*waves arms about in excitement*

Basically everything said here (with lovely art to boot)

Colour Theory

This is just me looking at colour theory and trying to see if there is any sense in the colours chosen for Thunderbirds and Thunderbirds are go.

Here we have the coloured sashes from tos....Scotty with the blue sash on blue uniform hmmm...also Jeff's gold sash I think is from an old add comercial...please comment if u now what it's called...Being the father and leader and founder of thunderbirds I can kind of see why Jeff's sash is gold...wait! Is that gold or bronze?....though I do like the tones of their colours...They give me relaxed feels...Is that supposed to help calm the rescuee in a situation?...Also poor Alan with the white sash....imagine trying to keep that clean....Ok...I personally can see no logic in their colours overall...

Moving on...

I noticed that if you squint your eyes...then if you mix Scott and Virgil together (Blue and Green)...the you kind of get kayos colour...then if you mix Alan and Scott together you get Grandma....and then I think John and Alan make brains...

Though take into account a lot of people (including me) see Scott's signature colour as blue...but his sash is grey/silver?!...and so is Jeff's...

Also Penelopes just Penelope...Pink!...you go girl!...

Again...I don't see too much logic...

And finally as a bonus I decided to look at the Thunderbirds (the vehicles)...

I noticed that they all consist of one major colour and two minor colours...haha success some logic here yay!

The colour red is the only colour to be featured on every TB...

TB1, 2, 3 and 4's main colours all match their pilots sash colour (e.g. Virgil Green, TB2 green)...that is except for John and Kayos vehicles...hmmm...

TBS and TB3's colours are kind of reversed...

TB5 is the only thunderbird that features a bronze colour...

Ok I'm done now!

I don't know if I learnt anything or if this was a waste of time but...

Meh.

Please comment on your thoughts!

I'd love to see what other people think!

@riallasheng

Thankyou so much!💕

I have loved discussing with everyone their different opinions.

And with the colours I can see that in TOS their baldrics do have a matching colour with their thunderbirds...

Except John's...where is the purple or lilac on TB5?!

I adore chatting and discussing with others as well, so I'm very glad that you love it also ^^

If I recall, it was SUPPOSED to have the lilac marking above the brass / the brass was supposed to be lilac buuuuut it could be that John kinda is left out of a fair bit plotting wise so they just didn't give the lilac to his 'Bird (poor boy)

I generally make the section above / behind the brass tube lilac in color as it's decently close to the off-white of the station when I'm drawing it

(I also tend to think that Jeff's baldric for TOS is 'brass' becuase tosJeff 100% has the right sense of humor for that ('the brass' being military slang for the commanders, ergo, the commander of IR having 'the brass' baldric XD )

Honestly, given that 3 is ALSO supposed to be John's 'Bird (And 5 is ALSO Alan's) I legit would have liked there to be both a white and a lilac stripe on 3 and 5 ^^

I love chatting! (especially about Thunderbirds)

Haha I guess the creators of Thunderbirds didn't expect people like us to go and try and find logic and meaning behind their designs...

^_^ Chat chat chat away!

Maybe. TOS has a lot of thought put into things (the comics and novels more than the show, admittedly XD) and there is honestly a lot of logic and meaning behind design choices.

TaG is a WEE bit more on the soft SF / rule of cool side of things (plus elements that are just 'carry over from og', but there's still often a surprising bit of depth to it ^_^ Tis a fun show

Ooh, ooh, I just had a thought!

That 1960s Riddler gif just reminded me that in the 1960s TV shows were being filmed in colour, but often still viewed on black and white television sets.

So, that means bright, highly contrasting colour schemes were often used to ensure that the show looked as readable in greyscale as it did in colour.

Maybe the lilac of John's sash was chosen for this reason.

hmmm, possible, although in B&W honestly the sashes all look pretty much the same / stand out the same amount

....where DID I put that B&W image I had of the boyos....

AH! Here it is!!

(That took an annoyingly long time to find XD )

color TVs were much more common by the time TBs rolled around, as color tvs started being more of a thing during Stingray's run (that's actually why Stingray has the fake-out B&W start!!)

It's actually kinda funny in COLOR Scott's sky-blue sash kinda blends in with the uniform... but in B&W it looks identical to John's lilac and Virgil's canary yellow XD Alan's antique white is the only one that really stands out. With One (which is in frame) her blue stripe vanishes and can't be seperated from her silver hull. the yellow and red blend in a little bit on what little we can see of 2 as well)

What's REALLY fascinating is you can see how reds / pinks show far more range / clarity in B&W, while green's kinda look darker and fade a bit more... (There's a reason Frankenstien's monster was green and the Addam's family interior was varius shades of pink XD )

(Also, can't go wrong with 60sBats ^^ )

Yay great photo to look at thank you!

So maybe they made his sash lilac to match the tones of the other sashes when in black and white...

But now I wonder why Alan's is a slightly lighter shade...

And what did Gordon's sash look like?...

I'm glad you like it ^^

Honestly, I doubt being in B&W was much of a factor for TBs. Like they considered it to a degree, but I think it was more of a minor element rather than a primary. You'd have NO idea the sashes were a different color in B&W, and I've watched a few episodes in B&W and they don't really work anywhere near as well as Fireball, Stingray, or even Four Feathers Falls. It can be hard to tell what's going on, and from behind you can confuse some of the characters

It likely is what the tosFanbase has thought since the get-go of 'it's the boys favorite colors' that DOES explain why it's such random colors it explains why the sash color is also on their personal Bird (or SHOULD be in the case of 5 XD) it explains why you can't really tell the difference in sashes in B&W etc it even explains the 'only technically canon' sash colors (Jeff brass, Penelope pink - her canonical favorite color, Brains' brown, TinTin's either ALSO a pale blue, possibly white, or possibly black... she is never seen with a sash, only the belt she wears over her IR uniform once or twice) with tag, the sashes are the colors of the main body of the TB they fly, pulling from the 04 film with that (which would be why Scott's is grey, although it IS odd that his suit PIPING and highlights are all sky blue, where-as ALL the others match the sash color quick hunted up a picture of Gordon and slapped this together basically, it's darker then Scott, John, and Virgil's... the pumpkin orange looks REALLY close to the blue of the main suit, honestly.

Ok so maybe Thunderbirds were not trying to cater to people watching it in B&W...

But your thinking on Scott's uniform...

I always found the TAG uniforms very interesting!

The designers definitely designed their uniforms differently to individually cater to each operative skill set.

💙Scott's uniform is unique compared to the other in that his features I think 4 different shades of blue plus a silver/grey sash. To me, Scott uniform is pretty standard...his uniforms main feature is his grapple packs which may be why they added several shades of Blue to give him more visual interest for the viewer and balance him out with his brother uniforms...

💚Virgil's is very balcky, featuring lots of thick padding for protection, big boots, a more complex harness and his shoulder torch.

❤Alan's has a thick armor chest plate, (maybe to protect him from the g forces, idk.) He also has his waist rocket booster thing's...

💛Gordon's suit more resembles a wetsuit, with a breathing apparatus around his neck with attached to his helmet...(don't get me started on their helmets...).

🧡John's uniform doesn't really feature any cool gear like his brothers, but then he doesnt need it In TB5, his uniform does feature a cool orange eletronic tech pattern, used for his holovids and stuff.

...

Hang why am I rambling about this again?...

Ah yes...Scotts suit does have sky blue highlights matching the colour his sash from TOS!

Non of the other brothers have that...coincidence?!...

Hehe!😁

Also congrats to anyone who has been following these reblogs from the start...hope your not sick of my voice. (Techniquelly it's not my voice but my mind speaking through my fingers...)

...

Ok I'm loosing it!

I think I need sleep.

FAB!!!

I kinda like the uniforms being different, but at the same time I kinda don't... depends on my mood the way the elder wind blows, really XD

but in any case

*flaps apron at you and shoos you off to bed* Don't follow this old woman's example and stay up till O'dark thirty!! ^^

I love how the uniforms are different and cater to their specialist skills!

*ok ok I'm going to bed now😁😴*

I know a lot of people do ^^

as I said, for me it varies. Sometimes I like it, sometimes I prefer the uniforms to be uniform XD

good. Go do the sleepies!! XD

Colour Theory

This is just me looking at colour theory and trying to see if there is any sense in the colours chosen for Thunderbirds and Thunderbirds are go.

Here we have the coloured sashes from tos....Scotty with the blue sash on blue uniform hmmm...also Jeff's gold sash I think is from an old add comercial...please comment if u now what it's called...Being the father and leader and founder of thunderbirds I can kind of see why Jeff's sash is gold...wait! Is that gold or bronze?....though I do like the tones of their colours...They give me relaxed feels...Is that supposed to help calm the rescuee in a situation?...Also poor Alan with the white sash....imagine trying to keep that clean....Ok...I personally can see no logic in their colours overall...

Moving on...

I noticed that if you squint your eyes...then if you mix Scott and Virgil together (Blue and Green)...the you kind of get kayos colour...then if you mix Alan and Scott together you get Grandma....and then I think John and Alan make brains...

Though take into account a lot of people (including me) see Scott's signature colour as blue...but his sash is grey/silver?!...and so is Jeff's...

Also Penelopes just Penelope...Pink!...you go girl!...

Again...I don't see too much logic...

And finally as a bonus I decided to look at the Thunderbirds (the vehicles)...

I noticed that they all consist of one major colour and two minor colours...haha success some logic here yay!

The colour red is the only colour to be featured on every TB...

TB1, 2, 3 and 4's main colours all match their pilots sash colour (e.g. Virgil Green, TB2 green)...that is except for John and Kayos vehicles...hmmm...

TBS and TB3's colours are kind of reversed...

TB5 is the only thunderbird that features a bronze colour...

Ok I'm done now!

I don't know if I learnt anything or if this was a waste of time but...

Meh.

Please comment on your thoughts!

I'd love to see what other people think!

@riallasheng

Thankyou so much!💕

I have loved discussing with everyone their different opinions.

And with the colours I can see that in TOS their baldrics do have a matching colour with their thunderbirds...

Except John's...where is the purple or lilac on TB5?!

I adore chatting and discussing with others as well, so I'm very glad that you love it also ^^

If I recall, it was SUPPOSED to have the lilac marking above the brass / the brass was supposed to be lilac buuuuut it could be that John kinda is left out of a fair bit plotting wise so they just didn't give the lilac to his 'Bird (poor boy)

I generally make the section above / behind the brass tube lilac in color as it's decently close to the off-white of the station when I'm drawing it

(I also tend to think that Jeff's baldric for TOS is 'brass' becuase tosJeff 100% has the right sense of humor for that ('the brass' being military slang for the commanders, ergo, the commander of IR having 'the brass' baldric XD )

Honestly, given that 3 is ALSO supposed to be John's 'Bird (And 5 is ALSO Alan's) I legit would have liked there to be both a white and a lilac stripe on 3 and 5 ^^

I love chatting! (especially about Thunderbirds)

Haha I guess the creators of Thunderbirds didn't expect people like us to go and try and find logic and meaning behind their designs...

^_^ Chat chat chat away!

Maybe. TOS has a lot of thought put into things (the comics and novels more than the show, admittedly XD) and there is honestly a lot of logic and meaning behind design choices.

TaG is a WEE bit more on the soft SF / rule of cool side of things (plus elements that are just 'carry over from og', but there's still often a surprising bit of depth to it ^_^ Tis a fun show

Ooh, ooh, I just had a thought!

That 1960s Riddler gif just reminded me that in the 1960s TV shows were being filmed in colour, but often still viewed on black and white television sets.

So, that means bright, highly contrasting colour schemes were often used to ensure that the show looked as readable in greyscale as it did in colour.

Maybe the lilac of John's sash was chosen for this reason.

hmmm, possible, although in B&W honestly the sashes all look pretty much the same / stand out the same amount

....where DID I put that B&W image I had of the boyos....

AH! Here it is!!

(That took an annoyingly long time to find XD )

color TVs were much more common by the time TBs rolled around, as color tvs started being more of a thing during Stingray's run (that's actually why Stingray has the fake-out B&W start!!)

It's actually kinda funny in COLOR Scott's sky-blue sash kinda blends in with the uniform... but in B&W it looks identical to John's lilac and Virgil's canary yellow XD Alan's antique white is the only one that really stands out. With One (which is in frame) her blue stripe vanishes and can't be seperated from her silver hull. the yellow and red blend in a little bit on what little we can see of 2 as well)

What's REALLY fascinating is you can see how reds / pinks show far more range / clarity in B&W, while green's kinda look darker and fade a bit more... (There's a reason Frankenstien's monster was green and the Addam's family interior was varius shades of pink XD )

(Also, can't go wrong with 60sBats ^^ )

Yay great photo to look at thank you!

So maybe they made his sash lilac to match the tones of the other sashes when in black and white...

But now I wonder why Alan's is a slightly lighter shade...

And what did Gordon's sash look like?...

I'm glad you like it ^^

Honestly, I doubt being in B&W was much of a factor for TBs. Like they considered it to a degree, but I think it was more of a minor element rather than a primary. You'd have NO idea the sashes were a different color in B&W, and I've watched a few episodes in B&W and they don't really work anywhere near as well as Fireball, Stingray, or even Four Feathers Falls. It can be hard to tell what's going on, and from behind you can confuse some of the characters

It likely is what the tosFanbase has thought since the get-go of 'it's the boys favorite colors' that DOES explain why it's such random colors it explains why the sash color is also on their personal Bird (or SHOULD be in the case of 5 XD) it explains why you can't really tell the difference in sashes in B&W etc it even explains the 'only technically canon' sash colors (Jeff brass, Penelope pink - her canonical favorite color, Brains' brown, TinTin's either ALSO a pale blue, possibly white, or possibly black... she is never seen with a sash, only the belt she wears over her IR uniform once or twice) with tag, the sashes are the colors of the main body of the TB they fly, pulling from the 04 film with that (which would be why Scott's is grey, although it IS odd that his suit PIPING and highlights are all sky blue, where-as ALL the others match the sash color quick hunted up a picture of Gordon and slapped this together basically, it's darker then Scott, John, and Virgil's... the pumpkin orange looks REALLY close to the blue of the main suit, honestly.

Ok so maybe Thunderbirds were not trying to cater to people watching it in B&W...

But your thinking on Scott's uniform...

I always found the TAG uniforms very interesting!

The designers definitely designed their uniforms differently to individually cater to each operative skill set.

💙Scott's uniform is unique compared to the other in that his features I think 4 different shades of blue plus a silver/grey sash. To me, Scott uniform is pretty standard...his uniforms main feature is his grapple packs which may be why they added several shades of Blue to give him more visual interest for the viewer and balance him out with his brother uniforms...

💚Virgil's is very balcky, featuring lots of thick padding for protection, big boots, a more complex harness and his shoulder torch.

❤Alan's has a thick armor chest plate, (maybe to protect him from the g forces, idk.) He also has his waist rocket booster thing's...

💛Gordon's suit more resembles a wetsuit, with a breathing apparatus around his neck with attached to his helmet...(don't get me started on their helmets...).

🧡John's uniform doesn't really feature any cool gear like his brothers, but then he doesnt need it In TB5, his uniform does feature a cool orange eletronic tech pattern, used for his holovids and stuff.

...

Hang why am I rambling about this again?...

Ah yes...Scotts suit does have sky blue highlights matching the colour his sash from TOS!

Non of the other brothers have that...coincidence?!...

Hehe!😁

Also congrats to anyone who has been following these reblogs from the start...hope your not sick of my voice. (Techniquelly it's not my voice but my mind speaking through my fingers...)

...

Ok I'm loosing it!

I think I need sleep.

FAB!!!

I kinda like the uniforms being different, but at the same time I kinda don't... depends on my mood the way the elder wind blows, really XD

but in any case

*flaps apron at you and shoos you off to bed* Don't follow this old woman's example and stay up till O'dark thirty!! ^^

Colour Theory

This is just me looking at colour theory and trying to see if there is any sense in the colours chosen for Thunderbirds and Thunderbirds are go.

Here we have the coloured sashes from tos....Scotty with the blue sash on blue uniform hmmm...also Jeff's gold sash I think is from an old add comercial...please comment if u now what it's called...Being the father and leader and founder of thunderbirds I can kind of see why Jeff's sash is gold...wait! Is that gold or bronze?....though I do like the tones of their colours...They give me relaxed feels...Is that supposed to help calm the rescuee in a situation?...Also poor Alan with the white sash....imagine trying to keep that clean....Ok...I personally can see no logic in their colours overall...

Moving on...

I noticed that if you squint your eyes...then if you mix Scott and Virgil together (Blue and Green)...the you kind of get kayos colour...then if you mix Alan and Scott together you get Grandma....and then I think John and Alan make brains...

Though take into account a lot of people (including me) see Scott's signature colour as blue...but his sash is grey/silver?!...and so is Jeff's...

Also Penelopes just Penelope...Pink!...you go girl!...

Again...I don't see too much logic...

And finally as a bonus I decided to look at the Thunderbirds (the vehicles)...

I noticed that they all consist of one major colour and two minor colours...haha success some logic here yay!

The colour red is the only colour to be featured on every TB...

TB1, 2, 3 and 4's main colours all match their pilots sash colour (e.g. Virgil Green, TB2 green)...that is except for John and Kayos vehicles...hmmm...

TBS and TB3's colours are kind of reversed...

TB5 is the only thunderbird that features a bronze colour...

Ok I'm done now!

I don't know if I learnt anything or if this was a waste of time but...

Meh.

Please comment on your thoughts!

I'd love to see what other people think!

@riallasheng

Thankyou so much!💕

I have loved discussing with everyone their different opinions.

And with the colours I can see that in TOS their baldrics do have a matching colour with their thunderbirds...

Except John's...where is the purple or lilac on TB5?!

I adore chatting and discussing with others as well, so I'm very glad that you love it also ^^

If I recall, it was SUPPOSED to have the lilac marking above the brass / the brass was supposed to be lilac buuuuut it could be that John kinda is left out of a fair bit plotting wise so they just didn't give the lilac to his 'Bird (poor boy)

I generally make the section above / behind the brass tube lilac in color as it's decently close to the off-white of the station when I'm drawing it

(I also tend to think that Jeff's baldric for TOS is 'brass' becuase tosJeff 100% has the right sense of humor for that ('the brass' being military slang for the commanders, ergo, the commander of IR having 'the brass' baldric XD )

Honestly, given that 3 is ALSO supposed to be John's 'Bird (And 5 is ALSO Alan's) I legit would have liked there to be both a white and a lilac stripe on 3 and 5 ^^

I love chatting! (especially about Thunderbirds)

Haha I guess the creators of Thunderbirds didn't expect people like us to go and try and find logic and meaning behind their designs...

^_^ Chat chat chat away!

Maybe. TOS has a lot of thought put into things (the comics and novels more than the show, admittedly XD) and there is honestly a lot of logic and meaning behind design choices.

TaG is a WEE bit more on the soft SF / rule of cool side of things (plus elements that are just 'carry over from og', but there's still often a surprising bit of depth to it ^_^ Tis a fun show

Ooh, ooh, I just had a thought!

That 1960s Riddler gif just reminded me that in the 1960s TV shows were being filmed in colour, but often still viewed on black and white television sets.

So, that means bright, highly contrasting colour schemes were often used to ensure that the show looked as readable in greyscale as it did in colour.

Maybe the lilac of John's sash was chosen for this reason.

hmmm, possible, although in B&W honestly the sashes all look pretty much the same / stand out the same amount

....where DID I put that B&W image I had of the boyos....

AH! Here it is!!

(That took an annoyingly long time to find XD )

color TVs were much more common by the time TBs rolled around, as color tvs started being more of a thing during Stingray's run (that's actually why Stingray has the fake-out B&W start!!)

It's actually kinda funny in COLOR Scott's sky-blue sash kinda blends in with the uniform... but in B&W it looks identical to John's lilac and Virgil's canary yellow XD Alan's antique white is the only one that really stands out. With One (which is in frame) her blue stripe vanishes and can't be seperated from her silver hull. the yellow and red blend in a little bit on what little we can see of 2 as well)

What's REALLY fascinating is you can see how reds / pinks show far more range / clarity in B&W, while green's kinda look darker and fade a bit more... (There's a reason Frankenstien's monster was green and the Addam's family interior was varius shades of pink XD )

(Also, can't go wrong with 60sBats ^^ )

Yay great photo to look at thank you!

So maybe they made his sash lilac to match the tones of the other sashes when in black and white...

But now I wonder why Alan's is a slightly lighter shade...

And what did Gordon's sash look like?...

I'm glad you like it ^^

Honestly, I doubt being in B&W was much of a factor for TBs. Like they considered it to a degree, but I think it was more of a minor element rather than a primary. You'd have NO idea the sashes were a different color in B&W, and I've watched a few episodes in B&W and they don't really work anywhere near as well as Fireball, Stingray, or even Four Feathers Falls. It can be hard to tell what's going on, and from behind you can confuse some of the characters

It likely is what the tosFanbase has thought since the get-go of 'it's the boys favorite colors' that DOES explain why it's such random colors it explains why the sash color is also on their personal Bird (or SHOULD be in the case of 5 XD) it explains why you can't really tell the difference in sashes in B&W etc it even explains the 'only technically canon' sash colors (Jeff brass, Penelope pink - her canonical favorite color, Brains' brown, TinTin's either ALSO a pale blue, possibly white, or possibly black... she is never seen with a sash, only the belt she wears over her IR uniform once or twice) with tag, the sashes are the colors of the main body of the TB they fly, pulling from the 04 film with that (which would be why Scott's is grey, although it IS odd that his suit PIPING and highlights are all sky blue, where-as ALL the others match the sash color quick hunted up a picture of Gordon and slapped this together basically, it's darker then Scott, John, and Virgil's... the pumpkin orange looks REALLY close to the blue of the main suit, honestly.

Colour Theory

This is just me looking at colour theory and trying to see if there is any sense in the colours chosen for Thunderbirds and Thunderbirds are go.

Here we have the coloured sashes from tos....Scotty with the blue sash on blue uniform hmmm...also Jeff's gold sash I think is from an old add comercial...please comment if u now what it's called...Being the father and leader and founder of thunderbirds I can kind of see why Jeff's sash is gold...wait! Is that gold or bronze?....though I do like the tones of their colours...They give me relaxed feels...Is that supposed to help calm the rescuee in a situation?...Also poor Alan with the white sash....imagine trying to keep that clean....Ok...I personally can see no logic in their colours overall...

Moving on...

I noticed that if you squint your eyes...then if you mix Scott and Virgil together (Blue and Green)...the you kind of get kayos colour...then if you mix Alan and Scott together you get Grandma....and then I think John and Alan make brains...

Though take into account a lot of people (including me) see Scott's signature colour as blue...but his sash is grey/silver?!...and so is Jeff's...

Also Penelopes just Penelope...Pink!...you go girl!...

Again...I don't see too much logic...

And finally as a bonus I decided to look at the Thunderbirds (the vehicles)...

I noticed that they all consist of one major colour and two minor colours...haha success some logic here yay!

The colour red is the only colour to be featured on every TB...

TB1, 2, 3 and 4's main colours all match their pilots sash colour (e.g. Virgil Green, TB2 green)...that is except for John and Kayos vehicles...hmmm...

TBS and TB3's colours are kind of reversed...

TB5 is the only thunderbird that features a bronze colour...

Ok I'm done now!

I don't know if I learnt anything or if this was a waste of time but...

Meh.

Please comment on your thoughts!

I'd love to see what other people think!

@riallasheng

Thankyou so much!💕

I have loved discussing with everyone their different opinions.

And with the colours I can see that in TOS their baldrics do have a matching colour with their thunderbirds...

Except John's...where is the purple or lilac on TB5?!

I adore chatting and discussing with others as well, so I'm very glad that you love it also ^^

If I recall, it was SUPPOSED to have the lilac marking above the brass / the brass was supposed to be lilac buuuuut it could be that John kinda is left out of a fair bit plotting wise so they just didn't give the lilac to his 'Bird (poor boy)

I generally make the section above / behind the brass tube lilac in color as it's decently close to the off-white of the station when I'm drawing it

(I also tend to think that Jeff's baldric for TOS is 'brass' becuase tosJeff 100% has the right sense of humor for that ('the brass' being military slang for the commanders, ergo, the commander of IR having 'the brass' baldric XD )

Honestly, given that 3 is ALSO supposed to be John's 'Bird (And 5 is ALSO Alan's) I legit would have liked there to be both a white and a lilac stripe on 3 and 5 ^^

I love chatting! (especially about Thunderbirds)

Haha I guess the creators of Thunderbirds didn't expect people like us to go and try and find logic and meaning behind their designs...

^_^ Chat chat chat away!

Maybe. TOS has a lot of thought put into things (the comics and novels more than the show, admittedly XD) and there is honestly a lot of logic and meaning behind design choices.

TaG is a WEE bit more on the soft SF / rule of cool side of things (plus elements that are just 'carry over from og', but there's still often a surprising bit of depth to it ^_^ Tis a fun show

Ooh, ooh, I just had a thought!

That 1960s Riddler gif just reminded me that in the 1960s TV shows were being filmed in colour, but often still viewed on black and white television sets.

So, that means bright, highly contrasting colour schemes were often used to ensure that the show looked as readable in greyscale as it did in colour.

Maybe the lilac of John's sash was chosen for this reason.

hmmm, possible, although in B&W honestly the sashes all look pretty much the same / stand out the same amount

....where DID I put that B&W image I had of the boyos....

AH! Here it is!!

(That took an annoyingly long time to find XD )

color TVs were much more common by the time TBs rolled around, as color tvs started being more of a thing during Stingray's run (that's actually why Stingray has the fake-out B&W start!!)

It's actually kinda funny in COLOR Scott's sky-blue sash kinda blends in with the uniform... but in B&W it looks identical to John's lilac and Virgil's canary yellow XD Alan's antique white is the only one that really stands out. With One (which is in frame) her blue stripe vanishes and can't be seperated from her silver hull. the yellow and red blend in a little bit on what little we can see of 2 as well)

What's REALLY fascinating is you can see how reds / pinks show far more range / clarity in B&W, while green's kinda look darker and fade a bit more... (There's a reason Frankenstien's monster was green and the Addam's family interior was varius shades of pink XD )

(Also, can't go wrong with 60sBats ^^ )

Colour Theory

This is just me looking at colour theory and trying to see if there is any sense in the colours chosen for Thunderbirds and Thunderbirds are go.

Here we have the coloured sashes from tos....Scotty with the blue sash on blue uniform hmmm...also Jeff's gold sash I think is from an old add comercial...please comment if u now what it's called...Being the father and leader and founder of thunderbirds I can kind of see why Jeff's sash is gold...wait! Is that gold or bronze?....though I do like the tones of their colours...They give me relaxed feels...Is that supposed to help calm the rescuee in a situation?...Also poor Alan with the white sash....imagine trying to keep that clean....Ok...I personally can see no logic in their colours overall...

Moving on...

I noticed that if you squint your eyes...then if you mix Scott and Virgil together (Blue and Green)...the you kind of get kayos colour...then if you mix Alan and Scott together you get Grandma....and then I think John and Alan make brains...

Though take into account a lot of people (including me) see Scott's signature colour as blue...but his sash is grey/silver?!...and so is Jeff's...

Also Penelopes just Penelope...Pink!...you go girl!...

Again...I don't see too much logic...

And finally as a bonus I decided to look at the Thunderbirds (the vehicles)...

I noticed that they all consist of one major colour and two minor colours...haha success some logic here yay!

The colour red is the only colour to be featured on every TB...

TB1, 2, 3 and 4's main colours all match their pilots sash colour (e.g. Virgil Green, TB2 green)...that is except for John and Kayos vehicles...hmmm...

TBS and TB3's colours are kind of reversed...

TB5 is the only thunderbird that features a bronze colour...

Ok I'm done now!

I don't know if I learnt anything or if this was a waste of time but...

Meh.

Please comment on your thoughts!

I'd love to see what other people think!

@riallasheng

Thankyou so much!💕

I have loved discussing with everyone their different opinions.

And with the colours I can see that in TOS their baldrics do have a matching colour with their thunderbirds...

Except John's...where is the purple or lilac on TB5?!

I adore chatting and discussing with others as well, so I'm very glad that you love it also ^^

If I recall, it was SUPPOSED to have the lilac marking above the brass / the brass was supposed to be lilac buuuuut it could be that John kinda is left out of a fair bit plotting wise so they just didn't give the lilac to his 'Bird (poor boy)

I generally make the section above / behind the brass tube lilac in color as it's decently close to the off-white of the station when I'm drawing it

(I also tend to think that Jeff's baldric for TOS is 'brass' becuase tosJeff 100% has the right sense of humor for that ('the brass' being military slang for the commanders, ergo, the commander of IR having 'the brass' baldric XD )

Honestly, given that 3 is ALSO supposed to be John's 'Bird (And 5 is ALSO Alan's) I legit would have liked there to be both a white and a lilac stripe on 3 and 5 ^^

I love chatting! (especially about Thunderbirds)

Haha I guess the creators of Thunderbirds didn't expect people like us to go and try and find logic and meaning behind their designs...

^_^ Chat chat chat away!

Maybe. TOS has a lot of thought put into things (the comics and novels more than the show, admittedly XD) and there is honestly a lot of logic and meaning behind design choices.

TaG is a WEE bit more on the soft SF / rule of cool side of things (plus elements that are just 'carry over from og', but there's still often a surprising bit of depth to it ^_^ Tis a fun show

Colour Theory

This is just me looking at colour theory and trying to see if there is any sense in the colours chosen for Thunderbirds and Thunderbirds are go.

Here we have the coloured sashes from tos....Scotty with the blue sash on blue uniform hmmm...also Jeff's gold sash I think is from an old add comercial...please comment if u now what it's called...Being the father and leader and founder of thunderbirds I can kind of see why Jeff's sash is gold...wait! Is that gold or bronze?....though I do like the tones of their colours...They give me relaxed feels...Is that supposed to help calm the rescuee in a situation?...Also poor Alan with the white sash....imagine trying to keep that clean....Ok...I personally can see no logic in their colours overall...

Moving on...

I noticed that if you squint your eyes...then if you mix Scott and Virgil together (Blue and Green)...the you kind of get kayos colour...then if you mix Alan and Scott together you get Grandma....and then I think John and Alan make brains...

Though take into account a lot of people (including me) see Scott's signature colour as blue...but his sash is grey/silver?!...and so is Jeff's...

Also Penelopes just Penelope...Pink!...you go girl!...

Again...I don't see too much logic...

And finally as a bonus I decided to look at the Thunderbirds (the vehicles)...

I noticed that they all consist of one major colour and two minor colours...haha success some logic here yay!

The colour red is the only colour to be featured on every TB...

TB1, 2, 3 and 4's main colours all match their pilots sash colour (e.g. Virgil Green, TB2 green)...that is except for John and Kayos vehicles...hmmm...

TBS and TB3's colours are kind of reversed...

TB5 is the only thunderbird that features a bronze colour...

Ok I'm done now!

I don't know if I learnt anything or if this was a waste of time but...

Meh.

Please comment on your thoughts!

I'd love to see what other people think!

@riallasheng

Thankyou so much!💕

I have loved discussing with everyone their different opinions.

And with the colours I can see that in TOS their baldrics do have a matching colour with their thunderbirds...

Except John's...where is the purple or lilac on TB5?!

I adore chatting and discussing with others as well, so I'm very glad that you love it also ^^

If I recall, it was SUPPOSED to have the lilac marking above the brass / the brass was supposed to be lilac buuuuut it could be that John kinda is left out of a fair bit plotting wise so they just didn't give the lilac to his 'Bird (poor boy)

I generally make the section above / behind the brass tube lilac in color as it's decently close to the off-white of the station when I'm drawing it

(I also tend to think that Jeff's baldric for TOS is 'brass' becuase tosJeff 100% has the right sense of humor for that ('the brass' being military slang for the commanders, ergo, the commander of IR having 'the brass' baldric XD )

Honestly, given that 3 is ALSO supposed to be John's 'Bird (And 5 is ALSO Alan's) I legit would have liked there to be both a white and a lilac stripe on 3 and 5 ^^

I still think it's amazing that in Predator, you don't get to actually fully see the titular alien until an hour and 16 minutes into the film. And yet the film does not suffer from it.

It's basically a horror movie disguised as an action one and it benefits from not showing the monster.

Oh, it definitely is. And it excels at it.

The only thing about Predator I would change is the first few seconds with spaceship showing up. I'd cut that, and that's it.

Maybe replace it with the view of a falling star. Something to HINT at the extra-terrestrial but not explicitly say.

Show the ship landing from the POV of one of the characters (maybe Anna in her village?) it looks like a falling star, but on rewatch you'd realize that was the Predator arriving

Under the cut

Hugs

*sends you tons of hugs*

The absolute best fucking costume ever, OMG 😍🖤😍🖤😍🖤😍

Wow!

SUCH a good horse friend too, because the rider says "he can't see shit" due to costume limitations. So they have to trust each other more than if he was fully sighted.

That's Andrew Pearman of thepearmanranch! I believe that is his primary stallion, Ivan, as well

He has SUCH a good relationship with his horses, it's lovely to see

please tell me this is true

100% true for the Doylist reasoning

A big part of why the fanbase assumed it had meaning was that every show prior and post had the unique acronym mean something

So Doylist is just Fab(ulous).... Watsonian is up for grabs XD

The Master Blackmailer: Mrs. Hudson rants about mail. 

it always confused why everyone would arrive at bilbo’s house separately if they all traveled to the shire together but then i realized. that trick gandalf pulls on beorn. where he has everyone come in slowly instead of all at once. its the same thing hes doing to bilbo.

now the question remains: is this gandalf’s go-to plan when trying to make someone okay with having 13 dwarves in their house, or does he view bilbo and beorn as both uniquely unhinged individuals who need to be handled like a wild animal that could bite at any minute? i need to Know

I always loved how Gandalf was essentially using Guest Law to his advantage

Hobbits are Very Proper, with a ton of their culture being tied to various aspects there-of

A large number of uninvited guests showing up can, and SHOULD, be turned away

but a small number of guests who imply that they were invited (by Bilbo and he somehow forgot)?

Turning them away would Not Be Proper

It also makes the dwarves individuals instead of a group, which makes it more likely that Bilbo will see them as people, which is a good bonus

I stole this from Twitter but I’m Curious

Seems self serving, but I'm in the mood and I need to write and it always helps to know what's good to keep doing.

AKA, I too am curious...

Stingray Ep 3 - Sea of Oil

Ironically, oil famously doesn’t mix well with water yet it makes quite a good Stingray episode. It’s not a name that’s aged particularly well, especially in a world of Just Stop Oil and Deepwater Horizon disasters. You’ll be glad to know that this is the first of my much shorter reviews as we’re starting to get into the general rhythm of Stingray. Underwater duo attack something, Stingray investigates, they tussle with duo. Today an oil rig is attacked and of course this is the worst thing to happen in the history of humanity ever. We do have to remember that this was made in the early 1960s when environmentalism wasn’t quite the thing it is today.

one of my favorite episodes, and it comes down to ATLANTA BEING AMAZING (seriously, I love this woman SO MUCH). Maxwell's exquisite voice acting is an extra bonus.

The subversion of "actually the underwater race are NOT evil, and indeed everyone is within their rights for their reactions / responses' is also awesome ^^

I think Oink wouldn't have annoyed me if this was his only episode... buuuut... well, at least he wasn't present as often as Mitch or Zoonie (or Max. Sorry to Max fans, I just do not like the 'animal / child sidekick ^^;; )

There is some AMAZING puppetry as always, and the oil rig always impresses me with how BIG it is as well as how well made / detailed

Marina and Phones continue to be amazing, Marina esp gets several moments to shine.

The love triangle continues to both bore and annoy me and I am SO GLAD it vanishes as early as it does.

Easily one of my favorite episodes ^^