The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Topic started by: thelonedinosaur27 on November 25, 2014, 09:38:10 PM
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Hello guys, I have some great news for you all, so please be sure to do me the courtesy to read what I have to say here. I've decided its time to release this interview in celebration of the new Jurassic Park trailer releasing. First, a bit of a backstory.
I am a long time fan of The Land Before Time. I grew up watching them. Even the sequels, which, you either like them, or you don't. I actually really enjoy most of the songs too. I've always wanted to be a voice actor/actor. Recently, I managed to snag a phone interview with the voice of Ducky since the fifth film, Aria Curzon. How did this happen? Well basically, I was going through a really tough breakup during the summer of this year (2014). I listened to LBT songs online one night to cheer me up, (I'd often listen to Disney type songs to help me sleep). When listening to 'Always there', I had a major breakdown and began crying. In fact, I can't listen to that particular song without tearing up. It has such an emotional connection to me. Anyways, I started researching the cast and eventually found that Aria had a Gofundme campaign for her current acting endeavors. I donated. And I in turn requested an interview. It took a couple months for me to actually do the interview, but it was worth it.
Ok, this is where it gets serious. I'm going to give you guys a link to the interview. Its about 25 minutes long, but there are pictures to go along with the interview, so as to have something to look at if need be. Theres also a table of contents which has time frames in the video to topics we talk about. If I sound nervous interviewing her, its because I was. I have a lot of respect for her and I'm still in touch with her to this day. I was talking to the voice of a character I grew up with, and was basically in shock the whole interview. I'm really in shock at one point when, yes, she accidentally spills the beans on the development of a new LBT.
Heres what I don't want. I don't want this to get out to the whole world. I don't want everyone blabbing to CNN or whatever about this - keep it to yourself. The fact is, Universal (or whoever is in charge right now) hasn't decided to announce this for real yet, so please respect that by not shouting it to the world. Yes, be excited, be happy there will be a new film, for the new generation, but don't make this spiral out of control in the animation community. Ok, I'm trusting everyone here, and after watching, we can all discuss this further with speculation, hopes for the new film, predictions, and all that good stuff. As a new member of this community, I will be participating in this discussion to the best of my ability.
Without further a due, here is the interview:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqgfMFR4O4w (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqgfMFR4O4w)
I expect this board to blow up after this, since this is the biggest news we have AT ALL in regards to the future of the franchise.
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I expect this board to blow up after this, since this is the biggest news we have AT ALL in regards to the future of the franchise.
Expect me to as soon as this is official! I think I'm gonna scream if that's the case :wow
THANKS for letting us know. This is the best news I heard since I joined the place almost two years ago...
On a slightly different note... welcome to the GoF! :lol
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Thanks, glad to be here, and hoping for a confirmation from the studio soon.
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lonedinosaur27: :blink: :) Wow! you got to talk to Aria herself? That is AMAZING! :) I'm very happy you were able to!
By the way, it's been 7 years since the last Land Before Time movie, "The Wisdom of Friends", which was released on November 27, 2007. Exactly 7 years ago to the date of this post, in fact.
This thread *really* gives us some future food for thought, anyway. :)
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Great, hope it is true.
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Good point about the Wisdom of Friends being 7 years old exactly. Thats why I'm glad we're getting something new finally.
Oh, its true. Aria talks about it twice during the interview. Towards the very end of the interview I asked her for more details but she couldn't spill the beans on anything more (except that she reprized her role as Ducky and that the voice of Littlefoot is obviously different than before.)
I just hope that the film isn't COMPLETELY kiddish and that it has some stuff in there for adults and fans of the original to appreciate. But I fear it may be a cash grab and nothing more. I hope not, but in any case I'll be watching it since Aria told me the songs were pretty good.
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I hope they get a good script writer, a good director and such. The best is if they write it so that the whole family and all ages can enjoy it and get stuff. Like some stuff that kids miss adults may get.
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Oh, its true. Aria talks about it twice during the interview. Towards the very end of the interview I asked her for more details but she couldn't spill the beans on anything more (except that she reprized her role as Ducky and that the voice of Littlefoot is obviously different than before.)
I just hope that the film isn't COMPLETELY kiddish and that it has some stuff in there for adults and fans of the original to appreciate. But I fear it may be a cash grab and nothing more. I hope not, but in any case I'll be watching it since Aria told me the songs were pretty good.
This is very cool news to hear. I hope the plot isn't totally babyish. I hope the plot is decently written. I'm glad that there's a possibility that the yellowbellies may no longer mark the end of the movie series.
Jeff Bennett and Tress Macneille are still around acting strong today, so, of course I would expect to see Petrie and his mom, as well as Ducky's mom, too.
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Lol read this topic several times but just don't know what to say, or think really :lol
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I can only repeat what others have been saying about this new development. This is indeed very exciting news. I'm quite looking forward to this new project. :yes
On another note (and I'm surprised no one else has brought this up yet), I can only inspect that much of the voice cast will return for this, but I wonder who will replace Grandpa Longneck and Topps (considering both of their former voice actors are now dead)? Not to mention, the narrator... I guess we'll see as the news come in. ;)
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Yeah, the narrator was always a big part of the films. Its going to be weird without him.
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@Anonymous Person- Ah, I didn't think about that...I'm curious to see what they do with the characters now.
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Oh good to hear this. Just hope they learn from their mistakes from the 13th film, and make it less childish.
And I would be happy if it had no songs for ones.
I also PERSONALLY hope they get a new voice for Cera (as I'm PERSONALLY not so keen on her current VA as I said in my Cera voice poll, she sounds too old for my liking,), preferably kid actress like in the first film... They'll have to get new VA's for Littlefoot (and Chomper if he's in it,) as the kid actors that voiced them in the TV show will be way too old to reprise the roles now. I do hope they re-hire Petrie and Spike's VAs though.
Also like The Anonymous Person said, they'll have to get new voice actors to do Grandpa long neck and the old fart Topsy, as their VA's are no longer with us...
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I also PERSONALLY hope they get new voices for Cera and Ducky (as I'm PERSONALLY not so keen on their current VAs as they sound too old for my liking,), preferably kid actors like in the first film...
Remember who we got the word from in the first place... ;) Concerning Ducky, your wish won't be granted but there's the possibility of Cera getting a new VA but then again... why? Her VA since LBT 5 was perfectly fine if you ask me :)
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Remember who we got the word from in the first place... ;) Concerning Ducky, your wish won't be granted but there's the possibility of Cera getting a new VA but then again... why? Her VA since LBT 5 was perfectly fine if you ask me :) [/QUOTE]
:bang Argh crud! Well if it were me I would re-cast both if them. Well in that case I hope Cera at least get a new voice, cause as I've said before I'm not soo keen on Cera's 2nd VA. Got nothing against the actress (heck she and Ducky's current VA have worked on loads of my other favourite media growing up) But I think she was too old to do Cera in the first place, it sounds more like a generic moody teenager. I liked Cera better when she sounded like a tough tomboyish kid.
This is just my opinion.. Please don't judge me...
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That's quite a shock/surprise/etc... I thought LBT was completely abandoned & stuck on copyright grounds etc to Universal or such. LBT 14... not sure what I would expect after 7 years from that (lame) last movie, but I'm looking forward to seeing something new finally whatever it would be.
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Concerning if there will be songs in the new film, for whoever mentioned it, of course. In the interview thats how the new one got brought up in the first place. We were talking about songs in the films before she mentioned the new one.
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Also ( well just wishful thinking again but anyway) I would like it if they reused James Horner's music from the first film again like in the early sqeuals. To me it doesn't sound dated, and it gave the films a similar feel the first film has. I don't like it when media reuses footage or voice clips. But with reuseing music it's different. Why waste good music is what I think. And the first film score is a LOT better then that crappy background music we had in the TV show.
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hello darkness, my old friend (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D8iaAsxURsU)
So, uh...this is interesting. I've certainly lost the interest I once had in the series as I got a bit older, but, I will say that I'm...pretty hella excited. It may take a while, but I'll definitely be keeping my eyes peeled. Pretty interesting.
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If this is true it's gonna be so awesome to see LBT return! They'll probably butcher it like they did LBT 13, but hey we can always hope right? LBT is a great series and I would be the first in line to buy the Blu-Ray (or whatever digital content comes in the highest quality) right away! Might give me the chance to get some good desktop backgrounds. Since my highest quality source is DVD (640x480), I'd welcome a truly high quality screenshot to use as my wallpaper again. Unfortunatley it's not 2007 anymore and technology has kinda left LBT behind in the dust. I've haven't used an LBT wallpaper in a long time because of the lack of high resolution images. I don't want a blurry wallpaper. :p
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is thee a title for this new film? Usually we have a "no 14th film" discussion ruule, but if this is official then we will adjust accordingly.
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Sounds like if it is true it may be in the production but not announced yet stage. If I recall correctly most western animation do the voice work before the animation and japan does the animation before voice work. So if it is true they could be either recording the voice work of the various voice actors, or working on the animation. And from what I've seen of how we made this most voice work is done alone. Though the voice actors do prefer having other voice actors in the recording booth with them.
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is thee a title for this new film? Usually we have a "no 14th film" discussion ruule, but if this is official then we will adjust accordingly.
I think in the past it often was the case that the planning of an LBT movie was announced before the title was published.
The rule was to keep LBT 14 discussions in the one thread pinned at the top of this section in order to prevent the spread of unfounded rumors.
I suggest that we limit ourselves to that thread while we don't have any more information (so most of what can be said about LBT 14 would be speculative) and start with more individual LBT 14 threads once we get more concrete material to discuss.
I think the information that there are plans can be seen as official with the statements in the interview and the reference on the other page (it is similar to the first bits of news we received in case of other LBT publications).
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(http://i61.tinypic.com/dcfwab.jpg)
This is too good to be true.
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Interesting replies guys. Lol, Bruton :lol
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The fact that Aria herself said this to me is confirmation enough for me. Universal just hasn't said anything yet. I wonder when they will. I can totally see this being an out of the blue Christmas direct to DVD release with little to no good promotion/marketing. I hope they take their time though and market it well.
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Well, this is a welcome surprise. I hope that with animation taking more risks these days, that it'll be good. I also hope for kid actors like in the original. If anyone should return, though, it should be Jeff Bennett as Petrie and Raphael as Spike. Oh... oh, this means no more Kenneth Mars as Grandpa Longneck and no more John Ingle as Daddy Tops.
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They'll have to recast some roles. But it happens.
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Hello:
Although I admit this whole news comes because of a happy accident, I think we shouldn't allow the excitement to cloud our eyes, because even if she got that information, there is still no official news about it and who knows if something happens that may get the project cancelled as it has happened with other projects before.
But still, it is news that has surely gave new lights to this forum :DD .
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The fact that Aria herself said this to me is confirmation enough for me. Universal just hasn't said anything yet. I wonder when they will. I can totally see this being an out of the blue Christmas direct to DVD release with little to no good promotion/marketing. I hope they take their time though and market it well.
Huh, doing a Beyonce with LBT? That would be cool! :smile
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Would anyone care to *see* as well as hear Aria in a webcam interview?
Earlier today, I found this. It's a *long* 1 hour and 20 minute video of Aria doing a webcam interview with 2 other people that took place earlier this year. You can actually watch her talk, answer their questions, and everything.
Here's a link to it: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b2xFrcu6UE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b2xFrcu6UE)
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I knew about that interview already. But mine focused more on LBT, not Adventures in Odyssey like that one.
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My face when I saw this:
(http://i1302.photobucket.com/albums/ag122/somerandomfangirl/Shocked-Doctor_zpse6f12d6e.png) (http://s1302.photobucket.com/user/somerandomfangirl/media/Shocked-Doctor_zpse6f12d6e.png.html)
THIS IS FANTASTIC NEWS! I don't know what else to say. I just hope it's not like LBT 13 again and bit more like the earlier sequels/original film. Well, I guess beggars can't be choosers. I'm just glad that we might be getting another film!
Now, excuse me while I proceed to do my happy dance.