Destiny is Juliette! , why Simone in CGI version?

[gojohnniegogo]

I think your quote is quite apt at this time Matt!

[Marion]

Hey - we're just chatting and sharing information and ideas - nobody's getting at anybody!
It is a good thing to generate posts from other people

[gojohnniegogo]

Totally agree, in fact this forum would probably be completely pointless if everyone didn't have differing opinions!

[Captain Indigo]

There is a town called Moscow in Ayrshire - if I'm not mistaken.

There is indeed. I drive past it on my way to my grandparents'. Well remembered, Marion!

Think of what would happen if someone asked a question, and someone else just answered it. It would be BORING! The 'floodgates' are what make this place so interesting.

[Mary]

There is a town called Moscow in Ayrshire - if I'm not mistaken.

There is indeed. I drive past it on my way to my grandparents'. Well remembered, Marion!

Don't forget your own Birmingham is called the "Venice of the North" because of its canals.

There are a dozen more towns in the US named Moscow besides the one in Washington State. There's lots of Parises, Venices and towns named after other European cities as well.

Heck, there's even a MARS in Pennsylvania!!! Think we should send Spectrum in to investigate?!

[chrisbishop]

Is it glowing with weird multi-coloured lights ?:shock:

Because if so, we DEFINITELY want to send Spectrum over there!

[Matt Crowther]

Mars in Pennsylvania, fascinating. I picture a small town that there's something going down like an episode of Mission Impossible with Will Greer who's leading this cult and the IMF team go in...I digress

[Marion]

Mary said:

Don't forget your own Birmingham is called the "Venice of the North" because of its canals.

ROFL.
That must be in the same vein as 'Bal-ham: Gateway to the South'
Where I grew up it was known as 'Brum' or 'Brummigen' and just about the nastiest thing you could say to anyone was 'where do you come from, Burmingum?'
Mind you, being from a two-bit County Town, we looked down on 'mere' citiies.

[Matt Crowther]

I think your quote is quite apt at this time Matt!

You said it!
Who knew a James Bond quote could come in handy!?

My faux pas with names led me to altering a line in a story I'm writing concerning a daughter of a German whose surname is Meckler and is half English.

Here in Aylesbury, Crowther is seen a regular-ish name but is mainly from up north in Yorkshire. Crowther's in Huddersfield, York and Sheffield. Though apparently came to England fleeing the French Revolution.

"No studying", said by a smug Bill Murray in Ghostbusters.

[Intensity Angel]

But it wasn't just Destiny's name that was changed, all the Angels had their names changed in the CG series and in the cases of Symhonyand Harmony had a nationality swap. I suppose it was to just separate them out from the orginal series Angels as to not confuse younger fans.

[Marion]

The whole thing about changing names and nationalities sparked a great deal of debate when details about NCS started to come out.
Scarlet kept his name, but acquired an American father, Blue kept his name and nationality, but got a military background. Poor Lt Green - and Cpt Ochre - got a sex change! Destiny - from being French - got a new 'French-sounding' name but an American background.
It just seemed to narrow the scope of the characters, rather than expand it. Presumably it was done with one eye on an American sale? Yet one of the nice things about Captain Scarlet in the first place, was that there was a nice mix of nationalities, which was pretty rare for the 60s - as far as I can recall. (The honourable exception being Illya in 'The Man From UNCLE', of course )
There just didn't seem any rhyme or reason to it, and I don't think there was ever any explanation offered as to why it was done - although there was some speculation on the forum at the time.

[Skybase Girl]

As has been previously discussed on the forum, the changes to the characters just seemed to confuse things. At least in the original, the characters had names and accents that tied in with their bios. With NCS, that's not really the case.

Destiny is supposed to have French parents who live and work in California, and that is where she was brought up. Having said that, her nationality is given as British/American and I would say her accent is more English than American. Certainly no hint of French !

Perhaps the creators ( while wishing to keep the sponsors happy), also thought that by the second half of the 21st century, nationalities would be even more of a melting pot than they are today. I suspect that I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt and it's really down to the fact that they didn't put enough thought into it !

[Intensity Angel]

Either way, I'm just glad that Captain Ochre is a woman now. Shows how deadly females are.

And why not give the other Angels any background details? It's odd. They're named as senior officers but then again how many times do we see Symphony, Rhapsody, Harmony and Melody? It was all driven towards Destiny and if you ask me, I'm suprised Rhapsody hadn't resigned from Spectrum at the end of the series!! She does very little at all.

[Skybase Girl]

I think the expectation was that it would go to another series and the other characters would be developed - you can see that from "Grey Skulls" where Ochre took precedence. " Fallen Angels" focused on some of the Angels, although Rhapsody & Symphony didn't play much of a part.

I'm sure that in time, all the main characters would have been more fleshed out. Sadly, it didn't happen and doesn't seem likely to happen, now.

[Intensity Angel]

That's a shame...but it doesn't stop us from making videos of them and using them in fanfiction!!