I’m beginning to see more and more rumours and predictions about the upcoming Thunderbirds movie appearing on the web. The director’s chair has been given to Jonathon Frakes of Star Trek fame along with a budget of about $75 million and the words of Polygram boss Michael Kuhn ringing in his ears, "This won't be another Avengers". But from most of what I’m reading is that it will be just that. The original idea was to make a family oriented film for all ages but this seems to have been scraped for one aimed at the under tens, I suppose they tend to eat more Happy Meals than anyone else after all. Also someone has read the new script and as you can guess it sucks. Another worrying point is that Frakes knew nothing of the popularity of Thunderbirds until he got the job. He also thought the original series was “pretty wacko” and the film will have “a Spy Kids meets James Bond kind of vibe.” Oh dear! And there was me thinking Thunderbirds it was about huge explosions, huge machines and rescuing people. If they get this movie wrong may god forgive them because I for one won't.