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Post by Deleted on May 12, 2020 11:38:41 GMT
There always was a girl train in it Daisy looks like a carriage but is in fact a Railcar. She is that rare thing in the series, a freindly Diesel . No. I'm now convinced Daisy was just a train in drag. Although she does have blue eye make-up, which might make her appealing to a certain member of our congregation Friendly Diesel lol literally sat here crying laughing! That post is so serious yet so funny, Del darling! if in doubt, just ask Del Boy, he’s an expert when it comes to train spotting and all things ‘Thomas the tank’ haha
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Post by Three Litre on May 12, 2020 11:51:10 GMT
There always was a girl train in it Daisy looks like a carriage but is in fact a Railcar. She is that rare thing in the series, a freindly Diesel . No. I'm now convinced Daisy was just a train in drag. Although she does have blue eye make-up, which might make her appealing to a certain member of our congregation A Man City supporter?
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Post by Sam Tyler on May 12, 2020 13:15:43 GMT
There always was a girl train in it Daisy looks like a carriage but is in fact a Railcar. She is that rare thing in the series, a freindly Diesel . There were two, there was another diesel at the quarry called Mavis. I think she was one with a bit of attitude though. Coaches? Annie ( ) and Clarabel, but Toby also had a coach called Henrietta. It all takes me back to our twins being three back in '92, we must have had about ten VHS tapes of Thomas and Friends in different boxed sets. The modelling was superb but once again the septics and CGI come along and bugger it up. Sam.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 12, 2020 13:21:40 GMT
Not quite who I had in mind. There always was a girl train in it Daisy looks like a carriage but is in fact a Railcar. She is that rare thing in the series, a freindly Diesel . There were two, there was another diesel at the quarry called Mavis. I think she was one with a bit of attitude though. Coaches? Annie ( ) and Clarabel, but Toby also had a coach called Henrietta. It all takes me back to our twins being three back in '92, we must have had about ten VHS tapes of Thomas and Friends in different boxed sets. The modelling was superb but once again the septics and CGI come along and bugger it up. Sam. I've just googled Mavis. Clearly, guys, you remember a lot more about these trains than I do! I remember her now, though. She's essentially Phyllis. CGI has completely removed all the magic from kids TV . I could tell you that when I'm ill I like to watch my old kids programmes that are all either hand drawn or models etc and they're still magic. But I won't tell you that, cause you'll laugh at me.
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Post by Three Litre on May 12, 2020 13:27:44 GMT
Not quite who I had in mind. There were two, there was another diesel at the quarry called Mavis. I think she was one with a bit of attitude though. Coaches? Annie ( ) and Clarabel, but Toby also had a coach called Henrietta. It all takes me back to our twins being three back in '92, we must have had about ten VHS tapes of Thomas and Friends in different boxed sets. The modelling was superb but once again the septics and CGI come along and bugger it up. Sam. I've just googled Mavis. Clearly, guys, you remember a lot more about these trains than I do! I remember her now, though. She's essentially Phyllis. CGI has completely removed all the magic from kids TV . I could tell you that when I'm ill I like to watch my old kids programmes that are all either hand drawn or models etc and they're still magic. But I won't tell you that, cause you'll laugh at me.
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 12, 2020 13:31:13 GMT
I knew I could rely on you for moral support, 3L
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Post by DI Alex Drake on May 12, 2020 13:34:20 GMT
No. I'm now convinced Daisy was just a train in drag. Although she does have blue eye make-up, which might make her appealing to a certain member of our congregation A Man City supporter? Actually yes! I'm completely losing the plot. What day is it? No idea. What year is it? Equally clueless. How long have we been in lockdown? It must be years by now?
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Post by Three Litre on May 12, 2020 14:12:17 GMT
Actually yes! I'm completely losing the plot. What day is it? No idea. What year is it? Equally clueless. How long have we been in lockdown? It must be years by now? We all suffering from plague fatigue.
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Post by Sparky on May 12, 2020 15:52:36 GMT
I had the misfortune of seeing a clip of the current "Thomas...." and was shocked. The whole thing is voiced by Amercian voices, in CGI - half of the original characters are gone - and the US idea of making their kids shows Patronising, Twee, Sickly, PC and Finger wagging - totally ruined it.
I loved the original UK produced series before Britt Allcroft sold the rights; the idea that the series was made using sections "G" Gauge (Garden Scale) model railway made it work. Again, there were all these little details added here and there to make it authentic. Because it was simple, it worked. Oh no! Really?? Why do they have to ruin everything? I remember discovering that (after I'd stopped watching) they added in girl trains . I can safely say that watching it as a 2/3/4/5 year old girl, I never once thought "oh no, there are no girl trains so I cannot relate to this" or "evidently my purpose in life is just to be one of the carriages". . It's just painful, all the ultra-PC cr*p. They introduced foreign accented trains during the UK produced era; which was a nice touch. When the US got hold of it, it became 100% PC.
There is even an Autistic Locomotive..... Don't even get me started on the "stereotypical" idea of Autism. Where it is assumed everyone on the spectrum has the same symptoms/traits. On the same point - "Sesame St" introduced a similar character recently - and that was done very well. (Considering it's US produced).
I was working at Shepperton Studios about 20something years ago, and was shown around the "Thomas" sets; people think it was one large layout. Each shot was a section of board with a working model railway; which they would wheel in to the rostrum area. There was sections for the Yard, Station, Hill, River, Smaller Station.
Each train had it's own drawer, with a collection of facial expressions that could be changed. This was all in "G" garden railway scale; then they had a couple of much larger fronts of trains (faces) for closeups. They had built a special camera cage, using a periscope/mirror arrangement, so the camera could get down at the level of the set. This was big budget Model Railwaying. The trains eyes were Radio Controlled.
Sorry for ruining the magic for everyone......
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Post by Three Litre on May 12, 2020 15:55:55 GMT
Oh no! Really?? Why do they have to ruin everything? I remember discovering that (after I'd stopped watching) they added in girl trains . I can safely say that watching it as a 2/3/4/5 year old girl, I never once thought "oh no, there are no girl trains so I cannot relate to this" or "evidently my purpose in life is just to be one of the carriages". . It's just painful, all the ultra-PC cr*p. They introduced foreign accented trains during the UK produced era; which was a nice touch. When the US got hold of it, it became 100% PC.
There is even an Autistic Locomotive..... Don't even get me started on the "stereotypical" idea of Autism. Where it is assumed everyone on the spectrum has the same symptoms/traits. On the same point - "Sesame St" introduced a similar character recently - and that was done very well. (Considering it's US produced).
I was working at Shepperton Studios about 20something years ago, and was shown around the "Thomas" sets; people think it was one large layout. It wasn't, each shot was a section of board with a working model railway. Each train had it's own drawer, with a collection of facial expressions that could be changed. This was all in "G" garden railway scale; then they had a couple of much larger fronts of trains (faces) for closeups. They had built a special camera cage, using a periscope/mirror arrangement, so the camera could get down at the level of the set.
Sorry for ruining the magic for everyone...... Well, that's ruined Alex's day, she thought they were actually alive.
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