Friday 3 May 2013

S10 Ep.17: Big Strong Henry

THESE ARE SOLEY MY OPINIONS AND NOT FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FAN BASE

BIG STRONG HENRY
Written by
Simon Nicholsan 

Directed by
Steve Asquith 

Air Date:
8/10/06

Plot:
Henry wants to help Farmer McColl with his sheep, but the job was given to Gordon because he says he was stronger then Henry. In the end, Henry did help out with McColl's sheep because of opened doors from a big blue engine's goods train. 

PRO:
- Despite persona changes for Gordon it's good to see he is pulling goods trains.
- The effects of the cows moving along with Henry's flatbed

CON:
- N/A


The episode is OK, it does have a good moral about not everyone can be strong but helpful. But when I first saw this episode back in 2006 on the internet, at the time ABC Australia weren't showing much of the new and improved Thomas episodes from HIT Entertainment as they were showing the classic series between S6-7. I thought it was wrong of them to have Gordon pulling trucks. But now when I look at it, it's actually a good improvement, despite the persona change. And I do love the effects of the cows as they moved along with Henry with him moving without jumping with the cows' stop motion. 

I find the episode OK and I do like this one as well. 

Rating: 3/5