Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go

As a child growing up in the 90's Thomas introduced me to so many mechanical and historically important steam train related facts that as an adult to two young children would like to see them educated similarly.

Watched this garbage the other day with them and was horrified. From the awful Children choir introduction sing along, to the flexy/leaning on 3 wheels round a bend nonsense to the excruciatingly annoying narrator on the Thomas voice especially.

I still relate 30 years on to Edward gradually picking his coaches up one by one in order to pull the heavy train, Thomas fitting his snow plow and Henry being punished and bricked up in the tunnel for being mardy.

All the above contributed to me as a child having a good basic understanding of the railway, steam engines and array of vehicles used within it. Helicopters, tractors, traction engines, buses etc.. but also how to deal with situations in general life as a youngster. The characters were so strong it helped me understand what was good, bad, fair and honest.

Seems silly writing this as it shouldn't matter, but can't hide the fact it does. My Mrs thinks i'm nuts. Thankfully I can show them the original Rev Awdrey design via you tube. I bet he would be angered to see his legacy destroyed.

Shame, totally spoiled. Scrap this before kids and adults alike ditch it!

This is an insult to anyone who remotely says they like Thomas. Mattel is killing this franchise from its toys to the actual seasons of the show and now a crappy reboot. Is this show good for toddlers, maybe. But to anyone else it is a pile of hot garbage. If you are watching this with your kids or by yourself I highly assume you will want to glue your ears and eyes shut.

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go is NOT the Thomas the Tank Engine kids of the 80s and 90s (or 00s) grew up with; this poorly done 'cartoon' is an overly bendy and cheap-looking nightmare that is a disgrace to Reverend Wilbert Awdry's Railway Series, and it looks even worse than old Flash animations.

The thing that worked with the original series (the seasons with models), is that the earlier ones had a sense of grounded yet simple stories and morales that weren't condescending to kids, and they were like visual storybooks. So why is this show brimming with condescension and leaning into the fact that there's nothing really transcendent or endearing here? I guess Mattel emphasised the toys moreso than the once endearing charm and character of the Steam Engines of Sodor.

I'm all for kids entertainment; sometimes it can appeal to ANYONE in ceaselessly easy ways, like Avatar: The Last Airbender, Dexter's Lab, Gravity Falls, Ducktales (the 1980s one and/or the 2010s reboot), and even the early days of Doctor Who count; point being, regardless of medium, entertainment can STILL entertain and be genuinely appealing despite demographic limitations. All Engines Go wishes it could say the same thing for itself.

Basically, watch the original Ringo Starr and Michael Angelis narrated shows instead of this travesty. You'll thank me later.

I love both the model and CGI versions of Thomas. I didn't hate BWBA that much either, but this is a whole new level. Even magic railroad is a great compared to this. This has tons and TONS of problems. First of all, why are the voice actors mostly all kids? The voice acting is simply terrible. Next, it's unrealistic. A lot of why Thomas was so good was because of how realistic it was. Now the engines are basically using their wheels as hands. There is no physics at all, and it is no longer as fun to watch crashes. The animation is obviously budget, and it is way to cartoony for Thomas. The sound effects are horrible too. Did I mention that there is no James, Edward, and Toby? And Gordon is basically the new fat controller. And diesel is now friends with Thomas. Oh, and Carly has wheels now? I don't get it. And also, the new theme song is also terrible. Like previously, Thomas had such good music. I think the CGI era had as good or maybe even better music than the model era. But this? The songs are just bad. Also, WHAT IN THE WORLD IS TRAIN SCHOOL?? Watch the old Thomas, don't waste your time with this garbage. This is a disgrace.

I saw All Engines Go when it came out on Cartoon Network and I do not like it for reasons. Thomas & Friends has always been a long time running British Show for years and still holds up the popularity to this day until this Separated American Show came along. The realism of Railway is so very low and cartoony in this then Thomas & Friends where it percent how real engines do and when they are driven by their Drivers and Firemens. The big number one question I have is, If they do that well off-track, why do they even need the tracks? And Annie & Clarabelle can literally move by themselves which is a huge shock. If All Engines Go is strictly made for 2- year olds, then I wanted to see Thomas & Friends return with CGI Series 25 in Future for all ages to enjoy T&F and for 2-3 year olds to enjoy AEG and they might like Thomas & Friends better when they get older, so both T&F and AEG would run and continue separately. But if only AEG runs and not T&F, then I would forget about this show.