The Making of the 21st Century (Part 4 of 4)

[kalsolarUK]

excellently edited. Great stuff.

[cessnaace]

Well done! Of course Gerry Anderson finally got his pilot approved for full series status (Space Precinct). I liked it, and even bought the three Space Precinct novels, which I still have.

STAY AWESOME! :)

[reistje]

thanks for uploading

[BB55562]

Well done! The radio documentary as well, of course. I didn't really realize until listening/watching this how much of my enjoyment of TV and imagination as a kid I owe to Gerry Anderson. My favorite sci-fi TV as a kid here in the U.S. was Star Trek (of course--sorry, Gerry), Space 1999, Thunderbirds, and UFO--oh, and Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea (have to give Irwin Allen his due). Keep in mind that I only occasionally got Thunderbirds and UFO when the weather was just right. Great stuff!

[refbiz]

I remember the movie, The Far Side of the Sun.

[pcvideogamer]

@refbiz, or doppleganger :)

[nycolas1712]

Excellent !

[bpop101]

What a treat! Even the voice over sounds a bit 'Tomorrows World' Get Gerry back!

[leeroynaggins]

Nice!!

[pylgrym]

parody of human behavior... yes! Too bad Zemeckis didn't learn from Century 21's mistakes before he made the 'too real' Polar Express and his new Christmas Carol... dead eyes are dead eyes...

[youtoubakias]

Gerry Anderson deserves an emmy award for all those things that he done! well done to him a realy great artist.

[rorrt]

Really well done, when i watched part 1 through to 3 i had no idea this wasnt a tv documentory, it was that well edited.

Top notch doc...

[twinstu50]

Century 21. What an incredibly forward looking title. Most, if not all, that Gerry and Sylvia Anderson portrayed in their 'shows', is pretty much coming to fruition.

I rest my case.

[TashkentFox]

Space: 1999 was awesome.

[mikeismad61]

Thanks for posting this - really enjoyable.

[Treblaine]

Nostalgia-tastic!

But I'm mostly nostalgic for the brief 90's revival of Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet.

[sculptor1965]

I once had a UFO Intercepter as a kid. Lost the missile after two days. Still wonder what happened to it! I still remember the tune.

[georgegardner51]

As a youth I was fascinated with the puppetry of Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, all of their work inspiring me to carve and sculpt my own puppets out of wood and clay, which occupied most of creative time. I wrote to them twice, asking if I could work for them and received one reply suggesting I wait untill I became an adult. Where would I be now had I followed through with this dream. I still dream of it from time to time.

[22trigger30]

am i the only one of my age who like gerry andersons puppet shows? as none of my friends like them and get told i am a to old to be waching them.but like them so much. so is it wong that i still wach them?

[pylgrym]

@22trigger30 you are so RIGHT to like what you like. Carry on JUSTIFIED!

[spike555mr]

Great documentary ,and Great tribute to Gerry Anderson, and all involved with 21st Century Productions,,They were all my favorite's in my childhood years , I would still watch the re -runs, Great work.!

[luciremagazine]

This is so brilliantly edited—well done!

[marceloribeirobarros]

FRIEND, AMAZING ! THANKS FROM BRASIL.

[LiLJeanie420]

Thank you MrJim, I enjoyed that .

[MrJim]

Your welcome :-)

[ffjkhguhgft]

Well done indeed Mr. Jim.

The editing, combined with the radio show was brilliantly executed.

Very well thought out & very professional to boot.

These are my ALL-TIME favorite shows.

Watching this has given me the inspiration to have a go at something similar myself.

Thanks for posting.

[MrJim]

Thank you, I was rather happy how it turned out at the time.  I look at it now & think it could be nip & tucked here & there. Good luck if you have a go at putting one together yourself. Cheers.

[djwedgewood]

Agreed.

Great work.

[lewisner]

Fascinating video - UFO must be the most underrated TV show ever.

[hardakml]

Many thanks Mr Jim. What an excellent documentary. Lovely to see the Andersons at work.  Thanks.

[MrJim]

Your welcome, glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for the feedback :-)

[DranzerLehnsherr]

That was completely amazing to watch. The superb editing was spot on for the documentary and I enjoyed it immensely. Many thanks for your hard work in putting all this together. Top class :)

[MrJim]

Thank you. I think it took me about 5 days to edit, as I had to fit it inbetween my main course work. It got to the point where the class technician left me the keys to the edit suite so I could lock up at night before going home :-)

[Jmcenanly]

Mr Anderson ran right into the 'Uncanny Valley'. When simulating a human, there is a point where, if the simulation is close , it makes viewers uneasy. Think of the recent CGI movie Beowulf.

[MrJim]

Gerry Anderson was making virtual reality before the term was even invented :-)

[quillerpen]

Many thanks for this. I have just watched all 4 parts of it. The radio doc contained some interesting comments that I hadn't heard before, and the work you have done in matching it to visual clips was clearly a labour of love on your part. Well done, and I'm glad that through youtube all your hard work can be appreicated by a wider audience.

[MrJim]

Thank you for your kind words. I enjoyed editing it :-)

[clydesight]

The Andersons deserve a lot more credit than they seem to get. I remember many of these shows and they sparked my imagination and excited my creative drive far more than Star Wars or anything that came after (though these are good too, of course). The Andersons were pioneers, and it is nice to see this video about them. Thanks!

[NOMISYRRUC]

Excellent. The pictures fit the sound perfectly. I remember its original broadcast as part of BBC Radio 4's Kaleidoscope series in 1988. It turned out that I remembered large chunks of it verbatum, such as Ed Bishop saying how the Captain Scarlet actors took their parts too seriously.

[amandacerasale]

Great Memories of when I was a little child they don't make them like that anymore. Amanda GOONER Cerasale.

[tropicalian]

The articulate commentary during this documentary really makes it, really draws my attention into it.

[spideytracer]

Well done Mr Jim. I came across this completely by accident. You're very creative in your own right, putting this together the way you have. Supermarionation was the word when we were kids, and evryone wanted to fly Thunderbird 2. You covered evrything, even the amazing Dick Spanner. Many thanks once again.

[MrJim]

Thank you for your compliments, glad you enjoyed it. It was a fun little side project I did during 1991 when I was on a media course at college.

[StephenHP62]

Mr Jim, I'd like to add my congratulations on a job well done!

I always thought the Secret Service was most unusual in combining puppets with live actors. I suppose the challenge for an actor would've been to avoid being upstaged by his puppet doppelganger!

Speaking of Doppelganger, Anderson made a film by that name in the late 1960s (aka, Journey to the Far Side of the Sun). It was about a parallel Earth in which everything's reversed, like the reflection in a mirror. It was highly original.

[MrJim]

Thank you. I really like the Secret Service, its a fun series to watch. Barry Grays score for the series is a departure to what he did for Thunderbirds & Captain Scarlet. Light & bouncy to the mysterious & quirky!

[gk10002000]

YEs. I really enjoyed that movie. I thought it was extremely well done.

[soppdrake]

MrJim?

This was a ruddy marvel! Thankyou for your hard work putting this together. I'm old enough to have goose-bumps during the whole thing, from Twizzle and Supercar to Space 1999. :-D

[MrJim]

Thank you. Its nice to think that when I originally edited this years ago, I didn't expect it to be seen by over 6000 people!

[iloveentertainment]

I love "U.F.O." better than "Captain Scarlet and The Mysterons".

[theox462]

This is an excellent documentary that should be enjoyed by anyone who was a child in the 60s. It is very professional, was it ever on TV?

I was captivated by Stingray and then Thunderbirds, and then unfortunately grew too old to enjoy these sorts of shows. I do think that the more realistic the puppets became, the creepier they became. Thunderbirds had it just right. You watch for the technology not the acting in any case. Same as any sci-fi.

Thanks for this.

[MrJim]

It was originally a radio documentary, I just added the video clips & stills to it. It was made as a personal project back in the 90's for myself. Thnaks for the compliments :-)

[jsl151850b]

Excellent audio to video conversion!

I don't recognise some of the shows at the end of part 4.

What was the one with the shrinking?

The one with "Muppets"?

Thanks again!

[MrJim]

The shrinking man comes from The Secret Service & the 'muppet' type puppets were from the original Space Police pilot that turned into Space Precient.

[Duncanbuzz]

A fitting tribute to the incredible talents who made THE most iconic television shows of the sixties. My childhood would have been so much less enjoyable were it not for Fireball XL5, Stingray, Thunderbirds et al. That I still enjoy those shows and what's more that my children enjoy them in an age of CGI and computer games is testament to their extraordinarily high quality, and above all their CHARM. SUPERMARIONATION is an art form that wil live on for as long as people watch television.

[mdonfield]

Just watched all 4 parts. Excellent job. My first exposure to Anderson was when Fireball XL5 originally aired in the states. Unfortunately, I've only seen one or two episodes of Thunderbirds.

[hart2316]

i think u.f.o. was andersons best show,with space 1999 a close second.

[ESIHQ]

Cool video. I'm also loving the UFO theme they use. For those who want to know, its a cover by Cy Payne. In my opinion UFO was Barry's best theme, ever.