DVD Review: Here Comes The Steam Team

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

Now that the movie and new series is out of the way, we are now given our first DVD of the new revamped series of Thomas & Friends in the UK. I had already discussed its history through my review, so if you are new to this blog and wondered what was the cause of this revamp to happen, you can have a read here. So let's a take a look at: 

HERE COMES THE STEAM TEAM

Written by
Davey Moore
Tim Bain
Becky Overton
Andrew Brenner

Episodes
Confusion Without Delay
What Rebecca Does
Number One Engine
Trusty Trunky
Forever & Ever
Outback Thomas
The Case Of The Puzzling Parts

Special Features
Festive Episode: Runaway Truck
Festive Episode: Kangaroo Christmas 
New Thomas & Friends Theme
New Roll Call
Adventures
Meet The Characters

Directed by
Dianna Basso

Produced by
Micaela Winters

Release Date

24/09/18

Distributed by 

HIT Entertainment/Mattel 

EPISODES

The DVD consists nine episodes from the new refresh series that had aired over in the UK, Australia and US so far, barring 'Kangaroo Christmas' for the three countries and 'The Case Of The Puzzling Parts' for the UK and US. I had reviewed these episodes back in September and I will say some episodes are great while others can be a hit and miss, particularly Puzzling Parts and 'Trusty Trunky'.

The two Rebecca episodes are among the best of the DVD in my opinion because she has a connecting personality to be people who behave the same way as her. She sees good in everyone, quite bubbly, happy but she feels very insecure about herself when it comes to the other engines. It makes her very dimensional.

There are some international which I do like but I feel that 'Number One Engine' should've been more focused to Hong-Mei rather than Thomas. I believe that there are some international episodes that had worked for him, but maybe some of those could've worked better with other characters instead. I understand they don't want to make the show too foreign for the audience who are familiar with Thomas and they had add him in to make them feel comfortable. But you can still add Thomas in those episodes just maybe in the way he was utilised in S20, have him there as a cameo or with minor speaking role.

With 'Number One Engine', why not have Hong-Mei wanting to prove that she's number one? We see her with her train of stone falling out of her trucks so why not have her not thinking about her job first and when she took the shortcut all of her stone had fallen out of her trucks and would feel most foolish for not putting her work first. The episode can teach kids not be foolish and that racing comes second, plus they could use 'Thomas' Shortcut' as the moral recap and Hong-Mei would probably have some characterisation instead of just being on the side line.

I said it before and I'll say it again, 'Trusty Trunky' would've worked better if it was set at the busy railway station, have the characters with their excuses and Thomas was finding things frustrating in the yard on his own until an elephant came to his rescue and was amazed on what they can do, earlier in the episode he disproves of the elephant shunting idea as silly. Plus the scene with Ashima and the cow really adds nothing to the episode, the episode was about elephants not cows! I understand they want to teach kids about the culture of India, but maybe have that scene work in a cow episode. The scene in the episode was just jarring.

'Forever and Ever' is an episode I still feel as the same when I first saw it, despite the lack of reasoning on why Henry was moving to Vicarstown. The same applies to 'Outback Thomas' and 'The Case Of The Puzzling Parts'. The same applies to 'Runaway Truck' which was considered as a bonus festive episode. My views on 'Kangaroo Christmas' will be released sometime in December as ABC Australia would've held it back for Christmas.

SPECIAL FEATURES

The DVD contains pretty much the two festive episodes, some songs and some 'Meet The Characters' videos. You can view my opinions 'Runaway Truck' in the list episode. I think the Thomas theme video could've been better if it was the extended version, that can be heard on iTunes and Spotify. The other two music videos were though. Plus the character videos are pretty much bios of the newbies and that is pretty much it. But it's nice to see the mainland being reffered to as England though.  

OVERALL

I think there was some missed potential with this DVD. HIT/Mattel should have made this DVD with some Sodor episodes that focuses on the Steam Team characters such as James' episode, Merlin's episode etc. along with some of the Sodor based episodes that are on this release and keep some of the international episodes have their own DVDs focusing on the China episodes, Australia episodes and India episodes with additional Sodor episodes to help with the running time. You can also have some of the 'Meet The Characters' videos focusing on the characters from those particular countries. It's not that the DVD was bad but it could've been better if Mattel Creations and HIT Entertainment had gone with that idea instead.

It's also a shame too that we aren't getting a Christmas release this year like we usually do. Would've been another potential DVD called 'Christmas Around The World', I don't know what was Mattel's decision was for this to be in favour but what we got is what we got.

Another thing too about the Thomas DVDs is that North America hadn't have a single release by Universal during the course of this year! Not a S21, S22 or even a movie release. With the exception of 'Thomas' Halloween Adventures' as that was a re-release. My guess Nickelodeon got the rights to air Thomas exclusively on TV hence why there wasn't a DVD release nor a digital release in NA, and as I said before in my movie review, I see it as potentially damaging to Thomas' US presence. Not many families can afford cable nor can they afford for a streaming service to watch any of the new Thomas content and DVDs are the best cheaper option for them. Unless Viacom has plans to distribute it themselves after Universal's contract expires, but we'll have to wait and see. But so far, it's quite sad.

It's nice to see the toy/DVD package again after so many years but although it's just another Thomas mini that you can get cheaper at any store, depends though on what year they have, they should've made a more exclusive one for kids who have an interest in collecting these. Like maybe have a Mini version of Nia or Rebecca like they showed at various events promoting Thomas. 

Overall Rating: 7/10

THAT'S ALL OF THE DVDS FOR THIS YEAR. THERE WON'T BE MUCH REVIEWS IN NOVEMBER AS THE NEXT TWO POSTS WILL BE RELEASED AROUND DECEMBER 2018.

S22 Ep.25: Counting On Nia

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

COUNTING ON NIA

Written by
Lee Pressman

Directed by

Dianna Basso

Produced by

Micaela Winter

Air Date

27/09/18

Plot 

Nia is a really clever engine and knows all sorts of things, but when Sir Topham Hatt asks her to take Annie and Clarabel to pick up passengers and take them to Knapford Station, Nia has great trouble finding the right platform.

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I remember how some fans gave Nia some criticism by labelling her as a Mary-Sue. A Mary-Sue is a trope often given to characters who are too perfect. But in this episode, she is clever but not always indicating that she's not perfect all the time and one thing that surprised me is that Nia can count but not understanding what they look like and after researching, there are different looking numbers in African and I like how Nia suffers from a language barrier, it makes her entirely relatable to immigrants who come to a new country.

The dynamic between her and Annie and Clarabel was great to see, I quite like how the two coaches acted like a motherly figure to her. The fantasy moment was probably one of the most subtle moments coming from the writers. It also doesn't feel like it was there to chew up the running time but was more part of the episode, although they could've done without it as a fantasy moment but I think it's part of the rules, but it wasn't bad by any means it was subtle.

I think with that being one flaw, another one would have to be that there wasn't any reason why the Fat Controller wants Nia to take Thomas' coaches, a mere mention of him being away could be good. 

In the end, it was nice and simple and despite that 'Kangaroo Christmas' has yet to be aired in December, due to it being an Australian Christmas episode and despite it being the 20th episode of this season production wise, this episode was a nice way to the end the 22nd series and the Sodor portion. 

Episode Rating

Number One Engine - 8/10

Forever and Ever - 8.5/10

Thomas and the Dragon - 10/10
Confusion Without Delay - 10/10
Trusty Trunky - 6.5/10
What Rebecca Does - 9/10
Thomas Goes to Bollywood - 6/10
Samson and The Fireworks - 10/10
Runaway Truck - 7/10
Rosie Is Red - 10/10
Thomas In The Wild - 5/10
Thomas' Animal Ark - 7/10
Thomas and the Monkey Palace - 7/10
An Engine of Many Colours - 8/10
Outback Thomas - 10/10
School of Duck - 9/10
Tiger Trouble - 9/10
Seeing Is Believing - 9/10
Apology Impossible - 3/10
The Water Wheel - 6/10
Hunt The Truck - 10/10
Cyclone Thomas - 8/10
The Case Of The Puzzling Parts - 6/10

Banjo And The Bushfire - 4/10
Counting On Nia - 8/10

Series Rating (So far):

185/240

'KANGAROO CHRISTMAS' 
WILL BE COMING SOON IN DECEMBER WITH THE SERIES OVERALL.

LOOK OUT FOR MY DVD REVIEW OF 
'HERE COMES THE STEAM TEAM'
COMING SOON.

S22 Ep.24: Banjo And The Bushfire

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

BANJO AND THE BUSHFIRE

Written by

Tim Bain

Directed by

Dianna Basso

Produced by

Micaela Winter

Plot
Thomas offers a lift to a ranger while working in the Australian Rainforest. Thomas is excited to learn from her about all the animals that live there, but he is too loud and impatient to be very useful.

Air Date

26/09/18

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One thing I do like from the Australia episode is the little depths of realism that was added in the bundle of episodes. Tamika works in Kuranda Rainforest, which is located in far North Queensland, which I think that's why there's narrow gauge track, because Queensland is home to cape gauge, which is a bigger size of narrow gauge. Anyway, Kuranda Rainforest also has a scenic railway that crosses a waterfall, although the show's version is nothing but a slab of concrete whereas the real one is a curved wooden bridge:

Kuranda Rainforest Scenic Railway

There was also a steam locomotive going through it as well. But although these things are nice, the episode wasn't bad but it certainly wasn't my favourite. One thing is the title, I find it a bit misleading. Why create a title for animal that barely had any screen time? Wouldn't it be better if the episode was called 'Thomas And The Bushfire' or better, 'Thomas And The Australian Wildlife', they make more sense in my opinion. Tamika is another oversized NG engine that runs of standard gauge and it makes me wonder what is the point of the dual gauge track? Unless there might be more engines that work in Australia to be introduce in future. Plus they never explained why the bushfire started. I pretty much blame the shorter running time for this and I'm coming to the point that they should go back to what it was before. While the shorter running time does add the much more faster pace that test audiences want, the shorter time does not add time for development, explanations and all. The scene with Thomas trying to save Banjo also felt rushed and a little underwhelming too Thomas just puffed up to Banjo collected him and the tree falling was a little unneeded. I know it's for dramatic effect, but it was underwhelming. It could've been better if he saved Banjo from the tree before it fell after trying to find ways to get him down and after he collects him, he puffs out of the forest as fast as he can maybe have the tree fall behind him just in time. That could've been better dramatic effect if the timing wasn't short.

The fantasy sequence though was something that I laughed at though. Speaking of Tamika, I feel that she has a tomboyish personality towards her, I think it's her voice that adds to it and the colour they've given her wasn't anything stereotypical gender wise. She's kind of like Shankar by being an animal lover. I would love to see more of her though as she was just there at that's it.

I kinda preferred 'Cyclone Thomas' despite its faults. It at least had a plot and it sort of followed what the title had given us and Thomas wanting to be like Isla at least add something to it.

The episode wasn't bad nor it wasn't great, it's more in the middle.

Episode Rating

Number One Engine - 8/10

Forever and Ever - 8.5/10

Thomas and the Dragon - 10/10
Confusion Without Delay - 10/10
Trusty Trunky - 6.5/10
What Rebecca Does - 9/10
Thomas Goes to Bollywood - 6/10
Samson and The Fireworks - 10/10
Runaway Truck - 7/10
Rosie Is Red - 10/10
Thomas In The Wild - 5/10
Thomas' Animal Ark - 7/10
Thomas and the Monkey Palace - 7/10
An Engine of Many Colours - 8/10
Outback Thomas - 10/10
School of Duck - 9/10
Tiger Trouble - 9/10
Seeing Is Believing - 9/10
Apology Impossible - 3/10
The Water Wheel - 6/10
Hunt The Truck - 10/10
Cyclone Thomas - 8/10
The Case Of The Puzzling Parts - 6/10
Banjo And The Bushfire - 4/10

Series Rating (So far):

179/230

S22 Ep.23: The Case Of The Puzzling Parts

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

THE CASE OF THE PUZZLING PARTS

Written by

Davey Moore

Directed by

Dianna Basso

Produced by

Micaela Winter

Air Date

25/09/18

Plot
Special Agent Sidney sets out to solve The Case of the Puzzling Parts.

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I'll be honest comparing this to the other Sodor episode, this one was boring to sit through. I do like the combination of Sidney and Paxton, it was fun seeing them together. But most of the episode is just them going around places to see what purpose do the parts have and that was it. It was also nice to that the Skarloey Railway engines still exist and I hope we see them in future with an episode. 

The parts that Sidney was pushing look a little lazy. I mean the red wheel is pretty much the size for a steam engine as well as the orange boiler thing. Plus considering that the parts were for Sidney in the end, given the hints throughout the episode, why can't Dart hesitate at the beginning to tell Sidney that the parts were for him, but cut him off before he could say his name by having Sidney honking his horn? It would at least give the situation some purpose.

In the end, there's not much to talk about. It was a little boring, but the combination between Sidney and Paxton was nice.

Episode Rating

Number One Engine - 8/10

Forever and Ever - 8.5/10

Thomas and the Dragon - 10/10
Confusion Without Delay - 10/10
Trusty Trunky - 6.5/10
What Rebecca Does - 9/10
Thomas Goes to Bollywood - 6/10
Samson and The Fireworks - 10/10
Runaway Truck - 7/10
Rosie Is Red - 10/10
Thomas In The Wild - 5/10
Thomas' Animal Ark - 9/10
Thomas and the Monkey Palace - 7/10
An Engine of Many Colours - 8/10
Outback Thomas - 10/10
School of Duck - 9/10
Tiger Trouble - 9/10
Seeing Is Believing - 9/10
Apology Impossible - 3/10
The Water Wheel - 6/10
Hunt The Truck - 10/10
Cyclone Thomas - 8/10
The Case Of The Puzzling Parts - 6/10

Series Rating (So far):

174/230

S22 Ep.22: Cyclone Thomas

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

CYCLONE THOMAS

Written by

Tim Bain

Directed by

Dianna Basso

Produced by

Micaela Winter

Air Date

24/09/18

Plot

Thomas wants to be just like Ruby, a Flying Doctor's plane, who transports Dr Claire to remote places where it's hard for patients to get to hospitals or doctors for treatment.

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Now that India and China are now out of the way, we are now at the second Australian episode and once again it was great, not being bias here because I'm from Australia. I quite like this episode more than 'Outback Thomas' as this one has more action and conflict. We got to see Isla in action for the first time and see that she takes her job seriously by transporting Dr. Claire to her patients. I do like the cyclone scene, it really felt intense and it had an 'Edward's Exploit' vibe towards it in my opinion with Thomas doing something that Isla can't. Plus I like the cyclone bit, as a way of educating kids overseas about Australia, considering that here in Australia, particualry up the northern part of the country, cyclones can happen. The worst one that Australia faced was back in 1974 known as Cyclone Tracy, which had hit Darwin around Christmas eve and day.

Some people said that Thomas acted irresponsible for pretending to be a doctor, while I do understand that I feel that if Thomas should know that by now then what is the point of him learning? To me Thomas relates to a young kid wanting to be something that they're not and kids soon learnt that they should be happy for being who they are. To me it works and plus Isla told Thomas to leave it for the medical professionals, implying the lesson to kids that being a doctor is something serious. But yeah Thomas should've been thinking about it in the end, like many kids should do in real life as impersonating a doctor is a bad cause.

Some people might also say that the episode is 'Thomas And The Jet Plane' but in CGI and while I can see what they are saying, but in my opinion, would younger fans, kids, the target range would know of that episode's existence? We are living in a world that most of the target range don't know or are even interested in the model era of the show, I mean look at the reviews on some classic series DVDs on Amazon US by parents. I bet there are some who do watch the model era but I doubt that they are a majority. Plus Jeremy in that episode is more like Harold the Helicopter but as a plane. A cocky vehicle that bags out in the railway whereas Isla takes her job seriously.

One thing that I like from this episode is Rachel Miller's Australian accent, it sounds almost authentic and not like a cheap cringy version of it like you hear from the likes of 'The Simpsons', seriously how hard is it to find an actual Australian actor for the show? Their VA's done a terrible job! Another that I like from Jam Filled was the station that Thomas went to when they were in the eye of cyclone. The station was almost authentic too with the lower platforms. Station's like Alice Springs had them, so it's nice to see that.

So while yes I can see what some are saying, but the episode just showcased some strong characters and a good plot that it doesn't really bother me in the end. 

Episode Rating

Number One Engine - 8/10

Forever and Ever - 8.5/10

Thomas and the Dragon - 10/10
Confusion Without Delay - 10/10
Trusty Trunky - 6.5/10
What Rebecca Does - 9/10
Thomas Goes to Bollywood - 6/10
Samson and The Fireworks - 10/10
Runaway Truck - 7/10
Rosie Is Red - 10/10
Thomas In The Wild - 5/10
Thomas' Animal Ark - 9/10
Thomas and the Monkey Palace - 7/10
An Engine of Many Colours - 8/10
Outback Thomas - 10/10
School of Duck - 9/10
Tiger Trouble - 9/10
Seeing Is Believing - 9/10
Apology Impossible - 3/10
The Water Wheel - 6/10
Hunt The Truck - 10/10
Cyclone Thomas - 8/10

Series Rating (So far):

168/220

S22 Ep.21: Hunt The Truck

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

HUNT THE TRUCK

Written by
Michael White

Directed by

Dianna Basso

Produced by 

Micaela Winter

Air Date

23/09/18

Plot

Bill and Ben's latest game consists of hiding trucks and making other engines hunt for them.

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Some fans on the twittersphere had speculated that the picture that ABC Australia had released, see above, was Bill and Ben gasping at the site of BoCo. To be honest, I always hope for his return to CGI ever since Brenner/McCue had taken over the production since 2013. But everyone had been saying, in their opinion, that BoCo has no persona, he's Edward but a diesel, Timothy and Marion are more suited to the role etc. But to me I see him with a personality. He has a very stern and tough persona but with a heart of gold, he acts like a stern father who loves them but would scold them whereas Edward, stern but more gentle and I don't really see how Timothy and Marion are more suited considering that they never keep them in order. Timothy is gullible, come on how many times did we have with him falling for their tricks?, and Marion tries but never succeed at times in keeping them in order, sure she was stern towards them but as I said, at times. I mean in 'No Help At All', she was calling out for help towards the twins but they didn't listen.

Anyway was he in today's episode? Sadly, no. But despite that, it was no big loss. The episode still turned out great in the end. I love how Edward was used with him knowing the twins' tricks and it's nice how he works as a secondary character. It's also nice to see Edward's playful back too since S18. Bill and Ben were a treat to watch with their trickery and mischevious attitude and it was great fun seeing them in conflict even there interaction with Edward was spot on too, it feels like something out from the third season. Plus the fantasty sequence was executed greatly, it adds more to the story.

If some fans are dissapointed that BoCo didn't come back here is something. No one had hinted or said that he'll be returning and it was all hyped up for no reason. I know that the production team had always surprised us with returnees, heck I still remember my shock from last year with Bulgy. But like I said in my review for this year's special, self hype can lead to dissapointment. Remember when SiF had hinted that a character from the past had returned and it wasn't from the classic series? People thought it was Bear or whatever character they thought of. But it turns out it was Sam from the Wooden Railway toyline and some had blamed SiF for it, but they didn't say to get hyped about it, they simply told everyone to look out for it. Plus other people who had joined them for the world premire had said that they'll be dissapointed from the hype that they've created (most of the fanbase). As I said before, self hype can lead to dissapointment. I'll be honest, I was expecting him but I was holding back my excitment. But even after viewing this episode again, what sense would he make? You might say that they brought Bulgy back last year out of the blue but here's the difference. Bulgy's comeback made sense. Bertie broke down and he wasn't going to be back anytime soon and who else can take passengers by road? Bulgy! If BoCo was in this, then what would he do?

In the end, this is probably the best episode from the 22nd season and probably my most favourite. Hope we see more Bill and Ben episode soon and I hope one day we'll see BoCo in full CG. 

Episode Rating

Number One Engine - 8/10

Forever and Ever - 8.5/10

Thomas and the Dragon - 10/10
Confusion Without Delay - 10/10
Trusty Trunky - 6.5/10
What Rebecca Does - 9/10
Thomas Goes to Bollywood - 6/10
Samson and The Fireworks - 10/10
Runaway Truck - 7/10
Rosie Is Red - 10/10
Thomas In The Wild - 5/10
Thomas' Animal Ark - 9/10
Thomas and the Monkey Palace - 7/10
An Engine of Many Colours - 8/10
Outback Thomas - 10/10
School of Duck - 9/10
Tiger Trouble - 9/10
Seeing Is Believing - 9/10
Apology Impossible - 3/10
The Water Wheel - 6/10
Hunt The Truck - 10/10

Series Rating (So far):

168/210

S22 Ep.20: The Water Wheel

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

THE WATER WHEEL

Written by
Davey Moore

Directed by

Dianna Basso

Produced by

Micaela Winter

Air Date
22/09/18

Plot

Hong-Mei tells Thomas that the water wheel he is carrying is made from bamboo and is very important. But in his eagerness to discover things made of bamboo, Thomas forgets his mission and ends up taking a shortcut via a low bridge, which knocks the water wheel off his flatbed and sends it rolling across the Chinese countryside. 

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So we are now at our final China episode and unlike 'Tiger Trouble', this really wasn't a good episode to end the China portion. I feel that the slapstick cartoony chase with Thomas and Water Wheel really ate up most of the pacing. At first it was funny but it was really dragging out that it was getting more annoying than funny. Basically this is 'Steady Eddie' in full CG and in China with Thomas instead. Would've been better if it were a Hong-Mei episode, she really needed character development, badly! She was nothing but a blank slate. This wasn't bad unlike 'Apology Impossible' where that story was messy but the plot in this episode was bare. It had a nice educational sequence about bamboo and what it was used for and it had a nice message about how important water is, heck it even felt logical for a show like Thomas. But the plot could've been about a heat wave striking China and water around the Chinese Railway was drying or warming up which result the engines to stay in their shed. Thomas or Hong-Mei didn't like it but Yong Bao said that it is important and that they must keep their water in their tanks for emergencies only. They ignore it and burned out their water until an emergency happened and they didn't have enough until they saw a water wheel and got their tanks filled with water coming from that and learned how important it was. The daydream sequence was a bit ridiculous too. 

As of the China episodes, I feel that they are a bit better than the India episodes but not the best of the series. The best episode among them is 'Thomas And The Dragon'. I really felt that Davey Moore had made a good episode focusing on something that is apart of Chinese culture but wove a story around it about being scared of something. Sure some might say it works for Percy, but Thomas had his share of being scared of something. Probably the worst episode, not bad by any means, is 'Thomas In The Wild'. The plot was bare and dry although the fantasy moment is something I think that was needed as there wasn't any episode with Thomas dealing with Panda's before. Plus the baby Panda's were awfully adorable! But the plot just didn't have anything. 'Runaway Truck' wasn't bad but wasn't great either. I quite like Lei with his accident prone but good heart persona. 'Number One Engine', In my opinion wasn't bad but looking back it could've been much better. Plus it felt like Moore was playing it safe.

As of Yong Bao, I think there should've been more to him. But there were traits of him like playing little jokes and showcasing some of his bravery. Hong Mei really didn't get any time to shine and I hope we see them again, I mean Mattel wants to market Thomas even further in that country because of his popularity over there.

As we end the China portion, I feel that this episode was a bit of a dud. I think Moore has a hard time writing for the China episodes probably because of the time limit and trying wove a story around the culture. It worked for the Dragon episode but the others didn't for the others. I think the production team should try and hire in a person of Chinese heritage and write stories with the culture added into it. It worked with Tim Bain for 'Outback Thomas' as he is from Australia.

Episode Rating

Number One Engine - 8/10

Forever and Ever - 8.5/10

Thomas and the Dragon - 10/10
Confusion Without Delay - 10/10
Trusty Trunky - 6.5/10
What Rebecca Does - 9/10
Thomas Goes to Bollywood - 6/10
Samson and The Fireworks - 10/10
Runaway Truck - 7/10
Rosie Is Red - 10/10
Thomas In The Wild - 5/10
Thomas' Animal Ark - 9/10
Thomas and the Monkey Palace - 7/10
An Engine of Many Colours - 8/10
Outback Thomas - 10/10
School of Duck - 9/10
Tiger Trouble - 9/10
Seeing Is Believing - 9/10
Apology Impossible - 3/10
The Water Wheel - 6/10

Series Rating (So far):

158/200