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Wednesday, March 23, 2016
Theme Song of the Week: Thunderbirds (1965 - 1966)
award-winning creator of the web series Abnormal Fixation (2024), the audio drama Enter the House Between (2023) and author of 35 books including Horror Films FAQ (2013), Horror Films of the 1990s (2011), Horror Films of the 1980s (2007), TV Year (2007), The Rock and Roll Film Encyclopedia (2007), Mercy in Her Eyes: The Films of Mira Nair (2006),, Best in Show: The Films of Christopher Guest and Company (2004), The Unseen Force: The Films of Sam Raimi (2004), An Askew View: The Films of Kevin Smith (2002), The Encyclopedia of Superheroes on Film & Television (2004), Exploring Space:1999 (1997), An Analytical Guide to TV's Battlestar Galactica (1998), Terror Television (2001), Space:1999 - The Forsaken (2003) and Horror Films of the 1970s (2002).
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I was blown away by the Thunderbirds series as a kid watching it on video and the 2000 repeats. The drama was intense and gripping, the voice acting superb and the characterization fantastic. The detail to attention paid to the marionettes, combined with the work of the voice artists allowed the characters to emote better than many 'flesh and blood' actors. And, presumably because of the format, the writers had got away with scripts that would be considered too scary and dramatic for any other children's series. It is truly a timeless masterpiece...
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