Ringo Starr really nailed the sad 'moo' for Bluebell the Cow perfectly, unlike George Carlin who only makes a weird sound of both a cow and sheep that I can't understand why he did that.
It is kinda weird he did that yeah, though saying that, this means the episodes give you different options. Do you want a comedically sad moo? Watch Ringo's version. Do you want a realistic cow sound? Watch George's version.
@@Johnny_64 he actually redubbed them after doing Seasons 3 and 4 I believe which is when he started narrating in the US in the 90s, but I don't know if he did them in a gap between 3 and 4 or after 4
I think the long awkward silence in the deputation fits the feel of the situation perfectly! Remember the idea of the engines talking to the fat controller about keeping both Donald and Douglas made them feel uncomfortable which is why there was a long silence as they were taking time to process the situation and how they were going to handle it
@@usualblokeluke you’re welcome! My advice is if you know the books, especially the books of Thomas, the stories and characters by heart, you’ll notice little details like that you never would’ve noticed before. It’s not the first time the engines have felt uncomfortable telling the fat controller something either. In the story little western, when the engines are telling Douglas he needs to tell the fat controller about Oliver, Douglas freaks out and doesn’t wanna do it. Then when the fat controller makes his appearance known the engines go quite. I know that because the book says duck broke the awkward silence. It’s also why in the deputation when everyone made Percy tell him, he was scared and nervous
No Matter which Season from 1-4 i watch, when i watch the US Dub, i always expect Carlin to go from something nice to something you would hear on "What am i doing in New Jearsey?"
Season 2 is definitely where the story order gets very wonky. Season 1 had some starts by botching Gordon's arc but was otherwise fluid, but Season 2 cuts down multiple arcs and then references them in its episodes. Even the More About Thomas stories I feel they kinda botch because that was a development arc for Thomas becoming less arrogant, but they take out the continuity and also place it at the beginning of the series before all the 'jerk Thomas' stories at the end (a shame since it would have made a good lead up to Thomas' characterisation in Season 3).
What I love most about this season is all the different story arcs throughout. To me this feels like the longest classic season. My Top 5 5. The Diseasel 4. Ghost Train 3. Old Iron 2. A Close Shave 1. Edward’s Exploit Least Favorite: Thomas & Trevor
there are times in series 2 where you can tell what episode that had been filmed directly prior. my favorites are: A shot in "Thomas, Percy and the Coal" where a black wall can be seen blocking view of the stationmaster's house, presumably to hide damage sustained during "Thomas Comes to Breakfast" A shot of Percy in "Thomas comes to Breakfast" where you can barely make out Donald's tender wedged under the signal box in the background
there are also smaller details too, two of them I've picked up on are Percy's cylinder damage from "Percy and the Signal" onwards (as the model fell off the set), and Toby's gradual headlamp rod deterioration from "Ghost Train" and "Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree" (which is completely snapped off for the shoots on the Elsbridge set) ... also, I think that on each of the sets for Knapford, Crosby and Brendam, "Wrong Road" and "Edward's Exploit" came first in the shoots on the set, as they're the only stories to use S1 rolling stock (the Express and branch line coaches) with the first shot on Knapford yards being "The Missing Coach" (later "Saved from Scrap") and from there the newer S2 stock came into play.
18:55: Not to mention, in the restored versions of many of these episodes, particularly for S1-2, alternate, less refined takes were used, presumably because much of the old footage was lost in the 2004 (I believe that's when S1-3 were restored and S4-5 were remastered) restoration.
Another fab vid! Series 2 on VHS wrings more nostalgia out of me than any other Thomas content. The fuzzy, rose-tinted look takes me right back to being a little kid. Can't wait to see the series 3 vid!!!
@@usualblokeluke Not sure how they did it at the time, but there's defo software out there that let's you change the colour balance of videos. I expect that tinting the shadows with red or purple and leaving the mid-tones and highlights alone would achieve the right effect, but you'd just have to experiment with it. Also, I'm thinking of recording some original audio-stories soon, and I was wondering if you had to get any special permissions to use S.A.'s music in your vids?
@@jacksweet484 I think so long as you give him credit in the video description or anywhere else in what you make, you can use S.A.'s music. Just so long as you don't try and make it out like you made that music.
Not at all! You have to be a good critic, and all your critiques were fair. I agree that there are a few nothing episodes, but it DEFINITELY is the most nostalgic for me. I watched Series 2 a bunch as a kid, but I had more VHS tapes of Series 1 so I watched it more, thus always having a longing for more Series 2. I love the orange hue, like you said, and all the introductions to new characters were great. I think you covered as much as possible in 26 minutes!
A Close Shave is a great finale to the Duck trilogy and just barely edges out The Flying Kipper as my favorite episode of the entire series. The chase and eventual accident had a great amount of buildup and tension.
Editing plays a big factor into the crash there too. Notice a lit of whick curse as Duck swerves into the siding to avoid James as a mix of shots showing him and from his view on the track are spliced together. We cut to the barber shot inside briefly and then back to Dick before he finally crashes into the shop and the final note of the runaway theme hits hard!
I don't know why, but watching that intro makes me want to cry. I love TNF (the classic season with model trains) as a kid and always watch it on CDs and collect their toys. Every time i rewatch it as an adult, it always brought me back to the time when i would endlessly watch it on TV with the up most enthusiasm, even tho I can almost recite all stories line by line. I think it has its flaws but the story telling appoarch and production value will always leave its mark on Children media. Love you video, and keep up the good work.
Duck and the Diesel Engine is my favorite railway series book and it drives me up the wall that they leave Domeless Engines out until Series 3. It feel like it adds so much more to Duck's story arch.
Honestly that moo is so funny yet depressing like that cow sounds like he just got a divorce, lost the kids, the house, his job and all the money and it is just the most weirdly hilarious thing ever
In terms of The Missing Coach, it was actally gonna be a combo of the 1st 2 stories from the Twin Engines, so by extension, we also missed out on an adaption of Hullo Twins
Season 2 is really good, I don't have too much too say, I like almost every new character introduced this season, the narration is pretty good, I like this season
Season 2 is a great series. This season improved a lot over Season 1. Plus it has too many great episodes in the season. A Close Shave is my favorite episode of Season 2 and my favorite Thomas episode.
I personally love Series 1 and Series 2 because the narrator is Ringo Starr. Thank you so much. I love the music too. This series can inspire me to love acting like Thomas
Series 2 is the best sequel to the first season as it introduces fan favorites newbies, shedding some spotlight on Percy and especially Edward, some great new locations, an industrial setting feel, and those fantastic panning camera shots with certain tones of themes that can either be lighthearted, or a bit dark. Oh and the best score of the 80’s era of Thomas no question!
17:47 This is only an issue with the remastered version of the episodes. In the original VHS release, they cropped a lot of shots, and had a black bar added in post, to cover up their name plates until they were supposed to have them. When the remaster was done, whoever did the editing simply took the original takes (this goes for pretty much the entire series btw), and just used the footage as is, with no alteration. This often resulted in them using incorrect takes at times, since the remaster's editor would often just use whatever take showed up first in the reel, without checking closely to ensure it's the same take as the original episode. That's why Season 1 has that weird blooper of Henry bumping into the building and then driving away. The end result is that in the Donald/Douglas episodes, you get to see their name plates at all times now, and the shots that were previously cropped to hide them are no longer cropped. It's a weird inconsistency that comes with the remaster, but personally I kinda like it. Not for how it is in context of the show, but simply for the fact that we get to see the complete unaltered footage that they shot, without any obvious edits done to hide their own mistake (if you watch the VHS version of Douglas destroying the brake-van, the black box covering his name plate is extremely obvious on a modern screen).
I must know who composed this spectacular version of The Watermill Theme. Wonderful review series aside (I'm so excited for more) I must know this song!
Well, you have your opinions & I have mine. Now I say my favorites Honorable Mentions: Duck takes Charge for introducing Duck & setting great examples for the youth Pop goes the Diesel for bringing in the first Diesel of the show, the dynamic with Duck, & the Trucks going "Oooh. OOOOOHH!" Percy takes the Plunge for like you said, has a great crash & moral lesson. Break Van & the Deputation together for bringing in Donald & Douglas, exploring the characters, & the others uniting to save them. The Diseasel for like you said, great introduction to 3 new characters & the funny trick. Wolly Bear for how Percy turns out & it being a good follow up to one in my top 5. 5. Thomas Comes to Breakfast for having such a memorable crash & a good moral lesson. 4. A Close Shave for Duck getting to show how he is as an Engine with an epic runaway & hilarious crash. 3. Old Iron for Edward getting to prove himself with a suspenseful runaway & epic shots. 2. Edward's Exploit as it shows how committed Edward is on his job against all odds. 1. Ghost Train for its dark & foggy scenery & haunted feel. Also, Percy's ghost impression is Top Tier.
Season 2 is better as Season 1 but not perfect .This season is better in sets ,music ,characters,story ,narration and writting as season 1 and i like every episode .But season has some production goofs . My top 5 episode : 5.A close shave for Duck 4.Bertie's chase 3.Saved for scrap 2.Old Iron 1.Edward ' s Exploit Rating and Ranking : 1.Season 2 :9,5/10 2.Season 1:9/10
To be honest, I forgot how much I enjoyed series 2 in my childhood. I think it’s topped series 1 because of the stories and Ringo’s narration. I have so many favourite episodes but my top 5 would be: 1. The Deputation because personally I think that is Donald and Douglas’s best story in the whole show and the story itself is brilliant of how all the engines came together to convince the fat controller to let Donald and Douglas stay on the Island of Sodor. 2. Edward’s Exploit because this was a unit of the episode for a number of reasons, one is that it’s the best story for the character Edward, the music, set and the story’s moral was told tell. And it’s a good one to choose for your number 1 too. 3. A Close Shave because of how the dangers and damage a runaway can do, and I liked the happy ending of Duck been able to come back home after Diesel is sent away for lying to the other engines about Duck 4. The Diseasel because it’s another nostalgic classic in my childhood because it’s a funny episode and a good way of introducing the characters Bill and Ben and Boco. 5. Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree because it’s a brilliant, well- written story to end the series. Honourable mentions: Thomas Percy and The Coal Old Iron The Runaway Percy Takes The Plunge Ghost Train
I have to say that season 2 would be my favorite of them all, though I think it would’ve been much better with the improvements that you mentioned along with “the missing coach” episode. It wasn’t too confusing to read when I was young, so I don’t understand why it would be for other kids in live-action form. My favorite score of all of the seasons would be Edwards theme this season. It’s almost an inspiring piece to listen to as if the song is telling you that you can overcome any obstacle. I admit I often still listen to it when I’m feeling down or when I feel like I should just give up and it ALWAYS picks me right up. Kudos to Mike O’Donnell and Junior Campbell for creating such amazing music and to Reverend Awdry, Christopher, Britt and David for a children’s television series that left its lasting mark almost 40 years later! ….and I still giggle as well when I hear Ringo Starr’s sad “mooo” all these years later 🤭
my top most favorite episodes from season 2 1 Bertie's Chase episode 3 US George Carlin 2 Percy Takes the Plunge episode 11 UK Ringo Starr 3 Better Late Than Never episode 15 US George Carlin 4 The Diseasel episode 21 US George Carlin 5 Percy's Ghostly Trick episode 24 US George Carlin 6 Percy Proves a Point episode 9 US George Carlin 7 Old Iron episode 5 US George Carlin 8 Wrong Road episode 22 US George Carlin 9 Pop Goes the Diesel episode 12 UK Ringo Starr 10 Diesel's Devious Deed episode 13 US George Carlin 11 A Close Shave episode 14 UK Ringo Starr Bestest Episode 12 Edward's Exploit episode 23 US George Carlin
About Thomas' Christmas Party, its similar to More About Thomas the Tank Engine in that Britt asked Wilbert to write a Christmas story for the finale. It was published in 1984 and illustrated by Clive Sponge. It takes place in 1952.
Season 2 will always be my favorite season. Im a huge season 2 guy. It has season 1’s amazing structure but with more exciting and better stories MOST of the time. I absolutely love the feel of season 2. Its so griddy. The industrial sets are amazing. And i love the more orange-y color pallete. The new chaarcters are amazing and when you binge watch season 2 it like season 1 feels like 1 big movie. I love it.
I find it mildly ironic that Harold thinks railways are slow when he's literally a helicopter, which from my understanding is the slowest form of motorized aircraft
Season 2 is my personal favourite, mainly because it highlights and portrays Edward’s whole character arc and Edward is my all time favourite character
I think the reason why the adaption for ,,Percy 's Promise "in season 3 and not in season 2 was the crew didn ' t the material to make rain or the model wasn 't save for the water .
Yeah only in Series 3 would they have been able to make rain on the sets so that's fair. Though if they did it like Edward's exploit where the sky is bleak and we can still hear the rain SFX that would've been alright too.
At 6:40 u say that they should’ve cut the Christopher stories to make room for the Wilbert stories. I agree with you! Unfortunately they had to use them as they needed more Thomas focused stories as they used most of them back in Season 1. Proof that marketing the show after Thomas was a blessing and a curse.
@@usualblokeluke exactly! I mean, I don’t have a problem with them marketing the show after Thomas, but for it to have to affect the continuity, that’s crossing a line! 😡
Before I saw this video, I had never come across the term "derp face". That being said, I do remember that was quite a thing through this period of the show. Maybe it's because I'm not much of a social media/meme/emoji/Internet culture admirer. I guess I would've called it the GACC (Golden Age Cartoon Character) Face syndrome, as those expressions were also quite common with some of the cartoon characters from the Golden Age i.e. the way Pinocchio smiles on the VHS cover of the film of the same name and Mickey Mouse on various occasions. In fact, that was also the same with Tom and Jerry - at the end of Jerry's Cousin, Tom's worshipping Jerry and kissing his foot and during the last 2 seconds, Jerry turns to the camera and hey presto, there's that open smile. But it's cool that someone has pointed the case out.
This is great as well, but I think George did better here than Ringo. Also, just watched your TATMR video, and I thought of two timelines: 1. The movie gets made (with or without the DC) and fails and we get Series 6 onwards to modern day. Or... 2. TATMR is never made, and Series 6 onward didn't pander to children, however, the show never turned CGI, so no Lost Treasure or Season 20 or stuff like that.
I sorta like that the “told out of order” stories mention events that haven’t been adapted yet, because when it finally does happen you’re like “ohh shit that’s from that one episode”
So The name plates on Donald and Douglas are edited out in the VHS copy’s of Break van and the deputation but the HD copy isn’t edited out . Apparently it’s something to do with the original copy’s of the episodes being so warn down that they had to start using so blooper clips like in the first Henry coal story .
@@usualblokeluke Edward might be wise and kind, but even he has limits and unlike Harvey, Duck is actually getting on everyone's nerves by bragging about being Great Western.
I had some vhs memories of watching some of the more recognizable episodes like Saved from Scrap, Old Iron, and Donald and Douglas. However, I didn’t have many memories of this series compared to Series 1 and 3. Watching Series 2 in its entirety made me very happy and even more appreciative they followed up with series 1. I’ve even gained more appreciation to some new favorite characters of mine like Donald and Douglas, Bill and Ben, and especially Duck (especially in his arc with Diesel). Aside from that, I don’t really have much else to say about the other aspects of Series 2 because the video already covered the rest of it. Overall, I liked Series 2 just much as 1 and 3.
Just out of curiosity, there has been a mystery surrounding a particular episode of season 2 that I haven't heard anybody talk about (none that I could find anyway). Would you have any interest or know of anybody that could assist with that? And no, it has nothing to do with the cancelled episodes.
@@usualblokelukeBertie's Chase. In the book version and when I saw it on tv growing up, the entire beginning of the episode was cut. If it was a simple goof, why was it then printed that way?
@@usualblokelukeThe entire sequence of Edward being at the station. So when the episode starts, when I first saw it, Bertie is at the gate yelling for Edward to stop and that he's got Thomas' passengers. So for awhile I never knew that there was a sequence of Edward waiting impatiently at the station, while his crew chatted to each other. The whole version does show up on vhs tapes and dvds while the book version of this story does not. If it was a broadcast error, which probably makes sense, why would the error show up in printed form as well?
One uneventful story includes Diesel trying to pull old and empty trucks from a siding, even though at the end the trucks on different sidings sing the funniest song to him simply called 🎵Pop Goes the Diesel🎵 which p*sses him off.
I like your choices of top five episodes of series. Percy Proves a Point. Old Iron. Wrong Road. A Close Shave for Duck. Edward's Exploit. All good choices.
Like the unlucky tug said In his Season 2 Restrospetive video. This Season was a good Sequal. But I also agree with you when you said yes and no. Like the previous Season There are episodes that let it down. And the wonkey Eyed Faces are worst. Like in Percy and the Singal it looks like James Face is about to fall off . Ringo Starr UK DUB was top notch and His US DUB was also good but I still prefer George Carlin. And don't mind me misspelling any words in my comments.
Fun fact: the flying kipper van that was on the train that chased duck has appeared in a total of four episodes first in flying kipper (without a face and on the kipper) close shave (albeit with a large laughing face and gets its brown livery again ) Thomas, James and the tree (apeared as cameo and also one of the trucks that roasted james while he was passing the yard) percy's predicament (cameo again, behind toby during the scene were we get to see how much damage percy did to that truck,also has writing on its sides.) also little fun fact: in a japanese promo art for close shave the flying kipper van has a black livery, also how the fuck was duck not able to 5 trucks??
More About Thomas was published on September 22, 1986. And then series 2 premiered the next day. I guess that's why Christopher Awdry was upset with those adaptations. But hey, there's a good chance that people in the UK read the book before series 2.
Hot take: I mostly don’t like Season 2 lighting that much and it kinda taints the whole visual experience for me In some episodes there’s a bluish-white tint, and THAT lighting is good and appealing to look at However, most of the time they default to the weird brown lighting that, when combined with all the visual goofs I continually notice this season, really makes Season 2 look worse than the model seasons that came before and after it
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I have now pranked my Scottish Friend by creating an Earrape of Donald and Douglas' theme as his alarm clock. He doesn't now how to change it
Ringo Starr really nailed the sad 'moo' for Bluebell the Cow perfectly, unlike George Carlin who only makes a weird sound of both a cow and sheep that I can't understand why he did that.
It is kinda weird he did that yeah, though saying that, this means the episodes give you different options. Do you want a comedically sad moo? Watch Ringo's version. Do you want a realistic cow sound? Watch George's version.
MOOOOOO000000oooooooooooooo……………………
George’s earlier narration dubs of seasons 1+2 had him having more….enthusiastic moments (see Gordon groaning in Percy Runs Away).
@@Johnny_64 he actually redubbed them after doing Seasons 3 and 4 I believe which is when he started narrating in the US in the 90s, but I don't know if he did them in a gap between 3 and 4 or after 4
He does that same sound in the episode "Bull's Eyes" of Season 4
I think the long awkward silence in the deputation fits the feel of the situation perfectly! Remember the idea of the engines talking to the fat controller about keeping both Donald and Douglas made them feel uncomfortable which is why there was a long silence as they were taking time to process the situation and how they were going to handle it
Damn I now have a new way of looking at that scene
Very interesting perspective there
@@usualblokeluke you’re welcome! My advice is if you know the books, especially the books of Thomas, the stories and characters by heart, you’ll notice little details like that you never would’ve noticed before. It’s not the first time the engines have felt uncomfortable telling the fat controller something either. In the story little western, when the engines are telling Douglas he needs to tell the fat controller about Oliver, Douglas freaks out and doesn’t wanna do it. Then when the fat controller makes his appearance known the engines go quite. I know that because the book says duck broke the awkward silence. It’s also why in the deputation when everyone made Percy tell him, he was scared and nervous
The opening theme to this video has to be my favorite theme in the entire series
No Matter which Season from 1-4 i watch, when i watch the US Dub, i always expect Carlin to go from something nice to something you would hear on "What am i doing in New Jearsey?"
Season 2 is definitely where the story order gets very wonky. Season 1 had some starts by botching Gordon's arc but was otherwise fluid, but Season 2 cuts down multiple arcs and then references them in its episodes. Even the More About Thomas stories I feel they kinda botch because that was a development arc for Thomas becoming less arrogant, but they take out the continuity and also place it at the beginning of the series before all the 'jerk Thomas' stories at the end (a shame since it would have made a good lead up to Thomas' characterisation in Season 3).
Like having Percy Takes The Plunge before Percy's Promise so, in the former, Percy is talking about an event that hasn't happened
What I love most about this season is all the different story arcs throughout. To me this feels like the longest classic season.
My Top 5
5. The Diseasel
4. Ghost Train
3. Old Iron
2. A Close Shave
1. Edward’s Exploit
Least Favorite: Thomas & Trevor
there are times in series 2 where you can tell what episode that had been filmed directly prior. my favorites are:
A shot in "Thomas, Percy and the Coal" where a black wall can be seen blocking view of the stationmaster's house, presumably to hide damage sustained during "Thomas Comes to Breakfast"
A shot of Percy in "Thomas comes to Breakfast" where you can barely make out Donald's tender wedged under the signal box in the background
there are also smaller details too, two of them I've picked up on are Percy's cylinder damage from "Percy and the Signal" onwards (as the model fell off the set), and Toby's gradual headlamp rod deterioration from "Ghost Train" and "Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree" (which is completely snapped off for the shoots on the Elsbridge set) ... also, I think that on each of the sets for Knapford, Crosby and Brendam, "Wrong Road" and "Edward's Exploit" came first in the shoots on the set, as they're the only stories to use S1 rolling stock (the Express and branch line coaches) with the first shot on Knapford yards being "The Missing Coach" (later "Saved from Scrap") and from there the newer S2 stock came into play.
18:55: Not to mention, in the restored versions of many of these episodes, particularly for S1-2, alternate, less refined takes were used, presumably because much of the old footage was lost in the 2004 (I believe that's when S1-3 were restored and S4-5 were remastered) restoration.
Another fab vid! Series 2 on VHS wrings more nostalgia out of me than any other Thomas content. The fuzzy, rose-tinted look takes me right back to being a little kid. Can't wait to see the series 3 vid!!!
Thank you very much!
Any idea as to how they did the rose-tint? I'm looking at copying that look for videos in the future.
@@usualblokeluke Not sure how they did it at the time, but there's defo software out there that let's you change the colour balance of videos. I expect that tinting the shadows with red or purple and leaving the mid-tones and highlights alone would achieve the right effect, but you'd just have to experiment with it.
Also, I'm thinking of recording some original audio-stories soon, and I was wondering if you had to get any special permissions to use S.A.'s music in your vids?
@@jacksweet484 I think so long as you give him credit in the video description or anywhere else in what you make, you can use S.A.'s music. Just so long as you don't try and make it out like you made that music.
Series 2 is my personal favorite, so I was so excited for this one. Great work ☺️
Cheers. I hope I didn't sound too harsh with how much I ripped into the Christopher stories and production goofs 😂
Not at all! You have to be a good critic, and all your critiques were fair. I agree that there are a few nothing episodes, but it DEFINITELY is the most nostalgic for me. I watched Series 2 a bunch as a kid, but I had more VHS tapes of Series 1 so I watched it more, thus always having a longing for more Series 2. I love the orange hue, like you said, and all the introductions to new characters were great. I think you covered as much as possible in 26 minutes!
@@PapaCoco1128 nice to hear your memories. Can't wait to see how my audience will react to my series 3 review.
A Close Shave is a great finale to the Duck trilogy and just barely edges out The Flying Kipper as my favorite episode of the entire series. The chase and eventual accident had a great amount of buildup and tension.
Editing plays a big factor into the crash there too. Notice a lit of whick curse as Duck swerves into the siding to avoid James as a mix of shots showing him and from his view on the track are spliced together. We cut to the barber shot inside briefly and then back to Dick before he finally crashes into the shop and the final note of the runaway theme hits hard!
This episode terrified me as a kid. Seeing Duck’s uncanny happy face en the wrecked Barber Shop would scare any 1-3 year old.
I will always enjoy Season 2 more than Season 1 for its incredible episodes. 1986 was sure a great year for Thomas
I don't know why, but watching that intro makes me want to cry. I love TNF (the classic season with model trains) as a kid and always watch it on CDs and collect their toys. Every time i rewatch it as an adult, it always brought me back to the time when i would endlessly watch it on TV with the up most enthusiasm, even tho I can almost recite all stories line by line. I think it has its flaws but the story telling appoarch and production value will always leave its mark on Children media. Love you video, and keep up the good work.
Duck and the Diesel Engine is my favorite railway series book and it drives me up the wall that they leave Domeless Engines out until Series 3. It feel like it adds so much more to Duck's story arch.
Thomas Comes to Breakfast and Ghost Train are both very funny episodes, because they use the “Luckily no one was hurt” humor.
Honestly that moo is so funny yet depressing like that cow sounds like he just got a divorce, lost the kids, the house, his job and all the money and it is just the most weirdly hilarious thing ever
Bluebell's a female cow. She also go "Moo."
In terms of The Missing Coach, it was actally gonna be a combo of the 1st 2 stories from the Twin Engines, so by extension, we also missed out on an adaption of Hullo Twins
You are so funny, Luke. I like the way you described the durp faces with duuuuuhs. It oughtta just make me chuckle.
Thank you lol I had to be so quiet while recording them because my sister was asleep in her room right next to mine haha
When you first made these videos your thumbnails were extreamly simple, but now they look stunning!
Season 2 is really good, I don't have too much too say, I like almost every new character introduced this season, the narration is pretty good, I like this season
Season 2 is a great series. This season improved a lot over Season 1. Plus it has too many great episodes in the season. A Close Shave is my favorite episode of Season 2 and my favorite Thomas episode.
Season 2 is my favorite because of the stories, the characters and it’s settings.
I personally love Series 1 and Series 2 because the narrator is Ringo Starr. Thank you so much. I love the music too. This series can inspire me to love acting like Thomas
Series 1 and 2’s music of Thomas reminded me of Genesis and Phil Collins during the 80’s.
They should have made another chassis for Daisy & invited her to the Christmas Party in Series 2 as well as Henrietta & The Old Van!
I thought Daisy did appear in the final episode...
Series 2 is the best sequel to the first season as it introduces fan favorites newbies, shedding some spotlight on Percy and especially Edward, some great new locations, an industrial setting feel, and those fantastic panning camera shots with certain tones of themes that can either be lighthearted, or a bit dark. Oh and the best score of the 80’s era of Thomas no question!
Correction, Christmas Party was written by Wilbert, it was released in Oct of 84 and illustrated by Clive Spong
Yeah I goofed up researching it 🤣
17:47 This is only an issue with the remastered version of the episodes. In the original VHS release, they cropped a lot of shots, and had a black bar added in post, to cover up their name plates until they were supposed to have them.
When the remaster was done, whoever did the editing simply took the original takes (this goes for pretty much the entire series btw), and just used the footage as is, with no alteration. This often resulted in them using incorrect takes at times, since the remaster's editor would often just use whatever take showed up first in the reel, without checking closely to ensure it's the same take as the original episode. That's why Season 1 has that weird blooper of Henry bumping into the building and then driving away.
The end result is that in the Donald/Douglas episodes, you get to see their name plates at all times now, and the shots that were previously cropped to hide them are no longer cropped.
It's a weird inconsistency that comes with the remaster, but personally I kinda like it. Not for how it is in context of the show, but simply for the fact that we get to see the complete unaltered footage that they shot, without any obvious edits done to hide their own mistake (if you watch the VHS version of Douglas destroying the brake-van, the black box covering his name plate is extremely obvious on a modern screen).
Subbed, really enjoyed this. Derp Face section was funny AF lol
I heard the Britt didn't like to reference real life things in the series 😅 so I think that s the reason not doing the Gordon goes to London episode
I must know who composed this spectacular version of The Watermill Theme. Wonderful review series aside (I'm so excited for more) I must know this song!
Thank you!
And the one who composed it was SilverDragonTV 🙂
hello this sheds a light on my favourite season thanks luke for a wonderous presentation
Goood job mate. Well done. Thorough research!
Well, you have your opinions & I have mine. Now I say my favorites
Honorable Mentions:
Duck takes Charge for introducing Duck & setting great examples for the youth
Pop goes the Diesel for bringing in the first Diesel of the show, the dynamic with Duck, & the Trucks going "Oooh. OOOOOHH!"
Percy takes the Plunge for like you said, has a great crash & moral lesson.
Break Van & the Deputation together for bringing in Donald & Douglas, exploring the characters, & the others uniting to save them.
The Diseasel for like you said, great introduction to 3 new characters & the funny trick.
Wolly Bear for how Percy turns out & it being a good follow up to one in my top 5.
5. Thomas Comes to Breakfast for having such a memorable crash & a good moral lesson.
4. A Close Shave for Duck getting to show how he is as an Engine with an epic runaway & hilarious crash.
3. Old Iron for Edward getting to prove himself with a suspenseful runaway & epic shots.
2. Edward's Exploit as it shows how committed Edward is on his job against all odds.
1. Ghost Train for its dark & foggy scenery & haunted feel. Also, Percy's ghost impression is Top Tier.
Season 2 is better as Season 1 but not perfect .This season is better in sets ,music ,characters,story ,narration and writting as season 1 and i like every episode .But season has some production goofs .
My top 5 episode :
5.A close shave for Duck
4.Bertie's chase
3.Saved for scrap
2.Old Iron
1.Edward ' s Exploit
Rating and Ranking :
1.Season 2 :9,5/10
2.Season 1:9/10
To be honest, I forgot how much I enjoyed series 2 in my childhood. I think it’s topped series 1 because of the stories and Ringo’s narration. I have so many favourite episodes but my top 5 would be:
1. The Deputation because personally I think that is Donald and Douglas’s best story in the whole show and the story itself is brilliant of how all the engines came together to convince the fat controller to let Donald and Douglas stay on the Island of Sodor.
2. Edward’s Exploit because this was a unit of the episode for a number of reasons, one is that it’s the best story for the character Edward, the music, set and the story’s moral was told tell. And it’s a good one to choose for your number 1 too.
3. A Close Shave because of how the dangers and damage a runaway can do, and I liked the happy ending of Duck been able to come back home after Diesel is sent away for lying to the other engines about Duck
4. The Diseasel because it’s another nostalgic classic in my childhood because it’s a funny episode and a good way of introducing the characters Bill and Ben and Boco.
5. Thomas and the Missing Christmas Tree because it’s a brilliant, well- written story to end the series.
Honourable mentions:
Thomas Percy and The Coal
Old Iron
The Runaway
Percy Takes The Plunge
Ghost Train
Ringo stars iconic moo tho
Legendary moment
I have to say that season 2 would be my favorite of them all, though I think it would’ve been much better with the improvements that you mentioned along with “the missing coach” episode. It wasn’t too confusing to read when I was young, so I don’t understand why it would be for other kids in live-action form. My favorite score of all of the seasons would be Edwards theme this season. It’s almost an inspiring piece to listen to as if the song is telling you that you can overcome any obstacle. I admit I often still listen to it when I’m feeling down or when I feel like I should just give up and it ALWAYS picks me right up. Kudos to Mike O’Donnell and Junior Campbell for creating such amazing music and to Reverend Awdry, Christopher, Britt and David for a children’s television series that left its lasting mark almost 40 years later!
….and I still giggle as well when I hear Ringo Starr’s sad “mooo” all these years later 🤭
my top most favorite episodes from season 2
1 Bertie's Chase episode 3 US George Carlin
2 Percy Takes the Plunge episode 11 UK Ringo Starr
3 Better Late Than Never episode 15 US George Carlin
4 The Diseasel episode 21 US George Carlin
5 Percy's Ghostly Trick episode 24 US George Carlin
6 Percy Proves a Point episode 9 US George Carlin
7 Old Iron episode 5 US George Carlin
8 Wrong Road episode 22 US George Carlin
9 Pop Goes the Diesel episode 12 UK Ringo Starr
10 Diesel's Devious Deed episode 13 US George Carlin
11 A Close Shave episode 14 UK Ringo Starr
Bestest Episode
12 Edward's Exploit episode 23 US George Carlin
Hey! Mate! Thomas' Christmas Party IS one of those railway series spin off stories.
Yeah I found up the moment I put the review out 😑🤣
About Thomas' Christmas Party, its similar to More About Thomas the Tank Engine in that Britt asked Wilbert to write a Christmas story for the finale. It was published in 1984 and illustrated by Clive Sponge. It takes place in 1952.
Season 2 will always be my favorite season. Im a huge season 2 guy. It has season 1’s amazing structure but with more exciting and better stories MOST of the time. I absolutely love the feel of season 2. Its so griddy. The industrial sets are amazing. And i love the more orange-y color pallete. The new chaarcters are amazing and when you binge watch season 2 it like season 1 feels like 1 big movie. I love it.
I find it mildly ironic that Harold thinks railways are slow when he's literally a helicopter, which from my understanding is the slowest form of motorized aircraft
Season 2 is my favourite of the Awdry classic series as I call it (1-4) its so wonderful
14:28 POV you are holding a bucket of blue paint
Where is the water mill theme at the start of the video from?
The cover is by SilverDragonTV
Season 2 is my personal favourite, mainly because it highlights and portrays Edward’s whole character arc and Edward is my all time favourite character
Believe it's also worth mentioning that around this time, the Welsh dub of Series 1 got released narrated by John Ogwen
I think the reason why the adaption for ,,Percy 's Promise "in season 3 and not in season 2 was the crew didn ' t the material to make rain or the model wasn 't save for the water .
Yeah only in Series 3 would they have been able to make rain on the sets so that's fair. Though if they did it like Edward's exploit where the sky is bleak and we can still hear the rain SFX that would've been alright too.
17:03 Just LOOK what you've done to our breakfast
At 6:40 u say that they should’ve cut the Christopher stories to make room for the Wilbert stories. I agree with you! Unfortunately they had to use them as they needed more Thomas focused stories as they used most of them back in Season 1. Proof that marketing the show after Thomas was a blessing and a curse.
Yeah in terms of marketing there's nothing else they could've done, it's just the end product that gets affected in the end
@@usualblokeluke exactly! I mean, I don’t have a problem with them marketing the show after Thomas, but for it to have to affect the continuity, that’s crossing a line! 😡
What is the reason(s) why Edward is your second favorite character?
Edward is who I strive to be in my older years
daisys theme, the ghost train theme, and viaduct are my personal favs
Before I saw this video, I had never come across the term "derp face". That being said, I do remember that was quite a thing through this period of the show. Maybe it's because I'm not much of a social media/meme/emoji/Internet culture admirer.
I guess I would've called it the GACC (Golden Age Cartoon Character) Face syndrome, as those expressions were also quite common with some of the cartoon characters from the Golden Age i.e. the way Pinocchio smiles on the VHS cover of the film of the same name and Mickey Mouse on various occasions. In fact, that was also the same with Tom and Jerry - at the end of Jerry's Cousin, Tom's worshipping Jerry and kissing his foot and during the last 2 seconds, Jerry turns to the camera and hey presto, there's that open smile.
But it's cool that someone has pointed the case out.
This is great as well, but I think George did better here than Ringo.
Also, just watched your TATMR video, and I thought of two timelines:
1. The movie gets made (with or without the DC) and fails and we get Series 6 onwards to modern day.
Or...
2. TATMR is never made, and Series 6 onward didn't pander to children, however, the show never turned CGI, so no Lost Treasure or Season 20 or stuff like that.
Ah interesting. So in gaining a non pandering series 6 we lose the good cgi movie and seasons.
@@usualblokeluke pick your poison, I guess.
I sorta like that the “told out of order” stories mention events that haven’t been adapted yet, because when it finally does happen you’re like “ohh shit that’s from that one episode”
This guy needs more subs.
15:39 I don’t know if this transition to the next music peice was intentional or not, but it’s amazing nonetheless…
I've just noticed that wow I've unintentionally been a genius 🤣
@@usualblokeluke Well keep it up! Binged ALL of your reviews of Series 1-5, TATMR, and Series 6 today! Eagerly await Series 7 ;-)
@@theamazinggamer111 currently rendering the Series 7 video as we speak 😁👍
Edwards exploits was my favourite episode of this series
So The name plates on Donald and Douglas are edited out in the VHS copy’s of Break van and the deputation but the HD copy isn’t edited out . Apparently it’s something to do with the original copy’s of the episodes being so warn down that they had to start using so blooper clips like in the first Henry coal story .
George Carlin's moo sounded so realistic.
It's funny ,Edward was the best part of season 2 and he' s number 2 of Sodor .
Why is Edward annoyed by Duck in the illustration? He's supposed to be kind and wise. This is like Harvey to the Rescue all over again, isn't it?
Maybe an illustration error? Not sure tbh
@@usualblokeluke Edward might be wise and kind, but even he has limits and unlike Harvey, Duck is actually getting on everyone's nerves by bragging about being Great Western.
@@ThomasFisher-jr6bn that's actually pretty believable yeah good thinking
18:15 scaling should be blamed on the season 1 crew 19:20 the new engines have this kind of face too
i had a theory about percys promise, where in season 3 it is just a flashback
I love season 2 as my favorite season I keep my durp faces thank you very much xD
Oh my god! Gordon, where are you eyebrows?! Oh no it’s happening to you too, Edward! Where did they go?! You look like you’re in PAIN!!!
I had some vhs memories of watching some of the more recognizable episodes like Saved from Scrap, Old Iron, and Donald and Douglas. However, I didn’t have many memories of this series compared to Series 1 and 3.
Watching Series 2 in its entirety made me very happy and even more appreciative they followed up with series 1. I’ve even gained more appreciation to some new favorite characters of mine like Donald and Douglas, Bill and Ben, and especially Duck (especially in his arc with Diesel).
Aside from that, I don’t really have much else to say about the other aspects of Series 2 because the video already covered the rest of it.
Overall, I liked Series 2 just much as 1 and 3.
i think i can relate to gordon and henry proud of who i am but struggle with a phew things here and there
I subbed. Keep up the good work M8!
Just out of curiosity, there has been a mystery surrounding a particular episode of season 2 that I haven't heard anybody talk about (none that I could find anyway). Would you have any interest or know of anybody that could assist with that?
And no, it has nothing to do with the cancelled episodes.
Which episode?
@@usualblokelukeBertie's Chase.
In the book version and when I saw it on tv growing up, the entire beginning of the episode was cut. If it was a simple goof, why was it then printed that way?
@@ericalbing2902 was it perhaps just a broadcast error or something? How much of the beginning are we talking?
@@usualblokelukeThe entire sequence of Edward being at the station. So when the episode starts, when I first saw it, Bertie is at the gate yelling for Edward to stop and that he's got Thomas' passengers. So for awhile I never knew that there was a sequence of Edward waiting impatiently at the station, while his crew chatted to each other.
The whole version does show up on vhs tapes and dvds while the book version of this story does not.
If it was a broadcast error, which probably makes sense, why would the error show up in printed form as well?
where did you get the music for this? its fantastic!
Just looked around UA-cam
One uneventful story includes Diesel trying to pull old and empty trucks from a siding, even though at the end the trucks on different sidings sing the funniest song to him simply called 🎵Pop Goes the Diesel🎵 which p*sses him off.
Thomas’ Christmas Party is one-off railway series Christmas Book, and Wilbert wrote that a year after Christopher continued the series.
Season 2 doesn’t include Annie and Clarabel’s theme either. And that theme was never used again.
I like your choices of top five episodes of series. Percy Proves a Point. Old Iron. Wrong Road. A Close Shave for Duck. Edward's Exploit. All good choices.
Thanks. What're your favourites?
23:41 or so. Goof I just noticed, the coupling on the truck at the front of the screen wobbles around.
S2 is excellent the story’s are strong the model work is Improved and the characters are really great
I always thought that series 2 soundtrack sounded like ice cream truck jingles XD
Like the unlucky tug said In his Season 2 Restrospetive video. This Season was a good Sequal. But I also agree with you when you said yes and no. Like the previous Season There are episodes that let it down. And the wonkey Eyed Faces are worst. Like in Percy and the Singal it looks like James Face is about to fall off . Ringo Starr UK DUB was top notch and His US DUB was also good but I still prefer George Carlin. And don't mind me misspelling any words in my comments.
The VHS Episodes from my old childhood back in the 90s when I was Little Hallingbury Primary School kid age.
Anyone find it odd that Thomas’ face never changes throughout ‘Thomas & Trevor’?
Constant ‘Derp’ Face
Very good
Fun fact: the flying kipper van that was on the train that chased duck has appeared in a total of four episodes first in flying kipper (without a face and on the kipper) close shave (albeit with a large laughing face and gets its brown livery again ) Thomas, James and the tree (apeared as cameo and also one of the trucks that roasted james while he was passing the yard) percy's predicament (cameo again, behind toby during the scene were we get to see how much damage percy did to that truck,also has writing on its sides.) also little fun fact: in a japanese promo art for close shave the flying kipper van has a black livery, also how the fuck was duck not able to 5 trucks??
20:58 Luke sounds almost like Ringo.
My next door neighbour friend Stuart White use to have the second vhs of series 2.
Toby doesn’t have any stories to himself in Season 2 either.
I think the moral of "Better Late Than Never" is "Don't be a jerk."
More About Thomas was published on September 22, 1986. And then series 2 premiered the next day. I guess that's why Christopher Awdry was upset with those adaptations. But hey, there's a good chance that people in the UK read the book before series 2.
Duck was used in the second quarter of Season 2 both as a side character and as a main.
Trevor appears in the railway series book Thomas and the Twins from 1989. A long while since Edward the Blue Engine in 1954.
19:54 I think Bertie ' s Chase was my first Thomas episode I ever watch.
That gives me an idea to do a video discussing the first episode of the show I ever watched
@@usualblokeluke Great idea.
Ironically the first episode i remember watching is Thomas And Gordon
Yeah thomas and gordon
Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends Season 2 (1986)
Voices
George Carlin
Nicola Stapleton
William Hope
Narrator
George Carlin
My top five Season 2 episodes. #5 Percy and the Harold. #4 Old Iron. #3 The Deputation. #2 A Close Shave. #1 Edward’s Exploit.
This sequel season was a vast improvement. 👍🏾
3:23 it’s actually an annual story.
I see season 2 as the branch line season
A good name
It is true we spend a lot of time on branch line related stories
Hot take: I mostly don’t like Season 2 lighting that much and it kinda taints the whole visual experience for me
In some episodes there’s a bluish-white tint, and THAT lighting is good and appealing to look at
However, most of the time they default to the weird brown lighting that, when combined with all the visual goofs I continually notice this season, really makes Season 2 look worse than the model seasons that came before and after it
I knew Thomas' smiling face looked different in season 2.