I'm a fan of the original Thunderbirds series. I loved them as a kid -- though I didn't see them often since, in the U.S., they saw only limited distribution.
Lately, my kids (6 & 8) and I have been renting DVDs of the original series from NetFlix. We've seen the first 10 of the 12 available, though many I haven't seen through to the end. It's good campy fun, I always love trying to guess which pod they're going to use in Thunderbird 2.
We saw the movie recently.
It's done as a prequel to the original TV series. Everyone is younger and it attempts to provide a bit more back story to the TV series. However, the creator of the original series (Gerry Anderson) wasn't involved and there were plenty of inconsistencies between the stories.
I had fun seeing the Thunderbirds movie. I particularly enjoyed watching Ben Kingsley as the evil Hood -- though I'm surprised he could take his lines so seriously. The script was bad summer fair -- too formulaic and focus-group driven. However, it held my interest and was great fun to see with my 6 and 8 year olds. Having seen many of the old TV episodes recently, I enjoyed it even more. I miss Super-Marionation
Summary: Great fun to see with my kids, however, if I had to choose a summer sci-fi flick for myself, it'd be I-Robot.
-- Jim
P.S., The opening animation during the credits was awful. My kids kept asking me when they were going to show the "exploding refinery", a fixture in the original opening sequence.
P.P.S., Tech reviews:
FAB-1 (and the new fleet of 3 FAB-1 cars)
New Mole