What IS The Hit Era Production Bible?

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The HiT Era Production Bible.
When this first leaked online back in 2022, it was…weeeeell…not great. We’d just gotten a TON of unused footage from the classic series, and so seeing this was less exciting, and more…frustrating, at least for some. With Thomas fans tweeting already tweeting it into oblivion, I figured it would be fun to throw my own two cents in there, with a friendo along for the ride.
This…is the result. I hope you enjoy it!
By the way, if you haven't heard, Thomas Theorist already MADE a video about this document...which you should watch...watch it a lot - • Why This Bible DESTROY...
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Special thanks to;
Luke for joining me and laughing at all my jokes - / @usualblokeluke
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ThomasTheorist for letting me make that joke at the start (thanks for being a real one) - / @thomastheorist9699
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Ben Gosling - / steamteam3211
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@skystriker4459 Год назад

The fact they call these heavy death machines children in a playground and the way the way they explain how the engines look and act pisses me off so much

@bow-tiedengineer4453 Год назад

Personally, I think the Hit style guide really shows just how much that era was missing the main thing I think makes Thomas so great: respect. Awdry respected his audience and his subject matter deeply, Alcroft respected her audience and mostly respected her subject matter, Brenner respected the subject matter and his audience as much as Mattel let him, and their eras with the IP were good because of it. Between all the grammatical mistakes, the way they dumbed down the characters, and the way that they were constantly comparing the characters to children that the people writing this style guide had no respect for the IP or their audience, and were just using Thomas's popularity to make a kids show for kids, and nothing else.

@fanofeverything30465 Год назад

What's IP

@williamhumes7332 Год назад

HIT Entertainment is just so cynical these days.

@BreakingNuyt Год назад

@@fanofeverything30465 IP stands for Intellectual Property.

@bow-tiedengineer4453 Год назад

@@fanofeverything30465 It's short for "intellectual property". Basically the Thomas brand, all the stuff that Hit and later Mattel bought the rights to.

@fanofeverything30465 Год назад

@@BreakingNuyt Thank you 😊

@Dat-Mudkip Год назад

At least they mentioned that Edward and Henry were both crucial to the series, even if they were easy to overlook. I gotta give them credit for at least recognizing that.

@AutZentus Год назад

Too bad their characterization was butchered so badly that it's been how they were since the mid 2000's in the official show.

@ScottMalkinsonisW Месяц назад

Edward I’d say after the hit era was kinda done well in the nitrogen era outside of seaosn 14 and the brenner era did him well and Henry had some bright spots in the hit and brenner era I’d say

@danielferrovias Год назад

sad to see youtube is punishing you, because "YOU'RE TAKING SO LONG. WE NEED QUANTITY NOT QUALITY!" it's sad to see the algorithm do that...

@PlayDontPause Год назад

Ehh, what are you gonna do, right? I’d rather take a while making something great rather than rush a video out. The first season of the Analyzation Express felt like a step back in terms of production for me. Not saying I hated doing it, but I much prefer making something like THIS.

@danielferrovias Год назад

@@PlayDontPause But hey, there's an old railroad saying here in my country that reads out like this: "But hey, those bones of the workplace"

@danielferrovias Год назад

basically "Part of the job"

@Thatspuremental Год назад

Nah man your wrong we quality not quantity id rather watch a five second masterpiece that took a month to make than a 40 minute drag that was done in an hour

@danielferrovias Год назад

@@Thatspuremental do you know what " " means?

@ChrisSuperDude Год назад

If I remember correctly, Godred the Impailer was a Wilbert Awdry invention that he put in the Island of Sodor book. He's also the King that Gordred the engine was named after. For the 99 things this bible gets wrong, at least they have 1 that shows they know what Thomas is.

@e-122psi3 Год назад

Well, the descriptions of Edward and Henry certainly explain a lot (they even lampshade the intention was to barely use them). The one that sounds kind of right is Henry being vain but out of insecurity, though it's ironically a characteristic they seldom use in the Hit era.

@eslm-studios2996 Год назад

'Supposedly based on the Isle of Man'. Isle of Man resident here and I can confirm the Island of Sodor was based off the Isle of Man. Our bishop is known as the Bishop of Sodor & Mann.

@ethandouro4334 Год назад

Ain't the minor Isles around Man also called "Sudrian"?

@eslm-studios2996 Год назад

@@ethandouro4334 There aren't any other islands around the Isle of Man. There is the Calf of Man just beyond the south west point of the island, but there aren't any other islands around Mann.

@NitroIndigo Год назад

Apparently Sodor is an old name for the small, western British Isles? Is this true?

@eslm-studios2996 Год назад

@@NitroIndigo en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diocese_of_Sodor_and_Man

@theenigmaticst7572 Месяц назад

@@NitroIndigo Yes, you're right - actually Old Norse for "Southern Isles" (Sudroyar) which would be roughly the islands off Scotland (which were once ruled by Norway), and probably the Mull of Kintyre, too.

@TheCreativeType Год назад

“On Sodor, trains are powered by steam” Every 60 seconds, a minute passes in Africa.

@NitroIndigo Год назад

I laughed all the way through this, and the editing is top-notch.

@marklincovet509 Год назад

the steam team's age: thomas-107 edward-127 henry-103 gordon-102 james-110 percy-125 toby-108 emily-127

@chukowiley3823 Год назад

Is Gordon canonically 2 years older than The Flying Scotsman?

@marklincovet509 Год назад

@@chukowiley3823 yep

@chukowiley3823 Год назад

@@marklincovet509 any reason why?

@zyancuerdo1615 Год назад

@chuko Wiley gordon is the prototype of the entire a1/a3 class in the railway series so he's bound to be older than scotsman

@tudorbrancuturcu5996 Месяц назад

So Gordon’s the youngest engine in the original steam team. Explains his personality

@sanicsanic6890 Год назад

6:02: the "Well there's nothing more recognizable than, literally the same place," is peak comedy

@usualblokeluke Год назад

17:28 I knackered myself reading that fast 😂

@PlayDontPause Год назад

You think YOU were tired? I spent almost a whole day making that segment /s.

@usualblokeluke Год назад

@@PlayDontPause I deeply apologise for that 😂😂😂

@harrisonallen651 Год назад

David Mitton wouldn’t have been pleased with the direction the series went after season seven

@Thomasmemoryscentral Год назад

It's a shame that 2008 marked not only the last full model production using the original style in The Great Discovery but also the losses of Mitton and Carlin

@theholygamer969 Год назад

8:55 Meanwhile, Topham in the original series lets Henry rest in the shed because he knows he's sick and in no condition to work.

@ScrapyardStudios Год назад

17:41 the private collectors bidding on Toby

@Trickshotter Год назад

Idk why but I love how Luke always calls seasons, ''series''. He is the only one I know that does that and its charming

@fanofeverything30465 Год назад

It's probably because he's British where as most Thomas fan channels are American

@harogenkitnsg2474 Год назад

here in the UK we usually use series rather than seasons

@chocsise Год назад

Well he is british

@clown-cult96 Год назад

Big fan of your channel and Usual Bloke Luke, love seeing you guys collab to tear…whatever tf this bible is apart. Cheers, lads!

@NitroIndigo Год назад

12:23 You kid, but the Marklin Engine's rusted husk appears in Blue Mountain Mystery. He's canonically dead.

@brookelynrhodes1998 Год назад

If talking trains were real, I can honestly imagine the engines hating the show after Hit Entertainment bought the TV series. That also means, many of them never resumed liking the series after Mattel bought it and brought fans to write the show because of how their proper personalities are never revived and have their personalities from the Hit Era, it's so obvious that they were still applying that goddamn bible. It's so sad. Some engines probably do like the Brennersaince, but many of them don't. This is my speculation. Too bad talking trains don't exist.

@NitroIndigo Год назад

I mean, Thomas & Friends canonically exists as a show in the Railway Series universe, so...

@thegamingwolfkingofthemult37 Год назад

@@NitroIndigo That would be something I would love to see, The RWS versions debating about the show.

@sericsmith5770 3 месяца назад

@@thegamingwolfkingofthemult37 I sometimes wonder what the American locomotives would think about all of this. I could only imagine the steam locomotives and even some diesels reactions to the reboot. I don't think even they would like it.

@OHNEY Год назад

Man I got huge internet historian vibes from this video, and I absolutely loved it. Wouldn't mind seeing more of these types of videos. Maybe reacting to episodes or fan stories?

@12Snowpeach Год назад

12:23 Oh yeah by the washdown area I remember seeing in Thomas' Day Off Season 9.

@SplashSurfer216 Год назад

You know what’s really upsetting? The educational concepts laid out in this bible and show aren’t bad, the problem is how they’re spelled out and simplified, like kids couldn’t recognize the name of a location on Sodor unless it was repeated like Knapford Station, Gordon’s Hill, Lord Callan’s Castle, or the color and number of an engine when it’s obvious on screen. Kids are much smarter than you think! It feels like one of those beginner books that they make you read in kindergarten with simplified short sentences, but worse. Surprisingly, “boomed” isn’t on the vocab list, I know that was a word they LOVED using whenever Sir Topham Hatt was on screen. It makes me wonder if they actually tested this new format with kids?

@imaginationstation5161 4 месяца назад

3:50 Luke goes foreign 😂

@theamazingadventureofeduardo Год назад

When I saw the Thumbnail I was like “oh boy here we go again” I already hear from the usual Bloke Luke and now here I go again.

@clown-cult96 Год назад

Eyyy fellow Luke watcher!

@fanofeverything30465 Год назад

I watch Usual Bloke Luke too

@lowfurts Год назад

"Please do not shit pant" That's not a promise I can make

@Shinyspddmn 4 месяца назад

I think the "fabulously narcissistic" description for James is the most accurate thing when it comes to character traits

@fortheloveofgodlaugh2981 Год назад

I say with little exaggeration that this is one of the most genuinely upsetting things I have ever read. It's nearly flawless and almost surgical destruction and decimation of a world that a man spent his entire creative life carefully building - and turning it into a dumb, unintelligent product to be bought and sold by corporations.

@SuperCosmicMutantSquid Год назад

Oooooof. yeah. I'm getting feelings that this was written by Americans who were trying to bringing back the pre-school crowd by using a lot of the characterizations of Shining Time DESPITE the show having been off the air for what, 5-10 years at that point? A lot of the character descriptions sound like American pre-school type shit and considering the bible keeps going back and forth between what I can assume is US and Canadian/UK spelling, maybe it was? I sort of having that keeping given how Edward and Gorden, the two 'adult' characters are treated because shitty pre-school shows are notorious for writing adult characters horribly.

@sericsmith5770 3 месяца назад

Don't inherently blame the Americans for this. HiT was a British company after all. Then again, this is the kind of pandering stuff that had hindered western cartoons from reaching their full potential from the 70s 'till the 90s. Also after reading this entire comment, you may be right about the part of Americans writing this.

@AbbeyYard Год назад

17:25 *Gordon Goes Foreign derailment be like*

@alexc8726 Год назад

The Hit era wasn’t perfect, but it was a decent attempt at Thomas in the modern era. I had fond memories watching the Hit seasons, and there are some good episodes here and there.

@sericsmith5770 3 месяца назад

As a child of the late 2000s and early 2010s, this was decent at best, but quite babyish at worst.

@alexc8726 2 месяца назад

@@sericsmith5770but to be fair, this mostly aired on Sprout and PBS kids, and I feel like it fit pretty well being the intention

@SP4449Railfan 7 месяцев назад

That intro was fire!!! 🔥🔥🔥

@PlayDontPause 7 месяцев назад

Thank you! I was very proud of it once it was done!

@SP4449Railfan 7 месяцев назад

@@PlayDontPause You did an amazing Job! You deserve to be proud! 👍😁.

@PolishUrGunpla 9 месяцев назад

12:02 Gordon Goes Foreign (Russia) XD That just came to my mind on my latest rewatch. And gosh! I laughed for at least 5 minutes for that.

@theholygamer969 Год назад

19:19 I think I'M about to shit myself, that's so funny.

@PilloTheStar 4 месяца назад

High quality Thomas rant video 👌

@marklincovet509 Год назад

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@marklincovet509 Год назад

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@PlayDontPause Год назад

If you can get 100% off your order...I think you win.

@marklincovet509 Год назад

@@PlayDontPause nice

@NitroIndigo Год назад

I just noticed the thumbnail of TomSka's Thomas video making a cameo.

@NitroIndigo 4 месяца назад

James is red, Wheels are round, The engines are like children in a playground.

@PlayDontPause 4 месяца назад

James are Red, Thomas is Blue, A ballistic missile has been dispatched to their exact coordinates, And Edward's too.

@callum110597 Год назад

Saw Thomas Theorist's video already, but gosh, that Bible is so terrible! 😫

@thomasj219 Год назад

Fantastic. Am I missing the Kaikki link?

@terencewilliammckenna6121 Год назад

Reasons why I consider seasons 6 and 7 to be in between new and classic series each

@horridJ Год назад

I may or may not be the 69th like 👏🗿 In all seriousness this video is absolutely incredible! It’s pretty interesting to see this show bible :)

@MSwolfdog158 Год назад

I remembered this one since i was my age.

@Existing_People Год назад

It’s been 1,000 years!

@PlayDontPause Год назад

It was gonna be 998, but I wanted to add a little extra polish lol. Now that I know HOW to make one of these, I can only improve the pace!

@zack6283 Год назад

Good video

@thomtent53897 4 месяца назад

Could you make part two to this video

@PlayDontPause 4 месяца назад

Hmm...there's not MUCH more to talk about that hasn't already been said. Though, I do have another video in the same style, and ANOTHER other video coming out sometime soonish!

@pendremacherald6758 Год назад

5:48 the Hagsfiend hit the coach.

@Kukaak Год назад

I'm surprised you didn't mention there being two Diesels

@superxavxii421 Год назад

HiT era is peak Thomas

@tudorbrancuturcu5996 Месяц назад

23:34 - I don’t like Kaikii that much, once I got the breakdown train but the crane was broken off the flatbed. Also the Departing now Thomas I got was really fragile and one time I broke it. Totally Thomas town is much better

@tudorbrancuturcu5996 5 месяцев назад

I think using Thomas and friends to teach navigation is really clever, why? Well, a train has to go to a certain place and the rails take it there and when you go somewhere you have to go a certain way or you will get lost.

@SHARKTANKTOYS Год назад

Ok so the classic series bible is the Old Testament, Hit is the New Testament and the railway series is the Ten Commandments. Sorry. I go to a catholic school so I know this stuff.

@lyokianhitchhiker Год назад

That’s a funny metaphor

@loganthewolfbear2671 Год назад

Not based on the isle of man, it's inspired by many different railways, and sodor is between the isle of man and berrow-in-furness

@damianhendriks6162 11 месяцев назад

10:28 and Salty and Skarloey.

@terencewilliammckenna6121 Год назад

Emily being bossy, and skarleoy being childish

@user-zc4qs5jl4z 6 месяцев назад

The only Thomas Bible I know is The Island of Sodor Its People, History, and Railways by the Rev. W. Awdry.

@tudorbrancuturcu5996 Месяц назад

Thomas is older than Gordon

@brightredmogul1912 Год назад

What exactly do you mean by “Season 7 was hastily put together in the US”? Doesn’t it require MORE time to compose all new music on top of a new narrator for a season instead of just reusing the same track?

@nathanbentley1939 Год назад

I think what they mean is that, in the US, season 7 had not been released prior to the season 8 format change, and since Thomas & Friends had generally been a year behind in the US prior to season 8, this meant that US version of season 7 was effectively rushed to release, and folded into season 8. Heck, I don't think we even got DVDs of season 7 until season 9 was releasing.

@nwrfilms2008 Год назад

Finally, a new video

@PlayDontPause Год назад

Only took…a month…whoops lol.

@damianhendriks6162 11 месяцев назад

Edward should be on the main line. James should be a branchline engine. Edward is larger than James. The FR K2 was huge, while James is based on a 0-6-0 ffrom what is now LMS.

@tudorbrancuturcu5996 5 месяцев назад

20:14 - I know why: Plot Coveniance

@danuhau Год назад

This whole thing... Especially at 12:37, seems like it's written by a poorly configured AI 💀 Wow...

@jamesmaythearsonist Год назад

I'm guessing this Thomas bible has the 4 engines of the apocalypse.

@goofymariobros Год назад

HARVEY IS NOT BROWN?

@fruitloops2058 Год назад

Ain't no way they described these engines as *children* Percy is the only one who i could see as one and even then, when written well not really.

@matthwe3468 10 месяцев назад

Why does one of the commentators sound like Ted Robbins?

@tudorbrancuturcu5996 8 месяцев назад

1:39 - Audio issue “Now tha- just” I’m not making fun of you, for making a mistake. We all make mistakes. I was just pointing out a little mistake

@PlayDontPause 8 месяцев назад

Good ear, but that’s actually not an audio error. That was just Luke stopping mid sentence to think about what he wanted to say.

@tudorbrancuturcu5996 8 месяцев назад

@@PlayDontPause Oh. But it still sounds a bit off

@tudorbrancuturcu5996 8 месяцев назад

Though I can relate to him, because I do that too.

@AbbeyYard Год назад

12:02 *poop poop poop*

@ethandouro4334 Год назад

my man can't pronounce "analogous"

@PlayDontPause Год назад

I’ve never seen that word before this video, and I’ll probably never see it again lol.

@ethandouro4334 Год назад

@@PlayDontPause Just say "amongus" but as "anologus"

@sailorearth2007 Год назад

That stupid book doomed a beloved show that could still be going today instead of that not Thomas reboot…and I swear the one who wrote the book had to be drunk because they so didn’t watch nor read what came before (or proofread)

@aedanraynal535 Год назад

Does anyone know who exactly wrote this garbage. The script for Thomas.

@joshuaW5621 Год назад

Abi Grant most likely.

@supermariof0521 Год назад

@@joshuaW5621 What makes you say that?

@joshuaW5621 Год назад

@@supermariof0521 I think I recall someone saying that when the Unlucky Tug was tweeting his thoughts on this Thomas bible.

@supermariof0521 Год назад

@@joshuaW5621 I see

@Dripdagoat4life Год назад

How was the script garbage?

@mattevans4377 Год назад

I don't think those camp showers were for making money, I think they were punishment for being stupid and trying to do with a tent what should be done with a Caravan or Campervan.

@theholygamer969 Год назад

There is a VERY special place in Hell for people who make these scummy corporate mandate checklists.

@terencewilliammckenna6121 Год назад

Season 8 is the only good season from the HIT era….

@Dripdagoat4life Год назад

Ong s8 is better

@Thomasmemoryscentral Год назад

Probably because it's the new beginnings season. Usually for dark periods of any good show, their first season into the downhill is smoother until they're really given the chance to mess up