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Thunderbirds: Volume 2 DVD
"Filmed in VIDECOLOR explosions drum roll music builds to a climax and SUPERMARIONATION"! The opening sequence of Thunderbirds is itself a masterclass in Gerry Anderson&s marionette hyperbole who else would dare to make a virtue out of the fact that (a) the show is in colour and (b) it&s got puppets in it? But everything about this series really is epic Thunderbirds is action on the grandest scale pre-dating such high-concept Hollywood vehicles as Armaggedon by 30 years and more (the acting is better too) and fetishising gadgets in a way that even the most excessive Bond movies could never hope to rival Unsurprisingly it transpires that 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 to 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 (number plate FAB1) driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker whose "Yes milady" catch phrase 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 week&s 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 children&s TV that still looks and sounds like
big-budget Hollywood On this DVD The four episodes are "Edge of Impact" "Day of Disaster" Thirty Minutes After Noon" and "Desperate Intruder"
model work here As to 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 (number plate FAB1) driven by lugubrious chauffeur Parker whose "Yes milady" catch phrase 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 week&s 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 children&s TV that still looks and sounds like
big-budget Hollywood On this DVD The four episodes are "Edge of Impact" "Day of Disaster" Thirty Minutes After Noon" and "Desperate Intruder"
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