hitnewsonline.com website down?

I was looking at the Roll Along Thomas blog, and I came across a post about the season 14 DVD, Wobbly Wheels & Whistles. He said the information was found on hitnewsonline, but that website is having a server error.

Just wondering if Hit Entertainment took the website down when Mattel bought Thomas & Friends out for some reason, but that wouldn't effect the rest of the company, would it?

Leave a comment if you can see this website on your computer, maybe it's just me that can't view it.

Hit News Online

Two New Tale of the Brave Book Covers Released

Thanks to Roll Along Thomas, I found two new book cover's. The first one shows a strange new green engine, his shape is odd looking.

This book is a two in one, and the titles are: Thomas & the Fearsome Footprints and Thomas the Brave. I really wonder what the footprints are from.

All five book's for Tale of the brave come out on July 22, 2014.

ThomasWoodenRailway(Keekre24) Officially Leaves You Tube

ThomasWoodenRailway, the most popular user in the Thomas Wooden Railway Community has left You Tube because of other company's trying to copyright his content.

He was just going to finish up his 14 season 11 episodes and make his 2014 movie, "Claw of the Law". Below is the description on his about page.

Thank you all for the wonderful support you've provided to me over these past few years. Unfortunately, my time on YouTube has come to a definite end. My episodes are suddenly being copyrighted by companies all over the globe and they're damaging my views as we speak. In short, I will no longer be making episodes. I'm afraid that if I upload another video, these companies will try to copyright it and end up shutting my channel down, as these companies do have the power to do just that. What once was a wonderful hobby as turned into a nightmare. YouTube isn't even YouTube anymore. They cater to the highest bidder and leave independent filmmakers like myself behind in the dust. The Thomas Wooden Railway Community on YouTube is almost nonexistent at this point, which is sad to see considering where we were just a few years ago. Anyway, thank you once again for the continued support over the past few years; it's been a blast. But now it's time to move on. Thank you all and God bless. - TWR

The few user's left making TWR remake's and episode's are Percyno6 and EnterprisingEngine93. The TWR Community needs some more member's to make TWR video's, because right now there isn't much else going on.

Jlouvier is still making his character friday video's, and WoodenRailwayReview's should have another review out sometime in December of this year, that's all for now.

Check out ThomasWoodenRailways' Channel

Update: He is back on You Tube after waiting eight month's for the copyright claim's to go away. He stated in a new video that he is going to upload the rest of season 11 and Claw of the Law.

2014 Thomas Special Titled "Tale of the Brave"

King of the Railway has been on DVD for all most a month, and Hit Entertainment has all ready announced next year's movie title, Tale of the Brave.

Wikia user and You Tuber, Steam Team, has posted the first book cover on the TTTE Wikia, which at the same time shows the official logo. According to the TTTE Wikia, the special will be released sometime around September 2014, and you can see the plot for the film below.

When Thomas spots some giant footprints his friend Percy quickly becomes convinced that there is a monster on the island. When an unusual engine, with sloping boilers, first appears, Percy believes he must be the monster but the new engine proves to be a good friend and ally. He even helps Percy discover what it really means to be brave.

I'm not sure where the Wikia got the plot from, but it sound's like there is going to be a new character. The fan base is still wondering if the Thomas World War 2 themed movie is coming out next year, but it looks canceled.

S17 Episode Overview: The Frozen Turntable

Season 17, Episode 24

Air Date:  Air Date Unknown, Seen on Santa's Little Engine DVD

Writer(s): Laura Beaumont

Narrator: Mark Moraghan

Summary

One evening the engines return to Tidmouth sheds and discover that the turntable is frozen shut, so there is only one shed. All the engines agreed that Percy should get the shed because he has to deliver the mail train.

All the other engines find different place's to sleep on Sodor, but Gordon didn't like and of them so he slept at Tidmouth sheds, but when Percy got back he had to go all the way to Whiffs' waste dump because that was the on;y spare shed left.

In the morning Gordon didn't get get  any sleep anyway because of the workmen working on the turntable, and Gordon was stuck in the shed the whole day because the turntable had jammed in a different place after working for a few seconds.

Latter Sir Top Ham Hatt was very cross with Gordon for not sleeping some were else. James had to take the express, and Gordon realized that sleeping in Tidmouth sheds wasn't such a good idea after all.

My Own Thoughts

This episode hasn't aired in the UK yet, but a You Tube user has uploaded it from the Santa's Little Engine DVD that just came out a few day's ago. This episode was good, and it was nice to see so many places on Sodor in one episode, but it was hard to see in the night time animation.

This review was made on October 17th, 2013, but wasn't published until the episode aired on T.V. in the UK.

S17 Episode Overview: No Snow for Thomas

Season 17, Episode 22

Air Date: Air Date Unknown, seen on Santa's Little Engine DVD

Writer(s): Laura Beaumont

Narrator: Mark Moraghan

Summary

All the engine's were wearing there snowplows, but Thomas didn't like his, so he lied to his driver who took it of in a siding near Thomas' branch line. The next day It snowed and Sir Top Ham Hatt told Thomas he had to stay in the shed all day without a snowplow. Emily cleared Thomas' branch line, then took Annie and Charabel out.

Latter, Thomas decided to find his snowplow since Emily had cleared his line, but it started snowing again, and Thomas got stuck. Emily found Thomas' snowplow and rescued Thomas, then they went to see the children's snowman, and Sir Top Ham Hatt joked when the children knocked his hat of with a snowball.

My Own Thoughts

This episode was good, and it was nice that Emily finally had a good roll in a episode, but it would be nice if Andrew Brenner brought back Donald and Douglas back in season 18. Thomas' driver could have easily dug Thomas out of the drift, but the ending would have been different.

Blog + You Tube Update: November 2013

 You Tube

Well I haven't been blogging much lately, but I am making lots of You Tube video's. My new series, Thomas DVD Discussion's has just started today, and there will hopefully be a daily DVD discussion.

I plan to start a Trackmaster series starting sometime in early 2014, and I am scripting some of the episode's. I now have the Window's Movie Maker program so I can put seen changes in my videos, which makes them look more professional.

Blog

My episode reviews are still coming out, and I'm going to review them all the way up to season 16. A new post series will be starting in December called "The Daily Character" were I show the history and description of each character.

It looks like I'm the only person doing season17 reviews because Steam Team has stopped uploading pictures for Blogger's, and people won't review the episode's unless they have an image. 

Next year the blog may have a new look including a better background image, a banner, and an updated sidebar.

Check out my You Tube Channel