Ruining your childhood is just an expression.
And yes I do have to live daily with these abominations with a 4 and 6 year old.
Nowadays they don't even wait for you to grow up anymore.
Perhaps the characters are supposed to grow with you nowadays?
Thomas faced a similar downgrade to cgi.
Cartoons weren't that high quality when I grew up either with lots of repeating frames and sequences. Still looked better than the soulless cgi crap that comes along on tv nowadays. No wonder my kids are hooked on you tube let's play videos :p
Although it's just now that they're switching to 5-10 year old programming that the real cgi parade has begun.
Dora, Diego, Harry and his bucketful of dinosaurs, Max & Ruby, Toopy & Binoo, Caillou, Cat in the hat, all 2D. Treehouse stuff.
Rob the robot is 3D yet original, same as Special agent Oso, they loved it. Much better than Micky Mouse clubhouse, abomination.
Wild Kratts is the most popular atm, seems to be cat in the hat for older kids.
But hey no need to drag my childhood out of it's comfy 2D style. I don't want to see Flinstones, Scooby doo, Jetsons etc in 3D. No thanks.







