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ExcessiveExpression In reply to lag-roil [2015-08-18 05:48:07 +0000 UTC]

Nope! It was just sort of pulled off the top of my head, after looking at a few references on google images.

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to SonicGamerster124 [2013-05-07 13:03:34 +0000 UTC]

It's something in the facial expressions that seems to really hit "uncanny valley" with a lot of people, I think.

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SonicGamerster124 In reply to ExcessiveExpression [2013-05-07 20:50:20 +0000 UTC]

Yeah but since I'm 14 now and I watched Thomas since I was born.. I honestly don't see how..

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to wallbie [2012-04-15 06:48:53 +0000 UTC]

Hahaha! Thank you! I'm still kinda' hoping my son doesn't like it... so I can steer clear of it. It still gives me the creeps, even today.

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wallbie In reply to ExcessiveExpression [2012-04-15 15:36:48 +0000 UTC]

I didn't want my kid to like Elmo, but he loves him. I like Elmo because done by the same guy who did Master Splinter from the old Ninja Turtles movies. I've also learned I can do Elmo's voice when I read to my son.

My wife and I have different hatreds of children's entertainment. She loathes Barney and thinks he's creepy. I don't care. I hate Veggie Tales because they're little CGI bible thumpers, but she's only seen the cartoons that are more secular in nature. Either way, we don't have stuff from those properties in our home. I kinda rolled my eyes about Thomas at first just because I think trains are boring. Growing up in a town with a major train intersection smack dab in the middle has a tendency to make you lose some love for those machines.

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to wallbie [2012-04-15 21:27:48 +0000 UTC]

Some things just can't be controlled, and kids will like what they like. I feel children's shows have really degraded over recent years, and adult cartoons aren't really any better, but I think a lot of kids gravitate towards them in an effort to find the edge that the cartoons geared towards their age are lacking these days. I don't have TV anymore because the vast majority of shows just aren't very funny, and watching cartoons on TV used to be one of my favourite pastimes! It's a real shame. I'm still kind of hoping that the over-softening of children's entertainment is a phase that will pass during my son's childhood years. But then, my parents raised me to question everything put in front of me, so I never took that edgy humor as seriously as perhaps kids do nowadays. I think a lot of parents of the more recent generations have mistaken over-sheltering for safety and discipline, and as a result many kids are less prepared for life outside of the filtered safety of their family home. Many of the ones who aren't over-sheltered seem to be very over exposed, and act out behaviour that's really inappropriate for their age group. The media reflects that necessarily, to preserve itself, and both cartoons and children seem to have suffered this massive divide. That's my personal commentary on it though, and I'm still pretty young myself so my views could be skewed by that.

I always thought train shows were boring too, but I watched Mighty Machines and loved it. I grew up in an area that's full of both trains and construction, so why one was boring and the other was so fascinating I'm not really sure. :S

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Lightninging63 [2011-12-08 01:38:08 +0000 UTC]

Thanks. This show always scared me as a kid, but it was popular with all my younger brothers. I don't know how old the show is, but considering how many people still enjoy it, it's remarkably successful.

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Lightninging63 In reply to ExcessiveExpression [2011-12-16 19:56:07 +0000 UTC]

I guess I could get the scary aspect.. trains with faces that didn't move, just the eyes. And none of the people moving, all with wedge-shaped hands and blank stares... O_o

Of course, now that's changed thanks to CGI.. yep.

Coming up on 16 Seasons, with one feature length movie, 5 specials, and a second feature length movie to be released in 2014.. successful is the word.

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TimmyJa In reply to Lightninging63 [2012-05-17 18:15:02 +0000 UTC]

ANOTHER movie?! Really?

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Lightninging63 In reply to TimmyJa [2012-05-18 18:26:32 +0000 UTC]

Yeah. Supposedly it's meant to take place in WWII with a Diesel vs Steam Engine confrontation, which to me doesn't really seem plausible because around the time the war took place, only engines 1-5 were present on Sodor.

It's to be directed by Shane Acker, the same guy who directed Tim Burton's '9' movie.

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TimmyJa In reply to Lightninging63 [2012-05-18 21:22:30 +0000 UTC]

I'm not really sure how I feel about that. I grew up with TtTE and I'm a little unhappy with the CGI seasons. However, I might give it a chance. Luckily, my niece loves Thomas, so when the movie comes out I'll take her to see it.

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Lightninging63 [2011-12-16 21:45:29 +0000 UTC]

Whoa, they are still making that stuff? That's crazy, I thought it was all reruns.

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Lightninging63 In reply to ExcessiveExpression [2011-12-19 21:30:57 +0000 UTC]

Nah, it's been running strong, now in full CGI.. I think I already said the CG thing.. hmm.

The next hour long 'special' is due out in a few months.. it looks exciting. There are reruns played on the Nickolodeon channel from the classic seasons (1-11) sometimes, but it's mostly new stuff.

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to TheZoologist [2011-09-08 14:32:17 +0000 UTC]

Ahaha Thank you! ^^

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TheZoologist In reply to ExcessiveExpression [2011-09-29 02:52:47 +0000 UTC]

It wasn't until college that I learned that a lot of people were frightened of Thomas. I can see why, but it was my favorite thing as a youngin' and you captured him AWESOMELY!

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Gazoobo [2011-07-13 20:35:45 +0000 UTC]

*fistpump* Thanks!

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Sir-Wellington [2011-05-06 21:27:40 +0000 UTC]

I am laughing so hard now, you don't even know. Seriously, you just made my week. XD

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Ocarina-Witch [2011-04-23 04:49:03 +0000 UTC]

Scariest show ever.

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to rambleramble [2011-04-23 04:48:46 +0000 UTC]

No problem!!! I'm glad you like it. I'm glad he likes it. lol

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Raingale [2011-04-22 05:38:21 +0000 UTC]

Those creepy faces, man. That's what did it.

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ExcessiveExpression In reply to Tsuki-Kurayumi [2011-04-22 04:45:31 +0000 UTC]

All aboard the rape train, ma'fucker.

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Tsuki-Kurayumi In reply to ExcessiveExpression [2011-04-22 04:45:55 +0000 UTC]

XD

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