"Thunderbirds" had it all: rockets, espionage, explosions, chemistry props, videcolor AND manly puppets (supermarionation)! I think it's safe to say: guy stuff. From that crazy, crazy year, 1965.
Lest we forget: "Stingray" (1964) with its themes of oceanic exploration, plus all the rockets and explosions and stuff.
"Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons" (1967-68)
"Joe 90" (1968) features a supercomputer called "BIG RAT" which programs Joe with all kinds of super information. A Joss Whedon production--kidding. It's actually all from the genius of Gerry Anderson and his former wife Sylvia.
The Andersons were also responsible for 70s-era classic "Space 1999," a sci-fi show featuring a cast of actors that somehow manages to recall the marionettes of the Anderson's past. How did they do it?
"Team America: World Police," Trey Parker and Matt Stone's marionette action extravaganza is one of the most elaborate (and brutal) satires in the history of film.
Filtered through the brain cells of Lisa McElroy
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