My son loves it, but they could do better.
Our son loves Thomas. We loved the new DVD. But as his parent, and a long time connoisseur of entertainment media, I have a few issues with this DVD.
First of all, the DVD we were sent was presented entirely in a 4x3 aspect ratio. This DVD is brand new, and for a show made using computers in the year 2013, I find myself a little frustrated at the lack of options here. I mean, my son could care less about a detail like this, but I don't understand why they would do this when the last time I saw a 4x3 tv for sale was about five years ago. It just feels cheap.
One of my son's favorite parts of these videos are the sketches between each episode with Mr. Perkins. They've cut Mr. Perkins' screen time down to two segments, which do not take place in the engine driver's common room. In each sequence, he spends the majority of the time reading off a script while images fill the screen (one of these being a recap of the new film released last month). I was...
DVD review
I enjoy this new Thomas DVD. There were wonderful holiday stories.
In the first story "Santa's Little Engine", Sir Topham Hatt is dressing up as Santa Claus for the Christmas fair and rides a sleigh. Next in "No Snow for Thomas", Thomas doesn't like his snowplough and hides it, now he's stuck in the shed while everyone is having fun in the snow. In "The Frozen Turntable", The turntable at Tidmonth sheds is frozen, so the engines has to find a new place to sleep for the night. in the next episode "The Missing Christmas Decorations", Diesel 10 takes the Christmas decorations from Tidmonth sheds to the Dieselworks, and Percy teaches everyone the generous spirit of Christmas by giving Sidney a Christmas present. In the last story "Snow Tracks" (Which was previously released on the Thomas DVD "Splish Splash Splosh", But it was re-narrated by the new storyteller), Gordon thinks he can go through the snow without a problem.
During the DVD features 2 Mr. Perkins segments...
Awesome Santa Movie!
Thomas and Friends Santa's Little Engine DVD is a super cute and fun DVD for any Thomas lover. When I had the opportunity to review it I knew that my nieces and nephews would love it and I was right. They sat down and watched the entire video for an hour and they were in love with the Christmas spirit. Briar who is 3 said, "It's my Thomas movie" when he saw the DVD. And older sister Sage who is 4 enjoyed it as well, but Briar was the one that enjoyed it the most.
The first story is "Santa's Little Engine" and Sir Topham Hatt is dressing up as Santa Claus so he could visit Sodor. Which amazed Sage because Santa always visits everywhere, why wasn't he always in Sodor. Good question, but one that was easily answered with, of course he does, but now we have proof Santa visits Sodor. Problem solved!!
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