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 Thomas The Tank Engine And Friends - Hooray for Thomas (W/Toy)
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Author: Guest
This DVD uses Michael Brandon as the narrator. My two sons adore Thomas but they are 3 and 1, so they do prefer Michael Brandon as the narrator since they are reletively new to Thomas. I can appreciate the history behind the excellent narations of Ringo Star, George Carlin and Alec Baldwin, but if you have a new Thomas fan, this will be the voice they are used to seeing on TV.
As far as the episodes go, they are all very good. I do have to mention that 3 of the 6 stories involve the Mountain Branchline characters (Skarloey, Rheneas, Rusty, PeterSam, Duncan etc.) so if your kids like those guys, you must go get this DVD because those characters generally are not featured much on these DVDs. This is a good DVD for those guys.
But, the other 3 stories involve our classic characters. The first story has Thomas and Bertie, then Edward, and then Gordon and Toby complete the DVD. This was very reasonably priced and if you were fortunate enough to find a copy that included a free train that makes this almost pay for itself.
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Author: Guest
You're invited to the celebration on the Island of Sodor! Watch as Thomas wins a medal for saving the day. Will Edward rescue the brass band in time? Can Peter Sam help find a new refreshment stand for the refreshment lady? There's lots of fun new stories in this DVD, including Rheneas giving the school children a roller coaster ride on the tracks and Gordon winning a best-dressed competition.
The stories themselves run about 35 minutes and include:
Hooray For Thomas
Edward's Brass Band
The Refreshment Lady's Stand
Rheneas and the Roller Coaster
The Grand Opening
Best Dressed Engine
The Bonus Features include:
Character Gallery
Read Along Story: The Great Race
Sing Along Song: The Red Balloon
3 Games: Counting Celebration, Paint Party, and Fun With Shapes
Computer Fun: Web Fun and 2 Coloring Sheets
While the stories will appeal to children of all ages, the DVD games are quite basic. This is ironic, because a child would have to be pretty advanced to work the DVD remote to access the games! By the time a child knows how to use a DVD remote, he's outgrown the games. It would be nice if the DVD games were more advanced.
Kids will love the bonus train that comes with the package. If I recall correctly, it was Mavis that came with ours. It was a "repeat", but my son doesn't mind that he has a few doubles of some engines...having fun with them regardless!
The actual DVD case that's in the box is quite slim...more narrow than the usual DVD cases that don't have the bonus train. The flimsiness shouldn't matter, though, as long as the DVD case is stored properly.
My son enjoys all the narrators, and doesn't seem to notice the different ones. I feel the narrator on the Hooray For Thomas DVD does just as good a job as most (save Alec Baldwin, who's my favorite)...and much better than Ringo Starr and George Carlin (in my opinion).
A very nice addition to the Thomas DVD collection.
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Author: Guest
This DVD contains six episodes from Series 7 of Thomas and Friends. However, the music in them has been redone by the current composer, probably because the old composers took the rights to their music with them when they left. I much prefer the original music, but this new music isn't too bad.
Michael Brandon narrates this DVD, and he narrates it rather well. However, once again he is rather here and there when it comes to voice consistency; and some of his character voices are a bit iffy (Bertie has a Cockney accent that gives Dick Van Dyke's a run for its money when it comes to poor quality; Rusty sounds like a thug; Rheneas sounds like he has a cold; Skarloey sounds a tad too young for an engine his age; Rheneas's driver sounds like a robot; and Peter Sam's driver sounds like he's falling asleep). His emotions and enthusiasm can't be faulted, but I do wish he would choose his voice for each character and stick with it.
As for the episodes themselves..."Hooray for Thomas" and "Edward's Brass Band" are really good. "The Refreshment Lady's Stand," "The Grand Opening" and "Best Dressed Engine" aren't too bad either. "Rheneas and the Roller Coaster" is the poorest episode on the DVD...completely unrealistic and poorly directed.
All in all this is a good way to spend a few dollars.
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Author: Guest
my 1 year old loves the Ringo Narrations, he will not watch this one with this Narrator. The Narrator is all over the place, and his voices are dumb. I cant even watch it because it makes me go insane. I love the Ringo ones and so does my 1 year old. This DVD is going right up on Ebay.
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Author: Guest
Before I begin,let me say that the review "I Don't Know" is not telling the truth. The studio of HIT Entertainment should keep the music the way it is now. Besides,the word screw(The verb,not the noun)is not appropriate to say.
Anyway,the new Thomas music is great because it looks like a new season 7 show of "Thomas & Friends",even though it's not. The new DVD "Percy Saves The Day" has the same music of this one. The realeased date will be July 26 2005. I'll be buying it to put with this one.
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