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Technomage · 29th June 2002, 07:14 AM

What type of program do you think the Andersons did best, live action, that is UFO or Space 1999, or marionation, ie, Thunderbirds, Stingray etc?

Although I liked their live action series, I think that the Andersons were better at marination, after all, they spent many years developing their techniques and they had it down to a fine art. It is because of this that I feel they didn't have the necessary skills needed to make the move into live action - after all, working with people and full size sets is very different to working with puppets and miniature sets. The main problem I found with their live action programs was that they tended to look like all their other shows, except they had real actors instead of artificial ones. I think that with a bit more experience they would have been able to overcome this problem, but since it is unlikely that they will be doing any more live action shows I guess we'll never know.

Bayleaf48 · 29th June 2002, 07:42 PM

Marionation for me as it simply is better & what Gerrty Anderson & the rest are so much better at aswell!

29th June 2002, 07:14 AM	#1 (permalink)
Technomage Chocolate Connoisseur. Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 148	Live action or marionation - which was better? What type of program do you think the Andersons did best, live action, that is UFO or Space 1999, or marionation, ie, Thunderbirds, Stingray etc? Although I liked their live action series, I think that the Andersons were better at marination, after all, they spent many years developing their techniques and they had it down to a fine art. It is because of this that I feel they didn't have the necessary skills needed to make the move into live action - after all, working with people and full size sets is very different to working with puppets and miniature sets. The main problem I found with their live action programs was that they tended to look like all their other shows, except they had real actors instead of artificial ones. I think that with a bit more experience they would have been able to overcome this problem, but since it is unlikely that they will be doing any more live action shows I guess we'll never know.

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29th June 2002, 07:42 PM	#2 (permalink)
Bayleaf48 Hero Of Time Join Date: Feb 2002 Location: Barnstaple, North Devon Posts: 3,126	Marionation for me as it simply is better & what Gerrty Anderson & the rest are so much better at aswell!