I remember being a kid in early 70’s when this came on tv here in US. I was absolutely blown away by how cool it was compared to cartoons. The music and art lithos, the scale models, the vehicles, explosions, the somewhat life like puppets, you name it. It’s probably why I got into scale modeling to which I still do to this very day. 🤘🏻
Captain Scarlett is simply my favorite Supermarionation show of ALL time. It was adult,it was scary as fuck, It's a bloody MASTERPIECE. THANK YOU SENSEIS for such a gem,from your greatest fan.
Captain Scarlet is my favourite Supermarionation production. During my first time watching it practically made my jaw drop, especially with how dark it can get. Watched mostly every episode with my Mum earlier this year! The special effects (and especially the explosions) have to be one of the best parts of the series for me
Nothing was black and white in that series. The Mysterons saw themselves (with good cause) as the victims of an unprovoked attack, and in some episodes they actually won. I also loved Spectrum's multinational makeup. I owned the Dinky toys of the SPV and saloon car back in the day!
I think the London Car Vu sequence in the first episode is incredibly well filmed and edited. Detail is everything, and as the structure begins to collapse I swear the wheels on the car drop slightly. Guns and explosions galore - what more did a 1960's kid need?
This is the show that made me dive into all things Gerry Anderson. Watched it in the mornings on Comedy Central back in the 90s when I was going to college and became hooked!
Barry Gray's music is absolutely phenomenal. Every series was even more inventive than its predecessor. More than half a century has passed, and I still get tingles down my spine.
Captain Scarlett is a classic show. Puppets, effects, vehicles, sets, voices, stories, great! Although I still haven't gotten used to the switching images during the drum beat switch.
this show was my childhood!!! as an adult I showed this to my boyfriend who’d never seen any of the Supermarionation shows as I thought he’d appreciate Captain Scarlet the most, and he loved it! He was really impressed with the puppetry and the special effects and considering that it was made in the 60s, it’s aged so well 😍
As a child of the '60s, Captain Scarlet was always "my" Supermarionation show. Throw in the fact that the show had evil aliens and LOTS of death and destruction, and I found it irresistible. =^[.]^=
Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! ... I'm so glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's! ... I feel sorry for kids nowadays! ... Everything Gerry Anderson and Co. touched, turned to gold! "This is the voice of The Mysterons!" ... "UA-cam, we know you can hear us!" ... "The puppets are little bar stewards!" 🤣
Captain Scarlet was my favourite too. I think it may have been because I was a big Bond and U.N.C.L.E fan and this was like an agency set in the future
Me as an 8yo when Captain Scarlet premiered: THEY'VE GOT PROPER HEADS! lol Never really thought of it as being dark, it was just ripping good adventures!
During my childhood I grew up thinking I was a cross between Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and Evil Knievel lol, let's just say it led to more than a few 'accidents' with broken bones and/or stiches, an few near death experiences as well ha ha. Pretty sure my Gardian Angel was forced into early retirement for mental health reasons by the time I was an early teenager. Loved this series at least as much as Thunderbirds and I LOVED ALL of Gerry Andersons series, still do!
What I liked about this show was how the bad guy was still Capt. Black. Presumably, he was still drawing captain's pay, still drank with all the good guys in the officers mess between episodes, paid his mess bills, even though he took his orders from The Mysterons.
some great directors Des Saunders (episode ) Alan Perry, Leo Eaton, Ken turner (all went on to UFO) and Brian Burgess very accurate for the Cold War (67) editors were also great Bob Dearberg and others enhanced by Barry Gray''s atmospheric music great documentary.
Ahh but, let's be honest here, there was no 'strange twist of fate' that made Captain Scarlet indestructible ( 2:35 ) After all, the original Captain Scarlet was dead, killed outright and thus never became indestructible. (Those red boots of his corpse next to the red boots of his copy, gruesome!) What we actually had throughout the series was a retrometabolised recreation that became independent of it's Mysteron puppet masters. Did Spectrum ever find his body I wonder ?
Loved captain scarlet as a little boy & still do. Very dark for young kids....probably why little boys who grew up in the 60's and 70's ended up becoming football hooligans etc!🤷🏼😂😂
My fave show ever by gerry anderson tb,xl5,sr,joe90,were ok but nothing like this so dark and gripping captain black was scary was on a sunday afternoon for me
1:09 I've Wondered If Parker From Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds The Original Series In 1965 In Action In Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons. X❤😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂
If you can access ITV, its worth watching Endeavour Series 6, Episode 2; titled "Apollo". It includes a nice homage to the supermarionation series. PS - Endeavour is about Inspector Morse at the start of his career as a baby detective developing (Endeavour is his Cristian name). I like the series, with lots of reminders of the 60s (cars, shops and so on) if you grew up in that era.
I think Captain Scarlet was one of the best show premises and it’s slight shame about a few of the continuity errors that stopped it from being a first rate drama and a massive shame it didn’t get a second series to tie up the loose ends. That doesn’t ruin it for me at all, and in my view it’s head and shoulders above the rest of the Anderson shows and maybe even a life action version of the same premise is the show that UFO should have been.
I remember watcing the very first episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons but I do have one big question which was never explain in the series like I know after first episode that the original Captain Scarlet have been restored in his Mysteronised likeness while still have his memories but what happen to his original body after Spectrum discover the scene in the car crash?
Ironically America did try to make their own version of Thunderbirds and even the presence of a top notch English villain couldn’t stop it from being complete garbage.
I think I was (and still am) too logical. It was a key feature of Captain Scarlett that he was indestructible, so there was never any threat to the title star of the show. Once that fact took root in my head, where was the jeopardy, the excitement? Thunderbirds was the best.
I do wonder if there were any more Thunderbirds scripts or at least some more idea before the show was cancelled? Anderson could have stretched it out until going to tv live action.
3:394:04 Captain Scarlet And Gordon Tracy From Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons The Original Series And Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds The Original Series Thinks Are A Bit Like James Bond And Marty McFly From Ian Fleming's Goldfinger And Steven Spielberg's Groundbreaking Masterpiece Back To The Future The Movie. My Name Is Bond. JAMES BOND. You Tell Me You Build A Time Machine Out Of A DeLorean. Thanks Century 21 Films Buddy Amigo Dude Mate. X❤😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂
When they canned Thunderbirds were they under the impression marionettes were the problem and then came this. I don't think this ever aired in Australia.
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I remember being a kid in early 70’s when this came on tv here in US.
I was absolutely blown away by how cool it was compared to cartoons.
The music and art lithos, the scale models, the vehicles, explosions, the somewhat life like puppets, you name it.
It’s probably why I got into scale modeling to which I still do to this very day. 🤘🏻
Same with me after seeing all the series Gerry made I got into model making.
Captain Scarlett is simply my favorite Supermarionation show of ALL time.
It was adult,it was scary as fuck,
It's a bloody MASTERPIECE.
THANK YOU SENSEIS for such a gem,from your greatest fan.
Captain Scarlet is my favourite Supermarionation production. During my first time watching it practically made my jaw drop, especially with how dark it can get. Watched mostly every episode with my Mum earlier this year! The special effects (and especially the explosions) have to be one of the best parts of the series for me
Nothing was black and white in that series. The Mysterons saw themselves (with good cause) as the victims of an unprovoked attack, and in some episodes they actually won. I also loved Spectrum's multinational makeup. I owned the Dinky toys of the SPV and saloon car back in the day!
This was my favourite TV programme at the time.
The Angel Interceptors remain the best science fiction aircraft.
They were F16s but Fireflash was Concorde ;)
I think the London Car Vu sequence in the first episode is incredibly well filmed and edited. Detail is everything, and as the structure begins to collapse I swear the wheels on the car drop slightly. Guns and explosions galore - what more did a 1960's kid need?
This is the show that made me dive into all things Gerry Anderson. Watched it in the mornings on Comedy Central back in the 90s when I was going to college and became hooked!
Watched it in the 60’s in B&W when it came out. It was riveting for the time…
Barry Gray's music is absolutely phenomenal.
Every series was even more inventive than its predecessor.
More than half a century has passed, and I still get tingles down my spine.
I loved everything about Thunderbirds, except for the puppets. As for Captain Scarlet, I loved everything about the show, especially the puppets.
My wifes grandad, Gary Miller, sang the theme tune to Stingray. Also sang the end credits song, Aqua Maria😁
Every piece of Barry Gray music was different from that in the previous series.
I wish I was a spaceman, the fastest guy alive.
Captain Scarlett is a classic show. Puppets, effects, vehicles, sets, voices, stories, great! Although I still haven't gotten used to the switching images during the drum beat switch.
this show was my childhood!!!
as an adult I showed this to my boyfriend who’d never seen any of the Supermarionation shows as I thought he’d appreciate Captain Scarlet the most, and he loved it! He was really impressed with the puppetry and the special effects and considering that it was made in the 60s, it’s aged so well 😍
All of the Gerry Anderson shows that used supermarionation were simply 1 word: E-P-I-C!!! As a 27 yo these were my childhood and it never gets old
I always wanted fireball XL5 to go on a mission with Thunderbird 3 or Stingray to go on a rescue with Thunderbird 4.
As a child of the '60s, Captain Scarlet was always "my" Supermarionation show. Throw in the fact that the show had evil aliens and LOTS of death and destruction, and I found it irresistible. =^[.]^=
They all criticise Lou Grade for cancelling Thunderbirds at the start. But no cancelling no Captain Scarlet, Gerry greatest creation, in my opinion.
Captain Scarlet and joe 90 are my favourites, and I never got into the thunder birds. Oh, the secret service was quite cool too!
You didn't like Thunderbirds? Don't you like it now?
As kids we loved Captain Scarlet. The dark ambiguity was really interesting.
Brilliant! Brilliant! Brilliant! ... I'm so glad I grew up in the 60's and 70's! ... I feel sorry for kids nowadays! ... Everything Gerry Anderson and Co. touched, turned to gold!
"This is the voice of The Mysterons!" ... "UA-cam, we know you can hear us!" ... "The puppets are little bar stewards!" 🤣
The Anderson series were my childhood 👍
Captain Scarlet was my favourite too. I think it may have been because I was a big Bond and U.N.C.L.E fan and this was like an agency set in the future
Captain Scarlet is now suing SPECTRUM for failing in its 'duty of care'.
Thanks for posting.
really fine documentaries guys - thanks a lot
Catain scarlet theme song is top of my playlist on spotify ,great show & great music ,from a 60 year old fan
キャプテン・スカーレットはミステロン星人との戦いを描いている作品です。不死身の身体キャプテン・スカーレットが何となく可哀想な気もしますが、どんな事があっても無事なんです。スタイリッシュなメカデザインは日本のSF作品に影響を与えました。😊
I loved Captain Scarlet it was darker and scarier any other Gerry Anderson series before and so it's always been my favourite...
Captain Scarlet is my fave of them all
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I loved Capt Scarlet,😂😂, every boys super hero back then, indestructible
Me as an 8yo when Captain Scarlet premiered: THEY'VE GOT PROPER HEADS! lol
Never really thought of it as being dark, it was just ripping good adventures!
During my childhood I grew up thinking I was a cross between Captain Scarlet, Joe 90 and Evil Knievel lol, let's just say it led to more than a few 'accidents' with broken bones and/or stiches, an few near death experiences as well ha ha. Pretty sure my Gardian Angel was forced into early retirement for mental health reasons by the time I was an early teenager.
Loved this series at least as much as Thunderbirds and I LOVED ALL of Gerry Andersons series, still do!
What I liked about this show was how the bad guy was still Capt. Black. Presumably, he was still drawing captain's pay, still drank with all the good guys in the officers mess between episodes, paid his mess bills, even though he took his orders from The Mysterons.
Captain scarlet is the greatest show ever
Great video...👍
The puppets are bigger than I thought they'd be. I always imagined they'd be more Action Man sized.
Wonderful stuff.
some great directors Des Saunders (episode ) Alan Perry, Leo Eaton, Ken turner (all went on to UFO) and Brian Burgess very accurate for the Cold War (67) editors were also great Bob Dearberg and others enhanced by Barry Gray''s atmospheric music great documentary.
Ahh but, let's be honest here, there was no 'strange twist of fate' that made Captain Scarlet indestructible ( 2:35 ) After all, the original Captain Scarlet was dead, killed outright and thus never became indestructible. (Those red boots of his corpse next to the red boots of his copy, gruesome!) What we actually had throughout the series was a retrometabolised recreation that became independent of it's Mysteron puppet masters. Did Spectrum ever find his body I wonder ?
I grew up with Gerry Anderson and love all his Tv series but they should have been more Thunderbirds 😢
Loved captain scarlet as a little boy & still do. Very dark for young kids....probably why little boys who grew up in the 60's and 70's ended up becoming football hooligans etc!🤷🏼😂😂
Awesome 😊
My fave show ever by gerry anderson tb,xl5,sr,joe90,were ok but nothing like this so dark and gripping captain black was scary was on a sunday afternoon for me
I was devastated when I found out that the angel puppets didn't have legs 😅
Captain black went on to manage arsenal of course!
No, he played centre back for Liverpool, before becoming a football pundit on the BBC.
@@jon780249 now you’re getting ridiculous! Captain black was never a sweaty sock
As a child I always thought Captain Scarlet AND Captain Black were very good looking specially with his 5 0'Clock shadow. 😊
The magic of my childhood
I loved SC and still think it would make a brilliant movie but as a kid didn’t appreciate how dark and brutal it is…..love it!
1:09 I've Wondered If Parker From Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds The Original Series In 1965 In Action In Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons. X❤😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂
If you can access ITV, its worth watching Endeavour Series 6, Episode 2; titled "Apollo". It includes a nice homage to the supermarionation series.
PS - Endeavour is about Inspector Morse at the start of his career as a baby detective developing (Endeavour is his Cristian name). I like the series, with lots of reminders of the 60s (cars, shops and so on) if you grew up in that era.
I was and always will be in team Captain, even the remake was good, despite cocking it up with caps American accent.
I think Captain Scarlet was one of the best show premises and it’s slight shame about a few of the continuity errors that stopped it from being a first rate drama and a massive shame it didn’t get a second series to tie up the loose ends. That doesn’t ruin it for me at all, and in my view it’s head and shoulders above the rest of the Anderson shows and maybe even a life action version of the same premise is the show that UFO should have been.
I remember watcing the very first episode of Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons but I do have one big question which was never explain in the series like I know after first episode that the original Captain Scarlet have been restored in his Mysteronised likeness while still have his memories but what happen to his original body after Spectrum discover the scene in the car crash?
Ironically America did try to make their own version of Thunderbirds and even the presence of a top notch English villain couldn’t stop it from being complete garbage.
5:39 - 5:54 I'm crying-laughing at this (out of the story's context)
I think I was (and still am) too logical. It was a key feature of Captain Scarlett that he was indestructible, so there was never any threat to the title star of the show. Once that fact took root in my head, where was the jeopardy, the excitement? Thunderbirds was the best.
I do wonder if there were any more Thunderbirds scripts or at least some more idea before the show was cancelled? Anderson could have stretched it out until going to tv live action.
The last six were made knowing there would only be 6. So probably not.
What went wrong? What?😮
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Very informative content.
3:39 4:04 Captain Scarlet And Gordon Tracy From Gerry Anderson's Captain Scarlet And The Mysterons The Original Series And Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds The Original Series Thinks Are A Bit Like James Bond And Marty McFly From Ian Fleming's Goldfinger And Steven Spielberg's Groundbreaking Masterpiece Back To The Future The Movie. My Name Is Bond. JAMES BOND. You Tell Me You Build A Time Machine Out Of A DeLorean. Thanks Century 21 Films Buddy Amigo Dude Mate. X❤😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂😅😂
When they canned Thunderbirds were they under the impression marionettes were the problem and then came this. I don't think this ever aired in Australia.
Given the Tarantino-level bidy count I'm surprised it got past thr censor!
Captain Brown: thr first suicide bomber on tv!
Captain Black was a zombie. 😮
All made in Europe’s Hollywood…….SLOUGH!