Hero of the Rails Review by T1E2H3

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  • @castiel1094
    @castiel1094 6 років тому +29

    "...and fix the MASTER OF THE RAILWAY" I'm dead 😂

  • @9975praj
    @9975praj 4 роки тому +20

    Actually, I can understand Thomas thinking that Sir Topham Hatt would scrap Hiro because if you watch the classic series closely, you will see engine remains in the scene somewhere in the background or somewhere in the side. And yes, who can forget the scrap yard!

  • @Vomahanew
    @Vomahanew 9 років тому +15

    I think I understand why the writers are reaching out to different countries for steam engines. It's well established canon that the other railway is all diesels, so it would raise the question of where the fat controller keeps finding English engines in perfect working order so easily. I realize that the other railway hasn't come up in the CGI, but the way the writers have been alluding to events from The Railway Series, it may only be a matter of time before the other railway comes up as a topic in a story (Oliver need only bring up his back story even a little and boom there you have it). As I see it, bringing in steam engines from other countries is the writers' way of making a loop-hole in that "rule" if you will. It's a clever idea and I like to see the variety in engine designs. Also, since Thomas and Friends is getting dubbed into so many languages, it must be nice for train fans watching the show to see engines from their home countries interact with the other characters. I'm sure Venezuelan Thomas fans freaked out when they first saw Gator.

  • @DonaldoftheNWR
    @DonaldoftheNWR 4 роки тому +9

    HOTR and BMM are the only two specials I love. Hiro and Victor are the only two characters in the movie I love the most. Hiro is a wise guy and Victor I never knew we actually got to hear an engine speak Spanish.

  • @LePenguin
    @LePenguin 6 років тому +20

    3:41 Well we are getting Nia...

    • @LePenguin
      @LePenguin 6 років тому +4

      Also Gator is actually from Belgium and South America, I always thought he was from Canada!

    • @BriceInkling138
      @BriceInkling138 5 років тому +4

      @@LePenguin We have got Philip, and he is from America, and oddly, he has a British accent instead of an accent that is given to most people in the US like myself. I'm an American citizen, and I was born with an American accent, too.

    • @jacobhayes3385
      @jacobhayes3385 4 роки тому +2

      @@BriceInkling138 Not just Philip, but Rosie, Hank, Connor and Caitlin are from America as well.

    • @BriceInkling138
      @BriceInkling138 4 роки тому +1

      @@jacobhayes3385 Connor and Caitlin somewhat have half Irish accents, Hank's American voice has been maintained, and yes, Rosie really needs an American voice in both the UK and the US dubs.

    • @ayeshafenner7180
      @ayeshafenner7180 3 роки тому

      @@BriceInkling138well Rosie was probably shipped to Britain straight out of the workshop (during WWII probably) so she wouldn't have been in America long enough to acquire the accent.

  • @savannamckeithen61
    @savannamckeithen61 9 років тому +40

    It's weird that Hiro was the first engine on sodor Instead of Skarloey ,Neil Or, Edward

    • @sudriansignalman9387
      @sudriansignalman9387 6 років тому +17

      Savanna McKeithen he really wasn't, hit just never read the railway series

    • @ayeshafenner7180
      @ayeshafenner7180 3 роки тому +1

      Skarloey couldn't have been brought to Crovan's Gate if Niel wasn't there so Skarloey can't have been the first

    • @damientheno.28tankengine45
      @damientheno.28tankengine45 3 роки тому +2

      No he said “I was 1 of THE first engines on sodor”

    • @kristlkirk2847
      @kristlkirk2847 3 роки тому +1

      Well the cgi is a different era

    • @zacharykim5596
      @zacharykim5596 2 роки тому +1

      It’s actually a good thing. Many new technologies invented and as well as many futuristic technology should’ve celebrated their 50,000th Birthday in the early 20th century

  • @benbaca5743
    @benbaca5743 9 років тому +16

    Honestly, I though this was a good special, but there are a few plotholes and some other issues that needed to be sorted out, like (I agree with) Hiro coming to Sodor and being the first engine there, etc... However, Nitrogen did a pretty good job with animation, but I have to admit, Arc is much better and the animation has gotten more beautiful and realistic, Arc's camera angles are getting better, and the designs are really standing out. I felt like the Sodor Steamworks was a nice adjustment to the CGI series, but Victor was an okay character (but I do enjoy getting more character from him in "Blue Mountain Mystery") and Kevin was pretty annoying and his humor got better in Season 17 and "Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure". At first I thought he was annoying (just like I said on my review of this special), but Kevin is starting to be a decent character and Hiro was a nice one and Togo Igawa's voice for him was pretty good. But, seeing as how Hiro's class was first built in the 1930's, it's really impossible for him to come to the Island of Sodor WAY before Thomas and the rest of the Steam Team came.
    But, here's my theory. I think that Hiro was lying about being the "Master of the Railway" because I think that he was actually an engine that helped Japan during World War II. He was harshly mistreated by his owner and the other engines he worked with during that time and he nearly destroyed during a traumatic accident during a battle in Japan during the War. However, Sir Topham Hatt/The Fat Controller/Fatty found him and secretly bought him but he didn't have enough parts to be repaired and left in a siding as a result, until Thomas found him again. That would explain on why I get bothered by Hiro being the first engine on Sodor, even though his class was built WAY after the North Western Railway was opened. But, I'm just gonna let it slide. I still enjoyed this special and just like "TGD" and my review of this special, I give it an 8/10 for a pretty good start to the CGI series. The action was pretty well-done, the song "Go Go Thomas" was okay, and having Spencer as the main antagonist was a pretty interesting idea for Sharon Miller and HIT Entertainment to do, instead of having a human, new character, or a diesel as a villain.

  • @andoo_11
    @andoo_11 9 років тому +17

    Hero Of The Rails Is My 7th Favorite Thomas Special, Just Under Blue Mountain Mystery.
    My Favorite Thomas Specials:
    1. Sodor's Legend Of The Lost Treasure
    2. The Adventure Begins
    3. King of the Railway
    4.Tale of the Brave
    5. The Great Discovery
    6. Blue Mountain Mystery
    7. *Hero Of The Rails*
    8. Day Of The Diesels
    9. Calling All Engines!
    10. Misty Island Rescue/Thomas And The Magic Railroad (Tied)
    1:11 - 2:44 - LOL

    • @pk_arcfire
      @pk_arcfire 9 років тому +2

      +AwesomeAndrew Studios
      Sodor's Legend of the Lost Treasure WAS WAY BETTER THAN MAGIC RAILROAD!

    • @andoo_11
      @andoo_11 9 років тому +2

      At The Top Is My Favorite And At The Bottom Is My Least Favorite :)

    • @pk_arcfire
      @pk_arcfire 9 років тому +1

      +AwesomeAndrew Studios
      lol true that. Magic Railroad Could improved if they could have done it with the editors Cut that featured PT Boomer

    • @andoo_11
      @andoo_11 9 років тому +1

      Yeah.

    • @WesleyO05
      @WesleyO05 4 роки тому

      pk_arcfire Thomas and the magic railroad was not that bad and you know it

  • @dylanbrown41443
    @dylanbrown41443 5 місяців тому +1

    Thanks lionsgate for the first 3 Thomas and friends movies
    Rest in piece Thomas And friends

  • @HendrickChase9
    @HendrickChase9 4 роки тому +5

    “We don’t need to many foreign engines”
    Mattel: DID YOU SAY THE WHOLE FUCKING SERIES

    • @mattdisney1132
      @mattdisney1132 8 місяців тому +1

      Yeah!

    • @mattdisney1132
      @mattdisney1132 8 місяців тому +1

      Mattel you not helping you are too much and I sued you too

  • @thesodorsamurai2002
    @thesodorsamurai2002 5 років тому +7

    5:32 - Yes. I got really scared at that scene because I've never scene an engine fall apart before. Although I wish Gordon fell apart in the Great Race.

  • @colbyjames7205
    @colbyjames7205 9 років тому +10

    Hiro is a design towards a D51 JR Steam Engine, look into JNR D51 class on Wikipedia for the information and in Japan did you know that about 170 of these unique engines where saved from cutters torch which is remarkable to have saved quite a lot of engines, the most favourite engine that runs on excursion trains in Japan is D51 498,

  • @truelightningstriker5803
    @truelightningstriker5803 7 років тому +10

    Gator was actually from Colombia.

  • @dylanbrown41443
    @dylanbrown41443 5 місяців тому +1

    Spencer the silver engine said I won’t let Thomas get away with this

  • @danielboone3770
    @danielboone3770 6 років тому +8

    Here are the great and awesome things about this movie: 1 - The locomotives actually have great new personalities. Gordon- actually not so arrogant. Kind, helpful and a great friend who enjoys any job. James - generous, not boastful, caring and offering. Edward - still the same as he was before ,but even better and more. Thomas - not so cheeky and fussy, quite sensible but still mistake prone. The list goes on. 2 - it has a CIT load of support, heroism, and helpfulness at every turn. 3 - there's really great cooperation. Only downside Sir Topham Hatt's jerkiness and impatience. So this gets more than a B+. This gets an A.

    • @RedMadMichael
      @RedMadMichael 3 роки тому +1

      Yea, but having all the characters be the same, giving them the same personalities... it's just... bland.

    • @danielboone3770
      @danielboone3770 3 роки тому +1

      @@RedMadMichael Good point, but I can see some differences. Henry sounds timid, James still jabs a bit about his paintwork here and there, and Gordon is still proud to power the express but isn't a twat about it.

  • @ljevans3156
    @ljevans3156 2 роки тому +2

    Hiro wasn’t the very first engine on sodor, it says in the film that he was one of the first engines on sodor. Though looking back I realized I missed that the first few times as well and legitimately thought that he was the very first engine on sodor so I don’t blame anyone for the mistake

  • @firelightyear
    @firelightyear 9 років тому +4

    The first foreign engines were Donald and Douglas and Duncan because they were from Scottland.

    • @fruitosdor7230
      @fruitosdor7230 8 років тому +2

      Which is on England From the Mainland and since all engines on Sodor besides the ones that are obviously from somewhere else come from the mainland they are more foreign

  • @TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden
    @TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden Рік тому +1

    The whole CGI Thomas thing felt like a fever dream I saw on KAET Channel 8 in the 2010’s, I was used to Clearwater Features Thomas with Ringo Starr and George Carlin. CGI Thomas still feels weird to me, with the Nitrogen stuff, it always feels like I’m watching it for the first time ever.

  • @WesleyO05
    @WesleyO05 4 роки тому +4

    Hiro of the Rails is AWESOME

  • @flareon3142
    @flareon3142 9 років тому +6

    i think the specials are the only good cgi episodes with some exceptions for normal episodes and specials but you can never beat the classic models

    • @joshmontemayor1212
      @joshmontemayor1212 8 місяців тому

      I've heard that Misty Island Rescue is not that good.

  • @savannamckeithen61
    @savannamckeithen61 9 років тому +11

    Thomas raced Spencer twice!

  • @Thelilwestern
    @Thelilwestern 9 років тому +48

    I actually liked hiro from the rails

  • @ThomasSirHandel
    @ThomasSirHandel 6 років тому +3

    The greenery and lighting was too dark in the Nitrogen era. They also made James too large when he should be the same size as Edward. They could have stated Hiro was the first famous engine on Sodor. In my canon, Edward and Henry were the first engines on the North Western Railway as I prefer Thomas arriving after James.

  • @GabeRuth3773
    @GabeRuth3773 9 років тому +3

    Kevin is a great foil I agree! Once again, loved the review!!! You're awesome!

  • @PsychoticWonders0725
    @PsychoticWonders0725 3 роки тому +1

    2:46: "good bad guy" The BEST quote in a review ever.

  • @freshsmudger4
    @freshsmudger4 6 років тому +4

    i was 4 or 5 when this came out, i had my eyes on it for ages and i was so happy when i got it on christmas

  • @fanofeverything30465
    @fanofeverything30465 2 роки тому +1

    'Hero of the Rails' is the best thing to come out of the Miller era 💙

  • @jakechandley6241
    @jakechandley6241 5 років тому +1

    Loved this when it came out
    Thought the story was charming, despite bits of unrealism (for example, Thomas’ brakes being broken, yet he manages to get stopped by some bushes. Then he manages to puff forward and stop, then get to the steamworks some how)
    Hiro was one of my favourite characters, though his basis is far younger than Skarloey’s, and even Thomas’
    I liked his wise and kind persona and the fact he was foreign as well
    I love Japanese culture

  • @mixedtrafficproductions9371
    @mixedtrafficproductions9371 4 роки тому +4

    I really like this special.
    *Here are my reasons*
    -It introduced one of my favorite characters, Hiro.
    -the animation is good
    -the music was great
    -the voices are my favorite but the lines aren’t that good
    -And I can’t hate it because I grew up with it

  • @ZAV1944
    @ZAV1944 5 років тому +1

    I thought Hiro's back story as first engine on Sodor was BS but as a character I like him, especially as they got Togo Igawa(the guy who did narration for Total War: Shogun 2) to voice him.

  • @Jet_jaguar09
    @Jet_jaguar09 8 років тому +6

    I think gator is from chile as he works in the mountains and chile has a lot of those

    • @PercyFan7508
      @PercyFan7508 6 років тому

      Actually he's from 🇨🇴Colombia🇨🇴

  • @ansonchan7323
    @ansonchan7323 4 роки тому +1

    Skarloey works on the NG rail maybe he supposed to meant the first SG engine on soder?

  • @firelightyear
    @firelightyear 9 років тому +6

    Hey ehh if you put Hiro the Japanese engine in your "The engines of sodor" series I would like to give him a anime English dub like voice, because I am a anime fan and like Japanese culture and I now watch anime dubbed.

  • @Heroduothecomedian
    @Heroduothecomedian 7 років тому +2

    maybe hiro mint he was the first engine from another railways other then mainline to be on sodor or the first famous engine on sodor?

  • @skunkman9815
    @skunkman9815 7 років тому +5

    You should do a top 10 favorite characters

  • @Matts_Creations
    @Matts_Creations 4 роки тому

    He was introduced in S7 in Gordon and Spencer and in that episode called Edward the Great and then was brought into the movie.

  • @mahoneychris17
    @mahoneychris17 3 роки тому +1

    I personally hated how spencer was treated. Yes he did not do his job as he was suspicious of thomas, but thomas wasnt doing his job either, yet he did not receive any punishment for it, in fact he got praise for it. Yes thomas was doing a good deed, but he was still not working on his line. Thomas caused percy to lose the mail and spencer found it and then basically got blamed for it. Spencer could have just ignored thomas, which he should have done, but he didn't. Thomas then swooped in to help Spencer finish, yet neglected to say that he hadnt been doing his job either, but got praise for it. I wouldnt have minded so much but thomas basically recieved no punishment for missing work. Imagine if in the real world you just stop showing up to work a co worker gets suspicious and starts skipping to catch you skipping yet only one gets punished for it and the other gets praised for it. Makes no sense to me even if the cause is just

    • @joshmontemayor1212
      @joshmontemayor1212 8 місяців тому

      I think that the reason why Thomas got off the hook is because Spencer found Percy's mail cars, which Sir Topham Hatt went on & on about. Not to mention that while Thomas was doing his work & helping Percy find the mail cars, the other engines were bringing old parts to Hiro.

  • @RMSAquitaniafan55
    @RMSAquitaniafan55 4 роки тому +2

    my favorite ttte/taf specials
    1. The Great Discovery
    2. Tatmr (if you are going to have a fit with this make a paragraph, I got all day)
    3. Blue mountain mystery (Barely ahead of the previous)
    4. Hero of the Rails
    5. Calling all En- Hahaheheee, I can't even type that with a strait face, hahaha, Probably The great race or the Adventure begins (contridicts season 1, but honestly who gives 2 fucks, its a nice special)

  • @DomQuartuccio
    @DomQuartuccio 9 років тому +7

    Not bad at all, Spencer in this movie is worse then Tornado

  • @theblueenginestudios5187
    @theblueenginestudios5187 6 років тому

    There Are Some Funny Moments I Found In The Film, Like Spencer Zooming Passed All The Engines, And The Thomas And Spencer Race To Knapfprd Scene

  • @dylanbrown41443
    @dylanbrown41443 5 місяців тому +1

    Spencer is 😈☠️

  • @NintendoGamer2600
    @NintendoGamer2600 2 роки тому +1

    I actually really liked Hero of the rails. Sure it did screw up continuity a lot, but the overall story was really good

  • @saadahmad913
    @saadahmad913 3 роки тому

    3:16 boy is that the biggest Lie I ever heard regarding Hiro's Living Space

  • @robbierenfro7209
    @robbierenfro7209 Місяць тому

    1st of all, Hero was not the first stinky steam engine to arrive on the island of sodor, that was Gordon.

  • @WesleyO05
    @WesleyO05 4 роки тому

    Great movie but having Spencer as the villain is the one thing I do not approve of. I guess you could say that having a diesel as the villain would be too cliché, but I just cannot see Spencer do something like that.

  • @fruitosdor7230
    @fruitosdor7230 8 років тому +9

    I actually like Arc engine designs

  • @georgebendall7401
    @georgebendall7401 2 роки тому

    Back in 2011 i went to Block Buster Video store after my brother Archie's Rugby game i got out Hero Of The Rails on DVD and i enjoyed it and also i like Hiro's Backstory it looks kinda like an Anime art style

  • @umzgaming2260
    @umzgaming2260 Рік тому +1

    1:11 tHe MaStEr Of ThE rAiLwAy!!!!!!!

  • @cadenjackson5659
    @cadenjackson5659 7 років тому +2

    5:28 We're going to hell for laughing

  • @LumityTrioE2
    @LumityTrioE2 8 років тому +3

    great review. :) (sorry for all the bullshit on a specific comment, you don't deserve the headache of notifications blowing up for pointless pursuits)

  • @eagarmp
    @eagarmp 9 років тому +7

    thats BS about hiro being hear first

    • @andrewgreig3325
      @andrewgreig3325 9 років тому +3

      Yeah man Neil or Stephen was first I think

    • @DrKFC69
      @DrKFC69 7 років тому +1

      Andrew Greig neither of them were officially part of Sodor, Stephen was from the mainland, and Neil was a rented. Skarloey was the first “true” engine of sodor

    • @dutchluigimastr5619
      @dutchluigimastr5619 6 років тому

      Wasn't Edward the first?

    • @PercyFan7508
      @PercyFan7508 6 років тому

      here Here HERE *HERE* *CAN ANYONE SPELL ON THIS WEBSITE*

    • @DrKFC69
      @DrKFC69 6 років тому

      Mariomaster500 no, Skarloey came to Sodor back in the 1860’s. Edward came to sodor in the early 1900’s

  • @mattl305
    @mattl305 3 роки тому

    One of the things that this guy mentioned is what I hate the most, that the engines don't stay on their respective lines

  • @dexstewart862
    @dexstewart862 2 роки тому

    I loved this one. I wish the narrator would shut up once in a while, but otherwise I loved it. One thing I don't get, why does Spencer shut his eyes when stuff in the steamworks falls over? I guess he doesn't like sudden loud noises? Kinda weird for an engine.

  • @joshbrony2204
    @joshbrony2204 6 років тому

    Did you know this got me into Thomas the Tank Engine?

  • @davidking3515
    @davidking3515 5 років тому

    Thomas could have been pulling trucks and they push him to where hiro is

  • @DaisyGeekyTransGirl
    @DaisyGeekyTransGirl 6 років тому +2

    The point of Spencer can also be made for James in Tale of the Brave, where he was actually kinda villainous even compared to episodes he was the antagonist in.

  • @tankenginefan1189
    @tankenginefan1189 6 років тому +1

    I liked Hero the Rails. I will say though that the fact that the engines think the fat controller will scrap Hiro is a bit too boring.

  • @aw0781
    @aw0781 6 років тому +1

    Also why can't Spencer keep up with Toma's

  • @Nic_2751
    @Nic_2751 4 роки тому

    I like how you predicted bwba

  • @vegavisions97
    @vegavisions97 4 роки тому +1

    3:41 you have no idea....

  • @MrY_thetenderengine
    @MrY_thetenderengine 3 роки тому

    wen hiro fell apart i fought he was going to die like mavis, gordon or harold in shed 17

  • @aw0781
    @aw0781 6 років тому

    I've seen vids where engiens where teaching other engines then Toma's comes along and they all say hes likes kid but Toma's is like bitch my class was made from 1918-1925

  • @elizabethbrown9972
    @elizabethbrown9972 Рік тому

    Hero of the rails is made by lionsgate and Mattel and the villain is spencer

  • @danadorsey4522
    @danadorsey4522 8 років тому +2

    that what thourth man thomas 1 edward 2 henry3

  • @dylanbrown41443
    @dylanbrown41443 5 місяців тому +1

    Hiring is back Japanese engine

  • @phatmartyplays332
    @phatmartyplays332 4 роки тому

    I like the movie and the ds game even though it never came out here in the us so I ordered it from ebay

  • @chilldude3903
    @chilldude3903 3 роки тому

    3:17 Ha... If only we knew..

  • @Bus293Fan
    @Bus293Fan 4 роки тому

    1:42 lol, I felt pretty much the exact same

  • @joshuaacosta8557
    @joshuaacosta8557 9 років тому +5

    1st viewer 1st person to like

    • @joshuaacosta8557
      @joshuaacosta8557 9 років тому +3

      +AwesomeAndrew Studios you don't have to be a jerk about it

    • @andoo_11
      @andoo_11 9 років тому +3

      Sorry. I Guess I Over-Reacted. I'll Delete The Reply.

  • @ZacharyCrawford-w3m
    @ZacharyCrawford-w3m 4 місяці тому

    ALSO KENJI THE SHINKANSEN ❤😊😂😊😅🎉😊 AND CHUUKO ❤😊😊😂😊😅🎉😊

  • @thomasspongeconductor2222
    @thomasspongeconductor2222 4 роки тому

    1:11

  • @thebandit0256
    @thebandit0256 3 роки тому

    Spencer is a cousin of Gordon so Spencer has to be a meany

  • @matthewhahn3675
    @matthewhahn3675 6 років тому

    I like it.

  • @engineerskalinera
    @engineerskalinera 6 років тому

    To be honest... Hiro is a shittily rescaled JNR D51. D51s are in 1.067 Cape Gauge. In reality, there is no way Hiro could ever 1) Be the oldest locomotive on Sodor 2) Be standard gauge without looking like shit.
    If they really wanted an old locomotive from abroad, they should have taken an American 4-4-0 or 4-6-0.
    Also, I cannot not see Hiro as he is anymore. Thanks Carson008020 or whatever your username is.

  • @snoopy2oo8thomasvideos69
    @snoopy2oo8thomasvideos69 6 років тому

    How old are u cuz u cused

  • @ZacharyCrawford-w3m
    @ZacharyCrawford-w3m 4 місяці тому

    KIKANSHA YAEMON d51 ❤😊😅😂😊😅🎉😊😅 is hiro

  • @michaelsegal7443
    @michaelsegal7443 7 років тому

    It's decent

  • @Frowny13
    @Frowny13 9 років тому +2

    Really? Why are you swearing for god sake? You should put up a warning about this for the young ones, like in your UA-cam poops!

    • @DuckandMikeyfan49
      @DuckandMikeyfan49 9 років тому +5

      Shut up. This is not your business, punk.

    • @Frowny13
      @Frowny13 9 років тому +2

      You shut up, actually it is.

    • @LumityTrioE2
      @LumityTrioE2 9 років тому +5

      +Frowny13 (Frowny Taboban) uh. but... why would a young one be allowed on youtube?

    • @Frowny13
      @Frowny13 9 років тому +3

      Because they are! Why would their be children's content on here if kids weren't on UA-cam?

    • @LumityTrioE2
      @LumityTrioE2 9 років тому +4

      Frowny13 (Frowny Taboban) ....because adults may like it too?... you have to be older than 13 to be on the internet.