All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.25: Rollercoasting

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

ROLLERCOASTING

Written by

Jeff Goode

Craig Carlisle (song)

Directed by

Jason Groh

Sean Jeffrey

 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
29/10/21 - USA
20/11/21 - CAN
25/02/22 - UK
27/01/22 - AUS

Plot

Percy really wants to go on a rollercoaster so his friends Thomas, Kana and Nia work together to make it happen.

MY VIEWS

I get that this episode was suppose to be about Percy getting over his fear of rollercoasters, like many kids who are afraid but why have that as a subject matter when you could do that for a human which makes more sense since Percy is a steam locomotive and also why does he have a fear of rollercoasters when he never got on it in the end. Also why would Percy be scared of a hill, a tunnel and Canonball curve when he had been to those places before? And why would Thomas suggest the loop-de-loop at Brendam Docks when there was one at the obstacle course earlier in the episode? It makes no sense!

If you ask me this would've been better if it were about Percy trying to get over his fear of the obstacle course that Thomas made in 'Rules of the Game'. We saw him fearing it so why not have the episode of him conquering his fear of it as well? It would be a much better episode than him getting over his fear of something that he'd never gone on at all in the episode. 

Also the song, another unmemorable piece of, pardon my french here, utter crap to eat up time. Why have songs in some episodes when other episodes of the new show proves that they can work just fine without it? 

This was another terrible episode. I can't believe there was another episode that is equal to 'Dragon Train' and this episode had more story than the former! 

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

Capture the Flag - 8/10

Mystery Boxcars - 6/10

Super Screen Cleaners - 4/10

Overnight Stop - 5/10

The Joke is on Thomas - 3/10

Lost and Found - 4/10

Thomas' Day Off - 4/10

The Real Number One - 7/10

Rollercoasting - 1/10

Overall rating (So far):

110/250

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.24: The Real Number One

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

THE REAL NUMBER ONE

Written by

Jaya Ramdath

Directed by

Jason Groh

 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
29/10/21 - USA
13/11/21 - CAN
24/02/22 - UK
26/01/22 - AUS

Plot

When Thomas' #1 gets covered by paint, Diesel's comment about Thomas not being number one anymore causes him to doubt himself.

MY VIEWS

This was a nice episode with Thomas being more dependable with his friends and the scene with the Fat Controller telling Thomas why he was number one was heartwarming. You could feel some sympathy for Thomas with him trying to be number one as well. I think this episode might've worked well in the original series. I really have no other problem with the episode.

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

Capture the Flag - 8/10

Mystery Boxcars - 6/10

Super Screen Cleaners - 4/10

Overnight Stop - 5/10

The Joke is on Thomas - 3/10

Lost and Found - 4/10

Thomas' Day Off - 4/10

The Real Number One - 7/10

Overall rating (So far):

109/240

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.23: Thomas' Day Off

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THOMAS' DAY OFF

Written by

Craig Carlisle

Directed by

Campbell Bryer

 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
29/10/21 - USA
13/11/21 - CAN
23/02/22 - UK
25/01/22 - AUS

Plot

When all the trains but Thomas get deliveries, he's left to spend the day alone; with the help of an old boxcar and a battered beachball, an adventure unfolds.

MY VIEWS

Another alright but not great episode which is mostly about Thomas having fun on his day off with a worn out box car. The only highlight for me were seeing Bulstrode, who hadn't been in the show since the 90's despite having so many toy versions of him since, and Skiff even if they were only brief. I mean if I could make this episode more better is if to give the box car a face and let's say that he was feeling alone and hadn't had fun in years and Thomas decided to have fun with him. You would have the same episode but at least there might be something nice and heart warming if you give the box car some life. 

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

Capture the Flag - 8/10

Mystery Boxcars - 6/10

Super Screen Cleaners - 4/10

Overnight Stop - 5/10

The Joke is on Thomas - 3/10

Lost and Found - 4/10

Thomas' Day Off - 4/10

Overall rating (So far):

102/230

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.22: Lost and Found

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LOST AND FOUND

Written by

Sarah Eisenberg & Becky Wangberg

Directed by
Campbell Bryer

 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
29/10/21 - USA
6/11/21 - CAN
22/02/22 - UK
24/01/22 - AUS

Plot

When Thomas helps Nia make a delivery to the beach in Norramby, he insists he knows a shortcut and leads the way; it turns out his memory isn't as good as he remembered.

MY VIEWS

The one thing this episode got right and that is the title since both Thomas and Nia got lost on the way to Norramby beach and then found it by following the seagull. But other than that, the episode was pretty meh to me. If the run time had decreased a bit maybe the episode could've been better and wouldn't be filled with some useless things like Thomas and Nia's rhyme or them stopping at some places along the shortcut like the draw bridge. The episode wasn't bad or awful it just feels alright but not great. 

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

Capture the Flag - 8/10

Mystery Boxcars - 6/10

Super Screen Cleaners - 4/10

Overnight Stop - 5/10

The Joke is on Thomas - 3/10

Lost and Found - 4/10

Overall rating (So far):

98/220

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.21: The Joke is on Thomas

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THE JOKE IS ON THOMAS

Written by

Brian Swenlin

Directed by
Jason Groh

 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
29/10/21 - USA
6/11/21 - CAN
21/02/22 - UK
23/01/22 - AUS

Plot

When Thomas and Percy's plan to surprise Diesel goes awry, the two friends still manage to cheer up Diesel... just not in the way they expected.

MY VIEWS

I don't really get the outcome of this episode. The title stated that the joke was on Thomas, which means the outcome of the joke doesn't just make the person of the joke feel silly but also the creator of the joke silly as well. Kind of like how Squidward made an April Fools joke towards Spongebob but it was more mean spritied from the former's end. But the outcome of this episode shows Diesel being happy of the joke despite making making late deliveries earlier. To make the episode have more sense perhaps have Diesel playing a trick on Thomas, Thomas tries to get back at him but the joke he made went too far and tries to put things right by having the joke going onto him. The episode that we have now feels like it had bad execution. Also I know Percy's jokes about 'Chew Chew Trains' are suppose to be childish but they are so bad.

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

Capture the Flag - 8/10

Mystery Boxcars - 6/10

Super Screen Cleaners - 4/10

Overnight Stop - 5/10

The Joke is on Thomas - 3/10

Overall rating (So far):

94/210

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.20: Overnight Stop

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OVERNIGHT STOP

Written by
Niki Lytton

 
Directed by
Jason Groh

 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
29/10/21 - USA
30/10/21 - CAN
18/02/22 - UK
22/01/22 - AUS

Plot

Percy feels anxious about spending a night away from home during an overnight delivery with Thomas and Nia.

MY VIEWS

I'll be honest I thought with AEG they would try and make Sodor more of an isolated place with no connection to the mainland. But I was surprised that they'd used a real life location's name and from England too despite how Americanised 'All Engines Go' is, no offence to American fans. But other than that this episode was OK and is relevant towards kids who are afraid of sleeping away from the comforts of their own home. It really wasn't anything bad but I don't really consider it to be a great episode. I think you can still work sheds in the camping scene all you have to do is not make like Percy's at Tidmouth with all the features he has. 

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

Capture the Flag - 8/10

Mystery Boxcars - 6/10

Super Screen Cleaners - 4/10

Overnight Stop - 5/10

Overall rating (So far):

91/200

All Engines Go! Review - S1 Ep.19: Super Screen Cleaners

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SUPER SCREEN CLEANERS

Written by
Brent Piaskoski

 
Directed by
Campbell Bryer

 
Produced by
Rick Suvalle
Suzie Gallo
 
Air Date
29/10/21 - USA
30/10/21 - CAN
17/02/22 - UK
21/01/22 - AUS

Plot

Thomas pretends to be a hero to help ensure the movie screen Nia is delivering arrives clean and pristine.

MY VIEWS

After seeing many episodes of AEG this far I will say the songs just feel so useless to drive the story along. They are instantly forgettable once they are over plus the song from this episode was all about Thomas wanting to be a 'Supertrain' but Nia says that while being that is great is best at being you but she basically said that to Thomas when he used his steam to screen the movie so the song was just useless filler. The rest of the episode was alright but not great and while the whole mud thing was part of the plot how it was played out was kinda like the engines messing around from earlier episodes.

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

Capture the Flag - 8/10

Mystery Boxcars - 6/10

Super Screen Cleaners - 4/10

Overall rating (So far):

86/190