Fifty geezerhood ago today , Gerry and Sylvia Anderson ’s originative follow up to thunderbird hit British idiot box : Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons , the scifi adventure of an durable secluded agent battle a sinister Martian threat . Now , for the first fourth dimension ever , it ’s making its way to gamy - definition with a fuck refurbishment .
harbinger to commemorate today ’s day of remembrance , Captain Scarlet will remove Blu - ray for the very first time later this year , the first of multiple volume that will bring the 32 - episode “ Supermarionation ” scifi series to high definition for the first time , remastered from the original 35 mm film the show was frivol away on .
Captain Scarlet was a significant footfall up from the Andersons ’ work on Thunderbirds , both in condition of its utilisation of more realistic puppets and the fact that it adopted a much darker look than the natural action heroic verse of the crew at International Rescue . Captain Scarlet was all about a future where Earth face an imminent invasion from a race of sinister , mind - controlling beings from Mars cognize only as the Mysterons , after an expedition to the major planet unknowingly destroyed their place city . The titular hero , an broker of the international security organization Spectrum in 2068 , was a brutal and effective bomber , aid by his magnate of “ retro - metabolism”—a Martian ability that submit him basically invulnerable . While his foes , like the deadly agent of the Mysterons Captain Black , could n’t kill Scarlet , he had no qualms about dispatch anyone who come under the influence of the Mysterons , or stood in the agency of his goal to safeguard Earth from Martian invasion .
Unlike Thunderbirds , Captain Scarlet was a darker , more tearing affair , dealing with themes of mortality , terrorism , and lesson in the face of interplanetary state of war , rather than defy heroic of the Tracy family . At the time it was a jolt to viewers expecting something similar from the squad behind Thunderbirds , but Captain Scarlet became a cult classic that would be re - aired time and clip again in the years since ( and even got a brief CG reboot serial in 2005 ) . Plus , just like Thunderbirds before it , it had a truly corking melodic theme song :
As someone young enough to have watched the BBC ’s re - airing of the serial as a child in the early ‘ 90s , that title card art is sear into my nous , and will be all over again when connection ’s remaster hits UK ledge this November .
[ GerryAnderson.co.uk ]
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