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Topic: Gerry Anderson dies (Read 1328 times)
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Stormwaltz
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I wasn't sure if this should go here or in TV. Gerry Anderson, the creator of hit TV shows including Thunderbirds, Stingray and Joe 90, has died at the age of 83.
He also created Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons and his puppet superheroes fired the imaginations of millions of young viewers in the 1960s and '70s. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-oxfordshire-20845407I still need to get a copy of the UFO series. What a strange, neat show that was. |
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Signe
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I know. I just saw this on tv. Thunderbirds are gone!!  |
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Surlyboi
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eat a bag of dicks
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Captain Scarlet is indestructible, Gerry Anderson was not.  |
Tuned in, immediately get to watch cringey Ubisoft talking head offering her deepest sympathies to the families impacted by the Orlando shooting while flanked by a man in a giraffe suit and some sort of "horrifically garish neon costumes through the ages" exhibit or something. We need to stop this fucking planet right now and sort some shit out. -Kail
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Rendakor
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We need a consolidated Death Forum or unified death thread or something, if only so that those of us who don't give a fuck don't have to keep seeing them.
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Signe
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You might die, you know. And then we'll put you in a dusty little f13 corner to decay while no one notices. It'll be sad for you. Having said that, generally I don't care either especially when it's some old guy who's had DEATH sitting on his shoulder for years anyway. Sometimes I'm even secretly glad they die because they're assholes. SECRETLY. Mike Scaccia made me upset, though.
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Simond
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"You're really a good person, aren't you? So, there's no path for you to take here. Go home. This isn't a place for someone like you."
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Soln
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the opportunity for evil is just delicious
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We need a consolidated Death Forum or unified death thread or something, if only so that those of us who don't give a fuck don't have to keep seeing them.
Liked his stuff but yeah +1 Not like we're going to run out of celebrities |
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eldaec
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People should stop dying.
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Signe
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People should stop dying.
Retroactively. |
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Numtini
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I loved UFO as a kid. I still want my purple anti-static wig.
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If you can read this, you're on a board populated by misogynist assholes.
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Tannhauser
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I loved UFO and Space 1999 as a kid. We never got the puppet shows. UFO still holds up in a ironic, Austin Powers way. Sadly, Space: 1999 is almost un-watchable to me now (1st season). Sooo plodding.
Mr. Anderson brought a lot of entertainment to me so RIP good sir.
Reasons why UFO is and will always be awesome
-Hot hot hot girls who, due to Straker being a real man, must wear fishnet tops when underwater and purple wigs when in space
-His secret HQ is under a movie studio. AND his office moves between levels! Elevators are for the fucking proles.
-Straker and his aides smoke like chimneys and drink like fish. Don't judge them, the pressure of fighting fucking aliens gives them a pass.
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