New Thomas and Friends?!

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i know i don't like the new stuff either. in the mid 2000's parents complained to the company about all the crashes and wanted them to focus more on little kiddy themes....

However that changed the show entirly. While the earlyer episodes (2002 and back) could be watched at any age and still be entertaining. the new ones are aimed at the lower age group.

I hate what HIT has done with Rev W Awdreys creation. They have destroyed what was at one time a great series.

BTW, if you think those are bad..... next season is all going to be CGI :( :(
 
The rev is rolling in his grave. This is disgusting on so many levels. Bring back the crashes and make it watchable for ANY age. I am 16 and still will watch the old episodes like The ghost train. but these epi's are so juevinile. The one good thing is they added an american style Locomotive to teh cast.
 
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K4driver said:
The rev is rolling in his grave. This is disgusting on so many levels. Bring back the crashes and make it watchable for ANY age. I am 16 and still will watch the old episodes like The ghost train. but these epi's are so juevinile. The one good thing is they added an american style Locomotive to teh cast.
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I know... They made thomas well... crap :'(
 
I don't mind the faces actually....Just the faces only if anything.
I like hank....He is an american 4-6-2 K4 pacific built from the plans of the PRR engines
 
Heh - I'm the opposite - the faces were distracting to me; most of all the incessant blinking and the (what I thought was) poor lip-syncing. I thought the animated people added to the immersion; especially the shots of the station platforms with all the people milling about. And my daughter? She didn't even notice the animation.....
 
LGBMATT said:
I prefered the old Thomas.
This is the worst thing that could have ever happened to Thomas after cancelling the show in the United States when I was younger:hehe: .
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You are so right. When my dad told me that the show was cancelled I was mad, but I got over it though. LOL. After I saw those youtube vids that you posted I was in shock. Their talking was off to the moving of the lips.
It also looked like the railway workers next to Sir Topham Hat were his body guards or something. This new season will be terrible. I dout it will last very long.

@LGBMATT: I like your quote on your signature. Where did you get it?

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I am 50 yrs old and I love Thomas, but what they have done here has totaly killed the the magic of Thomas. I thought it was a lot better when it was narrated by Ringo Starr. At least he put feeling into every word that was spoken.
 
Stationbeem said:
This is the first English reply..

I am 50 yrs old and I love Thomas, but what they have done here has totaly killed the the magic of Thomas. I thought it was a lot better when it was narrated by Ringo Starr. At least he put feeling into every word that was spoken.
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Yes I liked Ringo Starr as the narrator. You are very true. And George Carlin.

@Pic: I got from my agriculture classroom last year. It is one of the few quotes I can remember, and it really says something. (Although I need to work on following it:hehe: .) Why do you ask?

Matt
 
Well sadly things are going to get "worse" as the TV series will no longer use the Scaled models.

2009 will introduce the 3D Thomas models for season 13.
(Shame we can't use them in Trainz?)

Basically Thomas hasn't really been the same since season 2, when they slowly stopped using the the Rew and his families stories.
And introduce the political correctness to genders, and making the stories educational and such for the set audience.

Which is what we should remember, the show is made for toddlers.

But overall, there is nothing we can do about it.
Hit Entertainment have made their choice to change.

I like and dislike the choices, while the CGI people are wonderful.
The engines will need a whole lot of improvement if they are going to keep the charm of the original models, especially the faces.


But the big question to the most dedicated thomas fan is what going to happen to all the models now?
Will they be stored, Sold to a private collector, or displayed ina museum?

Mstnoodle
 
Mstnoodle said:
Well sadly things are going to get "worse" as the TV series will no longer use the Scaled models.

2009 will introduce the 3D Thomas models for season 13.
(Shame we can't use them in Trainz?)

~skip~

Mstnoodle
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How did you find that out? That's terrible. Without the scale models you can't really call it "Thomas and Friends". Wow, I won't even bother to search it on youtube it when it comes out. The only reason I searched these vids on youtube is cuz I wanted to see what the animated faces look like. I liked the old times when it was the original Thomas and Friends when it was still called Shining Time Station. And they had Mr. Conductor(Ringo Starr/George Carlin) who was the narrator. I think I still have the VHS of the Shining Time Station Christmas version when Ringo Starr was the narrator. I should make a youtube vid honoring the old Thomas and Friends. LOL

Matt
 
hm the animation is ok (Unless the entire engine is animated!) but could be better and it is out of synic but further it might work (For the new generation I mean I only like it for 50%) and indeed the narrator is pretty wel..bad he does'nt put his feelings in it.
 
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