Should all of the railway series be adapted?

[@TrevortheTrainFan]

Simple answer: most of them SHOULD be adapted to television because they deserve more publicity. 📺

[@spiderfan2003]

@TrevortheTrainFan that's a completely fair point, and it would be awesome to see how it'd be done.

[@IsleofPigsStudios]

I’m surprised that Stop Thief wasn’t adapted. Considering how it’s a Thomas focused story written not long before the TV series started.

[@spiderfan2003]

@IsleofPigsStudios honestly it'd be an easy story to do as well. Wonder what it would be like in the TVS.

[@SparklingJam]

I could see it being adapted in s4

[@christianpark5155]

@@IsleofPigsStudios not to mention, in terms of stand-alone stories, it's probably the best one written by chris

[@harrisonallen651]

If the project tiger moth team green lit 2 whole seasons of Gauge 1 Thomas episodes, we would’ve finally got a vision of what Mountain Engines stories would’ve looked like in the style of season five.

[@spiderfan2003]

Imagine that

[@JamesRailwayAdventure]

I had a thought of how Thomas and friends could get back on track was to get the last of the railway series that wore’t adapted for TV

[@spiderfan2003]

@@JamesRailwayAdventure I understand that

[@LittleJerryFan92]

I’d love it if that were the case, but after seeing so much behind the scenes footage, I understand so much more just how expensive this series was to film. So it is what it is

[@spiderfan2003]

@@LittleJerryFan92 agreed

[@toby.fan9198]

After watching this video, I don’t think ALL the stories should be adapted as it would make the Railway series go into obscurity, besides, not having all the Railway Series stories adapted, gives fans the opertunity too create their own take on how they think the exclusive stories would have been adapted. However some stories I think they SHOULD have adapted are: Super Rescue, Mountain Engines, Very Old Engines (first three), Gordon Goes Foreign, Triple Header, Stop Thief, Thomas and the Twins and Jock the New Engine.

[@spiderfan2003]

@toby.fan9198 I do think the stories you mentioned would work quite well in an adaptation sense, I'd be interested in seeing them in a TV variation.

[@expressbean64]

I really like the points you make in this. I agree with you that my love for characters like Wilbert are a cause of how niche they are. While I love his stories they definitely benefit from being locked away in a book. Maybe I would love him even more if I saw him on the big screen but there’s no way to truly know. I think the closest we will ever get to that is season 20 introducing the alresdale engines. Personally them getting introduced made me like them even more but that’s just one case and they did more with them outside the og stories. The Christopher books in away almost feel forbidden and that makes them cool Thanks for the shout out btw I appreciate it 😁

[@spiderfan2003]

@expressbean64 No problem, man, I gotta thank you as well cause your video really got me thinking about this point as well.

[@TankEngineMedia]

Stories like all the Culdee Fell Railway or Super Rescue should be adapted or at the very least expanded upon but there are some that I don’t think deserve to be adapted. So I guess to me it’s 50\50

[@spiderfan2003]

@@TankEngineMedia that makes sense

[@TheStickCollector]

It feels like if it was adapted by the modern producers, it would really have to stand out as to not tarnish any more of the Rev. Wilbert Awdry's reputation by more casual viewers. It should be done by the dedicated fans that know what is special and let it show through the work and their love of the series and what makes it great.

[@spiderfan2003]

@@TheStickCollector ya definitely something I'd feel with them being adapted.

[@aaronwilliams6467]

Great video! You know I've been thinking about this for a while. Now it's unknown if the Marc Forster movie is gonna happen or not, but here's what I think they can do. They should make a RWS toned movie. Maybe adapt stories from the Eight Famous Engine stories, but in movie style. Something like that.

[@spiderfan2003]

@@aaronwilliams6467 I agree, it would be awesome in a film style.

[@Nic_2751]

Personally I agree not every story should be adapted, but some definitely got robbed, regardless I’m just glad both universes have their cool exclusive content for better or worse

[@spiderfan2003]

@@Nic_2751 agreed

[@ReeceWilliams-vu8sn]

Yes! Big time so more people could be familiar with the storylines!

[@spiderfan2003]

I get that

[@nickl9623]

I really wish that the original Thomas and Friends show is still going on. And I think every story from all 42 Railway Series books should be adapted. If the original Thomas and Friends show ended up having more seasons after season 24, maybe the rest of the Railway Series stories that hadn't been adapted could make it into the TV series version.

[@spiderfan2003]

That definitely could be possible, but I don't know how I'd feel if it was done in the bwba style.

[@englishtwister]

I feel that boat sailed twenty five years when they started making unique stories and when more unique over RWS episodes happened per season By that time I would have been too late.

[@spiderfan2003]

@@englishtwister ya I think thar as well.

[@TheEerieMaster]

Interesting thought actually... I don't think all stories should be adapted, but I certainly think more should have been..

[@spiderfan2003]

@TheEerieMaster I'm not against seeing more, I don't think they all need to be.

[@TheGWR1400Productions]

Yes it deserves to be all Adapted if Andrew Brenner did adapted more RWS Stories then he adapted the Arlesdale stories, but if did Adapted Gordon goes Foreign in mostly like Season 20

[@spiderfan2003]

I think if brenner did them, they'd be good.

[@SparklingJam]

I think the reason they are so loved is because they are rws exclusive But I do think some rws stories that were thought of should of been adapted

[@spiderfan2003]

I'm not against a few more, but I do think some should stay exclusive

[@garyennis9757]

Here’s something I really want to share with you that no one talks about. So as Lego guy here I really want them to make Lego Thomas sets and it’s on my top 3 most wanted Lego themes and I did see someone make a Lego Thomas model on Lego ideas but sadly it was rejected thanks to you guessed it Mattel but I hope one day we do get them and I will share it with other fans to because I’m likely gonna be attending the Awdry extravaganza 5 for the 80th anniversary. And it’s a perfect topic for this video cause I want the sets to have every character from both the show and the books but I know some people would doubt that they’d include RWS characters but I think Lego should include them not just cause I want to see them in Lego form but I think they would also make the sets sell better. Seeing fan model videos really inspired me to make ones like them but with legos and I think lots of fans would want that too so lemme know if you also want Lego to make Thomas sets

[@spiderfan2003]

I'd love Lego Thomas, too. Hopefully, Mattel will be approved

[@garyennis9757]

@ for real

[@mayohoskotwrandttte]

with the advent of AEG, i don't think the entire Railway Series will ever be adapted but I'd most like to see adaptations of book 19 Mountain Engines

[@spiderfan2003]

@@mayohoskotwrandttte most likely not

[@TheGingerEngine]

Great video my friend. While I agree in principle that they should be adapted, the question I have is, given today's programming, could they be adapted successfully by Mattel? Fan channels would do them justice but I'm not sure about the people who actually own Thomas and Friends. Interesting video that's certainly got me thinking ☺️🚂🚃

[@spiderfan2003]

Thanks for watching, and ya, I feel Mattel probably wouldn't do the best with the adaptions.

[@JoseGarcia-i8u6p]

I am hoping Universal Pictures gains ownership of the Thomas and Friends Intellectual Property as soon as possible fingers crossed.

[@spiderfan2003]

@JoseGarcia-i8u6p who knows could happen

[@joshuaW5621]

Does every story need to be adapted? No, but there’s still a lot of potential with adapting some of them.

[@spiderfan2003]

@@joshuaW5621 I definitely think there's merit to that point

[@EngineerRailMan]

I do think most railway series stories should have been adapted like Stop Thief, Triple Header, and Super Rescue. But are those that don't need an adaption. I don't think Drip Tank would be suitable for an adaption. Heck, I didn't care for the stories from More About Thomas the Tank Engine because I thought Thomas and Percys quarrel was pathetic, and the Better Late Than Never story didn't make much sense.

[@spiderfan2003]

@EngineerRailMan it'd be cool to see them adapted

[@EngineerRailMan]

@spiderfan2003 Which ones?

[@spiderfan2003]

@EngineerRailMan stop theif, triple header, super rescue

[@stitchunderground626]

Great video! I think while it be cool if they were adapted i should say no! because its fun to go out of your way and more story's to find and i think it give the railway series the need to still be around the show is cool and all but its not a special then finding the books were they actually come from!

[@spiderfan2003]

Agreed my man.

[@dylanlyles9453]

I believe it would be great if all of the RWS stories were adapted. It would also be cool if they made episodes about Barry the Rescue Engine, a character created by Christopher Awdry who he was planning to write a book about, but the stupid publishers want Thomas stories only. I hate how they stopped adapting the stories when Wilbert Awdry died in 1997, it felt wrong. That's why I think Season 5 is overrated

[@spiderfan2003]

I mean if they kept doing adaptations they would have ran out eventually.

[@dylanlyles9453]

@@spiderfan2003 And they would have done a few more if they had Christopher Awdry involved more

[@MatthewMiranda-l2t]

I've actually been thinking about writing an aeg version of bad look out where Thomas Percy Diesel Nia Kana Carly Sandy and Bruno take the place of Skarloey Rheneas Sir Handel and Duncan

[@spiderfan2003]

@@MatthewMiranda-l2t that would be interesting, I wonder how that'd look.

[@jacksonturner242]

Nah. Especially some of the later Christopher Awdry stories that were kind of boring and repetitive. We NEED Mountain Engines adapted though.

[@spiderfan2003]

@jacksonturner242 I'd definitely be curious to see Mountain engines wonder what they'd change.

[@ngfstudio4818]

The culdee stories are currently being adapted in g1. 🙂

[@spiderfan2003]

@ngfstudio4818 what's G1?

[@ngfstudio4818]

@@spiderfan2003 gauge 1. Same size the show used

[@spiderfan2003]

@ngfstudio4818 so is it a fan thing?

[@ngfstudio4818]

@ yes, I cannot say much more due to spoilers

[@spiderfan2003]

@ngfstudio4818 I understand

[@Jamesdaniele]

Yes They Should Be.

[@spiderfan2003]

I get that perspective

[@vehicleandanimalcrossovers]

3:18 Not true. Martha Speaks had all six books adapted for television, and they still have relevance.

[@spiderfan2003]

To be real, I had no clue that Martha speaks had books. Which shows that those have kinda become obscure.

[@vehicleandanimalcrossovers]

@spiderfan2003 You can't come to a conclusion based on your own experience alone.

[@spiderfan2003]

@vehicleandanimalcrossovers I know I'm making a joke, but I think you can see where I come from

[@mary.of.mares.1470]

some of them yes Especialy the culdee fells tories and more Mianture raiwlay stories because it is very easy to make them in CGI if we seen season 20

[@spiderfan2003]

Ya, that definitely would have been neat to see back then.

[@andybray9791]

Wonder what percent was adopted for tv and what percent the book, was based on real life events?

[@spiderfan2003]

That's a good question I'd assume most of them 97 rws stories overall have been adapted in the TV show

[@andybray9791]

@@spiderfan2003 I look at the Thomas series not like a child but question a lot of anthropomorphism etc as an adult.

[@spiderfan2003]

@andybray9791 makes sense

[@christianpark5155]

Even if by some once in a lifetime miracle the series was revived back to a state in which adapting more rws stories was an actual possibility. In addition to your reasoning, i have a few beliefs as to why it shouldnt/couldnt. Pretty much all of wilberts stories that werent adapted were too grandiose and would require a lot of effort for just one or a few episodes (see gordon goes foreign, super rescue, the culdee fell railway, little old engines). That OR they just arent necessary because many of the first stories of books are just introductions where nothing important happens and it can easily be squished into the next episode without losing any integral content. Speaking of nothing important happening, i dont think many of christophers books would work either because 90% of his stories are boring af. i know its not his fault because pretty much every character is fully developed by the time he took over. But this results in the vast majority of his books containing all "slice of life" stories, which dont get me wrong are nice and every once and a while, but when you have like 7 straight books of them it gets tiring. In addition to this, i cant put my finger on why this is but chris's stories dont have the same charm as wilberts do

[@spiderfan2003]

@@christianpark5155 I do agree it'd be a big task to do Wilbert remaining stories, though I do think there are some good Christopher stories that can work.

[@christianpark5155]

@@spiderfan2003 james and the diesel engine, thomas and the twins, and some of the ffarquahar branch ones go hard. Other than that i don't get much enjoyment out of them

[@spiderfan2003]

@christianpark5155 fair enough

[@vehicleandanimalcrossovers]

Yes.

[@spiderfan2003]

Ya it sure would be neat to see them on the TV screen

[@USER-LlewisTLDB]

I say YES

[@spiderfan2003]

I get that

[@Zephyr_Phoenix76]

VictorTanzig is Way ahead of you there buddy

[@spiderfan2003]

@Zephyr_Phoenix76 is he? I don't watch him , so I'm surprised he brought these points up.

[@Zephyr_Phoenix76]

@@spiderfan2003 he adds a bit of Tugs in it too so there is that part

[@spiderfan2003]

@Zephyr_Phoenix76 gotcha

[@vehicleandanimalcrossovers]

Your argument for them not being adapted makes you sound like a marketing executive trying to squeeze pennies out of customers wallets.

[@spiderfan2003]

@vehicleandanimalcrossovers does it? I swear it wasn't the intention, just wanting the RWS to keep value is all.

[@vehicleandanimalcrossovers]

@spiderfan2003 What about the Island Of Sodor History Books?

[@spiderfan2003]

@vehicleandanimalcrossovers I don't really think that'd work for tv

[@vehicleandanimalcrossovers]

@@spiderfan2003 They could use it as inspiration for ideas.

[@JoseGarcia-i8u6p]

Beside 2d animation is not right for Thomas and Friends at all

[@spiderfan2003]

@JoseGarcia-i8u6p if it was in a RWS style I think it could work.