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THUNDERBIRDS are FEY FEY FEY!

I claim the first post in the name of Zod by Archduke_Chocula	Jun 13th, 2003 02:08:47 AM
this movie will suck.
wow by jimmy_009	Jun 13th, 2003 02:09:17 AM

This is a new age, we here at aint it cool news should except ga by iamarayya	Jun 13th, 2003 02:13:24 AM
Its 2003, their here, their queer, get ready to rocket into space BIOTCH!
Looks beyond stupid by helmer	Jun 13th, 2003 02:13:35 AM
Makes the Punisher looks like a masterpiece. Bring back the puppets!
All your fey belong to us! by Amy Chasing	Jun 13th, 2003 02:25:39 AM
Hey, it can't be any worse than the Scooby Doo movie.. can it? ;-)
I always considered myself a heterosexual man until now.....brot by fashizzle	Jun 13th, 2003 02:25:41 AM

Dammit! Harry made me look up a word...does that make him smart by CranialLeak	Jun 13th, 2003 02:32:37 AM
FEY - Having or displaying an otherworldly, magical, or fairylike aspect or quality:
This film has got dog-shit written all over it. by DannyParker	Jun 13th, 2003 02:37:23 AM
I want more Hellboy pics not this gayness thankyou!
I predict Fey is the next AICN buzzword by qualopec	Jun 13th, 2003 02:38:06 AM
Which is good, because tomboy beanpoles are much better when they're fey.
Holy Shit! They Forgot the Matching Ascots! by hipcheck13	Jun 13th, 2003 02:39:12 AM
Great - and what's this movie called again? "Jogging Suit Avengers?"
This is looking REAL straight... by PumpyMcAss	Jun 13th, 2003 02:56:35 AM
Someone please explain why a live-action version of a puppet show interest people in the first place? Subquestion: Why are there fans of that undeniably lame show? Oh wait, I forgot. People on this site also like Star Trek and Doctor Who...
One reason to see this movie: It stars the delicious Sophia Myle by Psyclops	Jun 13th, 2003 03:01:26 AM
That gal is total knockout! Very, very lovely. Also, you can't go wrong when you have talent like Bill Paxton, Anthony Edwards and Ben Kingsley. They can always save this from being a complete disaster.
Alive with pleasure by Mechakong	Jun 13th, 2003 03:13:10 AM
That looks like a Newport ad. A very very gay Newport ad. And thier eybrows are just not bushy enough.
In terms of costume design, it would've been better to go with t by Commando Cody	Jun 13th, 2003 03:30:03 AM
Speaking as someone who loves the old Gerry Anderson puppet shows, I thought the idea of doing a live action THUNDERBIRDS was waaaaaaay overdue. I mean, come on, you sit down and look at all the "high concept" component parts that make up the property and it's a studio's marketing wet dream -- not to mention all the backend merchandise that could spring from it adding even more money to the bank. So producing a live action version makes a helluva lot of sense to me. I didn't mind the choice of Frakes since I think he's shown he's got a good director's eye (his Next Gen episodes and FIRST CONTACT.) Plus, the casting so far has been solid and the pictures of Lady Penelope's car rocked. From all appearances it seems Frakes is going for a fun "retro" feel. I just hope the actual Thunderbird SHIPS don't disappoint since they'll be a key thing in selling this. However as to this latest "fey" picture, this is the first miscue I've seen so far. What's with the light metallic suits and defining red trim? These outfits look like they're straight out of Gerry Anderson's live action shows -- like rejects when he was making UFO or SPACE 1999. I realize Hollywood is generally caught up on the X-men era of leather or body molded suits...I don't think you had to go THAT route in giving the Thunderbirds matching outfits...but these silver suits look whacked. A variant on the blue tunics that the puppets wore in the show would've been a helluva lot better and more dynamic than these outfits -- they just look wimpy and...well, fey. Well, I'll just keep my fingers crossed that the movie is good and Bill Paxton doesn't turn out to be Barry Bostwick in MEGAFORCE 2...
"Macho, macho man, I want to be a macho man!" by Uncapie	Jun 13th, 2003 03:40:59 AM
1.) I hope Bill Paxton is getting A LOT of dough for doing this. 2.) No ascots. 3.) Wrong color uniform and no hats. 4.) Lady Penelope's car not a Rolls Royce and impractical to drive(Four front wheels and two rear, yeah right. Study your engineering. It doesn't work.) 5.) The cast looks nothing like the characters. 6.) I hope Gerry Anderson got A LOT of dough for this. 7.) Some tv shows are best left alone and remembered for what they were.
They're laughing at us. by NERD FIGHT	Jun 13th, 2003 03:41:11 AM
And our heterosexual way of life.
Are you sure this isn't that deleted N'Sync scene from Attack of by allegos	Jun 13th, 2003 04:03:01 AM
Could be worse...the costumes could have nipples.
New Fall fashions are in at K-Mart! by gakchat	Jun 13th, 2003 04:13:53 AM
Who needs dolls? These guys look plastic enough already!
Thunderbirds was a camp classic by trouserpress	Jun 13th, 2003 04:13:55 AM
But there's camp, and there's CAMP. This is just too camp. This looks like the fantasy of Captain Oveur from Airplane.
Is that Thunderbird 1 in their pockets... by mulberry	Jun 13th, 2003 04:19:46 AM
...or are they just glad to see us?
is that Jason Biggs?!??!?! by disappear here	Jun 13th, 2003 05:06:05 AM

"...3...2...1... Thunderbirds... are GAY!!!" by Cash Bailey	Jun 13th, 2003 05:23:20 AM
Thank you. Good night.
And I thought the Spiderman cart was the gayest thing... by Bong	Jun 13th, 2003 05:27:32 AM
wow..how gay
Holy mother of god... by Coatsy UK	Jun 13th, 2003 05:36:47 AM
...that is pure gayness personified.
Poor Bill Paxton by Heleno	Jun 13th, 2003 05:46:57 AM
Bet he's wishing he was back at the bottom of the ocean. Just not convinced about this at all - the boys just look so young and teenage and, well, gayer than a treeful of monkeys on nitrous oxide. Not that there's anything wrong with that per se, but they don't look like heroic types either.
Seeing that picture makes me question certain life choices.... by dastickboy	Jun 13th, 2003 06:14:07 AM
but really, did they spend all the budget on moisturiser? Those costumes are crapola - racing driver suits for a secret, high-tech organisation??
I just was thinking about an Urotsukidoki-esque multi-penised Bi by weird v3.0	Jun 13th, 2003 06:36:10 AM
THAT would deserve my time.
That looks like something you'd see on "Saturday TV Funhouse" by FrankCobretti	Jun 13th, 2003 06:49:27 AM
Except these guys aren't ambiguously gay.
"Joel Schumacher by CuervoJones	Jun 13th, 2003 06:58:50 AM

Book by it's cover.... by MKiro	Jun 13th, 2003 07:31:14 AM
Well after all the flaming this forum has enjoyed over the past week - criticisms regarding reviewing scripts and preproduction downloaded movies, we now have the great 'experts' reviewing a film based on a single (unofficial?) publicity shot! Well done, y'all. Once again demonstrating the collective IQ of these Talkbackers is less than one of the original Thunderbirds puppets. Sure, the photo is lame as hell, but so what? Does that mean the movie will suck? The Thunderbirds movie may well be the biggest turd of the year, but not because of one daft publicity pic. I read the AICN Talkback tributes to Gregory Peck earlier and was incredibly moved by the mature sentiments expressed there. I also wondered where the hell the assholes who usually contribute where - I know now that they were hiding in the Thunderbirds Talkback.
I think this is the wrong picture... by Otter	Jun 13th, 2003 07:40:41 AM
... I think this is an ad from Work N' Gear for their new line of jumpsuits.
Will we get to hear a Jesus band on the soundtrack? by ChickenGeorgeVII	Jun 13th, 2003 08:23:08 AM
yes Yes YES!!!!! IT IS ABOUT TIME THAT THEY TOOK SUCH A DISMAL PIECE OF DEPRESSING DRAMA AND GAVE IT SOME LIFE!!!!! LOOK AT THAT!!!!! A HAPPY BUNCH OF STAR TRAVELERS!!!! THEY
It's FABULOUS!!!! by BigPoppi	Jun 13th, 2003 08:24:30 AM
It's a Gore Vidal dream.
Borrowed by Trik	Jun 13th, 2003 08:37:00 AM
SherKhan (from fark) wrote: "I am, as some may know, a stranger from a distant planet who's come from a far future via the inscrutably ancient pre-Atlantean past who has been bombarded with gamma radiation, bathed in cosmic rays, bitten by several radioactive critters, attended school on Graymalkin Lane, interned at Wayne Enterprises, mastered the mystic arts, invented countless technological wonders, been involved in quite a few lab accidents featuring exotic elements and alien chemistry, been both cursed AND blessed, and own many powerful talismans including what appears to be a jade ring with a lantern image on it. In short, I've got super-duper powers and even I cannot muster the strength to give a damn. But I'll try again." Best reply ever and totally fitting for this topic
Fuzzbox by SeanR.net	Jun 13th, 2003 08:42:27 AM
If they ain't on the soundtrack I ain't going to see this... FACT.
The only thing that can save this movie now are warewolves, and by mbaker	Jun 13th, 2003 08:44:15 AM
Of course, if you want to make it even more gay, just bring in Justin Timberlake, Vin Deisel, plus some showtunes, and you have the yourself the biggest homoexperience since "Priscilla: Queen Of The Desert!" I want you, but not in that way!
Pictures like this by Beddy Sidious	Jun 13th, 2003 08:53:11 AM
are why straight people think gay people are funny.
Is that Bill Pullman in the middle?! by Skyway Moaters	Jun 13th, 2003 08:57:43 AM

The bachelorettes will be pleased! by rev_skarekroe	Jun 13th, 2003 09:03:13 AM
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When are they going to make a Voltron (lions) movie? by Lost Skeleton	Jun 13th, 2003 09:29:26 AM
I'll give Thunderbirds a chance but this picture disturbs me. For some reason I keep looking for a Nazi flag on their chest or something.
That is the most entertaining thing I have ever seen on this sit by Ray Garraty #47	Jun 13th, 2003 09:29:38 AM
I have read funnier in the talkbacks, but for pure visual humor, this is it. Man, that's fucking hilarious. What would be funny if this movie became a breakout success because of the homosexuals who went to see it as some sort of high camp hit. I've got it! The Thunderbirds could be the next Barbra Streisand!!! Or even CHER!!! Or Jack from Will and Grace!!!
Oh, I thought you meant TINA Fey... by mortsleam	Jun 13th, 2003 09:35:10 AM
What exactly is more "fey," that picture or the repressed homo-erotic tendancies of half the idiots on this board? Pesonally, I'm secure enough in my masculinity to admit that looking at this picture of five strapping young men in form fitting jumpsuits makes my privates tingle ever so slightly. But I'm still waiting for the Go-Lords live action movie, 'cause I just can't wait to get more naked Will Farrell etched into my brain folds. MMMM...Farrell...
The pot calling the kettle gay. by Grendel's Mom	Jun 13th, 2003 10:21:30 AM
let me get this straight--pun intended--fans of a show that featured super marionette action are having a yuk fest over a picture of a live action movie of these puppets that looks gay to them. amazing.
HELLO, FRISCO - HELLLOOOOOO!!!! by Damitol	Jun 13th, 2003 10:41:30 AM
Isn't this a shot from the big musical number's finale just before the shower scene?
Holee shit! Looks like a boy band on the rampage! by WarDog	Jun 13th, 2003 11:49:22 AM
A Thunderbirds movie yet. Next they'll be making a movie based on a fucking comic strip, like, say, GARFIELD. Oh, wait...
We think your jumpsuits look FAB-ulous. by RenoNevada2000	Jun 13th, 2003 11:57:08 AM
Was this movie cast by flipping through the pages of an International Male catalog?... Errr, not that I would know what those catalogs look like.
Tin Tin was just Alan's beard? by Poetamelie	Jun 13th, 2003 12:15:15 PM
Man, I LOVED this show when I was 5 years old. But now that I've watched it on DVD, I have to admit that Alan does seem, well, bisexual at the very least. Poor Tin Tin! On the other hand, I'm pretty sure Virgil and Lady Penelope would get their strings all a-tangle if they could. And I still don't know what FAB is supposed to mean! Anyone know?
I know what this picture really is by chunkyloverman	Jun 13th, 2003 12:24:13 PM
Those are the extras from Big Gay Al:The Movie With Hulk Hogan as Al who has a beer and cheats on his wife with his sexy tomboy beanpole werewolf "life Partner"
No self-respecting gay man would wear those outfits! by Sherlock_Holmes_	Jun 13th, 2003 01:02:11 PM
I mean, PUH-leeze! The color scheme is ALL WRONG, and the whole "jumpsuit" notion is just GHASTLY! Maybe a gay JANITOR would wear that outfit, but a group of strapping young heroes? I should hope they'd have the fashion sense to justify those Cher albums in their collections!
BWAHAHAHAHA!!! by Ribbons	Jun 13th, 2003 02:34:44 PM
Sorry, couldn't help it
Dude, LOOK at the guy on the right by Ribbons	Jun 13th, 2003 02:36:11 PM
I'm wiping tears from the corners of my eyes as I type...chuckle
I think number one... by NoLaw4000	Jun 13th, 2003 03:11:36 PM
...is WAY too interested in number 2...
In an imaginative attempt to secure the #1 pick in the draft, th by Fred	Jun 13th, 2003 03:27:42 PM

The outfits of Tomorrow.... by Electric_Monk	Jun 13th, 2003 04:31:33 PM
This will be the outfits all gay guys will be forced to wear if Pat Robertson had his way.
They're no longer ambiguous, and there's five of them, but they' by WeedyMcSmokey	Jun 13th, 2003 04:36:55 PM
"Hey, who pinched my ass?"
Something strange, Captain - behind us... by WeedyMcSmokey	Jun 13th, 2003 04:39:33 PM
Deploy probe.... Ack! Hull breached! Hull breached!
Not really surprised... by SPY-der	Jun 13th, 2003 04:40:23 PM
Let's be honest, kids. Thunderbirds was cheesy as all hell. I've seen a couple clips. If you're going to produce a movie that is "true" to the spirit of the source material then you're going to get a cheesy as all hell movie. It's that simple. It's like taking a show that was always pretty goofy like Scooby-Doo and expecting it to be a cool movie. Scooby-Doo will never be cool. Scooby-Doo was never meant to be cool. Neither were the Thunderbirds. Sorry to snap you out of your childhood revelry, kids, but it's time to face facts. Coolness in = coolness out (i.e. the first Matrix and X-2). Cheese in = cheese out (see Scooby and the T-Birds for details). It's just like taking Speed Racer and making a movie that keeps the same tone and spirit s the cartoons; it's gonna suck as a movie because it'll be too damn cheesy and cornball to get into. (now MY take on Speed Racer, on the other hand would kick ass... same with my spin on Inspector Gadget - think Virtuosity meets the Terminator films). Just my take on it. -- SPYder, out.
hahaaahahaa by imageburn13	Jun 13th, 2003 05:32:48 PM
holy shittake if they break out into song at any point in this movie its uncontrollable pants pissing time from laughter.... my god...
that is one gay picture... by nemo38	Jun 13th, 2003 05:34:05 PM
And i've collected every Gerry Anderson show A&E have released. I hear he's working on a cgi captain scarlett series. I hope he has better luck with that. This looks like it has the words "straight to video" written all over it.
Strange, I didn't realise Joel Schumacher was involved in this f by earthworm	Jun 13th, 2003 05:38:57 PM

What IS This? The Return of the Gay Jiffy-Lube Five? by hipcheck13	Jun 13th, 2003 06:22:19 PM

This is a still from Star Wars: Episode III. Annakin is posing w by Mr. Waturi	Jun 13th, 2003 06:36:38 PM
The 2nd one from the right is Hayden Christensen.
Hey, nobody told me the Kids in the Hall were in the Thunderbird by Smurfeus Maximus	Jun 13th, 2003 06:46:56 PM
In my own humble opinion, if it ain't marionettes, it AIN'T THE THUNDERBIRDS!!! Some of us still love and revere super-marionation.
I think they should make "The TV Pupper Pals Movie" with Hulk Ho by mbaker	Jun 13th, 2003 08:17:28 PM
BONK ON THE HEAD, BROTHER!
Sad But True by FrankCobretti	Jun 13th, 2003 08:23:48 PM
This photo was taken moments before the freak gasoline fight accident.
I'm taking umbrage by SHB	Jun 13th, 2003 08:32:11 PM
as a member of the queer community, I find the tone of this article to be quite offensive. Come on, Harry. When maintaining a respectable news site it's really... not that great to go around gay-bashing. Even if you didn't intend it to be so, the 'FEY FEY FEY' thing, really, is pretty offensive. Not only that, but the fact that you opened this door for the talkbackers to take the gay thing and, like they do, rampantly make fun of gay people, speaks a lot. I request that, as a decent human being, you take the article down, or at the very least do something to amend the situation. If nothing else, work to censor the posts that are blatantly homophobic? A hate crime is a hate crime even when spoken and even when issued toward a nonspecific recipient. How would you react if you posted something about Richard Roundtree and someone brought the n-word into the discussion? Anyway, thanks. You won't see me around here again. I only registered because I was offended. When homophobia comes from the talkbacks it's certainly one thing, because the talkbackers are often brazen, loudmouthed and frequently taking advantage of the fact that the internet provides a mask, behind which anything can be said. But you? I respected you more before I saw this post. Please, next time you consider posting such an article, saying it in such a way, you think of how your decisions hurt people who trust you and thank you for maintaining such an upstanding webpage.
I second Psyclop's comment: Sophia Myles is the next Keira Knigh by FrankDrebin	Jun 13th, 2003 08:58:14 PM
...Myles is the blonde vamp who leaps onto the ceiling and hisses like a cat in the UNDERWORLD trailer.
But But But by Darth Brooks	Jun 13th, 2003 08:59:04 PM
Where are the drive-in burger-flipper hats? And the big plastic sashes with the winged hand that says "IR" on it? NOT FAR ENOUGH, DAMMIT! NOT FAR ENOUGH! Brains better look (and stutter) like a ritalin-addled Austin Powers in a labcoat and Buddy Holly glasses or heads will ROLL!
Where are the puttys? by shocked_shocked	Jun 13th, 2003 09:44:11 PM
How on earth did the Thunderbirds turn into the Mighty Morphin Power Rangers?
Thats a scene from Village People Lost in Space by boba_rob	Jun 13th, 2003 10:25:49 PM
That is the gayest thing Ive ever scene. Kind of reminds me of an NSYNC video.
THUNDERBIRDS GO MENTOS! by Kenshiro_Kane	Jun 14th, 2003 12:27:41 AM
Ghay Ghay Ghay! ... and not in the "you're being hateful to homosexual" sense of "gay", but in the new, hipster, non-sexualized sense of the term, "ghay". Use it, pass it around at parties, say it to your moms... "that shit is ghay for shizzle, my nizzle". Oh, and the Thunderbirds? That's just plain gay. Word.
Thunderbirds are go, girl by RenegadeBushido	Jun 14th, 2003 02:01:57 AM
just had to say that
Ohhhooo, I'll bet The Hood is REALLY scared now. by guava_jam	Jun 14th, 2003 04:44:40 AM
Try as I might, I can't imagine these guys winning a battle against The Hood...or even Brains for that matter. They're unsettling cute, but look nothing like the Tracy puppets. It all seems so wrong.
That is so damn GAY by DeadRapedDeer	Jun 14th, 2003 09:01:15 AM
it makes a dead raped deer bleeding out the butt-hole seem very normal. Oh, that's right, it is Harry's world.
For those that never watched the show- by Lady_Hyde	Jun 14th, 2003 06:57:10 PM
Bill's the dad, and the four other guys are supposed to be his sons. I'm starting to wish they were better cast, now.
once again, harry is an idiot by i_hate_you	Jun 15th, 2003 01:50:10 PM
does anyone here know what fey means? i guess not. the first sense of the word is supernatural or magical or otherworldly. the second sense of the word means suicidal. i guess harry is using the first sense because he thinks fantasy is gay. oh wait, he's a total fantasy fan... hmmm... or maybe he just thinks they all look depressed, but they look awfully damned happy to me in that pic. -pam
Thunderbirds theme by CX2400	Nov 23rd, 2003 04:28:04 AM
Ironic - the Americans were always worried that the theme of having a group of single guys living on an island might be misinterpreted, so the studio held up the project for years. I guess they must have noticed Queer Eye and Sponge Bob and gone to the other extreme. Memo to Bill Paxon: John Tracy never wore a uniform in the show.

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