Fireball XL5 Episode 1 Planet 46 Part 2

[@danclark1348]

First time seeing this. My favorite show on tv at the time. Had a Fireball XL5 toy. Damn I should've kept it. Think it was lost when my parents moved us to a new home.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. I too had a Fireball XL5 toy as a child. Be sure to watch SPACE MONSTER kzbin.info/www/bejne/pprHgouNYtV8oac and SPY IN SPACE kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYfMq6tjbr6imbc

[@jmen4ever257]

Back in the day, we were going through very hard times, and i could only gaze with desire on one of the xl5 models on display at a store. It was large and awesome.

[@redpillcommando]

Dan Clark, I was just thinking the same thing. I had the Fireball XL5 toy that launched with a slingshot, then it would deploy a parachute. I wish I still had it. That and my Captain McCauley space helmet. They are probably in a landfill somewhere.

[@TralfazConstruction]

Very nice. The Subterrains are realistically menacing. That's some color palette on their home world; very austere and coldly beautiful.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Again thank you for the kind words for this episode. Overall the lighting was a bit dark and played havoc with the exaggerated features of the XL5 characters. As a one person studio I treat each episode as a learning experience.

[@TralfazConstruction]

@@HarborsidePressLLC It works well to the advantage of the story. I understand that it's on-the-job training as you progress through these episodes. I especially like the early version of Lt. Ninety's hairstyle though I believe that he would have been drummed out of Space Patrol for a non-regulation haircut.

[@Tony-nx2cj]

Well done episode. Later episodes have evolved to use the rocket sled just like the original FIreball XL5 does.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thanks again for watching. The rocket sled was sorely missed by viewers. I'm glad it's back, too.

[@martyndormer]

Ace!🚀

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Check out the following full episodes: SPY IN SPACE kzbin.info/www/bejne/pYfMq6tjbr6imbc SPACE MONSTER kzbin.info/www/bejne/pprHgouNYtV8oac LAST OF THE ZANADUS kzbin.info/www/bejne/jqPGlIuebtOqoJI WINGS OF DANGER kzbin.info/www/bejne/f33XqJevrc2Vo9k THE FORBIDDEN PLANET kzbin.info/www/bejne/b3nOdmubbtJraMk I hope you enjoy them and if you do please tell friends. Happy holidays!

[@ellesmerewildwood4858]

Just watched part 1 and I commented what a great job the voice actors did. I didn't realize they were the ACTUAL voice actors. Damn, no wonder they sounded so good ! :o) Great job, to all concerned I really enjoyed this.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Positive feedback is great incentive to continue working on Episode 2.

[@anthillmob100]

the effort you put into this is crazy

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for comment; it is very much appreciated. This episode took me about 11 months to complete; the first four months alone were spent creating sets, characters and uniforms. The software I was using also had an upgrade and had to relearn/redo a lot of what I had done before. Being a 1 person operation, my goal is to produce 3 to 4 episodes a year.

[@normanby100]

In the original, Steve has a gun hidden under the seat of his scooter and uses that. I used to have a fireball toy that when you slammed its rear, Fireball junior was fired away from the main body. Innocent days.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. I too had a Fireball XL5 toy rocket was I was 4 or 5 years old. Mine I think fired missiles from the main body, and Fireball Jr detached.

[@gordontaylor4184]

Again, well done. It was a nice idea to have Steve remote control the hover scooter to shoot the aliens instead of him taking a Ray gun out of the compartment as in the original. The space helmet oxygen pill was a nice idea too though they would still die in about a minute as they're not wearing pressurised suits.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and the positive comment. It is appreciated. Your right about the oxygen pills. I'm assuming in the original production they didn't want to have cumbersome space helmets on the marionettes.

[@smatisfaction]

Brilliant. Love the updated oxygen pills. Keep up the good work.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you so much for watching and leaving a positive comment. It means a lot to me.

[@michaelclarke124]

Terry Nation invented the Oxygen Pills. My favourite episode of the series is Hypnotic Sphere.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Again thanks so much for watching and posting the fascinating trivia. Very much appreciated. Be sure to watch the remakes of Episode 2 "Flight to Danger" Episode 3 "The Granatoid Tanks" Episode 4 "The Doomed Planet" and part 1 of Episode 5 "The Space Immigrants" The animation improves with each episode, so I've been told.

[@johnricci4511]

Well done! I never missed the show as a kid, or any of the other Gerry Anderson offerings. Thanks for the ride back to now!

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and the positive comment, it means a lot. And your welcome for the nostalgia trip aboard Fireball XL5.

[@chuckbaird249]

I watch the original when I was a child loved it then love it now

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you so much for watching and the positive comment. It is much appreciated. Check out reanimated Episode 2 "Flight to Danger" & Episode 3 "The Granatoid Tanks".

[@peterblood50]

I loved the series as a kid and love your remakes.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you, Peter. Very much appreciated. I want to congratulate you on getting your Directors Certificate from Reallusion for Ari and the Zhimm. I watched on Reallusion TV and enjoyed it. It reminded me of an animated comic book.

[@tonyallen3889]

Enjoy it well done

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and I do appreciate the positive comment.

[@CZ350tuner]

John Bluthal (Frank Pickle in the Vicar of Dibley) is the original voices of Commander Zero and the Subterrean leader.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for that golden nugget of trivia. I did not know that. Next time I re-watch the Vicar of Dibley I will pay closer attention to hear a little bit of Zero when Frank Pickle talks. Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@CZ350tuner]

John Bluthal has had along career as a character and voice actor going back to the 1950's on TV and in films. John was born in Poland before the war and was a child refuge to England. He's most usually associated with being a regular comedy sketch character actor alongside Spike Milligan from the 1960's onwards. You'll spot him in anything Spike created for TV especially the Q series of sketch shows.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

I had never watched Spike Milligan. Will now give it a try, knowing John is in it. Thanks again for all the great info.

[@anthillmob100]

i think you have mastered it ...awesome stuff for one person in just under a year ..ive geen working on a blender cartoon for a year and a half and managed 5 minutes of animation so far of a 25 minute cartoon

[@terrasprite]

That SCREAM!! As six-year old I found this episode frightening. Venus' flight from danger and her final scream must be one of the most harrowing moments I can remember... ever.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. Sorry to dredge up old childhood horrors. For me it was the Wicked Witch of the West from Wizard of Oz. She scared me until I was at least 10 years old.

[@kitthearty]

That scream is just awesome..... I thought for sure she was dead.

[@1701echopapa]

I just noticed! Steve's datapad uses an LCARS graphic user interface! A great Star Trek Easter egg!

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Nice pick up. Thank you for watching and leaving a comment.

[@CFG-eb3my]

Don't need to fix what's not broken - use talent to CREATE!

[@colinp2238]

It really follows the original but for a few details: XL5 launched on a rocket sled on rails and not a runway with wheels and the scooters are now juggernauts. When I watched this as a kid I remember that I used to get excited when it started "OK Venus". This is more faithful than the remakes of Capt Scarlet or Thunderbirds.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you so much for watching and the positive comment. I admit I did take creative license with XL5's takeoff. My reasoning is I felt a future space force would need to be more mobile.

[@SatNavDan]

This is incredible. I hope you're planning to do more of the old episodes?

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Sorry for not getting back sooner. Was away on vacation. Thank you so much for the positive comment. I just started working on Episode 2 "Flight to Danger" and hope to release it sometime in February 2018.

[@sarasarah1810]

Your work is really enjoyable..🐈👍 even with my face comment B4...I do appreciate your Vision and artistry. Tyvm for sharing it.💙. Have a safe New Yr...Toodlepip.🙋

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you so much for watching. It's wonderful comments like yours that keep me motivated to make more episodes. A happy and safe New Year to you, too.

[@viennapalace]

Don't mind me, I'm just here to feed the algorithm...

[@andycampbell91]

👍👍👍

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Again thanks. My goal in this episode (the very first I made) was to have the characters look like marionettes as much as possible. Unfortunately, about 10 percent of the viewers found them very unappealing especially Venus.

[@andycampbell91]

I've loved them all...they are great...such a shame you can't produce any more...@@HarborsidePressLLC 💛

[@anthonyfrisiello50]

This obviously took place after the Zombie Apocalypse of 2062, loved this show as a kid, I have all the boxed sets for Supercar,(1960)Fireball XL5,(1962) Stingray(1964)Thunderbirds(1966)& Captain Scarlet(1967). Since when did Commander Zero become a woman? That zombie face resembles more of the puppet that was his wife in the original series or was that your attempt at humor? If it was I didn't find it funny. Robert looks like a potable batting cage. Since my original comment on Part 1 I have toned down a little bit but you should've stuck to the original a bit more, Fireball took off on a ramp like the first cruise missiles of WW2 which was Gerry Anderson's intent, I know that because I listened to his commentary on Fireball. I must say however I did like what you did with the cockpit, instruments etc...but those frogs legs you gave Venus is almost as bad as her zombie like face. VENUS is supposed to be beautiful, that's why she was named VENUS! Take it from a member of FANDERSON and the number 1 fan of Supermarionation in this country, if ya plan on doing more of these, please for heavens sake make these people look decent. Maybe after you make these desperately needed improvements, "Starving Artists" may not have to starve. Don't be a tootie!

[@borusa32]

I liked the space helmet oxygen pills.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. It is much appreciated. Have a look at the remakes of Episode 2 "Flight to Danger" & Episode 3 "The Granatoid Tanks".

[@ColonelMarcellus]

Appearances of the characters have changed dramatically.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. You might want to take a look at Episode 2 "Flight to Danger" & Episode 3 "The Granatoid Tanks".

[@normanby100]

Oxygen pills - wonderfully naive days.

[@danielyoung6630]

ROBERT THE ROBOT THE BEST!

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

I'm glad you like him. Thank you for watching and the positive comment.

[@renregg]

Very fine

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and the positive comment. It is appreciated.

[@jeffreyalley8728]

Would love to see Supercar given this treatment.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you so much for watching and leaving a comment.

[@anthillmob100]

watched it again...my only helpful comments would be tone down the arm movements of the characters a little...and you need to simplify their faces ...at the moment they look a little scary ...you are putting too much effort into this to let these two things let you down....also as ive said before Gerry Anderson brought out many audio only mini records...these are what you should be trying to look into giving life to...three thunderbirds ones were done recently as you must know...the blu ray set being called thunderbirds 1965....are you based in the uk or America? ...I work in blender and 2d animation

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thanks again for watching and commenting. With each episode I hope to improve my animation while paying homage to the great Gerry Anderson classic. I live in the US and use Reallusion iClone 7 software.

[@anthillmob100]

very impressive...you are making me want to look into iclone...i was thinking blender characters imported into iclone could solve your scary face problem.and also tighten up on the uniforms..i hear theres a way to import blender characters into iclone,, have you used blender?

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

No, I have not , but many others do. As for me, I am still trying to master iClone.

[@dandare2586]

Commander zero does not look at all convincing, he is far to young looking as is prof mattic. Don't forget the eyebrows, you really need to do a pastiche of those. But thanks for the rework.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. You might want to check out the reworks of Episode 2 "Flight to Danger" and Episode 3 "The Granatoid Tanks". The lighting is improved in both (hence characters look less like crack addicts). Both CMDR Zero and Lt. Ninety have military style hair (eyebrows are still the same) and there is a new (prettier) Venus in Episode 3.

[@dandare2586]

@@HarborsidePressLLC Thanks for the reply. The granatoid tanks is my fav and your work has improved a immeasurably on that one ( not that I could anywhere near the quality of your work!!) so now a fan!!! Still think the eyebrows need work though lol!

[@mikecane]

Oh man. This was something else. See my post for full reaction: atomicsupermen.wordpress.com/2017/11/29/video-fireball-xl5-reimagined-in-cgi/

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

I can't thank you enough for the glowing review of Fireball XL5 reanimated. I do love the original show and it bothered me that many would never watch it, because it was in black & white. So I animated episode 1, overall not sure how it would be received. But so far I've been more than pleasantly surprised with the positive reviews. Thank you again for all the wonderful comments and I hope to have Episode 2 released sometime in late January or February 2018.

[@mikecane]

I look forward to it! 2018 already looks better!

[@sarasarah1810]

WELL PLAYED MIKE CANE!!!!!!!! That was really really cool. 👍🐈🙋Cheers🍷

[@anthillmob100]

as this episode already exists its a bit pointless...there are lots of unmade audio recordings only of Gerry Anderson puppet shows...you should do a stingray one.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Again thank you for the comment. I did love all the Anderson shows as a child and chose to redo Fireball XL5 because it originally aired in black & white. I will keep in mind using unmade audio recordings and I appreciate the helpful suggestion.

[@sarasarah1810]

anthillmob100 there is nothing pointless about this....The idea behind it is wonderful, and something such as this could get alot of younger ppl today into the Anderson world....and then who knows what could be.....I understand your comment and I'm not trying to be rude by replying...be well and safe.. Toodlepip 🙋

[@dwill123]

Not impressed.

[@HarborsidePressLLC]

Thank you for watching and commenting. I'm sorry you didn't like it. Perhaps give Episode 2, Parts 1 & 2 of "Flight to Danger" and Episode 3 Part 1 of "The Granatoid Tanks" a try. The lighting was much improved.