Thomas the Tank Engine Like You've Never Seen Him Before! (NSFW, SLYT)
May 13, 2016 1:58 PM Subscribe
> A little more lighthearted.
Eh, er....hmmmm. I guess it'sGodwin Thomas meme's all the way down, then.
Very well: Imgur link (SFW)
posted by mosk at 4:20 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Eh, er....hmmmm. I guess it's
Very well: Imgur link (SFW)
posted by mosk at 4:20 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Thomas's German cousin, Gustav the Railway Gun
posted by Zonker at 4:31 PM on May 13, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by Zonker at 4:31 PM on May 13, 2016 [2 favorites]
Thomas the Siege Engine
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 4:31 PM on May 13, 2016 [2 favorites]
posted by He Is Only The Imposter at 4:31 PM on May 13, 2016 [2 favorites]
"Sodor." Hah!
posted by pjern at 4:38 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by pjern at 4:38 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Just noticed it's a bit over half an hour - worth watching or not?
posted by Calzephyr at 4:38 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Calzephyr at 4:38 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Interesting idea that needs a lot of editing and a lot less vomit and gore... IMHO....
posted by njohnson23 at 4:56 PM on May 13, 2016
posted by njohnson23 at 4:56 PM on May 13, 2016
Ultimate Skyrim; "Gotta start wrapping this one up before my wife gets home..."
posted by ovvl at 5:38 PM on May 13, 2016 [4 favorites]
posted by ovvl at 5:38 PM on May 13, 2016 [4 favorites]
I'm guessing that this is something where you'd have to have grown up on the series to really appreciated. To me, it was a pretty standard exercise in revisionism a la Alan Moore where you take your childhood franchise and uncover the Dark Secret behind it. For people of my era and country, the equivalent would be giving the Muppets the Dr. Moreau treatment.
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:46 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by Halloween Jack at 5:46 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Thomas, he's the freaky one,
James thinks pain is lots of fun,
Percy pulls the male just fine,
Gordon chunders, drunk, half blind.
Emily really knows she's tough,
Henry clearly huffs and puffs,
Edward needs to clear the air,
Toby, let's just say he's square.
posted by mollweide at 6:18 PM on May 13, 2016 [5 favorites]
James thinks pain is lots of fun,
Percy pulls the male just fine,
Gordon chunders, drunk, half blind.
Emily really knows she's tough,
Henry clearly huffs and puffs,
Edward needs to clear the air,
Toby, let's just say he's square.
posted by mollweide at 6:18 PM on May 13, 2016 [5 favorites]
Interesting idea that needs a lot of editing and a lot less vomit and gore... IMHO....
While I agree that it's an interesting idea, I'd have to say that the vomit and the gore and the horrific aspects are what it's all about.
Technically it's ... OK. It's fairly simplistic 3d imitating the 'wooden peg people' stop-motion-y style that populated the early TV series (nowadays, of course, it's all much better 3d). So it can look fairly cheap, but if you're familiar with the historical Thomas you can go with it easily enough.
Where it actually gets interesting is when that simplistic style is used in a directly horrific manner - the blank eyes or frozen face of a tortured individual.
That and the fact that, despite the rough-cut nature of the animation and some of the voice work being spotty, it's really well structured, building up to a worthwhile climax which was super fun if you like that kind of thing. Building upon the increasingly unsettling nature of what had gone before (the vomit and the gore), yet being both different to it and in keeping with it.
I enjoyed the hell out of it, and if I had money to give them to smooth out some of those aforementioned rough edges, I'd totally do it.
posted by Sparx at 6:24 PM on May 13, 2016 [2 favorites]
While I agree that it's an interesting idea, I'd have to say that the vomit and the gore and the horrific aspects are what it's all about.
Technically it's ... OK. It's fairly simplistic 3d imitating the 'wooden peg people' stop-motion-y style that populated the early TV series (nowadays, of course, it's all much better 3d). So it can look fairly cheap, but if you're familiar with the historical Thomas you can go with it easily enough.
Where it actually gets interesting is when that simplistic style is used in a directly horrific manner - the blank eyes or frozen face of a tortured individual.
That and the fact that, despite the rough-cut nature of the animation and some of the voice work being spotty, it's really well structured, building up to a worthwhile climax which was super fun if you like that kind of thing. Building upon the increasingly unsettling nature of what had gone before (the vomit and the gore), yet being both different to it and in keeping with it.
I enjoyed the hell out of it, and if I had money to give them to smooth out some of those aforementioned rough edges, I'd totally do it.
posted by Sparx at 6:24 PM on May 13, 2016 [2 favorites]
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OK, this looks like it could be really good. I only watched like the three first scenes before I had to pause it so I could get my Friday night beer.
I am now all beered up (in the fridge, not my gut), and am ever so hopeful this will not disappoint me.
*cracks a cold one*
Here I go!
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 6:37 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
OK, this looks like it could be really good. I only watched like the three first scenes before I had to pause it so I could get my Friday night beer.
I am now all beered up (in the fridge, not my gut), and am ever so hopeful this will not disappoint me.
*cracks a cold one*
Here I go!
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 6:37 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
I'm guessing that this is something where you'd have to have grown up on the series to really appreciated. To me, it was a pretty standard exercise in revisionism a la Alan Moore where you take your childhood franchise and uncover the Dark Secret behind it. For people of my era and country, the equivalent would be giving the Muppets the Dr. Moreau treatment.
Jim Henson’s Newly Discovered Journal Reveals The Muppets’ Fascinating Backstory
posted by Green Winnebago at 7:03 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Jim Henson’s Newly Discovered Journal Reveals The Muppets’ Fascinating Backstory
posted by Green Winnebago at 7:03 PM on May 13, 2016 [1 favorite]
Just my humble opinion, but I thought it was very creative and hilarious. I never expected Nazis, TBH. Worth a viewing, IMHO. Thanks for posting, Small Dollar.
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 7:30 PM on May 13, 2016
posted by InsertNiftyNameHere at 7:30 PM on May 13, 2016
This was excellent and I feel like a bad person for liking it so much.
posted by jillithd at 8:22 PM on May 13, 2016
posted by jillithd at 8:22 PM on May 13, 2016
Jim Henson’s Newly Discovered Journal Reveals The Muppets’ Fascinating Backstory
Kermit's A GIRL!??!
and Gonzo is jewish!
posted by sammyo at 8:24 PM on May 13, 2016
Kermit's A GIRL!??!
and Gonzo is jewish!
posted by sammyo at 8:24 PM on May 13, 2016
"Thomas the Screaming Tank Engine" combines Elder Scrolls lore and Thomas and horror in a way that I do not find entirely amusing, but there it is. Audio version here.
posted by gamera at 12:11 AM on May 14, 2016
posted by gamera at 12:11 AM on May 14, 2016
I've always thought that a mashup of Thomas and The Wire would be fruitful. You could put the stevedores down in Brendam Docks, battles between the East and West sides of the train sheds over who controls the special coal and Sir Topham Hatt is just meant to be voiced by Proposition Joe.
posted by machaus at 9:59 AM on May 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
posted by machaus at 9:59 AM on May 14, 2016 [1 favorite]
I don't think Thomas needs this kind of treatment.
There's an episode where a Less Useful Engine than Thomas is irresponsible and incautious, and causes an accident. As punishment, his wheels are removed and he is converted to a stationary engine in a shed. A cliff collapses, burying the shed. And there he is entombed for 20 years. Steam engines can't sleep. Steam engines can't die.
I have no mouth and I must steam.
posted by nickzoic at 3:21 AM on May 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
There's an episode where a Less Useful Engine than Thomas is irresponsible and incautious, and causes an accident. As punishment, his wheels are removed and he is converted to a stationary engine in a shed. A cliff collapses, burying the shed. And there he is entombed for 20 years. Steam engines can't sleep. Steam engines can't die.
I have no mouth and I must steam.
posted by nickzoic at 3:21 AM on May 15, 2016 [1 favorite]
That's Henry, entombed in a tunnel for all eternity because he doesn't want to get wet. The episode ends with him gazing sadly out of his prison, being taunted by the other engines but unable to reply because his fire has gone out. And then the jaunty theme tune starts up.
And then there's the successful conspiracy to murder a brake van because it's irritating them (by braking, which is presumably what it is meant to do), and the numerous engines sent to be euthanised at the scrap yard (Trevor, Oliver, there are various threats to the others when they aren't being "useful" enough during the series). It is horrendous with retrospect.
posted by tinkletown at 1:17 PM on May 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
And then there's the successful conspiracy to murder a brake van because it's irritating them (by braking, which is presumably what it is meant to do), and the numerous engines sent to be euthanised at the scrap yard (Trevor, Oliver, there are various threats to the others when they aren't being "useful" enough during the series). It is horrendous with retrospect.
posted by tinkletown at 1:17 PM on May 15, 2016 [3 favorites]
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