Thomas & the Magic Railroad but Everything is Explained 

I honestly feel bad for John Bellis. Imagine thinking that you're going to get your big break in the show business but then you find out people didn't like your voice in the movie.

Ngl hearing all about the behind the scenes stuff and interviews from people who worked on this movie talk so positively about this movie is honestly really sweet. While the movie isn't perfect hearing how much people enjoyed being apart of the movie makes it feel like it was one big passion project which I honestly kind of admire.

I really love the fact that Diesel 10's goal in the original script drafts was just to bully the engines and he doesn't discover the magic buffers until later because the fact that his goal shifts from "i want to bully all the steam engines and make them all crash so the diesels can take over" to "IM GOING TO KILL GOD" is infinitely funny to me

Not many people saw this video when this was originally up, as it was left unlisted due to copyright flags and only accessible from a community post. So it's great to see this finally be public, especially with just how thorough it was.

Imagine scoring the role of the main villain in a movie; your biggest role yet only to find out that you've been cut completely

It’s funny & ridiculous how the test audience found a human more scary than a diesel with a giant claw.

We know where Edward is! He took one look at the script and said, NOPE! He went on Strike. Duck, Oliver and the Scottish Twins joined him!

1:14:59 Still hilarious to me that they were actually gonna have Thomas hit on Lady. A lot of people ship them to begin with, but just imagine how much more intense it would’ve been if they’d left that line in.

The fact that the tumbleweed can talk leads me to believe that the rubber ball and bat that Mr. C talks to before bed really do have sentience and we wasn't just messing around.

Some say the original cut was so long that test audiences are still watching that initial screening to this day.

I never realized Thomas was CGI during the magic railroad sequences. It's pretty apparent here, but the blur of a CRT TV masks it well.

On another note, i feel Eddie Glenn is *THE* pinnacle voice actor for Thomas. I can't explain why, but the voice he gave Thomas just sounds so...perfect...for the character...

I like to think Edward went with the Hatt Family on Holiday. I mean he’s basically a Hatt at this point lol.

33:55: I think the reason why no other engine characters are present was the fact that it wasn't filmed at Shepperton Studios, but rather in Canada. Most of the models probably stayed in Britain, and those that were shipped over to Canada were likely damaged or lost.

Finally someone noticed, Edward was missing

I've never seen an "annotated movie summary" like this before. And I'd love to see more somewhere, someday. It's really interesting how much time and effort goes into making a movie, and how much can get left out from the final version. You did a great job with compiling all this research.

Great video! I do think its worth mentioning, however, that at 52:10 Henry doesn't need his special Welsh coal. The coal is special 'Sodor' coal, separate to Henry's coal. It is this coal that Lady needs to run, but given that it is exclusive to Sodor Burnett Stone obviously can't get it. This scene is used to set that up. Henry is probably used for two reasons; first is his past with coal. It is what causes this problem, but why not use the engine most related to special coal? Second is that, unlike the other engines, he doesn't have his own scene: Gordon has the intro, James has the smelters, Percy the magic buffers and Toby the scrapyard, but Henry shares all his other scenes with at least two engines.

I think I can speck for everyone when I say that whether you love or hate Magic Railroad, you’ve gotta respect all the hard work that the team put into making it. As Tug just showed us.

1:04:40 Lady’s Prop is a Masterpiece 1:05:06 _”Look how they massacred m’Lady.”_

I know this is a bad movie, but It will always have a spot in my heart simply because my dad worked on it. Funny story though, my dad worked on it as a Construction laborer, and at the end of production they brought the laborer's together and told them that some strings had been pulled and they could have their names moved to the Carpenters section of the end credits. My dad was the only one to not take them up one the deal, so now when you get to the Toronto section of the credits, the Carpenters section is this huge block of names, and my dad has Construction laborer's, the entire section of the credits, all to himself!

I still think it’s ridiculous that the reason Edward wasn’t in the movie is because they couldn’t find his model Edit: This is a myth

thomas's cgi apperance in the movie is so much nicer looking than the one used in series 13-16

I actually like the fact the muffle mountain and Shining Time shots were filmed on the Isle of Man. As it is the closest island to Sodor besides the mainland, it's a nice reference to where Sodor is located

The songs “I know how the moon must feel” and “Shining Time” are amazing songs.

This movie might not be good, but it’s great to see that everyone enjoyed being a part of it, even the adults.

I genuinely love the passion brit clearly has for the series. Like, I well and truely believe she wrote this movie as basically her fanfiction, and i mean that in the coolest way possible.

It's worth noting that originally Splatter and Dodge were going to be voiced by American actor and comedian Patrick Breen who was actually the narrator of Britt Allcroft's other series The Adventures of Mumfie

Neil Crone does such a good job in this film and plays the bumbling villain so well. I loved him on Little Mosque on the Prairie too. I actually grew up in the next town over from where he lives where he is a columnist for our local newspaper.

It comes off like the later showrunners found the original print and decided they liked Keith Scott's Diesel 10 more. The CGI version sounds a LOT like his.

As someone who's read the scripts and archival interviews, us fans are more than happy to help you with missing parts that were not mentioned in the video: 1. In the May 1999 script, Mr. Conductor and Junior would've remained their 18 inch tall size on Sodor as well aside from Shining Time Station. Notable scenes include the phone being bigger than Mr. C., him escaping Pinchy before landing onto a bush bouncing him all the way to the windmill and Junior ducking himself when Diesel 10 tries to use Pinchy to throw him off. 2. Also in the same May script, the British and American terminologies were originally gonna be made fun of throughout the movie with the engines referring to Sir Topham Hatt as 'The Fat Controller' and correcting Mr. Conductor when he accidentally said Sodor 'Railroad' instead of 'Railway'. This was omitted in later drafts most likely due to political correctness, especially since Dr. Ron Slaby was the child psychologist consultant on both this movie and Shining Time Station. Additionally, since Junior was originally meant to be British, there would've been a moment during the windmill scene when Mr. C. calls him an unreliable English puppy. The Fat Controller would've exploded with anger over the bellflower and Mr. Conductor realizes what he just said and replies 'Yes Sir, all Englishmen are wonderful." 3. Speaking of the Fat Controller, he was originally gonna be casted as a live-action appearance in the movie, but this was dropped due to them not finding the right actor for the job. In the end, the scenes of him mumbling over the phone was provided by Kevin Frank (albeit uncredited). According to an archival newspaper promoting the film, they had thought to consider Danny Devito for the role. 4. The sneezing powder scene was originally meant to take place at the quarry and not Tidmouth Sheds. This originally scene idea did make its way into the book adaptation 'Little Engines Can Do Big Things'. 5. The speculation of Edward taking the Hatt family to their holiday was actually written into Rainbow Sun Productions' Off-Broadway Presentation for a limited run in 2020 during the film's 20th anniversary and would've explained why Diesel 10 has arrived to help out the other engines. 6. The scene of Henry needing special coal being retconned was not present in the May 1999 script originally, for it was just regular coal and that he said he needed a 'change in coal'. It was only then in later drafts including the revised August script and workprints that the special coal thing was brought in, except it's Special 'Sodor' coal and not 'Welsh' coal. 7. The clue to the source of the gold dust was actually meant to be shown on a sheet of paper that Mr. Conductor had to climb up the waterfall to retrieve it. This was later changed to a rockface on Rainbow Ridge in the revised August version before changing it to the side of the windmill. Additionally, after D10 dumps ash into Thomas' funnel, there would've been a scene where Thomas' whistle is broken and startles Mr. Conductor before falling off the waterfall/landing on the wagon and tumbling down the ridge. 8. Patch meeting Lily is actually meant to take place at her Grandpa's house after Burnett goes back inside and comes back out again to greet Patch. That can be found (you guessed it) in the May 1999 script. 9. In the May script, Thomas didn't stop for the coal truck and only Patch and his horse went down the Magic Railroad to retrieve it. 10. While we have absolutely no idea who played an older Lily in the workprint (unless someone could actually ask Britt Allcroft who that actress was. She did not play her as she did the temp voiceover), an older Patch was played by Canadian actor Rob Tinkler (the voice of Delete from Cyberchase to which Percy's VA Linda Ballantyne worked on as Wicked). And finally, there is an official recording of Diesel 10's Russian accent as he showcased it in an interview of YOUCH Films Podcast in 2017 in the section where he talked about his work on Magic Railroad. He even mentioned about Doug Lennox wearing a production crew jacket with Thomas and Lady on the back. The jacket is now preserved by Twitter user Zackary Ampuero.

I'm actually hoping that Mattel will allow Mark Forrester to go all out with his movie of Thomas much like when he did the live-action movie Christopher Robin which took the story of Winnie the Pooh in a realistic setting I can see him doing that with his version of Thomas being very much like what the Reverend W Awdry would have wanted

Fun Fact: Susan Roman, the voice of James in the movie was also the original English voice of Sailor Jupiter in Sailor Moon and Percy's voice, Linda Ballentyne, also voiced Sailor Moon herself in the third and fourth seasons of the original 90's dub (following Tracey Moore, the first dub voice in the first 11 episodes, plus episodes 15 and 21, and Terri Hawkes, the second voice for the rest of season 1, season 2, and the original dubs for the three movies). Speaking of which, Thomas's voice actor, Eddie Glen has done some anime voice over work as well with roles such as Ryoma in Power Stone (1999 series), Shigeo Shiba in Patlabor (mostly in the original MangaUK English dub of the first two movies), and Jean-Paul Barthez in Beyblade: G Revolution.

I think it's safe to say the surviving workprint was from *after* the initial test screening, and was probably one of many continual re-edits down until they arrived at the final cut of the film. You can especially tell by the voice acting where the re-writes were: all the professional voice work adheres fairly close to the shooting scrips, while the temp VO strongly deviated and is closer to the final re-writes. It's odd how they seem to have already settled on Diesel 10's final role in the film so early on in re-editing, making Boomer completely redundant to the Sodor-side plot.

31:40 Mara Wilson also said that James was actually her favourite character in an interview

Somewhere in an alternate universe, there was a Thomas and Friends movie that was a cinematic experience for old fans and new fans. Not only that, but we would have had the cast of Shining Time Station and Tugs there as well.

Hearing what John Bellis would have sounded like as Thomas makes me wish he was the final voice for the film as I really did like that liverpudlian accent he did

Its nice seeing this video back and un-private as well, no trouble with copyright this time.

Just when you thought you knew what happened during the film's production, more nuggets begin to pop up. 23:15 Knowing that Lady was originally going to have Emily's engine design makes it very strange to think we almost wouldn't been introduced to her before the real Emily in 2003.

12:45 reminds me of a certain Beetle who narrated Thomas in Season 1... hmm wonder if that was an intentional nod or not. 17:20 I'm sure everyone knows this but if you don't the "real life replica" of Thomas was built off H.K Porter built Brooklyn Eastern District Terminal 15, there's a lot more history behind this though but if I explained we'd be here all day. 17:28 This was shot near a location called "Groff's Grove" a station stop for Strasburg trains and where excursions normally meet on weekends when 2 sets are run, not 1. 475 was chosen cause the film producer Phil Fehrle asked Strasburg's then Chief mechanical officer Linn Moedinger he was looking for an American engine for use for the "Rainbow Sun" Fehrle told him that director, Britt Allcroft liked the locomotives pictured in a book by O. Winston Link (a photographer and dedicated railfan who documented the last days of steam on the N&W in the late 50s and 1960), in particular the M-Class 4-8-0s which of course 475 is a member of said class. 475 and 3 coaches of Strasburg's were relettered to the fictional "Indian Valley" but only 2 coaches were used, I'm not 100% sure which coaches in particular recived this relettering. 38:16 This was historically significant as this was the last time a steam locomotive ran through Harrisburg Station likely since either the end of steam on the PRR in 1957 or when PRR 7002 and 1223 (both owned by the RR museum of PA) ran through on a doubleheader excursion in the mid 1980s. The ferry move though was hush hush (see what I did there) to avoid crowds and probably thousands of railfans flocking like moths on a light XD If you look in the shot of Mutt running in the station after putting Lily on the wrong train you can see an Amtrak train with amfleet coaches in the background, this was probably a Pennsylvanian going to Pittsburgh or New York, there's a BTS photo of an Amtrak Genesis series diesel passing 475 in Harrisburg but I can't seem to find it anymore, either way the short consist is a red flag it was just a Pennsylvanian. 1:05:43 I see James's whistle has magically dissapeared for the sake of Junior's balls XD 1:17:15 This is why I love watching the whole end credits, little gags like this are often missed unless you willingly stick around XD

It seems that Mara Wilson didn’t retire forever, because she voiced a character in the animated series Helluva Boss

Call me a sadist, but I would really like to see a version of this movie that reincorporates a lot of the deleted/work print scenes.

Man it feels so wrong to see your videos with so many low views... They all used to have more than 100k and even managed to reach 1M with some... I hope everything gets fixed in the end, you deserve happiness tug.

I wish the finalised original version that was shown at the test screening would somehow get leaked online. Imagine if MagicRailRoadNerd got their hands on that and polished it up, we could get something at a nearly official level of quality with the original voices intact!

I love this movie, shame it was cut down. It could've been a great film, with P.T. Boomer and all those extra scenes and stuff. It'd also raise lots of questions, as well. this movie holds a special place in my heart, and I'll always love it. Interesting you didn't mention that the tugs from TUGS were supposedly supposed to make a cameo but Britt didn't like that idea.

My lord, I was 5 when I first saw this movie. I still have the original VHS. I still think about the city scene talking about how 'Magic is all around us.' When the card headlights reflect in the rain. Yes its not the best movie but man, for 5 year old me, it truly was magical. And still is to this day

1:13:57 I can’t blame him, the Chase Scene and Diesel 10 falling is one of the greatest highlights from the movie as a whole.

13:07 another one of these actors was actually Australian voice actor Keith Scott who would have done the voice of Diesel 10 who many Australians would remember as the voice of nearly all the male characters in the Animated Series Blinky Bill

The adult Patch in the final scene cut from the film was played by the very talented Robert Tinkler, who most know as the voice of Max from Sam & Max, the titular character of Pelswick, Crimson Rubeus in the DiC dub of Sailor Moon, Edward Falcon in the Power Stone anime, Hanamichi Sakuragi in the short-lived dub of Slam Dunk, and Delete from Cyberchase.

To be fair, I remembered watching this movie as a kid. And during that time, I didn’t even know this was a theatrical feature. I actually thought at first that it was gonna be one of those direct to video PSA’s about trains while also slapping the Thomas and Friends branding to make it all the more interesting.

Giving thomas the voice of ten cents and percy the voice of sunshine would have been nice.

Glad to see you were finally able to upload this video that was originally unlisted due to copyright stuff. Definitely enjoy this annotation of the movie.

Maybe it’s just wishful thinking because of what the final product was but I think the original draft sounds so much more interesting, like the character interactions sound fun and having George and Cranky appear would’ve been cool, maybe mix in some elements from the revised drafts to make everything flow well and it could’ve been really good

When you even mention the Mike Stoklasa juggler joke, you know this is ludicrously in-depth! Nice one!

This video confirms unlucky tug would make a great thomas narrator

I really enjoyed this video. Absolutley loved the dedication and research you put into making this informative video, and showing just how turbulent the production for TATMR truly was.

The ending of the movie always gives me a feeling of sadness kinda... because I love the movie and idk the end is just great

This was my favorite movie when I was a child. But the memories of it is the best to this day

"forget it, boomer! you'll never catch us!" the way it aged lol

Excellent video analysis, my friend; it's a pleasure to finally see this in person! Here's my take of how I think 'Thomas & the Magic Railroad' could work if revised so that the engines of Sodor had a more developed role; in the existing film their role relates principally to the human plot. I've added my ideas as appropriate (Revised 3rd July 2023): - The film starts on Sodor with a number of engines including ones who did not appear in the film, giving fans a pleasure of seeing their favourite character from the series up on the screen (similar to 'The Care Bears Movie' where each of the Care Bears get their own moment or line of dialogue as a family unit). - Edward not appearing in the movie might actually have been to do with Britt Allcroft having narrowed down the engines to be shown in the film in relation to colour. Despite his notable character, Edward being another blue engine in-between Thomas and Gordon offset what Allcroft had in mind with direct contrast. At any rate, Edward for the right reasons would be involved in my take. As suggested in the video, he is tasked to escort Sir Topham Hatt and his Wife on his annual excursion. Thomas and Gordon's discussion at the Big Station is offset by this instead of the abrupt introduction of Diesel 10, which instead comes later. The repairs plot point and Mr. Conductor coming to Sodor is brought up between them, which also makes Edward reminisce an engine he knew that helped build Sodor's Railway, also known as No. 1, who broke down trying to take a train on her own during the construction work and was left in a siding. When the time came to reclaim the engine, they found it had vanished without clear trace. Edward leaves Thomas with much to think about. This backstory serves to reveal why Thomas arrived on Sodor, motivate him on a personal level and underlie the existence of Lady. - The main titles then come up, following which we have the scene of Lily preparing to leave the Big City, followed by the introductory scenes of Shining Time and P. T. Boomer. Burnett Stone is not introduced until after the attack on the sheds in order to better twist the mood of the story. - Mr. Conductor is not picked up by Thomas. He instead arrives on Sodor at Tidmouth Sheds during the midst of the main line engines talking about Mr. Conductor, and who should be responsible for him. Thomas boldly suggests he look after Mr. Conductor as No. 1 engine, which results in Gordon and James belittling him as per the film. James is also grumbling about working at the smelters lately, which supports why we see him there when faced with termination in the block of Diesel 10 later on. Mr. Conductor announces that Thomas, as No. 1 engine, will mind him while he is present, and asks Thomas to take him direct to Knapford. - Diesel 10 is introduced with his attack on the sheds and some underlying context, revealing he escaped from a test facility (actually mentioned in the Magic Railroad Parody video elsewhere on RU-vid) which explains his ability to travel as he pleases and his claw, which for comical effect is played with the 'Pinchy' moniker because that is just a niche idea. He also finds out about Lady in the same way that he does in the original script rather than the final film, since I felt it more fitting for him to have basically come in on his tyrannical endeavours uninvited and learning about the key to Mr. Conductor's endurance as he goes along. - The whole coal-truck plot is emphasised as linking back to bad coal most of the Sodor engines have had to be forced to deal with until a better supply arrives. This is established with Mr. C. talking to Sir Topham Hatt in his office. Thomas is ultimately tasked to collect it from the sidings which turn out to be near the magic buffers; this rather than it not being just Henry who was having problems with coal. - As per the original intention, No. 1/Lady is revealed in the third act and does not speak; that is, until the very end, when, encompassing the culmination of Thomas's own journey to connect with his predecessor, he is the very first being Lady has the strength to talk to, in a manner similar to a child saying their first words. Regards, Samuel Farris.

While I don’t like Thomas & The Tragic Failroad one bit, I think it’s the worst Thomas movie in fact, I do find its troubled development very interesting, and this is a very comprehensive look into it, in a very unique style might I add, another great video from the one and only Unlucky Tug, I’m glad you reuploaded it, as the original was never uploaded publicly and was always unlisted

I don't care what anyone else says about this movie. I loved it, it was part of my childhood, just as Thomas was part of all of our childhoods. And whether you think it was bad or good, at least it's better than the Season 25 reboot. You can't deny that.

I think the voices for this movie were the best. I loved the voices for everyone in the movie

I didnt know Neil Crone was in all engines go? I haven’t watched that show but that’s a really cool little detail

Fantastic video! Very well detailed about Thomas and The Magic Railroad and it answered lots of questions that we had forever about this movie. I always really like seeing videos about this movie but this one is my favorite easily. Loved this video!

1:15:00 I like how while Britt Alcroft is taking. You hear someone from background say “Woohoo”.

1:14:08 apparently at one point one of the crew members insisted on having Ten Cents and Sunshine from tugs make a cameo towing the barge Diesel 10 lands in but in the final cut it was just replaced with a generic tugboat

Fun Fact: Susan Roman and Linda Ballantyne - who replaced Michael Angelis as James & Percy - co-starred together in the original English dubs of the classic anime series: *"Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon".* Susan was the long-running voice of Sailor Jupiter/Makoto Kino aka "Lita Kino" for the DiC/Pioneer/Cloverway dub of the anime and the first three films before the new dub by Viz Media (now voiced by Amanda Celine Miller). Linda was the third actress to voice Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino aka "Serena Tsukino" for the Cloverway dub (now voiced by Stephanie Sheh for the Viz Media dub).

It's amazing how easily and how much some unused media assets can be reused for different contexts and scenes

I hope this doesn't get taken down, i am so glad to have at least seen it.

Since you pointed out PT's figure on D10, you may have not noticed but right before Lady and Thomas leave the human characters, there's a figure of Lily's grandpa in lady's cab. It's hard to see but if you pause it just in time, it's really neat

As a kid, I thought the movie took place in the far future, like the first Spongebob movie, which could've explained his return if Calling All Engines took place first. But obviously, that can't be the case, since it wouldn't explain why the majority of the secondary characters are nowhere to be seen (they could've at least been background characters with no speaking roles)

Not sure if anybody mentioned this but the rocky grassy set used towards the end of the movie was also used in an old McDonalds commercial.

I don’t care how bad this movie is this movie will always have a special in my heart now I need too find the movie with all the unused scenes

Awesome to see this available to the public after it was originally unlisted!

I think there was a storyboard from the original draft where Splatter and Dodge asks Diesel 10 why he let Mr. Conductor escape, Diesel 10 (foul tempered) crushes one of the oil drum as a beer can, and Cranky The Crane lifts the cargo pallet. Just as Diesel 10 said “How to stop being stupid” the crushed oil drum slips off the cargo pallet and lands on the ground splashing Diesel 10 in oil. This storyboard was from the second draft and the one of the known storyboards surfaced online currently

Yes! You’re absolutely right about everything! I actually wrote a college paper this year about how the movie and series were made for history of design class. It’s amazing isn’t it?! 😊

I've noticed that in Thomas and the Magic Railroad despite most of the engines being voiced by Canadian actors they were all voiced with British accents with the exception of Gordon who spoke with a mid Atlantic accent Henry who was given a New York sounding accent Diesel 10 who was given a new jersey accent and of course Splatter and Dodge who spoke with very thick Brooklyn accents

It’s so confusing that they were RIGHT THERE on the Isle of Man, and somehow still decided to place an inherently British film in rural America and make it this thoroughly insane. Seriously, what were they thinking?

I always assumed since Sir Topham Hatt was away on important business he had Edward pull his special train since he’s the most reliable.

I really hope your other video on this film (the actual review) will be reuploaded at some point, I actually thought this video was just a reupload of that with a different name and thumbnail before deciding to rewatch it only to find something completely new. Glad I did though, I found it really fascinating. Nice work as always.

I remember playing the "Diesel 10 Means Trouble" readalong that came with the Calling All Engines DVD as a kid. I always wondered why elements of the story were so different from the TATMR film. Now, I've finally gotten an explanation after more than a decade Lmao

Ah here we have the first “new” video AKA a video that got copyright claimed on the old channel before the Nuke dropped. Glad to see it publicly uploaded I never saw the movie when I was a Thomas kid growing up, but i did have toys of all the characters. Splatter and dodge were my go to diesels because purple and green are my favourite colors, even though I never saw them in the show and didn’t even know if they were good or bad.

David Mitton did a great job designing Lady, she looks adorable, i really wish instead of the Movie D10, Lady, Splatter & Dodge were just introduced into the Show instead

It's weird that the scenes that shining time which were even filmed at the Isle of Man because of how close it was to England which makes the whole shipping the models over to Canada for filming of the movie a bit pointless

The description says original was uploaded in "2022" but it should say "2023"

imagine if the test audience wasnt a thing, this movie would be epic

I love how voice acted that meeting scene yourself. I think that your voice for Gordon and Toby were really accurate.

33:58-34:07 This wasn't the only project the duo worked on together, they also worked on the CWi dub of Sailor Moon together, as Sailors Moon and Jupiter respectively.

Can't wake for the Season 6 review

Technically, while he is indeed the 10th diesel, Britt said the name just came to her

Okay, your voices for Toby and Gordon are really good

This is a great examination of the making of the film as well as the things that were lost/removed from it along the way. I remember when this film came out on VHS as a kid and loving the feeling of magical wonder it resonated with as well as being greatly amused by Diesel 10’s scenes (though the scene with him trying to finish off James and Junior was actually quite suspenseful). It’s by no means a perfect film as the finished product shows, but the work print and the various scripts do paint a picture that showed it could’ve been a more cohesive idea if certain things were left in. Especially the scenes involving PT Boomer as well as the scenes between Mara Wilson and Peter Fonda as their characters try to connect. Regardless, even despite everything wrong with the film, the one thing I love that this video shows is that the cast and crew genuinely loved making this film. They all believed in and admired the characters and world brought into the world by Rev. Awdry and given beautiful life by Britt Allcroft and her team. Another thing I’ll personally bring to attention is the music, as the score for the film is (to me at least) the best aspect in terms of bringing the charm and wonder of Thomas to the big screen. It’s full of innocence and fantastical grandeur while also still retaining the simplicity that makes the Isle of Sodor and its inhabitants so relatable. ☺️

If you ever decide to do another one of these videos, I really hope you do it for ‘Cars’. The script for that film also got massively reworked over its development, and would have plenty of racing-related tidbits to discuss.

Haven't watched the full film since I was a kid but I still remember it pretty well so it was very interesting to learn about the various production stuff as well as changed/deleted stuff. Overarching theme seems to be "the movie is too long/scary" which is a shame but I honestly can't blame the producers or whoever was asking for the changes. It's Thomas the Tank Engine. Going to be a lot of really young viewers & you don't want the movie to do badly because you gave them nightmares, and you're certainly not going to bump up the age rating to allow for the darker/scarier stuff. The cut stuff does make for a more interesting movie though so it's great to see that stuff surface over time as well as fan edits including them pop up for older fans to enjoy.

Finaly a new proper unlucky tug video after 1 month

"That is a fine how-do-you-do!" I heard that one off from Donald Duck, when he, Mickey Mouse and Goofy were off ghost hunting. Also, D261 in Victor Tanzig's universe is named Theodore. After Roosevelt. Diesel 10 is named Joshua in that too.

I'm pretty sure the movie and the story could've been much better if they used the original script, i actually liked it. I also would've liked to see Edward in the movie too. Maybe in a post-credit scene where he comes back with Sir Topham Hatt on his coaches or smth.

brunet stone: "i dont like trains" me: bruh then why r u repairing lady if u dont like trains

Okay here’s something silly but I felt like I should tell the story. I got the biggest rush of nostalgia when you mentioned the books and the colouring books having deleted material because many many years ago I was the first person to post about it on RU-vid on my first RU-vid channel. It was called Highvoltageprod (didn’t have enough room for productions). The SiF form people contacted me and asked if they could use the images / info and credit me. They never did credit me but they did use the pictures which I thought was super cool! I completely forgot about it until this video. Thanks for bringing those memories back man. Great video man.

The reason they cut boomer and diesel ten turning into sludge was because they thought there would be a sequel but that’s just what I could find