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Thomas & Friends: Journey Beyond Sodor (2017)
Journey Beyond Sodor: the new adventures for 2017 and beyond
From watching the trailer, reading the reviews of everyone who also has seen the trailer and segment of the movie, the "endless" debate about how the new effects will affect the 22nd season of Thomas and Friends, and the complaining that this is nothing but a Thomas/Chuggington collaboration, but most importantly, watching the movie for the umpteenth time, its my turn to give my thought about if this series will be the end of Thomas and Friends as we know it, or the start of something new.
Body Language: The moment when I saw that Thomas and his friends are now able to use the same features as the characters from Chuggington, using "body language" I actually like the fact that it didn't stand out too much as to what everyone feared, maybe the effect was used a little too much, but none of the engines jumped off the rails, or did back wheelies. Why I liked it was because it gives engines more human quality, showing expressions and getting the message across t. Although the effect was used too much, the movie itself, in my opinion are experiments that the producers wanted to show to the audience what will happen in the future and give their feedback about what to change, do and so on.
target audience: Although i'm 25, each time I watch the newest movie or episode, I feel like 5 years old again but watch the audience in my range should understand is that the company itself is targeting towards families with the new generation of children that are being introduced to the Thomas franchise. None of them know about the models that were used in the earlier series, so none of them could possibly know how the series started.
Overall, I loved the movie, the new features, effects that will be used and with the way the company is going, especially with what happened in the movie itself, I hope that in the upcoming movies and episodes, we will get to see more of whats "Beyond Sodor".
The Magic School Bus Rides Again (2017)
Magic School Bus: New Beginning, New Thrills, New Adventures
I remember watching the old series while eating breakfast, getting ready for another day of elementary school, and was excited during science class when the teacher turned down the lights, hit play and everyone watched the episode based on the subject we were learning.
It was great fun while it lasted, sad though that the series was over, the show no longer aired, though those who enjoyed the old series purchased the DVDs that were released in store, but after all these years, to see a trailer for the new series, the kid inside that grew up groomed down as I fell in love with the series once it was finally released on the 29th on Netflix.
As for my thoughts, I love the new animation, much better then the old cell animation with the old series. So much can be done now, new styles that could't be done before with the classic series. The class, love how each character was redesigned, maintaining the characteristics, skin and hair color to the previous series and the plots, technology, the creators went with the modern day then old school. The music, especially in the introduction really brought back memories, and I loved the new voice. The only negative thing I would have to say that could be done was at the end of the intro, show what the episode was going to be, the title, like with the old series. That is my only concern, but as for the plot itself, it definitely follows and flows the same way with the classic, especially at the end where Ms. Frizzle "Sr" answers questions the audience has, and even gives clues as to what the next episode would be.
I would defiantly say that with this new series, the new generation of young kinds that are anxious for learning, fun, and excitement will love this series like I do and will want to continue to watch and know what will happen next in the exciting adventures of "The Magic School Bus Rides Again.