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What makes Thomas & Friends CREEPY?
Wanted to do something for Halloween, so I figured it was a good opportunity to explore some things I've always wondered about the horror genre...
SOURCES:
Chifen, Lu. Uncanny Dolls and Bad Children in Contemporary Gothic Narratives. (2019). Concentric: Literary and Cultural Studies. DOI: 10.6240/concentric.lit.201909_45(2).0008
Eberle, Scott G. (2009). Exploring the Uncanny Valley to Find the Edge of Play. Board of Trustees of the University of Illinois.
Ernst Jentsch, “On the Psychology of the Uncanny,” Angelaki: Journal of the Theoretical Humanities 2 (1997, first published 1906): 7-16.
E.T.A. Hoffmann, “Automata,” The Best Tales of Hoffmann (New York: 1967), 81.
Eberle, Scott G. Exploring the Uncanny Valley to find the edge of play. (2009). American Journal of Play.
Forman-Brunell, Miriam. “Interrogating the Meanings of Dolls: New Directions in Doll Studies.” Introduction. Interrogating the Meaning of Dolls: New Directions in Doll Studies, edited by Forman-Brunell, special issue of Girlhood Studies: An Interdisciplinary Journal, vol. 5, no.1, June 2012, pp. 3- 13.
Mashihiro Mori, “The Uncanny Valley,” trans. Karl F. MacDorman and Takashi Minato, Energy 7 (1970)
Sigmund Freud, “The Uncanny,” in The Standard Edition of the Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud, Vol. XVII, trans. James Strachey (1955, first published 1919), 217-56; Peter Gay, Freud: A Life for Our Time (1998), 703.
Thomas and all other properties used in video belong to their respective owners. I claim nothing.
#videoessay #thomasandfriends #thomasthetankengine #halloween #analysis #film #creepy #ttte #pscyhology
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Classic Daredevil continues to dumbfound me
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I'm continuing my journey thru classic Daredevil, with some frights for the season as well! Including villains who could be scary but are actually silly, and villains who are just creepy looking. But the scariest thing of all? THE WRITING ooOOooOOoohh Hope you enjoy this for the time being, I'm working on another Thomas video, but they take a little longer cause I like to do a lot of research f...
The DEFINITIVE Thomas the tank engine episode
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The episode I feel captures what Thomas the tank engine is all about! Bouley, T, Godfrey, P. (2008). Reading Outside the Boundaries: Children’s Literature as Pedagogy For Building Empathy and Understanding of Social Justice in the College Classroom. The Journal of Effective Teaching, Vol. 8, No. 1, 2008, 33-41. Chouliaraki, L. (2008). The media as moral education: mediation and action. SAGE Pub...
No, Henry did not die in the tunnel
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I finally get to put this to rest... SOURCES: Ditum, S. (2012). The Tyrannical World of Thomas the Tank Engine. The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2012/jul/04/tyrannical-world-thomas-the-tank-engine Tolentino, J. (2017). The Repressive, Authoritarian soul of Thomas the tank engine and friends. The New Yorker. www.newyorker.com/culture/rabbit-holes/the-repressive-authoritarian-soul-...
Classic Daredevil was Delightful Delirium
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I wanted to go back and read where it all started for Daredevil, and boy is it something... I hope you enjoy this, because I'd really like to make more stuff like it, and maybe not just with Daredevil! #daredevil #marvel #comics #mattmurdock #classic
The Most INSPIRING Thomas Episode...
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Maybe I think a little too much about Thomas... Well whatever, that's what you're watching this for! SOURCES Bartsch, A. (2012). Emotional gratification in entertainment experience. Why viewers of movies and television series find it rewarding to experience emotions. Media Psychology,15, 267-302. Blouin-Hudon, E-M, C., Zelenski, J. M., (2016). The daydreamer: Exploring the personality underpinn...
Is this a good start to the 15th doctor's new era?
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I think it's a shaky start, but there is *some* hope... I think Doctor who is owned by the BBC Transformers prime is owned by Hasbro All properties are owned by their respective companies, I claim none of them! #doctorwho #videoessay #thoughts
Why do we like Thomas the Tank Engine?
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There was more to my paper that I wanted to talk about, but felt it should be its own video, so I hope you like this one too! SOURCES: Tang, Yunpeng. (2021). Art Therapy: Intervention Study of Immersive Interaction Animation on Children with ADHD. EDP Sciences. Airenti, Gabriella. (2018). The Development of Anthropomorphism in Interaction: Intersubjectivity, Imagination, and Theory of Mind. Fro...
I wrote my college thesis on Thomas the tank engine
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I like Thomas the tank engine. Hope you enjoyed, and let me know what you think! What franchise doesn't get enough appreciation? SOURCES: Jarrett, Jacob. “PROJECT TIGER MOTH: "The Good Old Days" - Fan-made Model Series Episode.” TH-cam, uploaded by FlyingPringle, 26 November 2022 Milmo, Dan. Gullane succumbs to HIT’s advances. Media Business. 5 Jul 2005. Sweney, Mark. Mattel buys Hit Entertainm...

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  • @IRsBlueManMoney-Channel
    @IRsBlueManMoney-Channel 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    very nice dialogue i enjoy listening to what you have to say. humans are social creatures naturally attracted to faces and seeing them everywhere, it's the reason why youtube thumbnails with big expressive faces get clicks. one thing you could improve on tho is to not reuse the same gifs so much 👍

  • @IRsBlueManMoney-Channel
    @IRsBlueManMoney-Channel 6 วันที่ผ่านมา

    It is the episode that tells you what it does. The work that they do. They do it. All the time. I like the psychological dynamics of the stories :o :o :o

  • @VOLKHVORONOVICH
    @VOLKHVORONOVICH 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Couldn't find a video where you deal with Daredevil 7-9. Wanted to comment on Stilt Man. Guess I'll have to do it here. When I was a kid reading these things (and I felt they were a class above DC at the time) I really like them. Still fond of these early issues (Can't beat Wally Wood!) but when I got to thinking some of them out, I saw there were a lot of problems that made me a bit uncomfortable. Speaking of Stilt Man, and being uncomfortable. Here's this guy. he's got his legs stretched out in these telescoping steel tubes. Fine. He can't bend his legs. How long can he endure wearing the things? Very uncomfortable. Even excruciating. The discomfort would get worse and worse, his concentration would suffer. That's not the greatest problem, though. How heavy were those legs? Just for the sake of argument, I'm going to guess they might be 200 pounds. Rather hard to walk with those things. And that's when they're at their shortest length. Now imagine you telescope them to their greatest length. Let's say you're a hundred feet above the pavement. You want to walk, you want to stride across the city, each step taking you hundreds of feet. Well, to do that, assuming both feet are together, you've first got to minimize your right leg, shrinking it down to normal length. Then you've to to swing this 200 pound (or more? or less?) armored cylinder. You have to swing it out at maybe a forty-five degree angle. Then you've got to suddenly telescope it out to its full hundred feet length. All the time your off balance. And even if you've telescoped your right leg fifty feet away, Your left foot is still standing at your starting point. How are you going to get the impetus to swing fifty feet. You'd almost have to have a rocket impelling you. You couldn't do it just through muscular effort alone. And you almost certainly would fall. See, when we walk, we're always a little off balance. But it works because it doesn't take too much effort to throw ourselves forward to follow the other leg. But wearing all that excruciating armor. No way it would work. But what the hell! I enjoyed it as a kid, and it was never meant to be rocket science.

  • @VOLKHVORONOVICH
    @VOLKHVORONOVICH 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I used to have all of these issues when they first came out. I still have a soft spot for them. But, I think they were put together pretty quickly, meaning that all the potential problems weren't considered, or if they were known, weren't given an explanation. Take the Purple Man. The nerve gas allows him to control people's thoughts and emotions. Fine. So he goes into a bank and very courteously requests all this money. Give the money. No problem. Then when the teller comes to his senses and sounds the alarm and they catch Kilgrave a few blocks later. Why the hell didn't Kilgrave's power work then? No hint that it was just a fluke. No, it's a sign of really rushed planning. Okay. He'll rob the bank. Walk away. How's he got this power? Let them catch him because we've got to get him to jail so he'll have an attorney appointed. Get Murdock into the story. But gee, Stan, I can't see that Kilgrave would just let them get away with it. Shut up, Joe (and you, too, Vince) just draw and ink the damn thing. Wonder what you're going to have to stay about the Stilt Man, one of the dumbest and most impracticable villains of all time.

  • @joanne5836
    @joanne5836 13 วันที่ผ่านมา

    The opening clip was a jumpscare for British people

  • @IRsBlueManMoney-Channel
    @IRsBlueManMoney-Channel 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

    very goood video

  • @jollythejackalope
    @jollythejackalope 15 วันที่ผ่านมา

    They should've went with The Perplexing Purple Man

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Marvel, I've found you a new writer right here.

  • @Nic_2751
    @Nic_2751 16 วันที่ผ่านมา

    If they can milk Henry in the tunnel, they can make Thomas a vessel for anything horror

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks 14 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Literally, if there's a will, there's a way

  • @RocKnight11
    @RocKnight11 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I really like how imaginative the fight scenes were in this era of comics. That backwards judo throw DD did to Matador was next level. I feel that fight scenes in today's comics are almost non-existent and not nearly entertaining.

  • @javielalvarez5459
    @javielalvarez5459 20 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I love the first two Christmas Episodes!

  • @matterstoyou2970
    @matterstoyou2970 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    DD is a phenomenal character that just needed to find his own niche not really having a distinctive mythology until many years after his “golden age” a la initial creation. Mr Fear while not the most original character (a more mafioso approach to the Scarecrow) is still a dynamic design that gives inspiration to Taskmaster debuting many years afterwards. The supporting characters are awesome the title just needed to find its own identity amidst the Marvel pantheon.

  • @isaiahwilliams2642
    @isaiahwilliams2642 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I think a simple factor of why people find Thomas and Friends creepy is the static faces. As much as I love Thomas, even as a child I found it weird how we never see the faces move and how they only changed when the shot changed to a different angle. It made me wonder what we weren't seeing and why we weren't seeing it. I now know it's because they're gauge 1 models and the faces were made of perspex, but as a child I could only see these trains with faces that you never saw move. And the fact that the eyes could move made it feel extra weird, like something alive is in there, but being restricted by somethingwe can't comprehend. A lot of people surprisingly don't know that Thomas switched to CGI or even the 2D reboot. They still think of him as the creepy train with the mouth that doesn't move.

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks 8 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Yeah, I've heard this a lot for one of the reasons why people find it creepy, and I think that makes sense too. To me, it kinda falls into the reasoning I had in the video, that being the stark contrast in things. The happy faces with industrial environments, and as you said, the static faces in an otherwise very animated show. I personally never found this disorienting, but when Thomas turned cg, it was definitely very nice to see the faces move at last. Thank you for the comment tho! As I said, I'm interested in understanding the other side on this, and I think this is the best reasoning I've heard for why the faces are creepy

  • @skandto
    @skandto 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

    thomas the tank engine is creepy!? since when

  • @MrRandomYouTuber1996
    @MrRandomYouTuber1996 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I’ve seen a lot of cursed Thomas content, there’s lot of weirdo on social media, there was this remake I saw called Percy the small engine & Friends and I don’t like it because my younger 16 year old brother always thinks that remake is better than the original Thomas and my dad is sadly on his side so I like the original version Thomas cause it’s an actual series

  • @harrisonallen651
    @harrisonallen651 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    He ain’t no doll

    • @Nic_2751
      @Nic_2751 21 วันที่ผ่านมา

      “Thomas is not a toy”

  • @Apollo_Vanron
    @Apollo_Vanron 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Great video, very well done!

  • @NaturalOrder
    @NaturalOrder 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    This genuinely terrified me as a young small stupid child

  • @Pastellera2video
    @Pastellera2video 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Nice vid bro!

  • @NathanielPiscian
    @NathanielPiscian 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Still to this day I wonder what was story behind the ghost engine if any 🤔

    • @Mythiccate
      @Mythiccate 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Fans have many head cannons but all we know is that an engine fell of the viaduct between Maron and Cronk, this engine was most likely a tank engine. However Percy’s driver tells him he saw the story on TV, but some fans seem to still believe it happened and some have named him “Timothy” it’s actually a really interesting rabbit hole. Anyway hope that explains it.

    • @NathanielPiscian
      @NathanielPiscian 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@Mythiccate it does but just like how all us Thomas fans want to see the lost pilot I’m sure I along with some others would love to see the “story” of the day the ghost train became to be in that sorta fashion oh well I can only imagine or figure it out

  • @PCMan8922
    @PCMan8922 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Thomas should honestly be number 2.

  • @stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369
    @stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    hey ive seen these panels glad the hood came back in a recent run

  • @wilfredmack3665
    @wilfredmack3665 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Im a sixties kid and remember these comics with nothing but Love. Innocence lost , remember these comics were written for eight year olds in the sixties. Unlike today where comics are written for adults

  • @t221000
    @t221000 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

    My man 👨 your content is of extremely high quality and you deserve more subscribers

  • @TheMusicalElitist
    @TheMusicalElitist 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I like it because it’s a form of escapism. I had a traumatic and difficult childhood, so until I discovered music, drinking and girls, Thomas and his friends took me to a place where I felt normal.

  • @xlmncopq
    @xlmncopq 26 วันที่ผ่านมา

    the biggest villain against daredevil is the big sharter, he sharts so lound it makes him invisible to the cripple hero

  • @smiggleincinc
    @smiggleincinc 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    i read through the first six issues of daredevil after reading daredevil: yellow to see where that series got its inspiration from. and i gotta say, i absolutely hated the love triangle and sexist remarks, even if it made up a small portion of each issue. i know it was a moment of the time, but you'd think stan wouldn't have written like this for how much he is revered still these days

  • @J0shyJosh1105
    @J0shyJosh1105 27 วันที่ผ่านมา

    False Advertising: Title mentioned Thomas but he's not in the thumbnail. 0/5 Would not watch again.

  • @DantheManIamIam
    @DantheManIamIam 28 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Having recently read the full Stan Lee/Jack Kirby Thor run, Stan's tendency to be both repetitive and deeply out of pocket when it comes to disabled protagonists is definitely a pattern of behavior. Donald Blake (Thor's human identity) has a limp and uses a cane, and the comic scarcely lets an issue go by without calling him "lame" and having long monologues about how he can't confess his feelings to Jane Foster because he couldn't POSSIBLY be worthy of her love. What with his...minor limp. Also Jane is basically the same character as Karen Paige, because Lee had exactly one love interest that he gave every character. Not every character Stan Lee wrote could be Spider-Man.

  • @animationunlimited2958
    @animationunlimited2958 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Honestly prefer the Eel's original green suit to the blue and purple misch mass he is most well known for wearing.

  • @normanby100
    @normanby100 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

    2:07. If Karen's nipples were any harder, they would pop.

  • @jonahwillis2781
    @jonahwillis2781 หลายเดือนก่อน

    As a comic book and Thomas fan, you are the PERFECT video essayist for me! I feel educated and entertained with every video of yours I watch

  • @justinc.5591
    @justinc.5591 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The sexism in Stan Lee’s comics from the 60s is sadly very common. I’m a fan of classic Fantastic Four but the way Sue is treated in some of those issues is cringe-worthy.

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks หลายเดือนก่อน

      Oh I believe you whole-heartedly, but honestly everytime it's like a jumpscare for me lol

  • @JYDY-if5rf
    @JYDY-if5rf หลายเดือนก่อน

    The man without fear

  • @JYDY-if5rf
    @JYDY-if5rf หลายเดือนก่อน

    The man without fear

  • @shuntingyard
    @shuntingyard หลายเดือนก่อน

    Lovely thesis man! I really hope you got a good grade on the original paper! Video-wise, this was such a nice casual watch!

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why thank you! I worked really hard on it, so I hope so too lol! I'm really glad you enjoyed the watch

  • @romulusnuma116
    @romulusnuma116 หลายเดือนก่อน

    The Owl is honestly just a One Piece character

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 หลายเดือนก่อน

    😂This video was pretty funny. I love the snarky commentary.

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks หลายเดือนก่อน

      Why thank you, I pride myself on my snarky commentary

    • @matthewschwartz6607
      @matthewschwartz6607 29 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@tiernantalks - So do I. I'm a snarky guy, too. I'm looking forward to checking out your other videos.

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I’m glad that I found your video and channels. Yeah, The Purple Man is one of my favorites, and even here you can see his sociopathy (Like threatening to make Karen jump to her death.).. That was definitely the highlight of the early /Lee issues.

    • @stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369
      @stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 23 วันที่ผ่านมา

      wouldnt call it sociopathy but ye good character stuff lol

    • @matthewschwartz6607
      @matthewschwartz6607 22 วันที่ผ่านมา

      @@stefansauvageonwhat-a-twis1369 - They also basically turned The Owl into a savage sociopath, too! He also got a bit rapey during the Brubaker run.

  • @mlwins7
    @mlwins7 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Wilbert Awdry was such an amazing writer and storyteller. I loved his little limerick he wrote for the sad story of Henry. There once was an engine attached to a train. Who was afraid of a few drops of rain. He went into a tunnel. And whooshed through his funnel. And didn't come out again. Really grabs the attention of the reader/consumer of the story. Only the Reverend Awdry could create a hook for a story that can be that appealing that fans all across the globe can recite it, and every Thomas fan would know the story. You don't even have to watch it anymore in those cases, yet you still enjoy listening to them.

  • @PPP-dr8ng
    @PPP-dr8ng หลายเดือนก่อน

    I like how some of these villains evolve in later years Mr. Fear does some serious shit on Daredevil during Ed Brubaker's run Killgrave got his chance to shine in Jessica Jones Matador stays a jobber tho

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks หลายเดือนก่อน

      LOLOL Matador is killing me the more I hear. But yeah, I've seen little bits of Mr. Fear, and Purple man definitely has had some time in the lime light, and I'm always happy when writers take a one off or obscure character and do something awesome with them

    • @VonWenk
      @VonWenk 4 วันที่ผ่านมา

      Killgrave shone in the late '70s during the Jim Shooter/Roger MacKenzie era.

  • @ThomasLover-fr8nh
    @ThomasLover-fr8nh หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thomas using models that made steam in its golden years is what made the show so real and physical, something you could actually touch, and that's what made it so special to me when I was little.

  • @LucasDarkGiygas
    @LucasDarkGiygas หลายเดือนก่อน

    thanks for the video

  • @lostboysonce3133
    @lostboysonce3133 หลายเดือนก่อน

    0:28 look everyone! It's the Purple Guy!

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks หลายเดือนก่อน

      Ha! I beat you to it!

  • @PYTHOR23
    @PYTHOR23 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Thomas and daredevil. The crossover I didn’t know I needed

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks หลายเดือนก่อน

      I'm so happy you see it that way

  • @Majkels
    @Majkels หลายเดือนก่อน

    Made with clipchamp

    • @StylinSamrski85
      @StylinSamrski85 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Made with clipchamp

    • @dominicfox101
      @dominicfox101 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Made with clipchamp

    • @tiernantalks
      @tiernantalks หลายเดือนก่อน

      YOU SAW NOTHINGGGG

  • @VestedUTuber
    @VestedUTuber หลายเดือนก่อน

    I mean, Down The Mine was the story picked for the original pilot, so...

  • @Nobodyatall6022
    @Nobodyatall6022 หลายเดือนก่อน

    14:17 ok I pull up. Hop up at the after party

  • @Pyraticalpunk
    @Pyraticalpunk หลายเดือนก่อน

    12:12 surprised you didn't mention the guy dressed as a Native American and Karen dressed as Cleopatra 😂

  • @Pyraticalpunk
    @Pyraticalpunk หลายเดือนก่อน

    Probably the coldest Daredevil take, but ive notice something. In his early years, it was hardly brought up that Matt was dressed like a Devil, he wasnt religious or anything. Even the yellow suit is supposed to be more acrobatic. In the later years of course we get much more devil/catholic imagery, and his Devil suit is referenced more. So in the early decades he was more Dare, then later he was more Devil