honestly i really like this version. it's definitely dorky and awkward, but all the characters are having fun (even control is involved!), and electra is SLAYING IT.
They already changed it once... why AGAIN? The original rap was weird, yes, but it was good. The second rap was good. But this one is just less fun/cute imo. Although I do like the "Pearl would be my girl in a minute!" haha. Actually the whole Rusty/C.B. part is adorable. It's also kinda funny how people keep talking to/about Pearl and she's totally ignoring them haha
Ladies and gentleman if you pay close attention you see the track marshals for three whole seconds😂😂 I speak from experience performing this with my local youth theatre and we get like three seconds on stage where you can see us😂😂
I love how ridiculous this is. Of course Electra is always delightful. I don't know if my opinion would change if I actually spoke German. But as far as I can tell I much prefer the German version of this.
@1995express . The lyrics for the component parts are "he's on a roll now, he's in control now, shock treatment, he's dynamo now" I played electra last summer, fantastic show to be in :)
Electra killed most of it, Rusty's one line "Pearl would be my girl in a MINUTE-" was good, Greaseball was NOT Greaseball enough! And the groups needed better timing! Voices didn't mesh together too well, though that is hard to do when youre dancing. Otherwise, the lyrics were so fun, and you could tell they were having fun with it. Choreography was pretty good and upbeat! Lots of talent here, just little tweaks.
Okay, 4 months later my opinion on this MAY have changed. I think it's got cringy and bad writing, but the instrumentals sound all right, and the actors are clearly putting lots of effort on, which I like. Especially Electra. Good God, Mykal Rand never STOPS!
This musical was influenced by the Railway Series, the same series Thomas and Friends is based on. It also inspired me to create amigurumi robot version of Thomas and Friends characters 🤣🤣
That was the original idea that was completely ignored when the original version of the show was written. Other than the fact they both involve anthropomorphized trains, there's no resemblance at all between the Thomas stories and this show.
Elektra killed it, Greaseball, Rusty and CB... someone should kill that lol. Why does everyone want Pearl? I mean yeah she's cute but shallow as F.😑 Rusty's original goal was to prove himself as an athlete and show the world that Steam wasn't useless, getting Pearl to like him was a secondary goal. I like the original version better, it moved the story along and was easier to understand what they were singing. This one, I know they're saying Race Time but it sounds like Break Time. I mean this is impressive skating but the actual number is cringe inducing 😅
@@cocoo299The only thing I liked about some of the newer versions, is Electra being involved in the crash and sticking around, instead of storming off. He is a great character and that humbles him more. It's kinda funny sometimes. However, pearl becoming central is NOT. IT. That happens a lot with the Webber "female character," and it kind of ruins things when she isn't given more character, too. At least make her more interesting!
They keep rewriting it, changing characters around and replacing songs with crappy new ones in a desperate attempt to be hip and trendy. When ALW saw the Bochum production a couple of years ago, he found it almost unrecognizable.
is that MIkhal Rand as Electra and Dawn Leigh Woods as wrench?? I can't make out anyone else in this cast! BTW, I don't like those costumes on the Rockies!!
Is a girl playing Dustin????????!! or a Rocky? If a girl is playing Dustin, I am jealous! I've always wanted Dustin to be a girl and for her to be with Rusty. I personally hate Pearl!
