Customer Reviews
Stand by for action ...This is an emergency! - By: DangermouseZilla, 01 May 2007 
I was a child of the eighties, & Terrahawks was the only thing of telly that scared me.
Terrahawks was different to any Gerry Anderson puppet series that came before it. The puppets weren't supermarionettes - instead of strings controlled from above, they were hand puppets. They looked realistic & even had realistic skin. If you were to squint at the screen you'd thing they were real actors (albeit with somewhat disproportionately large heads!).
The premise is a good one - mankind has colonised Mars. The evil Zelda form the planet Guk has destroyed human settlements there & is now trying to take over the Earth. Only one group can stand a chance of stopping her - The Terrahawks!!!
I ordered this DVD for the nostalgic value, & it was great to watch this again. The theme tune made the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end - the music to this series is great, synth electro-rock with a bit of choir thrown in for good measure, fabulous!
The thing that struck me was how this hasn't dated that badly. The visual effects are actuallly on a par, & often better than a lot of 80's sci-fi films. The picture quality isn't great, & you see some "squaring" where the compression struggles with the busyness of uncleaned video.
I expected this DVD to contain just the episodes, but there are some bonus features - which consist mainly of pictures of the original promotional material, & a brief biog of each main character.
After the theme tune & the scary Zelda, it was the Zeroids I remembered best of alll, & I enjoyed watching them again.
This is actuallly pretty good Sci-Fi & it seems strong enough to be shown today on TV. It isn't just a kids TV programme, this is a family TV programme & it would be interesting to see a modern adaptation if the original never gets re-run on telly.
If you were a child of the '80s then I recommend you get a Danger Mouse DVD, & of course - this!
