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.
Lightning McQueen is more recent than Thomas The tank, so the correct phrase would be “Lightning McQueen is today’s Thomas The Tank…” or “Thomas The Tank is yesterday’s Lightning McQueen…”
This is a difficult statement to assess.
Thomas is multi-generational, the main series started in 1984 and ran as recently as 2021.
That’s like saying “yesterdays kids grew up with Raffi”. That dude is still touring (at least in Canada, but he’s been to the US recently) and still putting out new stuff. In fact, he refers to his “older fans”, who now have their own kids that are getting introduced to Raffi, as “beluga grads”.
Meanwhile the original Cars movie came out in 2004 but had movie sequels in 2011 and 2017, but there are also spin-offs in the universe including movies, shows and shorts.
confidently incorrect
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.
