Codename Europa

Nitcentral's Bulletin Brash Reflections: Supermarionation: Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons: Codename Europa
By Kinggodzillak on Wednesday, October 24, 2001 - 1:13 pm:

Captain Ochre has a talent for understatement here. The building hes in is presumably under attack from superior forces, armed with rifles and tanks, he's in the lift travelling at least 40ft down when the building explodes and, presumably his lift fell part of the way, all his men are killed, he almost is. His comment?
'I was worried.'


By Kinggodzillak on Wednesday, October 31, 2001 - 1:30 pm:

The end of this is weird.

Blue: Well, he fooled all our alarms, only to be fooled by a simple piece of trip wire.
Scarlet : Put in the right place, Captain.

The camera then lingers on a smug looking Scarlet will heroic music plays? Huh? It seems really awkward for some reason, as if it would have continued with:
Ha ha! You couldn't have done it! Only I, Captain Scarlet, MR INDESTRUCTIBLE HIMSELF COULD HAVE DONE IT!!! BWA HA HA HA! I'M THE GOD! I'M THE GOD!!!
Ahem.


By Adam on Saturday, January 19, 2002 - 4:11 pm:

I like the music used when Carney was being Mysteronised which was used in Sabotage, Ghosts of Space and Space City Special (XL5)


By Paul Joyce on Monday, February 04, 2002 - 12:16 pm:

Captain Brown must be getting fed up with being Mysteronised.


By Kinggodzillak on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 3:10 pm:

So, at the start, Ochre guards Olafson. Magenta is guarding either Henderson or Meccini, as Scarlet is seen finishing a radio chat to him. Let's say Magenta was guarding Meccini, and I'd guess its not unreasonable to assume Captain Grey was guarding Henderson. Yet later, Magenta is assigned to roadblock duty around the MSC where Henderson is being kept, and there's no sign of Grey there! Although some of this is speculation....


By Kinggodzillak on Tuesday, March 26, 2002 - 3:11 pm:

Adam I have that music in mp3 form, if you want it....


By Adam on Thursday, March 28, 2002 - 6:28 am:

Yes I would like it please.
My email address is adamluff@hotmail.com
Thanks


By Kinggodzillak on Monday, June 17, 2002 - 1:56 pm:

How come Olafson's desk is round the wrong way (as we see Olafson from Ochre's point of view when he enters, the desk is placed with the drawers pointing towards Ochre.)

'Were they hurt in the crash?'
'No, just badly shaken and bruised.'

Sooooo..... they were hurt then?


By Paul Joyce on Sunday, July 07, 2002 - 3:20 pm:

The Hood's plane from Martian Invasion turns up here as Prof. Carney's model plane.

Who voiced the third guard?


By Adam on Monday, July 08, 2002 - 12:47 am:

The same person who did Prof Carney so my guess it's Gary Files.


By Kinggodzillak on Saturday, April 19, 2003 - 8:11 am:

Except Neil McCallum voiced Carney...


By Adam on Friday, April 25, 2003 - 1:32 am:

>>Except Neil McCallum voiced Carney...<<
Last year I would disagree with you on that but I saw Thunderbirds Are Go again recently and I think you're right about Neil McCallum being in Scarlet.


By D.K Henderson on Friday, September 05, 2003 - 5:10 am:

They have a really fine bit of editing in this one (if that's the word I'm looking for). Captain Black has Carney lined up in his sights (and I liked how Carney moved away the first time, so that Black had to wait). The camera cuts are so tight when Black fires, that you almost fool yourself into thinking that you see Carney's expression change to the grimace of pain. Kudos!

The Triumvirate of Europe are described as the most powerful men in the world, after the World President. Poor President Roberts must find that rather annoying.

According to my episode guide, there was a deleted scene that explained that Prof. Carney was instrumental in designing the electronic systems of the security buildings, which explains how he knew just how to get through.

Just how much time passed in this episode? Prof. Carney was described as having been dead for "some time."

I wonder where Carney got his recording of the sound effects? From an old war movie?

After hearing Col. White's description of the Spectrum communications system in "Dangerous Rendesvous" I find it hard to believe that a model plane trailing strips of foil could completely disrupt it.

That one security guard should be fired. The power is off, he's in total darkness. He can hear someone walking close by him, someone who refuses to acknowledge his calls. Under the circumstances, I think that I would start shooting in the general direction of the noise.


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