JAMIE: Ladies and gentlemen, I present: New Captain Scarlet. In a packed new box set, with newly designed postcards of Captain Scarlet wearing only his underwear!
CHRIS: Oh my this is revolutionary! Marvellous!
ME: OH MY GOD! They got a new Gerry Anderson series re-release. I MUST! HUG!
Now here's a thought: just by looking at the characters of the 2000 Max Steel series, which to me is very different from the Nerd Corps produced animated series we have today, I always think of two of Gerry Anderson's series, which I think may be in my head the moment I see them: his all time classic Thunderbirds, and his very final project made entirely with motion capture or CGI, New Captain Scarlet. It's like the people at the two animation studios decided to combine the two things together and make it into one big mix. Particularly, because of four of the characters in the show: Jason (the regular equivalent of M.Steel), Berto, Laura and Rachel.
Okay everybody, now let's see some similarities between these characters and a few of my favourite characters from Thunderbirds. The next time you watch both, DO try and find some similarities, will you?
First up is Jason McGrath, who can turn into M.Steel whenever it's time to spring into action. Jason shares some very questionable similarities with Alan, one of the Tracy Brothers and my favourite out of all the brothers, except there's a difference: Alan can pilot Thunderbird 3, and is caring and romantic over the cool skin of Tin Tin. Jason is just the same, except he doesn't pilot spacecraft and instead delves in extreme sports like rock climbing, swimming and surfing.
Now we have Laura Chen, the girlfriend of Jason. She does share some key similarities with the character Tin Tin, although I have to admit, both have slanted eyes and come from Malaysia, and both have silky black hair. While Tin Tin is sensuous and gentle around Alan and his masculine body, sometimes Jason and Laura like to cheekily fool around, like some mad couple in love, or Simba and Nala playing together like cubs again the moment Simba leaps into the water and drags Nala in during the second chorus of Can You Feel The Love Tonight.
Then there's Berto. Even though he's a 20 something and has a very young adult voice, unlike my favourite little scientist Brains, he rarely speaks with a trembling stutter. Berto spends his time around computers and technology, wheras Brains, known for his gracious experiments and the construction of all the Thunderbird craft, is responsible for not being quite the chilled out person ever. He also got laughed at for suggesting an airship one time, but if he says that to the Board Of Aircraft again, he'll get out a rifle shotgun and THEY WILL PAY!
And finally, there's Rachel. She shares some similarities with everyone's favourite FAB luxury woman Lady Penelope, except she's a mix of both the 1965 and 2015 Thunderbirds Are Go versions - mainly her early design for the CGI version. Where's Parker when you need him? "Oh no, milady!"
Anyway, Rachel shares some similarities with an I don't care at all version of Lady Penelope, because:
1.Rachel's name begins with R, Lady Penelope has two initials in her name.
2.Lady Penelope lives a posh, grand life of splendour, Rachel is just a spy working for N.Tek.
While these two are different in personality and looks, I'm sure Rachel will have the same soft, gentle, tender heart Lady Penelope has.
I mean, Max Steel is fine on both Kids' WB and Cartoon Network, and here in the UK, we're good with it airing on CITV for a while....
....
SO JUST STOP BANGING ON AS IF IT'S THE MOST HATED CARTOON EVER, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE SAME, AND THAT'S WHAT'S INSIDE OUR HEARTS!!!
Is it all about cookies for your whole life? To me, there's more to life than whining over biscuits, and there's more stuff to look forward to. There's a lot more things to do and enjoy in your life than you can imagine, and just by going out and enjoying it, you'll become the fullest person I've ever met in my entire life. So cookies don't count as the only thing you can enjoy - there's more. Go out and enjoy it!
Imagine a very large crowd at a Gerry Anderson convention. However, the crowd is split into two sides: positive and negative. The positive side embraces Thunderbirds, while the negative side embraces UFO, Space 1999 and New Captain Scarlet. When thinking about it, you must choose carefully which side you're going for. Going for the negative side means you're destined for a life of misery, but if you choose the positive side, then you've found out the world might not be a bad place after all.
After a moment's thinking, take a piece of paper and a marker pen and divide the page into two. Draw some large circles on either side of the page, and label each one as 'Positive' and 'Negative'. Next, write in the circles what's positive to you and what's negative to you. For example, in the positive side I would write in things like 'Thunderbirds', 'Sausage rolls', 'Nostalgia' and 'Music'. In the negative side, I would write 'Christopher Robin', 'New Disney', 'channels like MTV, Blaze, History Channel and Sky History H2' and 'Tom & Jerry In The Night Before Christmas'.
After you've done that, cut the paper in half, and throw the negative side into the bin. It would be much more fun when you stick the logos for UFO, Space 1999 and New Captain Scarlet on the bin, which you call your 'Anti-Spectrum Burning Hole'. Once you've done that, stick your positive crowd up on the wall so you always have something to look up to when you want to feel grateful about something.
What a fascinating and utterly bonkers concept! I must say, the idea of the New Captain Scarlet version of dear Captain Scarlet being so enraptured by The Lion King that it activates his Mysteron-altered psyche is absolutely inspired.
I can just picture him, wide-eyed like a child, completely immersed in the film—until that split personality takes hold! Imagine him prowling around like a cub, playfully pouncing on Destiny Angel while calling her "Nala," only for her to roll her eyes and sigh, “Paul, not this again.” And then, of course, there's the other side of the coin—when that scene happens, and suddenly he’s all fire and fury, growling about “Captain Black… I mean, Scar… you’ll never take over the Pride Lands!”
It's absolutely the sort of chaotic, unexpected quirk that would fit perfectly into the Randomiser discussion. Just picture Captain Blue walking into Cloudbase’s rec room, only to find Scarlet curled up like a lion, swishing an imaginary tail. “Oh no… He’s been watching The Lion King again, hasn’t he?”
.png)
.png)
.jpeg)
.png)
