Gerry Anderson to make new TV series of Thunderbirds

The children's sci-fi series Thunderbirds is to return to television in a new series after an absence of 45 years, its creator Gerry Anderson said yesterday.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8253552/Gerry-Anderson-to-make-new-TV-series-of-Thunderbirds.html

http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news/newseriesofthunderbirds.html

Why hasn't that man received a Knighhood yet????


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> The children's sci-fi series Thunderbirds is to return to television in a new series after an absence of 45 years, its creator Gerry Anderson said yesterday.
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> http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8253552/Gerry-Anderson-to-make-new-TV-series-of-Thunderbirds.html
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> http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news/newseriesofthunderbirds.html
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Hi,

A VERY good question!

Sure, he was awarded an MBE in 2001 (a fairly high honor in the UK), but for one of the most influential people in my young and subsequent life, AND a founder member on my "all time hero's" list... he and MANY people who made all the Anderson shows possible should be showered with the highest awards possible.

One anecdote: I do quite a bit of work in the aerospace world, and at one meeting at a VERY large US Aerospace manufacturer I mentioned I was a HUGE Anderson series fan (mentioned all the usual: UFO, Thunderbirds, Captain Scarlet, etc.) and had most of my favourites to play whenever on my laptop... Anyway, almost with no exceptions all there agreed that shows such as Thunderbirds, CS, UFO etc. were huge influences on their early lives. I was amazed by how many knew the series, episodes, plots, characters, and especially all the land, sea and space vehicles.

Many of the code names for projects have been named after Anderson characters and vehicles.

Sir Gerry Anderson sounds FAB as well... More power to your elbow, Gerry!

Best to all,

Griff


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> Why hasn't that man received a Knighhood yet????

I wonder if it will be a 'reboot' like our Star Trek franchise did.  Throw canon out the window??

Bruce
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  The children's sci-fi series Thunderbirds is to return to television in a new series after an absence of 45 years, its creator Gerry Anderson said yesterday.

  http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/bbc/8253552/Gerry-Anderson-to-make-new-TV-series-of-Thunderbirds.html

  http://www.fanderson.org.uk/news/newseriesofthunderbirds.html



 


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I suspect it will be a CGI animated series, along the lines of the recent series of Captain Scarlet.


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Hi,

> I wonder if it will be a 'reboot' like our Star
> Trek franchise did. Throw canon out the window??

Seems to be the big fashion these days. Didn't work for Star Trek in my opinion and only kills off the original fandom. A money making machinery at work that sort of thing is.

So hopefully not.

Cheers

An

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