Lightning McQueen is yesterday's Thomas the Tank Engine.
Lightning McQueen is yesterday's Thomas the Tank Engine.
Both introduce the world to youngsters, but with different modes.
I'm not sure I understand the "yesterday's" part. Thomas the Tank Engine predates Cars by decades.
Did you really read yesterday as August 21, 2023?? That's hilarious.
"Yesterday's" was used to mean "in a time passed"
In this way both the train and the automobile were used as characters in children's programs to associate the mode with a positive experience. (The actual programming or content)
No, I read yesterday (Lightning McQueen) as juxtaposed with today (Thomas the Tank Engine), as if you were implying that Lightning McQueen predated Thomas the Tank Engine and TTTE was a newish show.
confidently incorrect
That's not what "yesterday's" means in this context, or more specifically, you flipped the two characters if you wanted to use it like that.
Corrected it'd be:
"Thomas the Tank Engine was yesterday's Lightning McQueen"
amazing thread, and as everyone is pointing out, you got it backwards.
It made sense to me, but I just realized that you said that McQueen is yesterday's Thomas.
That's backwards. Thomas is yesterday's McQueen.
Although, I'm not convinced that they are that similar at all.
The Thomas the Tank Engine TV series started in the early 80s. The books have been around for the better part of a century
But Thomas the Tank engine was introduced like 50 years before Lighting Mc Queen.
And neither Cars nor Cars 2 spend a lot of time on edutainment surrounding their setting. The only thing the two have in common is they're vehicles.
Oh no, yeah, you guessed it, I didn't watch beyond 2. I mean, neither sid anyone else after that torture.
After Cars 2 I had very low expectations of Cars 3, unsurprisingly. It's a miracle that I was convinced to watch it. Yet somehow I was, and found it to be bloody good.
And it's been consistently popular the entire time.
Cars 1 and 3 are really good movies and you should watch them if you have not. Cars 3 is my favorite.
And I don't even like cars
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I didn't know it's actually called Thomas the Tank Engine. I thought it's a joke, since a train isn't what I imagine these days when hearing it...
A "tank engine" is a steam engine - an old fashioned train.
It's a specific type of steam engine made to not require a tender.
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