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Post by FlyingScotsman on Feb 15, 2006 21:23:25 GMT
Did anyone see the ill-fated 'Space Precinct'?
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Post by OJ on Feb 16, 2006 12:09:57 GMT
I remember it but I never saw the show. It wasn't a puppet series so I didn't really count it in the same league as Thunderbirds.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Feb 16, 2006 19:08:22 GMT
Believe me, it was far from the same league as Thunderbirds...
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Post by primus on Feb 23, 2006 8:51:38 GMT
I'm not a big fan of sci-fis etc but i actually enjoyed Space Precinct. It was quite enjoyable. Thunderbirds was, by far, my favourite puppet show. My Mum could remember the black and white episodes and used to watch it with me. The effects etc were brilliant and the crash of Thunderbird 2 in Terror in New York City was good viewing. Scott Tracey was my favourite character and T-Bird 1 my fav craft too. Terrorhawks i remember because that use to scare the hell out of me! But the plots etc were good. I can't remember much about it except it had alot of wrinkley people in! ;D Joe 90 was ok. Not a big fan though. It took me a while but i really got into Captain Scarlet. Stingray was, sorry to say, pants. It was only on for thirty minutes. Stingray never was up against anything tough. Pants!
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Feb 23, 2006 15:54:05 GMT
I must say, one of the things that puzzled me about the undersea aliens in Stingray was, since they lived underwater, had evolved underwater and rarely if ever visited the surface, why did they bother to fill their cities with air?
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Post by stuart7 on Feb 25, 2006 0:30:49 GMT
I've always thought Stingray to be a bit on the underrated side. Surely, it wasn't Gerry Anderson's best works, but then, it wasn't rubbish either, IMO.
Stuart
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Post by primus on Mar 6, 2006 8:58:35 GMT
They could of at least given Stingrey a proper match to fight against. I mean, they didn't have much to go against. The characters of WASP were good, granted, but not their enemy. Someone like the Hood or Captain Black, someone with a bit of mystery would of made a better villian than that green fish guy. (Forgotten his name! D'oh!)
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Post by OJ on Mar 6, 2006 11:51:54 GMT
The green fish guy was called Titan. He had an agent who was simillar to the Hood called X20 who would face WASP in disguise.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Mar 6, 2006 12:40:24 GMT
Titan was a little difficult to take seriously as a villain. He was just a little too campy for world domination. I'm thinking of the episode 'Titan Goes Pop', where we see him and the aquaphibians grooving along to the sounds of Duke Dexter. Not to mention the fact that his employees were incompetent. Also, what was the deal with that fish with the lightbulb in its mouth?
The Mysterons were great, because as Primus notes, they were mysterious. And sometimes they would actually win.
Has anyone read the TV21 comic strips? They did a number of spinoff stories from the TV series. Three that spring to mind are:
The Angels- the recruitment and training of the Angels, prequel to the TV series. Lady Penelope- Lady Penelope's adventures as a member of the secret service. Zero X- What happened to the Zero X crew between Thunderbirds Are Go! and Captain Scarlet.
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Post by OJ on Mar 6, 2006 12:48:36 GMT
I've read that the Sidewinder froma Thunderbirds episode appeared in a Stingray comic. I have a Stingray annual with the Hood as a special guest in one story.
FlyingScotsman, if you're refering to the Titan's fish in the tank. He's called Teuful, the fish god. He only plays an important part in the first episode.
I've read a list of cliches and one of them did say that villans ended up being camp and not taken seroiusly. Examples they used were Skeletor,Team Rocket and Shredder.
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Post by primus on Mar 6, 2006 14:57:42 GMT
I read some of those comics. They were pretty good. The Thunderbirds comics had a strip with Fireball XL5 and one story that appeared involved WASP, Thunderbirds inc. Lady P and Fireball XL5. That was really interesting too.
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Post by OJ on Mar 6, 2006 15:20:48 GMT
Marina had her own strip in the Stingray comics. She actually talks in them.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Mar 8, 2006 13:22:47 GMT
I remember those- they were a prequel to Stingray. I was annoyed that I missed the actual strip where she loses the ability to speak, though.
They tried to do that with Captain Black in one of the comic stories. He made his getaway on the back of a dolphin. I don't know why he didn't just teleport away, as he does in the TV series...
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Post by OJ on Mar 8, 2006 16:35:03 GMT
I've heard that the reason Marina can't talk is that if she does her homeplace will be destroyed by Titan.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Mar 10, 2006 14:28:16 GMT
I understand it was a curse put on her by Titan, though I forget the exact effects. Either her loved ones die or her home is destroyed. Could conceivably be both.
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Post by OJ on Mar 10, 2006 14:41:01 GMT
I remember those- they were a prequel to Stingray. I was annoyed that I missed the actual strip where she loses the ability to speak, though. They tried to do that with Captain Black in one of the comic stories. He made his getaway on the back of a dolphin. I don't know why he didn't just teleport away, as he does in the TV series... Another bizzare thing that I saw in a Captain Scarlet comic. There was a Mysteron who could transform into a dog. (that wouldn't happen in the original series) I think that could be the first issue.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Mar 11, 2006 14:46:33 GMT
I think we're both thinking of the same story. That Mysteron was a shapeshifter who later transforms into a dolphin for Captain Black's getaway.
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Post by OJ on Mar 12, 2006 23:17:18 GMT
In 1992 I saw a Thunderbirds stage show. It was in London back in 2000. The show only had 2 actors. Captain Scarlet and Stingray were featured in the show.
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Post by FlyingScotsman on Mar 13, 2006 15:30:55 GMT
I saw that! The one where the Thunderbird pilots wore hats in the shape of the vehicles?
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Post by OJ on Mar 13, 2006 15:43:55 GMT
Yep. That's the one.
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