Little Red Tractor-Enter the Dragon (2004)

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General		Extras
Category	Childrens	Main Menu Introduction Menu Animation & Audio Game-Dragon Dressing-Up Game-Detectives
Rating
Year Of Production	2004
Running Time	60:03
RSDL / Flipper	No/No	Cast & Crew
Start Up	Menu
Region Coding	4	Directed By	None Given
Studio Distributor	Roadshow Home Entertainment	Starring	None Given
Case	Amaray-Transparent-Secure Clip
RPI	$19.95	Music	None Given

Video		Audio
Pan & Scan/Full Frame	None	English Dolby Digital 2.0 (224Kb/s)
Widescreen Aspect Ratio	1.75:1
16x9 Enhancement
Video Format	576i (PAL)
Original Aspect Ratio	1.75:1	Miscellaneous
Jacket Pictures	No
Subtitles	None	Smoking	No
		Annoying Product Placement	No
		Action In or After Credits	No

    Let me introduce you to my young son's latest obsession. Little Red Tractor is a new British children's show but with an old fashioned style in terms of storyline. This is not a criticism, it certainly makes for a nice change from things which are too politically correct or too violent. It is designed for the 2 to 6 age group and is made using stop frame animation. It is shown locally on the Nine Network. It started production early in 2004 and so far over 80 episodes have been made for the BBC.

    The series follows the adventures of a group of people who live in a certain part of the English countryside. The main characters are:

• Little Red Tractor - He is well named and is an older style tractor who works around the area.
• Stan - Stan owns Little Red Tractor and is a local farmer who helps out his various neighbours.
• Mr Jones - A local landowner who has moved to the country from the city. He is a bit of a prat but is a good guy at heart.
• Big Blue - He is Mr Jones's tractor, a larger newer one than Little Red.
• Stumpy - The local eccentric who owns the local mill (of the old fashioned wind variety) and rides around on a four wheel bike trying not to kill himself. His wife is Elsie.
• Walter - He and his wife Nicola run the local garage. Walter is the mechanic.
• Amy & Ryan - Local twins who are friends of Stan.

    The episodes, each of about 10 minutes, included on this disc are:

1. Enter the Dragon - Amy & Ryan convince Stan to dress Little Red Tractor up as a Dragon for a fancy dress parade.
2. The Big Sneeze - Stumpy seems to be spreading a cold around the village as he gives everyone a plant. Or is he?
3. The Detectives - Stan & the twins investigate an accident involving Stumpy, Walter & Mr Jones to work out who is telling the truth.
4. Roof Tops - Everyone seems to be getting themselves into trouble involving roofs and Stan and Little Red have to help them.
5. Dog Gone - The twins are building a new house for Stan's dog, Patch. Walter gets himself into trouble in his old car, Rusty.
6. Bye Bye Blue - Mr Jones decides to sell Big Blue in order to upgrade to a newer model.

    My son loves this show and is especially fond of the first episode, Enter the Dragon.

Video

    The video quality is excellent.

    The feature is presented in a 1.75:1 aspect ratio, 16x9 enhanced, which is probably the original aspect ratio.

    The picture was very clear and sharp throughout, with no evidence of low level noise.

    The colour was wonderful, rich and solid throughout.

    The only artefact I saw was some very mild aliasing.

    There are no subtitles.

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Audio

    The audio quality is very good.

    This DVD contains an English Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo soundtrack encoded at 224 Kb/s.

    Dialogue was clear and easy to understand and there was no problem with audio sync.

    The music is a lot of fun and the theme tune is very jovial.

    The surround speakers were not used.

    The subwoofer was not used.

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Menu

    The menu included an intro, music, and the ability to select episodes.

Game - Dragon Dressing Up

    A simple game where the player helps to dress Little Red Tractor up as a Dragon by choosing the correct things to add.

Game - Detectives

    A simple game where the player needs to determine who has left which tracks, similar to what the twins did in the episode called Detectives.

    This disc is available in the same format in Region 2 but not in Region 1.

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