I sat down to watch Thunderbird 6 for nostalgic reasons. I’d never seen the film before but I remember how hilariously cheesy the television episodes were. The series premiered in Britain in 1965. It was a science fiction adventure series created by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson. The same crew that made the tv show was used to make the 1968 movie. Both the movie and the show were made through the miracle of supermarionation. Say that ten times fast. What this means is that the characters are portrayed by a hybrid puppet, marionette and animatronic mannequin. On the television show they were ludicrous, and clumsy caricatures. The film made them more naturalistic but kept the oversize Margaret Keane eyes.
