I will say before watching that theres a small arc with gordon at the start of BWBA that i really like, between the episodes Forever and Ever, and Confusion Without Delay, it shows a more vulnerable side of him that is scared of change, of losing the people hes had next to him for all these years to newcomers. Its really sweet

My unpopular opinion: Thomas And The Magic Railroad wasn’t all that bad! I think it’s a good film for what it was going for, for a concept about Magic, Lady was a great female character and I really loved her design and personality and also Diesel 10 was at his all time best in the movie!

At the end a lot of your evidence is floppy, I agree with you but in TOTB it is stated the clay pits are being *Reopened*

I managed to grow up with both classic and cgi eras of thomas, and something i dont see many people say is how downsized cgi thomas is, like im not the only one that noticed how ridiculously small thomas became right??

Hey, i just discovered your channel a few weeks ago and have been watching your "discussion" videos, such as this one, your gordon video, and the one about unpopular opinions. I just have to say, you do a great job of presenting and backing up your opinions, and although i dont always agree with them, you are able to convey them in an understable and respectable way. Very easy to understand your opinions. However, one thing i would suggest doing, is sounding more lively when speaking. I mean no offense when i say this, but you sound extremely bored in every one of your videos. It makes it harder to grasp the audience's attention, and this is very important when many of your videos are 20 or 30+ minutes long. As an example, think about the unlucky tug. He speaks in an energetic way, and this usually supports whatever thoughts he is presenting to his viewers. In other words, he matches his voice, with the way he feels about whatever particular topic he is talking about in the moment. I know that he has over a decade of experience in talking into a microphone for the internet and that im not quite comparing apples to apples here. And that i am just some joe who has almost never even attempted to make any sort of content in the first place. But this is one small aspect that makes a huge difference, and is honestly the one thing keeping me from subscribing to you. I know from personal experience that it may be difficult to fake excitement or emotion in general, but once you get it down, it will come naturally. Fake it till you make it. In terms of presentation, you have everything else nailed down. Youve got fancy thumbnails, and its also nice to not just be staring at a slideshow the entire video because you actually include clips from the show, and background music. High production value for a channel with less than 1k subs. Again, i mean no offense whatsoever by this comment and simply want to provide feedback so that you can reach more people with your content.

I totally agree that mind that bike and Thomas meets the Queen should’ve switched places. Percy’s lucky day was a nice surprise to see, I totally forgot how good that one was. Nice video!

Great appreciation list to overlooked episodes regardless of era

Nitrogen good qualities: Hero Of The Rails Blue Mountain Mystery The Animation The Merchandise The Songs Series 16 (For some peeps) And The MUSIC 🔥🔥🔥🔥

Now you need to do “The 10 Least Bad All Engines Go Episodes”

22:10 Keith Wickham’s voice for Percy is so goddamn annoying in my opinion.

Here's my unpopular opinion that a lot of people are going to hate me for. I love The Engine Roll Call as much as the classic iconic theme tune that's been around since the show began.

This video is so well-made and your reasoning for your choices was great! Btw, flanderization doesn't mean the character acts irrationally, it means the character becomes a simple caricature of a single trait rather than being more fleshed out and multifaceted.

Great list! I really enjoyed seeing this from all the eras

10 - Mind That Bike 09 - Best Engine Ever 08 - Thomas And The Fireworks Display 07 - Don't Bother Victor 06 - Henry And The Flagpole 05 - Percy's Lucky Day 04 - Snow Engine 03 - James And The Red Balloon 02 - Duncan The Humbug 01 - Yong Bao And The Tiger

I love this list, but it pains me how you didn’t get the joke at 22:19 😭

I’m glad too see Thomas and the Firework Display, Don’t Bother Victor, Henry and the Flagpole, Percy’s Lucky Day, Snow Engine, James and the Red Balloon, Duncan the Humbug and Yong Bao and the Tiger getting some love.

There's a couple of Hit-Era episodes that I think about a lot since watching them that I would consider to be hidden gems: Big Strong Henry - One of Henry's better episodes, which focuses on his brother like rivalry with Gordon. Crash scene was good and a couple of references to past episodes (Emily saying Henry can pull 20 trucks, which he did in The World's Strongest Engine. Also Henry and Gordon once again has a problem with Cows, just like season 2's Cows). Percy and the Oil Painting - Percy's best episode from this era imo, it used the 3 strikes formula (Technically 5 strikes) at it's full potential to progress the story to the climax, not to mention Angelis's great voice for the painter.

I love the driver interactions! That point is very well made. Whenever the drivers get focus it’s always amazing!

You sound dead though this but you can fix this with a tiny bit of energy :D But this is AWSOME plus the unlucky tug art style but you shouldn’t copy out her people’s art styles you can create your own like different text font colour and size

My 10 Hidden Gem Episodes are: 10. Make Someone Happy 9. Gordon & the Famous Visitor 8. Henry & the Flagpole 7. Edward, Trevor & the Really Useful Party 6. Henry's Special Coal 5. Gordon & Rebecca, Coming Through! 4. Welcome Stafford 3. Woolly Bear 2. A Bad Day for Sir Handel 1. Mavis and Toby's Tightrope (TIED)

35:42 well he did seem to stop his complaining in the hit but let’s be honest the hit era was not kind to the narrow gauge engines.

27:56 honestly micheal brandon’s delivery was a lot funnier.

0:00 Was that a Scott the Woz reference? 😄

I like the Percy and the Oil Painting, and the Don't be silly Billy too. That is a really underrated episode.

One hidden gem of Thomas & Friends that comes to my head is Season 12’s Mountain Marvel. For all of this season’s faults, I do like how attentive it is to continuity with past events, this episode being an example. I love that this episode serves as a second part to Peter Sam’s Proteus story arc from Season 9 and it works well. Even though The Great Discovery is the swan song for model Thomas era, I will at least give Season 12 credit for closing the circle for the multi story arcs of other characters in the model series such as James, Gordon, and even Peter Sam.

I also praise Don't Bother Victor for the first time we see Victor outside the steamworks! I also like the red balloon theme which I think is very underrated! Why did the writers of the Brenner era have to make Oliver such a jerk?

My ten would be… 10. James in a Mess 9. Percy’s Promise 8. Diesel Does it Again 7. Toby Had a Little Lamb 6. James and the Queen of Sodor 5. Salty’s Stormy Tale 4. Emily and the Special Coaches 3. Gordon and the Mechanic 2. Bill or Ben 1. Springtime for Diesel 1 again. Sonny’s Second Chance

Happy anniversary to our favourite train show.

So, final thoughts. I really like your choices for Hidden Gems. I agree with Mind That Bike and Percy's Lucky Day the most! It was a good video! Keep it up!!

It’s Thomas the Tank Engine. Hip-hip, hip-hip, hooray…

Love how this releases the day the show comes out

There are just a few unpopular Thomas opinions I have, but here they are: 1. Love Me Tender is an overrated episode. 2. Thomas should be in the hands of an Independant Company (British or Japanese), not w/ corporation meddling companies like Hasbro, Mattel, etc. 3. The Runaway < Better Late Than Never. 4. Road vs Rail > Steam vs. Diesels (and should’ve gotten its own movie).

Here are mine and please nobody shoot me. 1. Percy is actually one of my least favourite characters because from season 5 onwards he stated to be a bit of a moaner and season 6 onwards he is a scared whiny brat 2. Season 7>Season 5 3. I like CGI Gordon and I feel sorry for him 4. Gordon is over-hated and Andrew brenner and some people should respect him so much better. Poor old Gordon though he deserved so much better in CGI. 5. Andrew brenner sucks as a writer. 6.The brenner era ruined the franchise in my opinion and the 3rd worst era of the franchise

Would imagine Gordon in a museum after the railway series honestly, gotta always keep one engine of a series around for preservation

Here's my hot take Bwba is actually good

This one is a freaking slap 4:41

Awesome Job Also I Love Gordon The Big Engine He’s One Of My Favorite Characters

My Unpopular opinions: I think Bwba is better than the Miller era! And come on. Edward is a great character. But he would be way more interesting if he had some flwas.

Here are my 10 unpopular opinions: 1. Season 11 is the worst model series (Aside from Season 12). 2. TAB and TGD are extremely overrated and are both B tier at beat. 3. I do not care for Michael Angelis. 4. HOTR is incredibly mid. 5. Michael Brandon is a great narrator. 6. Season 21 kinda sucks tbh. 7. The Miller era is a tiny bit overhated. 8. Charlie is overhated. 9. Stanley is a bad character. 10. Something in the Air > Haunted Henry (I still love Haunted Henry, though)