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[moon_custafer]

I finally saw an actual episode of Thunderbirds and, wow, the vehicle/gadget porn. It's like 60s James Bond without the sex - the BiPolarBear replied, "you haven't seen Lady Penelope yet," and spent quite a bit of time explaining why he likes Thunderbird 2 the best. Actually, I think I was most impressed by the detailed sets. A word to all jaded sophisticate decor-fiends out there (Yes, I'm sure you're reading this): forget *Wallpaper, just watch Thunderbirds and then try to make your spaces look as much as possible like the ones the puppets live/work in.

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[theengineer.livejournal.com]

I was always in awe of the amount of work that must have gone into building all the sets and vehicles for Thunderbirds, especially when half of it gets blown up at the end of every episode. The modelmakers were the real stars of the show.

But as an engineer, I do have to say that with the exception of Brains, the rest of the engineers in the Thunderbirds universe were a bunch of complete id'jits. Haven't these people ever heard of safety systems?!? All it ever takes is for the smallest thing to go wrong and some vast atomic-power behemoth becomes an unstoppable juggernaut of death. Maybe there are no lawyers in the Thunderbirds world either.