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Temple of clouds to erase

未見の特撮人形劇

Recenserad i Japan 🇯🇵 den 6 mars 2023

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3月1日配送予定だったが、遅延して、6日に到着。英国から海を渡ってか空を飛んでかわからないけど、少し心配した。問題はそれだけ。

ＤＶＤを到着後に早速観る。時代を感じさせるチョイとチープな内容が懐かしさを感じる。ＤＶＤ6枚（39話）に80ページのブックレット付き。お得。もちろんブックレットは英語版で読めないけれどブツマニアの僕には関係ない。値段が上がらぬうちに買うなら今しかない。

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Fireball XL5 - still fantastic 50 years on

Recenserad i Storbritannien den 14 februari 2006

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It is 2062, and the World Space Patrol, located at Space City, watches the skies with the aid of its fleet of interplanetary XL rocket-ships. The hero of the half hour, Colonel Steve Zodiac, is the pilot of Fireball XL5 that protects Sector 25 beyond the Solar System from alien invasion. With Steve Zodiac in command, his crew consisted of Venus, a doctor of space medicine, Professor Matic, the science officer, Venus's pet Zoonie the Lazoon, and Robbie the Robot, the rocket's mechanical co-pilot (voiced by Jerry Anderson). I was 6 when Fireball XL5 aired and ever since I've been a SciFi and realSci fan, going on from XL5 to the likes Dr Who, Lost in Space, Star Trek and the moon landings. However despite the oddities of the witty 1960's script, the spaceship Fireball XL5, and its accessories like the hover scooters, are a fantastic iconic design (particularly in the colour stills). The storylines are quite strong for a kids series, and the aliens are quite convincing - although we seem to see many of them again quite soon as the fish people in Stingray. In many ways Fireball XL5 has a younger feel to it than later Anderson projects, so I expect boys nearer 5 to 7 would appreciate it most (or those now over 50 who first saw it at this age). The Fireball XL5 boxed set has all 39 original B&W twenty-five minute episodes first broadcast in 1962, total run time is over 16 hours, with English audio only (no subtitles).

My son at 6 really took to the two XL5 videos I had, and like me he really really loved the Steve Zodiac song sung by Don Spencer at the end of each of episode, and we often used to have sing-alongs with it in the car. Although it was nice and thoroughly `modern' to let Venus (voiced by Sylvia Anderson) leave the nappies and washing behind and come along as part of the crew, it's not long before the good Dr of Space medicine is making the coffee or tripping over and screaming for male assistance. Typical Dr Venus quote `Oh I am a Tootie' - which I presume must be some sort of 2060's space bimbo. So Venus provides the backup for the two bachelor men, like doing the ironing, cooking, cleaning up after them, while also juggling a highly successful career. Typical Professor Matic quote 'Now now, Venus, none of your feminine intuition. Let's stick to the facts' - I expect they had to cut what happened next.

My only gripe is that a colourised version of the entire series hasn't been made available as the XL5 spacecraft looks so great in the colour production stills - we have the very successfully colourised 'Bewitched' B&W seasons 1&2, and there's the one colourised episode on the newer Network six DVD set along with a booklet and other extras including two documentaries. The same single colourised episode A Day In The Life Of A Space General is also available in a superb hi-def Blu-ray. The older Carlton XL5 five DVD set was also digitally remastered but has no extras and no colourised episode. Despite admitting it is a good TV programme, my son (now 10) hasn't taken to watching the whole XL5 series though as he can't tolerate the black and white TV - however he absolutely loves the B&W AP Films co-production ` Torchy The Battery Boy ' from 1958 so perhaps he is actually both too young and too old at 9 for this level of SciFi sophistication. What do I care, I bought the series for my 50th birthday - and he's happy with Joe90, Terrahawks and the new Captain Scarlet in full `HudsonColour'. And even now "I wish I was a spaceman, the fastest guy alive. We'd Fly around the universe in Fireball XL5. Way out in space together, conquerors of the sky, My heart would be a fireball, a fireball, and you would be my Venus of the skies."

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William aldridge

Good series

Recenserad i Storbritannien den 28 december 2022

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I grew up watching this series

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Bush Baby

A Great Nostalgia trip around the universe!

Recenserad i Storbritannien den 10 november 2022

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The entire Fireball XL5 series in one box set. Brings back happy memories of watching the show as a 7 year old. The bonus disc of a documentary about the making of the series and a colourised episode is a nice bonus.

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Paul Tapner

I wish I was a spaceman

Recenserad i Storbritannien den 21 januari 2011

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Back in the 1960's, Gerry and Sylvia Anderson produced puppet shows for children's tv. After three shows, frustration at how hard it was to make a puppet walk convincingly gave them the idea to centre shows around super vehicles. That way the puppets wouldnt need to walk so much.

And thus the concept of 'supermarionation' was born.

After Supercar - The Entire Series [DVD ], first supermarionation show, came Fireball XL5. Set in the 21st century, when the world space patrol has a base at space city and from there sends off ships to patrol the space lanes.

Amongst these is Fireball XL5. Crewed by heroic commander Steve Zodiac, glamorous doctor of space medicine Venus Mercury, and eccentric scientist Matthew 'Matt' Mattic. Plus Matt's invention Robert the Robot.

Back at base irascible Commander Zero and his long suffering youthful assistant Lieutenant Ninety keep things running. And Venus's pet alien Lazoom Zoonie is always getting into mischief.

The crew will regularly get into dangerous situations, not least with humanoid alien races whom you will ever usually only see two members of.

The same template was reused for subsequent series Stingray - Complete Series [DVD] [1964 ] which is basically Fireball XL5 with slightly different characters in an undersea setting. And whilst Steve Zodiac is a bit too perfect compared to the more fallible Troy Tempest from the latter show, this holds up well when compared to the later offering.

Despite being almost fifty years old now each episode is perfectly paced at a little under twenty five minutes. And it comes from a more innocent tv time. Puppets will occasionally be seen smoking. Anyone who makes a mistake is a 'tooty', and even the occsaional sexist joke at the expense of Venus is rather charmingly dated.

The depth of imagination on display in the stories and settings is enough to entertain old and young alike. You may be able to see the wires. They may reuse certain model shots over and over again. And it may be in black and white. But you just may not care about any of that, such is this show's power to entertain.

The Dvd have the following language and subtitles:

Language: English.

Subtitles: English.

There are thirty nine episodes in total, spread over five discs.

Each disc has some eye catching animated menus, plus direct scene access for each episode.

There are no extras [for those see a more recent dvd release of the show Fireball XL5 - The Complete Series - Special Edition [DVD] [1962 ] but what you do get are thirty nine bits of tv that are fun for all ages.

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JAMIE

Thanks for the memories

Recenserad i Storbritannien den 10 juni 2022

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Ah the delights of discovering an old favourite, these days ploddy plots and shining wires would not be acceptable but back then this was the stuff of dreams. The heroic hero, the beautiful Venus , the stalwart, knocked about sidekick and the illogical logical robot, nevermind the cuddly alien which was really cuddly. My grandchildren were not impressed but bless them they were interested. I did not insist on a binge session, cold weather and a good bag of crisps and appropriate cake and cola will spread out their involvement with what grandad watched, should take me through to next year and then onto Supercar. Maybe even a few other gems, Torchy, Twizzell or Hoppity!

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Paul

Let's Zoom Our Way To Mars

Recenserad i Storbritannien den 9 september 2017

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Long Before The Starship Enterprise Graced Our TV Screens Legendary TV Producer Gerry Anderson Gave Us Fireball XL5. The series launched puppet Hero Steve Zodiac The intrepid pilot of The super spaceship Fireball XL5. Steve was aided by Doctor Venus who was kind of Steve's Girlfriend Throughout The series and aiding Them on Their intergalactic Travels is scientist professor Mat Matic. Fireball XL5 followed on from Gerry Anderson's previous TV smash hit Supercar and like Supercar was filmed in Glorious black and white color TV Transmissions was still in its infancy back Then. over a staggering 39 episodes Anderson's writers could put Fireball and its crew into any predicament obviously long before Star Trek Steve Zodiac in Fireball would encounter alien races on many alien planets Time Travel was olso evident as The crew Travel back in Time in one classic episode. and you can loose Track of The number of Times Venus needs To be rescued in many a Damsel in Distress situation. like most of The other earlier Gerry Anderson shows The series featured a popular closing song over The end credits This Time Don Spencer's classic vocal on I Wish I Was A Spaceman. Networks fine release of Fireball XL5 comes with a wealth of special features The splendid Documentary A Wonderland Of Stardust charts The complete History of Fireball from early concepts To what we finally see on The screen with contributions from Gerry & Sylvia Anderson. classic TV Adverts can olso be found as Steve Zodiac introduces Zoom ice lolly's They Don't make Them like This anymore. more Documentary's as The collection explores Fireball's popular contribution in comic strips most notable TV21. finally an in Depth booklet charting The series broadcast in The UK and America is for me The icing on The cake. set out in a comic book format with rare behind The scenes photos from The series This is Truly absorbing reading. it's clear all The stops have been pulled out for This release of a TV classic Fireball XL5 as never looked better as you and I zoom our way To mars Enjoy.

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Best XL5 DVD release ever

Recenserad i Storbritannien den 25 mars 2017

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This 6-DVD set (ASIN B00BM3JEY2) released in March 2013 is the best-ever of Gerry Anderson’s classic Fireball XL5 TV series from the early 1960s featuring its regular cast of 10 or so puppet characters working for ‘World Space Patrol’ and with Steve Zodiac, Doctor Venus and Professor Matthew Matic (plus a robot and a pet ‘Lazoon’) travelling ‘Sector 25’ of the cosmos, saving humanity from threatening aliens and solving ethical disputes throughout the galaxy.

As with earlier releases, all 39x 25-minute monochrome episodes are contained on 5x DVDs in their original series broadcast order when the show aired in 1962-63 (although the production order differed from the broadcast order).

This package however has two big bonuses which set it apart from earlier releases:

1. Disk 6 containing some superb extras:

• The documentary ‘A Wonderland of Stardust’ on the making of the series featuring almost all the surviving members of the original production team including Gerry & Sylvia and explaining the origins of all the ground-breaking ideas embedded in the series like Robert the Robot, the 2-part Fireball spaceship, the jetmobiles and thruster packs, and so on

• An excellent documentary ‘Drawn in Supermarionation’ about the comic-strip spin-offs in TV Comic, TV Century 21 and other print media which extended the life of the show and the characters for years after the TV series ended production

• The colourised episode ‘A Day in the Life of a Space General’ which is fabulous (why couldn’t the entire 39 episodes be given this treatment?)

• Bill Mevin’s ‘Supercar home movie’

• Contemporaneous ice lolly adverts, image galleries and pdf material

2. An outstanding 80-page colour booklet crammed with text explaining the detailed historical context of Fireball XL5, how it evolved and was produced, how the series continued to have a rich continuity of life in full-colour comic book strips for years following the demise of the TV series, plus a plot guide to all 39x episodes. The booklet’s front cover is a facsimile of the classic full colour ‘TV Century 21’ weekly comic showing its shop price of 7d (£0.03 in today’s money!).

If you’re a Gerry Anderson fan or a student of British children’s TV from the Golden Age of the 1960s, then this lavish, 5-star package is indispensable.

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Glenn I. Dubin

Fireball XL5 - The Great Grand Daddy of TV Sci - Fi

Recenserad i USA 🇺🇸 den 6 oktober 2010

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Okay, I have better things to do with my busy life than to review this product. Other than to share with others my recent observations of this creative effort and how it may have been the germination of my love of things sci-fi.
My earliest memories as a child were sitting and watching this program with my older brother. He was 13, I was 3. We would watch Clutch Cargo,Sally Starr, Gene London and Fireball XL5 together. I found the images and stories from Fireball scarey but intriquing. I can remember seeing the images of the Fireball XL5 taking off, seperating, flying though space, and landing and importing them directly into my imagination, to be downloaded to my toys, and imaginary journeys with my rocket ships. Everything that I could pick up and "fly" through space, my mind's eye viewed as a space ship. Later, my wife and I used to joke about these marionettes and their faulty and comical motor skills. Many side splitting evenings we would refer to these marionette plays parroting their movable bottom lips, exagerated eye brows, and the numb motions of their hands. When I saw this set on line,it was probably the quickest Amazon purchase decision I have made.
One weekend evening, we opened the box set together, and watched several episodes...and I can tell you, though it had been 40 some odd years since this show was aired, and when we last saw them, we both had a joyful trip down memory lane. Who can remember the early sixties...this brought us both back.
I am an avid sci fi fan. I read sci-fi..I am a card holding Trekker...I was first in line to see Star Wars...read and understood Dune in JR High. Fireball
XL is seminal. It set the theme for Lost in Space...Star Trek...Star Wars and Battlestar Galactica. Just watch the episodes....It is all the same! It may be blasphemy to suggest that Gene Roddenbury stole some of the ideas from Fireball XL5... but the similarities are uncanny.
I have one more observation...was a connection that I had with my older brother. He viewed these videos...and it brough him back to 1963 too. I wonder how many connections these videos will make for you. Buy them. They will bring you back.

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Just what I expected

Recenserad i Storbritannien den 13 oktober 2022

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Just what I ordered

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