Calling All Engines Review: A Mediocre Misfire | How It Could've Been a Masterpiece

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MoonlightRider24

MoonlightRider24

Жыл бұрын

Hey all! Here's the first in a series of analyses of each of the Thomas & Friends specials, where I dissect each one in extreme depth, break it down and pitch how I'd improve it or rewrite it entirely and turn it into, well, a masterpiece. So, I'll be going in chronological order, so we're starting with Calling All Engines. While I don't particularly like the movie too much, I had a lot of fun making this video and now appreciate the movie more. I hope you all enjoy and please leave any comments, thoughts or criticisms in the comments. Can't wait for the next one!

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@savagegardenfan9680
@savagegardenfan9680 Жыл бұрын
The Whole Video for this special and the HIT Era in General was Justified. I never patically cared for CAE but if I was written better and involved more cast member it would be so much more enjoyable and perhaps we would have gotten better content in the future.
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Жыл бұрын
And have Diesel 10 be his true character of evil villainous.
@agentandrews5737
@agentandrews5737 Жыл бұрын
I love this video! I 100% agree with each and every point. All I would all is a little extra on D199's involvement. With that being his introduction to the TVS, I would personally add D7101/Bear too, so we get a TVS adaption of Super Rescue. It adds onto the engines proving themselves, while also showing it from not just Thomas' POV. Of course, Flying Scotsman's part in Super Rescue would be given to Gordon, and take out the mention of the sludge tenders as that was way back in Season 3.
@bladeobrian2144
@bladeobrian2144 Жыл бұрын
Speaking of adding to the cast, this movie would’ve been a good time to introduce Bear and D199 to the show. Also, I remember when this movie came out, 11 year old me basically got conned into thinking it was a sequel to TATMR, outside of Lady and D10, there’s no link between the two.
@Cartoonking8562
@Cartoonking8562 10 ай бұрын
And here's how I think calling all engines could have been 1: replace thomas with Edward 2: have Edward tell the steamies and diesels to stop fighting and work together 3: have Edward and Emily ask diesel 10 to help out
@karaokebackgroundplaylists9878
@karaokebackgroundplaylists9878 12 күн бұрын
44:10 This yelling is hilarious especially when you zoom into Diesel 10's face is just beautiful lololol 😂 😂😂😂😂😂😂
@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden
@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden 7 ай бұрын
I think it would’ve made more sense if it was Duck as the main character for Calling All Engines because Diesel has never met Thomas til like 2003/04, I might be wrong. And Duck is Diesel’s true arch nemesis, he was the reason Diesel started to hate steam engines.
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 7 ай бұрын
Now that’s an interesting idea! I would’ve loved to see Duck in a lead role, as he’s my 4th favorite character, but unfortunately Hit wouldn’t allow it. But hey we the fans can always fix that :)
@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden
@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden 7 ай бұрын
@@moonlightrider24 that’s right! 😊
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Ай бұрын
Diesel was already believing that diesels are superior to steam engines before he met Duck and could already have planned to show The Fat Controller what diesels can do to bring more in and replace steam.
@MovieFan1912
@MovieFan1912 4 ай бұрын
49:09-49:30 You know, that would have made Sir Toppham Hatt at least a little bit more human. It would show that he cares about the engines and wants the best out of them.
@horridJ
@horridJ Жыл бұрын
Dude I absolutely loved this video! I agree about CAE being missed potential and I kinda wish they did more with the tiny scenes they had and made them a bit more impactful like the dreams and stuff like that. I do really wish the cut windmill scene was actually added because that would have been epic! But once again, I really enjoyed this video and agree with a lot of your points. :)
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I’m so glad you enjoyed the video :)
@MovieFan1912
@MovieFan1912 4 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed the video. I think you deserve more subscribers.
@karaokebackgroundplaylists9878
@karaokebackgroundplaylists9878 6 ай бұрын
35:24 where is the montage of them working together to finish building the AIRPOOOORRTT??? is my favorite funny moment of the video lol 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
@DRMF7
@DRMF7 Жыл бұрын
Good video that dives into the whole entire movie without cutting anything out. 12/10 good job 👍!!
@traintrack3761
@traintrack3761 Жыл бұрын
This was the greatest video I’ve ever seen and I agreed with a lot of things you said, but tbh I like the idea of Diesel 10 becoming a little good but to make it work, it’ll need plenty of character development and a steamie for him to like and I know the perfect engine for it: Rebecca. Her personality could help him change mostly. Anyway, I give this video a full on 10/10👍🏻👍🏻
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
Thanks so much mate! That means a lot :)
@traintrack3761
@traintrack3761 Жыл бұрын
@@moonlightrider24 you’re very welcome :) I hate the learning segments as much as you do and honestly I think the nightmares are fitting for the engines.
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Ай бұрын
Thomas and Mavis do work on the same branch line.
@NikoBellicDigital
@NikoBellicDigital Жыл бұрын
Fantastic analysis, and I really like your take on the special. Can't wait to see where this series goes. Also, I can't wait for your video on MIR, the worst special of them all. I can tell you will probably skip the rewrite part entirely. That movie is conceptually impossible to rewrite since it is so abysmal. lmao The Unlucky Tug said it best: "I am wasting my breath though, trying to fix this mess, because the whole concept of the physical Misty Island itself is so broken, that there is no way to make any logical sense of it."
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
thanks for the nice comment, it means a lot! But about Misty Island, just you wait my friend, I may give it a try ;)
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Жыл бұрын
@@moonlightrider24 You're right. Would be interesting on how would Andrew Brenner write The Logging Locos and Misty Island in Series 17-21.
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Жыл бұрын
With all due respect, Diesel is still devious in CGI and that stuff he did during that series are perfect for being antagonistic so whatever stuff they added to him to be an antagonist like causing trouble and playing tricks, I'm all for it so not flanderized to me but I suppose that mean, firm, gruff, blunt, do whatever he wants and other classic traits like distaste for steam engines and talk of revolutionary should be shown more in CGI often. Also, I don't think Diesel 10 would care for The Fat Controller or the good diesels much due to his evilness in general and don't care about being a hero or be Really Useful, only hating steam engines and want them get rid of but that's just my thoughts. If you're uncertain to agree that's fine, just you understanding where I'm coming from would do just fine. No offense.
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for your comment! You make some interesting points and I appreciate your take. Diesel had many good moments in CGI and I think I overlooked that. Also no offense taken! I love discussion, that’s what the comment section is for :)
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Жыл бұрын
@@moonlightrider24 Heh. Very easy going from you.
@samwelsh8241
@samwelsh8241 3 ай бұрын
I wish BoCo was the diesel that Thomas Seeked out since Boco was quite a respectable diesel character and one that I feel every engine would respect since Boco was not seen for a while this would have been a perfect return for him or better yet have Edward and Boco team up since the two were pretty much the exact thing that Thomas's dream had like why did CAE make it as if Thomas's dream featuring lady was the first and only time steam and diesel worked together, as a matter of fact, boco was friends with steam engine more than he was with other diesel at least in the television era.
@Grenko
@Grenko Жыл бұрын
Super hyped for the series!
@MovieFan1912
@MovieFan1912 4 ай бұрын
51:03-51:32 Now that’s what I call a setup for future projects.
@PlanetLokiWorldBuilding
@PlanetLokiWorldBuilding Жыл бұрын
I remember I watched this show as somebody who doesn't watch Thomas when I was about between ages 1 and 2 and I remember it like it was yesterday even though it was like 13 years ago and that was enough to make my pre toddler brain to think: "what is this show I like the trains but its cringe and it keeps going into learning segments also diesel 10s scary" even though I did not really pay attention to the talking but I understood a fare amount of it and knew some of the obvious things but this show kinda ruined the model series of the show for me
@user-zm2or2ct9t
@user-zm2or2ct9t 3 ай бұрын
I love watching that movie when I was a kid! But now got tired of it after Thomas did some naughty things to the diesels and started the whole climax and fight whether steamies and diesels were better than each other! Wow, Thomas you need to teach yourself a lesson about what you caused with the diesels on the Island of Sodor! Sir Topham Hatt would’ve told Thomas that Thomas right here caused confusion and delay and should be ashamed of himself! I had it on DVD a long time ago, but not anymore and never watched it again.
@RonnieThePRRLocoAKARPTLMR
@RonnieThePRRLocoAKARPTLMR Жыл бұрын
I love how your ideas in this movie work. I’m now inspired by you. I would make your ideas as well as my OWN ideas work.
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
I’m so glad. You just made my day, my friend :) I’d love to hear some of your ideas! Always room for even more
@dylanlyles9453
@dylanlyles9453 Жыл бұрын
@@moonlightrider24 I have ideas to fix TATMR. 1. Keep Sodor Real: Sodor and Shining Time will be in the same universe, instead of Sodor being in a bubble. Instead of being wooden figures, the humans on Sodor will be live action, just like the humans at Shining Time. The engines at Shining Time will have faces so that they can interact with the humans more often, especially Lady so she and Burnett Stone can interact more instead of Burnett talking to a lifeless engine like a crazy person. The Magic Railroad itself will ONLY be a 5-minute shortcut for the Conductor family to travel back and forth from Shining Time to Sodor. 2. Make Thomas Really Useful: Instead of Mr. Conductor, Thomas will be the one to look around the island to find the source of the gold dust while Mr. Conductor keeps the railway running on time for Sir Topham Hatt. However, he will often need Mr. Conductor and Lily to drive him when he doesn't have his driver or fireman. 3. Have Other Characters in the movie: The characters from Thomas & Friends Seasons 1-7 will appear, The Railway Series characters and the characters from Shining Time Station TV show that never appeared in the original movie. This idea of having this take place after the classic series is because of David Mitton's modeling work on the series. Also, the characters from the books that never appeared in the TV show will appear in the movie because why not? 4. Make Gordon Mature and Kind: The only problem I had with TATMR was how rude Gordon was towards Thomas. James will be the only character to tease Thomas and Gordon will stick out for Thomas by blackmailing James. So, Thomas and Gordon will get along fine. Just like their alliance they formed: "United we stand, together we fall. You help me and I help you". 5. Make the human characters good: Lily and Burnett Stone are the heart and souls of the movie, however they both need good characterization and motivations. We'll start with Lily; After her grandma Tasha's passing and finding out that she's going to have a baby brother, Lily isn't really happy about everything happening at once and not used to things changing, but she has to cope with the changes and Keep Moving Forward. Burnett will be less depressed and will always have a smile on his face whenever he sees Lily or any other member of his family. However, he won't always be happy when ever P.T. Boomer is around. 6. Keep Boomer in the movie: Instead of being an annoying bully, P.T. Boomer will be more threatening and more serious. Like I said, Lily will need motivation to go with Junior to Sodor. So, the good reason for Lily to go with him is because of Boomer trying to interrogate her on where Lady is. And that will be when Junior appears to save Lily. Boomer will also have ownership of Diesel 10, Splatter and Dodge, who he sends to Sodor to find Lady, because Boomer knows that she would either be there or Shining Time. 7. No Special Coal: In the movie, Thomas clearly said "Special ISLAND of SODOR coal", NOT Welsh coal. So, the coal Thomas takes to the Magic Railroad is NOT Welsh coal, it's SODOR coal! (In case you didn't notice) 8. Blue Bird: I like to think the real reason why Lily has the little blue bird plush is because Grandma Tasha gave it to her before she died. 9. Keep Diesel 10's original story: Don't @ me on this, but I like the original idea of Diesel 10 being a new diesel on Sodor. Because the final cut with him "back" seemed out of context. Like I said, Diesel 10, alongside Splatter and Dodge, will be sent to Sodor by Boomer to find Lady. However, Diesel 10 never met Lady and doesn't know how to find her. So, he came up with the stupid idea of destroying all the buffers on Sodor. And that's when George the Steamroller comes in. 10. Give George Character Development: As we all know, George is a bad-tempered Steamroller who hated railways. However, he will have the redemption arc he never gotten in the final cut. 11. How To Stop Being Stupid (get it?): OK! This is where we get the stupid stuff out from the movie, the sentient rabbit, the talking tumbleweed, humans talking to dogs, Diesel 10 sneaking powdery stuff into random places for no reason, Thomas appearing on top of Muffle Mountain for no reason, Mr. Conductor talking to inanimate objects, Mr. Conductor on a wild goose chase in the woods while eating veggies, and Mr. Conductor breaking the fourth wall!!! 12. Keeping Some Old Concepts: The original backstory of Boomer crashing Lady. In the original script, Lily's dad is Hispanic, so that would make Lily half American and half Hispanic. Boomer as the main villain. George's redemption arc. The old station near the buffers that led to the magic railway. Lily and Patch married and have their own son and daughter in the future. 13. Lady's Basis: Lady will be based on the Great Western Railway 101 Class Tank Engine, except shorter and with well tanks instead of side tanks. 14. Timeline: This will take place in 1999, from May 4th to May 7th. And on May 18th, 2019, 20 years later. 15. The End: Boomer will be arrested by the Sodor Police for property damage and attempted murder. Sir Topham Hatt keeps Diesel 10 on Sodor and made him the railway's 10th Diesel. Splatter and Dodge stay on the railway too, but now owned by Burnett and Lily to do goods work on the line where the old station is reopened alongside Lady who runs the passenger services. 20 years later, Lily and Patch get married and have their own son and daughter. And that's it, we did it.
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Жыл бұрын
@@dylanlyles9453 Uh, no offense but Diesel 10 is fine as a evil villain on his own and plans of diesel domination on Sodor and The Fat Controller would most likely send him away for the trouble he caused instead of keeping him like he did with bad Mainland diesels. Also, Gordon is in character by being boastful and disrespectful towards small engines. But I do like most of your ideas like keep Sodor real though. Just stating my thoughts and although you may disagree, I hope you understand what I'm saying just the same.
@dylanlyles9453
@dylanlyles9453 Жыл бұрын
@@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Yeah, but those are just my ideas for a future TATMR rewrite. I just didn't like Gordon being rude to Thomas because of their alliance they formed in The Railway Series and the TV series.
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Жыл бұрын
@@dylanlyles9453 At least you respected that Diesel 10 is a perfect villain on his own. Also, I'm planning to do a CGI rewrite of TATMR myself.
@victorgaminglounge3967
@victorgaminglounge3967 Жыл бұрын
44:30-44:41. I can literally say the exact same thing with Ghostbusters: Afterlife, as a huge fan of the original series (Especially Ghostbusters 1 since it is one of my favorite movies of all time) while there were some good stuff in the film, unfortunately as the months of last year went on as I kept watching it for various reasons I started to see a lot of cracks in the film, plus the more I think about the film's logic the more angrier I basically became (plus some story elements from that film were almost the same as my own Ghostbusters Story that I did with my friends 3 years prior in 2018) and I can also say wholeheartedly that Ghostbusters: Afterlife is also a mediocre misfire, and plus a massive OG Ghostbusters Fan I'm not excited for the new movie that is coming out this year because it's just gonna be Afterlife all over again not knowing what made the Original Ghostbusters film a Timeless Cult Classic.
@supermariof0521
@supermariof0521 Жыл бұрын
You mentioned how this special was shot in 4:3. In the original UK version, its 16:9. But was cropped in the US version.
@MrDuckAndZatara
@MrDuckAndZatara Жыл бұрын
I'm or of the free few Thomas community members that will say, with all honesty. "I'm glad I grew up with this (CAE), and not TATMR!
@thesovereignsudrian
@thesovereignsudrian Жыл бұрын
i personally thought that the hill segment and the one w the bananas were the only interesting ones because it added to the humor of the special
@MovieFan1912
@MovieFan1912 4 ай бұрын
45:44-45:46 With extreme prejudice.
@MovieFan1912
@MovieFan1912 3 ай бұрын
6:43-6:47 That’s what she said.
@Britt0nline123
@Britt0nline123 Жыл бұрын
I love this.
@lowfurts
@lowfurts Жыл бұрын
Idk why but I LOVE this film
@Britt0nline123
@Britt0nline123 Жыл бұрын
What do you think of the cut scene of Thomas seeing the windmill’s destroyed state and the cut song, “The Dream Song”?
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
Good question! I didn’t even think about that. Seeing the windmill in such a story could also serve as another representation that everything we know about Thomas, especially classic Thomas, was torn down and had to be built up again, and the dream song is interesting in concept and could’ve made the scene a bit creepier and more interesting but I kinda like it as is but then again maybe it’d be more engaging and less on the nose since not everything is being narrated but instead told through song? Idk. Great question though! Hope this was the answer you were looking for
@Britt0nline123
@Britt0nline123 Жыл бұрын
@@moonlightrider24It absolutely was.
@sailorearth2007
@sailorearth2007 Жыл бұрын
Great review and I agree about the female characters…the model series was always having different engines at the shed so why not make the shed large enough for say 10 so visitors could stay? More room would mean nobody got replaced…HIT and those early CGI just dumbed down the series way too much Also what happened to all your vids?
@NitroIndigo
@NitroIndigo Жыл бұрын
Your audio clips a few times, but this is very thorough for an early video.
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I’m trying to work on improving my audio editing, hopefully that’ll get better and better with each video
@Grenko
@Grenko Жыл бұрын
10:25 What's this clip from?
@joeramirez003
@joeramirez003 Жыл бұрын
Bullet Train
@garrettsmith2776
@garrettsmith2776 Жыл бұрын
When is the rewrite coming?
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
Someday my friend, someday
@thomaswalsh8726
@thomaswalsh8726 Жыл бұрын
@@moonlightrider24 Here is a little subplot you could add to the rewrite: Bulgy and George laughing and mocking the steam engines and diesel engines during their arguments and the Fat Controller tells off his engines after their big fight and tell them that the railways will be ripped up, road vehicles will takes over and all the steam and diesel engines will be scrapped. Because of their remarks, most of the engines stops talking to most of the road vehicles (Bertie, Trevor, Terence, Caroline and Elizabeth).
@WatchVidsMakeLists
@WatchVidsMakeLists Жыл бұрын
Is this a reupload?
@moonlightrider24
@moonlightrider24 Жыл бұрын
Yes, I posted the original yesterday only to realize the music was too loud and so I fixed it and reuploaded! Hope you enjoy the video!
@WatchVidsMakeLists
@WatchVidsMakeLists Жыл бұрын
@@moonlightrider24 thanks ^_^
@WolfGamer2000YT
@WolfGamer2000YT 10 ай бұрын
A big mess with good songs
@awesome-xk8vj
@awesome-xk8vj Жыл бұрын
I like your rewrite of Calling All Engines. The only thing I would change about your rewrite is that I would replace Arry & Bert's role in the movie & all of their appearances in The Hit Era with Splatter & Dodge.
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Жыл бұрын
'Arry and Bert deserves to appear in the series as recurring antagonists which includes the HIT era so as much as we like to see Splatter and Dodge in Calling All Engines and the HIT era, replacing 'Arry and Bert won't do. No offense.
@awesome-xk8vj
@awesome-xk8vj Жыл бұрын
@@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 It's alright.
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967
@DavidBContentExtravaganza3967 Жыл бұрын
@@awesome-xk8vj Glad we understand each other.
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