Gerry Anderson - RIP

[Channel Hopper]

Mr Anderson had the best job in the world in the 60's and 70's

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsfNRYbcld4

 

[PaulR]

And another link with my childhood passes away. I watched every one of his puppet series right the way through from Twizzle, Torchy and Four Feather Falls right the way through to Joe 90 and the strange live action/puppet series Secret Service starring the incomparable Stanley Unwin.

Then there were the live action series UFO, The Protectors and Space 1999, wich I also avidly followed. I wasn't that keen on Terrahawks or the rebooted Captain Scarlet.

RIP Gerry, you were absolutely brilliant.

 

[Lazarus]

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What he said

 

[Piltdownpaul]

I liked Joe 90 a lot but i never see those repeated very much at all

 

[Analoguesat]

Captain Scarlet was always my favourite - never seem to see that on tv these days. Thinking of buying the dvd of the original series

 

[Lazarus]

I've just been looking on Ama**n at Thunderbirds Remastered Box Set: Cripes, there are some real curmudgeons who write Reviews. "Sod the content, just look at the horrid cropping".

 

[Channel Hopper]

Captain Scarlet was always my favourite - never seem to see that on tv these days. Thinking of buying the dvd of the original series

In the corner of the spare room...

 

[PaulR]

I really think that most programmes originally shot in 4:3 ratio should be left that way as they do not lend themselves to being sliced off at the top and bottom. The first film I saw that had been cropped was Disney's The Sleeping Beauty and it was dreadful.

Having said that, a bit of money was spent on remastering the original Star Trek series in 16:9 and it's a not bad version. But then they did have access to the original negatives which had been stored in some Utah caverns!

 

[Channel Hopper]

Anyone remember this ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iCLpB7SHLqE

And the long stay in Anderson's career, Barry Gray

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fMnOP13JyVA

 

[PaulR]

Yes, I do. It starred Patrick Wymark IIRC.

 

[2cvbloke]

Mr Anderson had the best job in the world in the 60's and 70's

You could say that it was F-A-B...

 

[Channel Hopper]

I've found some more of the Anderson collection here

Stingray, Joe 90, the original Thunderbirds film(s), and the new generation Captain Scarlet(which aren't bad at all, just a bit departed) DVD's.

 

[Vipersan]

Loved all of his creations..and formed a large chunk of my formative years..
RIP Gerry...you made it fun to be young..
One of my all time favourites was Fireball XL5..
Often overlooked ..never beaten.

 

[Channel Hopper]

An obituary

http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/gerry-anderson-thunderbirds-creator-whose-puppet-adventures-thrilled-millions-of-children-across-the-world-8432143.html

 

[Channel Hopper]

and a nicely written article on the UFO series, hinting at more than a renewal of the classic series.

http://www.shadowlocked.com/20100306126/opinion-features/the-background-to-matthew-gratzners-ufo-movie.html

 

[Channel Hopper]

 

[Analoguesat]

Aah this brings my childhood back

Captain Scarlet then Thunderbirds were my favourites (and Ive got both the DVD sets )

 

[Channel Hopper]

Aah this brings my childhood back

Captain Scarlet then Thunderbirds were my favourites (and Ive got both the DVD sets )

A brilliantly re-edited version of the Thunderbirds film from 1964.

Makes Ad Astra look like Flash Gordon