I'll add to this and say that the Nelvana Rupert animated series is everything what I hoped Joe 90 would be, except for the lack of cool vehicles but that's more than made up for by the high stakes world ending danger as well as the fact that the kids get to act like real kids instead of caricatures

ko-fi.com/anderprise21 reminder also to donate to my Ko-Fi to help me save me BTS material from this show!

Its hard to deny however the impact that individuals like Shane Rimmer and Tony Barwick had on both shows. Whether or not Shane could have stepped up to write some actual Thunderbirds scripts is a tantalising prospect that has lingered in the back of my mind. A 30 something year old boy can dream...

Tbh its hard to say for sure what would have happened had Thunderbirds continued but given series 2 was always commissioned to be 6 episodes I think Lew and Gerry were just about burned out on Thunderbirds being a monthly scheduled production, and maybe they saw the UA movie deal as a breather.

Series 2 plots felt like running on fumes after Alan Fennell left the studio, idk. But Alan Pattillo wouldn't have left if not for The Mysterons confounding him as a concept. I think Lew Grade had right idea, wrong execution. Not a feature film; instead 1 Made-for-TV movie/year side by side Scarlet.

my favourite thing about Supercar is the fact they straight up yanked the robots from Fleischer Superman's Mechanical Monsters short.

Repeating for bksy. Matchbox circa 1988 looks at the shrinking range of steam locos and says "Why not do all the diesels next?".
They release Diesel (with 7 plank) BoCo (With L&B van) and Daisy (with milk tanker)
Toby (with Henrietta) sneaks in under the excuse of looking like a diesel anyway.

baffling that you seem to think the general populace is responsible for any behaviour/retaliation from oppressors.

it's coercive, controlling and a classic abuse tactic to believe that survivors on any scale of turmoil should never fight back.

i hate civility politics omg lol be serious. go away