Coming from the same man who brought people the largely underwhelming Percy's New Friends, Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor was written by Gerard Foster.
The two with The Fat Controller, Percy, Emily, Gordon, Mavis and James all took turns to speak out.
Annie and Clarabel remained silent throughout whilst Toby, Edward, The Troublesome Trucks and many recognisable Sodor residents near the end, cameod.
A major rule about realism on the railways was abolished when a scene of Gordon and the express arriving at the Whispering Woods was lamented by fans after the big engine gave the reason why he appeared there to Thomas.
What are you doing here Gordon? You should be on the main line. Gordon replied; I thought I'd take the pretty track.
Other factors taken aback involved the poor explanation of closing the Quarry despite James being there, Thomas stopping at incorrect parts of the rail lines, his ignorance, the three strike formula and the near missed Quarry crash.
Despite this, few commendation emerged of Mavis being given a sizeable role, Robert Hartshorne's ambitious whistle tune seen at the end which entertained and the character of The Great Composer.
TheTopHatts gives Thomas and the Sounds of Sodor...
2/10
Channel 5 in the UK airs the next episode on their milkshake! slot on the same day at 7:35am with Salty's Surprise.
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Thanks to Thomas & Friends Wikia for information and images.
What did you think of this episode? Send your reaction in the comments section just under this post for your verdict.
The Great Composer was fantastic! Keith Wickham did a wonderful job with him! Not a bad episode. Haven't decided on a rating yet. Probably a 3/10.
ReplyDeleteTo be honest, I thought the waterfall was one of the highlights of this episode, the rest was just bad.
ReplyDeleteNice ep, shame more old characters couldn't come back for this, the composer bloke was funny and nice voice. I give this 8.5 out of 10 with CGI they could have got a real composer such as Andrew Lloyd Webber or even Ringo Starr yeah and then turn them into CGI and get them to voice themselves. After all The Queen was on the show in series 4 93DOL youtube
ReplyDeleteI have to say this episode was bad. It was obvious of what the sounds of Sodor is and despite that the music scene was impressive, it seems pointless. However this episode did remind me on 'We Wish You A Christmas' from the 1997 annual and the Composer was hilarious, but it was still bad.
ReplyDelete2/5