- Howdy! A lot of cartoons coming out right now are CGI remakes of shows we grew up with. Unfortunately, far too often, they're pale imitations of the original. And far too often, significantly uglier. - My eyes! - Maybe they serve as a
momentary distraction for kids. But they're often hated
by parents and older fans. Do they have merit? Did they flop or did they succeed? Let's find out! This is the 7 Failed or
Hated Modern Kids Cartoons. We'll be focusing on
cartoons from 2015 onwards, but mainly focusing on 2020 onwards. I've chosen a year as early as 2015, as some cartoons might have
started production in 2015 but still be relevant in 2020. With that said, let's begin. [Jail door slams] - You suck! - Let's start with number seven. "Bob the Builder," the 2015 reboot. See, this is why I chose 2015. I've just gotta talk about this thing. Behold, CGI Bob.
[Evil laughter] Behold this monstrosity and weep! It's... not pretty, is it? What was wrong with the old minimalist stop motion design anyway? Just... just look at this face! This is not your precious Bob the Builder. This is Creepypasta Bob the Builder! [Bob laughing maniacally] That sense of terror you felt in your gut when you saw that tiny-eyed stare? This can only be the
work of a creepypasta! Is Bob about to explode
in hyperrealistic blood and say, "You're next,"
and spell 'you're' wrong? So... what happened to give us
this gruesome defilement? Well, Mattel, the toy company,
bought "Bob the Builder," "Thomas & Friends," and
"Fireman Sam" back in 2011. There's a big toy market
in these franchises. And Mattel was more than happy to capitalise on that market with remakes. Their new Creepypasta Bob
hit TV screens in 2015, and I think Tina's words encapsulate the wider
audience response quite well. - What the [quack!] have they done? - People were confused
and slightly disturbed. And even if they were able to look beyond this deeply unpopular makeover, many viewers were left
underwhelmed by the new show. For example, let's see Braden's review. - "Booooring! The reboot was dumb comedy, boring stories and lackluster music. Mattel turned "Bob the
Builder" into a snore-fest!" - User 'zombie' gave his two cents as well, and he noted some things I
didn't really like either. - "Nauseating animation! I started to become sick watching! The character voice
acting is very annoying!" [Dizzy giggles]
- Did I say red? I meant green, Muck! - Don't know if you can
understand, but Bob says... [large explosion] - Yay! - "The characters are now
dumber than ever before. And the personalities
of all the dig equipment feel the same." - I mean... the original "Bob the Builder" was certainly never my favorite cartoon. But like so many British cartoons, they led the way in
building likable characters and a colorful world for kids. All through painstakingly
careful stop motion. But this new CG Bob felt so bland that I could barely
remember a thing about him. On the plus side, there was one thing I
liked about this remake. The inclusivity of having
women in construction is very refreshing. You know, back in the '90s, we used to never see women
shown in construction. This reminds kids that
anyone, regardless of gender can work in the construction industry. So props for that, but... by
Jeebus, that face is ugly! [Jail door slamming] - You suck! - Number six! "Rugrats," the 2021 remake. Recently, the original three
"Rugrats" creators came back with the original "Rugrats" voice actors. Everyone joined forces to help create a full
CG reboot of "Rugrats." Personally, I wanted this remake
to be a new interpretation of a classic show with
some modern changes. Like the parents were
now millennial parents instead of Generation X parents. And the kids were now Generation Alphas in a new technologically advanced world. How cool does that sound in concept? And technically, yeah, we got that. But goodness gracious, it is ugly! What is with all these
modern CG "Garfield" horrors that just look like butt? In this case, it might
be because originally "Rugrats" had a unique but admittedly kind of
ugly animation style. Trying to recreate that unique style in CG is a valiant effort. But I'm not sure that
"Rugrats" can look good in CG. Look at Tommy's original potato head! It's a miracle that
"Rugrats" looked good ever. Anyway, the reboot was not
well received on arrival. Fans in particular were just outraged. But let's start by
hearing from user reviews. Spoiler: Fans almost
unanimously panned this reboot.
- Boo! Let's start by seeing what
the top reviewer Messi said. - "This is so sad to see remade. Grandpa sounds like he's 25!" - I don't know about 25,
he sounds a bit younger. What did ThunderKing think? - "Who asked for this? This was an absolute disgrace! Another classic memories
ruined with this hash." - What's hash? Some people were left
feeling less outraged and more just "Meh." Such as rockwoods. [Nin]
- "It's very dull, the animation is too clunky, the dialogue is nothing like the original, and it's just not in
tune with the original. But if it's for the kiddos, then I get it." [Strider]
- Well, yeah, it's
primarily not for us adults. But that doesn't mean the parents shouldn't be able to enjoy it too. That being said, "thevances"
watched it with their kids and... they weren't exactly
riveted to the screen. [Nin]
- "The kids lost
interest really quick." [Strider]
- But almost without exception, reviewers complained about the animation. And old fans really didn't like that the adult voices had changed. Personally, the adult voices
didn't bother me that much. It's been a long time. As long as they do a good job
portraying the characters, I'm fine with it. Interestingly, even
though the show was panned by the majority of fans, most of the critics were okay with it. Professional critics like Kristen felt it kept the spirit of
the original show quite well. [Nin]
- "Once the initial shock of the over-saturated,
glossy animation wears off, "Rugrats" is charming enough to invite in a new generation of fans." - So reviews were split,
but what did I think? Well, I really liked that they brought the original
voice actors for the kids and the original creators. I think that was really important, and it shocks me that even 20
plus years since the original, these voice actors still capture
those young voices so well. But the big problem? This show does not start on a good foot. And I think this may have been part of what caused that
massive hate from viewers. Much of the first episode is that notorious animation white noise. Where lots of colourful
visuals and movements are happening on screen
to occupy small kids. But nothing is being said or done that actually means anything. We start with a prolonged
boring car chase scene with a pug fugly clay dinosaur, followed by a long drawn-out scene of the kids playing with and eating... mud. And I say mud because
that's what they say it is. But when your CG looks this ugly, it looks like Phil and Lil playing with... Yeah, why would you start your reboot on characters playing with literal crap? And then Chuckie gets scared because he thinks he eats a worm. Hint: In the original series, we didn't miss the gross out parts! People miss the way the kids would create their own imaginary world, all from their unique
interpretations of the adult world. Fortunately, I did find episode
2 onwards a lot more fun. Such as where Susie is
interpreting pictures of a book in order to cure Chuckie
of turning into a worm. Or where Angelica puts Grandpa
on an elderly dating app called "Silver Beagles," which is a scene right up there with the original show in
charm that had me laughing. Personally, I'm split
'cause episode 2 onwards, I often found this interesting. I enjoyed some of the changes
they made to the adults. I think characters like Grandpa actually got a lot more depth here. Like, instead of being
the Silent Generation, grandpa's now a Baby Boomer generation. Now, he's a sort of Bob
Ross-type aging hippie. It's a shame he also
looks like his eyeballs are stuck in his glasses. Eurgh! And I love he's doing yoga, but he looks so uncanny when he does it.
Augh! And the now millennial
parents, Stu and Drew, had some interesting scenes too. Anyway, viewers were just very mixed on this "Rugrats" reboot. Many viewers just hated it. The critics were more forgiving
for its positive traits, but it seems that no one
alive liked the animation. The show has been renewed
for a third season, so I don't think it's a failure. But it's definitely
been a divisive reboot. And reluctantly, for number five... "Caillou's New Adventures." Why? Why has it returned? I still remember the elation I felt when I learned the original "Caillou" was cancelled and buried forever. [Reporter]
- Kids loved the program, but parents seem to be
happy this show is ending. On social media, parents
complained Caillou was, quote, "A whiny brat." [Strider]
- That perhaps parental
disgust of the show and its bad influence had
finally made the producers say, "Hey, we just made a cartoon about a sociopathic bald child maniac! What the hell is wrong with us?" But then Caillou came back again in 2016, and again in 2021. Because apparently, the world just wasn't
miserable enough as is. And clearly, what we were missing is just more Caillou in our lives. The only joy this horrid
Canadian lunatic gives me is a sheer amount of
creativity he has inspired on GoAnimate. Anyway, my endless trepidation
aside, how is the 2016 show? Well, personally, I actually think it's more
tolerable than the original show. Caillou's voice no longer makes
me want to be violently ill. [Caillou]
- The lava's getting higher! [Strider]
- In fact, he kind of
sounds like Tails to me. - If Eggman needs to stay, he can stay! Who knows? He might not be so bad after all. - All you have to do is
kick your legs really fast! - Turns out, Caillou's new voice is also the voice of Lillie from "Pokémon." Huh. - I've been feeling more and more certain that we're getting a lot closer to Father! [Strider]
- Anyway, I reluctantly
watched Caillou bake a cake, build a snowman, go to a
toy store, slide a sled and he was perfectly tolerable. He was tolerable to me,
but not so much to others. This fellow's reputation has not cleared. He is still a hated young man. So let's see why this new Caillou series gets 3 and a half out of 10 stars on IMDB. Mforsting said... - "This is worse than the original. The theme song is worse
and the animation is bad. I don't like it." - I don't know, I thought it looked
better than the original. But that's not really saying much. I hated that kind of dreamy
white background effect it had. It looked awful. Urgh! What did Eric say? - "Crappy animation, and that
bald spoiled brat is back! At least the original had some charm. Story has lazy writing. Thanks for reading!" - What fricking charm?! I thought the original Caillou was way more whiny and annoying! - What about me, mommy? What can I be? [Strider]
- Actually, I can proudly
state the new episodes taught me how to balance a
fidget spinner on one hand. [exclaims] [fidget spinner clattering] - Like, I'm not
recommending 2016 "Caillou," but it's not as abysmal
as the original show. Fun fact, my mum's an
early learning teacher and her main complaint with the original
Caillou was it taught children to
speak in this whiny tone. - I need it, Rosie! [Strider]
- So she had to reteach children to talk without using that ear piercing drivel that the original Caillou uses. And both reboots don't use
that original whiny tone. - [sighs]
- It really is hot. - So... a hundred extra points right
there. In the "Caillou" 2021 CG reboot, Caillou keeps his original
character from the 2016 version. Though... yeah, like all of these, he looks more terrible in CG. I like in these reboots that
he typically wears a hat too. As it draws less attention to the notoriously stupid decision to make six year-old Caillou bald. I also like that particularly
in the CG remake, conflicts do happen. And Caillou handles the
conflicts like a decent kid and less like a sociopath. - Sometimes, it's hard to know what to do when you're dealing with a big problem. - Plus, I think there's a
lot more creativity here with how they explain problems. For example, the "Giant
on the Track" episode. And finally, how did these shows perform? Well, interestingly, I think Caillou's original controversy was part of what got him attention. So in WildBrain's new cartoons, with Caillou's tantrums mostly gone, there really wasn't much left to get the attention of angry
parents, critics like me, or even the GoAnimate community. However, these new Caillou videos can still get a lot of
attention from kids. For example, "Caillou at the Water Park" is relatively recent and it's
still got two million views. Or "Caillou Stealing Candy"
got 4 and a half million views. Huh. Interesting idea for a moral lesson. It's very clear here WildBrain
knows what they're doing. So there's plenty of new Caillou cartoons of Caillou doing bad things, being hurt, falling from a tree or
just getting grounded. But these are much better done episodes than the original disasters we had. Maybe undoing some damage
here and there? Or not. It'll forever be a mystery to me why CBS had that whiny bally disaster moaning on their network for 20 years. [Boo]
- Hey, Josh! - Hmm?
- (whispering) - Oh, all right. Here! Have a bucket, Boo! - You're my best friend! - Oh, we were already best friends! What are you worried about? You might recognize this one. Number four, "Baby Shark's Big Show!" [Wilhelm scream]
I know, I'm sorry. I'm so sorry. Why would anyone make this? How can making a cartoon about a crappy viral earworm on YouTube be seen as anything other
than a cynical cash grab? Honestly, I'm most curious if
anyone actually watched this. Well, clearly someone did because originally the "Baby Shark Show" was produced in South Korea. And Nickelodeon later
dubbed it from South Korean into English. Well, regardless, I have
good news and bad news. The good news is, it's
better than the song. The bad news is, that's
the lowest bar possible in the universe of bad cartoons. Sure, the writing's beyond inane and dialogue's barely
tolerable in its vapidness. [Both]
- Detectives do! Clues, clues, clues! [Strider]
- But I will say, this
is miles better dialogue than we used to get on those
crappy live action kid shows like "Vomitubbies" or "Tweenies." Jeebus, I hated those shows! I'd say it clears the bar of "Barney the Dinosaur" writing too. Again, this bar is so far into the ground that I've literally stubbed my toe on it but... "Baby Shark" steps. In another surprising plus, the voice acting's actually pretty good. There's some surprisingly
talented voice actors on display here. When I looked it up, I noticed
we had a real melting pot of national Broadway talents. A surprising amount of their
actors were on Broadway, like Kimiko Glenn and Luke Youngblood from "The Lion King Musical." Anyway, the main problem I had
with "The Baby Shark Show" is that stupid song is constantly strumming along in the
background. - Is my little pup ready for breakfast? [giggles]
- Do sharks sing? The answer is... Yeeeeeeees! [Strider]
- And once again, it
gets seared into my brain if I hear it even only a moment. As you might've expected, the show was critically
panned when it came out. The most frequent way reviews
describe it is "cash grab." And yeah, of course it's a cash grab. But can a cash grab still be good? "The Lego Movie" was a cash
grab and it was still good. Let's see what FadeChronss thought as they had the
highest rated review on IMDb. - "Nickelodeon decided to grab some cash by making a show out of a song that only kids under six like." - Yeah, I think that was how
"Breadwinners" was made too. Speaking of which... [Nin]
- "The animation looks like 'Breadwinners.' The song is annoying. The only good thing is
the background colors. They look nice for little kids." Two out of 10! [Strider]
- And character wise, there's really not much to
define the characters here. Baby Shark, for example,
is... rambunctious, I guess? I just feel like I've seen this
"cardboard cutout excited boy" in every cheap kids' show
for the last 25 years. The first episode's story is... Baby Shark
has a wobbly tooth! Whoa! Way to think outside the box there. I mean, I wasn't exactly expecting genius from a cartoon based on
a viral YouTube earworm, but why not have some fun
with a cartoon like this? Most of the kids are just
gonna be listening to the tune and watching the visuals anyway. Anyway, as of writing this, "Baby Shark" has 51 episodes and it still appears to be going strong. And I feel it's harmless
enough for kids to watch. Maybe if you can blot out the
horrendous background tune, if you're a parent, I'm
sure it'll be miles better than having your kids on YouTube playing that stupid song on repeat. [jail door slams] And for number three... "Little Ellen." Ugh, I need my fidget
spinner for this one. We can definitely flag "Little
Ellen" as not just hated, but a catastrophe in
every sense of the word. It averaged an abysmal score
of 1.9 out of 10 on IMDb. So... no one liked it and certainly no one tuned in to watch it. And when the controversy
over Ellen started, the series was so hated
that it was cancelled before Seasons 3 and 4 were
ever released to the public. Before these two fully complete
seasons could even be aired, the show was completely
removed from HBO Max. So... Season 3 and 4 of "Little
Ellen" are lost media. No one will ever see them! I hope I'm wrong on that though, as that must have been
tragic for the writers and animators that completed it. So... what the hell happened? Well, when we look at the cartoon, I honestly don't know
what they were expecting when they made "Little Ellen." Did they think kids would
be as enamored with Ellen as the Gen X mums were? It's mostly Generation Alpha kids who watch this stuff anyway. And Gen Alphas are the
kids of millennials. And I just don't think millennials like me were ever the audience of Ellen. So if Ellen can't even track the parents. How she's meant to attract the kids? What did reviewers think? With a 1.9 out of 10, you'd think reviewers must have hated it. Let's look at Raine's review. - "I thought it'd be some
narcissistic display of how 'nice' Ellen is, but it's a fairly competent
slice of life show about growing up in a large city." [Strider]
- So it's a bit like "Hey Arnold!"
with Ellen. And upon watching, I agreed it was okay. The animation was nice enough
and it had some good messages. - It's okay that you're sad, Charlie. We all get sad sometimes. I won't try to cheer you up anymore. I'll just be right here
for you if you need me. - And the stories dealt with some of life's little
inconvenience as well. So why'd this show get
such a notoriously low score? Do those 20 fully complete
episodes never being released have anything to do with
the quality of the cartoon? Probably not. It seems like the biggest gripe
goes back to Ellen herself. You see, after 2020, Ellen
got a much murkier reputation. And she certainly wasn't seen as a role model for kids anymore. While Ellen is tarred by many
controversies over the years, the most recent controversy in 2020 was timed right with the
release of this show. Back in the bad old days of 2020, fans were shocked to discover that Ellen wasn't actually
a very nice person. Behind the scenes, staff revealed they were fired
for taking funeral leave, some were told not to speak to Ellen, and apparently racial slurs were slung around the office regularly. And supposedly, Ellen just
didn't care about any of it. So the best conclusion I have as to why this show was a horrible failure that bombed in reviews? It wasn't the show itself as much as the timing of its release. Ellen was no longer seen as a role model because of her nasty
behavior behind the scenes. Because of the timing, some people even thought
that "Little Ellen" was a last ditch effort to
save Ellen's reputation. But even if it was, I think it was just too little too late. And my sympathies to the
animators and co-creators who worked on this show
and never got to see their two seasons' worth of work released. But let's end on a nice
simple review of the show. - "Someone please return us to Neanderthal if this is the state of television now!" - Oh, this one. Number two... "The Adventures of Kid Danger." Augh... no, there's no saving this one. This is the real deal of bad! I hated the original "Henry
Danger" sitcom so much I could easily call it among the five most annoying sitcoms I've ever watched. How did they manage to make
a cartoon that's even worse than the canned laughter
crap we got before? And of all the Nickelodeon
sitcoms, why "Kid Danger?" Why? It had canned laughter every few seconds, followed by relentlessly unfunny pauses from non-existent jokes. And every moment of silence is filled with more canned laughter!
[audience laughs] But let's get to the task at hand. Let's start with the
obvious of "Kid Danger." This animation looks painfully lifeless. This dead stare from Henry makes him look like
he's staring through me. I've just never gotten how this type of animation is acceptable for a nationally broadcasted network. I've seen more sophisticated animation coming out of much lower
budget channels on YouTube. Yet Nickelodeon thought this
pig swell was acceptable? When I watched the "Kid Danger" show, I find myself saying the exact same thing I continually said with
a live action sitcom. "How does that even qualify as a joke?" And I immediately found
myself playing "Spot the Joke!" But I lost because there were none! Like, there are so many examples. To cite the trailer alone, can you explain the
actual joke to me here? - Is that an invisible motorcycle? - Uh, what? I can't hear you over
my invisible motorcycle! [Strider]
- Surely, a reasonably intelligent adult should be able to figure out what they're meant to be
laughing at in a trailer. But thankfully, it seems like no one
likes "Kid Danger." At all. Anywhere in the world! I think this kid liked it. [Nin]
- Five stars! "It's not for little kids
because of dark humour, a popcorn monster dies,
a kid needs his medicine. Oh look, the video's loaded up now. It's pretty violent. Characters get hit in the crotch lots!" - Young man! Where are your full stops and basic punctuation? - Not good enough! F minus minus. [buzzer buzzing] - Anyway, IMDb was obviously full of woefully bad reviews for it. But what fascinated me most
was Common Sense Media. They're simply meant to state if a show is appropriate for kids. But even they couldn't
swallow this garbage as acceptable for kids. They gave it two stars and pointed out that even
as basic role models, these characters suck! [Nin]
- "Captain Man is self-involved and
single-minded which hinders his role as a superhero. In general, adults are
either idiotic, vindictive, or downright mean. A deeply superficial series." [Strider]
- So clearly, the show isn't enjoyable
to adults in any way, shape and form. Let's see what the only audience capable of enjoying it thinks. Kids, from SSF27. - "Absurd and repetitive! The animation is off and stiff! The jokes are barley laughable,
and the episodes are boring." - From Musiclovergig... [Nin]
- "As boring and cheesy as the show." - From "I love unicorns 132," who has my favorite name so far. [Nin]
- "I don't know why
Nick even tries anymore. I remember Nick being awesome, now it's just trying to get views. Please let your kids
watch anything but this." - And finally, from potterthings. - "The script is gross. Charlotte's arm gets chopped
off and Henry does not care. Henry just laughs at her and sticks a hot dog in her
sleeve to replace her arm. Very cringey. Guess is your opinion." - Was it a failure? Thankfully, yes. Because 12 episodes in, Nickelodeon finally got the
memo and cancelled the series. On the other hand, "Henry
Danger" was a tragic success. The show even got a
spinoff three season series called "Danger Force," with a "Henry Danger"
movie coming out soon. On the bright Side, maybe this low-budget
junk helps Nickelodeon fund new "SpongeBob" episodes. It's all part of the circle of dreck. [Boo whispering] Yeah, let's do one more review. - "Good movie ever, you should love it. I wish you love it, never hate it. I will give you $7,000 star rating, okay? If I was ever in the
movie, I do perfect no." - You do perfect yes, young fella. You keep enjoying it. Now, before we get to number one, let's go through some quick
dishonourable mentions. "Teen Titans Go!" It seems like one of the
most contentious things in my channel's history
was... around 2014 to 2015, I talked about "Teen Titans
Go!" three separate times. And some people thought that was too many times to talk about it. And I get it. You know what's bad, I know what's bad. I hear some of the new "Teen
Titans Go!" episodes are better but I just don't give a stuff nowadays and I don't think you do either. Let's let the kids have some fun and I'll keep trying to
give you some variety. [blood splattering noise] - Gold Bear. You crazy, dude. [Strider]
- And next up, "Powerpuff Girls 2016." I talked about "Powerpuff
Girls" the year it was released and honestly, I don't have
much new to say about it. Oddly enough, my favorite
episode of this show was the crossover
"Powerpuff Girls 2016" had with "Teen Titans Go!" Which I thought was
legitimately well-written, funny and self-aware. I'm a fan of the original
"Powerpuff Girls" but like a lot of old fans, I
didn't enjoy the reboot much. "Thundercats Roar." This one I just chatted about recently in the "Most Hated Modern Cartoons." All I need to reiterate on this one is it's eye-blindingly ugly! It was just so garishly bright!
It's all I remember of it. It takes the Photoshop saturation up to 500% and detonates its monitor in the process. "Yabba Dabba Dinosaurs." Fun fact: This one was
originally gonna be number eight, but I decided "Hey, no one gives a stuff about 'Flintstones' reboots." So, I just shortened it to
a dishonourable mention. You know that feeling you get
where you open a video trailer and you just hope the whole cartoon is a clever YouTube parody? So you can just go, "Oh, thank goodness. After all, no one would be stupid enough to make this amateur scribble
monkey trash into a show." I had that sinking heart feeling as I realized "Yabba Dabba
Dinosaurs" was an actual show. Not that I like the
original "Flintstones" much. Maybe it took steps to helping popularize
animation in the '60s, but wow was that dialogue
and laugh track bad. But now that I compare them, perhaps it is like the
original "Flintstones." After all, the animation looks
supremely lazy and recycled, and it seems to think it's
funnier than it actually is. Anyway, with those said,
let's move on to number one! - You suck! And last and possibly least, number one... "Thomas the Tank Engine: All Engines Go." 2.5 out of 10. That's not a good sign. It's worth pointing out that the original "Thomas
the Tank Engine" show has a very, very strong following. Often from train enthusiasts and just enthusiasts of
animation in general. And our enthusiast friends are very, very respectful of the legacy of the late Wilbert Awdry, the creator of the original
"Thomas the Tank Engine" series. The show had countless
hours of love, respect and care put into the
original model tracks and model trains. The show is just a canvas
of art whenever you see it. So when Mattel bought "Thomas & Friends" and tried to make a listless, dull remake of the original show with cheap animation, you're not just answering
to the kids with that. You're answering to a passionate
adult and parent audience. And Mattel, they'll land on
you like a sumo wrestler! The "Thomas" audience fricking knows their trains and animation. I've never met a community like them. And almost every single one of them has written a review
for the remake on IMDb. Seriously, I have not seen a cartoon get so many reviews in years! Here are just a couple
of the remake reviews from the many, many fans of the show. - "A desecration to Awdry's legacy! This destroyed the legacy
of "Thomas & Friends." Mattel messed up Thomas and
gave him a horrible redesign. Screw you, Mattel!" - But interestingly, it
wasn't just older fans who felt disappointed
with this "Thomas" remake. What surprised me the most was
some of the kids' feedback. Some parents said their kids cried at the redesign of the characters. Even the small kids were saying it looked
like it was for kids! One parent commented on Facebook: - "Just asked my six year old daughter who grew up watching 'Thomas.' She almost cried and said she hates it." - Another parent wrote: - "Just showed it to my son. He so disappointed with
the change and voices. He said it's not Thomas
anymore and doesn't like it." - On Common Sense Media, a child named Tony gave the show one star. They said: - "Ayo! These things have
a stupid physics set that make the Sploon 2
Inkjet seem fun to play!" - Then there was danieltigerthomasfan1225. -"Only reason I'm giving
this two stars instead of one, other than catchy theme
song, this is awful! This series is a disgrace to my childhood!" - And watching the show, I kinda get these kids'
shared disappointments. When I go back and watch a
classic "Thomas" episode, I'd almost always get
a thoughtfully narrated and visually beautiful story. When I watch it, I feel
like I'm in another land and they actually felt like real trains. But in "All Engines Go," it feels like I'm watching
weightless, fluffy, bouncy drawings with
interchangeable personalities. One reviewer pointed out the engines bounce around
the tracks like jelly and use their wheels as hands. Now, while obviously, trains can't talk, the original was buried enough in reality. Enough that it was
simultaneously entertaining to me as a child and now as an adult. As a kid, I used to think
the town of Sodor was real. I certainly wouldn't
make that mistake now. It just disappointed many
families of "Thomas" fans that "All Engines Go" was
made purely for under fives. And Mattel confirmed this. According to a Mattel spokesperson... - "Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go" is targeted towards the
next generation of fan. Kids age two to four years,
and their parents, I guess." - And their parents, what...?
[sighs] Anyway, we're pretty much on the money. All this remake was meant to be was a momentary distraction
for very, very young fans. It's a shame it didn't
even impress younger fans, particularly if they
saw the original show. It sounds like Mattel couldn't really entertain
the kids or the adults. So what are they actually
doing with this show? Flexing their expensive
intellectual property? The problem with "All Engines
Go" is many parents saw it for what it probably was. Just a cynical reuse of
characters we've grown to love. In a way that does no justice to the amazing legacy of this show. [ka-ching!]
A toy company bought it! They just wanna sell these toys to kids. But Mattel, when even the kids are saying
your animation is too kiddish, I'd wager you're a very silly engine! But... I would like to
leave on a positive note. I don't think this show is
outright harmful to watch to kids. It doesn't have any bad messages. It's just flavourless cheese
compared to the original show. Plus, for all the things lost, there were some interesting
modern additions. Such as, they introduced electric
trains to the Thomas crew. That's actually teaching kids something about potential future engine designs. So... you know, Mattel, props for that. Props for... very little
else. But props for that. And if you've got any modern kids cartoons or cartoon remakes you'd like to mention, or maybe you like these cartoons, did you have your own take on 'em? Or you just feel like saying "Hi," feel free to leave your
thoughts in the comments below. And as always, thanks for watching and hopefully I'll see you next time. [Boo]
- Yeah! Today's member question
is from LightFuryDragon. They asked, "Do you plan on doing the Failed/Hated Adult Cartoons?" I guess adult cartoons
are less of a niche now. That could be a fun idea. If subscribers show some
interest in this video here, then yeah, I'd love to.
