I'm on a ThunderBirds writing group, along with Sam and Lyon.
Don't get Sam started on the ThunderBirds movie. She's been vewy, vewy quiet so far, but if her thoughts mirror the rest of that group ...
The original was state-of-the-art for its time, slightly campy (although some would disagree with me), and, given some scientific advancements, realistic. As in, you did not have a 12-year-old flying an advanced ship in bad weather, solo.
From what I've heard about the movie, they've made the Tracy boys too young to have the experience they need for the job. They've abused the characters -- taken a mild stutter and turned it into Porky Pig; taken a high-born English lady, very upper-crust and cool, with unspecified but very real espionage experience, and turned her into a sex-object.
At least they aren't saying, "But, but, where are all the old fans." At least, not yet.
Cricket
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Mallanox : "My mother was Irish and my father was an alien. I was an only child and I dress funny." 
