So~! Big Finish used Thunderbirds gifs and MEANT it this time. ;)
(Pardon the CAD price lmao)
See the full release info here! And the direct link to the shop here!
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Thunderbirds are Go meets Toy Story? Certainly looks like it. I’m delighted to see something new from TAG but also a bit confused. Did they really make a new animation in a whole new style just to advertise repeats of episodes? There’s a lot of merch in the background, so could this mean we’re finally going to see TAG in our stores again? I have so many questions.
Oh wow.... there’s a lot to unpack here!
I’ve been keeping an eye on Toy World Magazine but ITV has been very quiet last few months. Last update was November... Which said:
So. Yeah. There were meant to be more toys in stores now! ...BUT. Yeah. Uh. I imagine this got delayed given the toys are made in China. Given these were all modeled exactly from the newer toys released last late Spring/Summer, this probably was related to that, I suppose. =Oa
Shall have to see what pops up later in the year. Either way, wow! Two signs ITV ain’t shelving the franchise (despite more eps not being on the table right now) in a month. XD That can’t be bad news.
(Meanwhile, I’ve gotten a hold of the vid... ...man. That animation is a THING. XDDD I shall... see if I can make some caps or something. It shows whoever animated it doesn’t really know how the characters move though, gosh... that is the most un-Virgil like movements ever. lololol And the voice clips sound like they might also be just the ones made for the toy... which explains why they’re so default sounding. lmao XDDD Very interesting... I wonder what the story is behind it/where it was animated, etc. =Oa)
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In Thunderbirds Are Go!, are the Tracy brothers suppose to be the same age as their original series counterparts? I've never seen the original series, but I was reading the wikia site and it had their ages. Scott (30), Virgil (27), John (25), Gordon (22), & Alan (19).
Are those there ages in TAG, too? I know that the series takes place in different years. The original in 2065 and TAG in 2060. I did some math using the years the brothers would've been born. We've you go by the year TAG is set in and use the years they were born in in the original, the brothers are a few years younger. Scott (25), Virgil (22), John (20), Gordon (17), & Alan (14). But those ages seem rather young.
They could be the same age as in the original, but have different birth years. I know that Alan graduates in The Long Reach Part 1. The typical graduation age is 18, but he could've graduated at 19.
The boys are officially younger than their TOS selves at the start of TAG. Rob Hoegee (head writer of TAG) said so in a AMA before the series premiered (and also said Scott was mid-20s) and also more recently on twitter confirmed one TAG season is about a year or so in their time. ^^
The matter of ages (and order) is a very long, confusing, messy subject when it comes to the franchise. XD I’ve tried to go over a lot of it in some posts (that I prolly need to again go back over sometime and update again lol)
(Also Alan’s grad I think depends on what school system the boys were using... (and if Alan got behind too much I guess lol) 17-18 is typical in NA... and given Alan’s birthday is March, most likely he’d have been 18... so, yeaaah. He was prolly somewhere around 15 (Or 14... but... yeah *cringe* XD) at the very start of TAG.)
Hope this helps! ^^
Well... this is interesting...
If anyone is outta the loop, Big Finish are known for doing audio dramas, especially Doctor Who ones. ^^ SO. Interesting~
Though... I find myself wondering who they’d have to do Thunderbirds ones now... Matt Zimmerman sounds a pretty far cry from Alan these days and so many of the others are gone. There’s really only David Graham who can pull off the characters? lol So. Yeah. I wonder what this’ll be. XDa
(Please ITV, one day, let them do TAG! ones. ;A;)
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TAGHQ sure is being forthcoming this time around. 😂 Just tweeted…
So YEAH. There we go. =O Er…. Oops, shoulda photo posted this… says new eps return Saturday, January 4th and 8:30am.
WHO GIVE A SHIT ABOUT DATES IS THAT THE MOTHERFUCKING
CRABLOGGER???????
😂
It might be~ :3
I could have sworn I’d made a post about it on Tumblr, but now I can’t find it for the life of me... luckily someone’s tweet still exists. Uh. This could be considered spoilers cause this is a WHOLE lot more detailed...
Yeah. A year ago there was an accidental leak by the company who made this model for them. (Or like they put it on their website unaware they needed to keep it under wraps longer. XD) Luckily, the internet never forgets. ;D
Everyone seems to think this machine will be popping up in the junk ep, but I’m putting my bets on the scene from the trailer that showed Scott, forest and fire. >.>
Here we go! First article about the new chunk of episodes... Via my fave site. Toy World! It has information about guests appearing with a description of the characters that IS kinda spoilery cause hints at what episodes (or more specifically what kinda rescues) are to come. (Perhaps about 4 or 5 more ‘filler’ eps from looks of it.)
Here’s the article: (AGAIN... SPOILER WARNING)
BUT I’ll drop the cast list here for those who wanna know the coming guests without the spoiler descs. :D
Sherican Smith as “Scraps” Gemma Chan as “Professor Kwark” Tanya Moodie as “Chief Carter” Cel Spellman as “The Announcer” Sacha Dhawan as “Stew” and Peter Davison (as “Higgins”)
(The only name I recognize is Peter Davison. Lol But gosh, now just need Georgia Moffett and we’d have the whole family on the show. XD)
TAGHQ sure is being forthcoming this time around. 😂 Just tweeted...
So YEAH. There we go. =O Er.... Oops, shoulda photo posted this... says new eps return Saturday, January 4th and 8:30am.
MAN. SO. I wrote a twitter thread like handful of days ago and been chatting a bit about TAG’s future a bit... just yesterday even and I can’t get over the irony the very next day then TAGHQ dropped that tweet. XDDD
Anyhoo, this is edited a bit from my initial string of tweets cause I discovered a few other things of note. XD Apologies it’s SUPER long. lol
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WE GET THE TRAILER TOMORROW!!!!
#~Thunderbirds Are Go#(wow didn't expect this so soon)#(lol right as I was about to drag my insomnia'd behind to bed)#(...okay so now I'm gonna squint harder at ITV)#(since now apparently more toys are def gonna drop just at end of S3?)#(despite the 'final countdown' they are being very specific it's the conclusion of S3)#(not show finale =Oa)#(HRM~)
As you guys might have picked up... Toy World UK Magazine has become one of my favourite places to check for TAG! news... cause they seem to get info outta ITV more than anywhere else. lol WELL. I realized I’d forgotten to take a look for awhile! December’s isn’t out yet, but I hadn’t looked at November’s... and looksy what I found~!
Q1 means January-March of next year... so. Yeah. MORE toys early next year! The new Tracy Island, large Scott and arm didn’t show up in this batch of toys, but this suggests even more might be on the way. =Oa Interesting~
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Smother hen?
I have been wondering, where did the smother hen thing come from? I know its been in the fandom since before TAG, but I have no clue where it came from…
Anybody have any ideas?
As someone who’s read a LOT of the earlier fanfic on FF.net... I’m not even too sure. Scott in TOS shows concern for his brother’s well being, but I really can’t bring to mind any point that Scott did anything to really seed that headcanon. (But I am certainly no Scott expert. XD) I think it might be a fandom headcanon that simply came about from Scott being the eldest and possibly combined with wondering how the family handled life when first lost their Mom. Then just kinda got more exaggerated and joked about? (Cause it IS amusing. XD)
(It is very interesting how some fan headcanons and lore, TAG’s writers seem to have kinda come to a similar place as fandom when it comes to characterization. TAG! Scott definitely is shown on more than one occasion to have a protective streak. (That just broke a bit in like Recharge, so Virg had to step in there. ‘They stay here. :|’ lol))
As for the question from @thunderbirdthree ...this is why I’m answering on this account because I can actually answer this one a bit more definitively!
This bit of fanon comes largely via the 2004 movie, from what I understand. When up in Thunderbird 5, Jeff tells Virgil to look after John... and then you see John’s got his arm in a sling and such, so that seems to be where the idea of Virgil having some level of medical knowledge was sparked. Fics that take place in the movie verse is definitely where I’ve seen him have more than just first aid knowledge. XD
(Throw in he’s in the ship caring loads of supplies (TAG TB2′s cabinets in the cockpit are almost ALL medical supplies), how he likely has a gentle touch being a pianist/painter, has a lot of common sense and his caring mannerisms (which is even absolutely seen in TOS!)... Y E A H... He feels like the one that could fall into ‘medic’ more naturally than any of the others, I think. XDa Which is why I’d surmise it’s rubbed off at least to some extent onto TAG and TOS fanon.)
#~fanon#~thunderbirds are go#~Thunderbirds#~Thunderbirds 2004#(the movie definitely seeded a few things XD)#(like silos lolol)#(except in that case there's a misconception ^^;)#(silo =/= hangar/launch bay ...silos are round! :D)#(google launch silo ^^b)#(movie TB1 is in a round space XD hence why they used 'silo' in the movie ^^)#(TB3 in TAG is def in a kinda launch silo)#(ANYHOO... imho I think Virg might be actually even a little more mother hen than Scott in ways)#(I'm not gonna elaborate cause I've already rambled WAY too much)#(I'll talk about it some time on my Virgil account perhaps XDDD)#(more suitable there)
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Hey TAG fandom!
Quick question:
I know TAG is coming back to finish the rest of S3 after the new year, but has there been any other season(s) confirmed yet? Thanks!
I’m afraid not. =( We’re in a kinda limbo. They haven’t said there’ll be more eps... but they also haven’t committed to the last chunk of S3 being the final episodes either. I guess we’ll see though what they say after Christmas... aka after they see how the new toys have sold. 😂
( @gentlebluelizard I’m afraid the 4 seasons were the ‘Amazon seasons’ aka 13 episodes each. So those articles were just really referring to 1 and 2. =( It makes it hard to google anything talking about an actual 4th season. ^^; )
There we go! Just had to go have a bath and the info was all posted. They’ve (very smartly) moved the stream to Twitch and also Periscope. Twitch link above.
Periscope link: https://www.pscp.tv/Century_21_Films/1mrGmrjzYqWJy (Though far more are already tuned into twitch)
And also embeded Twitch here: https://www.century21films.co.uk/#/thunderbirds-day-2019/ which has info about what they’re showing.
Enjoy everyone! :D
Also, I donno how chat will be, but if it feels at all unwelcoming at any point, it’s kinda super dusty, but the old Tumblr TAG! Discord server does still exist! Here’s an invite: https://discord.gg/g8NajRf Any of you would be welcome to make use of it. ^__^b
(I sadly will have to partake later in stream watching... I gotta get to bed. Finally, getting back to Ontario tomorrow. lol I shall be about properly when I’m home. ^^ (As Roseliberation on Twitch and Jen on the Discord server.) )
#Thunderbirds#Thunderbirds Are Go#Thunderbirds Day#Thunderbirds Day 2019#(gotta still post about my Montreal adventures XD)#(uh not on this account of course XD)#(gosh still sad no normal show stream or much for TAG)#(if only rabb it was still a thing :< )#(maybe could set something up through discord screen share)#(hum...)#(WELL shall see what is what when I get home and stuff XD)
So... It’s Thunderbirds Day \o/
Today and repeated next weekend (5th and 6th) the folks behind the 3 new episodes and other new classic Thunderbirds works/documentaries will be streaming them as well as have done an additional 3 new (sort of) episodes using the other 3 lp recordings, which were episode recaps.
Unfortunately, they ran into some troubles when they were setting it all up...
However!
Where that is hasn’t yet been posted as of me writing this, but I will post the info when it’s revealed. (Which presumably should be VERY soon, given it’s coming up to 8am in the UK and the start time was 9am.)
Here is the full list of what they’ll be streaming. I believe they’ll just repeat this run throughout the day so all timezones have a chance to watch:
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The official TAG channel has Ring of Fire & Slingshot
#~Thunderbirds Are Go#(Oops I kept forgetting to post these)#(Bro gotcha backs <3)#(you also totally shouldn't go read Bro's tags)#(because she TOTALLY didn't have a good suggestion there >.> <.< )#(Oh and yeah they're region locked lol)#(not sure which countries do and don't have access... Canada doesn't lol)
A little belated, but TAGHQ dropped their plans for this year’s Thunderbirds Day yesterday... which was a bit underwhelming, especially for TAG! fans...
In the UK there’s a TAG! tie-in at the Gulliver’s theme parks.
Also in the UK, at the Fanderson Supercelebration (20th-22nd September) they’re going to do a showing of TAG’s UK “lost” episode, Inferno. Which is kinda... ah... hm. Can I just lineface? I’ll just lineface. The event is very expensive and requires also the purchase of a sample membership (which lasts to the end of the year.) Given the... animosity towards TAG by a lot of that part of the fandom... imho this feels kinda... squandered? =/a
There’s also going to be some special, weekend of Thunderbirds Day only, merchandise on the Gerry Anderson website. (What exactly has not been revealed yet.)
Sadly, there doesn’t seem to be a Shout! Factory stream this year... instead it’s the Century 21 films who’ll be doing a stream on their Youtube channel of much of their Thunderbirds content for two weekends, including the 3 kickstarter 50th anniversary episodes and 3 new ones they’ve put together of the remaining three mini albums that retold several classic episodes by Scott, Penelope and Parker.
I’ll put the info up beneath the cut. All written here can be found on the Thunderbirds’ Website. And yeah, that’s it unless TAGHQ announces anything else.
Right. If I’m gonna insomnia, might as well do something productive... Time to catch up on news! ^^
First, Bandai UK has announced the (semi) new toy line will drop September 1st.
They still have not updated their website though, lol.
Then it appears there’s some movie news. Yeah, as in the 2004 one. Apparently, it appears there’s going to be a UK release of it on blu-ray if this listing on Amazon is to be believed.
We’ll have to see if this actually comes to fruition. The company releasing it, “MediumRare Entertainment” doesn’t seem to have a working website at the moment and... not much seems to be known about them from what I’ve been able to gather from some googling, though the 2004 movie would seem to fit into their repertoire. lol