Deleted member 150598
Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends is a British stop-motion animated children's television series based on The Railway Series books by the Rev. W. Awdry which was widely successful for its time.
But to break the ice, it got a feature-length film in 2000, known as Thomas and the Magic Railroad, which was tremendously unsuccessful.
It was a crossover with an American children's programme known as Shining Time Station, which people mainly criticised it for, since British audiences weren't familiar with the series. It also suffered from plot holes galore, and didn't end up how Britt Allcroft, who not only produced the series but the film as well, envisioned it to be. As a result, it, being a $19 million budget film, made $19.7 million at the box office, which was very poor.
With the film's poor performance, Britt Allcroft had to resign her company and sell it to HiT Entertainment, who would then get the rights to Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, but that unfortunately would let the show deteriorate into earning the reputation of being an 'educational baby show' for the next couple of years.
Although people have envisioned on how the movie could have been good, what I'm asking is: What if Thomas and the Magic Railroad was never produced? [1]
[1] Look, I hate wishing that particular works of art never existed (A.K.A. destructive criticism), but I don't know if the film being good would make a difference to its box office income.
But to break the ice, it got a feature-length film in 2000, known as Thomas and the Magic Railroad, which was tremendously unsuccessful.
It was a crossover with an American children's programme known as Shining Time Station, which people mainly criticised it for, since British audiences weren't familiar with the series. It also suffered from plot holes galore, and didn't end up how Britt Allcroft, who not only produced the series but the film as well, envisioned it to be. As a result, it, being a $19 million budget film, made $19.7 million at the box office, which was very poor.
With the film's poor performance, Britt Allcroft had to resign her company and sell it to HiT Entertainment, who would then get the rights to Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends, but that unfortunately would let the show deteriorate into earning the reputation of being an 'educational baby show' for the next couple of years.
Although people have envisioned on how the movie could have been good, what I'm asking is: What if Thomas and the Magic Railroad was never produced? [1]
[1] Look, I hate wishing that particular works of art never existed (A.K.A. destructive criticism), but I don't know if the film being good would make a difference to its box office income.
