Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery
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Actor: Pierce BrosnanBrand: Lions Gate
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); French (Dubbed); Spanish (Dubbed)
Format: Animated, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 67 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2008-09-09
Audience Rating: G (General Audience)
Studio: Lionsgate / HIT Entertainment
Product features:
- The Great Discovery of abandoned mines and new friends
- Named a 2009 Oppenheim Toy Portfolio Platinum Award Winner
- Interactive engines and destinations
- Complete 35 piece set
- Suitable for ages three and up
DVD Reviews of Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery
DVD Review: My 3 year old likes it, I'm only so-so
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a few years old now, with lots of great animated TV episodes released since then (and Misty Island Rescue). My son loves Thomas so much that I hope they just keep making more Thomas features like Hero of the Rails. I bought this because my son hadn't seen it and even old non-animated Thomas is "new" Thomas to him.
I really love Michael Brandon's narration and even Ringo did a good job. I really like Pierce Brosnan as an actor but I found his narration really dull and strangely lifeless. Although I really hated his Thomas voice, he did a great job with some of the other engines and Sir Topham Hatt.
The story is a bit similar to Misty Island Rescue, which came much later. Thomas is out exploring and finds the long lost town of Waterton that nobody knew was there (Thomas also "discovers" Misty Island). Sir Topham Hatt undertakes the huge restoration project and needs the help of all the engines (similar to the construction of the Rescue Center in Misty Island) to get it done for Sodor Day. A new engine, Stanley, is introduced, and Thomas becomes very jealous. In usual Thomas fashion, he does something he shouldn't and Sir Topham Hatt announces the usual disaster has ocurred.
Thomas feels very bad and decides to stay up at night to be a very useful engine. However, he ends up going down a mine tunnel, getting carried away playing, and crashes through a barricade into what looks like an underground slow river. And he floats! Neat trick that.
A state of emergency is called and everyone goes searching for Thomas. Even the schoolchildren take the day off school to go look. The river ultimately spits him out the side of a cliff, but instead of falling straight down along with the waterfall, he flies across the chasm to the other side, goes crashing down a hill, and ends up in a pile of dirt by some old tracks. Stanley finds him and they end up saving each other.
My 3 year old loves re-enacting the bridge scene where Thomas almost crashes into a ravine when an old bridge collapses, but he does get a little tense and scared. He also loves re-enacting the scene where Thomas goes too fast and crashes. So his Thomas wooden set is taking a beating thanks to this feature!
He likes it and it has a good message (jealousy is bad!) and that is what is important. Though mommy, who also gets to see it, wishes Pierce Brosnan was a more exciting narrator.
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