Fireball XL5 : A tribute

What started out as a series of experiments to satisfy the fact i had a hell of alot of render time and nothing to fill it with after finishing the initail FX for Thunderbirds 2009 i decided to make it into a full blown tribute of what i think is one of Gerry Anderson's best shows, Fireball XL5.

Fireball Xl5 Was made in 1962, after Supercar and before Stingray. And shown in Black and white.

This Vid gives a new look into the universe of the World Space Patrol featuring scenes of the heroes and villians met throughout the series, set to Guy Taylor's instrumental : Încântat de Cunoştinţa. Enjoy

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Film & Animation

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• Gerry
• Anderson
• thunderbirds
• Fireball
• xl5
• stingray
• supercar
• captain
• scarlet
• Ufo
• 2009
• cgi
• tribute
• music
• 2010
• fan
• film
• movie
• babylon
• galactica
• video

[dflat]

Old-school XL5 fan here (saw it when it was first on TV!). Fantastic job! Glad that you included even a smidgen of the launch sequence (best part of the show, IMHO). Bra-VO.

[TB1fan]

@dflat Thanks, the idea was to get a bit of everything including the comics, i wish i had the source material for zero x. :)

[robnlew]

Just beautiful.

[TB1fan]

@robnlew Thanks much appreciated :)

[jmessy007]

This is fantastic!

[TB1fan]

Cheers :) it was a fun wee project

[TheMadGamer93]

I loved how I could watch this and remember all the episodes that featured the different space ships and planets. Thank you

[vrikey]

well I liked it

[Sportster20042001]

you have a real talent, thank you for creating this.

[aardvark280]

Great work on recreating the production design of the series in your CGI. Loved the Star-Trek-inspired ships!

[The99Gambo]

Wonderful. I really enjoyed these as a kid. Thnak you so much!

[Daveblk54]

Fantastic!!!! excellent work. A little boy who loved this show who is now a middle aged man thanks you very, very much!.

[doctorclu]

Wow!!! Someone simply needs to have a live action XL5. That would be amazing.

[cloudsplitter24]

Amazing! Very well done.

[robinkyrke]

Excellent work and a fine tribute! I enjoyed it thoroughly!

[jkoskov]

I just stumbled onto your clip. An excellent tribute to the program. I remember watching Fireball XL5 in it's first (and only) run on U.S. TV on the NBC network in 1963. It's been a favorite of mine forever, and I'm glad to see that you didn't try to "improve" it with out-of-place elements. You kept true to the original, and this fan is especially grateful. Again, Excellent work you can be very proud of.