User:ZEM

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"Tell them school kids I like Thomas! I'll be prouder of it!"

- ZEM, "Real Life"

What I do on this Wiki
I am removing false info and adding useful info wherever I can.

About ZEM - The Thomas Fan
My name is ZEM, er, those are my initials anyway! I have been a "Thomas the Tank Engine" fan since my mom put together a huge "Thomas"-themed birthday party for me when I turned two years old. I continued to be a "Thomas" fan until the release of "Spills and Chills and Other Thomas Thrills" because it actually scared me! I was also dissapointed in the ghost stories because I have never seen any reason for watching that kind of stuff, it is stupid in my opinion, I can get adrenaline from elsewhere! At that time I had a collection of "Shining Time Station" and "Thomas" merchandise including almost every one of the VHS cassettes released and a lot of ERTL rolling stock and engines. I was given a wooden Brio train set for Christmas one year and decided to make my own train series, (this was before YouTube!) I scripted a few episodes at age 5 and had "Daddy as the Narrator!" (I announced just as extragavantly as HiT did Pierce Brosnan!) I only completed one episode but the 8mm tape is currently misplaced and hopefully not destroyed. "Thomas and the Magic Railroad" proved the most dissapointing of all and for around two years I ignored "Thomas", even though I created many fan fictions and fan art during that time based on "Thomas". Somehow I decided that "Magic Railroad" was just a mistake and moved on, visiting a "Day Out with Thomas" event and squealing with delight over the release of "Salty's Secret and Other Thomas Stories".

More of my story coming soon!

Fan Fiction
I enjoy dreaming up Thomas and/or TUGS fan fic but as of yet have not posted any on the internet. My fan fiction primarily focuses on minor characters such as Oliver or Proteus.

I also like to write fan fic that places Thomas and TUGS characters like James and Bluenose or Gordon and Top Hat in the same place working together.

Pages Created by ZEM

 * Wedgewood China Merchandise (unfinished)


 * The Missing Coach (TV episode) (finished)


 * The Close Shave (finished)


 * Season 12 (in the works - ZEM's special project!)


 * Thomas and Friends: The CGI Series (in the works - another special ZEM project!)

ZEM on the web

 * ZEM on the Thomas and Friends Wiki


 * ZEM on the TUGS Wiki


 * ZEM on the Theodore Tugboat Wiki


 * ZEM on the Left Behind Wiki


 * ZEM on the Land Before Time Wiki


 * more coming soon...

What I think about: Thomas in CGI
I believe Thomas will be ok in CGI - not what we used to love, but I think I will like it anyway...

Especially Season 12 with the combined effect of models and CGI...

as long as it is not dumbed down more or crossed over with any thing less than TUGS.



This is the crisp and clear photo of model Thomas with animated face. The distorted version from YouTube which is ok, but once I seen the actual one on the animation studio's site I was thrilled!

So far I have seen the promo photos and the first two episodes of Season 12, Thomas and the Billboard and Steady Eddie. User:Fakeaway has uploaded several photos from Rosie's Funfair Special and Mountain Marvel from the Sodor Island Forums. I have seen more episodes since (see list below) and User:Stanierjack has kindly began uploading high-definition pics from the new episodes.

Engines/Characters I've seen with CGI:


 * Thomas (nice face, though his nose is a little too round sometimes!)
 * Percy (a little bit pudgy, but realistic!)
 * Edward (realistic and impressive!)
 * James (a little bit pudgy, but realistic!)
 * Henry (realistic and impressive!)
 * Gordon (wow, I didn't think Gordon could look any more proud before!)
 * Toby (nice face, not enough screen time yet...)
 * Emily (realistic and impressive! she looks like she is aging, she is a teen now! cool!)
 * The Photographer (realistic and impressive! much more so than his last appearance!)
 * Sir Topham Hatt (realistic and impressive!)
 * Drivers and Firemen (realistic and impressive!)
 * Rosie (realistic and impressive, very cute!)
 * The Children (realistic and impressive!)
 * People at Knapford (realistic and impressive!)
 * People at Brendam Docks (realistic and impressive!)
 * People at Great Waterton (realistic and impressive!)
 * Stepney (very dramatic return! nice face, with slightly different nose!)
 * Oliver (nice smile, we're glad you're back too Ollie!)
 * Bertie (realistic and impressive!)
 * Diesel (realistic and impressive!)
 * Signalman (realistic and impressive!)
 * Cows (realistic and impressive!)
 * Hank (very realistic and impressive, finally, a very american Thomas character!)
 * Whiff (very cool!)
 * Murdoch (very accurate!)
 * Duck (a little small...)
 * Colin (very cool!)
 * Mr. Percival
 * Mrs. Percival
 * The Children
 * Donald and Douglas (very, very good!)
 * Rocky (YES! I've been waiting soo long to see Rocky's CGI face!)

Season 12 Episodes I've seen:


 * Thomas and the Billboard
 * Steady Eddie
 * Rosie's Funfair Special
 * Heave Ho Thomas
 * Toby's Special Surprise
 * Excellent Emily
 * The Party Surprise
 * Saved You!

Characters I would like to see in S-12:


 * Stanley (if you got any pics please upload 'em!)
 * More of Oliver (if you got any pics please upload 'em!)

"The Season 12 Club"
Helping me search for Season 12 Thomas the Tank Engine stuff are:

ZEM • RonanL10 • Fakeaway • TheRTF • PryceV1 • ThomasFan123 • Pumu • HenryMk2 • Goldenbear • Stanierjack • Thomasfan01 • TPSProductions • Bulldog180

I will be inviting more users to join our "S-12 club".

INVITED: Jonru • Caledonian812 • Duckfan8 • HandsomeHank

Great Discovery Pages:

The Great Discovery • Stanley • Morgan's Mine • Thomas and James are Racing • There's a Job for Everyone • Where, O' Where is Thomas? • Engine Roll Call The Great Discovery • Thomas You're The Leader

Season 12 Pages:

Season 12 • Thomas and Friends: The CGI Series • Hank • Flora • Colin • Thomas and the Billboard •  Steady Eddie  •  Rosie's Funfair Special  •  Mountain Marvel  •  Henry Gets It Wrong  •  Heave Ho Thomas  •  Toby's Special Surprise  •  Excellent Emily  • The Party Surprise

My areas of Thomas
 These are the areas of Thomas I'm familiar with (it might take me a while to finish this list!):


 * Ertl Thomas the Tank Engine range
 * VHS and DVD releases of Thomas the Tank Engine
 * Thomas' Wooden Railway System
 * TOMY/Trackmaster Systems
 * Season One (got these episodes on VHS!)
 * Season Two (got these episodes on VHS!)
 * Season Three (got these episodes on VHS!)
 * Season Four (got these episodes on VHS!)
 * Season Five (got these episodes on DVD & VHS!)
 * Season Six (got these episodes on DVD & VHS!)
 * Season Seven (got these episodes on DVD!)
 * Season Eight (got these episodes on DVD!)
 * Season Nine (got these episodes on DVD!)
 * Season Ten (I watched all of these at my Grandma's on TV, it's a long story!)
 * Season Eleven (I have not seen all of these episodes yet!)
 * Season Twelve (doing my watching on the internet now!)
 * Jack and the Pack (got these episodes on DVD!)

The Great Discovery Review
I will be adding a review for The Great Discovery to my user page soon, as I have just watched it. It was great, I love it!

My baby brother danced to the music while my older brothers watched quietly and mom and dad cracked jokes about "Stanley and Friends" and "Stanley and Friends and Thomas too".

Time
It's roughly 7:30AM here, but because the states is so big, there are different time zones. i am in GMT.

Pics
I have had people editing my pictures without my name on them. if this trend continues, I will no longer upload High Definition screencaps here, as If I didn't put my name on them, they would get stolen by people with no respect.