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Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 10:41:26 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted : I am not so sure, the statement references a show that was back in mid October and the rest of it appears to have been written shortly after, the well wishes and such are all forward looking. There is no recent activity on her forum, and the only new stuff is a handful of comments in the guest book about Gerry’s death.

Seems like a page which is infrequently updated and was mainly used as a promotional platform for her book.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 07:24:20 EDT

donoreo posted : My brother still has the 2.5 foot long Eagle from Space:1999. Even has the box, but it is not sealed, it was played used.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 06:33:19 EDT

DKS posted :

said by Wolfie00:

As far as I can tell, Gerry Anderson isn't even mentioned anywhere on her site. She credits herself with "co-creating" and "co-writing" these shows but never mentions who the other partner was. Very crass.

I gather they did not have the best of relationships.
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Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 01:23:36 EDT

Wolfie00 posted : As far as I can tell, Gerry Anderson isn't even mentioned anywhere on her site. She credits herself with "co-creating" and "co-writing" these shows but never mentions who the other partner was. Very crass.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:52:42 EDT

PX Eliezer posted : His former partner and former wife, Sylvia Anderson, has not written one word of condolence.

Her website is up-to-date (with Christmas greetings and wishes for a happy 2013) yet she could not post one nice word about Gerry.

»www.sylviaanderson.org.uk/html/l···ews.html

And in fact, it was she who kept Gerry away from their son, for the son's entire childhood. They reconciled later on.

This does not make you look good, Sylvia.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:09:32 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted : Furniture and fixtures as well, most of the stuff was high end Italian.

Ian, whole premise of the show was bad I freely admit it; magnetic radiation which makes people go insane, causes spontaneous fusion in fissile material, then sends the moon floating off (intact despite some sort of formidable explosion) through a blackhole and into the vast distances of outer space, yet managed to come across some other planet, ship or thing every episode. Still was fun to watch however.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 11:00:13 EDT

milnoc posted : Regrettably, it's the old style "monster" stories that pretty much killed it. Star Trek had already demonstrated that not all alien creatures had to be hostile, and everyone could work together. If Space 1999 had worked that angle a bit better, the series could have spun off a few multi-episode story arcs.

Still, the special effects were extremely well made for a TV show, and the Eagles had the advantage of being a feasible design for the environment of the moon.
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Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:28:29 EDT

Ian posted :

said by Thane_Bitter:

..and "Space 1999"

That was a pretty bad show. I'd remember watching it if nothing else on, but it certainly wasn't "must see" for this kid.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:43:26 EDT

PX Eliezer posted : Some Space:1999 fans may not be aware of the fan-produced "Message from Moonbase Alpha" which explained what happened to all the people, 20 years later:

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=nox6XjsS7Bs

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 00:19:02 EDT

PX Eliezer posted :

said by Linklist:

When were these shows on TV?

»www.imdb.com/name/nm0026755/

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 23:46:13 EDT

Linklist posted :

said by MichelR:

R.I.P. I loved all that stuff as a kid.

When were these shows on TV?

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:32:04 EDT

PX Eliezer posted : Gerry and Sylvia Anderson gave happiness to lots of folks.

I've watched a bunch of Space: 1999 episodes in the last few weeks. Still good stuff.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 22:13:34 EDT

NCRGuy posted : Best thing that came from Thunderbirds? Team America: World Police.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:44:26 EDT

dennilfloss posted : His series were such a big part of growing up in the sixties.

:(

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 21:04:54 EDT

elwoodblues posted : Got the Thunderbirds in Blu Ray awesome series.

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=BfIAKj3Gl1E

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:29:03 EDT

milnoc posted : Not only was he a pioneer of Supermarionation, he was also a pioneer in the field of special effects work. Derek Meddings cut his teeth with Gerry Anderson, and was responsible for the model work on many James Bond movies including GoldenEye, his last film before he died.

Today, everything is CGI, which is sad. Many of the models used in older science fiction movies and TV shows still look more realistic than most of the CGI crap we see today.
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Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:13:07 EDT

MichelR posted : R.I.P. I loved all that stuff as a kid.

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 17:50:33 EDT

Warez_Zealot posted : Man, I was so confused when I first read the title. I thought it was Thunderbird as in Mozilla Thunderbird Email client. :s

I remember Thunderbirds, great show. Crazy puppet work. :)

Re: Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 16:59:34 EDT

Thane_Bitter posted : ..and "Space 1999"

(Second series opening)

»www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJraUDqN6u4

»youtu.be/8jAlE_HLDj8

It is a shame that UFO didn't last longer.

Thunderbirds are Gone - Gerry Anderson Dies

Wed, 26 Dec 2012 15:54:06 EDT

DKS posted : BBC reports that Gerry Anderson, creator of Joe 90, Supercar, Stingray, Fireball XL5, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, UFO and Thunderbirds has died peacefully at the age of 83.

»youtu.be/6ifS2nP53Zs

»youtu.be/4-5GAY7JfWU
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