Zimmer, together with another hugely popular composer, Ramin Djawadi, produce an absolutely phenomenal score for this film, I’m going to state that for the record right now. The whole thing is accompanied by a new version of Barry Gray’s Thunderbirds March, scored by renowned Hollywood composer, Hans Zimmer. The animated sequence continues with each credited member of the cast and crew having their name revealed or put to use in a clever way, as the rescue craft fly around saving people from disasters caused by an ominous looking symbol that resembles an eye. The villain is a pantomime joke, there are moments of adult humour that are completely abrasive and out of place, it’s completely patronizing to the audience and in short, for those who don’t like the 2004 film and feel that it’s nothing like Thunderbirds, I can promise you that the original draft was much worse.Īnd with all of that cleared up, it’s time for the main event, so sing along if you know the words: “Five! Four! Three! Two! One! Thunderbirds Are Go!” ![]() This version of the script, while 90% similar in terms of story was just plain…awful. The name can still be found in some press releases and info packs about the film. It follows an almost identical plot, but rather than The Hood appearing as the main villain, it would have been a highly eccentric character called Aristotle Spode as the man who takes over the island. Like virtually all films, there was also a much earlier version of the script that would become the final film. I’ve read the script and it is an absolute dream, the cast that they had planned would have been superb and the concept art is outstanding (examples above)…but sadly it was not to be. My personal favourite was the version that was very very close to being made, the 1998 film version. Another would have seen Robert Redford in the role of Jeff Tracy. One of the potential projects would have starred the Baldwin brothers as four of the Tracy brothers. There have been several rumored and talked about live action projects over the decades, both feature film and television versions, from plausible sounding concepts to ones that are downright odd. Gerry Anderson had famously wanted to produce live action movies and television before he ended up being saddled with puppets, and decided to make the most of the situation by making the puppet stories as realistic as possible. The idea of making a live action Thunderbirds project isn’t a new one, not even back in 2004 (which was a whopping 13 years ago, a fact that scares me more than The Hood’s beady eyes). But that is not to say that I think it is objectively better, and before any of you give up on this review, I must state that I adore the classic series and have done since I was very young, and I always will, so full respect to the team at Slough and the legions of dedicated fans that enjoy it as much as I do. In fact I enjoy it more than either Thunderbirds Are Go or Thunderbird 6. It’s fair to say that quite a few people dislike the film for various reasons, some of which I’m sure I will cover over the course of this review. It has a reputation that precedes it to an even greater extent than Parker’s nose precedes his face as he enters a room. Thunderbirds is a 2004 film adaptation of the classic 1960’s puppet television series, only without the puppets (and it’s not a television series either, obviously). ![]() I’m sure that Jack will proof-read and edit this where necessary anyway (if he’s as clever as I think he is). I’ll try to keep it brief and not go full ‘info-dump’ mode, but apologies if something slips thorough the net. Unlike the previous reviews based on the television series, in which Security Hazard had a spacious 32 episodes and 2 films across which to expand and tease out details about characters, vehicles and other aspects of the lore, I’m going to have to explain a little about each of these ‘regular’ things as they appear. How could I not? They’re about Thunderbirds, they’ve got bags of detail and they’ve got pod-loads of humour – something I hope to bring to this review (fingers crossed!) I, like so many of you, have been following his weekly Thunderbirds reviews with feverish interest and have loved each and every one of them. Hi folks, Andrew Clements here! Security Hazard promised that they’d get the best person for the job in order to write this review (so I’m not sure how they ended up with me).įirst off, it would be remiss of me not to thank Jack for his kind invitation to write this review. Screenplay by William Osborne and Michael McCullers Story by Peter Hewitt and William Osborne
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