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I would like to address a few thing things in the video:

Let me address a few things:
-For End Credits: I forgot Hummie Mann, for Magic Railroad, Mike O’Donnel & Junior Campbell for original compositions, and Road Redemption. In my defesnse for Road Redemption however I could not find who the composer was so it was not a matter of forgetting (pretty weird though).

Number 9: There’s a bit of criticism towards my pitch for The Adventure Begins 2 which as I explained “NOT from the mindset of a fan but rather a businessman”. It’s not like Mattel fully respects Thomas & Friends so I thought it would fun to think about how they would have made the sequel and likely butchering it.

-Number 5: I know I said no “BTS shenanigans” even though I talked about a modified script. It was more to specific points rather within. As in, this chapter is about Oliver in general not just behind the scenes.  

-Number 3: Upon consideration when I said “Escape was better in the show” the big difference I realized from the original story vs TV is the TV adaption decanonises BoCo’s brother, unless that was him in Rusty to the Rescue lol.

-Number 2: This one I didn’t really explain how BWBA could have been better which was the idea of the whole video, it was more about my personal takes on the era as I don’t think BWBA is as bad as some fans make it out to be. This was more cut for time as I would have to do extensive research into what Railway stories around the world were suitable for Thomas. One story I found was passengers would throw their newspapers at foreigners working on the tracks and that’s how they learned to speak English. Pretty funny.

Some people were not happy how I brought up Detrans Awareness which I must ask: Is it wrong for people to be seeking help? That’s what they are about. If people are allowed to transition, why do they have to be locked into their new identity? Why are they not allowed to come back to their biological identity? I encourage everyone to look into their website but be warned for there are some highly disturbing stories and potential imagery.

And finally to the couple of people who claimed I was being misogynistic: You are going to love my next Thomas Topic ;)

A missed opportunity I have always thought of is a Hank and Connor story, Hank, a PRR K4 and Conner a NYC J3A, the NYC and PRR were major rivals in the US, so it would lead to interesting stories.

The missed opportunities I find are:
1. Oliver being the main character in Journey Beyond Sodor.
2. Bigger British Steam Tender (mostly GWR) and Diesel Engines.
3. Female narrow gauge engines.
4. More Famous Visiting Mainland Engines like Stepney, Olton Hall aka Hogwarts Castle (I like to call her: Esmeralda), City of Truro, Mallard (Mallard can be a girl’s name too).
5. Movies focusing on the Sodor Search & Rescue Centre and the rivalry of Rails vs Roads.
6. Ghost stories that are taken more serious.

A massive missed opportunity was utilizing Oliver to the best they could ever do so. That and also not being able to rework his model to his proper tall heights.

The fact that neither Stepney or Tornado appeared in the Great Race is criminal.

I think a big missed opportunity was reworking some of the hit era newbies into stories where our main characters are out character such as Neville instead of Toby, Molly instead of Edward, Mighty Mac instead of Skarloey and Rheneas etc. if they want to use those types of stories use your new characters you introduced for them instead of reinventing the old pre established characters

Another thing they could've done with Oliver is the fact that he's the fastest tank engine in the show and it could've been a story where he chases up a runuway train or something

Rosie should have been a main if they wanted more girls on the steam team. She was a perfect fit

It’s a shame there are so many unused concepts & characters that hasn’t been utilized in the show yet, and probably won’t for a long time. But it’s not impossible!

I think Oliver should've taken James' place in the James and the Diesel engines book.

10:10 so he can have redemption arc like bulgy duh.

There are many missed opportunities with Luke too. There are some things I thought of that could have been done with him:

* An episode about St. Patrick’s Day with Luke as the lead character.
* An episode about him substituting for Victor at the Steamworks (Kind of like Steamy Sodor, but it can be done a lot better).
* An episode in which he and the other narrow gauge engines have to work with Diesel at the Blue Mountain Quarry.

What do you all think?

12:27 was hilarious and I love how the bandage stays on his face after the incident

14:35 yes because while they rarely had major roles they were never out of character.

Great video about the missed opportunities. There are some things that could've been even added more potential based on what you said:

10. Having Gordon paired up with his special blue coaches would've been so cool to see for the remainder of the show. I mean, we saw how Thomas, Toby, Duck, Oliver and Emily each have their own coaches, so why not the main line trio?

9. Wong Village has done a sort of fan-sequel to TAB some years ago (almost the same way).

8. Seeing more old/new interactions like Elizabeth and Winston would be a treat to watch. Bill, Ben & Hector could make a potential sequel to Hector the Horrid (same thing w/ Rosie as BlueTraxDak did a fan-episode with them together). There is one dynamic that could be explored in my opinion - those being Rebecca and D199 since they share the same nickname 'Spamcan' or Gordon and Hank as the PRR K4s were the inspiration for the LNER A1s and A3s. Or better yet, an showdown between Bradford and the Spiteful Brakevan as they are different polar opposites.

7. I love that ideal character arc for Sir Handel and having him be rude to Annie & Clarabel since they are four-wheeled coaches is something given his past history and distaste for them would implied that even further until the climax where he realizes his errors too late before being sent away. However, my ideal arc for the little blue engine would've been if he had Duncan and Skarloey's roles in Trusty Rusty and The Grand Opening as he would've had to earn STH's trust after causing one major misstep and coming out on top (had they waited till two years after S6 where they have the budget to build a large scale model of Sir Handel).

6. Come to think of the Anti-Rail League, there is something I wish was brought up again more often: the Road vs. Rail rivalry. I am sick and tired of having too many stories on steam vs. diesels in the current seasons. The roads pose a much bigger threat to the railways, especially since branch lines were closed in the UK during the Beeching Axe, and US passenger traffic was taken away b/c of highways and air travel. This rivalry could've been made into a climatic movie where a human villain who despises railways wants to build highways over Sodor and overthrow STH and his engines, with Bulgy, George and the Horrid Lorries as his agreeable sidekicks. Title-wise, I'd call it either 'Rage/Rise of the Road(ways)'.

5. Oliver was present at the firework display in Scaredy Engines, so I don't know if this might work (and we already have Oliver's Sparkler from the Annuals). I believe that if Bradford the Brake Van were to have a different second main character instead of Thomas, it'd be Oliver. Maybe Toad is away being mended and Oliver having to work w/ Bradford - only for the brake van's strict regulations cause him to be delayed and gets into a fiery argument which leads to trouble.

4. I'm not sure how this would've worked out though. Seeing HiT era Emily and Duck (if the latter still appears as a now side character) would've bantered about which way is best. I think having Duck in Murdoch's place would've been great.

3. I would've love to see a few more RWS stories adapted, but also maybe a few more Annual stories b/c they have unique potentials for the screen other than Thomas & Trevor.

2. Rebecca is my favorite part of BWBA (being my 3rd favorite and underrated character). Though I think part of her getting more stories being slim is b/c half of the Sodor and International episodes are 13 each, meaning this is very limited to their full potential. Gordon & Rebecca Coming Through is my favorite cause I stan for Gordon & Rebecca's close friendship (especially cause Oliver Bulleid used to be an apprentice to Sir Nigel Gresley). It was also my love for Rebecca that made me write her more in Great Sodor Engines (though I'm careful to make her a supporting character so as to give other characters a chance to shine). I am planning to expand on Rebecca by having her limits pushed where she gets angry and having family issues which is untapped potential.

1. The Great Race is what I used to be super hyped for as a naive fan - only after a few years later on my latest rewatch I was left disappointed with some potential good moments I liked. I agree that Gordon should've been the main character and if Rebecca was introduced prior to this if the movie was set at a later year, then this would've developed her and Gordon's relationship further. Also, another idea would be if The Great Race was a mini-series instead of being crammed as a movie, then we would've had all the elements flow naturally (like Sodor the Magic Within).

The Great Race's biggest strength in the movie is its lesson on "just being yourself," but it's done towards the wrong character. Da Docta's choice on the Great Race being the #1 biggest missed opportunities is based.

14:42 Five Nights at Henry's:

18:01 we saw his friend in bulgy’s book, he’s a faceless bus with a pop advert on him.

The Super Rescue adaptation. I at least know that they tried to do an adaptation in season 3 of the model era, but due to budget constraints for creating 2 new entire models (Bear/D7101 and Spamcam/D199) and Flying Scotsman's model wasn't finished, it was cut. But with all the models HIT used ONCE in their era, they could have EASILY adapted it (but it probably would come out like it's been put through multiple nuclear wars.)

In my opinion, here's a missed opportunity that not only would give a reason to why Emily is on the island, despite the fact that her basis was mostly scrapped, saved for the very first one, but it would also give Donald his own time to shine: How did Emily get to Sodor. This is something that I want to try and make, especially since I've slowly gotten back into Thomas and Friends, and I did recently make the first story to my own headcanon universe of Thomas and Friends. (Also, I do realize that this might sound a little similar to Oliver's arrival to Sodor, but I always have wondered how Emily got to the island and escaping from being turned into scrap probably is one of the better reasons an engine gets to Sodor.)

Basically, while helping James with a goods train, Donald realizes that he has nothing special to his time on Sodor, and James soon comes up with the idea that Donald should go to Barrow Yard to try and find another engine that's soon to be under the cutting torch. With some convincing to Sir Topham Hatt, Donald soon heads into Barrow Yard and finds Emily. The once proud Stirling Single engine is covered under a tarp, and her once bright green livery had been covered in a layer of rust. Donald, determined to get Emily to Sodor, tells his driver to couple her up to him, while his fireman puts chalk markings on her to fool the guard watching the yard. By sunrise, Donald made it back to Sodor with Emily, a smile on both of their faces, and Sir Topham Hatt restores Emily to her former glory, along with giving her an emerald green livery that she proudly enjoys.

A couple of other missed opportunities that I think could have been interesting are more Emily and Henry dynamics, and, if there can be good diesels, surely there has to be bad steam engines in the world.