Captain Scarlet | E2 | Instrument Of Destruction | Part 2

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INSTRUMENT OF DESTRUCTION (PART TWO) - Captain Scarlet, free of Mysteron control, but made virtually indestructible by them, begins a desperate search for the aliens’ instrument of destruction, Captain Black - and must stop a countdown to the end of the world!
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[@FreihEitner]

The Angel fighter jets always were pretty cool. They did a nice rendition of them for this 21st century reboot.

[@robkemp598]

Agreed I do actually like the Vampire jets too. They look advanced but in a very different way to the Angel interceptor

[@thoughtsonfitness3249]

It’s such a shame that ITV never gave the show a chance to shine

[@benrussell-gough1201]

One again, there are so many ambiguities that make me question the Mysterons' ability to control Captain Black. He could have killed Destiny at the UN but didn't. He could have killed her again when her fighter was about to crash into Skybase but, instead, unlocked her escape pod's systems so she could self-destruct and eject. Finally, instead of using an instant detonator, he played this bizarre mind-game of a 10-minute countdown, knowing that Scarlet had the ability to escape (although not a certainty). Either the Mysterons don't control Black fully or, more bizarrely, destruction is not their goal. It's disturbing how Scarlet freely admits that he's an alien wearing Paul Metcalfe's face and using his mind for his own agenda but that the two of them were merged in some way. Just maybe, the same process, only slower, is affecting Black.

[@bewarethekelpie5390]

Not a huge fan of this adaptation but for some positives the voice for Colonel White is on point and there are some really good one-liners esp out of Scarlet. "Hey, where's your weapon?" "Uh, cutbacks. Blue gets the gun on Fridays"

[@luisblake]

Great 👍👏

[@mariakelly1059]

I love this show.

[@josephlowry4320]

Me too, it's very awesome.

[@marga8732]

Me three!! It's the best!

[@bettyleeist]

I do like this new computer generated show of;Captain Scarlet!I like the original serie’s(with the puppet’s,too!].It’s amazing what they can do with the computer’s now-a-days!

[@Muck006]

One of the best things about this is that the men arent "smooth skinned pretty boys" but rather have their folds in their face and a "shadow" from facial hair and so on. Bad about this is the fact that there is no "civilian", i.e. non-essential crewmember, ever on screen. Sky base would be run by LOADS of people ... but its all machines and so on. Oh and to get a REAL nuclear explosion ... you need CONCENTRATED Uranium of the correct type (that's what the THOUSANDS of centrifuges are required for). If you just have "a large mass of radioactive material" you get something similar to what happened in Fukushima ... meltdown but not really an explosion.

[@ACtheLegend]

You see regular crew all the time on Skybase.

[@chitlika]

Much better than the Crap mainsteam dishes up DO MORE!

[@petebjerkelund5088]

I'd love to see a Netflix/Apple etc, series taken up of Capt Scarlet. I watched the original as a kid, and this early CGI series is really well done. The next gen for Capt Scarlet would be fantastic!

[@OdeeOz]

Oh to see Fireball XL5, Supercar, and more in CGI remakes!

[@chrisrebar2381]

Supercar, now that is a blast from the past (I used to be a member of the "supercar fan club", ha). XL5 was a great design

[@williamavery2415]

This was good!!!

[@mycroftsanchez901]

Not a bad show but such a shame they ruined the drum transition, that was an iconic part of the Captain Scarlett series.

[@epsilonalphaargo1948]

They couldn't use the original series transition drumbeat for legal reasons.

[@mycroftsanchez901]

@@epsilonalphaargo1948 Oh, I guess copyright or something, a pity as they have all the characters and the show format including the name they couldn't go the extra mile.

[@RickyDonker]

To add to this; given that the original drum 'transition' is actually a portion of the original introduction (either "Captain Scarlett" or "Captain Scarlett and the Mysterons" - both are works attributed to Barry Gray) which happens right at the beginning as a prelude to the track's first chorus, and that the copyright over those pieces are held by Sony Music Publishing, I'd suggest that the standard 75-years-posthumous rule is in effect even on that snippet. If you don't know, with copyright, by default your work is owned by you for the duration of your life, plus 75 years after your death, which is why so many old pieces of media (the original Hobbit writings, Winnie the Pooh, musical works from the 20's/30's and prior, mostly classical and such, etc. etc.) are hitting public domain now, but more recent works, even with their creators deceased, are not. It's also worth noting that recreations count as separate works, so even if Pooh is public domain, the Disney rendition (goofy voice, red shirt) is not. Sorry, I'm a fat nerd and love talking about stuff I actually know lol

[@solosailorsv8065]

That's Good Sci Fi

[@richardvinsen2385]

Meh

[@Allan_aka_RocKITEman]

👍👍

[@PhilJonesIII]

Must be Captain Scarlet's less astute twin brother. I prefer the version where you could see the strings.

[@Sci-FiCentral]

Agreed...but this is still one of Gerry Anderson's awesome creations!

[@mariakelly1059]

Then don't watch the show. Diety, Canon Extremists get on my nerves.

[@mariakelly1059]

@@Sci-FiCentral This version is pretty good and does a good job explaining the original series for people who are either too young to have seen the OS or who would nitpick about the strings (and we KNOW they would. Unfortunately, people these days love to either continually nitpick or go on and on about how much better the original series was).

[@guidosarducci209]

I like that they scan things BEFORE they destroy them. Makes more sense if you're going to recreate something.

[@bewarethekelpie5390]

Unfortunately this wouldn't appeal to younger audiences in large part because the cgi effects aged like milk. The characters just look very uncanny. That's a large problem with cgi is that it quickly becomes outdated. Even still the original series appeals to more people. Was it limited in what it could do with practical effects and marionettes? Yes but that's part of the charm. They had to do more to make a cohesive story with engaging characters and dynamics. With the advent of 100% cgi creations of the 90s and early 2000s even into the modern era, creators started to sacrifice good writing for padded out actions scenes because "look look we can make all these 3 dimensional things do what we couldn't make them do before". That being said don't even try to accuse me of just being a "og purist" because I love thinderbirds are go even more so than the original series. I actually think the writing and characters were largely better. I think the cgi will hold up much better because a. They mixed cgi with practical effects b. The people working on it were extremely experienced with mixing cgi and practical (they worked on lotr after all) and c. They didn't sacrifice characters building for action scenes. The original captain scarlet did very well from both a writing and effects stand point because it was one of the last supermarionation creations, right after the golden age of thunderbirds. The team was very experienced and knew the medium very well. They knew the limitations and knew how best to work around them. That was not the case for the new captain scarlet. In fact it was the opposite it was new tech and they thought the sky was the limit so they tried too hard to do everything all at once. I have a hard time following what is happening in the episodes because it's just a fast paced explosion of one thing after the other. If the goal is to appeal to a younger audience that isn't going to work because you'll quickly lose them if they don't know what's going on. More and more shows nowadays are suffering from this. Just look at what became of the Thomas and Friends franchise. I've yet to meet anyone of any age who didn't enjoy the model series more than the cgi or current 2d series (i feel its worth noting that director David Mitton got his start with practical effects like those used in the taf model series by working on the effects team for Thunderbirds and Captain Scarlet)

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[@noahstanley5891]

Is it just me or does Adam sound like Adam West????