Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - New Friends For Thomas

Buy This Item Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - New Friends For Thomas by Anchor Bay Entertainment  Available from Amazon  $6.49  on 11-14-2008     New narrirator: 3.5/5 <br />His voices for Percy, TFC, Harvey, and Salty are atrotious but I love his James voice that makes James sound pleasant. Gordon and Thomas are good too. <br /> <br />So basicly the video consists of 6 episodes, 5 of them with brand new characters and the other one is a 2 part. The construction crew is A WASTE OF TIME. Without them this video would get a 4. <br /> <br />Gordon and Spencer: 4.5/5 <br />A lesson in taking others advice. It is nice to see Gordon, a personal favorite, being more humble and teaching a lesson instead of learning one. The Story introduces a guest engine named Spencer who is much faster than Gordon. When Gordon tells him to take on water before climbing the hill he does not listen and runs out. Gordon has to come to his rescue. <br /> <br />Emily's new coaches: 3.5/5 <br />A good story but it just didnt wow me like some others do. It is nice to see a female character who will be developed. Emily soon takes an important center of the railway. Emily comes to the island and takes Thomas's coaches by mistake. When she was learning the line all of the engines were giving her weird looks which made her feel unwanted. Soon she saves Thomas from a terrible accident and is rewarded with her very own coaches. <br /> <br />Peace and Quiet: 4/5 <br />Murdoch is introduced. Now i personally liked Murdoch but the very powerful heavy goods train title was already taken by Henry and Donald and Dougles. His shyness in the story causes him to yell at Salty and Harvey. He only apreciates there company when sheep stray onto his line and he has to wait and listen to baas. I liked the story alottoo bad well never see him again:( <br /> <br />Spotless Record: 4/5 <br />Arthur is introduced here, a big shy heavy goods train (sound familiar?) but Arthur has a spotless record. When Thomas plays a trick on him it causes Arthur to have an accident which ruined his spotless record. This story would have scored higher except for the very stupid last line "spotless records are meant to get broken, and then mended again" Once againI like Arthur, he wil have some parts in "Fish!" (the second one) and (something fishy). But not enough to develop his character <br /> <br />Jack Jumps in/A Friend in need: 0/5 <br />No need to write 2 angry reviews on this video, ill combine these 2. I DID NOT GET BOB THE BUILDER FOR A REASON! The story is pretty good and I wish they would have done it with engines. Jack is an over eager front loader who wants to help everyone but cant do every job. This ends up causing an accident. In part 2 of this story, Jack saves Thomas by holding up a bridge single handed (unrealistic) while Thomas goes across it. <br /> <br />5 New Engines in the Shed: 4/5 <br />Pretty good, upbeat song. It describes the 3 new engines from this DVD and then talks about Salty and Harvey because they are aparently new. <br /> <br />All in all I would recomend this video but watch out! all of these stories require at least one character so if you do get this DVD be prepared for the gimmies from your children Reader Reviews Or so it seems in this ensemble. It is as if a bunch of toy execs came up with some new ideas and needed to write them into the mythos. If you love classic Thomas you won't get any of it here. It's calculated to push product, from the new (and DULL) construction machines - a pilot for a spinoff and two big new variations on Gordon: stuck up Spencer and grumpy Murdoch-neither of whom has any appeal. The new female engine Emily again seems plotted as a transparent means of attracting little girls. Unfortunately her character is (and will continue to be) thinly written and stereotyped. If they want to attract girls they need to understand them better. I doubt anyone will warm to a train portrayed as alternately cluelss and bitchy. The series doesn't need new hardware. It needs some writers with a little heart and love for the characters-and the kids. Toddlers will sit through this but it lacks the magic and charm of the earlier stories.

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