Quote from: Jerry Howlett on April 04, 2015, 01:40:39 PM
UFO was far more growed up. I seem to recall it going out late in the evening and at least one episode was slightly "naughty". Or maybe that was just wishful thinking on a highly impressionable Teenager....

Ahhhhh, UFO ... great series, wonderful models ... a proper SF show.  Just a shame the Yanks couldn't understand it, and pulled out of buying series 2 halfway through the pre-production ...  Anderson had a fortune invested in it & needed to get his money back - hence Space 1999 was born with all the UFO series 2 models ...  Unfortunately, it developed without the UFO decent scripts or actors 

Quote from: Agrippa on April 05, 2015, 08:59:45 AM
Just hope they don't remake Blake's 7  !!!!!

Sorry ... honestly ... 
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-22079232
The good news is - seems to have died ...

Sad to say it sucked.. Crap with a capital "C".  Will stick wth my original series on DVD.
Thunderbird 2 looked lightweight and everything was rushed.
Didn't even seem to have any storyline at all. Wont be watching anymore.

Lots of opinions from us 'older kiddies' but does anyone have youngsters who watched it, and what did they think of it?

Quote from: Jerry Howlett on April 04, 2015, 01:40:39 PM
UFO was far more growed up. I seem to recall it going out late in the evening and at least one episode was slightly "naughty". Or maybe that was just wishful thinking on a highly impressionable Teenager....

Jerry

If I remember correctly, it wasn't that the episode was naughty, it was just that the story line was considered (in the late 60's, early 70's) to be too scary for the time that it was being broadcast. The episode was called 'The Cat with Ten Lives', but I think at the time it was just known as 'The Cat'.

I actually enjoyed the Thunderbirds episode - so much so I've put a series link on the Sky+ box to record it on the CITV channel (8am Saturdays if anyone is interested). As an update to the original, I think it is quite good (and SHMBO says that I am a bit of a luddite when it comes to modern stuff) and I was very pleased that it paid homage to the original; as I have previously posted, there was even a representation of the 'lemon squeezer' in Thunderbird 1's launch bay, and I think the updated FAB 1 was particularly good.

Quote from: Pengi on April 04, 2015, 10:16:37 PM
Quite enjoyed it but explosions were so much better in the puppet series.

The thing with the original explosions were that they were just that - models that they blew up whilst filming with high speed cameras. When the film is played at the normal speed, the action is more realistic.
I can recommend 'Filmed in Supermarionation' (http://www.amazon.co.uk/Filmed-Supermarionation-DVD-Gerry-Anderson/dp/B00NP0N1EY/ref=sr_1_1?s=dvd&ie=UTF8&qid=1428268253&sr=1-1&keywords=filmed+in+supermarionation) to anyone who is interested in how they made all those wonderful series.

Thort thunderbirds was a load of old ***### back then, still think so now ! Sorry 
But it'd be sad if we were all the same so carry on up the thunderbirds if you wish
(My daugter thinks I am mad (prob right) for thinking Fawlty Towers is great !)

Bring back Magic Roundabout is wot I say, atleast ya' couldna' see the strings in that 
boinng,

Quote from: MalcolmAL on April 05, 2015, 10:25:34 PM
Bring back Magic Roundabout is wot I say, atleast ya' couldna' see the strings in that 
boinng,

They've already re-made it as a film!!

The Clangers are supposed to be being re-made too.

Quote from: mickeyflinn on April 05, 2015, 10:38:09 PM
The Clangers are supposed to be being re-made too.

Correct

The new series will still use proper knitted puppets with better animation than was possible in 1969, and has been made with much involvement from Peter Firmin, who along with the late Oliver Postgate produced all those wonderful kids programmes under the 'Smallfilms' name 


Paul

Here's a preview clip of the new Clangers - a short produced especially for the recent solar eclipse:-


CBeebies: Clangers Make Their First Appearance


Paul

Ah the Clangers ... Quality TV

I knew the new Funderbirds was going to be ruined from the very first time it was mentioned but decided to watch the first episode with an open mind regardless in I case I was wrong. 
I watched it last night and was proved 100% correct. Its a load of  from start to finish.
I wsould advise recording any future episodes an when watching them fast forward through the program and just watch the adverts between all the scenes if you need to get any excitement in your life

Us at the Antipodes have been warned!! 

I gave it up after 10 minutes.Just couldn`t bear it any longer.

Oh dear, it's getting worse by the post!

By the way, Paul, got a message saying the clangers vid was saying it was not available in my country. I'm not ganna try and interpret that 

Quote from: Agrippa on April 05, 2015, 08:59:45 AM
Just hope they don't remake Blake's 7  !!!!!

If they do then the TV is through the window nearly as bad as Dr Who.

UFO I do prefer
my sweet and secret nightmare of many sleepness night in my youth...
http://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gay_Ellis#/media/File:Gay_Ellis.png