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A review by jason_pym
The Polar Express by Chris Van Allsburg
1.0
Ugh! What is this? Why is this so popular?
The illustrations are bleak and so depressing, many are devoid of people like an empty, dead stage set. When there are people, they look like weird, uncanny valley manikins, gurning at each other with dead eyes in a desperate attempt to appear human. We get to Father Christmas place at the north pole and its some horrible red brick factory from the industrial revolution. The faceless elves flock the streets like a zombie horde.
This is going to give me nightmares.
The illustrations are bleak and so depressing, many are devoid of people like an empty, dead stage set. When there are people, they look like weird, uncanny valley manikins, gurning at each other with dead eyes in a desperate attempt to appear human. We get to Father Christmas place at the north pole and its some horrible red brick factory from the industrial revolution. The faceless elves flock the streets like a zombie horde.
This is going to give me nightmares.