Weather or Not - Re-Review #37
That is the question.
Sorry, couldn’t resist.
FAB One flying towards what looks to me like the most precarious tower ever built in the middle of a desert. Yeah, that could only be the property of one person as well, and I’m not talking about Lemaire - whose probably still dressed early for Halloween.
No, I’m talking about Langstrom bloody Fischler. I don’t care if he has a middle name, because that is now it, okay?
“Thanks to your financial support, we have spared no expense to quickly make this dream reality!”
Okay, okay, so one; why did these people give him money?
And two; note the use of the words expense and quickly... let me guess, no safety protocols? No test runs? Yeah, he’s already said it all in a sentence, damn idiot.
“Um... what’s happening?”
Bet you’re regretting giving him your money now, ey?
“Well it’s all rather technical. Needn’t bother you with the details. What is happening!”
Yeah... this man never knows. Risk to us all. So basically he’s created an army of weather drones! Yay!
And of course FAB One ends up flying right into the unexpected.
I love how Lady Penelope doesn’t say an outright no to this suggestion of Parker’s;
“hI could halways set the dog hon ‘er.”
It’s only for the briefest of seconds, but of course John has a reading corner. Of course he does.
“Fischler, he has good intentions, but you know what a mess he makes of things.”
“Boy do I ever.”
“Mr Fischler, this is International Rescue. How is everything there.”
“Oh fine, fine, how are you?”
I seem to remember every conversation with Fischler starting a little something like this and ending with disaster all the same.
“Do you need assistance?”
“No! This control tower can take anything. I designed it after all.”
Yeah, I love how John still decides to send his brother’s out after that sentence. Fischler designed it... well then we better go and take a look, I’ll bet anything he thought something along those lines (and maybe briefly about leaving the man to his own devices, but hey, these guys have consciences. Learn the world please, Fischler).
“I’m just glad Scott’s way with Alan. Fischler wouldn’t like what he’d have to say.”
Would that be a well aimed punch? Which has to be censored out to make it universal viewing? Yeah, I bet it would have been. Easiest solution, remove Scott from the episode. I mean, I wonder more if Rasmus Hardiker just wasn’t available for that date, or if they wanted to not feature him (for the reasons I’ve previously stated. Still, I would have liked to see that punch.
“It appears you have made some weather making drones.”
“Completely with a zippy looking paint job.”
Oh God... I feel exactly what Brains does here.
“Well... you can’t expect everything to go right first time, can you?”
“Yes, actually, you can.”
Virgil is clearly in charge with Scott away, giving all the orders and the like.
“’ang hon, M’lady.”
“’anging hon, Parker.”
I love that. I love, love that interaction.
Sherbet growling at the drone was so in character for him.
“Right then, you hovergrown blender, that will be henough hof that!”
Yeah! Too right you are, Parker!
“I recently installed some electric charge nullifiers on all of the Thunderbirds.”
Oh, did you have a premonition, Brains? Or did you just think that might come in useful at some point? Good thing he’d recently installed them or this episode might have been over very speedily.
“By best estimate is between 2 and 22.”
“Ok... I guess we’ll let you know.”
It’s a little like playing a game of chase with these weather drones, isn’t it?
“Parker, will these gyrations go on much longer?”
“Not hone the hengine gives hout.”
“Ah, well then, carry on.”
Yes, don’t let the engine stop you, Parker.
“’old hon to you mutt, M’Lady!”
Another of the greatest lines I think we will ever hear Parker say.
“One of these, four of those...”
I wonder if Gordon shops like that... it would certainly explain his stack of treats.”
“Did you see that? She almost hit us! Reckless flying, that’s what that is!”
Um, no, Fischler, I think it was deliberate flying.
“What are you doing?”
“I’m trying to save you!”
“Well nobody asked you to! But it never stops you lot, does it? Because if you couldn’t flit about in your shiny airplanes and ‘rescue’ someone, well you’d all be out of a job, wouldn’t you? With your weird outfits-”
“Much better.”
Don’t worry, Virgil, I would have put him on mute too.
“Last time I checked, Thunderbird Shadow doesn’t have weapons.”
“Then I’ll improvise. That was fun!”
I don’t think you’re meant to be having fun, Kayo. This is meant to be a serious rescue. Just chase the weather drones away please.
Yeah, don’t worry about Gordon, he’ll just hang... for a while.
“Hey guys! Its a long way down without a parachute!”
I know falling wasn’t much of a good option, but I don’t think sitting on a Thunderbird is that much of a better one.
“Open the door, open the door, open the door.”
“Oh, you call this a rescue? What were you, born in a tent?”
I don’t even understand this man.
“I may have a plan.”
“Well I hope it’s a quick one! This tower’s going down any minute.”
“Don’t leave us hanging, Brains.”
Literally, in Gordon’s case. Funny, not funny, of course.
“I just with we could make those drones fly in a straight line. It would be much easier to pick them off.”
“Kayo, we do rescues. We’re not trained as fighter pilots.”
“It’s on my to do list.”
Oh my gosh, TAG, stop it! I mean, this is a universal rated show, and yet you’ve given Kayo and absolute obsession with violence. I mean, when she’s contributing from the Island, you occasionally give her some sense, but when she’s out in the field (like every time), you set her off arguing with someone (Scott,Virgil, John, Brains) about why International Rescue isn’t International Violence. Come on, you can have badass characters without the need for all of that. Literally, it just annoys me and makes me ignore the entire scene - we’ve heard it before, it’s nothing new and likely we’ll hear it again. I mean, I could give you a list, but I’ll be kind and refrain.
“Gordon, where are you?”
“Oh, just hanging out.”
One of the greatest ends to a rescue, in my opinion - and the sort of humour we need pitted against Kayo’s stone cold desire for picking fights.
“All in a day’s work.”
Quite agree with you, Parker. And Lady Penelope skipping the opera is just great!”
“I shall soon embark on a new and even more amazing endeavor.”
“Yeah, maybe a career in fireworks.”
Waay to go, Gordon. You just had to inspire the man!
“I am not afraid of the unknown, the untested, the unorthadox.”
“The unwise...”
“The unnecessary...”
“The unstable...”
“The unethical.”
I think things usually go in threes, but I will accept the fourth here. Fischler deserves it in my opinion.
Challenge for us all: can anyone else think of anymore ‘un’ words we can use to describe Fischer?