Gerry Anderson Presents "The New Captain Scarlet"

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[LoriCiani]

I feel I have to temper my judgement of the new series with the realisation that, for me, the charm of the old series is now mostly nostalgia. When I was a kid I used to play at being Destiny Angel, my cousin was Captain Scarlet and his little brothers were always the Mysterons. This gave my cousin the perfect excuse to beat up his little brothers. I'm not a kid anymore and my cousin has sadly passed away. So, maybe the kids of today will find it as inspirational as we did, who knows?

[CaptainScarlet300]

Hi LoriCiani,

this is a beautifull story, thanks for that.

C.S.

[Adom]

Gerry Anderson's productions always have the coolest vehicles.

[briney1973]

what ever happened to this series? it was never shown as far as i know in australia. i wonder if this inspired george lucas to make the clone wars tv series.

[Tone7208]

@PhwalalabahX I think of that more in the same way Babylon 5's CGI looked completely unrealistic, it's not that important because it was stylised and supposed to look that way. some nearly 20 years later, people still watch those first episodes of Babylon 5.

[PhwalalabahX]

It is interesting that despite being a couple of years old, the new show already looks so dated in terms of computer graphics. The original is over 40 years old and is still fun to watch. I expect in 40 years time, the new show will look archaic and completely unwatchable to it's audiences.

[PhwalalabahX]

the new series was actually pretty good, but nothing can beat watching those physical miniatures getting blown to pieces!

[captainumbnuts2]

no SPV ???

[Iadypenelope]

I just liked hearing from the guv'nor...

thanks for that :-)

[cole003f]

i prefer the puppet version to cgi i didnt find the cgi bad i just found the original SO much better

[dannyshouseofvideos]

I saw this new series of Captain Scarlet on a kid's channel called 'CITV.' In the 60's they used to have puppets which their mouths move up and down when they're talking. But now with the new Captain Scarlet, the puppets turned into actors with real life movements. Jump, run, walk, drive and fight. This was based on the year 2008.

[bermudarailway]

Classics don't need remaking,the puppets were better.

[AtlasDVDs]

The "New" Captain Scarlet is a pathetic computer-generated mess with no soul whatsoever - looks like a bad video game. The original series, on the other hand, had Derek Medding's design genius and Barry Gray's stunning score - and of course the overall creative touch of Sylvia Anderson. Looks like ole Gerry really is nothing without Sylvia. And notice he takes all the credit for the original series, whereas he was just clever at letting other, far more talented people do all the work. Pathetic.