I actually remember rewatching this special quite a while ago, and I'm stunned by how high it is on my favourite Thomas movies! For moments I'd include in a potential re-write Rosie Angelina-style (I easily recommend her; her Thomas stories are fantastic!), I instantly thought of a scene where after Stanley finds him, Thomas lays his feelings out in the open for him to hear, and while by no means easy for him given how he has acted beforehand, Thomas allows himself to be emotionally vulnerable so Stanley knows exactly what's been going with him. And then to his amazement, Stanley would confess to feeling some jealousy of his own towards Thomas, having heard about all the things he and his friends have done over the years and how close they all are in spite of their different personalities. In fact, imagine how Thomas would feel if Stanley reveals what he and the others were talking about in the sheds the night Stanley was in Thomas's berth: Thomas himself.

The Great Discovery is one of my favourite Thomas movies, I have many fond childhood memories about watching it. This review is amazing, and I do agree with most of the opinions and statements here. New subscriber!

I realized how long Thomas has been on Sodor from the very start of the seasons while Stanley is relatively new

I think another bit with Diesel 10 could be during the search montage is where we see him. He has his snarling face as he lumbers across the tracks with his claw lifted up. He almost looks unwilling to help but is forced to anyways. It could show that he still despises him but only helps because he’s told to

Since Hiro is one of the first steam engines on Sodor, he might know about Great Waterton too.

The Great Discovery *is* my favorite movie of Thomas and friends. Like damn, Thomas's character arc hits soo hard man and his character is just total perfection, somehow Sharron Miller had a great understanding of his character and complexity..... did I just say that =/. And also, I adore Stanley, he's such a pure character and his desing is just out of this world I have nothing bad to say about the movie, like at all, it's one of the most wonderfull experience I had in a while ; but I genuinely believed that if Edward had a bigger role like you said, it would have made this all ready perfect movie into the definitive Thomas film. *I'm not really a HIT era guy, but either way I'm glad that this era existed at all because if it wasn't for this era, we wouldn't have seen this masterpiece!!!!*

I like to have Molly be in the Story but be a Comfort and encourge Thomas when he down and out.

One thing it would have like is that they include all the engine prop the production team have if it was going to be the last production model they'll we do

What about the CGI Brenner era for Thomas and Percy's friendship? It must have been grounded and realistic too.

I think i have two ideas for edward maybe have he overhears Thomas being jealous of Stanley after he's been lifted back on the rails and after he pass them then after great waterton has been destroyed edward would replace james where he tells toby why thomas shunted too many trucks for Stanley.

The music in this movie is so amazing the songs and the score is gold

Maybe the real great discovery was the friends we made along the way. Also, it's so nice to watch someone talk about how much they love something for nearly an hour.

I would put steady eddie, toby's special surprise, james works it out, tram trouble and gordon takes a shortcut in my AU the first of season 12 since they feature great waterton

The great discovery is my favourite Thomas movie/special

YES! I love this series! Keep up the ABSOLUTE AWESOME WORK! (Side note: I may not talk about it on my channel at least but I am a HUGE fan of Thomas content:) )

A nice way to end the model era with great music

When you get to "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure", I know one fix that is pretty much manditory. When Fatty McHatty sees Thomas running off with the dynamite and is about to verbally unload on him, BEFORE Fatty can scream Thomas' full name, Ryan is like "Sir! Thomas just saved us!". This right here could catch Fat Boy off guard, and hears everyone out as they explain that the dynamite was prematurely ignited. However Thomas cuts in and tries to take full blame, saying he forgot to warn Ryan about the bad coal he took that caused sparks to go off. However as he prepares for verbal impact, Fatty firmly but fairly says "I see. Well I suppose its better to loose the dynamite than loose an engine or workman.", acknowledging that Thomas was not fooling around this time, but despite not being scolded this time, Thomas still feels like shit cause he caused so much trouble. Then maybe later have a scene of Gordon sadly confessing to the Fat Controller that he instigated the Knapford incident and humbly asks to take Henry's goods work while Henry takes the express out of remorse. Fatty sternly but firmly says "Very well, Gordon.", and sends him off. However Fatty can't help but feel concerned about Thomas, and the two talk things over as Thomas feels awful for all the shit he caused in a desparate attempt to 1-up Ryan, feeling like he doesn't matter anymore, and tells Fatty about Sailor John and how he unintentionally caused him to pursue the treasure. Fatty goes into "Now's not the time to moan." mode and instructs Thomas to stakeout at Knapford, leading to the big chase.

I think the last time I watched "The Great Discovery" James starts off being happy going with Thomas to the Wharf, then smug and uninterested when Stanley starts bonding with him and the rest of The Steam Team engines, angry after Thomas ruins the construction of Great Waterton, but cares about him once he goes missing. The fact that Duncan sent Thomas onto a death trap has me dying! 😂🤣😈 Shows us how bad@$$ he can be... For some reason Duncan always got the most correct writing for the HIT Entertainment SKR episodes. The trope of Thomas not getting along with new engines (not always) soon got annoying in later movies and episodes like "Heave ho Thomas", "Engine of the future", MIR, SLOTLT, TGR and the BWBA movie. l:( The movie does have learning segments like "Calling all engines", but they were separated as a bonus feature. Sharon Miller wrote this movie?

Can’t wait to see you tackle Day of The Diesels. So much potential. Such poor execution.

James was the antagonist of this film if you really think about it. He got in Thomas head causing him to act the way he did and no mention of his actions of that any time after all the shit went down? Damn James is the best Thomas villain and here is proof.

Dude I love this! Just discovered your channel. I loved the big cast of TGD and it's my favorite Thomas film and I have a lot of nostalgia for it. I even made some videos of nostalgic scenes that I hadn't seen anyone remake before lol. I have a lot of love for this movie and your thoughts are appreciated! :D Hope to see more from your channel soon!

I am now way too mind blown after all of this, this is legitimately why me and everyone knows The Great Discovery is literally everything just like a real movie! This is what I call nostalgia, I love this movie so god damn much!!! 9/10 🥰🥹🤩

A great way end the models series thomas and friends

the great discovery is atcually my favorite thomas movie along with blue mountain mystery

YES!

When's the next HICBAM coming?

I actually did put Rosie and molly in the steam team in my channel no one get relpace