So They've Switched To CGI??!
I'll pass.
http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/tv-and-radio/networking-20150122-1 2v2dn.html
Backgrounds are, generally, physical miniatures. The characters will be, unfortunately, CG.
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MovieChat Forums > Thunderbirds Are Go (2016) Discussion > So They've Switched To CGI??!
I just saw the trailer. I'm not sure how to describe it but it doesn't feel the same with the CGI/cartoon visuals. The puppets and miniature props gave the Thunderbirds a realness that I loved as kid.
shareI've only just now watched the trailer and I'm very disappointed. Up until then I was under the impression they were making the show the good old fashioned way, maybe just digitally erasing the strings on the puppets. Such a shame as the miniatures look great.
shareGerry Anderson worked on this in the early days until he sadly passed away and he was responsible for the CGI version of Captain Scarlet.
There was a documentary a few years ago about him and I'm pretty confident that if CGI had existed back then he would not have used puppets. The only reason he did is that it was either that or live action, which would have been way too expensive for a small bunch of men working in a warehouse near Slough. When Lew Grade told him he thought it was time to ditch the puppets in favour of live action like Space 1999 he was absolutely delighted.
Not that I know anything about it but you may be able to digitally erase the strings but can you solve the problem of the puppets walking?
Yeah, they missed the point. The puppets going CGI I don't mind but what made the original show for me was the things being blown up, damaged, burnt etc.
They've kept the sets but this really came into it's own with the vehicles and having these "drawn in" takes away from the true joy of Thunderbirds.
Having the Firefly licked by flames & smoke, the Sidewinder, crab logger etc. really falling into ditches, the Fireflash actually landing on the Elevator cars and their tyres melting and shredding and of course everything that flew firing real rockets/pyrotechnics was what made the show.
Nobody really watched it for the puppets, the stars have always been the vehicles and these should never have gone CGI.
Just watched the ITV2 documentary and a lot of models are real - the Hood's craft for example - and also many of the huge machines that go wrong.
Getting non CGI craft to 'fly' - as any of the original production team will tell you - is very difficult so I understand why they've done CGI versions of the all the iconic rescue craft.
Remember is not just for any oldies (like me who watched it as a kid in the 1960's) they also have to appeal for the new generation.
I will be watching the first episode this evening in the hope that some of the original humour is there so it's not all aimed at kids.
I think its a bit of a cliche to randomly assume all kids or teenagers simply want everything to be CGI or always expect it to be in a show/series all the time!
Plenty of kids i talk to online in; webchat forums, youtube and whatnot have probably expressed an interest in classic TV shows without the overuse of computer generated images being flashed in their faces very second like an MTV advert or whatnot i'm sure.
And i'm pretty sure many peoples of all ages like families would want a perfect balance of CGI and digitally manipulated images onscreen in any TV series. So long as many of the things seen were photo-realistic mind you??!
While i'm sure there are those who love any old CGI and don't question things, i'd like to imagine there are younger people out there in the world today with a decent taste in all things television related who would want and ask for better quality entertainment. and won't be watching this new series of Thunderbirds and aren't taken in by flimsy or poor CGI attempts. And would prefer a show where it looked like somebody actually cared and put a ton of effort in making the show was visually appealing but also retained and had the very important ingredient of storytelling and great characterization present in a reboot or re-imagining show etc.
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Read my own post to see what I really thought about the CGI
shareBrains has become South-East Asian, and The Hood seems to be impersonating a melted wax-work approximation of Jean-Luc Picard.
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