Tuesday, 21 February 2023

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.16: Nia's Balloon Blunder

 THESE ARE MY OWN OPINIONS AND ARE NOT INFLUENCED FROM THE THOMAS & FRIENDS FANBASE

NIA'S BALLOON BLUNDER

Written by
Patrick Reiger
 
Directed by
Josh Groh
 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
11/10/21 - USA
16/10/21 - CAN
14/02/22 - UK
18/01/22 - AUS

Plot
When a parade balloon Nia is set to deliver flies away, Thomas helps Nia adjust her plans to get it back.

MY VIEWS

While I'll always love 'Nia and the Unfriendly Elephant', this episode did shine more of Nia as a clever engine but not every idea she has wasn't going to be a clever one. If Mattel at least had given Ian McCue and his production team another chance for BWBA, Nia could've slowly turned into a great character instead of being lambasted by the older fandom. If it was this episode it would've changed dramatically considering that the CGI era had made the character a bit like convential steam locomotives, minus the bouncing. 

The episode was actually another good one in my opinion and one where the moral hadn't been told to the audience, which is that a plan can improvised if things go wrong. Sure this episode has a three strikes formula but it works here without being repetitive. 

Series Rating:
A Thomas Promise - 4/10
Thomas Blast Off - 4/10
License to Deliver - 5/10
Rules of the Game - 6/10
A Quiet Delivery - 3/10
Kana Goes Slow - 3/10
Dragon Run - 1/10
The Biggest Adventure Club - 7/10
Percy's Lucky Bell - 5/10
Sandy's Sandy Shipment - 6/10
A Wide Delivery - 4/10
Counting Cows - 3/10
Music Is Everywhere - 6/10
Backwards Day - 4/10
Chasing Rainbows - 2/10
Nia's Balloon Blunder - 7/10

Overall rating (So far):
68/160