The end of Thomas and friends from Plarail?

"Mattel Television announced a new co-production partnership with Corus Entertainment’s Nelvana Studio. 104 11-minute episodes and two 60-minute specials were greenlit for the “Thomas & Friends” television series over two seasons."

https://ttte.fandom.com/wiki/Series_25
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/2...2-Specials

I just showed those articles to my eight year old son, a nearly life long Thomas fan. He looked horrified, gasped and said “Oh God”! He started singing the chorus to “Stressed Out” which is “Wish we could turn back time, to good old days”.
Keep in mind that he’s thinking of around six years ago!

What gets me is that they’ve committed to two seasons of this. What if it’s a massive failure? Would there be a point that Mattel admits that they’ve failed because they didn’t respect the fans or the source material?

Nah... that’s not how we do things nowadays.

[Super]

I don't know why, but when you talked about your son's reactions I pictured Kevin in 'Home Alone' ...

I was *almost* like that scene except Wes didn’t slap his own face!

His expression was genuine shock and disappointment.