Though it’s probably beyond the remit of the show(s) I really like the idea of International Rescue getting very involved in political/capitalist standoffs, always coming down on the side of the little guy, and always having remarkably plausible deniability
You‘re suffering a drought due to unethical business practices? WHOOPS WE ACCIDENTALLY DESTROYED THIS BOTTLING PLANT IN THE COURSE OF SAVING CITIZENS, GUESS WE’LL USE OUR UNLIMITED RICHES TO PROVIDE FREE WATER TO YOU TOWNSPEOPLE WHILE WE SORT THIS SORRY SITUATION OUT
Political protestors are in danger due to a zealous, militarized police force? OH NO WE DIDN’T RESCUE THEM PER SE, WE JUST INVITED THEM TO OUR RAD PARTY ISLAND IN OUR SUPERSONIC ROCKET
Government’s refusing to provide adequate clothing supplies for survivors of
IR’s most recent rescue mission? WELL SIRS IT’S A FUNNY STORY, BUT WE
ACCIDENTALLY REPLACED ALL THUNDERBIRD 2′S MISSILES WITH FLUFFY KNITTED SWEATERS
I dunno, I just feel like EOS would have been a good chance for one of the characters to say “There are no strings on me”.
Because:
1) EoS reminded me of Ultron for some reason
and
2) It would have been funny considering the history of the show
-does anyone actually regulate the Tracys, or do they have a sort of Iron Man ‘privatised world peace!’ deal going on. who pays out in the very likely case of industrial accidents. do they have a good lawyer
-are wars and political turmoil all but extinct by the 2060s or do IR ever get themselves involved in that as well? rescuing refugees from war-torn countries for example. if so, where do the people go afterwards, what are the ramifications, do major world powers ever get pissed at a bunch of mostly-Americans sticking their noses in
-do IR have a large team of doctors and psychologists on hand, for both pilots and disaster victims alike? if not, that’s probably something they should look into. john, you have had no human contact for weeks and you’re talking to a bagel, etc
-why did they switch john and gordon’s hair colours. this unreasonably annoys me
-is it really just a handful of people maintaining ALL THOSE machines and keeping their paint jobs perfect? HOW. surely International Rescue should be employing upwards of 200 people just on the island, and that’s not even counting keeping the swimming pool clean
-logically wouldn’t more of the world be dubious about a organization that lets a teenage boy pilot a rocket
-logically wouldn’t more of the world be dubious about them anyway due to past and present american/western imperialism and the fact that every single one of those machines could be weaponised and/or cause a major incident due to sabotage or poor safety standards. what have you done, jeff
-what the hell happened to lucille tracy I’ve seen three different variations on how she died
John: *what he basically said* whatever do you mean? People are all around me!
John: *what he really meant* leave me alone I’m playing with a hologram of the world get back to work.
