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	List Price: $79.95 Our Price: $79.99 *Features* • Box set • Color • Dolby • Full Screen • NTSC In Theaters : 1967 DVD Release : 25 June, 2002
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First broadcast in the United Kingdom in 1967, Captain Scarlet was the most grownup of all Gerry Anderson's SuperMarionation adventures. Of course there are gadgets and toy-friendly machines galore--like the Spectrum Pursuit Vehicle, the Angel Aircraft, and Cloudbase itself--but, unlike the colorful fantasies of Stingray and Thunderbirds, this series' concern with an implacable, vengeful enemy, conspiracies, and double agents drew its inspiration from James Bond and the cold war spy dramas of the 1960s. Special effects whiz Derek Meddings instills the action sequences with a truly Bondian grandeur and, like the sinister SPECTRE of the Bond films, the Martian Mysterons seem all the more hostile for their unseen presence, their agents infiltrating every organization dedicated to their destruction, just as it seemed the Soviets were doing at the time. The indestructible Captain Scarlet is killed then resurrected every week (though not like South Park's Kenny), and more often than not the Mysterons emerge triumphant, and always undefeated. The varied cast of Spectrum agents and their voice characterizations also aim at verisimilitude (Captain Scarlet, voiced by Francis Matthews, sounds like a grim Cary Grant), while the puppetry is more realistic than ever. Now with newly remastered picture and Dolby 5.1 surround sound for the DVD release, Captain Scarlet still looks and sounds like the epitome of '60s cool. For Americans, this is the first time the show--consisting of 32 episodes--has been available. --Mark Walker

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It's OK but the stunning new 21st century series is far better than this puppet original for todays kids

I never really completely enjoyed 'Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons' as a kid (I was 11 when it first aired in Sept 1967). I think it was a bit too dark and often the episodes never resolved with a happy ending, plus the break neck action often exposed the limitations of the model/puppet special effects of the time. I did sit down and watch most epsiodes, but it didn't attract the entire family in the way Thunderbirds had done earlier. However this series has just been remade by Gerry Anderson using computer animation and this new series is first rate, Angels really do look like they could fly, spectrum pursuit vehicles do just that, and the charactor's are naturally more fluid and far less wooden. This leads to an even darker storyline and fantastic action sequences, although perhaps for the very young the body count is a bit high - leading to a 12 rating in series two. Despite Destiny Angel putting in a strong show for the ladies, my daughter has shown no interest, prefering the likes of Worst Witch and My parents are aliens. If your kids (and probably their dads) like Thunderbirds, then I'd skip this old puppet version and look out for the 'New Captain Scarlet' DVD set (seasons 1 & 2 were released in region two last year). TVTome probably says it all when they write "Gerry Anderson's classic cult 1960s TV series, Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons' is getting a 21st centry make over in the most impressive animated series to hit kids' TV this century". However for adults of a certain age this original puppet series will no doubt be the bees knees for childhood nostalgia - although being a bit older I invested in Fireball XL5 instead (I do miss the glorious colour of later 60s series Captain Scarlet & Thunderbirds though).

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