#Thunderbirds Movie

[tracyislandinmymind]

I’ve heard the Thunderbirds community is still alive and kicking on here so got told to make this.

With that being said, any space for a Scott-centric fairly mature multi chapter fic? <~<

[secretagentsagainstwhatever]

OMFG Madame de Pompadour from doctor who is Lady Penelope from Thunderbirds?!!!

[wonderousflames]

Thunderbirds has been a big thing in my family, so this movie holds a very special place in my heart;

I completely agree with pretty much everything you’ve said, it’s a pretty poor script with sloppy characters and I do absolutely hate their disregard of the main tract bros, basically making them cocky douchebags. There are may aspects of it that make it a bad movie - I also hate Transom the nerdy lady sexually harassing Brains, and the ford news 🤮

But, all that being said, this remains one my favourite movies of all time, due to the simple, mindless joy it brings me (and a bucketload of happy nostalgia)

Out of the characters, Ben Kingsley is great as the hood but the character’s writing is meh, kinda just basic villain stuff. The amazing late Bill Paxton as Jeff was a great choice, he plays him so well that I wish we got to see more of him (the plot lets him down a bit).

Out of the three main peeps, Alan is a pain in the arse but at least he has an arc - tintin is just there for her connection to the hood and to be Alan’s love interest (she does have some cool moments tho), and Fermat is, uh, a nerd. Jk I actually kinda like Fermat he’s quite a strong character even if he has his dumb moments

LADY P AND PARKER are by far the best characters in the whole movie; they have great boss/butler chemistry and their characterisation is brilliant. Ron Cook looks a little bit like my late grandfather so he always makes me smile. I love how penny used her feet to operate the TV/computer in her huge bathtub - such a ridiculous idea but very funny. Also love the bit where she’s changing outfit and saying a bunch of things that make sure you know she’s rich

TECH: I actually love the tech in this movie, it has such a grounded feel to it whilst actually being amazing CGI for 2004ish. The thunderbirds are cool, with all of them apart from TB2 being welcome upgrades from TOS. I really love the graphical style they went for with the interfaces in all this ships, it’s complicated but pleasing. One of my fav moments is when brains is forced to unlock the command and control centre and we get to see its full transformation, it’s so goddamn cool

But my favourite tech moment is FAB1’s liftoff: the amazing music combined with the car’s (weird but) futuristic design, and the sfx of Parker’s viewfinder will never not give me chills. Then the cool transformation and liftoff are just awesome. This scene will never not make me smile :D

The best scene of course has to be the old rig scene, allowing us to see some actual Thunderbird action, which a more faithful adaption would focus much more on. I really like Scott in this scene! Also when they show off on their way home is funny

Lastly, the music: done by the amazing Hans Zimmer and Ramin Djawadi, this score is a regular on my soundtrack playlist. I love the use of the original theme, its variations, and the new themes made just for the movie. The synths add the futuristic vibe. Oh and course how could I not mention the busted song, which has the same amount as nostalgia as the film for me :D

My recommendations of tracks from the score: International Rescue, You need to grow up, Can’t wait to be a Thunderbird, TB3 takeoff, Thunderize!, and F.A.B - all the other tracks r still great too.

Thanks for maybe reading!

“I am an undercover agent Alan, so do try to be discreet.”

- Lady P whilst wearing a bright pink outfit and walking up to her bright pink futuristic car

Thunderbirds (2004)

A review by me, CutCat! This is 8-ish pages long!

Spoiler for the end of the film warning: Alan is in International Rescue. What a twist!

Totally Turbulent

Soooo, Tbirds ‘04 is one of those Infamous Adaptations, at least among those who enjoyed Thunderbirds (’65) and of more recent times, Thunderbirds are Go (’15). It’s one of those Bad Live Action Adaptations to a near sacred property, making it dubious contemporaries with Dragon Ball [Evolution], Avatar [The Last Airbender] and suchlike.

But wait, is it really That Bad?? Why is it as divisive as it is? What caused the film to be the way it is, and quite unpopular at that?

First I’m gonna make a long story very short by saying that a Live Action Thunderbirds movie was on and off production for many years, and that the script we ended up with is apparently better than another one that was pitched… but there are reports of cooler scripts further back that never made it, for various reasons. It’s almost a story of it’s own right but I’m only going by 2nd hand information at best, so I’d rather just link them at the end for Additional Reading if y’all felt so inclined.

With that out of the way, we have the Takes from the Andersons to look at. Sylvia had a very favourable reception to it:

“I felt that I’d been on a wonderful Thunderbirds adventure. You, the fans, will I’m sure, appreciate the sensitive adaptation and I’m personally thrilled that the production team have paid us the great compliment of bringing to life our original concept for the big screen. If we had made it ourselves (and we have had over 30 years to do it!) we could not have improved on this new version. It is a great tribute to the original creative team who inspired the movie all those years ago. It was a personal thrill for me to see my characters come to life on the big screen.”

Whereas Gerry had a considerably blunter response at the opposite end of the scale:

“the biggest load of crap I have ever seen in my entire life.”

As for me, a mere fan of predominantly the TAG series with limited but fond memories of the 90’s TOS reruns, I’d been inclined to ignore it and write it off as a DBE or TLA lost cause. But the combined effect of me deciding to check out unpopular media for myself, namely Dragon Ball GT and the live action Super Mario Bros. movie, and thoroughly enjoying both; and the other effect of TAG finishing but my fixation reawakening with the need to consume More, I dived deeper into the fan base than I had dared to before, in which I found more reasons to watch it and make up my own mind fairly.

Find out what I thought, and a review of the movie itself, below the Cut! ✂

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[eightiesfan]

[carsthatnevermadeitetc]

Ford Thunderbird Convertible, 1964. A then new to market 4th generation T-bird is driven by CIA agent Felix Leiter and his colleague in Goldfinger. The car is equipped with a radar screen to track James Bond's homing device.

[lenle-g]

jesus christ Virgil let your dad try and lighten the mood will you

[idontknowreallywhy]

…

I need to go and sit down and reconsider 20 years of rage now…

You ever think about how bby girl going to space in The Long Reach:

makes this legit?

[shadowland]

Philip Winchester as Scott Tracy THUNDERBIRDS (2004) dir. Johnathan Frakes

[amethystsoda]

Under the "Brains' Laboratory" website page, the team snuck in a bunch of concept art for the ships I was able to archive 👀

[froggityboingerrrr]

Wow look, it’s Jay Walker, a character I’ve never ever drawn before ( LIE!!!!! )

[cactustreesmotel]

teddy bear toss shenanigans feat. a win from YOUR seattle thunderbirds

[haveyouseenthismovie-poll]

[moviesbabe]

Thelma & Louise (1991) dir. Ridley Scott

[tvscreencaps23]

[robodove]

Hi welcome all legoers to my number 12 art dump (like three of these r Lego Ninjago movie...)

[lenle-g]

unhinged observation - we all know their colours don't match the traditional ones, but I've never noticed before that on the portraits they put Jeff in red and Virgil in green, but then they swap them over when we actually see them. In fact, //pause while Len goes to look// when they're in TB3, they're all wearing red - like all the space-rated suits, specifically are red. //Goes to check again// and Gordon and Virg are in green with TB2 in the opening rescue to match Jeff as well.

Does that mean, in 2004 verse, they wear whichever colour matches the 'bird they're currently flying because other than them needing 5 suits each... that's pretty cool can't lie good for them

ignoring the fact they look the same, I can be like ??? well yellow must be wetsuits, red is space rated?? Green is ?? tougher maybe, blue is for however many G's TB1 hits a body with when they're going crazy speeds, orange is a spacesuit for living in space etc etc