When I was in Kindercare or in the early years of Elementary School, nothing gets me more riled up than watching Thomas and Friends. This series is already 26 years old and I could still remember a few of the vivid episodes I watched when I was a kid.
The series itself dated back to 1942 when Reverend W. Awdry created Thomas the Tank Engine as a simple toy to give to his son who had the measles and had to stay in a hospital during the War. He then wrote a book which soon branched out to a very, long running series of children's stories and soon, a TV Series.
This link below shows one of the many songs they would make.
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h0DvkY9jnXA&feature=related[/media]
Note the models they used.
Now when I had to watch TV with my little cousin he tuned it when they were airing the newest Thomas and Friends episode. It blew me away as I saw that their faces were animated and they exhibit more emotion and had separate voices for each of the characters. This was a huge jump from masks and small scale models of engines, at least 90% of it is not computer animation I would guess.
The link below takes you to dailymotion.com, not restricted to copyrights shows one of the new episodes featuring the CGI Faced engines. And the Humans actually MOVE!
[url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdh0uo_322-slippy-sodor_shortfilms[/url]
[url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xcy1bs_snow-tracks-season-13-episode-17_shortfilms[/url]
I'm curious as to how big this series really is, it's branched out in Britain, Japan, and in the US. Discuss?
oh my god!
i miss you thomas!
I'm afraid I don't remember the one in the OP, but [i]this[/i] motherfucker on the other hand...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gXk8y7_qxY[/media]
If you could get a full episode of that it would help out this thread.
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;22745887]I'm afraid I don't remember the one in the OP, but [i]this[/i] motherfucker on the other hand...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gXk8y7_qxY[/media][/QUOTE]
Oh wow....
Oh shit, I loved that show
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Didn't George Carlin narrate a few of these?
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[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jV6ew_MMZIA[/media]
[QUOTE=JustExtreme;22746625]Oh shit, I loved that show
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Didn't George Carlin narrate a few of these?[/QUOTE]
You in the US had George Carlin, we had Ringo Star :smug:
Is anyone getting the dailymotion videos blacking out at random intervals?
Featuring the first pilot episode that started it all.
[url]http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x9wfug_thomas-and-friends-thomas-and-gordo_shortfilms[/url]
I remember that ginger kid from the intro!
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;22746665]You in the US had George Carlin, we had Ringo Star :smug:[/QUOTE]
Ah, well I'm not in the US so I would have seen the Ringo Starr version.
Only reason I know George Carlin narrated it is because I read his autobiography or, as he preferred to call it, sortabiography, 'Last Words'
One episode I remember faintly, is something about falling wet lumber.
I have a huge book with all the stories in. I'll get pics of it later.
Who is Thomas?
[QUOTE=Paravin;22749287]Who is Thomas?[/QUOTE]
[img]http://images1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090313204748/ttte/images/thumb/3/31/Thomasfirstwooden.jpg/120px-Thomasfirstwooden.jpg[/img]
That's Thomas. A simple toy created by Awdry to give to his sick son.
[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20090202025261/ttte/images/thumb/4/42/Thomastankengine.jpg/120px-Thomastankengine.jpg[/img]
Thomas in the Railway Series.
[img]http://images2.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20091005144359/ttte/images/thumb/1/19/RingoStarrwithThomas1984.jpg/119px-RingoStarrwithThomas1984.jpg[/img]
And Thomas with muh-fuckin' Ringo.
I remember watching this and the one about the tugboats.
I guess not many miss this show. :saddowns:
I still have this on tape :buddy:
Shit I remember having a carpet train track and I would play with all my Thomas characters on it...
FUCKIN' NOSTALGIA
Fuck your Thomas the train shit
Theodore the Tugboat was the best
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dnUHGT8OO3g[/media]
Thomas didn't want a funny funnel, he wanted his old funnel back.
I used to have a whole set of Thomas the Tank Engine toys.
I had this motherfucker
[img]http://www.couponing101.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/03/thomas-the-tank-engine.jpg[/img]
And the green motherfucker henry.
[img]http://www.wonderbrains.com/images/products/h/henry-the-green-engine_1.jpg[/img]
You can't forget about the red guy too.
[img]http://www.toy-train-table-plans-store.com/images/thomas-the-tank-engine-james-the-red.jpg[/img]
I loved those guys, but I think my dog ate them or some shit, cause I haven't seen them in years.
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;22745887]I'm afraid I don't remember the one in the OP, but [i]this[/i] motherfucker on the other hand...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gXk8y7_qxY[/media][/QUOTE]
lol Ringo Starr.
He just doesn't get more awesome.
I miss when they did it with the HO scale models.
Now the CG looks like shit.
Can't beat the classics I guess....
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8umig5MrRs&feature=related[/media]
Alec Baldwin was my favourite narrator. This show was beast.
I loved this show, I had a bunch of Thomas the Tank engine toys. I still have them to this day.(mostly because I couldn't sell them because the used lead based paints :v:)
[QUOTE=coco911231;22763465]Fuck your Thomas the train shit
Theodore the Tugboat was the best
[URL="http://www.facepunch.com/#"]View YouTUBE video[/URL]
[URL]http://youtube.com/watch?v=dnUHGT8OO3g[/URL]
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Oh my god, I completly forgot about this......I remember even making a Lego version and drawing a face on the brick where his face would be.
When I was four I thought the trains in that show were real.
Oh man, I loved this show when I was little. Too bad those trains scare the shit out of me today.
not another fucking nostalgia thread
[QUOTE=Hiccuper;22745887]I'm afraid I don't remember the one in the OP, but [i]this[/i] motherfucker on the other hand...
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8gXk8y7_qxY[/media][/QUOTE]
fuck yes
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