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Wanna see a badder than bad Pink Car' Lady Penelope's Badass car from THUNDERBIRDS!
Harry here, and man, this car frickin rules! Not only does the car rule, but that guy standing to the side of the car rules! Looks like Riker's doing this one dead on the money! COOL! Go Riker!
Harry,
First time contributer et cetera, et cetera.
Thought you might enjoy the unvailing of Lady Penelope's passion wagon which
appeared on today's British war-mongering The Sun. looks to me like they're
keeping with the spirit of the original series.
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Apr 03, 2003 11:18:01 AM CST
Gee - Sure They Didn't Borrow This From Myers' "Cat in the Hat?"
by hipcheck13
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It's long,big,pink and more than likely throbbing away and a woman enthralled by it with some body stood very erect next to it? Is Riker trying to compensate for something here or is it just my very furtive imagination?
If the movie is gonna keep with th theme and use puppets who cannot act..has anyone called keanu?
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Apr 03, 2003 11:40:33 AM CST
At least it makes more sense than the car in "League of Extraord
by rev_skarekroe
Why? sk
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Apr 03, 2003 11:57:40 AM CST
Looks like they're taking the Flintstones/Scooby Doo approach as
by terry_1978
In other words, doing it exactly in live action as it is on the animated series. I wanna see some more vehicles though.
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Like Final Fantasy, but they are making it like some Spy Kids rip off and the best character of the series (Virgil) is barely in the movie. I am not rushing to see this movie.
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What the fuck? What's next? "The New Zoo Revue: The Motion Picture"?
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but this time RR wouldn't let them use the brand-name. Stuck-up gits.
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The tradition car from thunderbirds is supposed to be a Rolls...this is not...notice the lack of the little winged RR mascot. This car is made by FORD....Rolls royce wouldn't stump up the cash...so Ford stepd in and said they would do it.
It can't be 'dead on the money' if its not a rolls.....
This 'minor' detail was pointed out to me by a housemate of one of the guys working on the car....
strangely enough because Gerry anderson was at our work place the other day on a totally different matter which i can't talk about *Cough,Cough,capt,cough spluter,arlet, cough cough* -
That is friggin' cool!
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"It is so long and pink and smooth! I really like things that are pink."
-In another post you're looking for Hawaiian guys in AOL, and now this? you are so gay. -
the arkansas chug-a-bug would kick ass all over that pink turd wagon...
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Apr 03, 2003 8:22:34 PM CST
Thunderbirds might be pretty interesting to see after all...
by uncle sam
Oh, and would I hate to be the instigator of another boring political-themed talk back, but did anyone hear what George Dubya Bush said earlier? That he was "called upon by God himself to bring forth democracy to the nation of Irak and to the rest of the Middle-East"?! Jesus!... I thought that he was either insane or stupid before, but now its obvious that he's a christian fundamentalist intent on converting the heathens of the world! THIS ISN'T THE MIDDLE-AGES, DUBYA, YOU CAN'T JUST START A CRUSADE AGAINST ALL OF THE NON-BELIEVERS! MUSLIMS NOWADAYS HAVE BIO-CHEMICAL/NUCLEAR WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION! YOU SICK FUCK! All that Richard LionHeart had to fear from Islam was an occasionnal slash of the sword while on horseback upon the battlefield. This is the 21st century, dumbass! Your personal belief in Christ isn't worth sacrificing countless millions of lives worldwide. What a lovely way to start the third millenia. Mutual annihilation due to the primitive and barbaric actions of a couple of religious extremists. Sigh. - I WANT YOU, but not in that way.
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Built under licence from the Rolls-Royce car company for the Creighton-Ward family, FAB 1 was extensively modified upon Lady Penelope taking possession of this unique vehicle. These included the installation of hydrofoils to allow the car to travel on water, machine and laser guns, a rear bumper which expels oil and smoke, and a highly-tuned and modified engine, giving a top speed in excess of 200mph. The sheer weight of the engine requires four front wheels, with retractable studs.
Alterations by Brains also include a satellite communication system, which allows Her Ladyship to contact International Rescue HQ via Thunderbird 5
FAB 1, decked out in unique Penelope pink, features a clear dome around the cabin, constructed of bullet proof, reinforced glass. Access to the cabin is gained via a gull wing canopy, and doors which slide beneath the car. The driver's seat, usually occupied by Parker is centrally mounted for prime visibility, and all 6 wheels have retractable studs for driving on snow and ice.
Launch:
When FAB 1 is required on a mission, Parker walks into the Creighton-Ward mansion's garage, climbs into the car, and starts the engine. This automatically opens the garage doors and Parker drives out, before collecting Lady Penelope from the front entrance. Parker then drives down the driveway, and out of the front gates. :)
When sea travel is required, FAB 1 simply drives off a jetty before splashing into the sea. The vehicle surfs along for a short distance before coming to a stop, when the hydrofoils are lowered.
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If this is a real car for a REAL MOVIE, I might just go over to Britain to see it. Yes, I'm a Thunderbirds Mark. So sue me. F.A.B.
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Just wanted to say that, even though everyone else probably hates it, I think the new AMERICAN BEAUTY animation is hilarious. Actually, I've liked all the animations thus far. Keep up the good work!
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I mailed this yesterday morning and it's getting printed now by someone totally different!!
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Apr 04, 2003 4:12:33 AM CST
Great, great, now when are they coming out with a thunderCATS mo
by empyreal0
"And get your foot off that blasted Sam-o-flange!" "What the FUCK is a sam-o-flange?"
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No-one has pointed out the salient fact here, which is that Thunderbirds sucks and always will suck. What about Stingray the movie? Colin Farrell as Troy Tempest and Live Tyler as Marina? Thundercats might be next - Brendan Fraser as Lion-O. And will people please stop trying to turn this into a political talkback? There's a reason we're on this site and not a political one. Films = escapisim, so just leave it out!
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"We've got to keep away any pictures of our super vehicles in case the Communists build some!"
And Michael Moore tells it like it is. Like Chris Morris over here, these are people who do REAL satire- Not just "look at Politician X, he's an idiot!" but turning the mirror back on ourselves. -
Apr 04, 2003 5:36:58 AM CST
Hmmmm, if I was Rolls Royce I wouldn't put my badge on an enormo
by earthworm
Thunderbirds was shit anyway, Captain Scarlet on the other hand was THE shit.
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I would totally go to see a Captain Scarlet film. Who would you cast? Probably Colin Farrell, as he's in everything.
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if he just does action it should make up for the badness of INSURECTION and the ho-humness of CLOCKSTOPPERS
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Let me guess - it also shoots foam out the front end to put out fires? ;)
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......yeah......right ! (Sigh)
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See, they've taken all the styling cues from the current Ford Thunderbird (the grille texture, the small bullets in the front bumper) and exaggerated them into Lady Penelope's car. Oh, that is so witty. Not very British, but see... it's a Thunderbird!
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...as they own Rolls Royce, and they refused to allow their trademarks to be used on the car.
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The wheels look cool its the grill, gawd wot a pile of crap, no wonder Gerry A wants nothing to do with this P.O.S. prodution.
Captain Scarlet ive heard good things about this, simply because Gerry A is personally overseeing the new versions creation.
The story behind the new Thunderbirds film. The fact is The Yanks won't touch story subjects which deal with terrorism or buildings collapsing (thats the WHOLE POINT about TS's so what do they do a 'kidnap' story)
Oh Dear oh dear oh dear!
i smell a dead fish....
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