Captain Scarlet

[Witchfinder]

I must have been living under a rock to have missed this one. A couple of weeks ago, I was loafing about the house and flicking mindlessly through the channels on the telly, when I came across a CGI kids animated series. I watched it idly for a few minutes, then suddenly realised I was enjoying it. I also began to recognise characters. Blimey! It was a re-make of Captain Scarlet!

What a great little show! The storylines and action are about as adult as you can imagine for a kids programme. The quality of the CGI is fantastic.

If you like this kind of thing, or are a Captain Scarlet fan, then I think it's being shown at 11am every Saturday.

http://www.captainscarlet.com/

[mybrainhurts]

Are you drunk...?

[Witchfinder]

mybrainhurts said:

Are you drunk...?

Unfortunately not.

[mybrainhurts]

I think you'll find you are......

[cotty]

If you liked that you should see Final Fantacy
www.imdb.com/title/tt0173840/

one of the most realistic CGI films I have ever seen

[AlexH]

And soon, just maybe, if we're lucky, Hollywood can make as big a fk-up of Captain Scarlet as they did of Thunderbirds...

[mybrainhurts]

What's CGI please...?

[Witchfinder]

mybrainhurts said:

What's CGI please...?

Computer Generated Imagery. Unless you're being ironic, I think you've been living under a rock too. Or are drunk

[beano500]

Used to be in "Supermarionation". The modern technology's not nearly so good....

[Don]

cotty said:

If you liked that you should see Final Fantacy www.imdb.com/title/tt0173840/ one of the most realistic CGI films I have ever seen

A milestone in Cinema. I have it on DVD.

Shame it was a Golden Turkey award winner as a plot/story/set of characters/Anime.

[funinthesun]

more of a Joe 90 fan... how cool would that be... need to know how to fly a spitfire?, just give me a minute, right, where's that biggles hat.....

[yertis]

Not for nothing do Audis have glittering rings on their radiators...

[ofcorsa]

i own final fantasy on DVD too, i always watch the first 10 mins and marvel at the CGI, then get bored and turn it off

Never watched it all

[Plotloss]

Is it just me or does Captain Black look like hes been on a 10 day coke and booze binge?

[pzero64]

Programme was discussed on radio 4 a few months ago. I was rather surprised by the cost of making it:

"The first season of 'Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet' cost £25 Million for twenty-six episodes"

www.clivebanks.co.uk/New%20Capt%20Scarlet%20Intro.htm

[Witchfinder]

Aaaaand back on topic. So, how about this new series of Captain Scarlet then?

[cotty]

Witchfinder said:

Aaaaand back on topic. So, how about this new series of Captain Scarlet then?

Only see a couple of episodes. I think the better one is the CGI series of Starship Troopers

[Witchfinder]

mungo said:

Only clicked on this thread because I like Captain Scarlet and saw some abuse about me... Nice

*struggles vainly to drag the thread, kicking and screaming, back on topic*
Abuse aside, what do you think about the new series of Captain Scarlet?

[Witchfinder]

Gazboy said:

Dunno, haven't seen it- what time and what channel is it on?

ITV, 11am, Saturday mornings. For reference, this is Captain Black:

[Witchfinder]

Gazboy said:

I'm asleep then!

Don't you have a VCR?