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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 18, 2020 13:43:51 GMT -5
I’m more curious how the various Thunderbird crafts were fuelled. TB1 sure would have used a lot of fuel. Who delivered it? The island is secret, remember? Did they have an oil well on the island? They would have stopped at this U.S. filling station off camera I think.   |
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Post by junkmonkey on Jul 19, 2020 7:11:59 GMT -5
Starting with #24, fan publication Andersonic has been including a new UFO comic story, and it's pretty fab!  I'm waiting for an #26 to go with #25 so I can double up on postage to Canada. The masthead there based, of course, on the old Countdown comic: ...of which I used to have a complete run (bought week by week from my local newsagents). I sold the lot to a friend back in the wilderness years when I had 'grown out of comics'. Idiot that I was.
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Post by Deleted on Jul 19, 2020 8:53:13 GMT -5
Here’s the next cover:  |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 19, 2020 12:55:25 GMT -5
The masthead there based, of course, on the old Countdown comic: ...of which I used to have a complete run (bought week by week from my local newsagents). I sold the lot to a friend back in the wilderness years when I had 'grown out of comics'. Idiot that I was.
It seems to be a foible of Anderson fanzines to use old graphics for logos, but Andersonic for all it's issue before #25 had an original one...  I like this 'zine because not only does it have some exclusive interviews and includes the comics as well as the shows, there is a lot of excellent humour... here are some examples:   Richard Farrell (of Wirral) does these great caricatures.    |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 25, 2020 8:05:23 GMT -5
Top 5 Gerry Anderson vehicle battlesSpeaking of battles, I’m disappointed we didn’t get more punch-ups in the puppet shows. However, I do realise the impracticality of getting puppets to have a punch-up.
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 25, 2020 12:41:10 GMT -5
And yet Sooty was quite violent at times.  |
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Post by brutalis on Jul 25, 2020 13:01:39 GMT -5
Hand puppets allow for gripping by finger & thumb so 3 Stooges comedic violence humor works quite well. String puppets just end up tangled up knots when trying to fight. So unless your into string theory or strangulation (not all that humorous) there just isn't much string puppet fisticuffs gonna happen. ☹
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 27, 2020 20:42:07 GMT -5
I finally got to see that Endeavour episode with the '60s Andersons type puppets involved. Pretty funny how it turned out to be the Sylvia type character 'who done it' as there were rumours he had a wandering eye (which led to their divorce). I also thought it was funny having a Marina type silent puppet. They're making entire episodes of these shows again, with retro adverts even!  |
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Post by junkmonkey on Jul 28, 2020 7:40:43 GMT -5
I'd totally forgotten about this late Anderson series till my kids mentioned it at the dinner table he other day. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lavender_CastleI'd never heard of it until the very minute I found a copy on DVD in a charity shop. We loved it. It's very very kiddy but there are a few nice jokes and some great eye candy. And the Villain gets to say "Excellent!" |
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Post by beccabear67 on Jul 28, 2020 11:33:02 GMT -5
Aye! I loved that show!  It was a collaboration with artist Rodney Matthews who also did Rock, Prog and Folk-Rock LP covers among other things. It sort of fits in with a '70s LP cover he didn't do: Steeleye Span's Rocket Cottage!  |
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Post by Deleted on Aug 10, 2020 19:30:15 GMT -5
I really feel this is worth several minutes of your time:
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 5:01:24 GMT -5
UFO debuted fifty years ago today:
The series featured Ed Bishop as Col. Straker, the head of SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation), the last line of defence against some alien invaders. It ran for one season, 26 episodes in total.
I saw this on videotape in the 90s. I think it’s one of Anderson’s most underrated shows - and has probably been overshadowed a tad by the earlier puppet shows and the later stuff such as Space: 1999. It’s worth a look!
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 16, 2020 9:51:33 GMT -5
UFO debuted fifty years ago today: The series featured Ed Bishop as Col. Straker, the head of SHADO (Supreme Headquarters Alien Defence Organisation), the last line of defence against some alien invaders. It ran for one season, 26 episodes in total. I saw this on videotape in the 90s. I think it’s one of Anderson’s most underrated shows - and has probably been overshadowed a tad by the earlier puppet shows and the later stuff such as Space: 1999. It’s worth a look! It scared me when it first aired (those alien eyes!!!), but I grew to love that show. The opening theme is still among my favourites! Ah, the far-flung future of 1980... |
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Post by Deleted on Sept 16, 2020 9:53:20 GMT -5
I had a slower remix of the theme on CD. It was eerie. Wish I still had it.
It is a scary show.
Are you in the United States, Roquefort? I’m curious how shows like this were accepted by American viewers.
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Post by Roquefort Raider on Sept 16, 2020 12:07:41 GMT -5
I had a slower remix of the theme on CD. It was eerie. Wish I still had it. It is a scary show. Are you in the United States, Roquefort? I’m curious how shows like this were accepted by American viewers. I'm in Canada. It was pretty much viewed like Land of the Giants, Star Trek, Lost in Space and the other live SF TV shows of the era. We'd play act all those shows during recess. UFO's name in French ( Alerte dans l'espace) was close to that of Lost in Space ( Perdus dans l'espace). Grownups would mix them up when referring to what we kids watched. (Ah, grownups... they don't know anything). |
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