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Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Thomas and The Jet Engine

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I'm a 11-year old and just last week, my little brother got the new Thomas and Friends DVD "Thomas and the Jet Engine." I was glad that they got Alec Baldwin back, who narrated three stories, but in the next three, the new narrator Michael Brandon narrates. Both did a excellent job. The DVD includes six new stories, a new sing-along song, and new games and activities. Some of the new games are called Memory Madness, Counting corner, and What came first? My brother watched it over and over and over and over, which i was surprised by, like he was addicted to it. Anyways, about the stories. . . . .

Thomas and the Jet Engine: Gordon the Big, Blue Express engine boasts to Henry, James and Percy that he's Sodor Railway's fastest engine. But Thomas secretly wished to go as fast as Gordon. When Sir Topham Hatt told Thomas to collect a Jet Engine, Thomas does. But at Brendam Docks, when Thomas told Cranky to hurry up, Cranky got cranky and was careless with his hook and knocked the switch on the Jet Engine and Thomas was then in for the ride of his life.

Percy and the Haunted Mine: In the Springtime, the statiomasters had a contest for the most beautiful station on the Island. One evening when Sir Topham Hatt told Percy to get some flower bushes from Mathiwaite, Percy does. But he didn't want to cause the line passed the Haunted Mine. Percy had to stop there when the signal was red, but then saw the chimmney sink into the ground. Next day, he told Donald and Douglas and they said it was the work of the Naughty Gnomes. But later that evening, Sir Topham Hatt told Percy to get some freight cars from the mine. When Percy came to get the cars, he saw the building sink, and rammed the car and saw the Naughty Gnomes. But when he told Sir Topham Hatt. . . Well, why don't you find out for yourself?

Scardey Engines: On Halloween Night, Edward tells Gordon, Henry, James, Percy, Thomas and Duck spooky stories. But when Sir Topham Hatt told Thomas, Percy and Duck to collect some scrapmetal from the Smelters, Percy is frightinged and Thomas teases him for being a scardey engine. But later when the manager wants one engine to stay to finish up, Duck trciked Thomas to stay to get back at him for teasing Percy. But when Thomas was on his own, odd, spooky things and a old steam whistle frightinged Thomas, he raced away back to the sheds and Percy followed and both made up.

Harold and the Flying Horse: It's springtime and the Vicar's Garden Party (or Summer Fete its called) is in full swing. But Harold the Helicopter is stuck with patrol duty and wishes to help. But when Sir Topham Hatt told that Pegasus (a horse he incountered earlier in the story) is stuck in a ditch and need to get out.

This is another good thomas dvd that has action packed stories ther storeis or very good but after the frist three michel brandon starts to alec baldwins place any way here or the storeis

1.thomas and the jet engine.9/10

2.percy and the hunted mine.8/10

3.scardy engines.10/10

4.harold and the flying horse.5/10

5.bulgy rides agian.10/10

6.saltys stormy tale.4/10

song.boo boo choo choo

I think its great.BUT WARING TO PARENTS WITH YOUNG KIDS.the frist 3 stories on the tape may be to much for young children.I hopre the next thomas andventures good

I enjoyed this Thomas video very much. After seeing Steamies V.S. Desiels, I was hoping they would put this one back to normal and the did. The theme song is back to normal, the transitions are back to normal(so no more of those stupid activites), and they got the old director back. All of the stories on this video are good too(stories include:Thomas & the Jet Engine, Percy & the haunted mine, Scaredy engine, Harold & the flying horse, Bulgy rides again, and Salty stormy tale) Even the music video,"boo! boo! choo! choo!" is good. On a scale of one to ten, I'd give Thomas & the Jet Engine a 10

When you read the title of this dvd you don't except it will have Halloween stories in it. That is just what it contained and I would prefer if the dvd producers would have given it a title to suggest that those types of episodes are on it so that those wanting to avoid those kind of stories would do so easily. If you don't want Halloween type of episodes of Thomas, then don't buy this dvd.

Well, by looking at the tittle and cover. It seems to look good. But However, I hope they put everything back to normal beacuse they put that stupid, Garbage Transions on the Steamies vs.(The dome activtes) Diseals insted of the engines with the Name plates.Another thing was have you nocticed how the engines look and movie and there working music! Have noticed how the engines moved in the previous seasons. And Last and most important of all. That Stupid most terrible crap. That they have in the beggining. -What??? That's not the song we love and Charish! HIT Entertaint sucks and is running the beloved wonderful Thomas!!

Before I start, I would like to say one thing. Will you please stop acting like this DVD is a sign that Thomas is back to normal? The reason "Steamies Vs Diesels" was so different was because the episodes in it are from Series 8. The episodes on this DVD are from Series 6 and Series 7, and were made before the episodes on "Steamies Vs Diesels." The episodes on "Steamies Vs Diesels" were just released earlier. I'm sorry, but HIT haven't "listened to you" and they aren't changing the show back to how it was before. Just accept it...the former composers are gone, the episode transitions have been changed, and the camera work is different, and that's how it's going to be from now on.

Anyway...The three Series 6 episodes on these DVD are easily the worst, with unrealistic storylines and the usual mediocre narration from Alec Baldwin, who has changed his Cranky voice to one that makes him sound like a robot, and who has once again ignored Donald and Douglas's accents. To be fair though, Baldwin does put a bit more effort into "Thomas and the Jet Engine" than he normally puts into his episodes. But he can still do much better than this.

The three Series 7 episodes are much better. The storylines are much better, and Michael Brandon is an excellent narrator. His Bulgy, Harold and Emily voices are pretty good, and his Salty voice isn't bad either.

The episodes ranked in best to worst are...

1. Harold and the Flying Horse
2. Salty's Stormy Tale
3. Bulgy Rides Again
4. Scaredy Engines
5. Thomas and the Jet Engine
6. Percy and the Haunted Mine

The DVD ends with "Boo Boo Choo Choo," a song that I think is intended to comfort people who are alone in the dark. It's pretty catchy...I keep humming it to myself when I'm not expecting it!

Overall, this DVD is fairly good, but not the best one out there.

I don't know, this sounds good, but it doesn't sound like thomas. would thomas ever really pull a jet engine? In fact, are there even jets on the island of Sodor? Well, I at least hope that the stories are good, they keep Michael Brandon, and that they get our favorite music back and stop those god forsaken pieces of crap they call transistions between stories. HIT entertainment is ruining thomas. Are they not using the unused stories by the Rev. W. Awdry and Christopher Awdry because of copyright? If not, they better start using them, because HIT is starting to change everything. This is not what anyone intended. I hope that HIT puts everything back to normal with this video though. Steamies vs. Diesels sucked, so they need to make up for that. And by the way, Steamies vs. Diesels isn't an Anchor Bay release. IT might just be a whacked video developed by HIT. I hope so.

Hey, I just found out that Alec Baldwin AND Michael Brandon are narrating this video! YES! AND, the story stops are:

Thomas and the Jet Engine
Percy and the Haunted Mine
Scaredy Engine
Harold and the Flying Horse
Bulgy Rides Again
Salty's Stormy Tale

The movie is 35 mins, and this means that the video should be semi-normal. Thank God! Because who the heck gave this liscence to HIT anyway. This video sounds promising! Also, there might not be a music video. But thats okay, because they've gotten pretty dumb.

I rented this DVD for my 2 year old who loves all the Thomas movies. Unfortunately, this one had several scary episodes about ghosts, Halloween, etc. The night after he watched watched it, he screamed and shouted "GHOST!". It made me sad to realize that Thomas had introduced something scary to him so unneccessarily. I'm glad I only rented it, but I wish I would have avoided it altogether.

This is another enjoyable DVD for any young children who enjoy the Thomas shows or playing with Thomas wooden or plastic train sets. It has 6 short episodes to keep it just over 30 minutes, which is much better than those 90 or 2 hour ones that are simply way too long for little ones to sit through. Also, there are two spooky episodes just in time for Halloween, one is Percy and the Haunted Mine, which is doesn't deal directly with Halloween, but has it's share of spooky night scenery, and the Scaredy Engines episode which follows, that is about Halloween. You get the usual extras with a few games and sing-alongs. Check out Thomas' Snowy Surprise for the Christmas themed episodes.