50 Things Wrong with All Engines Go

It has been a year since my last Thomas Discussion and I have decided to come back swinging! All Engines Go has generated some huge dismay in the fanbase but just how bad is the 2D reboot of the once beloved children's icon?
Special thanks to Del Marr for his assistance on Number 38 and special thanks to MetaShamski for use of his Half-Life footage in the video.
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[@dadocta5168]

Almost a 100k views! Thank you all for supporting this video, channel and myself. How would you like another critical analysis on All Engines Go? Stay tuned, it is happening soon ;)

[@dadocta5168]

@user-up3du6vm7q At this rate probably closer to the end. I have since come up with a lot of ideas for Thomas Topics and I want to cover them before others do.

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@dadocta5168 Like “Awdry’s Golden Rule of Train Engine Realism”, to explain why Thomas & Friends (pre-BWBA) is best remembered and why others claiming to be the “Better Thomas” never made sense?

[@Mr_rice12345]

Yessssssssssssss

[@matthewweatherford6566]

I wanna encourage more parents to introduce their young children to the old versions of Thomas, including Shining Time Station.

[@dadocta5168]

Go for it.

[@ponaenae]

I doubt it will work I tried to introduce my niece and nephews who are between the ages of 1-8 and I showed them original Thomas and they were completely disinterested but I then showed them aeg and everyone except the oldest likes it so I have a bad feeling aeg is here to say

[@dadocta5168]

@@ponaenae Which episodes did you show them?

[@elaaron1236]

Yes i do same

[@ryanangelastro504]

I would show them the UK Dubs of Seasons 1-5. Because those seasons are loyal to The Railway Series.

[@AlexSFM]

if Awdry was still alive and could see what they are doing with his characters... Man I rather not imagine what he would say

[@ferdinandalbeniz8365]

He would probably say that they have caused ALOT of confusion and delay.

[@HotBitchInAnUglyBody]

He would incarnate duncan's speaking paderns and roast the hell out of it before claiming a lawsuit

[@cluelessretro9876]

That would never suit his grace! - Duke

[@crs2385]

He'd say ''silly stick in the muds''

[@Bioburningk]

awdry didnt want thomas to go to the states becuase he said that we would "bastardize them" HE WAS DAMN RIGHT

[@jacksongaming6245]

Series finale: it cuts back to the model train series Thomas wakes up and it was all a nightmare

[@cdangelo1843]

Or the CGI series…

[@ThatRailfan7]

@@cdangelo1843 no

[@aidandunn1009]

I kinda wish it was a dream now that u mentioned it.

[@bluethebunnylord9274]

Thomas: *gasps!* Edward: Thomas! You’re all right! You had a nasty crash and was in a coma for a month! Thank goodness you’re alright! Henry: we thought you were going to be scrapped! It was horrible! We had to fetch our own coaches! So glad you’re back! Thomas: *is traumatized by his coma induced nightmare to even comprehend what’s going on*

[@matthewweatherford6566]

​@@aidandunn1009One time, I dreamt that Thomas got a reboot where Sodor is just a small area and all the tracks go up and around like the Tomy sets back in the day. This was before AEG happened.

[@cristal4808]

Gordon,Henry and James after they seen this reboot for the first time: Gordon: disgraceful James: disgusting Henry: despicable

[@adventuresofamtrakcascades301]

Myself: Disrespectable

[@AfterthymeGaming]

Oh, the indignity 🙄🤦

[@zoefloresvillanueva8482]

Me in my head:oh hell the fuck no

[@Oranges485]

James bitching about how this Version of him doesn’t have shiny paint

[@tygoderegt9211]

OoOoh!! the agony of it all!!

[@bayleighlinder7535]

I like the fact that docta slowly becomes insane when talking about this train wreck of a show

[@TeardropLabs]

HA, train wreck.

[@RacingCarWannabe118]

Chapman Entertainment's shows went all the way. And get this point: They were AERODYNAMIC!

[@MarvelMTs]

Pun intended?

[@Constantine_Cvl8]

It doesn't even do train wrecks right

[@originaluseername]

“insane” fellas is the emotion of anger a mental illness?

[@deadchannel733]

The fact Bulstrode has speaking roles and Henry and Edward aren’t even referred to by name makes me sad. 😢

[@jonistan9268]

on that note, how did Bulstrode of all characters make it into this? desperate attempt at fan service?

[@gigabytez_]

two great engines out shined by a boat we barely saw.

[@andreiemanueltudose2445]

Yea

[@aessseomi]

and WHIFF??? FCKING WHIFF

[@heelarious]

they could've brought him back in the cgi series instead of all engines go

[@tre-engines]

Thanks for making this video! I’ve never liked All Engines Go but it seems like all the Thomas reviewers don’t want to even touch it so I appreciate you making this video and sacrificing yours eyes & sanity to give us great content.

[@LCringeMiester06]

Booo!! This video sucks! Delete it now!! 😡👎

[@jonathansdreamland1207]

I’m more mad at the fact that they cant even make Edward look like Edward

[@viniciusterron]

True 😑😑😑

[@ryanangelastro504]

This series is the equivalent of dangling keys in front of the kids’ faces.

[@TheAutisticCapricorn811]

That's because the show is run by a company of overgrown ass kids that like having keys dangling in front of 'em.

[@averytubestudios]

#27 spoke to me the most.

[@dadocta5168]

I'm glad you said that. It's an unreasonable world we live in.

[@jaimeekinman3701]

@@dadocta5168 actually, this reboot (and most others including spin-offs) show how fucked up entertainment is towards the late 2010’s

[@WoozieGuy]

All Engines Go would have been great as a spin-off for younger demographics and it would have worked really well instead of replacing the entire show.

[@scootermcburczak3192]

@@WoozieGuy True. If the show was called something like CrazyTrains and was not based off of Thomas the Tank Engine, it would have a wholly different reception.

[@CngDelta757]

I still watch the old series and learn from it even as a 20-something. Life is unfair. We shouldn't be peddling this fantasy and setting kids up for emotional failure.

[@MrNoUsername]

"Once the Americans get hold of it, the whole series would be vulgarized and ruined!" - The Rev W Awdry, 1973

[@galaxyverse1546]

Never mind, he did. And he was correct.

[@worfsonofmogh1154]

Yes, we are the reason you can't have cheap natural gas, you have a migrant invasion and you have to trade in dollars. Vladimir Putin didn't ruin Thomas the Tank Engine.

[@marthanguyen2533]

"Is that an ipad?! Is that Sir Toppham Hat with an ipad!?" Love that line💀

[@mikeyhasfuntoo9164]

Sir Topham Hatt is an IPad kid confirmed?

[@worfsonofmogh1154]

When you rip off Sodor the Modern Years...

[@mustin07doesgaming]

The fact that they removed Edward and Henry from the show is honestly disrespectful to the original stories since they were some of the first characters introduced in the first book

[@TVCakeGalexis]

They Should´ve brought Harvey back :( 13:37

[@margogoralski6294]

Excellent video, man. The saddest thing about this is that, years ago, I made a joke to friends saying that someday in a BWBA episode, we're gonna see Sir Topham Hatt using an iPad or something, saying "this new technology is really helping the railway." And now here we are and it actually happen in AEG. I jinxed it. We're just one episode away from seeing Thomas dabbing, I swear.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

Not to mention eating people food

[@matthewweatherford6566]

The Reverend W. Awdry said in an interview that his creations would lose their charm if the Americans got a hold of them. He also turned down Andrew Lloyd Webber's pitch for a Railway Series cartoon, which apparently was gonna be similarly cartoony to AEG.

[@margogoralski6294]

@@matthewweatherford6566 Exactly. I learned about that thanks to Troublesome Junction's video.

[@inky.64]

The day Thomas dabs is the day I leave this planet and go live on Venus for the rest of my life.

[@ob2kenobi388]

​@@inky.64 Sadly, Venus is not accessible by train.

[@RedBoiPaul]

Basically, All Engines Go! just destroyed the entirety for how much time and dedication that Britt Allcroft, Andrew Brenner, and Michael White put into for Thomas

[@bla5t3rproductions41]

Don’t forget David Mitton

[@galaxyverse1546]

Bro, I bet they must be ASHAMED for showing this bullshit.

[@CurvyAnimates]

I grew up with CGI Thomas. I was devastated when this happen

[@RFBProductionz]

Hello MineBloxIsAwesome!

[@RFBProductionz]

Same thing here

[@mariosonic9153]

Same

[@jbass4579]

same

[@SirGowtheroflust-gw1bp]

Same

[@olliesmith7578]

To me, the weirdest thing is that we literally got introduced to Rebecca in the last three or five seasons and immediately in the next season that she’s replaced by Sandy assuming they planned AEG whilst BWBA was taking place what was the point introducing her

[@jacobjcb8883]

Yeah, why introduce a main character when you're going to drop them a few season later They could have spent more time fleshing out Rebecca's character instead of rebooting the entire show

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

Another problem with this reboot is that The Fat Controller isn't a railway controller anymore as they just made him the mayor of the island in their show not only that but he's portrayed as flamboyant and over-the-top with these effeminate hand gestures like what the hell were they thinking

[@pennsy6755]

MAYOR!?

[@matthewweatherford6566]

@@pennsy6755 They went all out with Americanizing Thomas.

[@peachblossom09]

they WHAT

[@woobgamer5210]

remember when the Jack and the Pack spin off series was gonna have an episode involving a Fat Mayor? yeah Mattel sure doesnt@@pennsy6755

[@ThomastheGOAT1975]

they turned him into a fucking MAYOR?!

[@inaciosthirdstudio]

The way the shading around the engines’ eyes is included makes it look like they haven’t gotten any sleep.

[@Combes_]

They had too much sugar

[@jimmy_os]

And they make less popular character faces all wrinkly

[@ermwhoisloni]

YESSS

[@tommyawesome123]

they've been singing too much

[@inaciosthirdstudio]

@@tommyawesome123 Exactly what I expect from reboots that channel the same energy as Teen Titans Go.

[@mee_is_sus]

All engines stop.

[@TEN_TEN945]

Yes.

[@akadventuring]

Yes.

[@Chucksplosionplayz]

HELL YEAH!!!

[@TEN_TEN945]

or “All Engines NO.”

[@chrisdeeyt4392]

"Up and down lines halted for 30 miles"

[@supermariof0521]

Anyone else think that Mattel purposely made AEG out of spite cause they were butthurt cause people ditched BWBA?

[@HenryFan1911]

I wouldn’t doubt that either, Mattel does not give a shit. Also, what if maybe the huge Mattel block from February was because Mattel was out of spite for the lawsuit from Thomas Land where they were exposed for not caring about those fans with autism.

[@supermariof0521]

@@HenryFan1911 Given how BWBA was marketed and presented, Mattel already showed they don't give a shit about autistic people.

[@Death_angel_productions]

14:04 he just hit his braking point

[@Death_angel_productions]

Also BALLOONS

[@galaxyverse1546]

8:09-8:17 "Those... trains?" ........ "THOSE.... TRAINS?!" Personally, as an Edward fan, I was a little shocked.

[@BAKU2K2]

AEG is clearly one of those cartoons that were made solely to sell toys, especially considering Mattel (a toy manufacturer) is involved.

[@Trainboy452]

Many cartoons from the 80s and 90s are also made with those reasons. The difference is that they are original works or ones that are faithful to the source material compared to this: A shotty reboot based on a show from the early 80s, and that show is based on a series of books starting from '45.

[@OptimusPrime298]

If Rev W Awdry was still alive he would have been so angry at what Mattel had done

[@WOLF-ZONE23]

Exactly!

[@galaxyverse1546]

Shit, I'd be angry too. God forbid I make a show as wonderful as the original Thomas and give tons of effort into the series that I've created and loved so dearly.... only for it to be used to make shit like this. Like, I'd be FURIOUS.

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

Another problem with this reboot is trying to be to American like seriously the all engines go reboot tries to get rid of everything that was British to the point where you have all the background humans looking like people from America rather than England also having North American animals feature on Sodor such as skunks beavers and raccoons in the original series sodor was very clearly supposed to be off the coast of England and so the wildlife are very likely going to be European animals like Foxes Hedgehogs Badgers Deer

[@danielmtheone4031]

That’s what I’m having problems with too.

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

@@danielmtheone4031 I mean skunks and raccoons are way too American for a location that's off the coast of England

[@jacobjcb8883]

That's what happens when you let an American company take hold of a BRITISH creation (No offense to any Americans) They also dubbed some of the CGI Seasons of Fireman Sam with American accents which is absolutely pointless considering Pontypandy is set in WALES!

[@danielmtheone4031]

I remember when Awdry said Americans would vandalize Thomas

[@jacobjcb8883]

@@danielmtheone4031 I remember that line all too well (again no offence to Americans) "Once the Americans (an American corporation) get hold of it, the series would be vulgarized and ruined"

[@adultmoshifan87]

THIS is why I am REALLY worried about the state of kids entertainment in the present. My niece was born 2 years ago and although she's my brother's kid, not mine, I am shocked that she RELIES on Peppa Pig and Cocomelon! They are NOT the only 2 shows she likes, she is also a fan of Hey Duggee, In The Night Garden and although she lost interest at first, she EVENTUALLY got into Bluey (thank Christ!), but knowing how bad Peppa Pig, Cocomelon and other low quality kids shows are, it REALLY worries me that kids these days will NOT grow up with standards, it's like the parents don't seem to care about the quality of what their kids watch! My parents and brother also disregarded the WARNING I gave them this time last year "If you want to get her into Thomas The Tank Engine, show her the original series and STAY AWAY FROM ALL ENGINES GO!", they did NOT take my warning AT ALL seriously. My niece (to my knowledge) has NOT had ANY experience with TTTE as of yet, but what my parents and brother said WORRIES me that many grown ups do NOT properly understand kids entertainment! Dad even said, after I told him about AEG "That sounds like the Cars movies"! We both like the Cars movies a lot, I can still even get some enjoyment out of Cars 2 despite its flaws, but because AEG is part of the Thomas franchise, it is to be judged as Thomas! My Mom said "sounds like they're retooling Thomas for today's little ones" and I am like "WHAT?!?"! If you have a little one and you show him or her the realistic ORIGINAL Thomas show and/or read to him or her the original Railway Series, there's a good chance he or she will enjoy it/them as much as we did! RWS/TTTE is NOT LIKE other kids shows, they were written in a way so that grown ups can enjoy watching/reading them as much as their kids! We remember Thomas seasons 1-5 fondly. When the little ones of the late 2010s-present day look back on BWBA/AEG when they're older, what will they think? Furthermore, guess what my Mom said to me a few hours after my niece was born 2 years ago? If I were to have kids of my own, I "cannot" raise him/her/them in a "1980s bubble"! I know you shouldn't wrap your kid(s) in cotton wool, but... would you rather introduce your kid to Thomas through the RWS/pre-2000s seasons or BWBA/AEG? would you rather introduce your kid to Postman Pat through that franchise's pre-2000s content or its 2003-onwards content? would you rather introduce your kid to Fireman Sam through the stop motion seasons or the CGI ones where Norman Price has an annoying voice and is sadistic as hell? would you rather introduce your kid to Bob The Builder through the stop motion seasons or that 2015 reboot that's ugly as sin? It's not just preschool content I'm worried about: even some of the stuff school age children watch is low quality! The 2017 Spider Man cartoon, while it had good ideas like bringing in different Spider Men like Miles Morales and Gwen Stacey, is poorly written, not very well colored and has less effort put into the animation than those straight-to-DVD Disney sequel movies! As annoying as Ultimate Spider Man was, that show was at least well animated! The 2016 Powerpuff Girls reboot (I know there's another series on the way with McCracken on board but I still need to talk about the awful 2016 one for a bit) is the DEFINITION of pandering to today's kids! It totally ignores what made the 1998 PPG series special, shoehorns in smartphone and meme references til the cows come home (even DA BOOM CREW wasn't THIS shameless!) and not even asking the original VAs back REALLY adds salt to the wound! WHY THE FUCK is Teen Titans GO! STILL running after NEARLY 10 YEARS? It WAS a popular show in 2013-2015 but ANYONE who's watched enough of it would agree with me that it talks down to kids, makes jokes that are less mature even than the worst Adam Sandler movies, is way too in-your-face, it's insulting, shameless and doesn't even care what its critics think! Also, for it to STILL be getting new episodes is INEXCUSABLE: it's NO LONGER as popular as it was in the mid-2010s and the original fans have now most likely passed their driving tests! Of all the cartoons I can think of off the top of my head (if you can think of a worse one, I either haven't heard of it, forgot it existed in the first place or was never really popular to begin with), the ABSOLUTE WORST one I can think of, at least for children in the 6-12 age group, is HORRID HENRY! The main character is a rude, selfish asshole who's mean as fuck to those around him, almost never gets his comeuppance, has lame as hell art direction, a half assed color scheme and the writing is SO DESPERATE to PANDER to kids from 2006 onwards! I CANNOT believe this show is STILL as popular as it is 16 YEARS LATER. I was IN COLLEGE when it started, yet they are STILL milking it all these years later, Citv promoted it to death until the show migrated to Nicktoons in 2018, it's also one of that channel's MOST POPULAR shows, I have NO IDEA how kids ENJOY it when by the time they're in the show's target age group THEY SHOULD KNOW WHAT HENRY DOES IS WRONG and... it's just another mass produced show that doesn't care if kids who watch it end up not knowing what's different as a result! There is NO EXCUSE for Horrid Henry to STILL be going when it's as ABYSMAL a show as it is and ESPECIALLY when the original fans are NOW WORKING THEIR FIRST JOBS! Children DESERVE BETTER THAN WHAT THEY'RE BEING GIVEN! Okay, that's not 100% the case, there ARE good shows in the mainstream like Bluey, The Loud House and Craig of The Creek, but shit like Peppa Pig, Cocomelon and Horrid Henry takes SO MUCH of the spotlight while Chip and Potato, Hilda and Alva's World are doomed to just be labelled as deep cuts! There ARE good shows out there but it should NOT take THIS much searching to find them! Also, with the BBC closing their CBBC channel in 2025, I don't know if it really will happen anytime soon but I would LOVE to see Channel 4 re-enter the kids TV market! If they were to launch a new kids block next month, it realistically could consist of assorted cartoons from around Europe, maybe a few from Australia, and some Fourways Farm reruns, new original kids programming coming later on. But in the process, I would REALLY like Channel 4 to BUY OUT Thomas & Friends from Mattel, bringing an end to AEG and putting the original 5 seasons from before the 2000s back on our screens! (The original cuts, not those remasters with extra goofs! If doing so means playing the English soundtrack over foreign master tapes, so be it!) Of course you can't keep a franchise alive with existing content alone, so a new Thomas reboot would have to happen, and that would be great! It could fix the problems the classic series had (such as NOT adapting The Missing Coach!), tell us some new original stories, maybe fix the problems with the HiT era and show us that any franchise can work in the right hands! Also, think Adam Hills would be a good choice for the new narrator? Bottom line: you CANNOT raise your kids on any old mass produced entertainment, they DO appreciate quality if/when they see it, pick the shows and incarnations of those shows you want them to watch CAREFULLY and help them develop standards! Thank you for your time.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

I think you should consider introducing your kids to Tuttle Twins. It's modern but I read some great things about it.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

My idea for a reboot of Thomas is a theatrical film animated in the style of Arcane or Spiderman into the Spiderverse. My idea is a mockumentary like Surf's Up where the characters are being interviewed about their lives and we show footage of the events that happened in the books. I wouldn't call it a Thomas movie because I'm using the books for source material and won't use Thomas in the title but Thomas would definitely be in the movie. I'd also have characters talking about the way railways work and maybe even have one character predict All Engines Go and other pieces of Thomas media that go against Awdry's style. Is meta the right way to say it? I like the idea of the interviews happening during the story of The Special Letter and I came up with an idea for a second movie set in the narrow gauge railway. Another couple of ideas for movies I have are adapting Gordon goes Foreign into its own movie and an origin story about Sir Topham Hatt.

[@jacobjcb8883]

You spitting facts I see The target audience needs quality content

[@vaya-dragon1998]

You lost me as soon as you said that Bluey was a good show. I can’t take you seriously now

[@Robohead-z6z]

@@vaya-dragon1998 I can’t take you seriously.

[@FunAngelo2005]

To be honest, the HIT era was better at teaching kids (with learning segments) than All engines go

[@adultmoshifan87]

At least, despite the over-reliance on the 3 strikes formula, the HiT era DOES tell a story that would fit the classic series here and there! If I could reboot Thomas, I would, in addition to retelling pre-2000s stories, retell the HiT era's better stories! Also, to assure there's female engines as soon as possible, I'd have Molly and Emily there at the beginning and I'd make Duck female, because that particular engine WAS female in the Greek dub! (Until season 17, so could Duck be trans in that dub?)

[@christosdoesthings]

​@@adultmoshifan87 are you greek?

[@Trainboy452]

Please no sex swapping. It just doesn't feel right.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

​​​@@adultmoshifan87My idea for a reboot would be in movie form. It would be much closer to the Railway Series than the TV show and I'd have the animation be done in the style of the Spiderverse movies or Arcane and the characters would look like their Railway Series form and the whole movie would be a mockumentary set during the events of "The Special Letter" where the engines are in the Big city being interviewed about their lives (the events of the previous Railway Series stories). Another idea I have for a movie is an origin story about Sir Topham Hatt. I think a lot of us are aware of Hollywood's trends of origin stories about iconic characters from "Oz: The Great and Powerful" to "Cruella" to "Wonka".

[@matthewweatherford6566]

Even the PBS Kids airings of the CGI series showed clips of a real British steam engine.

[@CollinJoe]

If there is one praise I'll give the show, it's that they tried redeeming Nia, even though the damage was already done.

[@galaxyverse1546]

Yeah, there was no saving Nia. She was just a marketing tool.

[@inaciosthirdstudio]

You can just see that this reboot doesn’t give itself a chance to breathe. With how fast the pacing is, with how random it is and how there are musical numbers that go on for too long. I mean even if nobody knows who Thomas is or if they haven’t seen the original, they wouldn’t get the references in this reboot. And if they did, this reboot is insulting on how much Mattel gets it all wrong.

[@Ethan-ey4jx]

Mattel is showing this crap like the equivalent of mooning into someone’s face. I feel bad for Neil Crone in this show, even though I still like his Gordon’s voice

[@dcb99filmz]

I feel bad for him, Cat Disher and Jamie Watson having their talent wasted on this shitshow

[@matthewweatherford6566]

I don't think they have anything against working on the show.

[@EthanTheEngine7]

"WAY TOO MANY SONGS" Baby Shark's Big Show: "Hold my music number."

[@r0yale_br00klyn]

I grew up with the CGI era, but I feel like children should be introduced to the model era. (P.s. I know i should be serious when i was watching this, I burst out laughing at any random intervals (≧▽≦))

[@armorpro573]

Correction: Children SHOULD be introduced to them model era

[@robbiewalker2831]

Correction, they should be introduced to any era that doesn’t give the middle finger to Rev. Awdry’s golden rule on train engine realism; there’s no realism in the BWBA and AEG eras: 16:18

[@bluethebunnylord9274]

just a reminder that Awdry hated the Henry forest episode for lacking realism and how Henry’s driver did not notify a signal man before stopping and that the trees were too close to the line. Now imagine what Awdry would say about whatever the heck AEG is doing. (I also like to think that Edward and Henry both left the show because they took one look at the script and said no way. And those two engines in the show are actually not Edward and Henry)

[@armorpro573]

He’d have two heart attacks

[@flickcentergaming680]

​@@armorpro573minimum. I personally believe that this monstrosity would have killed the poor guy INSTANTLY.

[@armorpro573]

@@flickcentergaming680 That too

[@galaxyverse1546]

Man would be FUMING.

[@parker-boy98]

I know it's more cartoony on purpose, but I would not feel safe riding train pulled by a engine that can just hop off the rails whenever it wants. Also, Christopher Awdry specifically said Thomas doesn't do that, because engines don't do that!

[@AckleyAttackTV]

Sounds about right. Hence why I'll never watch AEG at all.

[@solikenoah]

Just imagine the hate that Mattel would get if Rev. W. Awdry was still alive

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

Mattel would probably be getting even worser hate than BBC back in 1953 with the failed live pilot with Henry.

[@ThomasYang727]

"Once the American get hold of it, the whole series would be vulgarized and ruined" Now AEG has proved he was right.

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@ThomasYang727 Yes, because Mattel chucked Rev. Awdry’s golden rule of train engine realism in favor of competing against Chuggington; a series with a perverse claim of wanting to be the Better Thomas by not following Awdry’s rule.

[@galaxyverse1546]

Awdry, if you can hear us, we are so sorry that this is what your work has become.

[@fawkewe]

Imma be honest i used to not understand people (sometimes in there 20s) getting mad at a kids show for being made more like a kids show but I definitely draw the line at the trains literally being able to jump and use there wheels like hands. Thomas has always had atleast a small degree of realism even in the cgi seasons and i feel like that should never be altered. Hell i remember hating season 12 as a child I would probably be livid if they replaced it with this instead.

[@armorpro573]

I mean, if your all time favorite childhood show got turned into a monstrosity like this one, you'd probably feel pissed as well

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

Heres another problem I have with all engines go despite there being international characters such as Nia mentioning she is from Kenya like in the original series they didn't even bother giving her a Kenyan accent the same goes with other characters like Kenji and Yong Bao like does Mattel think everyone from other parts of the world that sound like there from America

[@harrisonofcolorado8886]

Mattel is a monster. They're like Hit, but even Hit cared about Thomas the tank engine, or something.

[@ThomasYang727]

AEG made season 8-12 look fantastic.

[@SparklingJam]

@@ThomasYang727they made misty island look like peak cinema

[@galaxyverse1546]

It was quirky, but it was kinda cute.

[@str6533]

Also the fact that the animation errors are horrendeous, and the animators and writers probably don't even know what the engines real basis look like

[@sethmickens9242]

who else noticed edward had an extra wheel than he should have 8:11

[@cdangelo1843]

Well Edward is now a 6-6-0 based on other episodes…

[@MrEerieCreepypastas]

That isn’t Edward, that an old man

[@KaydenLezcano]

POV when Duck see All Engines Go for the first time: There are two ways of doing things, the great western way and the wrong way, and that reboot Mattel is doing is the wrong way.

[@galaxyverse1546]

Yes, Duck. It is very wrong.

[@Omega-D-Nightingale]

The TV channel in Germany that had TTE, decided not to buy the rights for this "show". Thank goodness.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

But another clearly did because it got a German dub. Are older versions of Thomas still easily accessible in Germany so that little kids aren't limited to only one version of Thomas?

[@Omega-D-Nightingale]

@@matthewweatherford6566 O dear, this is terrible. Thanks for the information.

[@justsomethingyouseeonline7387]

If they ever decide to use the stories from the RWS, mainly the book "the three railway engines" it would be Gordon explaining to Thomas, Percy, Diesel, Nia, and Kanna about how Gordon was when he was in his younger days

[@snookerdooker471]

Also they should've made Rosie a main character and kept Carly as a crane so we could still have a character that exists for girls but a character that has already been introduced but that's just my opinion

[@matthewweatherford6566]

7:00 I know that feeling. I'm autistic and Bruno has a lot of my traits, but that doesn't make me like the show any better. I might've liked it a lot more if it was a completely new train show or an adaptation of Toodles or The Little Engine that Could or a reboot of Chuggington or something like that and not Thomas. I can see they won over a lot of other autistic people though and kuddos to companies in general who try to make autistic audiences feel welcome. Even with a character they can relate to, I think autistic little kids are more likely to prefer a show that's a calming slow pace with easy to read facial expressions. While it's not the same for every autistic kid, I'm definitely gonna try some old ones on today's little kids.

[@squirrelslayer346]

I now fully understand the reason for murder and rebellion. "Look how they've massacred my boy." Godfather.

[@jaimeekinman3701]

I can relate # 34 with # 32 Also, I noticed that Carley’s knuckle boom arm is about the same height as the beams of the old mining tunnel. She should’ve been stuck at the entrance instead of fully coming in with no dents or bends of that crane arm. This is also what happens when animators do *NOT* pay attention to height consistency!!!

[@stevenmosco20]

This video shouldve been called “Da Docta’s downward spiral into madness”

[@randeshjayawandhane2844]

If anyone asked Mattel, I'm sure _non_ of them read the railway series nor watched the original series by Britt Alcroft before making all engines go.

[@trainstudios9824]

16:19 I remember watching that clip in cinemas. I was like this seems ok just before that scene happened. Now I'm not saying AEG is a replacement for Thomas the logic is thrown out the window and sometimes I feel like shouting at the screen but sometimes I will watch it and it's like one of those things where you can leave your brain at home. But I'm not saying it's amazing or better then the Miller era. If I was judging the episodes as it's separate thing from the original show, an episode like Something To Remember would be a fine episode. But if it was against the OG series It would be at the bottom.

[@combatking0]

Two bonus issues - one of the new characters is a brake van which can manifest ear defenders from steam. 1. How does a brake van produce steam? 2. How does steam attenuate loud noises in any meaningful way? This version just gets worse and worse.

[@jacobjcb8883]

Maybe he could have a stove inside and that could be where the steam is from And I agree with you on the second one

[@jaimeekinman3701]

Gee! The reboot is Hasbro level of laziness with the animation Let’s face it: The reboot is nothing but a slapstick of 50 failures rolled into one show

[@inaciosthirdstudio]

Could you ever imagine a young child who wanted to watch the early seasons of Thomas but got this reboot instead?

[@jaimeekinman3701]

@@inaciosthirdstudio that would be a horror to see how a real model trains series gone downhill to a 2d animation style. I’m used to Diesel being frienemies with Thomas and the steam engines

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@jaimeekinman3701 funny you mention Hasbro, as the artstyle they changed to resembled MLP:FiM

[@SaturnThePlanet1248]

Bruv if Awdry hated Henry merrily liking trees all the way back in Season 3, then he would absolutely detest this.

[@dadocta5168]

@@SaturnThePlanet1248 The horrors no man should experience.

[@TheRManProds]

EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH ALL ENGINES GO!

[@matthewweatherford6566]

I intend on introducing little kids to the old versions of Thomas. The old episodes have some things that might or might not send the wrong messages but hopefully, I can work around that.

[@RogueRail]

2:47 That’s how I felt when the animation for PBS cartoons like Cyberchase and Arthur changed to digital animation like seen here.

[@matthunter4826]

Same here!

[@danielmtheone4031]

That’s what I’m exactly like in Number 31. 10:19

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

I grew up mostly with the Clearwater era of Thomas with both Ringo Starr and George Carlin, it’s sad to see how a show that was respected by both of them became nothing more than an average dull train show you’d see nowadays. Hell, our reverend would be very pissed off about it.

[@LonleyScrapIron]

1:13 what was funny was that i was literally eating an egg sandwich while watching this Also I Lost It At 4:05

[@huzaimizuhri8482]

Percy: Is Scared Of The Dark Also Percy: Works Night Shifts

[@gregkiteos1936]

Only 50 things??

[@scootermcburczak3192]

Here's a #51... the creators even said that the setting is not on Sodor anymore. And a #52... the island has beaches, deserts and crystal caves. British isles don't have the latter two, so why should Sodor!?

[@ThighFish]

It apparently doesn't have a tangible setting.

[@flickcentergaming680]

THEY AREN'T EVEN ON SODOR!?

[@galaxyverse1546]

Damn, it's like Mattel is TRYING to piss us off.

[@WoozieGuy]

All Engines Go is incredibly unrealistic and completely dishonors the original railway series rooted in for so many years and I have no interest in watching this unoriginal, uninspiring, piece of crap.

[@JZJ7777]

I totally agree with agar you just said.

[@mariosonic9153]

This isn't Thomas the tank engine. This is Timmy the Choo Choo train.

[@c.syde65]

The idea of anthropomorphic trains jumping from one train track to the next sounds great on paper. But considering how realistic the railway and original TV series were, I'm like 'Hang on a minute!' Watching this review makes me so glad to have been born in 1995 and grow up watching the first five seasons in the late 90's and early 00's. Booting veteran characters like Edward, Henry, and Toby from the Steam Team and keeping non-Awdry characters like Emily was bad enough. But rebooting the show in a 2D form when there was nothing wrong with its 3D form? Like, come on!

[@armorpro573]

This feels more Chuggington style than Thomas. It's a shame the show was brainwashed into following its footsteps

[@matthewweatherford6566]

​@@armorpro573I think Chuggington is better.

[@armorpro573]

@@matthewweatherford6566 Not in comparison to the original classic seasons of Thomas

[@armorpro573]

@@matthewweatherford6566 ok

[@robbiewalker2831]

@@matthewweatherford6566 Did you even read Rev. Awdry’s golden rule of Train Engine Realism?

[@CadenTheGreatWesternEngine]

15:31 Emily missed her "tender" is just an animation error (Huge error at this point)

[@dadocta5168]

I know, but I thought it would be funny to make it a censorship thing ;)

[@Dmitrisync]

#51: everything

[@galaxyverse1546]

Yes.

[@hahafuni1183]

*oh my GOD this was so damn funny* everything is so true and amazing,

[@jaydenmartin1398]

11:33

[@inaciosthirdstudio]

6:07 Ugghh! That’s another problem I have with this reboot is that expression! I feel like I need to censor out that face due to how bad the animation is in this reboot.

[@AaronTheCoolGuy]

when i get kids, im banning all engines go because it destroyed my childhood. only the original and cgi thomas allowed

[@galaxyverse1546]

Same here.

[@TheRManProds]

THE REBOOT SUCKS!

[@kaipehkonen424]

Sound-wave: Railway series, superior. All Engines Go, inferior.

[@neoieo5832]

Thomas voice in AEG is what I imagine Percy's voice is, but a bit more british

[@matthewweatherford6566]

I don't have anything against kids doing voice acting but it really upset me that studios believe toddlers and preschoolers won't enjoy the show if they hired a man to voice a kid despite other preschool shows like Sesame Street, Bugs Bunny Builders, Muppet Babies and Batwheels proving otherwise. I feel like Mattel refused to even allow men to audition simply to be overly age appropriate. I'm not trying to insult the kids who do the voices. I'm just frustrated they're too focused on staying with the times. Heck, the creator of Batwheels was against kidifying the DC heroes and was told by the company to be faithful to the characters and guess what, Batwheels reportedly became the most successful original preschool show on HBO Max and was renewed for a second season. If I do a preschool show, I'll totally allow men to audition for kid characters. Heck, I might do some of them myself. Hopefully, I can also make sure it's independent so that big studios don't tell me what I can and can't do in my show.

[@funnyhappystudios]

With the inconsistency, it’s clear that they only kept Thomas and Friends for its IP, and not what it is.

[@stuartmckeal6078]

I really wish i could ask Rev Wilbert Awdry or Britt Allcroft what they think of the reboot.

[@matthewweatherford6566]

Britt Alcroft doesn't like it but she said to keep loving the old Thomas. She also hopes that Mattel someday makes the classic books and TV shows easily accessible.

[@Trombone_crochet9021]

I don't like most of the character designs but I like the trucks. The trucks look just as done as we are with the series, they are also kinda cute.

[@TankEngineReviews]

I love how in bwba America was nothing but a desert with crazy people and cowboys.

[@ThighFish]

This makes BWBA look like a masterpiece.

[@TankEngineReviews]

@@ThighFish you’re not wrong

[@ThomasYang727]

Agreed, BWBA is not as good as S1-21, but at least it's better than AEG.

[@darkshade2k7]

I work at a cinema here in the UK. We showed AEG when it first came out, and it was out for a few days. The screen was mostly empty, and this was despite the tickets for kids and parents being less than half the price. The next year, they went back to showing The Adventure Begins, and now thats the only Thomas movie we ever show, lol. Even BwBa doesn't get shown anymore, so it shows that kids really didn't buy it. Now if only we could stop them showing peppa bloody pig and get more Lord of the Rings screenings on each year.

[@williampulfer-melville8536]

3:35 that was obviously a lie

[@TheEnginesOfRoblox]

For 26: the reasons songs are in every 2 episodes is because when mattel signed the contract for Thomas On Cartoon Network, Cartoon Network forced them to put the songs into the episodes unless there wont be songs at all because cartoon network only does one episode airings and not custom ones, they just put airings of episodes together

[@dadocta5168]

Isn't All Engines Go on Netflix, not CN?

[@TheEnginesOfRoblox]

They originally signed it many months before, they put thomas on Cartoon Network’s block “Cartoonito” that was apparently the only way they would air the episodes because the channel is lazy, yes it is on netflix, but they wanted to put it on a channel too

[@revichairindra]

15:21 anachronism, how ipad in thomas universe

[@emeraldphoenix5868]

Just seeing this Bullshit just makes me less hopeful about the CGI Era never returning if Hasbro steps up and fixs this Trainwreck.

[@thelarryman482]

13:58 Taking about a bridge and telling her to jump...

[@galaxyverse1546]

All of the engines in this series should, so they can fall into the water. Then, we'll have a good reason to scrap them all. >:3

[@TimTheWellTank]

12:27 This is why I insanely hate this reboot

[@christmasinohio]

I wish I was living in a separate timeline where all engines go and bwba never happened

[@sebastiankon123]

Now this shattered by childhood Why couldn’t they return the old format? Also WHAT THE HELL IS GOING ON?!

[@RFBProductionz]

#23 spoke to me a lot but #43 SPOKE TO ME THE MOSTT

[@chrisdeeyt4392]

Ngl how did a side character have more screen time then one of the og cast

[@davidmalchaski9383]

13:02 I have a better understanding of misty island than this.😂😂😂😂😂

[@nolanwelty]

If awdry hated season 3 imagine his reaction to this show

[@TheAdventuresOfJimiJaden]

I bet the Clearwater/Jupiter 6 era of Thomas was his favorite, mine too. The reboot is exactly what Awdry wanted not to happen, I’m dead serious.

[@robbiewalker2831]

I believe Awdry had once apologized about Henry’s Forest before he passed on.

[@galaxyverse1546]

Bro, he'd be FURIOUS.

[@jjb1908]

People like you are the ones giving them money to make mlre season of this, because the kids they're aiming at aren't watching it. Why don't you just ignore it like me?

[@SlantTrimreal]

13:53 sounds like hes encouraging a dog or something

[@rodrickheffley7355]

Another bullshit aspect is that they don’t even refer henry and Edward to by name

[@radayrk]

I can't belive we went from well-written stories with beautiful illustrations to this shit. Bravo Mattel.

[@TheBackfischMusic]

lmao imagine unironically crying about "sjws" like it's 2016. grow tf up

[@Legendary-locomotives]

Thomas went down hill after they disobeyed the laws of physics (them jumping of the tracks and that when they shouldn’t) and Thomas becoming the narrator yes I get that narrator died yet they should have got a new person in (male or female) that would have worked .The hit stuff while not perfect is still 1000 times better then this and the railway series is a work of art and the original movie while not perfect was still solid.

[@blackstar044]

All Engines Go is just the new modern Sesame Street. - Too much focus on a certain character - Became less down to earth - Less realistic - Nobody asked for these changes - Bad and annoying characters