Thunderbirds 2004 - Launch Sequences

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  • @tmachine979
    @tmachine979 7 років тому +611

    I actually quite liked this movie. Watched it all the time as a kid.

    • @bernadettewinder
      @bernadettewinder 5 років тому +6

      Me too !!

    • @SoHBetaSword
      @SoHBetaSword 5 років тому +11

      We were missing the Countdown here, that would improve the Launch-Sequences.

    • @Orax1701
      @Orax1701 5 років тому +3

      You poor thing.

    • @watchkam_
      @watchkam_ 5 років тому +1

      thomasfan# 1 people say the movie was bad but I liked it

    • @ScareChasm
      @ScareChasm 5 років тому

      Yh

  • @Uajd-hb1qs
    @Uajd-hb1qs 11 місяців тому +26

    I’ve always loved that little Easter egg of the close up of the hands being marionette hands. They knew the fans of the original would be sitting in quiet contempt while their kids or grandkids watched so that little callback I’m sure at least put a smile on some faces.

  • @Froot99
    @Froot99 6 років тому +569

    I remember being really fond of this movie when I was a kid, doesn’t look so good now 😂

  • @Doctor699
    @Doctor699 4 роки тому +187

    Bill Paxton, Sir Ben Kingsley, they did the best with the crap they were given. It's really sad though, this could have really been something.
    As other people put it, they were trying to recreate a spy kids kind of movie. But it's Thunderbirds, it should have been about 5 brothers in their late 20s and mid 30s saving the world. And they should have been portrayed as the right stuff, like the Mercury astronauts they're named after. All we got was a misdirected mess and cringefest.

    • @dcolb121
      @dcolb121 2 роки тому +10

      Absolutely. I was looking forward to seeing it and it was terrible. I grew up watching Supermarianation shows back in the 60's. So much potential and it flopped.

    • @CM-vv8cv
      @CM-vv8cv 6 місяців тому

      @@dcolb121 Because it was for kids you drip.

    • @stephenbarrette610
      @stephenbarrette610 4 місяці тому

      Totally agree, as a kid of the sixties who has loved the show ever since (plus my kids loved it in the 00’s), I couldn’t bear to see it, having read the odd review and watching the trailer. A brilliant IP totally wasted on the short lived ‘spy kid’ genre, which was popular at the time.

    • @richardhockey8442
      @richardhockey8442 2 місяці тому

      from Gandhi to Bloodrayne - the absolute height and absolute low of Ben Kingsley's career

  • @tomurg
    @tomurg 9 років тому +375

    Any one else noticed the puppet hand at 1:47? That's a reference to the original series because there were lots of scenes with real hands in it.

    • @copperhead577
      @copperhead577 5 років тому +20

      Yes, we saw it. We ALL saw it... we have eyes for a reason.

    • @JohnSmith-un2xh
      @JohnSmith-un2xh 5 років тому +46

      @@copperhead577 calm down

    • @copperhead577
      @copperhead577 5 років тому +6

      @@JohnSmith-un2xh
      *I WILL EVER SLEEP! COZ SLEEPING'S FOR THE WEAK!!*

    • @JohnSmith-un2xh
      @JohnSmith-un2xh 5 років тому +2

      @@copperhead577 ok then

    • @copperhead577
      @copperhead577 5 років тому +7

      @@JohnSmith-un2xh
      REEEEEEEEEEEE!

  • @Matkin222
    @Matkin222 4 роки тому +69

    Thunderbird 3 probably had the best launch of these. Maybe because it was an homage to Apollo 13.

  • @2TCHOLMES
    @2TCHOLMES 6 років тому +100

    You know, you can't deny that the music in Thunderbirds is FANTASTIC! Especially at 0:50; just wonderful!

    • @claritycontrol1530
      @claritycontrol1530 4 роки тому +14

      Zimmer didn't disappoint. The opening credits and "International Rescue" are my favourite tracks in the OST.

    • @Emc412
      @Emc412 3 роки тому +7

      @@claritycontrol1530 I'm also a big fan of TB 3 take-off

  • @Ethan_Cubed
    @Ethan_Cubed Рік тому +11

    thunderbird 2 is by far the best. i had a toy of it and i have so many memories playing with it.

  • @eladpress1440
    @eladpress1440 8 років тому +228

    I grew up on this movie so I am naturally in love with it...

    • @JamesAWilliams
      @JamesAWilliams 8 років тому +7

      Same with me.

    • @anonymousanonymous3127
      @anonymousanonymous3127 8 років тому +3

      Same. Damn how time flies

    • @PJ_3697
      @PJ_3697 8 років тому +13

      this movie is awful the orignal series are wayyy better
      i mean look at the thunderbird vehicles wtf did they do with it
      thunderbird 4 is a complete other design

    • @MrWoWgaming
      @MrWoWgaming 7 років тому +5

      thunderbird 2 looks awful in this pile of crap movie, not worth a penny more then a justin bieber album. Origional is superior then this crap.

    • @bluefoxs2207
      @bluefoxs2207 7 років тому +1

      Same dude

  • @gedhoughton9523
    @gedhoughton9523 2 роки тому +61

    Love Thunderbird 2’s sequence, just opening the doors to such a big behemoth of a machine.

    • @IronWarhorsesFun
      @IronWarhorsesFun Рік тому +2

      ya it does get the feel of sheer weight and size across now if only the occupents didn't look like braidy bunch villains.

  • @JamesAWilliams
    @JamesAWilliams 8 років тому +132

    2:35 Look at that! This movie has shown us the exact location of Tracy Island. Great job giving away the location of a secret facility, movie! Great job!

    • @halofanatiks
      @halofanatiks 8 років тому +20

      it has always been known that its midway between Australia and South America

    • @JamesAWilliams
      @JamesAWilliams 8 років тому +5

      +Richard Baalman Yeah, but not exactly where. The Pacific is a massive amount of space and Tracy Island is quite small. It might've been either exactly in the middle point or a bit closer to South America or Australia.

    • @halofanatiks
      @halofanatiks 8 років тому +7

      its about 175 km off the shore of australia. go watch the ring of fire from thunderbirds are go

    • @bluefoxs2207
      @bluefoxs2207 7 років тому +9

      Omg you are really stupid,of course a thunderbird will have the location of his own island

    • @raysharp5677
      @raysharp5677 6 років тому

      what the hell?thunderbirds are go? how stupid and also when tb3 lands in london it lands on grass?

  • @bluehighlander0256
    @bluehighlander0256 7 років тому +32

    Just goes to show that you should never mess with a good known classic

  • @Planet360YT
    @Planet360YT 8 років тому +52

    1:49 that's a puppet hand! Nice reference to the original thunderbirds

    • @KneeCapHill
      @KneeCapHill 3 місяці тому

      Yep. Thing had me thinking i was seeing things when I was 9 years old. I knew it wasnt a mistake but the concept of an "homage" was lost on me as a kid

  • @scs.modelrailway
    @scs.modelrailway 9 років тому +315

    As the late great Gerry Anderson (RIP) said: "this was the biggest load of crap that I have seen in my whole life".

    • @arthurcabral9561
      @arthurcabral9561 9 років тому +9

      +mtpride94 DAM-STRAIGHT!

    • @aidenthewrappergamer3941
      @aidenthewrappergamer3941 7 років тому +28

      Yes and rip Bill Paxton

    • @Pixel1962
      @Pixel1962 6 років тому +25

      That’s sooooo sad. Imagine being completely shut out of your own vision; as a creative person that would be a form of death itself.
      Yeah, I headed that BP fought for more access for him.
      What we need now is someone like Netflix to tackle ‘UFO’

    • @TheSimmr001
      @TheSimmr001 6 років тому +12

      @Sailor Sedna from what i heard the director hates this as well. the studio and investors apparently squeezed the creativity of of the production

    • @Firemarioflower
      @Firemarioflower 6 років тому +19

      Thunderbird 2 looked like complete crap, that is what hurt me most..... absolutely wrong in every proportion

  • @MediaArchive2-z9f
    @MediaArchive2-z9f 11 місяців тому +3

    3:37: broke my heart seeing Thunderbird 5 blown up
    Also at 2:07: love Sophia's outfit. She was perfect choice for Lady Penelope.

  • @龍一馬-n7z
    @龍一馬-n7z 4 роки тому +10

    小学生の時に映画館に観に行ってめちゃくちゃ興奮した映画!正月とか夏休みとかにNHKでやってたサンダーバードを見てめちゃくちゃハマってまさかそれが実写化するなんて子供の時は嬉しかったなぁ
    個人的には大好きな映画です❗

  • @peterbyrom9596
    @peterbyrom9596 9 років тому +82

    Thunderbird 2 looks awesome from the front... then you see the back and it's like a stubby plastic bath toy!

    • @FederationThunderbolt
      @FederationThunderbolt 6 років тому +9

      i love Thunderbird 2, and 1 and 3 even Thunderbird 5 looks amazing (better then the crap in Thunderbird Are Go) and plus they are an organisation than rescuse's the world that most people cant do themselves, besides i dont like the 'BIG ROCKET ENGINES' thunderbird 2 has, i like this movie version cause it looks like future tech while still showing its a beast of a machine... thunderbird 1 in the movie, OH ITS SO BEAUTIFUL much better then the TV versions,

    • @watchkam_
      @watchkam_ 5 років тому +2

      Peter Byrom I know why, I saw a behind the scenes and the front of thunderbird 2 was real but the back was cgi

    • @lorzon
      @lorzon 5 років тому +6

      @@FederationThunderbolt It's ironic, because the Thunderbirds Are Go designs much more visually interesting and in keeping with the original designs.

    • @FederationThunderbolt
      @FederationThunderbolt 4 роки тому +3

      @@lorzon ive really only ever saw the movie, and legit like 3 or 5 episodes of the original

    • @lorzon
      @lorzon 4 роки тому +1

      @@FederationThunderbolt You should watch the rest of it, it's a good show. Much of the 'sets' are miniatures by WETA Workshop while the characters are CG, but designed to look like marionettes.

  • @Ravaloxianthunderbird
    @Ravaloxianthunderbird 6 років тому +12

    Thunderbird 3 was the best redesign. But it also had the best launch sequence of the film. In fact the best scenes in the film, in my opinion, feature Thunderbird 3 in some way. Especially that shot of it coming through the atmosphere.

    • @cerberus1049
      @cerberus1049 5 місяців тому

      I think it’s design is better than the 2015 version. The 2015 version looks like it was made in Minecraft.

  • @Shadowkey392
    @Shadowkey392 8 років тому +20

    Launch sequence scenes are good, one of the few things this movie did right.

    • @mikesmith2905
      @mikesmith2905 4 роки тому +3

      Sadly they were not up to the standards of the original series, no sense of mass and no build up.

    • @FFContent
      @FFContent 4 роки тому +4

      Mike Smith I highly disagree with that these launch sequences are better and make more sense like how thunderbird 2 is moved by a separate machine that becomes the ramp

    • @Thundernerd2aBird
      @Thundernerd2aBird 2 роки тому

      @@FFContent if she’s having to be moved on a ramp then she’s far too heavy, too heavy to be able to lift herself off the ramp and later on be able to take off vertically

    • @FFContent
      @FFContent 2 роки тому

      @@Thundernerd2aBird not really, its because it (this version at least) doesn't have wheels

    • @Thundernerd2aBird
      @Thundernerd2aBird 2 роки тому

      @@FFContent 🧐🧐 ah good spot. Still think she’s way too bulky in this film to have such tiny VTOL engines and wings, but I’ll take your point on how she got to the end of the runway. I naturally assumed she had wheels like the marionette and the new series one.

  • @koko-hh2bq
    @koko-hh2bq Рік тому +3

    This movie felt like a fever dream, used to be so addicted to it as a kid

  • @n.jwebster9459
    @n.jwebster9459 8 років тому +2

    i think that movie was amazingly made and filmed perfectly!

    • @PJ_3697
      @PJ_3697 8 років тому +1

      but the vehicles suck they don't look like in the original series
      gerry would hate this if he was still alive

  • @dntm123
    @dntm123 5 років тому +35

    What makes this movie is the scale of the Thunderbirds themselves, I mean, seeing Thunderbird 1, 2 and 3 take off in live action is pretty damn cool. Also Zimmer's score, not only the remix's of the main theme, but also the themes he created for the kids and The Hood. Even if the movie is held back by its lackluster story and characters. Also, making a Thunderbirds movie where Scott, Virgil, Gordon and John are barely in it and are basically cameos is like making an Avengers movie where Cap, Thor, and Iron Man are mere cameos.

  • @namugriff
    @namugriff 9 років тому +24

    Do like that they took elements of the designs from the film and put them into the new series that have.
    Think they should do a new film, but not have it squarely directed at kids like this was, which let it done most I feel. Could have been a great film if Johnathan Fawkes had better control over the film.

  • @ucg-gaming
    @ucg-gaming 4 роки тому +8

    Thunderbird 3 has the coolest launch.

    • @finlayhamlin200
      @finlayhamlin200 4 роки тому +1

      Definitely, Thunderbird 1 doesn’t move from the villa to the pool like it did in the original tv show, thunderbird 2 doesn’t have wheels, the pods are weird and looks bizarre but thunderbird 3 remains relatively close to the original launch

  • @TimothyMischka
    @TimothyMischka 8 років тому +42

    I actually liked this movie- I got it on clearance a few months back at Saturday Matinee. And from what I've read, you can't blame the cast members (who all delivered good performances and had a good time- Ben Kingsley and Anthony Edwards chose this movie because it was light-hearted and fun- for serious actors like them, they needed something like this as a break) or Jonathan Frakes for what a mess this became. It originally started out at PolyGram Films (they owned ITC for a time in the 90s) and originally planned it as an all-CGI flick, then planned to have the Baldwin brothers as the Tracys and Sean Connery as Jeff. Then the project "fell through the cracks" when Seagram's (yes, the liquor company) merged what remained of PolyGram with Universal. By the time Universal got the project started again, they'd gone through a crap-ton of scripts, Gerry Anderson had left his consulting position on the project, and somebody decided to rework it to be more like Spy Kids. And that's the whole sordid tale.

    • @曽根香織-m4p
      @曽根香織-m4p 8 років тому

      Tim Mischka

    • @jefffranklin4894
      @jefffranklin4894 8 років тому +5

      I agree with you there and people discredit it even though it had amazing CGI for it being made in 2004

    • @onearmouredboipictures8653
      @onearmouredboipictures8653 4 роки тому +1

      This movie was and still is my childhood

    • @christopherhodges7607
      @christopherhodges7607 4 роки тому +3

      It is still a fun movie, and I quite like the design of the crafts. I agree the execution for some of them, Thunderbird 5 mainly, does look a little strange but I love the concept they were going for. Thunderbird 5 looks like they were taking inspiration from the mural of Space Station 77 on Space Mountain at Disneyland. If they had kept more to something like that and gone with a different color scheme with proper lighting it might have looked better.

    • @Benji568
      @Benji568 3 роки тому

      @@christopherhodges7607 What do you think of the Thunderbirds' designs in the new CGI show? The only one I don't care for is Thunderbird 2 (The original design is the best).

  • @MasterGeekMX
    @MasterGeekMX 7 років тому +5

    This movie was featured whan I was a young kid and then My dad introduced me to the old puppet series. I love both. This movie was easy the "this kid watches it every time" movie. For some reason I don't care mutch about plots, and what it cautivated me are the tech: launch sequences, screeens,interfaces, controls, etc.

  • @DWboy14
    @DWboy14 3 роки тому +5

    18 years later and I still love this movie

    • @robdykes3659
      @robdykes3659 2 роки тому

      Christ your standards care low, this is crap

  • @owenjones3929
    @owenjones3929 7 років тому +6

    I also noticed the puppet hand in thunderbird 1 launch and I have come to realise that not only is it just a reference to the original thunderbirds series with puppets, but in the puppets series in some scenes they actually use a normal persons hand to film it so I think they thought they would return the favour!

  • @nicholasrolo886
    @nicholasrolo886 4 місяці тому +1

    The little nod of "They've got this trust them" from lady Penelope 😄

  • @seanmackenzie1449
    @seanmackenzie1449 8 років тому +4

    I'm afraid to say that the movie hasn't aged well but I watched it when I was around about 5 years old so there's just no way to hate this movie

  • @AndrewChapman
    @AndrewChapman 9 років тому +35

    Never cared much for Fermat tbh. Sure, he's not too bad in some scenes. Like for example, when Alan, Tin-Tin and Fermat are trying to escape from Mullion and his men with a hoversled. Alan was a bit harsh to Fermat and making fun of his stutter when Fermat's trying to make him see sense. And the shot of Fermat's hand appearing as a marionette during the Thunderbird 1 launch sequence was a nice nod to the TV series. But I still wish Brains had as much screen time as Fermat.
    R.I.P. Bill Paxton

    • @ryanodonovan9497
      @ryanodonovan9497 4 роки тому +1

      I honestly think Fermat was a worthless and redundant character that never should've been written in regardless, yet not only is he in there, but gets more screen time and focus than his father who was already well established. A complete waste. Brains never needed to have a child in this film. I think Grandma Tracy (the absent, unmentioned Tracy family member in this film) would've been better.
      As for Alan, I find him nothing but an unlikeable, self-entitled whiner in this film who never even learns from it. Sure, there were a couple of times in the original series he was jealous of his brothers having more to do than him, but not to the point of being insufferable! Nowhere near.
      And with these two and Tin-Tin (who didn't need more focus in the story when she was a minor character in the original series) not only being the main characters, but also spending a large amount of the story running around Tracy Island from the villains whilst spending the most time on the equipment, I need to ask - what the fuck does any of this have to do with Thunderbirds?! Let me put it simply - when I see a film done on Thunderbirds, I want to see dramatic and exciting rescues pulled off by ALL the Tracys, Brains, Lady Penelope and Parker working as a team. I do not want to see an unlikeable version of one of the siblings, a pointless son of an already well-enough established character for use and a minor character turned into a cheesy teenage girl, tediously evading villains (who also didn't need to exist when The Hood could've done all his own work like in the original show) on their own home island. If I wanted to see a film like that, I'd watch either Spy Kids or Home Alone. And it doesn't help that Scott, Virgil and Gordon look fuck-all like their puppet counterparts.

  • @jafpies
    @jafpies 9 років тому +46

    Anybody notice the puppet hand in the TB1 launch?

    • @RetroTARDIS
      @RetroTARDIS 9 років тому

      jafpies I Did :P

    • @iancotterill2286
      @iancotterill2286 9 років тому

      jafpies Where?

    • @sayjebenjamin6006
      @sayjebenjamin6006 9 років тому +2

      Ian Cotterill 1:47 when he lays his hand on the thrust

    • @iancotterill2286
      @iancotterill2286 9 років тому

      Oh yeah! Well spotted!

    • @eviltwin2322
      @eviltwin2322 9 років тому +2

      Yeah, I hated that hand! If you're doing a live action version commit to it, and if you don't respect the source material then leave it for someone else to adapt.

  • @bp_cherryblossomtree723
    @bp_cherryblossomtree723 6 років тому +7

    I think Thunderbird 3 launch is awesome!

  • @jamespickin8811
    @jamespickin8811 4 дні тому

    Man this movie was so damn good I can’t count how many times I watched it as a kid❤️

  • @TomatrontheOne
    @TomatrontheOne 3 роки тому +12

    They should’ve given Thunderbird 2 a launch sequence at the start of the movie so we can actually see International Rescue deploy with it instead of just with the villains. It feels off the way they did it. You almost don’t want to watch Thunderbird 2 deploy because the villains are in it.
    For a Thunderbirds movie, that’s a SIN

  • @Gigas0101
    @Gigas0101 4 роки тому

    Thanks for the upload.

  • @Benratbag1997
    @Benratbag1997 10 місяців тому +2

    I would love another live action Thunderbirds film to be made. Not as a sequel to the 2004 film, but one which is more faithful to the original show. Where it’ll focus on all of the Tracy Family & Lady Penelope of course plus more Rescues and Disasters.
    Next year will be the the 60th Anniversary of Thunderbirds and I think now is the right time for the franchise to be brought back into the spotlight on the Big Screen, as long as it’s done by the right people who care deeply about the source material like me as I’m big Thunderbirds fan myself.
    Thunderbirds still has a strong following by fans everywhere especially here the UK 🇬🇧

    • @stephenbyrne2170
      @stephenbyrne2170 6 місяців тому +1

      Maybe they could use the Thunderbirds designs from this movie? I actually really love the redesigns. Which is probably why I wish Thunderbird 5 wasn't blown to pieces.

  • @WarhammerWings
    @WarhammerWings 8 років тому +2

    Even though the film was BAD, the craft were pretty cool! I think they deserve a place in the hiztory of Thunderbirds' craft!

  • @TheMrLBCWarrior
    @TheMrLBCWarrior 4 роки тому +4

    Some company needs to make this movie again with today's technology.

  • @scroopynoopers2892
    @scroopynoopers2892 4 роки тому +8

    The special effects and CG in this movie is still impressive.

  • @djdragonboss42
    @djdragonboss42 Місяць тому

    this is what i knew as thunderbirds as a kid, i still enjoy going back to it

  • @Rgoid
    @Rgoid 4 роки тому +12

    2:17 “Thunderbird 1 is go.”
    3:21 “Thunderbird 2 is go.”
    4:47 “Thunderbird 3 is go.”
    5:07 “Thunderbird 4 is go.” (Thank you,Alan)

  • @chrisraby1703
    @chrisraby1703 3 місяці тому

    The filming of the original series back in the 60's is far better than CGI of the 2000's - It was ahead of its time and in many respects still is on this performance

  • @jeffreyb8770
    @jeffreyb8770 Рік тому +1

    The palm trees falling aside is the BOMB, but in TOS, they mechanically fell away and bounced at the same time. Also, TB1 meandering into the air at liftoff lacked verisimilitude. Also, teenage GIRLS smiling like it's a prom limo is just WRONG. Oh! Oh! O-H-H-H-H!

  • @ZuluRomeo
    @ZuluRomeo 4 роки тому +19

    It's amazing how much the 2015 animated series developed some of the stylistic elements first seen in this movie. From little moments like "Thunderbird 4 is go" to the flying FAB-1, to the characterisation of the Hood and introducing two henchmen for him, the influence is there.

  • @COBO2
    @COBO2 5 років тому +4

    I would love to see Thunderbirds Are Go remake this film.

    • @Benji568
      @Benji568 3 роки тому

      The plot of one of the episodes did resemble this movie apart from the whole bank stuff and you could argue that the "Chaos Crew" in series 3 were slightly inspired by the two henchmen in this, except the new show is better written.

  • @paxmosley5950
    @paxmosley5950 5 років тому +1

    Dude , the fucking nostalgia , this was my favourite movie as a kid

  • @aceyspud551
    @aceyspud551 9 років тому +25

    It really is a shame this movie was horrid. The Thunderbirds, in cinematic CGI, would've been so orgasmic, that despite the bad redesigns I STILL got chills when I saw them doing what I remember.

  • @spluff5
    @spluff5 5 років тому +13

    As a fan of the original, I actually really have a soft spot for this.

    • @robdykes3659
      @robdykes3659 2 роки тому +3

      It is crap,get over it

    • @suerootes9771
      @suerootes9771 Рік тому +1

      I grew up with the original and I am neutral to it, now @robdykes3659 shut your mouth you mediocre tbs fan

  • @DaveMan1K
    @DaveMan1K 5 років тому +11

    How is it these "real life" Thunderbirds look more fake than the actual animated ones we have now?

    • @Benji568
      @Benji568 3 роки тому +1

      The Thunderbird 2 from the 2015 CG series is a bit too square and blocky for my liking.

  • @RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS
    @RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS 8 років тому +10

    ...Alright, this movie forgot a couple important details:
    Virgil didn't get to do anything. John, in Thunderbird 5, got more screen time.
    The Hood finding Tracy Island is just... *No.*
    The Hood pilots Thunderbird 2 more than Virgil does.
    A 9-year old boy whose name is not Joe flies Thunderbird 2 more than Virgil does.
    Brains has a son. I feel much more hopeful though, if a guy like that could have children, there is still hope in this world.
    Thunderbird 1's interior looks like a theme park ride at Disney, not a high speed VTOL rocket plane. Also, the blue interior lights weren't necessarily needed, we get it, Thunderbird 1 is the blue one.
    Same for Thunderbird 2, except the chairs in that one just look uncomfortable and again, don't look like they'd be in an airship like that.
    Thunderbird 2 overall just looks too bulky to believably fly with such tiny rocket engines, sure, neither the original or the 2015 rebooted versions would realistically fly, but at least they try to look reasonable with their wings.
    Jeff flying everything. He was essentially Captain Picard and the Tracy boys were just the stock background officers.
    Alan is in high school on the mainland somewhere. How was that set up? Why is it interesting? I'm saying this from experience, high school isn't interesting enough for a Thunderbirds movie.
    Score overall. Sorry, other than the intro, it was just "I'M GONNA PRETEND TO BE DANNY ELFMAN COVERING BARRY GRAY MUSIC XDDDDD."
    I really don't like the way they redid Firefly. Something about it really doesn't look right. Maybe it's because it is no longer a bulldozer and has an open turret for fire fighting?!

    • @robertbarnard6120
      @robertbarnard6120 8 років тому

      also, how did the hood hit thunderbird 5??

    • @RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS
      @RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS 8 років тому

      Yeah, that's something else the movie never really explained.

    • @alexcameron8724
      @alexcameron8724 8 років тому +1

      Gordon & Alan are piloting the wrong thunderbirds. I know it would make less sense if Alan had to pilot Thunderbird 3 at the end of the movie, but it's still not how it is was in the original series (or any series for that moment). If the director can't get the basic material right, how did they accept the movie to be anything than a C at best?

    • @smaviation9171
      @smaviation9171 4 роки тому

      Also thunderbird 1 and 2 wouldn’t have the range to fly all the way to London also the way that thunderbird 2 is designed makes it very inefficient in flight . Also the airspace in London is very congested ( due to London Heathrow and London city approach paths ) Alan , Fermat and tin-tin should have contacted London Heathrow air traffic control during the approach into London . Also building a monorail open over deep water is a very stupid thing to do also due to the supports ships wouldn’t be able to pass through it . Overall this movie lacked a lot of logic

  • @Optidorf
    @Optidorf 5 років тому +3

    4:07 The acting is even more woody than the puppets they are based on.

  • @johnquinones.
    @johnquinones. 3 роки тому +1

    Is it just me or for a solid 5 years I forgot this movie even existed

    • @Benji568
      @Benji568 3 роки тому

      Everyone did. It's atrocious and probably ruined many careers of many actors in this. I think the guy who played Virgil quit acting not long after this.

  • @Dann-
    @Dann- 6 років тому +6

    how could you mess the thunderbirds up so badly

  • @jamietwitch06
    @jamietwitch06 8 років тому +1

    HEY DUDE YOUR VIDEOS ARE EPPPPPPPPPICCCCCCC!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @JayPattersonTV
    @JayPattersonTV 4 роки тому

    This movie is old enough to drive...and I’m old enough to feel bad about it lol.

  • @michaeljohnson2681
    @michaeljohnson2681 3 роки тому +1

    Thunderbirds are my favourite film especially with Bill Paxton starring as Jeff Tracy, Billionaire and ex astronaut of International Rescue

    • @shepardbook
      @shepardbook 2 роки тому +1

      Paxton as Jeff Tracy was good casting. Too bad (to this, very, very old fan of the original series) the movie was garbage.

  • @scsutton1
    @scsutton1 7 днів тому

    2:36 From roughly the Pitcairn Islands to London in an hour means that Thunderbird 2 would be travelling at over 9,000 miles an hour, or roughly 12 times the speed of sound. Man, Thunderbird 2 can shift.

  • @Supreme-Emperor-Mittens
    @Supreme-Emperor-Mittens Рік тому +2

    Maybe some day, someone would actually make a
    SERIOUS THUNDERBIRDS MOVIE !!!
    The Tracy brothers are young ADULTS - not kids - and they go on missions with well written stories.
    The closest thing to what I want right now is Thunderbirds Are Go.

  • @HughJarsz
    @HughJarsz 4 роки тому +1

    I remember being so excited to see this movie. And then I saw it...

  • @taxus750
    @taxus750 8 років тому +15

    Late to this party as I am, I'll throw in my tuppence-worth anyway. I saw the 2004 movie a few years back, and TBH the only reason I lasted more than 10 minutes was cos I was with mates and beer a rented DVD. All of us were (are) old enough to remember the original on the telly (SuperMarionation and all), and we all panned the movie... mercilessly. No doubt many younger folk enjoyed it, and I am not here to tell them their taste is rubbish - my hope is that they use this superficial recreation as a means to discover the original (and best) Gerry & Sylvia Anderson series.
    The movie failed on many counts, as previous commenters have mentioned. For me its biggest failing is that it treated its audience as mere consumers of an entertainment product: there's a lot of action and excitement, but not to any great purpose. Conversely, the original series - in among all the excitement and action and drama and astonishing (laboriously-made) SFX - posed all sorts of problems and dilemmas, and treated its audience as intelligent beings. In many ways, Thunderbirds was a forerunner to the original Star Trek (which I also loved watching), a series that also assumed its audience capable of and willing to watch fiction as a means of exploring morals and the human condition.
    F.A.B.

    • @taxus750
      @taxus750 8 років тому +4

      P.S. From a personal perspective, the worst technical cock-up of the movie was its version of T2 - it was rubbish. T2 has always been about multi-role capability and a primary part of its versatility was its ability to load and unload pods of varying technical specialities. The blokes in the production team of the 2004 movie should hang their heads in shame for what they did to T2.

    • @OxtailChamberpot
      @OxtailChamberpot  8 років тому +1

      Well said matey agreed on all accounts!

    • @TheDapperDog402
      @TheDapperDog402 8 років тому +1

      I was 10 at the time and seen episodes of the 60's one and thought they were much better.

    • @90lancaster
      @90lancaster 5 років тому

      @@taxus750 I would assume they can still load multiple vehicles it just doesn't do it in the same way The open sided cradle may be to save weight - though TB4 is perhaps one of the lighter cargos the vehicle might carry.
      i wonder if there is any coincidence that the Vehicle transporting shuttle in the Frakes Directed Star Trek Insurrection is a similar shape to TB2?

  • @theAverageJoe25
    @theAverageJoe25 4 роки тому +3

    This was so cool as a kid, now it’s well....

    • @Benji568
      @Benji568 3 роки тому +1

      Dogshit. That's the word you're looking for.

  • @Jonesylmao
    @Jonesylmao 5 місяців тому

    Under an hour from close to the Cook Islands to London. How fast did that TB2 fly.

  • @patrickols
    @patrickols 4 роки тому +2

    It’s pretty sad when a TV show that is almost 60 years old, as strings attached to all the characters in it and a limited budget as aged so much better than a multi million movie made less then 20 years ago. Kind of show you the sad state of the entertainment world these days.

  • @mikesilva3868
    @mikesilva3868 2 роки тому

    : Ello, ello, ello, this is it, folks. If we don't have a commercial now, we'll have to pass a ruddy hat.😂

  • @GusMcGuire
    @GusMcGuire 3 роки тому +2

    The problem with this movie was that the studio execs seemed to think kids want some kind of "wish-fulfilment fantasy", rather than seeing their heroes and the equipment come to life. So we end up with a lacklustre plot where a bunch of margarine-faced Hollywood kids "with issues" save the day because the 'heroes' are stupid enough to get sidelined by a plot contrivance.
    Gerry Anderson knew kids loved the technology and watched it for the feeling that - as fantastic as the vehicles were - the way they worked had been thought out. He'd learned the hard way, with Joe 90, that putting a child hero centre-stage didn't chime with much of the viewing audience (who wants to be a 9 year-old hero when you're 10?). It's a pity the people behind this version didn't have the same understanding of their audience.

  • @dakkarnemo7281
    @dakkarnemo7281 9 років тому +10

    Thank you for these scenes - but I wish they had been done in chronological order (not numerical order), and I wish the scenes had been complete (not cut short).

    • @OxtailChamberpot
      @OxtailChamberpot  9 років тому +3

      +Dakkar Nemo Glad you enjoyed them! Unfortunately there is a limit to what I am allowed to post on UA-cam and I had to cut out some of the faff from these scenes, hence the jumpiness. Trust me, this video includes every second of each Thunderbird launch, there's nothing missing! If you would like to see that though I strongly recommend watching the actual film my friend! ;)

    • @dakkarnemo7281
      @dakkarnemo7281 9 років тому

      Oxtail Chamberpot - I have been trying to create so videos for UA-cam, but when I try to Monetize them I get suspended by AdSense if there is even 1 photo or song anywhere in the video which was not created personally by me. I've never understood how some people are able to put photos, songs, and even scenes from a movie into a video and get away with it - are you monetized?

    • @OxtailChamberpot
      @OxtailChamberpot  9 років тому +1

      +Dakkar Nemo Sorry for the late reply bud. Yes that sounds about right - I'm not monetised either. Unfortunately you're not allowed to make money from anything created by other people, so anything at all you don't hold the rights to will stop UA-cam allowing monetisation (and monestise it for the benefit of the rights holders instead). I get away with it by heavily editing scenes so they're very different to how they first appeared, only using very short chunks of footage and music, and also acknowledging the copyrighted content and not attempting to monetise it. Even so, I've had a couple of videos taken down as they had too much of a copyrighted scene in it, so it's pretty hit and miss to be honest. Hope that helps mate, best of luck with you videos!

  • @F21012013R
    @F21012013R 4 роки тому +2

    For me this can't beat the original Thunderbirds. But I am an old guy :)

  • @netherfreakultima4498
    @netherfreakultima4498 3 роки тому +1

    Man...those launches were so awesome ^^
    Don't care what anyone says about them

  • @oliverhooper435
    @oliverhooper435 Рік тому

    1:47 -1:48 that little ode to the original 1965's Thunderbirds is quite nice with the puppet hand
    I remember seeing this when i was 8 and even then i thought it was very cheesey compared to the originals - which i used to watch on a Friday night right after Robot wars and before Top of the Pops and Captain Scarlet! Man those were the days

  • @MultiRabe
    @MultiRabe 4 роки тому

    Different from the Thunderbird shows of the 60’s, but I’m still a loyal fan of this show...new or old 👍🏼👍🏼👏🏼

  • @SicilianStealth
    @SicilianStealth 7 років тому +3

    Growing up as a child in the sixties I watched Fireball XL-5 (had one,) Stingray (had that also) and The Thunderbird's (had 2 & 3.) I found the live action done well. Jonathan Frakes who is married to Genie Francis (Laura in General Hospital) did a good job. Just like Battlestar Galactica in the original the arrive in 1980. The remake it's 150,000 years ago. As with any remake they are going to change a few things which if done well and they pull it off I'm open too. Everyone has different tastes, but love all the complainers with their uneducated comments. Most of you didn't grow up with the Original. Gerry & Sylvia Anderson also did Captain Scarlet, UFO, Space 1999 and a move called Journey to the Far Side of the Sun.

  • @Mr07008
    @Mr07008 7 років тому

    WOW ! Excellent ! What was there not to like !

  • @hondansx1000
    @hondansx1000 4 роки тому +2

    first movie i ever remember being disappointed with. I was so excited when this movie was announced, then i went and saw it and was so upset at then end i even apologized to my sister for making her take me to the cinema to go see it

    • @Benji568
      @Benji568 3 роки тому +1

      My brother saw this with dad back in the day then he got the DVD for Christmas that year. I bet he cried, it must've been so painful.

  • @solarsatan9000
    @solarsatan9000 5 років тому +1

    Great effects for 2004

  • @itztyler5662
    @itztyler5662 2 роки тому

    One of my fav films growing up

  • @deanseawa
    @deanseawa 4 роки тому +1

    This movie wasn't written for the original generation. It was written for a new generation and left the old one behind. I remember feeling so betrayed after watching it. I've never watched it again.

  • @kerravon4159
    @kerravon4159 2 роки тому +1

    I watched this ages ago, somehow I dont recall it being quite this sh!t....

  • @jamproductions5621
    @jamproductions5621 9 років тому +5

    All these thunderbirds aren't shown very well. Eg. When tb1 takes off everything's in the dark and from very hard to see angles not to mention that you barely get any shots of them taking up the screen they're mostly just panning shots

    • @OxtailChamberpot
      @OxtailChamberpot  9 років тому +1

      JAM Productions I agree completely, that's a very good point. I must emphasise that this video contains every single shot of the sequences, so it's not even like I cut the good shots out - there weren't any! Reason 741 why I don't like this movie...

    • @jamproductions5621
      @jamproductions5621 9 років тому +1

      yeah i just watched this movie for the vehicles and at the time i wasn't so disappointed but now not so much

  • @danielphelps4440
    @danielphelps4440 4 роки тому

    Thunderbirds’ Hangers
    TB1: Beneath Tracy Island’s Swimming Pool
    TB2: Next to a Mountain
    TB3: Underneath the Round House
    TB4: In an Underwater exit or Thunderbird 2
    TB5: *No Hanger because it stays in Space*
    TBS: On a Cliff Ledge
    Shadow Bike: In a Rocky exit
    Pod Vehicles: In the Pod Vehicle Factory, from Thunderbird 2 or from Thunderbird 3
    Modification TB4: In an Icy Exit or from Thunderbird 3

  • @fozzylozzy1131
    @fozzylozzy1131 День тому

    As a kid i loved this film, thunderbirds was my childhood and i wouldnt mind a well written live action tv show of it following the actual thunderbirds not their kids

  • @boozy8659
    @boozy8659 3 роки тому +1

    Jesus this makes me feel old

  • @jeffrichards4399
    @jeffrichards4399 6 років тому +2

    Frakes managed to pull off the impossible with this movie. He took a great TV program, with imaginative story likes, and make a movie out of it, which was the biggest pile of crap possible. The only directing he should have been allowed to do after making this film was showing people to their seats in the cinema.

    • @Vince_Steele
      @Vince_Steele 5 років тому

      Didn't help he had a crap script to work from.

  • @TheStealthX
    @TheStealthX 9 років тому +21

    Thunderbird 1 looked too cartoony with it's colouring
    2 looked fat and pompous with it's shape, it looked more like a UFO
    3 was the most untarnished, with only a silly paintjob
    4 looked so different it barely looked like it's original version, save for the colour (which is painful since Thunderbird 4 was always my favourite)
    And 5 just looked weird, not at all like it should.

    • @thecomradered
      @thecomradered 9 років тому +2

      +Colin Monger (twofacetoo) I liked the redesigns, but it's my opinion. They were the good part of this movie

    • @RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS
      @RockyRailroadProductions_B0SS 8 років тому +6

      Thunderbird 3 looked okay.
      They ruined about everything else though, ESPECIALLY Thunderbird 2. They even got the launch wrong.

    • @spaceultra1713
      @spaceultra1713 6 років тому

      Thunder-Bird 4 is an ugly submarine
      Thunder-bird 1 is cool and beauty
      Thunder-Bird 2 is your face
      Thunder-Bird 3 is (idk what)
      Thunder-Bird 5 is so weird

    • @54Immortal
      @54Immortal 6 років тому +1

      Thunderbird 5 got a massive upgrade in this film, it looked sick. I found the ships quite alright actually, you can't say the puppet ships looked better cuz they didn't. Too many ppl complaining about this film when this was my childhood, it was favourite movie. So stop shitting on it, I'm love this.

  • @d-v-cez9152
    @d-v-cez9152 7 місяців тому

    LOVE IT!❤️ Brains isn't balding though...🤔 Penelope had a thing for young Allen that was cute but this makes her look like a cradle robber in retrospect 😱

  • @fizkallnyeilsem
    @fizkallnyeilsem 3 роки тому

    I loved this movie so much Id scrath the CDs part 1&2, cant believe itdbe replace with hard drives, nostalgia

  • @josephward1071
    @josephward1071 4 дні тому

    3:04
    (If Thunderbird Machines had computer voices)
    Thunderbird 2:(yawns)Time for take off already

  • @PapyrFalcon
    @PapyrFalcon 9 років тому +11

    Scot= tb1
    Virgil=tb2
    Alan=tb3
    Gordon=tb4
    John=tb5

    • @Thundernerd2aBird
      @Thundernerd2aBird 7 років тому

      Slime Crew where as this seems to be Scott tb1, Jeff TB2 and Virgil as a co-pilot, Gordon tb3? Alan in tb4 I think and John in tb5. What were they thinking

    • @derpytwerpgameryt4955
      @derpytwerpgameryt4955 7 років тому

      kayo= thunderbird s

    • @JamesRB10.
      @JamesRB10. 7 років тому +1

      If only someone had told this to a member of the production team before they made this pile of absolute wank

    • @メビウスオーブ
      @メビウスオーブ 6 років тому

      原作はそうですね🎶(笑)

    • @90lancaster
      @90lancaster 5 років тому

      @@Thundernerd2aBird To be fair John and Gordon did swap places from time to time.

  • @bp_cherryblossomtree723
    @bp_cherryblossomtree723 4 роки тому +3

    2:16 disappointed the wings doesn't open

    • @snacklesskerbal
      @snacklesskerbal 4 роки тому

      The wings sonly open at "slow" speeds, they dont open on launch or in high speed flight

    • @bp_cherryblossomtree723
      @bp_cherryblossomtree723 4 роки тому

      @@snacklesskerbal Ok, you got a point, but in the movie it doesn't show the wings open

  • @snowlion2593
    @snowlion2593 8 років тому +4

    Perhaps you could upload the sequence involving Thunderbird 2 flying under Tower Bridge, Thunderbird 1 accelerating to maximum thrust, Thunderbird 3 detaching from Thunderbird 5, and Thunderbirds 2 and 1 landing in London. All in one scene, of course.

  • @thomaskilburn1800
    @thomaskilburn1800 3 роки тому

    Awesome. Do more videos mate. 👍

  • @primuscooper7371
    @primuscooper7371 11 місяців тому

    This film wasn’t great but damn this gives me nostalgia can’t believe this thing is 20 years old

  • @annettemalaski1967
    @annettemalaski1967 4 місяці тому

    I really liked this movie!

  • @john_molden
    @john_molden День тому

    Rest in peace to Bill Paxton. If ever there was a perfect actor to play Jeff Tracy, it was him.

  • @bp_cherryblossomtree723
    @bp_cherryblossomtree723 4 роки тому +1

    What’s your favorite thunderbird launch? (Doesn’t have to be the movie)
    Mines is all

    • @GoodnightFromHim
      @GoodnightFromHim 4 роки тому

      Mine is zero-x from the thunderbirds are go movie and fireflash from operation crash dive

  • @robbo2347
    @robbo2347 4 роки тому +14

    Ruined thunderbirds. I would love to see a darker grittier version of Thunderbirds and Capt Scarlet.

    • @Benji568
      @Benji568 3 роки тому +1

      Captain Scarlet live-action movie could be cool... if you hire the right people to do it that is.

    • @martijn9560
      @martijn9560 3 роки тому

      Capitan scarlet was pretty dark already

  • @Benji568
    @Benji568 3 роки тому +1

    The less that is said about this movie the better.

  • @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847
    @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847 8 років тому

    could you upload the individual 2004 launchs? i really like the music played in the TB3 launch and want to add it to my "repeat music" playlist which i set to repeat hence the name when playing video games sometimes

    • @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847
      @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847 8 років тому

      the only one on UA-cam is with the 2004 audio but 1965-1966 visuals and people who do things like that including with the new series just piss me off

    • @KILLERTVmovies
      @KILLERTVmovies 8 років тому

      You can probably find just the soundtrack for the film if you look hard enough. Then it's just a matter of finding that specific track.

    • @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847
      @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847 8 років тому

      KillerTVmovies yeah ive found it but it doesnt include the sirens

    • @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847
      @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847 8 років тому

      Oxtail Chamberpot you misunderstand lol i WANT the sirens

    • @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847
      @tracytronminecraftletsplay8847 8 років тому

      Oxtail Chamberpot doesnt bother me really

  • @lewisner
    @lewisner 7 років тому +1

    Why didn't they keep Thunderbird 2 exactly as it was in the TV show ? It's an iconic design and straight away when I saw it I noticed all the alterations.

  • @jimenatorresbarriga7114
    @jimenatorresbarriga7114 3 роки тому

    This movie of thunderbirds was from the year "2004"