Posted by lazenbyland on
URL: https://www.shado-forum.com/Thunderbirds-Remake-Going-Nowhere-Fast-tp1512377p1512383.html

I loved the New Captain Scarlet. If it had got a 6pm showing on BBC2 like the old shows did a while back. I'm sure it would have done a lot better.

Thunderbirds and UFO can be remade or updated, but we have to remember thataudiences are much more sophisticated and educated than 40 years ago. Theyrealized this with New Captain Scarlet so Mars looked much more like we now know. Space Precinct, on the other hand, was just not credible.

Though the old shows are great, the concept would need to be much slicker. Does anyone really think the old Thunderbirds and SHADO could remain undercover? As Star Trek realized, we want to see the characters and stories develop.

I'd have loved to have seen a new Thunderbirds exploring the origins of International Rescue, or perhaps move the story on to Alan and TinTin running a new International Rescue.

UFO could be remade by using the research that comes out of the recent space missions. Aquatic life on Europa or Enceladus, or maybe Titan. We know somuch more about the universe now and our limitations so a new storyline could be much more realistic.

ITV today though is total pants. Does anybody still watch it?