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Curious Thoughts - Anderson Blood

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....

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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!!!