a5c7b9f00b Remake of the hit 1960's "Supermarionation" television show. In the 21st century, Jeff Tracy, a former astronaut, amasses a colossal fortune and decides that he must use it to benefit others. His answer to this desire is to create International Rescue, a unique private emergency response service equipped with customized designed vehicles and equipment that enable the organization to react to any crisis whether it be in sea, air, land, or space. Jeff's five sons volunteer to operate as the pilots and field agents, as well as "Brains" (real name unknown) who acts as the teams' technical developer and engineer. In addition, Jeff's friend, Kyrano and his daughter Tanusha aka Kayo (based on the original series Tin-Tin character) agree to be the support staff. In addition to the field team, IR also maintains an intelligence network with Lady Penelope Creighton-Ward and her ex-con chauffeur, Parker as the chief agents in this arm. The series depicts this team as they answer various calls for help around and beyond the world while they prevent enemies like the Hood, Uncle to Kayo, from learning and exploiting their secrets. We join the story when Jeff (and probably Kyrano) is missing - presumed dead - and his family are having to continue with his legacy still hoping he might be found safe. Kayo is now head of security and Grandma (who is a poor cook) is in charge of mealtimes!
In the future, the Tracy family run a private mechanized emergency response service.
This comment is not meant to be a racial slur on the person who plays the voice of brains but I grew up watching the original series just like Richard Taylor from Weta workshops who said he was going to get as close as possible to the original, well the original Brains didn't have an Indian accent and he had a stutter (the stutter was even reproduced in the movie version played by Anthony Edwards)<br/><br/>Why oh why did they have to get rid of the name Tin Tin, I realize that was just an alternative name and her real name was Tanusha "kayo" Kyrano but Tin Tin was what she was always called even by her parents.<br/><br/>Lastly where is The father Jeff Tracey ?? Have they retired him because John is no longer in school ?<br/><br/>I feel these are critical errors for die hard fans like myself. Richard Taylor also said that he had full approval from the creators to do this series in cgi format, he also stated that he wanted it done in cgi because it would make the characters be able to do things like abseiling down a cliff which was hard to recreate in the puppet version. Maybe I just need to get with the times, but when you promise to get it as close to the original as possible then I feel you should honor that promise.<br/><br/>Episode 4 has just played in New Zealand and to be honest I'm forcing myself to watch it in the hope I'll start to enjoy it but so far that's not happening.
I don't have a problem with Brains being Indian, in fact I think its quite funny and about time - it's the fact that it doesn't really redeem the reboot at all.<br/><br/>Charmless is a word I'd use to describe it - the characters are like robots, or dare I say it, "puppets", and the craft are no longer the "characters" they were in the original.<br/><br/>On the point of dramatic tension, if nothing else, Anderson was a great editor - that's how he started out, as an editor - and it's what gives the original series a sense of pace & excitement which is totally absent from the reboot.