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The Mysterons are from Mars and have declared war upon Earth
after a one of their cities is mistakenly attacked by our
guys.
Each episode opens with the creepy voice of a Mysteron announcing
who they will try to kill, maim or destroy in the next 25
minutes and then the good guys from Spectrum have to stop
them from doing so.
It isn't an easy task, even for super puppets like Captain
Scarlet and Captain Blue, as the Mysterons can turn themselves
into anyone or anything they want to and can pop up at the
most advantageous times.
As the title suggests the hero for Earth is Captain Scarlet,
an operative who was once taken over by the Mysterons but
who survived and now - due to the wonderful and inexplicable
process of retromotabilisation - cannot be killed.
Oh he suffers from his wounds and feels pain, but his body
always heals and he lives on to fight the Mysterons.
Scarlet's colleagues are all colour-coded and come with nifty
little uniforms that match their names. And, while I have
to 'fess up to having a Captain Scarlet car when a youngster
- I did pass on the uniforms.
As well as the other Captains there are the Angels, including
Rhapsody and Melanie, who fly interceptor craft from a giant
skybase.
The puppets in this series are superb and the production
team goes all-out to make sure that when the Mysterons strike
they strike hard and destroy just about everything within
reach amid massive fireballs, clouds of debris and falling
buildings.
In his commentary (on episode one) Gerry Anderson says that
people are right when they say Captain Scarlet is the darkest
thing he's done … because he filmed it as a war movie.
Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons is marvelous stuff and
I cannot wait to get the little ones joining me on the couch
to watch it.
The transfer is brilliant - it never looked this way on
the TV in the days before satellite broadcasts let me tell
you. And it's in colour!
Conclusion: 85% Extras: 60%.
Continued: DVD
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