When he talked about repressed memories, I had one myself. A few years back my English teacher had us a free day. I was listening to Ghost Train from season 2. The person in front of me asked what I was listening to. replied Ghost Train, from season two of Thomas. They told me to grow up but, I told them to listen to it. After about the first half was done, the person was impressed and sort of spooked. I think of this memory now as a slice of life.
Thomas was the first thing I was ever into. I don’t know when, but I’ve been into the franchise since as long as I can remember. I had all the toys, watched most of the DVDs and shows, read many books, and I went to Thomas Land as an annual event. I followed the series mildly as I got older, about 2018 I thought I was finally too old for Thomas (that and BWBA angered me). However, during lockdown I discovered that Thomas had an adult fandom and an internet presence, and now my childhood pops up every once in a while and reminds me of simpler times.
I found myself in the beginning of the video from the Edison Train show last year! I am excited I am featured in this video, even though briefly. However, same here, I cannot make the screening this Monday myself, nor am I barely able to go to the train show this year. I am sad about that. But very honored to be a part of this fandom, let alone this video.
I was really hoping to see it at NYC, but the tickets are sold out and I can't go and I will be watching it on Blu-Ray once it release's. And about what you said at 4:35 is something that I've went threw as well. I remember when I was 9 my Mom said that I am too old for the merchandise and wanted me to stop watching the show and watch something else and when I was 11 or 12, I gave away all my merchandise and give it away to little kids who couldn't afford any of that stuff which heartbroken me intill this day and those toys met a lot to me as a kid. And I had classmates who would say that Thomas is a baby show and I'm too old for it. Well those ones who would say that need to mind their own business because a lot of people should know that Thomas is not just a kid show, it can be enjoyed by anyone. Calling it a baby show with the AEG reboot is kinda reasonable, but Thomas was not like that before in the 1990's and people who say that need to learn that the way I see it and it associates with Autism people by any age. I have Autism myself and this is why I loved Thomas so much as a kid and still do intill this day.
I really need to properly get into the fandom. Thomas as a corporate IP is dying, but Thomas within the fandom is entering into a new age, where the fans who grew up with the show, who had their entire lives molded by this, are reaching the age where they have honed their creative skills to a truly professional level and are able to create content that rivals and sometimes even surpasses the original show and the original books. There are definitely quite a few fan series that would probably make the Reverend cringe at their lack of awareness of railway operating practices, but I think he would be proud of how many people his works have inspired to become a part of preservation and to love trains and railroads, and I think he would be proud of all the people he has inspired to tell their own stories..
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Wished the Doc goes into the Japanese Thomas fans but knowing 2020 was a awful year… It would be nice to see Japan’s love on Thomas, now that it’s still popular.
I'm going to have to watch this documentary because it looks brilliant... It *is* a little awkward in seeing certain members of SiF/Star Tugs Trust there given certain information about them but I suppose it can't be helped