Comments on: Remembering Thunderbirds Creator Gerry Anderson http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/gerry-anderson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=gerry-anderson Global Perspectives for an American Audience Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:49:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.4.2 By: Alex Gallafent http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/gerry-anderson/comment-page-1/#comment-27028 Alex Gallafent Fri, 28 Dec 2012 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=153759#comment-27028 Wasn't Joe 90 the best? I watched the series (and all the others) when they were repeated on British TV in the 1980s. I guess I didn't register that they were in any sense dated--all Gerry Anderson's shows seemed to capture a kind of technological future perpetually out-of-reach.  And what kid couldn't love the idea of stepping into a machine and stepping out with the knowledge, skills and experience of the world's greatest scientists, thinkers and athletes?  Wasn’t Joe 90 the best? I watched the series (and all the others) when they were repeated on British TV in the 1980s. I guess I didn’t register that they were in any sense dated–all Gerry Anderson’s shows seemed to capture a kind of technological future perpetually out-of-reach. 

And what kid couldn’t love the idea of stepping into a machine and stepping out with the knowledge, skills and experience of the world’s greatest scientists, thinkers and athletes? 

]]> By: moloko_velocet http://www.theworld.org/2012/12/gerry-anderson/comment-page-1/#comment-27026 moloko_velocet Thu, 27 Dec 2012 22:34:00 +0000 http://www.theworld.org/?p=153759#comment-27026 Watched this, and Stingray....and Joe 90. It was a great time to be a kid! Watched this, and Stingray….and Joe 90. It was a great time to be a kid!

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