Journal jd's Journal: Gerry Anderson's Thunderbirds, and boxed sets in general 3
Two episodes are currently showing in 4K in cinemas, they plan on releasing a fully restored boxed set in December (at a naturally very high price but only 1K res), and... why?
Most of the better stories were reworked in Thunderbirds Are Go, Stingray had an arguably better title sequence (and really should be released alongside as it's really part of the same universe), and whilst I'm sure that many of us older fans are still kicking around, who exactly are we going to watch with? It's not like this generation's kids are gung-ho for it, if they were then TAG would have had a fourth season.
Yes, retro has a coolness factor (is cool still cool? I dunno, ever since cringe was yeeted, I've lost track...) and boxed sets for Doctor Who and The Avengers have done ok (but not brilliantly), but boxed sets are getting absurd. Although, to be fair, the most expensive boxed set I've ever seen was for the K-Drama "Goblin" (aka Guardian: The Lonely and Great God), which had a plastic sword and was running at £500.
But, let's be honest, how many people can afford £100-£500 for a boxed set they're unlikely to watch even once right the way through?
(And, trust me, absolutely NOBODY has ever watched the boxed set of Goblin right the way through.)
HD puppets? (Score:2)
Sorry, but I seem to be missing the point here?
However my theory is that video in general makes humans even more stupid than we naturally are. Especially HD video, if my theory is correct.
Short summary of a long and complicated theory: Human identity, consciousness, philosophy, and a bunch of other traits are a side effect of language, later enhanced by the video compression of books. The underlying hardware mechanisms are not that different in the brains of animals and human beings, though we humans do hav
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The point is that people are investing vast sums of money to create elaborately-packaged boxed sets that are simply too vast to be actually enjoyed (apparently, the new boxed set Thunderbirds will include heavily restored footage that simply wasn't capable of being included in earlier releases), and upscaling a puppet show to 4K and still have it watchable is far from trivial -- those puppets were never made to be seen on such large screens at such high resolution. The scale of investment into making this p
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Thanks for the response. It clarifies some of my confusion. However I do think I can guess about the last part. The anticipated benefit on one side is money. Yes, there is some element of "love" involved, but I think it's mostly on the side of the people who are expected to pay the money. And I can't really argue against the success of marketing based on the fans' love.