If you notice carefully among all the orignal Thomas characters in the film, you'll notice one is missing. Edward (#2) is not see at all. Does he have a brief (hidden) cameo appearence anywhere I didn't look and why he wasn't included in the movie?
shareSome Thomas fans had answered that before, they say that what they heard was that Edward was away for repairs during that time.
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Hang on just one second here! if it was set in season 2 where were donald and douglas eh!
shareThis movie has nothing to do wiht the original books or tv series, it's just an americanised pile of crap.
Whose pig is this????!!!.
I second that. If they must make a Thomas movie, it should make sense to the British, as Britain was Thomas' birthplace. I would retitle this move "The Shining Time Station Movie", or something, as not even Thomas had that big of a role.
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There were a lot of major character missing from this film. To be fair there were at least a hundred different engines in the original show and it would be hard to get every single one of them a part, so I can understand the descision to focus on the main engines.
But as pointed out, Edward, who was a major character in the show, is missing. They are also missing Emily. I could go on about other regular characters that are missing, and I was actually surprised when Harold and Bertie made cameos.
In addition, they also forgot about every single person on the island of Sodor, with the exception of the Fat Controller, who never appears in person. If I remember correctly, the original show clearly stated several times that the engines were driven by people, so how are Thomas and the other engines suddenly able to move around on their own.
"If they must make a Thomas movie, it should make sense to the British, as Britain was Thomas' birthplace. I would retitle this move "The Shining Time Station Movie", or something, as not even Thomas had that big of a role."
I re-watched the film today and I totally agree. It centres more on Shining Time, Mr Conductor's quest to find Lady, Burnett Stone and Diesel 10 than anything else. Would we really want Edward anyway? Toby wouldn't be in it if Edward was somehow I feel.
To coin a phrase this movie was a train wreak.
I'll have to agree as well.
I'm not sure what was up with the whole idea that the Island of Sodor was an alternate dimension. The original show never clearly stated the exact location, but for the most part it was implied to be a fictional British Island, considering the fact that the Fat Controller was apparently knighted (his real name is after all Sir Tophum Hat), and I think there was even an episode that dealt with the engines preparing for a visit from the Queen, so why is it now suddenly an alternate dimension. If they were really keen to put Shining Time Station into why not have it set in the same world, and have some sentient engines present at the station.
It was also a strange choice to have Diesal 10 as the villain since the show already had at least three Diesals who could have worked as villains as well, there was Diesel, 'arry and Bert, all of whom had served as antagonists who wanted to see "steamies" scrapped.
I'm not sure how Alec Baldwin ended up in this film as a magical Conductor, considering he's actually a pretty decent actor (it was only a few years earlier that he had played a CIA agent who had to track a submarine belonging to Sean Connery!). To be honest, I never quite understood why he was always so small when in Shining Time Station, they never provided an explanation for it, but then why is it that he becomes much larger when he arrives on the island of Sodor. I'll have to admit some of his one-man comedy routines were kinda cute, but apart from that, his character does seem somewhat out of place.
I mean, I guess technically in a Thomas the Tank engine film, there is nothing wrong with including some human characters, but that doesn't mean they should play the lead. For instance, if the film wanted to add some development to Thomas's driver, fireman, and guard by giving them names, a background, and a notable role in the film, there's technically nothing wrong with that as long as the focus is still on the engines, but a strange man who's dressed as a conductor and yet is never seen actually doing any of a conductor's jobs on a train, like collecting tickets, becoming the central focus isn't quite right.
This brings me to another notable point. The film forgot about every single person on the Island of Sodor with the exception of the Fat Controller, and even then he never actually appears on screen. If you're willing to overlook the presence of talking trains, the original show is actually quite realistic. The engines actually require a fireman to provide them with coal in order to work, and a driver to safely operate them. Yet in this film all the engines are somehow completly capable of working on their own, with no drivers, firemen, or guards to be seen anywhere.