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Summary: made me feel happy
Review: I have never found a favorite Season 5 DVD of Thomas The Tank Engine after Cranky Bugs, but this was a good Thomas The Tank Engine DVD with episodes narrated by Alec Baldwin.
Make Someone Happy -- Mrs Kyndley is upset that her sister, who was coming to visit, isn't able to make it. The Fat Controller decides Mrs Kyndley needs cheering up and asks Harold and James to help out.
A Big Surprise For Percy -- Percy is pulling some trucks up a hill when the coupling between him and the first truck breaks. This causes the trucks to break away and roll down the line, and at a tremendous pace at that! Will Percy catch them in time before they cause even more of a disaster?
Happily Ever After -- Percy discovers from Mrs. Kyndley that her daughter is to be married "today" but has forgotten about the good luck package. Percy decides to try and help out with the problem.
Thomas and the Rumors -- Harold is seen by the engines suspiciously flying around and think he's scouting the area so he can find ways to replace them. Thomas tries to find out the truth, but what does the children's playground have to do with it?
James and the Trouble With Trees -- James has to deliver a heavy goods train, but on the way to his destination breaks down right in front of a tree that has been weakened by the bad weather at hand and slid onto the rails. And the tree looks like it could fall at any second...
Baa -- The stations on the Island of Sodor are entering the "Best Dressed Station" competition. Percy agrees to help Maithwaite try and win by delivering fruit and vegetables to decorate the platform. On the way there with his special load, he has an unexpected run-in with a stray ram - however, the hungry creature later becomes Really Useful when some vandals strike at Maithwaite!
It's Great to be an Engine (music video) -- I really enjoyed that song. I can sing it like a few times and I heard they're going to make a Thomas DVD called "It's Great to be an Engine".
This is a really splendid Thomas DVD with Season 5 episodes. I enjoyed it pretty much. I enjoyed "Cranky Bugs". "Races, Rescues & Runaways" wasn't as good as I thought it was going to be. I was psyched to see "Spills & Chills" and I liked "Thomas' Christmas Wonderland", but to compare the four, "Make Someone Happy" is better.
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Summary: Make Someone Happy
Review: I read some of the reviews. The one where it says that there all male charecters is not right. There is Mavis,Lady,Daisy, and Caroline and probally more on the way but it's the story that counts. Any way this video is really good. Of course it's not my favorite but good. If your going to buy this tape you'll be enjoyed as well as your child or children, and quite funny.
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Summary: Make someone happy didn't make me happy
Review: It's been awhile since I did a Thomas review but i've had this one thought out for awhile. Let me start off with the fact that James used be be a moderatly good character. Now all he can do is whine. James has never been a nice engine but he was considered a tough guy. Now Salty with his two major roles is now a tough guy. I think before making new characters they should use the old ones that are never mentioned. Duck has not had a major role since Alec Bladwin took over. Niether has Daisy, Bertie, Terence, BoCo, Duke, or Sir Handel. The engines that have had bad major roles are Edward, Gordon, Henry, Toby, Donald, Douglas, Mavis, or Oliver. I never like Bill and Ben from the start so I didn't list them. If anyone from Hit Entertainment ever reads this have them fire Alec Baldwin.
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Summary: Great News!
Review: Ladies and Gentlemen,if your kids are curious about this video then i've got news for them.According to bigstar.com,the names of the stories on this video are 'Make Someone Happy','A Big Surprise For Percy','Happy Ever After','Thomas And The Rumours','James And The Trouble With Trees','Baa!',and a Music Video called 'It's Great To Be An Engine.It also includes an engine to play with attached to the cover!
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Summary: Not the Best, Not the Worst
Review: Make Someone Happy is a decent video with a few decent episodes. Alec Baldwin narrates, and his narration has pros and cons. The pros are the narration itself, is rather good and Baldwin does give characters creative character voices but the cons are that some episodes aren't that exciting and Baldwin does make James sound like a sterotypical gay man. But those Chinese Dragon and eye rolling complaints or full of crap. The Chinese dragon never said anything and all the engines roll their eyes to make up for the fact that their mouthes don't move! Happy Ever After, James and the Trouble with Trees, and A Suprise For Percy are the best episodes on this Thomas & Friends release.
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Summary: My son gives this 5 stars. Mom's rating: 4 stars.
Review: My 22 month old son loves the Thomas series. In all we have The Best of Thomas, The Best of James and this one. Although my son doesn't seem to mind the narrator's voice, I find Alec Baldwin's narration horrible. The narrator in the Best of Thomas video is much better. Alec Baldwin narrates the Best of James video as well, and that is my son's favorite one of the three. So, he doesn't seem to mind. I can also understand those parents who are concerned about the rude comments, despite things working out in the end. I find the same in the Best of James video as well. (I don't much care for James.) However, my son loves it nonetheless, and I don't think he is learning bad habits as a result. Quite the opposite--I think he wants to watch to see how things resolve in the end.
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Summary: What the heck is this guy thinking?
Review: My 3 year old loves Thomas the Tank Engine, and until we got this video, I did too. And the more I read the books, the more nastiness I see in the storylines! This movie is full of sarcastic and teasing remarks made between the engines and freight cars, there's a DEFINITE pecking order based on size and cleanliness, and there are NO strong women in this film or any storyline at all in any Thomas the Tank Engine stories. Of course none of that occurred to me until I kept watching it as many times as my son did, but the sarcasm and nastiness between the engines started me thinking, I guess. I don't let my little boy watch this movie any more and he has just as much fun without it. He does better pretending with his Thomas Tank Engine toys and tracks, books, etc. Not recommended for sensitive/impressionable children/parents!
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Summary: A Great video for young kids!!!!
Review: My 3 year old nephew very much loved this video!!! Clearly one of the best Thomas the tank engine videos out!!!
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Summary: So beautiful but SO cranky
Review: My son - 3 yrs now - has enjoyed Thomas stories & videos for about 1.5 years. But I have to say I'm often torn ... these engines really are quite crabby & cranky & rude to each other. It all comes out in the wash, & everyone makes up in the end, but ... gee they're rude. And I spend a lot of time encouraging my little tyke NOT to be rude. To be kind & compassionate! So what's a mother to do?It's interesting that now, he will not watch any of the story videos, prefering those with only songs. If a story comes on, he insists that we forward FAST to the next song. I guess he's also tired of the crabbing & back-biting! (Sounds awful, but they really do!) These videos cannot be beaten for the sheer beauty of the world they create - can I PLEASE go live on the Island of Sodor?! I just wish the Rev. Awbrey (sp!) had made his engines a little kinder!
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Summary: One of the worst
Review: Personally, this is one of my favorite Thomas videos. It is better than all the other Thomas videos that came out around that time like Cranky Bugs; Races, rescues, and runaways; and Spills & Chills. Some overprotective parents have said that there is to much nasty words exchanged from the engines. So what. It's not even close to being "nasty" and besides, kids will here stuff like that someday. Most of these stories focus on Percy but they are still very good anyway. My favorite is Thomas and the Rumours. Here are the stories:
Make Someone Happy A:
Thomas is tired of James bragging about how good he is and saying that he's to important to pull messy coal cars. He tells James that if he makes someone else happy for a change, he'll make himself happier too, but James refuses to believe him. Meanwhile, Mrs. Kindly is looking forward to her sister coming up to visit her but finds out that she can't come, so she is sad now. Will James cheer her up, or will he just keep trying to feel important?
A Big Surprise for Percy B:
Pushing and pulling cars back and forth all day, that's what Percy has to do every day and he is very board; he longs for a surprising thing to happen. Well he gets it soon enough when the cars break free from his train and start running away.
Happy Ever After A:
Mrs. Kindly daughter is getting married and Percy is on a mission to find the good luck package which must contain: something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue. But just where does he find those things Percy is wondering. With some help along the way, Percy will soon find the good luck package.
Thomas & the Rumours A:
When the children tell Thomas that their playground has been closed down, Thomas tries to help them. Then, when Sir Topham Hatt has Harold take a visitor around the island instead of the engines, the big engines get mad because they think that Harold is taking over their work. Now Thomas has two problems to solve, but maybe they are connected somehow.
James & the Trouble with Trees A:
When Sir Topham Hatt sends James to help Thomas and Percy clear the line of fallen trees, they warn James how dangerous trees can be and James doen't listen to them. But who will come an help him when he encounters a giant tree?
Baa! A:
Percy is sent to Maithwate station with some flowers for the "Best Dressed Station" award and runs into a hungry ram. Luckly, his driver is able to lure the ram away with some food.
Then later, the station gets trashed and everyone thinks it can only be one thing, the ram. But come to find out, the ram isn't the culprit, he is just making sure the real suspects do no more damage.
Again, great Thomas video. Even the music video, "It's Great to be an Engine," is good. I'd recommend that you buy this Thomas video to add to your collection today. If you don't, you're missing out.
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