Talk:Thomas & Friends: The Great Discovery

message: I wrote to HiT Entertainment about The Great Discovery and I recieved a letter back with pictures of Stanley and other characters in the special. It shall feature: Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Emily, Stanley, Jack and the Pack and Salty (in cameo). There will also be songs and interactive learning segments. Stanley is also painted silver with a silver smokebox. I have the pictures and would love to share them with you all but I am not allowed to put them on the internet. For Wikiproject Thomas: --S.C.Ruffeyfan 16:06, 13 November 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Confirmation

message: OK, here are characters that appear in TGD:
* The Steam Team
* Stanley
* The Pack
* Salty (cameo) 
––S.C.Ruffeyfan 17:36, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Characters 

message: UK: 19/08/08
US: 09/09/08
--S.C.Ruffeyfan 17:41, 23 December 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Release Dates 

message: So far, this merchandise has benn confirmed for TGD:
Hornby
*Great Waterton station
*Great Waterton footbridge
*Great Waterton platform pack
*Stanley's Shed
*Ben's Books
*Post Office
*Blacksmith Workshop
*Thomas and The Great Discovery set (includes weathered Thomas with exclusive facial expression)
*Ed's Garage
*Great Waterton Butcher's
I can imagine there will be a wooden Stanley, take-along Stanley and Hornby Stanley(as Hornby made his shed) --S.C.Ruffeyfan 18:48, 21 January 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Merchandise 

message: :::I think how Great Waterton is discovered is probably because Thomas and James are having a race and Thomas gets derailed and finds GW. It won't be like TFC says: "Thomas, go and find some forgotten place on Sodor like a good engine" It must be an accident on how Thomas 
discovers it. Your views, please.
:::--S.C.Ruffeyfan 20:13, 14 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Plot 

message: based on the popular TV series Thomas and Friends and the 5th sequel to Thomas and the Magic Railroad. It is scheduled to be released 9 September 2008 in the United States.
Last i checked, TGD was the 2ND sequal. SECOND!!!! IT IS THE  THIRD MOVIE!!!!!!SLJCOAAATR 1 (talk) 02:46, 20 February 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: It's been edited now, so we don't have any worries now. ;-) --S.C.Ruffeyfan 18:23, 26 February 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: EDIT!!!!!!!

message: I fixed it but, it was quite random spam i must say...Skeletal_SLJCOAAATR_Soul_Striker_of_Vengence (talk) 17:37, 4 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: More Spam

message: I was reading through TV.com's Thomas blog and it gave a link to a website that said the Great Discovery is gonna be shown on the big screen Saturday July 5 of this year! Is the DVD jsut going to be a "popcorn" DVD or the "DVD and that's the only way to see it?" It would be cool to see it on the big screen! --SmashBrosFan11 (talk) 22:13, 5 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Second Thomas Movie on the Big Screen?

message: Hi! It's SnappleIceTea7 (a.k.a. SmashBroFan11)! So, what do you think the new narrator's gonna make the engines sound like? --Snappleicetea7 (talk) 22:07, 15 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  The Narrator and stuff 

message: http://www.hitnewsonline.com/releases/detail/full_steam_ahead_with_an_all_new_thomas_friends_movie_featuring_pierce_bros/ 
Confirmed. I wonder how he'll be involved? Skeletal_SLJCOAAATR_Soul_Striker_of_Vengence (talk) 20:23, 31 May 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Duncan Confirmed

message: Isn't it rather pointless, and money losing to release a movie in theaters, and release it on DVD like, a week later? I think HIT's starting to get a bit ahead of themselves now. This'll end worse than TATMR... 
-.- Skeletal_SLJCOAAATR_Soul_Striker_of_Vengence (talk) 00:24, 11 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: HIT AKA Retards

message: Now that TGD has begun showings in the US, be expection vandalism. I just wanted to give the heads-up!  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  22:01, 7 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Well, untill we can cite it, it's a no go. If someone uploads parts onto Youtube, or something, we can cite that.  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  22:51, 17 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I believe it's actually improper to cite YouTube. I remember that being an issue when Season 10 first aired and people put added the first few episodes citing YouTube uploads of the broadcasts. Starkiller (talk) 00:06, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: I know some are against it, but, we're actually allowed to cite Youtube, and fansites. Only if a Youtube video is real, and confirms something (IE:A trailer for Sonic Unleashed showing gameplay footage of Rouge the Bat.) For fansites, we can cite them if they have a picture from a magazine, or something of that sort (IE: TSS showing a picture of Nintendo Power confirming a new Sonic & Mario game.).  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  03:39, 18 July 2008 (UTC)
replies: text: Fan sites can only be cited if they're prominent and consistently provide reliable information. YouTube is based on user-generated content and can't be considered as reliable as a prominent fansite. Furthermore, it's unwise to suggest that an article cite copyrighted footage that has been bootlegged onto the internet. Also, if information from a periodical was posted on a website, why would you cite a secondary source reporting on it rather than the work itself? Starkiller (talk) 23:22, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

text: Cite, or can't add...  Skeletal S.L.J.C.O.A.A.A.T.R.  21:28, 20 July 2008 (UTC)
thread_title: Seen it?

message: Assuming you can haven't been stunned by the preceding signatures...
...(honestly, just because you can change your signature doesn't mean that it's a good idea, especially if you have no artistic flair!)
While checking Season 13 details I found that the Pierce Brosnan ref was also available as a PDF, which is rather easier on the eye than the webpage: http://www.hitnewsonline.com/images/docs/PB_Narrator_Thomas.pdf
This would be used in place of the current ref, as the text is (should be) identical. The 'Notes to editors' section at the bottom may be of additional use in referencing this article.
EdJogg (talk) 12:38, 22 June 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Alternative reference source