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Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition 2-Pack Gift Set (Thunderbirds Are Go / Thunderbird 6) Overviews
THUNDERBIRDS ARE GO!br Blast off into interplanetary adventure with the first feature-length film starring the International Rescue team: millionaire ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, his five stalwart sons, the fabulous secret agent Lady Penelope and, of course, their incredibly futuristic fleet of Thunderbird rescue ships! When the mighty spaceship Zero X is sabotaged on its first takeoff for Mars, International Rescue is summoned to provide security for the second launch attempt. But after the ship successfully reaches its destination, it is attacked by rampaging alien life forms! Once again, the brave and resourceful International Rescue team is called into action. Can the team help the damaged ship re-enter Earth’s atmosphere and prevent a crash-landing with devastating consequences?p THUNDERBIRD 6br The Tracy team are back in action in another riveting adventure! This time it will take all of their combined effort – and the cunning wit of their colleague Lady Penelope – to defeat an international ring of terrorists who’ve targeted International Rescue for destruction! While on the maiden voyage of the fabulous new passenger vessel “Skyship One,” Lady Penelope is shocked to discover that the original crew has been killed and replaced with a ruthless gang of hijackers who want to use her to obtain classified information about the International Rescue team! As the hijacked super-plane circles the globe on a collision course with catastrophe, Penelope must outwit her captors and send an urgent SOS to get help from her fearless cohorts…before it’s too late!
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IThunderbirds Are Go/I followed the remarkable success of the IThunderbirds/I television series, bringing the three-dimensional puppet animation adventures of International Rescue to the big screen. Set in the 21st century, there is no attempt to explain the background story: as in the TV show International Rescue is a private family organization who uses high-tech craft to rescue anyone in peril. Here it’s the first manned flight to Mars that’s in danger, as International Rescue foils a sabotage attempt at the launch, then race to avert disaster when the spaceship returns to earth. What could have made a 50-minute TV episode is expanded to feature length with Martian “rock monsters” and a surreal dream-sequence involving Alan Tracy, Lady Penelope, and “Cliff Richard Jnr” the Shadows, with a new song performed by the real Cliff and the Shadows. In the theaters, IThunderbirds Are Go/I was competing against another British children’s TV sci-fi spin-off, the equally colorful IDaleks’ Invasion Earth 2150AD/I, and would be followed by IThunderbird 6/I (1968). Yet apart from more complex model work, a bigger orchestra, and even bigger explosions, on TV this plays like a widescreen double-length episode.ppIThunderbird 6/I revolved around a new addition to the lineup of International Rescue’s five emergency craft. The plot sees Lady Penelope, Alan, Tin-Tin, and Parker as the only passengers on the maiden, round-the-world flight of a futuristic airship, which is hijacked in a bid to capture IThunderbirds/I 1 and 2. From the moment Alan arrives on a Bond-style jetpack, the film veers away from the TV show into espionage adventure territory, and while the only people International Rescue rescues are their own members, they kill a fair number of bad guys. The global tour means there are more locations than ever, and though the story takes a long time developing, the IDie Hard/I-on-an-airship finale delivers the most explosive set piece of Gerry Anderson’s career. As for IThunderbird 6/I, opinion remains divided as to whether it’s an ingenious twist or a disappointing gimmick, but the movie’s blend of model and live-action footage results in two superbly staged stunt sequences. The Andersons would make one further feature film, IJourney to the Far Side of the Sun/I (1969). I–Gary S. Dalkin/I
Thunderbirds International Rescue Edition 2-Pack Gift Set (Thunderbirds Are Go / Thunderbird 6) CustomerReview
Between September 1965 and December 1966, British TV viewers had the opportunity to watch a program featuring a family (the Tracy’s) represented by marionettes. The family members had devoted themselves to rescuing others (also played by marionettes) who had gotten themselves into various forms of trouble, usually due to some type of technical difficulty, weather or sabotage. Calling themselves “International Rescue”, the Tracy family was more popularly known by the various high-tech vehicles that they used: the Thunderbirds, which was also the name of the TV program.br /br /Consisting of 32 episodes (26 during its first season and 6 during its second), BBC-TV cancelled “The Thunderbirds” early into its second season. Knowing that their show had been cancelled, the show creators, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, produced a feature length film entitled “Thunderbirds Are Go” that was released in British theaters 10 days before the final television episode aired on December 25, 1966. The film’s fictional story was about the first manned space flight to Mars using a spacecraft called “Zero-X”. On take-off, the Zero-X crashes. Two years later, an investigative committee concludes that the crash was due to sabotage. With the impending take-off of the second Zero-X mission, mission commanders decide to ask International Rescue for assistance with security. However, International Rescue has never provided security, as its mission has been limited to helping those who are already in trouble. After thinking it over, John Tracy (voice of Ray Barrett) decides to assist. Involved in the security efforts are Jeff Tracy (voice of Peter Dyneley), Gordon Tracy (voice of David Graham), Brains (voice also done by David Graham), Scott Tracy (voice of Shane Rimmer), Alan Tracy (voice Matt Zimmerman), Virgil Tracy (voice of Jeremy Wilkin), Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward (voice of Sylvia Anderson) and her chauffeur Parker (voice also by David Graham). After the launch of Zero-X, its crew makes an interesting discovery on Mars before returning to Earth; but their return landing may require the International Rescue’s assistance again. Keeping up with what was then popular 1960’s culture, the Anderson’s created marionette versions of the British pop band “Cliff Richards and the Shadows” and featured the band’s song “Shooting Star” in the film.br /br /Two years after “Thunderbirds Are Go” was released, one more Thunderbirds feature-length film was released: “Thunderbird Six”. 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 chauffeur 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.br /br /Though no new Thunderbirds episodes or feature-length films were ever made using Gerry and Sylvia Anderson’s “supermarionation” technique, a steady cult following of the show that has lasted nearly 40 years brought about the production of a live-action version that was released in theaters in 2004. Aptly titled “Thunderbirds” and directed by long-time “Star Trek” actor Jonathan Frakes, the 2004 film did not live up to most Thunderbird aficionados’ expectations.br /br /Overall, I rate the 1966 supermarionation film “Thunderbirds Are Go” and its sequel “Thunderbird 6″ with 4 out of 5 stars. It continues to be a very entertaining film even after nearly 40 years, though it may seem somewhat campy by today’s standards. Other TV series that the Anderson’s successfully produced using supermarionation include “Supercar” (1960-1962, supermarionation), “Fireball XL5″ (1962), “Captain Scarlett and the Mysterons” (1967) and “Joe 90″ (1968). After that, the Anderson’s started producing live-action TV series that include “U.F.O.” (1970-1971) and the more familiar “Space: 1999″ (1975-1977).br /
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