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By: 26th December 2012 at 17:20 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-His shows were a part of a lot of people's childhood.
Something to be pleased with.
RIP
By: 26th December 2012 at 17:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-A very sad piece of news indeed. As a master of his craft, he leaves us with a great legacy of marvellous childhood TV memories. Long live Stingray!,
RIP Gerry, and thanks. :(
By: 26th December 2012 at 18:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Gerry Anderson - R.I.P. What about "Four Feather Falls"
Sad news - but once again, after watching the BBC news, nobody mentions Four Feather Falls - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Four_Feather_Falls which I enjoyed watching way back in 1960, as well as the later Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet etc.
cheers
Allan
By: 26th December 2012 at 19:25 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Didn't he also do Twizzle and Torchy the Battery Boy? And no, I'm not old enough to remember them first time around :)
By: 26th December 2012 at 20:24 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Very sad news...
RIP
By: 26th December 2012 at 22:16 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-No!
You have really made it big time in the historic aviation world when you take a top-down narrative that has been firmly established in legend and write a radical re-evaluation that dismantles this mythical retelling of events.
Surely you know this?
Moggy
And indeed farewell to an excellent purveyor of science fiction to the kids of post-war Britain.
By: 26th December 2012 at 23:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Gerry Anderson - R.I.P.
Didn't he also do Twizzle and Torchy the Battery Boy? And no, I'm not old enough to remember them first time around :)
Yes he did - and I did watch them the first time round as well!! :)
And, having read the post above, I personally blame Andy Saunders for the BBC not giving Four Feather Falls a mention - typical expert, only gives his own slant on the story, never mind the facts!! :)
Allan
By: 26th December 2012 at 23:40 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Genuinely sad news. I was always partial to Thunderbirds and a bit of Stingray....
By: 27th December 2012 at 07:00 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Farewell to Supermarrionation!! A marvellous, creative innovator who broke a few rules, and ended up establishing an iconic set of characters and films. Brilliant.
By: 27th December 2012 at 08:26 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-We should not mourn but celebrate one of the greatest and most creative children's TV show geniuses ever!
They should definitely play this at his funeral
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kWfu6rslHDs
:)
By: 27th December 2012 at 09:47 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-This was truely sad, Thunderbirds and later Space 1999 were a part of my childhood that I remember fondly. I think that Gerry Anderson never got the recognition he deserved for the technical skill in his shows (look at Space 1999 now, the models and effects stand up well...)
Thunderbirds had a genuine charm, I don't think anybody ever died did they ? and the four people trapped would always fit in the Mole (coolest thing ever) or the special basket that Brains made. Captain Scarlet was quite dark, but still excellent, less childlike (if you look, the Thunderbird puppet heads are oversized for the bodies like childrens, in Scarlet they are scaled to "adult size).
And again, shame on Hollywood for the awful Thunderbirds film.....
RIP Mr Anderson.
By: 27th December 2012 at 14:18 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-A new film due out 2013, UFO
http://www.ufo-themovie.com/shado/
and Space 1999 will become 2099
http://io9.com/5884500/why-space-2099-wont-be-a-dark-and-gritty-reboot-of-space-1999
Baz
By: 27th December 2012 at 17:09 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-I wonder if you'll be able to see the strings when they lower his coffin into the hole?
By: 28th December 2012 at 17:48 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Very sad news. As a young boy I watched every Gerry Anderson TV series when they were first broadcast from Twizzle and Torchy through to Terrahawks, although I wasn't a fan of the latter series. Very honoured to have met Gerry when he came to our local theatre and gave a lecture with films on the making of his series. He brought some actual studio models used in Thunderbirds and you can see these here on the stage in this photo I took at the time.
RIP
By: 28th December 2012 at 18:04 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Yes very sad,but I tended to watch his later stuff for some obscure reason !;)
nothing at all to do with the lovely Gabriella ;)
By: 28th December 2012 at 22:37 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Most of the complete series are on Amazon at the moment, Thunderbirds on DVD for £15-99 is a bargain for nine DVDs
See
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-90-Complete-Series-Box/dp/B00006FI5Z/
By: 29th December 2012 at 00:35 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Im a big Space 1999, UFO fan. RIP.
By: 29th December 2012 at 11:39 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Most of the complete series are on Amazon at the moment, Thunderbirds on DVD for £15-99 is a bargain for nine DVDsSee
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Joe-90-Complete-Series-Box/dp/B00006FI5Z/
I have them all aparft from Terrahawks of which I didn't like much.
By: 31st December 2012 at 00:11 Permalink - Edited 1st January 1970 at 01:00
-Cool, I just bought the Thunderbirds, j90, captn Scarlet and stingray complete sets..... Do you have the xl5 one and is it any good? Do they do s1999 and UFO?
Tempted to get those too if Car MOT gets passed...
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By: Wyvernfan - 26th December 2012 at 17:05
http://www.talktalk.co.uk/news/showbiz/article/thunderbirds-creator-anderson-dies/73094/
RIP