Heat wave or hailstorm?

JBJB1029 · **on:** April 07, 2009, 07:02:56 PM

I'm making the movie called The Land Before Time XV, and I need your help, I know the Main Carnivore of this movie is the Carnotaurus, so all we need to decide is what this movie is about, what Natural Disaster to use (that hasn't been used yet), and make a full name for this movie, so let's Brainstorm

, and Compromise?

EDIT: Take notice that this is not about any plans of an actual movie release but about a fanfiction. So far there is not even official word on whether or not there will be an LBT 14.

DarkHououmon · **Reply #1 on:** April 07, 2009, 07:34:57 PM

For a natural disaster, perhaps a heat wave or a hailstorm.

NeoGenesis005 · **Reply #2 on:** April 07, 2009, 11:02:21 PM

Hailstorms would be epic.

Jasper · **Reply #3 on:** April 07, 2009, 11:08:52 PM

I agree.

action9000 · **Reply #4 on:** April 08, 2009, 12:59:45 AM

No, no, no!

(my stern ducky impression)
This is a fan-made idea for an LBT story. Therefore this is a fanfic until it becomes a multimedia project such as an actual movie with a real video.

Therefore...it goes in the Fanfiction forum, NOT the project forum! Understand? <_<

Caustizer · **Reply #5 on:** April 08, 2009, 01:43:34 AM

What about a hurricane? Don't think the great valley has ever had one of those.

Nick22 · **Reply #6 on:** April 08, 2009, 01:47:01 AM

Thats because the Greay Valley is landlocked caus..

JBJB1029 · **Reply #7 on:** April 08, 2009, 12:44:02 PM

Quote from: Nick22,Apr 8 2009 on 12:47 AM

Thats because the Greay Valley is landlocked caus..

Unless a Huricane hits a Jetstream, then it would go further inland.

metadude1234 · **Reply #8 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:02:50 PM

i think it should be a heat wave because it is more natural.....like in the movies....remember the movie where the gang travel to the mysterious island but on the way there t is one massive heatwave.....well do u remember???

JBJB1029 · **Reply #9 on:** April 09, 2009, 10:50:19 PM

Quote from: metadude1234,Apr 9 2009 on 09:02 PM

i think it should be a heat wave because it is more natural.....like in the movies....remember the movie where the gang travel to the mysterious island but on the way there t is one massive heatwave.....well do u remember???

To be honest I don't remember a heat wave in the 5th movie, also it's 6 to 1 with the Hailstorm in the lead, so unless the Heatwave makes a comeback, the winner of this poll would be the Hailstorm, and the winner will be decided by the end of this school year, and don't forget people we still need to decide what this movie is about, and we need to make a full name for this movie to, OK. Because if we work together, there is nothing we can not do

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JBJB1029 · **Reply #10 on:** April 14, 2009, 06:11:26 PM

If a Hailstorm does win the poll, then we got to make it so the first one threatens them (like in this film here) and gives one of the main characters a head injury (but finds the cure before the injury becomes fatal), and the second one saves them from the Carnotaurus, alright.

Malte279 · **Reply #11 on:** April 24, 2009, 05:09:15 AM

Both, I think, can make for an interesting element in a story. The main difference is that the hail storm would "erupt" within a short space of time and would be a disaster more easy to be "recognized" as such.
A heat-wave is in a sense a more "subtle" disaster (in spite of the fact that its effects can be much worse than that of a hail-storm). When some years ago (I think it was in 2003) a heat wave struck here in Europe the River Rhine became unnavigable because there was so low a tide. Wood-fires broke out (Portugal, Greece, and France being hit by it in particular) and more than 50,000 Europeans died from the immediate effects of the heat wave. Nevertheless it was not seen as as much of a disaster as for example an earthquake with a lesser number of victims would have been. Many (not all) of the victims of heat-stroke were older people who could stand the high temperatures less than the younger people could.
With regard to an LBT story a heat wave is tricky as it begins (macabre as it sounds) with "fair weather". If elements such as lacking water and wood-fires are included there is a strong risk of it being very repetitive of LBT 3 where all this was already there. It could be interesting (but would also have to be treated with great care) to have a character suffer a heat-stroke.
Imagine Littlefoot's grandfather suffering a heatstroke possibly while standing in the broad sunlight. Nobody could possibly move the huge longneck into the shadow to help him. One idea which I really like would be the reaction of Cera's father in such a situation. In spite of everything (his passivity in LBT 4 most notably) I think he kind of admires Littlefoot's grandfather (not to mention the fact that he owes him) and I could imagine that faced with the situation of Littlefoot's grandfather's life at peril and him being able to help he might go beyond himself by trying to get the shadow (and water) to grandpa if grandpa cannot be brought into the shadow or to the water.
As for the hail the effects would be similar to that of some other disasters we have seen in LBT already (e.g. storms with flying debris). One thing I'm wondering about is whether or not a heat-wave would actually exclude the possibility of a hailstorm. Hailstorms can occur in summer (though I don't know for sure if they could occur during an actual heat-wave). It could be a somewhat "bitter" scene if during a heat-wave the dinosaurs spot clouds in the sky and while joyfully expecting some blessed rain they are suddenly showered with particles of solid ice.

PS: I'm going to change the thread's title from "The Land Before Time XV" to "Heatwave or Hailstorm?" to make the title less misleading and more to the point of this thread.

JBJB1029 · **Reply #12 on:** April 24, 2009, 10:01:58 AM

Quote from: Malte279,Apr 24 2009 on 04:09 AM

Both, I think, can make for an interesting element in a story. The main difference is that the hail storm would "erupt" within a short space of time and would be a disaster more easy to be "recognized" as such.
A heat-wave is in a sense a more "subtle" disaster (in spite of the fact that its effects can be much worse than that of a hail-storm). When some years ago (I think it was in 2003) a heat wave struck here in Europe the River Rhine became unnavigable because there was so low a tide. Wood-fires broke out (Portugal, Greece, and France being hit by it in particular) and more than 50,000 Europeans died from the immediate effects of the heat wave. Nevertheless it was not seen as as much of a disaster as for example an earthquake with a lesser number of victims would have been. Many (not all) of the victims of heat-stroke were older people who could stand the high temperatures less than the younger people could.
With regard to an LBT story a heat wave is tricky as it begins (macabre as it sounds) with "fair weather". If elements such as lacking water and wood-fires are included there is a strong risk of it being very repetitive of LBT 3 where all this was already there. It could be interesting (but would also have to be treated with great care) to have a character suffer a heat-stroke.
Imagine Littlefoot's grandfather suffering a heatstroke possibly while standing in the broad sunlight. Nobody could possibly move the huge longneck into the shadow to help him. One idea which I really like would be the reaction of Cera's father in such a situation. In spite of everything (his passivity in LBT 4 most notably) I think he kind of admires Littlefoot's grandfather (not to mention the fact that he owes him) and I could imagine that faced with the situation of Littlefoot's grandfather's life at peril and him being able to help he might go beyond himself by trying to get the shadow (and water) to grandpa if grandpa cannot be brought into the shadow or to the water.
As for the hail the effects would be similar to that of some other disasters we have seen in LBT already (e.g. storms with flying debris). One thing I'm wondering about is whether or not a heat-wave would actually exclude the possibility of a hailstorm. Hailstorms can occur in summer (though I don't know for sure if they could occur during an actual heat-wave). It could be a somewhat "bitter" scene if during a heat-wave the dinosaurs spot clouds in the sky and while joyfully expecting some blessed rain they are suddenly showered with particles of solid ice.

PS: I'm going to change the thread's title from "The Land Before Time XV" to "Heatwave or Hailstorm?" to make the title less misleading and more to the point of this thread.

You didn't mention your opinion on one part of the post (It's in bold), If a Hailstorm does win the poll, then we got to make it so the first one threatens them (like in this film here) and gives one of the main characters a head injury (but finds the cure before the injury becomes fatal).