fancy Tin tin, and would gladly put up with the odd splinter......

 

[Slab]

I loved all of them on particular Captain Scarlet, my cousin had the Captain Black outfit and i was always jealous of him.. i had to make do with Joe 90

Make do! There's no make do with Joe 90!

Best series of the bunch. The Jet Air Car toy I had was a fav for many years

 

[Smiffy]

Marina wasn't bad either....
Many a childhood hour spent thinking of her, Tintin, Betty Rubble and Jessica Rabbit

 

[PhilTheFragger]

Ah but Rob, you are forgetting Marina from Stingray
A looker who doesn't talk back

What's not to like 👍

 

[Smiffy]

Ah but Rob, you are forgetting Marina from Stingray

Errr picture 1 Phil.