Out of all the Gerry Anderson puppet shows this was the best of them all. I saw this as a child and to be honest it scared me. I hated the Mysterons. I know you never saw what they looked like but that's what scared me.
Firstly, the characters were all very likeable and the stories and action scenes were great. But there were a lot of things I liked about this show.
(SPOILERS AHEAD) The pilot episode began with a Martian exploration vehicle landing on Mars. The Mysterons were about to greet the humans but you know what us aggressive humans are like. The human team attempted to blast the Mysteron city but failed in their attempt. The Mysterons then declared war on Earth-and all because of man's stupid actions.
None of us know whether there is life out there in the universe. But if there is then lets hope they never come to Earth because us trigger happy humans would shoot first and ask questions later. In this show, the Mysterons may have been the villains but it was humanity that caused the war with an unprovoked attack on the Martian complex. So all the Mysterons were really doing was defending themselves and avenging an unprovoked attack. This made for a real interesting show in my opinion. Okay, when I initially watched it as a child I didn't think about any of the above. But as an adult I really think it was a thought provoking show-and quite realistic. I hate to say it but the Mysterons were not the true bad guys in my opinion.
Anyway, enough philosophical thinking. The episodes were great and I thought Captain Scarlet was cool. My favourite episode was Attack on Cloudbase where the Mysterons actually come down to Earth and start destroying Cloudbase. I won't spoil the ending but let's just say it was a good ending.
All in all, a good show which finished before it's time. Lets hope someone out there gets Captain Scarlet back on our screens one day.
Firstly, the characters were all very likeable and the stories and action scenes were great. But there were a lot of things I liked about this show.
(SPOILERS AHEAD) The pilot episode began with a Martian exploration vehicle landing on Mars. The Mysterons were about to greet the humans but you know what us aggressive humans are like. The human team attempted to blast the Mysteron city but failed in their attempt. The Mysterons then declared war on Earth-and all because of man's stupid actions.
None of us know whether there is life out there in the universe. But if there is then lets hope they never come to Earth because us trigger happy humans would shoot first and ask questions later. In this show, the Mysterons may have been the villains but it was humanity that caused the war with an unprovoked attack on the Martian complex. So all the Mysterons were really doing was defending themselves and avenging an unprovoked attack. This made for a real interesting show in my opinion. Okay, when I initially watched it as a child I didn't think about any of the above. But as an adult I really think it was a thought provoking show-and quite realistic. I hate to say it but the Mysterons were not the true bad guys in my opinion.
Anyway, enough philosophical thinking. The episodes were great and I thought Captain Scarlet was cool. My favourite episode was Attack on Cloudbase where the Mysterons actually come down to Earth and start destroying Cloudbase. I won't spoil the ending but let's just say it was a good ending.
All in all, a good show which finished before it's time. Lets hope someone out there gets Captain Scarlet back on our screens one day.