derekchalmers

Ok, so Mike Myer's performance is a question of taste, and yes, some of the 70's double-entendre jokes make you cringe when watching with your kids. But my main problem with this is simply that the material is just too sparse to merit a film! There's elements from both TCitH and "TCitH...Comes Back" books (although I suspect the screenwriters were holding back some of TCitHCB for a second movie, lots of Little Cat A, B & C bean-bag toys etc, kerching!) But even adding together both books there's not enough story to justify a movie. Like "The Grinch", the production values seemed fairly high - and maybe only a movie can muster those kind of resources - but I really felt that stretching this beyond a TV special is about 45 minutes too long.

I'm already looking forward to the 180 minute director's cut of "Green Eggs and Ham"

I saw this last night with my kids who are 7 & 9. I think this is the age group the film is aimed at. I really enjoyed the originality of the first film (even on second 'pre-sequel-refresher' viewing) but I found this movie to be pretty dull and I was glad to get out the cinema. The kids liked it so not a total waste of money.

Stingray was good, Thunderbirds were fantastic, and Captain Scarlet was awesome - but for me Joe 90 was the best of all. Maybe because I was about "Joe's" age when I watched it that it seemed all the more wonderful.

Typical Gerry Anderson - superb sets, rocking explosions and fantastical vehicles. What more could you want! Haven't seen it for years on TV but as all the others have made it back to UK TV fingers crossed...

Thanks Gerry!

(P.S. Every kid I grew up with who wore glasses probably hates this show!)