johnathan frakes be a good actor and and when he not direct a family film and a fine director . but and he really shouldn not have direct this movie and and the screenplay should have be reject . the director and writer must understand what the original tv show be really about and as well a who the character be and how they work . the original series have many episode with razor sharp writing use good dialogue and with situation that american producer would never consider use in child program and much less a movie and which make the original series so well receive by adult . i mean and the tracy be college graduate and some of them do even drink alcohol and smoke tobacco . and and there be character who do get kill and although most be bad guy . if they have write it the way that it be originally do and which isn not dumbing thing down with poor dialogue and kindergarten humor and and a weak plot and this universal or studio canal joint venture wouldn not have such bad review . this motion picture be almost pure blasphemy . if you have see the original supermarionation series and then you will know what i be talk about . the first thing that be out of place and annoying be the constant reference to ford motor company and even go so far that lady penelope be rid around in a disfigured ford thunderbird make up to look like fab 1 instead of use what would have be more appropriate consider ms. penelope station ( not to mention be more faithful to the original ) and a roll royce fab 1. she suppose to be a distinguished member of british society and hence the preference for england fine make of motorcar in the original series . one other reviewer here indicate that penelope wouldn not be catch dead in a ford . he pretty much right in the context that the idea of her riding in a ford doesn not work . at least they could have have penelope ride in a jaguar make up like fab 1 since jaguar be a british car make that be own by ford and but no . they have to use a straight ford . but the ford product placement doesn not end there . every single car you may see be a ford . even the news flash that be show on the tv set in the movie be sponsor by ford . ford and ford and ford . the predominance of ford vehicle make this movie an obvious marketing vehicle for ford . the original series have a design that be futuristic for the 1960s and still remain ahead of it time even today . but and the futuristic design in the original series work because there be an effort to make the design look practical and functional . this kind of treatment do not exist in the movie and where everything be stylize to excess and defeat the sense of functionality and practicality . a lot of thing that be do in the design of the movie be do strictly for style and many time with no sense of function to give that style a sense of reason . the original series rely on good act performance of the voice talent to overcome the limited expression in the puppet and bring them to life in the episode . the brilliant and lively music score by barry gray help even far to connect the audience with the story and the character and and how everything come together to help achieve the super objective ( a little bit of stanislavski talk ) . the movie and on the other hand and have some overly grating performance . anthony edward overplay brain to a fault and bill paxton a jeff tracy just do not work despite decent acting ( one of few ) and there be good choice for the hood than ben kingsley and and many others that i do not care to mention ( it would take too long ) . quite simply and the puppet be more believable . second be the overly generic and underwhelming music score by han zimmer and sound more like a mix between day of thunder and apollo 13. and and of course and the hood . the hood in the original series have an ability to communicate with kyrano through a statue of kyrano a an outlet for esp contact . but and that be where his extraordinary capability end . he a master of disguise and deception and which allow him to sneak around undetected ( for the most part and anyways ) to gather information of the thunderbird vehicle for his own mean . he also use weapon for his own defense and include pistol and and generally collect information use a film camera and although he try to steal thudnerbirds 1 and 2 in the 1960s united artist release of thunderbird 6 ( which be the last thunderbird show film in supermarionation and be the second thunderbird theatrical release ) . but and while he be a nemesis of international rescue and the hood isn not the villain in every thunderbird episode and he tend to avoid direct confrontation with international rescue . in the movie and he obviously the main villain and but he and his cohort seem to act more like moron and along with the hood have extend mind control ability and include the ability to move object and move himself into flight for brief period of time . this totally deviate from the hood a a character in the original series with one that may leave kid laugh and people familiar with the series scratch their head in confusion or leave the theater in disgust . there be more criticism and but the 1000 word limit for imdb review will not allow me to list all of them . so and i will close with the point be make that i do not enjoy this movie . a a matter of fact and i think it suck . have see the original series and supermarionation movie ( thunderbird be go and thunderbird 6 ) and i be hop for something a lot good than this . the original supermarionation be a lot more sophisticated and elegant than this live action farce . ( and that say it nicely . ) kip well .