Jul 6, 2026 · 1 hr 6 min · 10 segments
For this episode voted on by our Patreons, Dan, Michael and Helena look back at a movie they all remember enjoying, though loving the original show more, Thunderbirds (2004). Nominee for the…
i forgot how much that theme tune slaps it's so good
oh yeah it's so good
yeah
it's almost like all the things that this movie used thunderbirds uh for was good and everything else about it was bad
yeah weird that uh-huh so helena this was this was your pick but kind of just forced i think
Yeah, yeah, it's a funny one because it's more that I used to love the Thunderbirds TV show as a kid.
Yeah, the puppet show.
And found this film bewildering.
So
Yes, yeah, not the
probable...
I think an episode or movie I've seen the most of it is one where...
they have to rescue this fancy plane that's on a runway that's going to blow up or something.
That
sounds about right.
It has to be palpitable, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I remember seeing that one a lot, and I remember enjoying the show.
And I do remember being excited for this film, and I remember enjoying the film as a kid, which is reasonable because it's clearly a kid's film.
Yeah.
It is weirdly different though, isn't it? Like the vibe is so strange and the plot is so not a Thunderbirds plot.
It's very American.
yeah
i forgot how much that theme tune slaps it's so good
oh yeah it's so good
yeah
it's almost like all the things that this movie used thunderbirds uh for was good and everything else about it was bad
yeah weird that uh-huh so helena this was this was your pick but kind of just forced i think
Yeah, yeah, it's a funny one because it's more that I used to love the Thunderbirds TV show as a kid.
Yeah, the puppet show.
And found this film bewildering.
So
Yes, yeah, not the
probable...
I think an episode or movie I've seen the most of it is one where...
they have to rescue this fancy plane that's on a runway that's going to blow up or something.
That
sounds about right.
It has to be palpitable, yeah.
Yeah, yeah.
I remember seeing that one a lot, and I remember enjoying the show.
And I do remember being excited for this film, and I remember enjoying the film as a kid, which is reasonable because it's clearly a kid's film.
Yeah.
It is weirdly different though, isn't it? Like the vibe is so strange and the plot is so not a Thunderbirds plot.
It's very American.
yeah
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