What bends your mind every time you think about it?

Many things regarding technology in general, but especially cell phones. The fact that, with a small rectangular mobile device, I can call someone and instantly talk to them, regardless of how far away they are, and even if they're all the way on the other side of the world.

Enchanted-Valley96: I do not, although I've known people who have it.

Loire:

Hey!!

Thanks for checking in. It's good to hear from you. I enjoyed our online encounters too.

I take it you're referring to the Seven Wonders? Alas, I have not visited any of them. I've been to some interesting places over the years in my travels, but not those ones specifically.

Enchanted-Valley96: A lot of things, really. Just about any food that I enjoy, I'd be willing to have for supper. Pizza, cheeseburgers, and chicken wings are among my favourite foods in general. But even something like eggs, bacon, and toast, a traditionally 'breakfast' meal, is something I'll have for supper once in a while.

Compsognathus: I do, yes. I'm only a casual furry at best myself, but I do like the fandom as a whole, and I do like cute furry creatures in general.

What are your top 3 LBT films?

Haha, well I've certainly heard that they tend to get a bad rap. I can't really say for myself because I haven't seen most of them. I saw the Aladdin and Lion King sequels when I was a kid, but I don't remember them all that well. In more recent years, I also saw Return to Never Land, which was okay, and Brother Bear 2, which was decent.

Lol, I still need to post my thoughts in here. I'll try and remember to do that soon.

Haha! And it took me another two-and-a-half years after my original post to finally get to it! Well hey, better late than never!

But yeah, I had commented on all of the showcases throughout 2019 and 2020. And then after that I fell off the wagon. Even though I'd still wanted to participate in the ones after that, but I got distracted with other things and just stopped for a while. Well, here I am now. I shall be picking up where I left off and gradually making my way through the remaining showcases.

1.  For many of us seeing Littlefoot's mother meet her end in the first film was a very emotional moment.  Do you remember your reaction to witnessing that scene for the first time?

The Land Before Time is something I can remember from my childhood and my family used to own the first film on VHS, so I have a multi-part answer to this question:

- While I can broadly remember the film from when I was a kid, I don't recall my first time seeing it, per say, and so I'm not exactly sure what my first-time reaction would've been to that scene. But I remember I liked the film and so chances are that I would've thought it was pretty emotional and sad.

- After childhood, I didn't see the movie again for a looooong time. Possibly around 18 years or so passed before I saw it again. My memories of it had grown rather scattered and distant by that point. Yet, Littlefoot's mother's passing was one of the few moments I could still remember well, and so the scene had clearly left an impression on me.

- And then of course when I finally rewatched the movie all those years later. And yes, I teared up when I saw it again.

2.  With the possible exception of Littlefoot's portion of "Always There" in the fifth film, the passing of Littlefoot's Mother and its effect of Littlefoot were only substantively covered in the first film.  Do you think this subject should be brought up again in any future film or television series?

I do think it should be brought up in any future stories, yes. Not only that, but I also wish it had been brought up in some of the previous sequels. It didn't need to be mentioned constantly or anything, but I do wish it'd been brought up more than it was. It would've added more emotional weight to some of the later stories.


A bit of a fun side note. Back in 2020, I was going through a rough patch and so I started seeing a counsellor (I am thankfully doing much better nowadays). During one of our sessions; I don't remember exactly how it first came up, but I mentioned I was a Land Before Time fan and we got into a conversation about it. This inspired my counsellor and so he told me that he was going to watch the original Land Before Time that upcoming weekend. Later at our next session, he told me he'd watched the movie with his wife, and him and I talked about the movie's themes and characters. I also told him how the movie has helped me cope with my own grief with some of my losses, since that was one of the things I'd been struggling with at the time. Even in the midst of my rough patch, talking about LBT with my counsellor is a nice memory I have.

Oh, okay. Honestly though, I can't recall speaking with any tourists in recent years, so I'm not sure what I'd think of to be the first thing to ask them.

I watched it a few times at my grandparents' house, though I don't remember it all that well. I do remember reading the first Redwall book though; that I can still remember fairly well. It was a good book.

Absolutely yes. Generally I prefer it when they have actual kids to voice child characters. Even though I understand why they use adults in some cases, since managing child actors isn't always easy. But if they can get a good child actor, then all the better. Even if the adult still does a good job at sounding young, often you can still sorta tell that the voice isn't actually coming from a real child.

I have, although "Miracle Man" is the only song of his that I'm familiar with.