:group: Saturday 12th Feb, 09:30, New Captain Scarlet :group:

I don't know if anyone else here, like me, is a fan of the w**k of Gerry Anderson. If you are then check out all new Captain Scarlet, instead of puppets (which some people don't like for some reason) this is CGI. Elements of the original format have been changed but, unlike the Thunderbirds movie, Gerry Anderson was directly involved in the making of this, so it should be good.

Didn't know anyone remembered Fireball XL5 :D

I've always been a Fanderson so I'll be watching. :toomuchtv:

I gave in and got the R1 DVD set right before the R2 one was announced :)

Strangely, despite being a fan of the Supermarionation series, I'm really not excited about this!

Of course, the 9:30 start time doesn't help -during the weekend I'm usually asleep at that time :)

Ah. I take it that means 9.30 in the am :stoopid:

Oh :shit:

I think it might be repeated on ITV2 at a later time, but I'm not sure about that.

I've also now been told that it airs at 10.25am, although I'll still be there at 09:30 to make sure. If untrained equines can't stop me watching then temporal uncertainty certainly can't!

It just all goes to show, communication between Spectrum and the World Space Patrol isn't what it used to be :sad:

Did anyone else get this email ?

"CAPTAIN SCARLET ON CiTV!
Hi, and welcome to the first Spectratech Mail from CaptainScarlet.com!

On 27th January 2005 British broadcaster ITV announced that they would be the first channel worldwide to air Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet!

The show will be shown on the children's show Ministry of Mayhem on Saturday mornings at 9.30. The first show will go out on air on 12th February, so be sure to set your alarm clocks!

Here is the official Press Release:

PRESS RELEASE
THUNDERBIRDS CREATOR GERRY ANDERSON BRINGS HIGH-OCTANE ACTION TO SATURDAY MORNINGS ON CiTV IN HIS ALL NEW CGI ANIMATION OF CAPTAIN SCARLET
Gerry Anderson's classic cult character Captain Scarlet is back on our screens in the most impressive animated series to hit kids' TV this century. The breath-taking scenes, mind-blowing action and dramatic storylines in each 22-minute episode of Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet pack all the punch of a blockbuster movie. With production costs of $30 million across 26 episodes and produced in High Definition with Dolby 5.1 Surround Sound, the New Captain Scarlet will bring the cinema experience directly into the home.

Gerry Anderson says, "The New Captain Scarlet is the most advanced and adventurous production I have ever made, taking family sci-fi action adventure to another level and CGI television animation into a new dimension."

Based on the original 1960s series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons, Gerry Anderson has cut loose his strings and opted for the latest motion capture system and cutting edge CGI to create this breakthrough TV series for ITV. The puppets have become actors on a futuristic set full of edge-of-the-seat excitement.

Twenty years after man's first steps on Mars, Captain Scarlet and Captain Black, agents of the elite security force, Spectrum, are sent there to investigate alien signals. After coming face to face with the evil Mysterons, both men are destroyed and the Mysterons declare war on planet Earth. Meanwhile the Mysterons attempt to rebuild Captain Scarlet in order to use him as a weapon of destruction against Earth. He manages to escape their control and return to Spectrum, but their genetic mutation of his body leaves him virtually indestructible. Not to be deterred, the Mysterons instead rebuild Captain Black who becomes their primary instrument of destruction.

Stationed on Skybase, it's up to Spectrum to protect Earth from the Mysterons' destruction. Colonel White and his right-hand woman Lieutenant Green head up the operation from Skybase, while Captain Scarlet and his sidekick Captain Blue handle ground patrol. Air defence comes from an all-female squadron of fighter pilots, the Angels, led by the tough and feisty Destiny Angel.

The New Captain Scarlet is produced by Gerry Anderson and boasts an impressive production team including director David Lane, and Conceptual Artist and Director Dominic Lavery who worked on the James Bond movies.

The world premiere of Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet will be on CiTV's MOM on Saturday 12th February- Vanessa Hill, Series Editor of MOM says:


"We're all extremely pleased to have Captain Scarlet on MOM; it's a fantastic animation. Viewers expect high quality programmes and this certainly fits the bill. We hope that viewers of MOM enjoy the series as much as the presenters and production team have".
Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet is the ultimate adventure in Outer Space. Exciting, atmospheric and full of dramatic tension it's definitely worth getting out of bed for!"

I got it.

Is this saying MoM is on at 9.30, or capatin scarlet?

It's MoM itself that starts at 9:30 :ph43r:

That means that CS will probably be shown in 2 chunks with inane crap in between :ermm:

MoM is on at 9.30. Gawd knows when Captain Scarlet will be shown :rolleyes:

Or in how many segments :(

I've been told that, according the sky+ boxes, CS is scheduled for 10:30 and is apart from Mom, so hopefully no inane gibberish in the middle

My video is set :thumbsup:

Was that it or is there more on today? :unsure:

Was pretty good. :thumbsup:

Ha! I just knew they'd do that. Just as well I stuck around!

Loved it :thumbsup:

B*llocks.

I've only just noticed this thread :rolleyes:

No doubt it'll be online in the next day or two. I'll be looking forward to this, CS is really the only GA show that I had any time for. It was a lot darker than the others.

Thunderbirds, Stingray etc always came off as second best to Star Fleet on the supermarionation front :thumbsup:

I loved it too.

I just can't wait to have it on DVD.

And I can't wait for next Saturday to see more.

There's 26 episodes as well isn't there ??

Yep-26.

But we'll only be seeing the first 13 eppys in this run, then the rest in September.

Pretty much in the same way that Sci-Fi handles SG1 in the States. I prefer that to be honest. Should a second series be made, the wait inbetween seasons won't be too long.

13 episodes now will take us into May, so it's only about a three month wait for the rest of the series.

Me too. I thought the animation was excellent and will look spectacular on dvd. :thumbsup:

Plus it'll be nice to see it without the inane babbling going on before, during and after it <_<

If you have any problems getting it, James, I can send it to you ;)

Top man Steve. Cheers :thumbsup:

I enjoyed the show a lot and I'm looking foward to next week to see more. Even so I don't think we can really judge the series until at least the third epsiode, when it is no longer the opening two-parter but is self contained. I do think, though, we can already see that this new version follows in the spirit of the old.

I do have two negative things to say, although I do admit that I only think these as I am a big fan of the old and complete newbies would have no trouble with them. These points are:
1. Barry Gray hasn't done the music, and the drumbeat that changes scenes is different.
2. It's CGI and not puppets. As The Duke said to me earlier, a great part of the old series is seeing things like a puppet reach for a gun, then cutting to a real human hand picking up a gun, then cutting to a puppet with a gun stuck on its hand. That kind of stuff just had its own charm.

All in all, though, I'm not dissapointed and look foward to being very happy with it as the season progresses.

Yeah, the new theme music was a bit disappointing

Agree completely about the music - not great.

As for it not being puppets - so what? The CGI is fantastic and the characters can be so much more dynamic. (and I'm talking as a fan of the original) :)

I know CGI is good and the series won't be any worse for not having marionettes, but you gotta love those puppets

that always made me chuckle. the professor is right in this and all things.

Here's an episode list, in production order:


Instrument Of Destruction - Part 1
Instrument Of Destruction - Part 2
Rain Of Terror
Mercury Falling
The Homecoming
Chiller
Rat Trap
Swarm
Circles Of Doom
Trap For A Rhino
The Achilles Messenger
Skin Deep
Heist

Interesting. I thought I detected some cuts in there <_<

Just another reason to get the dvds in October then :thumbsup: :lol:

Here's the official website :thumbsup:

A bit of a later start time today, but less inane gibberish in between parts so that was OK. I thought the second episode was similar in quality to the first, good overall. I do find the pace a bit fast though. Maybe that's what kids today want but I prefer programmes where I start to get bored in the middle.

Next week we have the first standalone espisode 'Swarm', I'm hoping that, like the original, it will start with 'This is the voice of the Mysterons...' and a little Riddle-me-ree about what dastardly deeds they hope to get up to. At least then we wont have to listen to that music. I put my fingers in my ears and hummed the original theme tune during the openging sequence today.

I'm getting used to the new drumroll now, might even be better than the original.

In summary, so far I think spectrum is more green than red

Good ep again.

Though why do we have to have a ticker in huge letters across the bottom and why a recap before the second chunk? Surely we can remember stuff we saw a few minutes ago! :mad:

Bollocks! I set it to record from 10:30 to 11:15 so I didn't have to sit through all the surrounding drivel and, thanks to the later start time, managed to miss the frelling end of it :mad:

Not happy <_<

shame. That's really bad luck. Oh well, I'm sure they'll show it again soon. :thumbsup:

As an old bugger whith no children I'm no expert on kids tv. Is it always this bad?

And why is CS in this slot anyway, instead of having it's on slot, as it used to.

I've decided that I'm going to wait for the DVD set before I catch it :)

So... is it still as "adult" as the original? (No, that's not as in "indepth on Paul & Adam's relationship... you know what I mean... :p )

Part of the intriguing thing about the original was how nasty things could get, yet being in a children's slot makes me wonder about that... would we still see Captain Black crushing some poor mechanic w**king on a car by activating the car lift and squishing them both agaisnt the ceiling? Sadistic as it sounds, it's those wonderfully evil things that made Captain Black so great... :thumbsup:

Well he did kill a businessman in the first ep by locking him in a car and putting it in a crusher. :)

They've had to cut it, too, which indicates that it's not in the most appropriate timeslot :rolleyes:

It's made me dig out the dvds of the originals, though, and they're still brilliant. The Captain Black puppet was always superb :thumbsup: