Tbh with how much fan content of thomas exist on KZfaq alone feels like thomas was public domain for a long time
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Indeed! We can't make a profit earning franchise of it but we can still have fun with trains 😁
@user-xv7lk2fu5s6 ай бұрын
It's not that he is already in the public domain its just that mattel is more linear about content, or they don't care about older thomas content because of aeg
@zyancuerdo16156 ай бұрын
user-xv7lk2fu5s fair enough since they haven't really touched it for the past 4 years but even from their early purchase they never really cared about it probably because it's not exactly directed at thomas itself since most by that point were switching to trainz technically it's not copyright since it's just a model of the character plus like you said Mattel seems more tolerant with it
@PlayDontPause6 ай бұрын
"Can't make a profit." That hasn't stopped people from trying...which is certainly a story for another time.
@zyancuerdo16156 ай бұрын
@PlayDontPause oh definitely there were those that would and migth have tried
@MCstudio12746 ай бұрын
Just imagine it. - Writers: The Unlucky Tug, Victor Tanzig & Enterprisingengine93 - Animators: Wildnorwester & Mainland Studios - Music Composers: Luke Pickman & UpsideNow THIS COULD BE MORE AMAZING THEN THE MARC FORSTER MOVIE!!!!!
@O.O_96 ай бұрын
Omg it’s the Thomas fandom Avengers!
@worthybutter20046 ай бұрын
No, those guys all suck ass, just like the rest of this pathetic fandom.
@Tobytramproductions6 ай бұрын
Could I help if it does come to be?
@Tobytramproductions6 ай бұрын
@@Rad0115 could I be a writer I have a perfect storyline
@danielferrovias6 ай бұрын
Tanzig wouldn't be a good kid's show writer...
@enterprisinga14716 ай бұрын
*Closes book* yeah, like that's ever gonna happen.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Some *bursts through Tidmouth Shed doors* BODY ONCE TOLD ME-
@dinodude40396 ай бұрын
@@mechanicalshed4556THE RAILS ARE GONNA ROLL ME!
@DalekPratt19636 ай бұрын
@@dinodude4039 I AIN'T THE SHARPEST TRAIN IN THE SHED!
@enterprisinga14716 ай бұрын
@@DalekPratt1963 She was lookin kinda dumb with her funnel and her dome
@LDtheBrachio6 ай бұрын
@@enterprisinga1471 In that shape of a harbor crane.. on her forehead...
@BKBLUEY6 ай бұрын
If Thomas goes into Public Domain, We’re finally free from Mattel.
@UltimateFunBilly6 ай бұрын
I can already see it now. When Thomas becomes public domain, we won't even go a whole day before a studio announces a horror movie named TRAIN or something.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Check the Amphibia episode "Mr. X", you don't know how close you are! 😂
@TropicalMiloGaming6 ай бұрын
What about the name "Choo Choo" lol
@Trainboy176 ай бұрын
I Will Be 62 That Year!
@thecpmr62766 ай бұрын
Honest to god, I know it's wrong to stifle creativity, and I know as a Thomas fan I should take all the jokes and laugh them off, but I'm so done with Thomas being trivialized as just some creepy old show and I am never gonna be prepared for the onslaught of edge lore Thomas stuff that's bound to happen.
@THOMASFANWITHEDITS984624 ай бұрын
SODOR FALLOUT
@HolyKhaaaaan6 ай бұрын
Honestly public domain is really only relevant for merchandise and marketability. As far as the media is concerned, it's largely irrelevant because, despite not being marketable, Thomas' fandom has still attracted MANY talented artists, actors, and animators. Sudrian Afro alone has composed all the old themes AND tons of original music.
@Kukaak6 ай бұрын
I mean, Thomas may as well already be in the public domain considering Mattel lets pretty much all fan content stay on KZfaq. And there already are dark and edgy projects like Shed 17 or Sodor Fallout
@Opthomas_Prime6 ай бұрын
And five nights at Thomas and fight nights at smudgers
@sonicdoesnotlikeillinois78136 ай бұрын
@@Opthomas_Primethose ain’t edgy buddy, those are made by little kids for little kids.
@corialicetales52496 ай бұрын
@@Opthomas_Prime and creepypasta like Thomas and the Children or 1981s early reel
@LBKidsGaming6 ай бұрын
The change will be that TV Shows can use the characters.
@BriceInkling1386 ай бұрын
I know this will get me kicked in the balls just for saying that. But I'd rather have Shed 17 over Sodor Fallout because at least with Shed 17, while yes it is edgy, dark and gory. It was only a dark and edgy 30+ minute video and it did go somewhere. Sodor Fallout just exists for the sake of being dark, sad and disturbing and that's all it is.
@donaldscottishengine6 ай бұрын
i'd expect much more parodies, and much more fan content based on the railway series
@SaltyVan6 ай бұрын
i think that if thomas becomes public domain, not much will really change. although i bet that content creation will become easier we wont have to worry about content being taken down by mattel
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
So long as said content was taking strictly from Railway Series they would have no power to stop you 😁
@GothRailfan6 ай бұрын
Mattel may not even exist anymore when Thomas becomes public domain.
@jamesanimals19525 ай бұрын
don't think so, they still have barbie to fall back to if thomas becomes public domain
@bringtolife25862 ай бұрын
everybody has different ideas@mechanicalshed4556
@eslm-studios29966 ай бұрын
I was just thinking about the day Thomas would enter public domain as well! Hopefully, by the time that happens, the horror aspect of public domain will have diminished. But who knows. A faithful adaptation to the books is entirely possible as you suggested.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Hopefully so! I think the best thing is that when the Christopher books eventually enter public domain, we may be able to actually get a decent distribution of his books 😂
@eslm-studios29966 ай бұрын
@@mechanicalshed4556 Can see that being a blessing. In fact, the day Wilbert's books become public domain, perhaps some of us will go back into the original stories and upgrade them with the stories we've come to know in later books, like the Skarloey Railway or the stories of the Sodor & Mainland Railway, the Coffeepots of Ffarquhar, the Wellsworth & Suddery Wardalls, etc. Personally, if I were to go back to the books, assuming I'm still alive by 2067, I'd go back and show more stories focused on the Diesels.
@jvbndofvbnebe6 ай бұрын
A lot of franchises are entering public domain and lots of horror things are being made, hopefully, by the time it comes this idea is already oversaturated and tired also, horror content of the rws/thomas already exists, so it wouldnt exactly be a shock, and the franchise isn't exactly as iconic as mickey or winnie the pooh (at least for the general population, for me and many thomas fans it is), so even if someone wanted to do a lazy horror stuff, it wouldn't exactly be a good way to get easy money compared to other characters what I think it should be done is to create new stories respecting awdry's vision, as if trying to follow a natural course of sorts
@eslm-studios29966 ай бұрын
@@jvbndofvbnebe Aye. Can't disagree there. At least when it comes to horror content in Thomas, most of them are tame and they make sense, like the many adaptations of Duncan Gets Spooked, or the more original stories like Ghosts of Sodor I & II and Narrow Gauge's Horror on the Rails. Yeah, that sounds like the best course of action. Like, maybe continue where Wilbert left off and fill in the stories before Christopher's, or even bring the stories Christopher intended to publish to life when his books enter public domain.
@The8BitNerd6 ай бұрын
Thomas becoming public domain would probably be for the better given how amazing this community is. Although it would probably still lead to the crappy cash grabs from outside companies.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
With any luck, the kind of cash grabs we currently have in cinema will be a dead trend by then. Give it about a decade and they'll finally start getting creative with the cash grabs..
@wishbonefan6 ай бұрын
Actually, the UK copyright laws aren't the same as the US copyright laws. In the US, a work becomes public domain after 95 years regardless of the work's origin. This means that in 2041 will be when the first book goes public domain for the US. 2042 on the other hand is when the blue boi himself goes into the public domain.
@sdmedia13236 ай бұрын
Yeah... I can see it already, The Sad Story of Henry, coming 2041. Join Edward and Gordon as they discover their old friend has changed from his time inside the tunnel. ( I don't think I'm very far off )
@jordanwardle115 ай бұрын
That applies to a corporation. For an individual, it's life plus 70 years
@timelordproductions8765 ай бұрын
@@jordanwardle11 That's UK copyright law, the US copyright law is completely different meaning that while it would take longer for outside the US to get the rws in the public domain the US would already have it. Please read the original comment closely.
@wishbonefan5 ай бұрын
@@jordanwardle11 idk what copyright laws you talking about but in the US it's 95 years for anything.
@jordanwardle115 ай бұрын
@@timelordproductions876 nope, the us actually followed the Europeans on this one. Plus, you will find that it is the same all over the world due to copyright treaties
@frogmouth26 ай бұрын
The thing is we aren’t exactly sure how well the fandom or general public perception will retain in 30-40 years. That’s enough time for Mattel to do like 5 Thomas reboots. Another issue is, that will probably be amidst what I am coining right now, “The Big IP Craze” where so many iconic IPs and stories are entering the public domain that it creates a very chaotic period for entertainment. Characters from DC comics, Disney, looney tunes, ect will quickly become free. This could mean a new explosion of nostalgia for those series that survive the test of time but it could also mean people get tired of older IPs entirely due to oversaturation of franchises leaning on names (think superhero fatigue mostly caused by marvel oversaturating the market).
@pikachuboyandfriendsofficial6 ай бұрын
If Thomas the tank engine gets horror movies or games in the public domain . I will snap myself out of existence . Thomas and friends was nostalgic for me. I dont want horror movies and horror games based on Thomas the tank engine
@ElNeroDiablo6 ай бұрын
I mean, there's already horror stories of Thomas, like "Shed 13" or "Timothy the Ghost Engine" (Timothy being a evil silver clone of Thomas with a "0" on his sidetanks).
@TidHarbourWorks6 ай бұрын
@@ElNeroDiablodude it’s shed 17 not shed 13
@ElNeroDiablo6 ай бұрын
@@TidHarbourWorks My bad, but still - it's there.
@loviehawkins48616 ай бұрын
Wait for me
@thestati0nmaster5796 ай бұрын
You can't exactly stop it though? It's in the public domain, nothing you can do to stop the creator.
@OptimusPrime2986 ай бұрын
If Thomas The Tank Engine enters the public domain I will write into books called “The tales of Sodor”
@dinodude40396 ай бұрын
I expect a low-budget horror parody announced day one.
@TiasVsEverything6 ай бұрын
Half the Thomas fanbase is standing outside the producer’s house day 2.
@amitysluzara20226 ай бұрын
I'd love to see what the fandom could do with Thomas as public domain
@dylanlyles94536 ай бұрын
I'm actually worried about that.
@InvertonRailway6 ай бұрын
I agree on this one. The fandom is showing sights of toxicity from cancel culture,@@dylanlyles9453
@amitysluzara20226 ай бұрын
@dylanlyles9453 I'm a little worried too but I also have hope it'll go great
@dylanlyles94536 ай бұрын
@@amitysluzara2022 Yeah, I hope so too.
@TankEngineMedia5 ай бұрын
@@amitysluzara2022I’m optimistically scared of what’s to come for Thomas
@Mafaldamou6 ай бұрын
You know, by 2067, I'll be nearing retirement! Maybe I'll know a lot more about Thomas then.
@ThomasSirHandel5 ай бұрын
Who knows what aging will be like in 2067 with advanced technology Considering 50 was once the original 80, 60 in the 2060's could be like the new 40
@harrisonallen6516 ай бұрын
While the original series and AEG won’t be public domain until after our lifetime, the original railway series illustration’s being ours is something to look forward to later down the track.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Blows my mind that Payne's already are. His Thomas illustrations probably still have some protection because of the book being under Awdry's copyright protection, but Payne's artworks in general should be in the public domain.
@user-te9th4gk9c6 ай бұрын
I’ll be 57 by the time 2067 happens Man, I’ll be old
@henriquefernandesbreves60036 ай бұрын
You could voice Toby!
@MarisYoutube20036 ай бұрын
I won’t even be alive💀
@TheEldritchHyena6 ай бұрын
I'll be 64 (I was born in 2003). I have no clue what my life will be like that long from now, but I hope I'll have a prosperous career in something. Though considering my lifestyle I might not even live that long XD.
@user-te9th4gk9c6 ай бұрын
I might@@henriquefernandesbreves6003
@TheCuteJ50Kid6 ай бұрын
I will be 56
@leahbathroad6 ай бұрын
It should also be mentioned that trademarks don't expire, and "Thomas The Tank Engine" is something Mattel has likely trademarked. So you couldn't call any of your products under that name. You can still call him Thomas, but not "Thomas The Tank Engine." It's the same with Mickey Mouse. It should also go without saying, but when the TRE and TTTE go Public Domain, it'll most likely only apply to the original illustrations by William Middleton and Reginald Payne at first. This means you'd only be able to use the versions of the characters as seen in those books only.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Nah the illustrations will all go public domain at the dates determined by the death of the artists, but yeah the trademarks are something everyone should be wary of! Should have mentioned that. With Thomas', it could be a grey area since it's the title of his book. I can see the lawyers having a hard time with Thomas tbh 😂
@Trainboy4525 ай бұрын
You could use the Thomas the Tank Engine name, but you have to make it so that it wouldn't get confused for anything Mattel related.
@MCstudio12746 ай бұрын
YES!! Get the Fandom together and create Thomas in our own way. Show Mattel how to create a Good Thomas Series and rub our success in their ugly faces! With so much raw talent waiting to be let out, Thomas becoming a public domain, and the entire Fandom coming together over this could be the greatest thing to ever happen to the Thomas name since the Railway Series books!
@darrencen92226 ай бұрын
Almost like the TCC "Thomas Creator Collective" ,where the fandom work together to make something beautiful.
@mikeval15256 ай бұрын
Make it out of love, not spite. Because when it’s out of spite it corrupts and ruins the final product.
@darrencen92226 ай бұрын
@@mikeval1525 what i mean is the team work from tcc not the concept
@worthybutter20046 ай бұрын
@@mikeval1525Exactly! Otherwise, the fans are no better than the very company they despise.
@pootispow06 ай бұрын
lmao mattel does not give a shit about thomas, youd all look stupid as hell trying to make fun of mattel. after all, thomas getting off their hands only gives them more time to focus on their more gimmicky and popular brands
@rhodrage6 ай бұрын
Either he gets the justice he deserves, or the same generic horror shit.
@backonpro56796 ай бұрын
It’s gonna be the latter
@gaardus86826 ай бұрын
Same thing that’s been going on ever since the first Thomas fan laid eyes upon season 6 and decided it better if he tried his hand at the regulator… …and then proceeded to drive it with utmost excellence, while Mattels current ‘engine’ continues to suffer steaming issues and frequent derailments and Mattel decided to try and paint it up as a fully functional loco (which itself is loco).
@sericsmith57706 ай бұрын
Yeah. Mattel's money making machine that is it's horrid marketing strategy is the metaphorical epitome of a galloping sausage.
@Marcus-nn6js6 ай бұрын
Considering that it practically is in Public Domain with Mattel's idiocy and the fandom's reach, I wouldn't be worried.
@themidlandengine79736 ай бұрын
Never thought I’d make a cameo here 😂
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Welcome to the Mechanical Shed-verse 😂
@TransmissionEpicts6 ай бұрын
Good points! I've always wanted to see a live-action version of Thomas that's nicely produced, like a well-made period drama set in the 1950s with Thomas and the whole railway on Sodor, so it has the fantastical element of talking trains but aside from that everything else is quite realistic compared to now, with tweaks to accommodate for this alternative universe where mechanical machines are alive. It'd be awesome seeing the characters as live action engines and vehicles, and with a supporting cast of distinguished actors as the staff. Ciarán Hinds would make an amazing Sir Topham Hatt.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
For real though, that sounds like the good stuff! A full on series where it's the live action people with CG engines e.t.c. would be so interesting.
@happymark16686 ай бұрын
We can make the model series we always wanted
@Pyrotrainthing6 ай бұрын
I’ll see you guys in the 2060’s when I finally make my own train-with-face series then have the characters travel to the Island of Sodor for an arc of episodes then leave afterwards.
@Pyrotrainthing6 ай бұрын
I wrote this half-joking by the way, as original as it is for someone to say this, I have something that I work on. I call it "The Amwell County Railroad" (I abbreviate it to ACRR) it's American trains with faces intended to be more for teens and adults, and having references to things real-life Railroad history. Ideas circling around my head are things referencing like the debate over BEDT 15 being rebuilt, the Russian Decapods, K-28's that went to Alaska, the rare American Diesel Hydraulic, and definitely more but generally those are all the ideas I got and want to share off the top of my head. Please don't expect anything major to come from this, it's just a KZfaq comment.
@TheCuteJ50Kid6 ай бұрын
Here’s a simple answer from me: we would not only celebrate, but make so many amazing content about Thomas like it’s back to the 80s - 90s. What about that? but I still like this theory.
@rayvenkman20876 ай бұрын
Richard III got a WWII-styled adaptation in 1995 made possible by the public domain. In the hands of a creative genius, we could see a Thomas adaptation where the stories are set closer to the Golden Age of Steam than in canon and before WWII even or a retelling of the original book but with the adage of historical hindsight; giving the books more of that historical texture.
@AFCN20236 ай бұрын
2067 is a long way off, yes. By that point, many of the fans that have grown up with the show in the 90's and the 2000's, (Myself included) would be in our senior years! (e.g. 2005 borns would be 62 by the time the RWS enters the public domain). As a writer of a book about sentient talking vehicles, which was written with the style of the RWS in mind, yet taking my own spin on things (being set on a farm in Australia instead of the Island of Sodor) I've always had it in my head that my series happens to be one in the same canon as the RWS, just on the other side of the world. Unfortunately, in this instance I'd have to wait until 2067 for me to officially state that "Sodor exists in [x] project" If I ever get to see that glorious day when it does enter the public domain, you can count me in as one of the writing crew, to keep Awdry's legacy alive!
@user-wh8my6sr8l6 ай бұрын
I just hope this doesn't mean people will make Sodor Fallout and Shed 17 movies😒
@SecurityBreachShowFan985 ай бұрын
Well we've gotten those season 5 rushes from ThomasTankMerch
@BoyTrain8726 ай бұрын
Will be very old people by then when these franchises get Freed.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
I'll be coming out of retirement to make new talking train show 🤣
@jaanshersaeed45416 ай бұрын
Well we’ll all be old or at least middle aged by 2067 (being born in 2004 I’ll be 63 if I’m still around by then) so who knows what the younger Thomas fan generation by then will do with it (if there even is much of it then), imagine me seeing how it goes with my grandchildren and wondering wtf is going on if something dumb is happening though in May 2045 for the 100th anniversary of the whole franchise I’ll only be 40 before turning 41 in June Hopefully All Engines Go will end and they’ll go back to the original continuity starting from where they left off
@AnimalsVehiclesAndMore6 ай бұрын
What I'm curious of is, in addition to what could, or will, happen when Thomas enters the Public Domain, what will happen when other train-themed stories (like The Little Engine That Could) enter the Public Domain?
@klowell196 ай бұрын
you forgot that "Oswald the lucky rabbit" was once public domain and some of the "Winnie the pooh" characters too
@BriceInkling1386 ай бұрын
I quite like the research put into this video, Mechanical Shed. Though if I were to make a Thomas franchise once Thomas enters the public domain in the 2060's. No matter how old a lot of us will become or have died by the time Thomas does enter the public domain in 2067 (UK copyright laws or otherwise), I would gladly make it purely out of respect and love and something for all children and adults to enjoy (like Bluey, Adventure Time, Animaniacs, SpongeBob, Bob the Builder, etc.) and not for the sake of acting just as egotistical as the rest of the fandom or Mattel respectively. But I would rather let someone else do that for me as long as I enjoy it, and not see it become worse than the reboot that must not be named or those abominable 75th anniversary KZfaq-exclusive miniseries shows that nobody remembers or even likes.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Honestly, so many people are gonna be coming out of retirement and I'm all for that 😂 Just be careful not to use anything outside of Wilbert's books coz it's only those that will be free for a while!
@BriceInkling1386 ай бұрын
@@mechanicalshed4556 Good point.
@thegamingwolfkingofthemult376 ай бұрын
If that does somehow end up happening, I would make a sort of "semi reboot" of The Railway Series books to add some characters like some of TULT's take on some TV characters if they were in the RWS. And make a book which is a canon version of Thomas and The Evil Diesel but make it a redemption arc for Diesel called "North Western Redemption" even make the missing books that were never made and rewrite "Centenary" to feel like a conclusion to the original saga of books with a added total of 50 books and then make a series that serves as a continuation after 2011 called "The Railway Series: Adventures Of Really Useful Engines" and it would continue on from 2011 to now and beyond.
@dougsfilmtv98106 ай бұрын
That is a good video! Seeing fans take over Thomas when it hits public domain and doing their own production, I can see that happening and that is a long way away to 2067. Who know maybe when All Engines Go ends maybe we could see a revived series and if there was a revived series, I would want to keep in continuity with the classic tv series.
@SecurityBreachShowFan985 ай бұрын
I would love for ThomasTankMerch to show us rushes of The Missing Coach
@Mashu46028 күн бұрын
Can't wait to see what horror movie idea people come up with when thomas hits public domain
@dmsbgff6 ай бұрын
Can’t believe I’ll be 70 when Thomas enters the public domain!
@Mafaldamou6 ай бұрын
This is very complicated. I still think why we fans could be the downfall!
@owenthebraixen256 ай бұрын
If that happens, i would bring back Thomas and Friends Roleplay
@TracksideManiac6 ай бұрын
This is a quite terrifying thing to think about… Thomas entering public domain could lead to some unfortunate things, such as bad horror movies and video games…
@jacobwilcox86596 ай бұрын
5:31 That's why I didn't want Disney to lose the rights of my favorite Disney character
@johnylitalo416323 күн бұрын
The Railway Series won't be in a Public Domain until New Years day, 2041.
@ewanduffy6 ай бұрын
I am not a lawyer, but I understood that copyright expiry was the first day of the year after 70 years after death - for a death in 1997, this would be 1 January 2068.
@MrSonicHedgehog6 ай бұрын
I can't wait until our favorite Tank Engine and the others become public domain
@leogio80936 ай бұрын
I wouldn’t mind seeing a redux of the HIT era season that instead stuck to and followed the season 5/6 quality, still maintain some of the new characters such as Emily, Salty, etc, and embellish on the ones that became more mainstream in the 8-12 era, such as Rosie or whatever. So many engines were brought in for exactly one episode and were never heard from again. As for the cgi, I’d love certain things to be kept, like Hero of the Rails, but all in model form….
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Hopefully sometime when all of the Thomas media to date enters the public domain some Thomas fan somewhere will do that!
@matthewpowell24296 ай бұрын
If Thomas became public domain, I'd create a CGI Classic-Series Styled show and do the following: 1. Add more realism to the world, like in TUGS. 2. Add more British Characters. 3. Show the Peel Godred Branch with its electric engines. 4. Adapted more of the RWS stories, history, and lore. 5. Reposition locations from the model series to where they'd be located in the RWS, with a few exceptions. Just to name a few.
@aquaatem16 ай бұрын
You should also include TATMR and Shining Time Station on that list. I'd love to make a TTTE/ Shining Time Station reboot/ continuation, but by the time STS comes to the public domain, yeah I'll be long gone.
@EricPlayzGames6 ай бұрын
My honest opinion about this video i would support Thomas going into the public domain as we all know what mattle has done with the brand/franchise.
@DmayExpress6 ай бұрын
Funny thing really, I've said, in my tweet very long while ago, which I was unable to find it now, but I said. If Thomas entered Public Domain, the Fandom or perhaps Project Tiger Moth, or even better Whitehousefilms would resume T&F with Series 25. It would be very impressive to imagine that the show would aired from television S1-24 to KZfaq S25-present.
@lukechristmas39516 ай бұрын
So there is going to be a long wait before Thomas becomes public domain. I'll be an old man then in my 60s! Overall, I agree with you, while I defiantly fear what people who hardly know anything about Thomas, by this I mean those not in the fandom or those who say Thomas creeped them out, or it's fascist blah blah blah, will do the characters, we can't deny that there is plenty of headache with in the fandom itself that will cause more clashes than what we already have now once the copyright expires in 2067. Overall, the fandoms greatest enemy is ourselves and I don't think there is much we can do than what we already do and that is putting our talents to use from the inspirational, magical island that is Sodor. And here is something else, what about TUGS going public domain? That's something else to think about!
@exempligratia1016 ай бұрын
Honestly, to turn many things into cringey horror is just a predictable reaction to the way the world is heading towards. I get it. However, if such stories are created with tact and not necessarily a slash and hack style blood gore-e.g. a mystery psychological thriller-that would be interesting to watch. Beyond that, other works exist in the public domain that are waiting to be used in amazing ways (the Oz books, other legendary books and stories, music, films, etc). It’s a free for all. But if material is synthesized in the best way possible, it’ll churn out into something exciting. But I do agree with ya. Will certainly be in my 70s if I make it by then, watching em youngsters do something wacky 😂
@ShadowKitty79086 ай бұрын
If Thomas Became public domain. It would finally be in the safe hands of its loyal fandom.
@ThomasSirHandel5 ай бұрын
The fandom should just start a kick started to purchase the franchise IMO.
@marklincovet5095 ай бұрын
Good to know that I won't have to worry that much about reaching 60 since I'll be 35 by the time John Kenney's version of Thomas and the others reach public domain.
@thegermanofsodor6 ай бұрын
I could already be a grandfather by the time it enters the public domain Dear god
@444926116 ай бұрын
The last Sherlock Holmes stories became public domain last year. Seeing what happens to Holmes in the next couple years might be a much better indicator of pop culture’s reaction to public domain than the things with ties to the mouse house.
@Bioburningk6 ай бұрын
Honestly you talking about this gives me hope and a little worry when the time dose come
@suzie27696 ай бұрын
Technically Thomas would've been in the pubic domain back in 2015.
@EmperorVegeta02046 ай бұрын
To be fair, with the way the Thomas Fandom treats the Thomas property, he already is public domain.
@GothRailfan6 ай бұрын
People already make Thomas original characters, so it doesn't matter all that much.
@xtremeyoylecake6 ай бұрын
Oh I have an idea! 🎶Mickey on a railway picking up stoneeees👆 🎶
@playz5616 ай бұрын
🎶🎶🎶Down came a engine and broke Mickey's bones 🦴🦴🦴🦴🎶🎶🎶
@Happy_human3746 ай бұрын
🎶🎶🎶🎶 ah! Said mickey! That’s not fair!
@BrennerEraFan6 ай бұрын
Thanks for making this! I was really wondering when Thomas becomes public domain... So basically the fandom has to come together to create a non-profit organization to continue production of Thomas after it enters the public domain And I also really hope more of Mattel's 3D models and scenes from Thomas get leaked because greedy corporations should not be respected.
@transformersfan500okane36 ай бұрын
What i am gonna do once Thomas becomes Public Domain: Make a Horror film of him vs Timotht
@WhiteJarrah6 ай бұрын
I'm surprised there was not a mention of the Cursed Thomas or Shed 17 creepypastas that's been floating around online. They are examples of how Thomas The Tank Engine could potentially meet the same fate Winnie the Pooh and Mikey Mouse upon entering the public domain. Come 2067, there would be nothing illegal about adapting such nightmare fuels into commercially distributed movies.
@sdmedia13236 ай бұрын
If there's a movie, I got a whole voice cast. ( just note that this list does not obey the word "budget", nor does it notice that some people on this list may be dead ) Thomas - Tom Holland Edward / Duck - Stephen Manghan Henry - Russel Saradier Gordon / The Fat Controller - Peter Weller James - Chevy Chase Percy / Donald & Douglas / Bill & Ben / Jack / Peter Sam - Robbie Williams Toby - Rutger Hauer Oliver / Alfie / Stepney - Lee Evans Diesel 10 - Tom Baker Emily / Daisy / Annie & Clarabel - Joanna Lumley Toad / Rheneas - Jim Broadbent Molly - Alex Kingston Rosie - Amber Salisbury Bertie - Andrew Brent Diesel / Salty - Kellen Goff George - Clint Walker Bulgy - Matthew Lillard Spencer - Sir Patrick Stewart Neville - David Near Cranky - Bruce Campbell Arry & Bert - James Cagney Carly - Amanda Tapping Billy / The Thin Controller - Richard Dean Anderson Charlie - Michael Shanks Murdoch - Michael Rosen BoCo - Timothy Busfield Mavis - Tara Strong Arthur / Dodge - Richard Hammond Duncan - David Tennant Bear - Christopher Judge The Works Diesel - Steve Buscemi Flying Scotsman - Mark Edward Fischback City of Truro - Josh Hutcherson Dennis - John Hannah Norman / Splatter - Kevin J. O'Connor Merlin - Dean Jones Derek - Keith Gordon Den - James Coburn Dart - John Stockwell Oliver ( excavator ) - Joseph Pelling ( damn, that took a while )
@joshslater24266 ай бұрын
I hate things entering the public domain. The moment a company can no longer monitor the use of a character, the idiots online do stupid and twisted things with them. It wouldn’t have been bad thirty years ago, but these days people do just the silliest things. Look at what people have done with Steamboat Willie: within a few days, some soulless movie company made a horror movie about him. I don’t want Thomas to be owned by the public. I know Mattel doesn’t do much good with the series, but I like the franchise being big and important with a company behind it. Ownerless Thomas wouldn’t work well.
@sericsmith57706 ай бұрын
I kinda have a different opinion. Even with the idiots out there, at least we, the true members of the community, could actually have the power to make the series as great as it once was. In fact, I'm intending to become an animator one day, so you may be in luck.
@biggcityproductions11136 ай бұрын
i get ur points i really do but u do have to think how many shows if one would be picked up by different companies as u said thomas isnt as ionic as there most likely would be a over saturation of the market
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Very true, it'd probably be more of an issue of how many people/fans would be trying to pitch a new Thomas property rather than how many are actually taking off.
@K8thebest_Gaming6 ай бұрын
We shall revive the Glory Days of the Model Era
@NorthWesternEngines_official2 ай бұрын
I can see it now Voice Actors - TheRealTrampy Music - Milo The Otter Or Upside Now Models And Sets Made By - FlyingPringle Writers - The Unlucky Tug And The Real Trampy Now That Would Be Amazing
@normix6 ай бұрын
Since Christopher Awdry is still alive at the time of this comment none of his books (books 27-42) will be in the public domain until the 22nd century assuming he dies in the 2030s. This means characters like Jock and Ivo Hugh won't be able to be used.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Correct! Also no Bulstrode, Victoria and Albert and still no Tripple Header adaptation 😂
@Paramountpicsreal6 ай бұрын
It already is, that's how All engines go was invented.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
How I wish All Engines Go was a product of the public domain, however it is created by the current legal owners of the Thomas and Friends franchise. New show, same owners, like with Nickelodeon and the TMNT.
@Paramountpicsreal6 ай бұрын
@@mechanicalshed4556 Thomas ended with Season 11, or more people would prefer 5. its up to you to decide whats cannon and whats not. in my eyes Mattel's era is just a big bad fanfilm.
@CurtsCoolVids1046 ай бұрын
This is exactly what I was thinking about a few weeks ago
@TrevortheTrainFan6 ай бұрын
I don’t want Thomas to be in the public domain! Otherwise, someone will make a horror movie out of him!
@Percy66 ай бұрын
By the time that happens everyone's gonna be grown.
@SnowyRVulpix6 ай бұрын
Something you forgot to mention is that all this ONLY applies to Wilbert's stuff. Something people don't realise or forget is that something entering the public domain doesn't mean everything to do with that something does. Like if Disney made a Mickey Mouse movie tomorrow, it'd be under copyright... and that movie's rendition of the character is under copyright. But the original character is not. Chris and Britt are both still alive (AFAIK) so we don't know when anything they added to the franchise will enter the public domain.
@rodrix_A2386 ай бұрын
7:19 I hope I'm still alive to support this idea.
@ThomasSirHandel5 ай бұрын
We need a law to prevent horror movies based on existing IPs entering the public domain. But what I think the fandom needs to do to save Thomas from Mattel and AEG is to do a kick starter to purchase the franchise considering we have the talent to make stuff like the early seasons when Mattel does not.
@ethandouro43345 ай бұрын
Technically, the three railway engines book is on public domain by English copyright law, so...
@CodysTrainz7 күн бұрын
On that note what you said about the "adult language thomas" the Trainz and TRS people often take the thomas idea to the PG13 levels and above, often just to avoid the "kids only content" which is YT's own flawed algorithum, you don't seem to understand FTC rules like we do.
@sericsmith57706 ай бұрын
I've thought about this question, but I already know the answer. Simply put, if Thomas were in the Public Domain, the franchise would easily be revitalized if put into the right hands, mine included, without being held back by the shackles of the ignorant cooperates of Mattel. The reboot could easily be cancelled by then, though I have a feeling that it won't exist beyond a few months or years from now.
@matthewpowell24296 ай бұрын
As much as we tend to focus on bad things, I like to focus on the good. I think that with Thomas in Public Domain, British companies and loyal fans may put him to good use and bring back the Thomas we truly love.
@Guyverman0118 күн бұрын
Everything goes public domain after 96 years, corporate-owned or not.
@sanyahikari70726 ай бұрын
By then, there would be artificial intelligence locomotives on Sodor.
@mattevans43776 ай бұрын
Personally, I've always wanted to make a love letter to Awdry, by making a railway series origin story, but from the perspective of Awdry as a child, and the Island of Sodor being real (just without the talking trains).
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
It's possible that you could do that anyway. You'd have to get permissions from the Awdry family, Mattel, e.t.c. in order to include certain bits but if it's the real life story of Wilbert Awdry the public domain shouldn't apply 🤔
@mattevans43776 ай бұрын
@@mechanicalshed4556 Not real life, just portrayed that way, but obviously not advertised as such. Unfortunately, the Island of Sodor isn't actually real.
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
@@mattevans4377 Oooh I see what you meant now, I read it as one of those biography films. Would be awesome seeing the Railway Series unfold from the Thin Clergyman's perspective!
@thebatterymill6 ай бұрын
Liked the engine discourse format 5:00
@johnylitalo41636 ай бұрын
If Thomas the Tank Engine enters the public domain, then I would be free to use him.
@GothRailfan6 ай бұрын
I mean, people already make adult dubs of Thomas through George Carlin's comedy or original dubs like the videos made by Trampy.
@AlexsStopMotionAdventures6 ай бұрын
When will each steam team member become public domain: Edward: 2067, Henry: 2067, Gordon: 2067, Thomas: 2068, James: 2068, percy:??? Toby:??? Emily: ??? Nia:??? Rebecca:???
@vicblox256 ай бұрын
If it does become public domain, it means i will get the romanian dubs of the first 4 episodes of s6
@Progobro2512 күн бұрын
according to the UK Copyright Law a Broadcast goes into the public domain from 50 years from which the year the show aired meaning that The original Thomas And Friends show or at least season 1 idk will go into the public domain on 9 October 2034.
@mechanicalshed455612 күн бұрын
I think that only applies to the footage of the broadcast rather than the franchise as a whole. So in theory, it could be perfectly legal (in roughly a decade's time like you said) to exhibit Series 1 footage without paying royalties, but it wouldn't mean Thomas and Friends itself goes public domain.
@Progobro2512 күн бұрын
@@mechanicalshed4556 so just the first season and then gradually all the seasons of the original show?
@CaptainUnikitty5 ай бұрын
Grab the notes, because maybe that generation will make something good
@hbproductions76096 ай бұрын
Shed 17 could become a real movie
@YouSoJames6 ай бұрын
5:16 ayy is dat ma boy ninos duncan?
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Got to hold him at the extravaganza last year, such a grand model!
@YouSoJames6 ай бұрын
@@mechanicalshed4556 he was working on a rusty around the same time but i think that project fell flat. hes back on his ho kick again but ion know wat hes revealed so dats all ima say 🙃
@I_make_animations6 ай бұрын
And I thought the Railway series would be in the domain in 2039 and 2040!
@mechanicalshed45566 ай бұрын
Nope, quite some time to go yet! There is a 2039 rule for unpublished literature and works where anything of that nature becomes public domain in said year. But none of that applies to the Thomas books so it changes nothing for us.
@I_make_animations6 ай бұрын
@@mechanicalshed4556 hm ok
@Dripslinger6 ай бұрын
i hope someone ends up 'remaking' that scrapped movie that was set during ww2. An open world video game would also be sick af, imagine going across sodor and maybe a little into the mainland it would be so fire.
@JasonVidaEnt6 ай бұрын
It's possibly not going to happen until the year 2111.