Re: OT...new train related movie

["James C" <jamesccj@optusnet.com.au>]

I have the same feeling when James Bond movies became Americanised and
<<<<commercialised>>>>

Cheers
James




a n d R e w ; <rods42@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:8humj3$onl$1@bunyip.cc.uq.edu.au...
> Utter crap. I saw this web site two days ago (before reading
> this post) and was just sick inside. They underestimate kiddies
> so much. I watched Thomas daily in the 80s (as a "pre-teen") and
> loved to bits all the railway action which semed in many ways
> related to the real operation of an English railway (although I
> could never quite come to grips which mischievous 'trucks'
> buggering something up every second episode). Now the Hollywood
> boofheads have Thomas running some pathetic magical railway
> between the dark forest and a magic world.
> must......stop.....going......to.......be......si...c...k.......
> .......
>
> ANDREW
>
>
> "carrington" <consultancy@REMOVEbigpond.com> wrote in message
> news:qu72ks07n6ud63v83la45q2rirtc5lc1hg@4ax.com...
> > On Thu, 08 Jun 2000 15:45:22 GMT, Yuri
> <steam5me@dingoblue.net.au>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 00:29:21 +1000, "James C"
> > ><jamesccj@optusnet.com.au> wrote, and I selectively quote:
> > >
> > >>official website:
> > >>
> > >>http://www.thomasthetankengine.com/magic/
> > >
> > >Thomas and the Magic RAILROAD - I wonder when Thomas moved to
> the US.
> > >
> > >Yeccch!   Thomas and the Magic Railway, please.
> >
> >
> > The rights to bastardise the story (as the US is want to do
> with
> > everything it get's hold of) went to Hollywood several years
> ago.
> >
> > If I remember rightly, there will be some significant changes
> in the
> > movie - things like the Fat Controller won't be Toppham Hat
> anymore -
> > in the movie his name is "Chuck".
> >
> >
> > Carrington
> > ICQ 61706026
>
>