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- proper noun A
puppetry technique used in the 1960s, involvingmotorized marionettes suspended and controlled by thin wires.
Etymologies
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Examples
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But yeah: Anderson "Supermarionation" just doesn't translate well to live action.
A traumatic, life-altering moment. Fathorse 2009
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Devised by Gerry and Sylvia Anderson, a single season of thirty 25-minute episodes was completed, and it was the last show to be made exclusively using a form of puppetry called "Supermarionation".
T.V.: Joe 90 (#1) Zen Tiger 2009
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And 'Robot Chicken' takes place in that alternate TV dimension set aside for "Claymation", stop motion, and "Supermarionation" tv shows.
Archive 2009-03-01 Toby O'B 2009
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Gerry Anderson's New Captain Scarlet -- an all-CGI updating of his original Supermarionation series -- was originally planned to be minimal MoCap, but they've had to go to 80% MoCap because otherwise people just move badly.
Writing: The Pilot Pitch - Background Rogers 2005
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In the late 1960s, Anderson dreamed of ditching the marionettes in favour of proper actors - something he only got the opportunity to do in earnest after an uneven collision between Supermarionation and live-action in the little-remembered
The Guardian World News Jonathan Wright 2011
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True, its amusing that the actors make up in the live action series is clearly modeled after the look of the marionettes in late period Supermarionation shows.
The Guardian World News Jonathan Wright 2011
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Like plastic Supermarionation faces without character, humanity or reality?
The Guardian World News Eva Wiseman 2011
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I was hooked by his earlier puppet shows - all employing his great device of Supermarionation
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph 2011
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Supermarionation puppets, especially in their earliest incarnation when they had big heads and gawky movements, is that they look a little like children.
The Guardian World News Jonathan Wright 2011
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In the late 1960s, Anderson dreamed of ditching the marionettes in favour of proper actors - something he only got the opportunity to do in earnest after an uneven collision between Supermarionation and live-action in the little-remembered Secret
The Guardian World News Jonathan Wright 2011
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