Because it's obvious to any viewer this is a movie aimed at kids, just how strong a following does the Thunderbirds TV series have among kids? And just how many teenagers and adults are fans of the TV series?
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Age 55 , been a fan since writing back and forth to the studio during the 60's. Used to send me the "Character specification sheets " for the new series in production at the time ! Absolutly blown away when I saw the specs for "Captain Scarlet" Using the correct proportioned puppets. Had to wait nearly two years before that series reached Tasmania , it was worth the wait.
My kids, 27 and 23 are both fans of anything Gerry Andersen too.
don't where you come from but where i come from (the uk) it got a following thats just as big today as it was when it first came out in the early 1960's among kids teenagers and big kids (like myself), i see kids in the street today still wearing the uniform and watching the tv show. just seen the the top 10 dvd rentals and thunderbirds just scraped in at number 8 says a lot about kids today.only two good thing came out of that film,they were the design of the thunderbirds and lady penelope finally getting some action(very well played by sophia myles) i leave you with this point "if it's not broken don't fix it". cheers phil.
shareWell im 18 and love the old series. I used to watch it in 2000 when bbc started there re runs. I also keep having arguments with my 5 year old next door neighbor. As in no jeff wasn't an actual thun derbird he just sat back and let everyone else do the work. But hey it is opening a new generation to younger kids of the original thunderbirds
shareI'm 20. I loved the show when I was a kid, and I'm eventually going to purchase the box set.
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I'm 13 and I love Thunderbirds. I never went to see the film because I knew I would end up walking out of the cinema. I haven't seen the film and I don't plan to. By the way. You know that new CGI Captain Scarlet series? They are making a Thunderbirds one. My dad met one of the writers for it. I just hope they keep it like the original.
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I'm 30, been a fan since I was little (Via big Bro's comics etc). I know have twin six year olds that are fans of both the series & the film.
............Not that I brainwashed them or anything.............
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At the time this movie came out, I was around the thirty mark. I grew up watching the Thunderbirds already in reruns. It was the most AWESOME thing I'd ever seen (and I was a huge Trekkie at the time, too, but this beat Trek by a mile for me).
This movie is a huge letdown for me. HUGE letdown.
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well im 14 and i like the thunderbirds and my dad loves em and hes 45
My whole family are Thunderbirds fans. My parents are 45 & 46, I'm 20, my brothers are 16 & 13. Then there's my cousins (about half the population of the UK - well, there's a lot of them) ranging from about 4 to about 30. So, yeah, everyone really!
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I am nearly 16 and have been a BIG gerry anderson fan as long as i can remember, for thunderbirds (new and old), stingray, and captain scarlet(again, new and old). My brother (19) is the same, and my 45 year old father is also a big fan. After seeing the new film i recently got my cousins into thunderbirds as well (again both new and old) so u cant really say that fans really fall into a specific age catagory. I think anderson work has been and will continue to be adored and admired by people or all ages.
shareI'm coming up on 46 years old. I've been a TB fan since I was in third grade. My family aren't fans, really, but they watch it and discuss it with me. Since I knew in advance how screwed up the movie was, i found myself not really being able to hate it when I finally saw it. Anyone knowing anything about the CGI Thunderbirds, please sing out!
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I'm 17 and love the original series, but I think the movie was an insult to the 1960's series. Personal opinion.
shareI am 17 and have been a fan since I saw it in 1992 and got all the toys for Christmas.
Equally big fan of scarlet, joe 90 and Stingray.
Not a fan of this movie, which is retarded, patronising and should burn in hell for damaging the Thunderbirds legacy.
One day somebody (me maybe?) will make a Thunderbirds movie, properly, with puppets and I'll put a ban on reviewers using the phrases "no strings attached" and "wooden acting"
Anyhoo.
Go to hell Thunderbirds scriptwriters, Frakes etc!!
Yes,I watch this TV greats when I was 6 in 1966.
sharei'm 14 years old, i'll be 15 in September. i live in New York. my dad was the one who got me hooked on THUNDERBIRDS and he's 44 years old. i became a THUNDERBIRDS fan earlier this year. this past father's day i got him the mega-box dvd set and i have been stealing the dvds and watching them on my own. i wouldn't call myself a HUGE fan of the old t.v. shows, but i would cal myself a regular fan.
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