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Summary: More Chit Chat, Less Action, More Boring
Review:
In this DVD adaption of the movie, the makers of the film comment on how 'Thunderbird 6' was supposed to be more on the 'chit chat' and character development side and less action. Let's face it, it's kind of hard to have character development with virtually expressionless marionettes that don't smile, frown, or walk. On 'Thunderbirds Are Go', the 60s style dialogue with the limited capabilities on the marionettes was easy to endure because there was plenty of action, explosions, and other SFX. Not the case on Thunderbird 6; what we get here is a long, around the world flight of Skyship 1 and a dull script. It does get a little interesting with the action towards the end, but not enough to pull the weight of the rest of the movie.
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Summary: Amazing 60's fun!
Review: A must see film from the 60's, this is the ultimate Thunderbirds experience. All the action of the series, with great character development. The special effects and music are what we have come to expect. Thrilling, funny, and in the end, meaningful.Why can't they make movies like this anymore?
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Summary: Thunderbirds Are Go!
Review: Gawd, I miss this show. I remember growing up. I have many fond memories of watching the Thunderbirds television program, but, surprisingly, most people my age never heard of it. They were too busy with SPEED RACER and MAGILLA GORILLA to take Supermarionation seriously, but I never missed an episode. THUNDERBIRD 6 is the video collection telling the story of Brain's ill-fated Skyship One; once again, the International Rescue team is the target of familiar puppetry terrorists, but they save the day ... but not without an ample supply of pyrotechnics applied to hundreds of miniature missiles, tanks, and fuel silos set for an incendiary climax. Supermarionation, cleverly mixed with live action photography, make T-6 the film to watch ... with some absolutely spectacularly aerial shows of the new Thunderbird 6 plane in action. One great flick that's as spectacularly entertaining as it is laughable (every watch a puppet shot through the heart fall from a balcony? you catch my drift).
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Summary: Thunderbirds Are Go!
Review: Gawd, I miss this show. I remember growing up. I have many fond memories of watching the Thunderbirds television program, but, surprisingly, most people my age never heard of it. They were too busy with SPEED RACER and MAGILLA GORILLA to take Supermarionation seriously, but I never missed an episode. THUNDERBIRD 6 is the video collection telling the story of Brain's ill-fated Skyship One; once again, the International Rescue team is the target of familiar puppetry terrorists, but they save the day ... but not without an ample supply of pyrotechnics applied to hundreds of miniature missiles, tanks, and fuel silos set for an incendiary climax. Supermarionation, cleverly mixed with live action photography, make T-6 the film to watch ... with some absolutely spectacularly aerial shows of the new Thunderbird 6 plane in action. One great flick that's as spectacularly entertaining as it is laughable (every watch a puppet shot through the heart fall from a balcony? you catch my drift).
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Summary: Not One of Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's Best Supermarionations
Review: Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's grand finale for their wonderful series of supermarionated shows & films about a family that has dedicated itself to rescuing/assisting others who are in trouble, the Tracy's, who are better known as the Thunderbirds, was a bit of a disappointment. Filmed in 1968, the final installment of the Thunderbirds entitled "Thunderbird 6" gave the impression that a new and wonderful craft was going to be unveiled and put to use in a horrific rescue attempt. All of the previous Thunderbird shows & films had a total of five ships that the Tracy family members used: Thunderbird 1 (essentially a rocket), Thunderbird 2 (a lifting body aircraft), Thunderbird 3 (a space-going rocket), Thunderbird 4 (a submarine) and Thunderbird 5 (an orbiting satellite). At the beginning of "Thunderbird 6", Brains (voice of David Graham), the man who designed all of the Thunderbird ships, presents an idea to a private aircraft corporation to build an airship. After being laughed at by the company's board of directors, they build the airship anyway because it is powered not by bags of hot air or lighter-than-air gas, but by a highly sophisticated anti-gravity device. Shortly thereafter, the Tracy family patriarch, John Tracy (voice of Keith Alexander), asks Brains to design a new Thunderbird ship to be called Thunderbird 6. Unfortunately, Brains' initial design is rejected and spends much of the rest of the film being upset as he tries to design something better. In the meantime, Alan Tracy (voice Mark Zimmerman), Tin Tin (voice of Christine Finn), Lady Penelope (voice of Sylvia Anderson) and her chauffer named Parker (voice of David Graham again), take an extended first "cruise" aboard the airship that Brains designed for the private aircraft corporation. However, unknown to them, spies have replaced the airship's crew.
The reason, then, why "Thunderbird 6" was rather disappointing is that most of the film (at least 2/3 of it) focuses upon the lengthy cruise across the globe that the airship takes. It is only in the last third of the film that any exciting action emerges with the Thunderbirds, but there were a few unusual camera angles used towards the beginning of the film that had not been used in previous Thunderbirds episodes. Sadly, due to the film's lack of audience engagement through most of the film and less realistic rescue during the final third of the film, I can only rate "Thunderbird 6" with 3 out of 5 stars. One interesting aspect to "Thunderbird 6" that is worth noting was that it used more live action footage than any previous Thunderbird installment (most of the biplane scenes were an actual biplane in flight). For it was only one year later (1969) that Gerry & Sylvia Anderson embarked on their first live-action sci-fi TV series, which was entitled "UFO". A few years later, this show was re-imagined into the better-known sci-fi TV series entitled "Space: 1999". It is possible, then, that Gerry & Sylvia Anderson's interest in supermarionation as a means of conveying their sci-fi story ideas was already beginning to fade in favor of live-action when they were developing the story for "Thunderbird 6" because its similarity to a soap-opera was very much part of the character development used in the live-action "UFO" TV series that aired only one year later.
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Summary: Their other movie is much better
Review: Like most of Gerry Anderson's puppet series, the Thunderbirds makes for great viewing for all ages; I like it and I'm 45! But Thunderbird 6 is clearly one of the lesser works; the short episodes are better, and the full-length Thunderbirds Are Go movie is far better than this. I've not yet seen Thunderbird 6 on DVD. The brand new VHS tape I saw was not a good transfer; it was grainy and poorly shot, the complete opposite of Thunderbirds Are Go! on DVD, which looks beautiful.
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Summary: Brains comes into the Rescue!
Review: My favourite bits in the movie is - (i) when Brains tells the men that he makes an airship, and then they laugh their heads off, when I see TB1 & TB2 blow up the Black Phantom's base, and when TB6 is finally launched. This is one of the best Gerry Anderson Century 21 films ever since the launch of the TV series.
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Summary: Thunderbirds rescues Skyship One
Review: Second Movie to be based on the FAB TV series. Not as popular as the first, Thunderbird 6 has it own charm and tongue incheek attitude. A must for the fan of Supermarionation and Special effects. END
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Summary: a must for thunderbirds fans
Review: the images and sounds are FAB! but the plot falls a bit short and the bad guys are too incompetent to sustain suspense, so it only gets 4 stars. still, a great buy for series fans. it has lots of extras as well, and though i only looked at the one on the biplane flown by alan, tintin & brains, it was fascinating.
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Summary: Supermarionation beats cartoons.
Review: This is an excellent entry of the Thunderbirds series. In my opinion Gerry Anderson's Supermarionation shows (Supercar, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet, etc) are far superior than cartoons. The sets and story lines (especially as the technique evolved through the years when the shows were in color) are so good, you often forget you're watching puppets. Hopefully other shows now on DVD in the UK (ex. Stingray, soon Joe 90) will be available in the US......FAB
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