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60 of 63 people found the following review helpful
I don't own this set myself. However a friend does and after watching a few episodes, I have to agree that the blu-ray image is quite remarkable. It is still, however, a cropped and butchered image. This show was made in 4:3, broadcast in 4:3 and meant to be seen in 4:3. People will quite happily criticise widescreen movies that have been cropped into academy ratio. Why, therefore, should we be willing to accept the cropping of 4:3 material. I'm guessing that it would be very difficult to gauge the number of lost sales this set has suffered from based on it's incorrect ratio. But I'm guessing it's more than a few. If the publishers were to release a blu-ray version of Thunderbirds, in it's original ratio then I'd quite happily lay down my cash. However until that happens I'm quite content to stick with my DVD's.
118 of 125 people found the following review helpful
How could they crop the 4:3 image to 16:9? Taking an artwork and chopping off bits for no good reason? Whoever was responsible for that decision should be fired. Its as bad as pan-n-scanning widescreen material. And whoever put this package together is so out of touch, that the character in the background of the cover, who is positioned in a mysterious pose in the top right, is actually Kirano the Tracy family's chef!? Maybe the clueless person putting the design together confused this with the character who should be there - the villian "The Hood" ???
This title needs to be rereleased on blu-ray in proper pillar-boxed 4:3, with redone hidef supplements and corrected cover art. Cmon this is a classic art work not the Teletubbies!
This title needs to be rereleased on blu-ray in proper pillar-boxed 4:3, with redone hidef supplements and corrected cover art. Cmon this is a classic art work not the Teletubbies!
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
Was excited to see TB finally out on Blu-Ray but to then find it is in 16:9 format is a huge disappointment. I won't be buying it. Please bring out a 4:3 version...
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Most Recent Customer Reviews
Aspect Ratios: Mixed blessings - Redubbed sound bothers me more.
DISCLOSURE: I'm a 47 year old lifelong BIG fan of Thunderbirds and Anderson productions. I have paid for these shows over and over again on videotape, DVD and Blu-Ray versions, not... Read more
Published 10 days ago by MATTHEW BLACK
Bowdlerised!
As has been stated many, many times in these reviews. DO NOT BUY this version unless you don't care about what you watch. Read more
Published 25 days ago by G. Sharpling
Thunderbirds truly are into the 21st Century
As anyone who knows me will testify, I live for the varied multiverse of the Gerry Anderson universe. Read more
Published 26 days ago by K. Gooch
Thunderbirds Are Go
I'm a bit of a Thunderbirds Fanatic. In fact I love all of Gerry Anderson's supermarionation classics. Being a man of a certain age I have grown up with these iconic series. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Mr. R. J. Clark
Another wasted opportunity - what is wrong with these people?
I can't be bothered to say too much about this travesty. This is one of the greatest classic shows from the 1960s and there is therefore no excuse for such an appalling lack of... Read more
Published 3 months ago by The Amazing Mr Blunden
My Childhood In Glorious HD...and It Looks Stunning!
I've read all the negative reviews regarding the cropping of the Blu Ray from the 4:3 ratio, and I have to tell you quite honestly that I don't notice a thing. Read more
Published 3 months ago by K. A. Walsh
its not the complete collection !!
its not complete ! there is lots of stuff missing from the top and the bottom of the screen.... I guess in this dumbed down world idiots at the publisher thought no one would... Read more
Published 3 months ago by JrF
Thunderbirds are... not quite right.
"Thunderbirds" is fun, campy, and imaginative science-fiction with puppets. It may not be the greatest television masterpiece of all time (and this is coming from a die-hard fan),... Read more
Published 4 months ago by J. Lee
Not buying it
Based on the reviews I have read here I will certainly not be buying this set. I had hoped to see Thunderbirds on Bluray but to ruin the programme by cropping the image... Read more
Published 6 months ago by T. W. Smith
To crop or not to crop you can't have it all
Well I have seen this show on tv for the last 40 years and the blu ray release is by picture is the best remaster so far but the jury is out on the 16X9 transfer now look at... Read more
Published 7 months ago by Mr. J. Beedell
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