I’ve seen two adaptions of rusty to the rescue that not only give rusty a staring role but stay true to stepney’s real life history.

@spiderfan2003

3 ай бұрын

Interesting I'll have to look at those at one point.

@karenfan010

3 ай бұрын

@@spiderfan2003 one was made by blue15bomber the other was made by fantastic mr s though sadly his channel was banned for some odd reason.

@spiderfan2003

3 ай бұрын

@@karenfan010 interesting

Even though I much prefer the Railway Series take on Stepney, this is still a great episode.

@spiderfan2003

6 ай бұрын

That take makes sense

At least, Rusty, an innocent and reasonable little diesel, becomes a major player with his own spotlight story of his own.

@spiderfan2003

6 ай бұрын

Very true

@LazyOldFusspot_3428

6 ай бұрын

@@spiderfan2003 The only thing I find controversial is the fact that rumours suggest that the Britt company attempted to SUE the Bluebell Railway for taking what THEY believe is their character, even if the real engine already existed before the TV show was even a thing.

@spiderfan2003

6 ай бұрын

@@LazyOldFusspot_3428 ya not a good look on the company.

@LazyOldFusspot_3428

6 ай бұрын

@@spiderfan2003 They also attempted to do the same to Talyllyn when it was clearly a thing that existed WAY before even the books.

@spiderfan2003

6 ай бұрын

@@LazyOldFusspot_3428 i remember hearing about that

Bluebells of England on its own would not have made a good TV episode, but I don't think RTTR was the right solution to that problem. Thomas & Stepney combined Bluebells of England and Stepney's Special, and could (and should) have been more faithful in doing so. The biggest problem with S4's handling of Stepney was the fictionalization of a real engine's backstory, which completely undermines the entire point of the book's existence. Wilbert, a passionate advocate for railway preservation, wanted to promote the Bluebell Railway, and watching it on TV, you wouldn't necessarily know that the Bluebell Railway is a real railway or that Stepney is a real engine.

@spiderfan2003

4 ай бұрын

You know that would have been an intersection way of doing it. I'm curious what that would have looked like

The dialogue in the episode doesn’t make any sense. So no.

@spiderfan2003

6 ай бұрын

That's a fair point