There You'll Be - Thomas The Tank Engine Tribute

[gregory43701]

Im so sad and angry that they went to cgi what happened to that tv show when we were kids :,(,,,,,,,,,,

[alexandthomas]

wait wait wait...let me think....walt disney has his own museum, and thats for one company. Thomas did almost as successful as Disney did/does, and HE doesn't have a museum?

WHAT THE HECK?

oh yeah and they should stop the history section once it gets to when HiT enterainment controlled thomas fully, not when at LEAST gullane entertainment was wathcing them

[shadowboy8456]

so deep in meaning to me

im gonna cry

[tailsx64]

this video actually made me cry a little, this was my childhood, i loved how it looked, the characters, everything i knew inside and out. Now.... i dont know anymore. my childhood has now been ripped apart, and the videos,dvds, and wooden trains cant save it know. thank you for helping me remember the greatest years of my childhood, and thanks torev. w awrdy, britt allcroft and david mitton for making it possible.......ill miss you<:')

[crashodeane]

@tailsx64 that made my cry too.

[Trainmodeler25]

Sigh... Well I do like them moveing to Canada because I am a canadian but I hate that there shuiching to CGI but it would be fine if they put the old episodes on the show

[ClericLordLeo]

:<

Models had a certain charm to it.

[TheUltimateToad]

The thing that made me like the most is that it was done by models.. not CGI... oh well.. =/

[technotrain385]

the bastards. how could they do this. "thomas makes £750 million a year. we need to update him" WHAT THE FUCK so that isn't enough. if anything thomas will make less cgi is cheaper but in noway a million pound show. the best thing about thomas is that he dosen't need to jump cliffs ,go to strange islands. he is awsome the way he was .now there is only 1 plot.

1. engine is given job

2.engine decides to do job different

3.engine screws up

4.engine does job right and is praised

PATHETIC

[shadowboy8456]

@technotrain385 it used to teach life lessons

[Deathawaitsnoone]

@technotrain385

£750 MILLION A YEAR! REALLY? I always thought the reason they changed it to CGI was because it made only about half a million a year and they were trying to get more money....Man, Fuck HIT, We need to buy Thomas back off them.

[technotrain385]

@Deathawaitsnoone i know just pisses me off that thomas is being milked for every penny and is treated like a buisness.

[RGamer2009]

This made me tear up. Especially the end.

Its truly sad to see the models go.

It made this show different.

I will miss them...very much.

[vamperz09]

this was a very tribute to the old thomas would watch the old thomas for hours wen i was younger, i still do lol damn hit for ruining thomas with cgi LONG LIVE THE MODELS i hate HIT for what they done

[TeaCub]

The models > CGI. Simple as that - the models will always be THE definite show.

This is very touching and reminds me of my childhood and the many wonderful hours I spent watching these shows with my family. :) Thanks for such a fantastic video.

[Cinesound01]

Its a digrace to Rev W Awdry the original author of Thomas. I bet he will be horrified about the way his personal work is going!

I liked the original but traddional version of using OO scale models which added a great charm to the program!

M. Gitsham

[vanessalegend]

I love thomas the tank engine and still do. Im 19 and still watch, it was a huge part of my childhood and it will be with me forever x x

[jamco2]

i loved this when i was a kid! was amazinng :) i know its model railway, but what gauge is it? cheers :)

[keikoandgilly]

@jamco2 HO/OO scale mate.

[dxbomber]

I loved this show when i was a child and when i got older George Carlin became my favortie comedian

[123sk321]

And with this another terrible step from SHITentertaiment, this show will lose the last sparkle of the magic from the 80`s!

Its not right!

[chrismarkbicknell]

This is not an insult but....This has got to be the most SURREAL thing I have ever seen in my life. QUALITY STUFF MATE

[Lepper36]

Here's to you, Thomas. We grew up with you when you were in scale models. We will surely miss seeing you being narrated.

[sandshoo]

i fucking loved that program when i was young!!! :)

[F0rtn0x]

Wow I rather enjoy listening to I Am The Walrus watching this I guess Thomas The Tank Engine was like a massive drug trip

[staceyt13]

Wow, that was a really well done video ;-) and it is so so sad that Thomas has gone the way it has :-(

[MaxHenryFan3]

fuck the canadian wtf has to thomas it shitnow i love the original series i watch it all the time and i never get bored of watching it but now some shit have taking overwhat thomas coming to

[Tomthetrainfan]

aparently, the only model not sent to go on display in thomas land is thomas himself. a replica was made for the display, while the model resides back at HIT HQ somewhere...

[ElClerko1]

i feel like crying now :(

[shortyandcoalmine]

at 3:00 what episode is that?

[WhiteJarrah]

"at 3:00 what episode is that?"

The Runaway, Series 2.

[RunningOnLifeless]

All I can say is goodbye thomas.):How could they make him cg. It was inspiring for them to make the Thomas The Tank Engine show with models. But no they just want to type a litte and click the mouse and make a whole seson. THOSE MONSTERS!!!!!!!! Goodbye THomas The Tank Engine.):

[shortyandcoalmine]

i wish it woudn't go

[shortyandcoalmine]

cry cry cry!

[TheHenryCatman]

The new Thomas is terrible. The stories are demeaning, the characters are unrealistic, the show is really dumbing down. I have been with this show ever since I can remember, and all I can see is it smashed and broken in front of me. The whole charm of the show was that the train's faces didn't move for example "Old Iron", where Edward and James are side by side. Their faces don't move for a long time. I really dislike HIT for ruining 100's of peoples lives and experiences. Bring back Britt!

[IvorNo1]

hit are turning thomas into shit

[fraze2323]

i grew up watching this show

i friggin loved it to bits

ive got a box full of all the trains

i couldnt be more upset they're going to use animations

thats crap

i'll miss ya champ

[Kerrigan2312]

I grew up with Thomas..

I can't believe this is happening.

The late 80's and the 90's were the best years for kids programs hands down. On the plus side, I have Thomas book signed by Rev. W Audry. I wonder how much that'll be worth? Anyone wanna hazard a guess?

[keikoandgilly]

I'd reckon 500 quid maybe higher.

[Kerrigan2312]

My mum says I can't have it 'til I'm 21 though :( Haha

Well, it's only a year and a half to wait..

[keikoandgilly]

I see, but I'd say to keep it. It is, in my humble opinion, a beautiful item to hold and cherish. To have a man's signature in a series he cared for to tell his children. No monetary value can ever take that...something this world has forgotten.

[Kerrigan2312]

I agree with you. He was a legend in his own right.

[BritishTokuFan]

oh god, this is so sad, moving and touching,

that final shot of thomas chuffing into the sunset...

[vampy2k9]

i grew up with the orignal thomas show i think it gunna be hard to like the new cgi version a i will like most thomas fans prerfer the orignal show before cgi kicked in

[pifras]

oh great first Mr men get made in flash by a bunch of otaku Americans now Thomas is being made in cgi by Canada why is everything being outsourced

[culdeetrain4]

fuck hit

and screw cgi

[spittingimage4005]

This bruaght a tear to my eye

[ReevesMan88]

What is CGl what ever it is that is not good it should stay in the UK where it orginated. I am 20 years old and I still love this show. I have the complete collection booklet and have several videos I like Thomas a whole lot.

[WhiteJarrah]

"What is CGl"

Computer Generated Images.

[NickWilliam89]

Now I assume in that moment, Rev. W. Awdry was probably spitting in his grave by now.

[LEON13858]

@ReevesMan88 who dosent still love their childhood memories. i hate to see this. but i now know that anything popular enough is taken by america and turned into a totally crap version.no offense to americans but you know what i mean. movies start of small then when they are good enough bigger countries want them to be more popular. uk barely has any good tv left. in the early 90s and late 80s there was alot of good shows in uk but now they are all canceled

[Zeck180]

@LEON13858, A Canadian company bought the rights, not an American. There is a diffrance to Canadian and American

[LEON13858]

@Zeck180 so explain to me why the show is americanised. same thing . thomas should be british .not a fucking yankee. dosen't matter if a canadian company bought the rights it matters that the show has been AMERICANISED. thats what i hate. and thank youi can tell the difference

[Zeck180]

@LEON13858, Do you know how many people around the US, that grew up with Thomas, were more and less un happy with the change. I own many of the old episodes (mainly Shining Time Station), I dislike the change too, but you can't go out and lashing anger at all Americans. And i've never heard of the word yankee, to describe us Americans, only in re inactions for the Revolutionary War (History Ch. & Military Ch.)

[LEON13858]

@Zeck180 i don't blame the citizens i blame the company. they just have to have everything. example .my favourite video game is little big planet. it was made in the uk and by a uk person. so when i heard america get it before the uk i was annoyed but when i heard that they would get to preorder the collector's edition while we don't that pissed me off. i don't mind if american children grew up with thomas but do they really need to turn it into an american tv show .you guys have all the good

[NVR1800]

Damn Hit!!!! If they are watching this they should be ashamed would they have down to Thomas. Down with Hit Entertainment!!!!!!

[ThomasMusicCentral]

A fitting tribute to the beloved models we once knew. Very well done, Jarrah.

I think it also suits the passing of David Mitton as well. Even though they'll no longer be with us, we'll still have those memories...

*****

[SteamieWithGlasses]

To me,this song seems to be Thomas and his friends' tribute to the famous British TV Steeplejack, Dr. Fred Dibnah MBE.

When I watch this video, the engines are singing the song, thanking Fred Dibnah for his dedication to Britain's industrial heritage and steam preservation movement.

[thomaslover476]

come 2 364 ringe ave to sin the peticon

[thomaslover476]

1947destoto i will make a vid with a train saying the ting you said TODAY now i need to find the perficet train

[cookhammanor]

The whole of the Thomas layout and all the models should goin a museum, and make a tribute to the father of thomas the tank engine. but they should have the models running on the layout to show everyone how fantastic they are.

[Trainzcool]

I second that motion! They should really do that.

[SRCAreMeat]

i third it

people should realise what theve lost not what they've gained(if at all gained anything)

[StreetlySaviour]

i know they ruin a lot of children's shows, but its thomas the tank engine for gods sake! it belongs on the model railway :[

[cookiethepuss]

Damn you HIT! I almost shed a tear watching this video thinking about all the wonderful times I had when I was little watching Thomas on PBS Kids and Nick Jr.

It depresses me so much that they are getting rid of the models and replacing them with crappy CGI. The CGI looks terrible!

We need to make a petition!

[cantcrap95]

Omg me too! this was the best child TV show ever!

[tobythetram]

Sorry I forgot to add this but I have been hearing a rumour ( a rumour) They might sell the models to a museum in England. Thomas should not be behind glass all day forever with druleing babies and tour people

[tobythetram]

f@*( hit screw them, just take away whatevers left of my childhood.Thomas just died R.I.P. Oh well I guess kids these days cant apperciate anything endless its computer or something retarted. Man

[Tomthetrainfan]

i know i say this alot, but this is BRILLIANT!

very moving, too...

i remember watching alot of those old episodes when i was younger.

they were, and still are, my favourite episodes.

fantastic work!

[cozmo1223]

beautiful,damn HIT entertainment!

[missoliverandblossom]

This is beautiful. LONG LIVE THE MODELS!

[UrsulaRulez]

Oh my god, I'm crying watching this. I am gonna miss the old models. Long Live the original Thomas and Friends!!!

[CatalanoArts]

damn, sHit is gonna make a failure and thomas fandom is gonna die quick. This blue engine changed my life for the best of it. he brought happiness to me every morning when i was little. My british #1 tank engine will always be part of my memories and my heart

[MTwillman]

It's like saying Thomas just died

[Gameking53]

I hate CGI. It has ruined everything. Even Walt Disney Studios gave up on their awesome drawn 2D films in favour of shitty CGI ones. And now Thomas will suffer the same. Fuck sHIT entertainment.

[Galisoneh]

I can't say I've taken to CGI either Gameking53. It's almost as if my childhood is gradually slipping away from me. Whatever happened to the golden age of animation?

[ThomasMusicRailway]

I'll remember Thomas as a Model train and not a CGI train.

I will always have a place of Thomas in my heart.

[callinstead09]

Seriously This show has inspired my model railway so much! Ideas like the docks, the marsh and the mill yards were all derived from this show! I bet HIT entertainment don't even know about us grieving about this. TAKE IT TO THEIR HQ!!

[Tomthetrainfan]

yeah! if only i had their address i'd send them 1 million hate spam!

[Lego970]

The models give people a feel that THEY are on the railroad watching. I love that feeling. (tears) goodbye to the models. Rest in peace.

[MTwillman]

HiT, worst TV studio on the face of the earth, CGI: (Crappy Graphic Idiots). Thomas, we want to tell you that we feel bad that you have gone through this, and tell HiT, that they are retarded 4 year olds.

[thomastankloversam]

this song always makes me crey

[Lego970]

Pierce brosnans children grew up with thomas. Maybe he will do something about this.

[Deimos212]

Great tribute. I agree its a shame that the new seasons will all be in CGI now, but we will always remember Thomas as that model train when we were kids.

[wwb16]

this goes to show you that HIT doesn't give a FUCK about fans or the railway series

[thomasthetans]

man oh mna i am just mad thomas need to stay our little model toy friend it was very different from other kids shows. but Hit said that it was money problems and they need to cut down i guess but we can only remeber the good old days

[sodor600]

Im pretty upset that Thomas will not be a little model train anymore just a CGI train like from the Computer Game.

Why does the world have to change there animating way like Disney ging 3D after thier 2D movie and now our little blue engine is one of them turning himself to CGI and same goes to Bob the Bulider & Angelina Ballerina they going CGI as well.

FUCK YOU HIT runing the longest model railway show in the world.

[DoctorTankEngine]

Very moving

HIT have ALOT to answer for!

[yourmamaluigi]

i saw a picture of cgi thomas. A PICE OF FUCKING SHIT! POOR GRAPHICS, MOVING FACES! LIKE NO DETAIL (NO BOILER STRIPES) AND MOVING PEOPLE! OVERALL ITS LIKE THE THOMAS COMPUTER GAMES! HELISH INSANE TELIVISION! (HIT)

[AlwaysDeliverz]

HiT are a bunch of retards. All this CGI is what's making nowaday children's cartoons crappy.

KEEP THE FUCKING MODELS!

[GTPS2]

Man, HIT should have stop running Thomas, & give him to a different studio.

[1947Desoto]

Thomas moving to Canada is bad enough. But making the show in CGI, that's just pushing it too far. It was bad enough when parents complained and said Thomas wasn't educational enough, but CGI. I think we should boycott or start a petition or something.

[disneyrangerblue02]

I'm with you 100%, Desoto!  All in favor, say "Aye!"

[1947Desoto]

"Aye". Hey Disney, someone should make a video that is just a mintute long with the words "Watch this if you want the old Thomas back" on the screen. The viewer count will show how many people agree.

[callinstead09]

come on, come on! I keep hearing talk about a petition, so where the heck is it?!

[1947Desoto]

I'm waiting for one too.

[sgtslapstick]

so, can we help each other to make a petition?

i wont let thomas die like this! we must fight! ''come the revolution''-bulgy the bus

[1947Desoto]

Maybe someone could make a video which shows a picture of Thomas from the good old days and words could come on the screen which say: If you don't want Thomas in CGI, comment on the video.

[keikoandgilly]

I'll volunteer.

[appleguy7]

man if awdry new about thomas moving to canada he would be mad

[disneyrangerblue02]

Are you kidding me?! He'd be spinning in his grave if he knew about it!

[RaytheChameleon]

That was great Jarrah.

[TheKipperRunsAgain]

Lovely video, Jarrah. Think it just about sums up the general feelings among the fanbase at the moment. The tribute to the narrators and crew at the end was a nice touch too. Well done.

[ThomasAnime]

This is quite a touching video!

I will surely miss the Thomas models.

[theamateurbasher]

Brilliant stuff, and very poigniant too; the model work that gave Thomas and Friends it's much deserved status, is sure to be sadly missed.

Thanks for sharing, five stars.