1/10
Desecration to Awdry's legacy
13 September 2021
Warning: Spoilers
Poor Awdry, he must be looking down from Heaven with disapproval along with David Mitton, George Carlin, and Michael Angelis. Britt Allcroft similarly does not approve.

This show ruins everything that Thomas stood for. Thomas and Friends is popular because the characters are well rounded, the stories are strong and written well, and it adheres to railway realism despite the fantasy elements. Despite Thomas and his friends being locomotives, they seemed like real people to us.

Plus, the original Thomas was a very calm show, making it popular with autistic people such as myself. All Engines Go is a rapid fire mess with pacing faster than the speed of sound, flat characters (including Kana, one that seems to be plagiarized from a fan OC), and most importantly ....

It's very unrealistic. I know it's a cartoon, but Thomas was praised specifically because it was realistic to real life railways. This one isn't. The characters bounce off the rails and even uses their wheels as hands. Not even Chuggington got this bad.

Avoid this ableist, pandering, sensory overload mess and watch the original Thomas the Tank Engine. It's much better.
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