Ok, not the best episode ever, but far better than usual. It’s great to see, despite what’s happened to all the other characters during HiT’s ownership of Thomas, James still cares after all these years, about his splendid red paint more than anything else, and he was also trying to keep his promise to Farmer McColl. Yes, this episode had a lot of the usual faults, but it’s a great breath of fresh air after this last week of episodes, but one thing I thought to myself this morning, when watching it, was why are there so many old, bumpy tracks now on Sodor? The Fat Controller’s probably had to get in a load of cowboy workers within the credit crunch and all.
Highlights on the CGI: We actually see Belle pulling a train! and I thought the end with James’s picture being taken by the photographer’s old camera, and then seeing it on the issue of the Sodor Gazette, being read by one of the engine drivers, was a very different and very interesting ending in my opinion. I was trying to make the date out on it, it looked like 1968, and thought it would be, within the fact that’s when steam ended on BR, for The Fat Controller’s calendar said it was 1960, in Misty Island Rescue, and I wouldn’t be surprised if it was called The Sodor Gazette, to sound like The Railway Gazette, known for being a favourite of Awdry himself.
This episode certainly wasn’t the worst they’ve ever written, but it could have been better, but I suppose that’s asking too much.
Thank you for reading, have a nice weekend!
Jacob
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