Tuesday, January 24, 2006
Okay, in recent days I have received five dvds that I ordered and watched that many and thus the backlog barely has blipped. Of course this means that I have a nice collection to talk about.
Thomas & Friends: New Friends for Thomas & Other Adventures: This was my first experience to the mad world of the post Carlin episodes of Thomas and so I watched it first. Michael Angelis of Coronation Street narrated this American release like he has narrated all the British ones since Ringo left the show in 1991. The narration wasn't bad but I found that the moving away from the main engines and making stories about all these new engines gives HIT a chance to sell toys, but removes itself from the Rev. Awdry's stories too much.
Thomas & Friends: James & The Red Balloon: More Thomas, this time with Alec Baldwin as the narrator. He's alright, but certainly not as good as Ringo was. I did like how Edward got a story based around him. He was always a favorite of mine and I felt that the first engine was always neglected. New stories from the Skarloey Railway is also welcome as well, even if Rusty does look a little fat.
Thomas & Friends: Cranky Bugs & Other Thomas Stories: While the title character of Cranky from this disc is a rather boring and unexciting edition to Sodor, the disc really shines with Lady Hatt's Birthday Party. Seeing the Fat Controller working as a fireman and falling into a mud puddle made it worth the price of the disc alone.
Thomas & Friends: Best of Gordon: A decent collection with George Carlin and Alec Baldwin episodes. While I prefer the Ringo Star dubs, it was nice to get some of the older stories on DVD, although with Thomas, I end up double and sometimes triple dipping.
King Kong The Animated Series Volume 1: The old Rankin Bass show is finally on DVD. While the animation wasn't really much better than other Japanese made shows of the time like Speed Racer, it was a lot of fun to watch. When King Kong originally aired, there was another cartoon that ran with it called Tom of T.H.U.M.B. about a secret agent janitor who was shrunk, along with his Asian comrade, by some top secret ray the government was making for some unknown purpose. Anyway, the two fight against the group M.A.D (Maladjusted, Antisocial and just Darn Mean) All fun stuff and for under $10 I recommend any animation fan pick these releases up.
Thomas & Friends: New Friends for Thomas & Other Adventures: This was my first experience to the mad world of the post Carlin episodes of Thomas and so I watched it first. Michael Angelis of Coronation Street narrated this American release like he has narrated all the British ones since Ringo left the show in 1991. The narration wasn't bad but I found that the moving away from the main engines and making stories about all these new engines gives HIT a chance to sell toys, but removes itself from the Rev. Awdry's stories too much.
Thomas & Friends: James & The Red Balloon: More Thomas, this time with Alec Baldwin as the narrator. He's alright, but certainly not as good as Ringo was. I did like how Edward got a story based around him. He was always a favorite of mine and I felt that the first engine was always neglected. New stories from the Skarloey Railway is also welcome as well, even if Rusty does look a little fat.
Thomas & Friends: Cranky Bugs & Other Thomas Stories: While the title character of Cranky from this disc is a rather boring and unexciting edition to Sodor, the disc really shines with Lady Hatt's Birthday Party. Seeing the Fat Controller working as a fireman and falling into a mud puddle made it worth the price of the disc alone.
Thomas & Friends: Best of Gordon: A decent collection with George Carlin and Alec Baldwin episodes. While I prefer the Ringo Star dubs, it was nice to get some of the older stories on DVD, although with Thomas, I end up double and sometimes triple dipping.
King Kong The Animated Series Volume 1: The old Rankin Bass show is finally on DVD. While the animation wasn't really much better than other Japanese made shows of the time like Speed Racer, it was a lot of fun to watch. When King Kong originally aired, there was another cartoon that ran with it called Tom of T.H.U.M.B. about a secret agent janitor who was shrunk, along with his Asian comrade, by some top secret ray the government was making for some unknown purpose. Anyway, the two fight against the group M.A.D (Maladjusted, Antisocial and just Darn Mean) All fun stuff and for under $10 I recommend any animation fan pick these releases up.
Labels: Cartoons, Thomas, TV Shows
