I've never been able to understand the fascination with Thunderbirds, but Captain Scarlet was very interesting.
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons
the_skywalker — 18 years ago(January 12, 2008 11:48 AM)
I've never been able to understand the fascination with Thunderbirds, but Captain Scarlet was very interesting.
The puppets were very realistic when compared with Thunderbirds, and I found the entire show much more entertaining overall.
There were several memorable episodes, while only one or two Thunderbirds episodes stand out for me.
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moysant — 18 years ago(January 21, 2008 05:26 AM)
I love both shows for different reasons. Thunderbirds was much more 'emotional' (if such as thing can be said of a puppet show) than CS. It dragged a little but the Thunderbirds themselves were such cool looking aircraft that I could sit and watch them for hours as a kid. And the Tracy boys were suitably different enough to stick in the brain, and there were all those explosions.
Captain Scarlet was much darker, which made it a guilty pleasure. All those innocent people getting bumped off in the beginning and turned into the Mysterons! I have to admit, even as a kid, I found the premise of the Mysterons telling Spectrum when it was coming was a bit dense, but supercool, good looking secret agents battling aliens! Gotta love it.