Thursday, March 28, 2024

Thunderbirds are Go (1966)


 Mankind is headed to Mars!  The crew of the Zero X is taking off, but they have spy aboard.  The Hood is taking pictures of the wing mechanics, and messes up both the mechanism and his foot.  The Hood gets away, but the crew is forced to eject and the Zero X crashes.  IR is called in for the final take off two years later, and the foil the Hood's next plan.  The crew gets to Mars, blows up a rock snake and is forced to take off earlier than planned.  The ship experiences problems and International Rescue is deployed to save the crew.

This was the first Thunderbirds movie, and it is pretty great.  It did not do well in the theaters though, since the show was still on the air.  Had they waited for a couple years people would have been happy to see their old friends on the big screen.  "How can I miss you if you won't go away?" works here.  The movie is a great accomplishment, though. I like it more now than I did the first time I saw it.

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