Thunderbirds Megaset (Complete 12 Volume Set)
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Actor: Christine Finn, David Graham, Peter Dyneley, Ray Barrett, Shane RimmerBrand: A&E Home Video
Writer: Sylvia Anderson
Cinematographer: John Read
Writer: Gerry Anderson
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1
Format: Animated, Box set, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 1728 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-07-30
Audience Rating: Unrated
Studio: A&E Home Video
DVD Reviews of Thunderbirds Megaset (Complete 12 Volume Set)
DVD Review: the memories of childhood
Summary: 5 Stars
Jerry Anderson created a lot of TV sci fi in the 1960's and 70's. Joe90, Captain Scarlett and Space 1999 just to name a few but Thunderbirds seems to have stuck in everyone's memory as the best of his work, whether marionets or live action. Certainly some of my earliest childhood memories include watching Thunderbirds on TV.
Set in 2064 the show follows the adventures of the Tracy family, who have built ultra advanced machines which can be used for the greater good of rescuing people in need. They call themselves "International Rescue" and their ships are the "Thunderbirds." Which always fly in with just the right tools and save the day.
Some emergencies are common place- a plane with failed landing gear or a high rise fire, a flood or cave in. Some resuces are bizzarre, what springs to mind on that track is an atomic logging machine running amok. But in each case Internatinoal rescue is the only team that can get the job done. I will say that after 9/11, one early episode that includes digging through the flaming wreckage of a collapsed sky scraper was very eerie. To declare "life imitates art," doesn't even begin to come close.
The 'actors' are all marionettes and the vehicals are models that compared with what Lucas would produce in 1977 look pretty cheesey but these were SOTA at their time and are still great fun. dialogue is serious and the attention to detail on sets and costuming is amazing.
An interesting side affect is seeing what in 1964, the designers thought would be style in 2064. Since they couldn't foresea the microchip or internet it's...fun, but home decorating and fashions sharply remind me of my grandmother's home in Croyden of more than 40 years ago. hmmm.
Still the series is great fun for the family. Modern children should enjoy it. adults, like me, who grew up with the show will fondly remember it and adults who didn't grow up with it, like my wife, will have a good laugh at the style.
Description of Thunderbirds Megaset (Complete 12 Volume Set)
Filmed in VIDECOLOR explosions drum roll music builds to a climax and SUPERMARIONATION The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a master class in Gerry Andersons marionette hyperbole: who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that a the show is in color and b its got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic: Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale predating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armageddon by 30 years and more the acting is better too and fetishizing gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival. Unsurprisingly the visual effects are by Derek Meddings whose later contributions to Bond movies like The Spy Who Loved Me and Moonraker echo his pioneering model work here.As for the characters the clean-cut Tracey boys take second place in the audiences affections to their cool machines--the real stars of the show--while comic relief is to be found in the charming company of Lady Penelope and her pink Rolls license plate FAB1 driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker whose Yes milady catchphrase resonated around school playgrounds for decades. Spare a thought for poor old John Tracey stuck up in space on Thunderbird 5 with only the radio for company. The puppet stunt work is breathtakingly audacious and every weeks death-defying escapade is nail-bitingly choreographed in the very best tradition of disaster movies. First shown in 1964 and now digitally remastered Thunderbirds is childrens TV that still looks and sounds like big-budget Hollywood.The Thunderbirds Mega Set contains 32 complete uncut and digitally remastered episodes on 12 DVDs. Bonus features include production stills photo galleries two original 1965 The Making of Thunderbirds featurettes the History of Thunderbirds character biographies and a Gerry Anderson biography filmography. --Mark WalkerBestsellers in DVD
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