Re: [TV orNotTV] Thunderbirds to be Go again on Amazon Prime Video

2016-02-12 Thread Adam Bowie
The new version of the Barry Gray opening theme is very close to the original, but updated a little. Indeed, a little like they did with Hawaii Five O, the opening credits actually closely mirror those of the original series. It's on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NQwgIZ__WrY I'm not

Re: [TV orNotTV] Thunderbirds to be Go again on Amazon Prime Video

2016-02-12 Thread Kevin M.
A more faithful recreation than the artists-formerly-known-as-Top-Gear-presenters did: https://youtu.be/91qQjMdxByM Though James May got the walk correct. On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 12:04 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: > The new version of the Barry Gray opening theme is very close

Re: [TV orNotTV] Thunderbirds to be Go again on Amazon Prime Video

2016-02-11 Thread Bob Jersey
Mark Jeffries, to Adam and moi: > > Is the Lady Penelope song the closing theme music like the original? I > assume that Barry Gray's original opening theme is used in this version. > > The Wiki cited the Fosters, Ben and Nick (see Dr. Who and Torchwood) with the tunes. Here's an article

Re: [TV orNotTV] Thunderbirds to be Go again on Amazon Prime Video

2016-02-11 Thread Mark Jeffries
Is the Lady Penelope song the closing theme music like the original? I assume that Barry Gray's original opening theme is used in this version. Mark Jeffries Saints Spotlight Editor spotligh...@gmail.com On Thu, Feb 11, 2016 at 12:38 PM, Adam Bowie wrote: > It's worth

[TV orNotTV] Thunderbirds to be Go again on Amazon Prime Video

2016-02-11 Thread Bob Jersey
Apparently Gerry Anderson's designs have been well-preserved all these years, and the Supermarionation classic was revived last year by a New Zealand firm on ITV in Britain... the 'zon popped for four seasons, tho only one has aired there... Wiki on the new series

Re: [TV orNotTV] Thunderbirds to be Go again on Amazon Prime Video

2016-02-11 Thread Adam Bowie
It's worth mentioning that the New Zealand company actually doing the combination of model work and CGI is Weta Workshop - aka the Peter Jackson company that did SFX work on The Lord of the Rings! It's a decent kids series similar in tone to the original, and excellently made. I think ITV missed