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darkestwolfx · 4 years

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The Man From TB5 - Re-Review #46

Definitely another strong favourite today!

Let me take you back to one of Lady Penelope’s main episodes from TOS - ‘The Man From MI5′. Nice play on the title here. But, when we might have expected this to be a job for Gordon, it’s actually one for er- John?

P.S. Did you know O’Hagan and Aisling made a Thunderbirds Picture Storybook edition?

So yes, after all the asking, it’s John, and she is sticking with John. Gordon really must be gutted. This scene was absolutely golden as well.

“Did I hear party? Do you need a date? I could be there in no time! (Scott, let me borrow Thunderbird One).”

“Thank you Gordon, but I already have a date.”

“John?”

“No way! You actually got him to leave Thunderbird Five.”

“Mmmm...”

“He wanted it kept quiet.”

“But I’m the obvious choice! John hates social... anything. Besides, whose gonna’ do space monitor duty?”

“Funny you should mention that.”

“I had to ask.”

“Walked into that one!”

“And who do you think’s taking him up there?”

“Uhh... Ohhh.”

Also, I like the fact that Lady Penelope has a wildlife preserve.

Yes, the date is none other than John. Not a second of doubt that he can handle a ‘little’ social situation.

“Speaking of amazing how do you like that custom tuxedo I designed? Didn’t you notice all the cool hidden functions? Like the radio in your collar.”

“This isn’t a spy mission, Brains.”

I don’t know, John, you are with the UK’s top spy.

“It’s just a quiet, little charity auction.”

“I may haveunderstand the quiet part, a bit.”

“hAnd the little.”

Yeah, thanks for that Parker! So the only part she actually told him about correctly was that it’s a charity auction. Thankful for that radio now, John?

“John, are you alright?”

“I thought there’d be less this. People. Talking. In person. I mean communications is my job, I talk to people from all over the world, I’d just rather do it from space.”

I think John could be socially autistic.

Look at Sherbet though, sitting so happily on Penelope’s arm.

“Place like this his ha ‘ot-bed for pick pockets. hIn my day, this would ‘ave been ha gold mine.”

“No one will be picking anyone’s pockets tonight.”

“Not while hI’m hon watch duty, M’Lady.”

Definitely famous last words. Wait for it.

I love how one minute Lady Penelope is pulling John away from people and telling him who to talk to, and then the next just walks off and leaves him to fend for himself.

“Did I mention the cufflinks?”

“Will they make me invisible to crowds?”

“Why didn’t I think of that?”

Because you are not John who is currently very desperate to disappear from the face of the Earth.

Also, I love how Scott has a laptop. Obviously he’s doing Tracy Industry work today.

“What exactly do you do, Dear boy?”

And could you be any more patronising? I mean, go on, give it a try.

Did I see Kat in crowd as well?

And the focus on the food? It was spot on really. It’s the little things that help to make episodes like this. This episode had a great balance of humour and tense moments, with a brilliant rescue, a great appearance by The Hood and a very nice view of a different side to John.

With some absolutely brilliant moments by Parker. Only he and Sherbet could end up in a fight with kitchen staff in a Chateau kitchen at a party whilst he’s meant to be looking out for pick pockets.

“Wonderful party isn’t it?”

“’ey? ‘e’s cheered hup. No kitchen staff? Goood grief, hit’s-”

“You weren’t supposed to see that!”

“hIndeed. Now, drop that weapon, hor hI’ll be hobliged to serve you ha Parker ‘aymaker.”

And they actually showed more of the ‘fight’ than I expected them to. I mean, hitting someone’s head with multiple saucepans..? Because that’s PG.

“Welcome everyone, and- *Clatters* - And, they’re obviously preparing our very delicious desert.”

It’s a good thing she can talk her way out of almost anything.

“One million.”

Just throw and smash your glass... yes, that’s exactly what I would do at a formal charity auction. As I’m sure we all would.

“And how does he expected to pay for it? By robbing us?”

“That’s exactly right.”

“The Hood...”

“Pick pockets!”

Yes, Parker, they made it past you. Just.

“What makes you think I’ll willingly give you any of my money, hey?”

“I placed laser cutters on the cables, that hold up this Chateau. Would you like a demonstation?”

Why did you even say anything man?

“This one doesn’t show up on the system.”

“Who exactly are you?”

“Me? I uh...”

I did find it hard to believe that The Hood wouldn’t recognise John though. I mean, he’s even been to Tracy Island, he’s seen their portraits. I know John looks a little different in a suit, but still. I mean, it does look like The Hood is considering him, but I still think there would have been recognition there.

“If I could get outside, I could try and disable them.”

“You’ll need a distraction. Parker?”

“Right ‘away, M’Lady. hOi! hIf you’re gonna rob hus, hat least ‘ave the decency to serve proper canapes!”

Now chair throwing! This is perfect! Exactly my type of party.

Oh Bottomsly really is an idiot. I mean the name did hint.. A candlelabra? Great choice of weapon. TAG really risked their Universal rating on this one.

“Fool! You’ve activated the laser cutters!”

For once, and only once, I agree with The Hood. Bottomsly, you are a fool.

“This place is doomed!”

“And so are you!”

Well... nearly. When have we ever known The Hood not to have some kind of escape plan at the ready? I mean, he did in ‘Legacy’ and he really should have been done for then.

Nice of him to give us a little bow as well.

Now to go off topic for two seconds and see if I can give anyone a laugh for today;

You know what, I will give you the two images that popped into my head during this scene, particularily from the above photo.

1. Titanic. Iconic moment that I need not say more on. I will advise though that I’m not really a fan of this film, so I don’t quite know why it came to me.

2. Richard III (Ian McKellen’s version) - where, defeated Richard III falls into the fire below, arms wide and smiling. I never really understood this version of the film. It’s set in Nazi Germany... I will say no more.

“Hairstyle not recognised. And not very stylish.”

“We speak of this to no one.”

“To the rocket!”

Oh my gosh, the humour with this pair and EOS (finally someone wrote an episode with EOS)! This was so so needed in this episode and had me in fits.

“I’d like to see the reports for myself.”

“I’m not sure you’d understand them. But I’ve found a wonderful puppet show you might find entertaining.”

Best thing is - I reckon Gordon would have really liked that puppet show.

“Gordon to John. You’re AI is being evil again.”

I wouldn’t quite say this counts as evil, Gordon, more like mean, but your choice of words.

“EOS?”

“It’s not me this time!”

“This time?”

Oopps, nearly gave it away.

“I mean... How can I assist?”

See, there you go! Bond over your love for John. Probably the only thing (besides humour) that these two have in common. It was also really nice to see Gordon in Thunderbird Five. He never made it up there in TOS.

“I’d still take this over the crowds.”

John really does have a better head for heights than I do then.

“Scott, we need you now!”

Yep... like overdue need you that should have been.

“John, I’m on my way.”

“Pursue The Hood.”

“FAB.”

Yeah, because Kayo does the Bad Guy Chasing not the Rescuing.

“You expect me to slide down that wire? What, in a dining chair?

“No, Bottomsly, I expect you to help the others first. And if you’re lucky, you’ll get to leave before this whole place falls down on your head like a rock!”

Maybe a little harsher than it needed to be said like, but it did need saying. I love how Sherbet gets to go first!

“All I need is money!”

Don’t we all at the moment, Hood. Care to share?

“Surely you have something up your sleeve?”

“Actually I do. Brains said something about cufflinks.”

And probably should have finished explaining about them.

“He put a laser up my sleeve!”

That could have gone very wrong.

“Hang tight, I’m coming to get ya’.”

Did Scott forget to say that he meant that literally?

“John! No!”

“I got you, party boy.”

Kind of you to save your brother from possible death.

“Thanks, Scott. Just put me down anywhere. Anywhere but here!”

I love how John was desperate enough to try and climb away! That was a little mean of Scott to try it though.

“Much happreciation for fishing FAB hOne hout hof the sea.”

I love Parker’s priorities! In fact, there might be a fanfiction coming based of this. Stay tuned.

“I’ve been sent dozens of messages inviting the mysterious hero to parties everywhere. Shall I forward them?”

To Gordon, maybe?

“It’s a chance to see the world.”

“Thanks, but the world looks just fine from Thunderbird Five.”

Couldn’t agree more. I’d love to hace that view.

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mooncakemonday · 7 years

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MM Travels To: Koh Samui - Day 3

Day 3 was pretty much the most eventful day- we did A LOT of things in one day. The four of us woke up at the crack of dawn, only to be greeted by !!!MR SUN!!! Hehehe. (If you missed my previous post, Day 2 was pretty uneventful because it rained all day long so we were itching to finally start doing something productive on our last full day).

We tried calling the tour companies to book last minute snorkelling tours etc. but none of the companies were resuming their tours, as it was rainy season and they weren’t exactly confident enough to bring tourists around in boats. Just incase it started pouring again.

We decided to just do all the touristy things on our own, since we could use the hotel shuttle. (P/s this post is going to include alooootttttt of pictures and is going to be pretty damn long, so bear with me haha)

First stop: Hin Ta and Hin Yai Rocks (Grandfather and Grandmother Rocks)

Not gonna lie, we let out embarrassed chuckles after looking at the rocks once we got there. As you can see in the pictures inserted below, the rocks look like the male and female genitalia- and obviously we were pretty damn jakun lolllz.

The view from the top of the rocks was absolutely breathtaking though.. if it wasn't scorching hot we would've been there for houuuurrrssssss just admiring the view.

Pc: Sara’s disposable camera

#coverforehead

Second stop: Na Muang Waterfall

I definitely do not consider myself a nature-kinda-gal but I really enjoyed our hike up to the waterfall. (Sara & Saiis probably rolled their eyes after reading that because all they heard while hiking up to the waterfall was me complaining, saying i’d rather be at the beach hahaha) (But really guys, I... had fun.. despite our near death experience kkkk)

So.. the hike up to the waterfall was a legit hike. We wore swimming shorts and flip flops- our dumb butts were clearly not prepared for it. (We actually came out of the jungle with cuts and bruises everywhere k).

Lvl 1: CONQUERED. The water was so so cool and refreshing.

Hello MTV, welcome to my Krib!

PC: Sara’s disposable camera

LVL idek it was too high up: CONQUERED. Ok it was a pretty damn scary hike up to the top. We followed a random local up to this part of the waterfall (don't do this, we actually thought we were going to get pushed off the waterfall or like. kidnapped), and oh my godddd. Words can't even describe how it felt to be up there?! Pictures don't do it justice either. Beautiful. First and last time though hahahahahahahaha

Third stop: Koh Tan (or like.. on the boat in between Koh Samui mainland & Koh Tan)

We told our driver that we wanted to go snorkelling and we somehow ended up at a random restaurant that also offered a snorkelling package to Koh Tan, another island just about 5 km away from Koh Samui. We googled it and it looked pretty nice so we decided to just go for it.

We hopped on a pretty cute speed boat, had our Moana moment and headed straight to Koh Tan with our snorkelling gear and a loaf of bread, hoping to see beautiful reefs and colourful fish. We didn't even get to the island, our boat driver just stopped in the middle of the sea and expected us to jump off.. I mean if the water was clear I totally would have jumped in but it definitely was not. We sent the 2 daredevils (Sara & Saiis’ sister) into the water to scan for fish and coral reefs but they couldn't see anything so I obviously opted to stay on the boat.

After a solid 30 minutes of looking for fish, we only found a school of [STARVING] fish, and we ended up just feeding them bread from the boat

Fish bait hahahahahaha

Snorkelling - Fail.

Fourth stop: Crystal Bay Beach for a massage

The massage definitely made up for the failed snorkelling trip. Our muscles ached after the hike up the waterfall, so it was definitely the perfect way to wind down after a long day.

I obviously fell asleep listening to the waves during my massage. Definitely my favourite part of the trip. :( <3

Last stop: Starz Cabaret

I had way too much fun watching the beautiful lady boys of Koh Samui lip syncing to so many different songs. All of them were so pretty... their make up and costumes were beauuttzz. 10/10 would recommend

Gotta up my make up game mannnn (PS: you gotta pay for a pic with them)

We went around the market near Starz Cabaret for some last minute shopping before we headed back to the hotel. Knocked out as soon as we got back.

Our flight was the next day- we went to Crystal Bay Beach in the morning for another massage, went back to the hotel for a short swim, packed our bags and went straight to the airport.

I had soo much fun in Koh Samui! Wish we stayed longer, we didn’t have enough time to explore the whole island properly. Hope to be back again soon!

Goodbye Koh Samui!

Love,

Dania. X

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