The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => 1988 Theatrical Release => Topic started by: action9000 on December 23, 2005, 08:10:55 PM
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About a month ago or so, I left a LBT wallpaper on my computer's desktop, when a few of my close friends came over to my house for the night, just to play games/hang out. now, let me first say that these two guys have been my best, most understanding, supportive friends all throughout high school, and even right now.
Anyways, when my friends arrived, they looked at my wallpaper, and just gave me this....look: :blink: - <_<
It wasn't a big deal, but it was just funny. Then they started joking with me about "I see you have a soft spot, :P:" just jokingly.
Whereas my other friend just got up and asked what the hell that was doing on my desktop; non-threatening, but just the idea that I knew he couldn't respect it for what it was.
In my experience, my female friends have been much more accepting when it came to my interest in the LBT series, than my male friends, who just think i'm nutz :p
So I'm just wondering, what have your experiences been when your good friends learned of your strong interest in the LBT Series? Have they "converted" to enjoying it as well? Have they accepted it, ridiculed you, abandoned you? How has LBT been when it came to your real-world (non-online) friends?
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Difficult question for me.
I'm afraid the truth is that my best friends are LBT friends yet none of them lives closer than several hundred miles from me :cry
Don't get me wrong. I don't have a serious problem with people yet a problem I may have. I'm getting along well with literally everybody. I like the people and the people like me.
But if it comes to really close friendships to friendships that were at least remotely similar to the friendships from the land before time, I'm afraid I have not any such close friends around. Maybe I'm a little lost in reverie too often. I don't mean to say that I have a messed up sense for reality. I certainly don't I'm fully capable of making a difference between real live and the rest.
Yet I may be too much into my own world. Too much into what was, and what will be, or what is going on on thousands of miles apart. Not ready to share my ivory tower with anybody of whom I don't know for sure that he or she is an affinity.
I never made a secret of my favor for the land before time and save from a few surprised or sceptical looks without further consequences it never did me any harm not to hide it.
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Depends on if you mean friends we had in high school, college, beyond college, etc....
High school - never knew, never told since they had no real interest in dinosaurs
College - they know I have the soundtrack and I've watched the first; they don't really care, and its not like I'm ridiculed for it
Beyond college (other friends of the family, etc.) - not sure if they know; my mom and sisters certainly know
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I think the beauty of my situation is that the majority of the guys and gals I speak to are in the same place as me. They grew up with movies like LBT just like I did. It makes great conversation at social gatherings and the like LOL :) Mind you, I never uttered a word about my love for LBT whilst I was at school. That sort of thing was grounds for immediate taunting and bullying sad to say! :( But at uni, it's a great thing to say coz you find a lot of people are into their own little "personal pleasures". My housemate admits he has, as action9000 put it, "a bit of a soft spot" for retro games like Super Mario LOL :DD But it is true that the girls seems to be more understanding than the boys about this sorta thing. Just as a joke, I'm with a university sporting society and when the president (a girl), found out about my LBT collection I had stashed in my room at uni, she entitled me "Littlefoot" and I've even got it as my name on my training uniform! :D
The ladies are much more understanding but I think age also has a certain amount of value to it too ;)
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I've seen the training shirt myself, few people know I like LBT so I keep it that way the most of the time. my classmates know of it since I listen to it on my headphone MP3 player. they think it odd but like David said, 'Everyone like what they like. it way people are.' Like a person in the class Like PokÈmon still and another with Mario brothers. mainly Yohsi I might add :p
-Threehorn
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Some of the my friends also like LBT, still, and some of them don't. They all know i like still the series, though, but none of the ones who aren't interested don't really care.
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There is that idiot at my school that thinks LBT and all who enjoy it will find a place in hell with their name on it.
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And you care about that enough to even think about it? :huh:
"Religious believes" seem to twist in strange turns if they are meant to support the own aversions against something or somebody.
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...My friends...don't even know yet...
:lol
I just always kept it secret since it's so personal lol
However once my friend said something to me like "I don't really hate The Land Before Time" or something like that.
I know there's a weak spot somewhere in him :P:
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If only I ever discovered such a "weak spot" among people around me :(
They don't hate it, but they don't love it either, and they probably consider me somewhat peculiar for my interest in it. Once a fellow student at the university watched me drawing an LBT picture and asked me why I didn't draw anything more "masculine". Having seen the stuff he is drawing I knew what he meant :rolleyes:
He is not a bad guy, certainly not, but just like about everyone else around here he won't ever understand my favor for LBT. There really seems be no LBT fan closer than some hundred miles to me. Makes me almost jealous when I hear people from elsewhere talk about their friends many of whom seem to be strong LBT fans. There seems to be a higher percentage of LBT fans in some countries. While Australia has less than a fourth as many inhabitants as Germany I found about three times as many LBT fans there.
Anyway.
No one has to be alone in this world we live in
You don't need to fear...
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...My friends...don't even know yet...
I just always kept it secret since it's so personal
I sort of have three groups of friends.
Group 1 consists of myself, and two other guys my age. We're all very close, but we have a hard time finding time to do anything. Eventually, the three of us want to try to split the cost of a place, once we're closer to completed our educations, which will be awesome :DD
This group does Not know about my LBT interest, the fact that I'm working on a few LBT midi projects (one of my friends is wondering what I'm doing with all my time, since I'm not currently working on a project that the three of us have set out to do :rolleyes: )or even that fact that I OWN all of the films (they do know I own the original on both VHS and DVD, but they've decided to accept that, more or less). I honestly don't know how they'd react if they found all 10 sequels sitting in my room, gift packs and all :p.
It wouldn't be a huge deal, but it would be a bit of a "storytime!" moment, to quote one of my friends whenever something story-worthy comes up in conversation. :lol I don't plan to mention it out-loud, but if they find out, I can certainly explain it to them. I tend to keep my LBT interest more hidden from this group. Ironic, since I am closer to them than I am to any other group.
Group 2 consists of two other guys, who are aquiantences of my friends in group 1. Both of these guys know of my interest in LBT, and one of them (screenname tobeysan, who made this photoshopped picture) has critiqued my midi projects from time to time, including my LBT ones. I have sent him copies of all the LBT songs, and a few screenshots, one of which, he used for this photoshop project. He doesn't own any of the movies himself, but we have watched a few at my house, when we're really bored, or I wanted to show him an interesting section. The other guy in this group respects my liking of LBT, yet has little input on the topic. I'm pretty sure he thinks it's dumb, but he at least respects it.
Group 3 is Everyone in my circle of friends, combined, working out to around 25-30 people (I can't even remember anymore). This group as a whole knows nothing of my LBT interest, or projects, and I don't really plan to tell many of them.
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Sometimes I wonder about things like this...I mean...love for something that you cherish from a childhood era is nothing to be ashamed of yet...it is a subject that (speaking generically) a lot of us find we should be kept taboo. Obviously there are fears of becoming outcasted by fellow peers and others around the same age grouping but really...it's not something that should be locked away to remain hidden from the world. There are plenty of other things you could get into that would get you into a hell of a lot more trouble and the way kids of this modern society are going about it, it looks like they are more likely to go out and be destructive and try out stuff that'll see them either dramatically shortening their life expectancy or see them in a concrete block for a good long time...sad that they have to take that route in life but hey...Each to their own!
I have to admit, I'm much more open about letting people in on my love for LBT than I was before. During secondary school, not that many knew and those that did pieced the evidence together for themselves (seeing videos, sketches in my room etc.). Embarassingly enough in most cases, in one of my uni's video editting labs, a friend of mine was looking through my album list of my iPod and she openly said to the whole lab that I had the LBT soundtrack on there. She didn't mean to announce it to every other person sitting the lab (she had the volume up too high and shouted it by accident LOL :slap ) but as soon as eyes turned my way...I just shrugged and said, "Hey! So I'm into stuff from my kiddy days! Big whoop!" Saying that, the guys that I was actually working with all smiled and nodded and started remembering sections of the original movie from when they watched it as kids.
So to me, this really isn't a subject I find too damaging to talk about openly. Maybe it's because I have people I can talk to who can relate to my love for LBT despite them not actually being as close to it as me. Again...each to their own I say! :^.^:
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but as soon as eyes turned my way...I just shrugged and said, "Hey! So I'm into stuff from my kiddy days! Big whoop!" Saying that, the guys that I was actually working with all smiled and nodded and started remembering sections of the original movie from when they watched it as kids.
Wow that must be a day you'll never forget :lol: I wish I was you :DD
But anyway you're absolutly right! I shouldn't have to keep this all bottled up in me...
Whoa o.o' *takes deep breath* :lol
I couldn't just flat out tell my friend "I like Land Before Time". It just doesn't work that way :P:
I know, I'll leave a wallpaper on my computer :lol:
Friend walks in
Friend sees wallpaper
Friend: ...
Me: ...
Friend: ...
Me: ...sup
:lol
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I know, I'll leave a wallpaper on my computer
Friend walks in
Friend sees wallpaper
Friend: ...
Me: ...
Friend: ...
Me: ...sup
LOL :lol
Ahh, I did that Exact thing by accident one day a few months ago, with main group '1' (see my post above). One of them just gave me a big * <_< shrug :blink: * with a confused look on his face. The other brought up what I said in the first post, about a "soft spot." It was actually kind of funny :p
I've noticed that the general trend is this:
People are generally very accepting of us liking/respecting the original movie, since it is a classic, by the big-time producers, it was a masterpiece of the time, etc etc. People generally liked the original.
The problems with acceptance, and peer issues, tend to start when we expose our interest in the sequels. Generally, people saw the sequels as Very weak, very childish ripoffs of the original, and few people have the same respect for them.
I think many of my friends know I liked the original LBT film, however only a certain few know I have, and enjoy, all of the sequels. That fact simply doesn't feel as easy to be open about.
By the way, I still keep a LBT wallpaper on my desktop (a screenshot from LBT 6, actually), but no one knows its origin. It's a very indistinct scene from the film, with just landscape, and no clear characters in it.
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It's a very indistinct scene from the film, with just landscape, and no clear characters in it.
heh :lol must look quite interesting to people who aren't familiar with the movies :P:
btw, how do you take a screenshot? I always thought there was a certain camera you buy that plugs into the tv or something and when you click the button it saves the snapshot to the camera so you can maybe implement it onto your comp somehow?
Or do you guys just stick a camera up to the screen? :blink: :lol
There are so many shots I want to take of Littlefoot at certain moments :P:
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If you have the dvds, you can go download a nice little program called VLC media player. If you can get the dvd to play in it (doesn't always work because companies manufacture the dvds differently <_< ) you can take screen captures with that program. Its free.
A no hassle solution is Power DVD, but you need to pay for that one.
For VCR, you'll need a capture card to plug in the appropriate analog cables and some type of capture program.
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I have three ways I can make screenshots: Normally I use method 2-a, for convenience.
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I have a DVD drive on my computer, so I just put the DVD in and play it. My software DVD player (it came with my DVD drive when I bought it) includes a function where it will write the image being played on the screen, into a picture file (a screenshot). This just saves wherever I tell it to, and I can use this picture for whatever I want.
2) I have a program called "Magic DVD Ripper"
I can insert a DVD into my computer and use this program to make the movie into a AVI (a movie) file of whatever quality I choose. This process takes a LONG time though (about 12 hours for a high-quality rip, even for an 1.5 hour-long movie). Over the course of a week or so, I ripped all 11 LBT DVDs to my hard drive (take up a total of around 9.2 GB of space on my hard drive).
2-a)Now, I can just load an AVI file inst a media player called "VLC media player" (Roger Rabbit would highly recommend it as well. It has a screenshot function, and it can play anything :D ). You can use Winamp or whatever you want, but screenshotting is easiest in VLC. Simply play the AVI file in VLC, and press the screenshot button in the program, to instantly write that frame of the movie into a picture file. You can tell VLC where to save the pictures to.
2-b ) If you don't want to use VLC, but you still want screenshots, here's how you can do it with Winamp or Windows Media Player:
Copy the DVDs into AVI files as I mentioned in method 2-a. Play the AVI file in your media player. When you want to take a screenshot, make sure the window displaying the movie, is the active window (the program on top of all the other programs), hold Alt on your keyboard and press the "Print Screen" key (may be labeled "prtscrn", "print" "printscr" or something similar). This will copy the image in the movie window.
Now, open any image editing program (even Paint will work) and hit Paste.
An image should come up. Use this program to crop (if needed) and save the picture.
I hope this helps!
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*snickers*
Beat ya. :lol:
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Oh, for the record, I could never get Windows Media Player to ever do a screen capture like you said. Piece of junk that hogs memory. That's why I deleted it from my computer.
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*snickers*
Beat ya. :lol:
Bah :lol Well, I had to type more, so there :lol
Anyways, yes, for WIndows Media Player, I assumed it would work. Alt-printscreen works in Every program I have Ever tried it in, including my memory-hogging audio production software, which can eat as much as 3GB of RAM/virtual memory (and I have screenshots to prove this :p ) That's very surprising that you couldn't get it to work on Windows Media Player. Ah well, there are Plenty of alternatives out there. I can't say I Ever use Windows Media Player for anything. Winamp is smaller and is easier to work with for most media, and VLC is a Very nice video (and audio, if you like) player
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Thanx guys that really helps :P: now just gotta figure out a way to get every movie on dvd :lol
Well I have the Invasion of the Tinysauruses on dvd, sure I can find some good shots of Littlefoot :lol:
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A no hassle solution is Power DVD, but you need to pay for that one.
Heh, that's the one I have :P: unless you mean you have to pay to get a screenshot command or something? :blink:
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I have powerDVD as well, and the screenshot function is built right into it, as far as I have seen.
I'll see if I can find where that button is
brb. :lol
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Look at my screenshot. That button is your screenshot one.
Also, the reason I said the part about payment is because you can only buy Power DVD. I don't think they offer a trial version anymore.
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Uuhh ok well I found the button :P: wasn't hard at all lol but where do the screenshots go? I took like tons of them (using the c key since it said that was the shortcut) but I can't find where they landed :lol
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Well, I *think* by default, the pictures will either end up in your Documents and Settings\(user account)\My Documents\My Pictures folder but don't quote me on that. Best thing to do would be to search using Windows Explorer for any picture files modified in the last day or so....you should find them. ;)
There are ways to change where they go, or you can decide to leave them where they end up. You see my screenshot again....there a little icon further to the right of the one I circled and it looks like hammer. Click that.
On the tab that says "Player Setting" there should be an Advanced button near the bottom...click that. Then you should see a bunch of tabs and one says "Snapshot". You want to capture to file, and pick your location. That's all there is to it. :yes
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Uuhh ok I hope this isn't bad but it's on capture to clipboard. Will I still be able to access the ones I already took? :unsure:
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If you had it set to "capture to clipboard" then no. They're long gone :(
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I'm surprised that would be the default setting. :o :o
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Yea, that's ugly. easy enough to fix, though (Like we talked about on MSN, Littlefoot)
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action9000 I must say those songs are amazing :P: well I've heard the bestest friends one before obviously lol but that If We Hold on Together with Littlefoot and Ducky. O.O', it's just so...nice lol heh I had it on repeat while playing Silkroad :lol:
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back on topic...
nop no one gives me any trouble for my interest of LBT. and they know better too! one time this guy was giving me trouble cause I liked power rangers (the first series mind you. I never really cared about the newer ones I was in to the very first power rangers) I grown out of it today. but I still LOVE LBT and now if someone gives me a problem well you know.
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and now if someone gives me a problem well you know.
I don't know. What do you mean?
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I think he means "Kick the person's a$$". If I'm reading it correctly.
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that would work I guess.
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I'm sure that makes LBT fans better than people who turn violent against LBT fans because they dislike LBT (sarcasm).
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I'm sure that makes LBT fans better than people who turn violent against LBT fans because they dislike LBT (sarcasm).
huh? can you put that in english?
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I think he means "Kick the person's a$$". If I'm reading it correctly.
Oh really? I thought he was just going to have a tantrum in the corner... :lol
Anyhow... Most of my friends don't actually know I'm part of this form, not that I'm worried how they'll judge me. Since no one ever asks, so there's no reason to tell them.
(Side Note: I have this friend named action9000 that I still haven't disowned for liking LBT :P: )
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Side Note: I have this friend named action9000 that I still haven't disowned for liking LBT :P:
That would have made you a little hypocritical now, if you chose to anyways, and I know how you hate hypocrits :p
huh? can you put that in english?
Alright. Malte is comparing violence towards LBT fans to violence towards the fans of any other series. If LBT fans are violent to LBT-non fans, we are no better than non-LBT fans who are violent to LBT fans. Also, if we are violent to fans of other shows, characters, etc. we are no better than those whom we tire of, who give us trouble for being LBT fans. It works both ways and we Must respect that if we want respect as well.
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oh ok. well he was giving me trouble and I was young at the time so.
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WOW :blink: ! action9000 turned green!
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school friends don't know they dislike it although there is one that i think he likes lbt i'm not sure though few know i like lbt
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Some of my friends used to watch it when they were kids but just never really got hocked =p Some have never heard of it
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Some have never heard of it
IS that possible? :o
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Sure is....depends on who the person is, plus NewOrder is in Portugal, and I've no idea how well its marketed there.
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While the huge majority of people over here will know LBT at least by name or cover there are a few who don't.
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My comment was partially a joke, Roger. I figure that there are some places that don't know about it, but probably not many. Most people I know have seen at least one sequel and the original movie at least once. The others know about it, at least.
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im not honestly sure if my friend likes it or not =/ to the tell the truth
I never really brought it up in our converastions
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The majority of my friends all know it purely because we all grew up in the era when LBT was first released. Although, as shocking and unbelievable as it may seem, there are people I've spoken to who have never heard of LBT :o Amazing I know! But still, I think it was just a fleeting moment for my friends at the time. It was a hype then, like most interest with new release, the hype faded out and everyone looked forward to the next big one. I guess that for some of us, it caught us in a way that just kept us interested. Nothing wrong with that! Everyone's passionate about something...this just happens to be ours! ;)
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The majority of my friends are also huge fans of animation, thankfully...however, most of them generally like anime over such classices as LBT, Balto, TLK, etc (all movies I adore. TLK = The Lion King, for those who might not know ;)). I think I'm sometimes thought of as weird for enjoying cartoon animal movies more than drooling over "cute anime guys" (never saw the huge thing with that. :huh:)
For the most part, my friends respect me for what I enjoy, although I can't really chatter to them about some of my obsessions. Another note is that most of my friends are online, and the one who's close enough to me in person just really isn't interested in the same kind of animation (again, anime fan), although she too respects my interests...it's just that we usually wind up talking about her obsessions a lot more than mine. <_<
Sometimes that's all you can really get...although I have felt the odd person out a few times when everyone chatters about anime guys and no one has enough liking for the american animation or animal movies to talk about those. as strange as it is, I think a good majority of people view japanese animation as more mature than american animation. :rolleyes: I like anime too, don't get me wrong...but there's not too many animes that center around the types of characters I like the most: animals. (and another note, I disagree with that 'american animation is for kids only' viewpoint. :mad )
Not sure what else to say here, but it's lovely to have a place like this to talk, eh?
Akiko
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The majority of my friends are also huge fans of animation, thankfully...however, most of them generally like anime over such classices as LBT, Balto, TLK, etc (all movies I adore. TLK = The Lion King, for those who might not know ;)). I think I'm sometimes thought of as weird for enjoying cartoon animal movies more than drooling over "cute anime guys" (never saw the huge thing with that. :huh:)
For the most part, my friends respect me for what I enjoy, although I can't really chatter to them about some of my obsessions. Another note is that most of my friends are online, and the one who's close enough to me in person just really isn't interested in the same kind of animation (again, anime fan), although she too respects my interests...it's just that we usually wind up talking about her obsessions a lot more than mine. <_<
Sometimes that's all you can really get...although I have felt the odd person out a few times when everyone chatters about anime guys and no one has enough liking for the american animation or animal movies to talk about those. as strange as it is, I think a good majority of people view japanese animation as more mature than american animation. :rolleyes: I like anime too, don't get me wrong...but there's not too many animes that center around the types of characters I like the most: animals. (and another note, I disagree with that 'american animation is for kids only' viewpoint. :mad )
Not sure what else to say here, but it's lovely to have a place like this to talk, eh?
Akiko
Could not agree more with you. Heck I get flat our well um how shall i say a fair bit beyond ticked when i see some animated film not get the credit it deserves. There have been so many animated films that should have at the very least got nominated for best film or best actrress or actor. Instead they get nominated for best animated film of the year or best actress in a voice over role. Its iritating to me to see this happen. Ive been in irc chats the chat with the stars things once was in one for a animated film that just aired on tv and got a question in for once (with out waitign till it was over and soem stars etc sneak back in to see who stayed then they do no want to talk about their role et) Any how i asked wich wwas harder voice over roles such as in this filmm or live action. Answer was voice oer roles.
In japan they make do not consider it any diffrent to do a voice over compared to live action. In many respects the more sought after roles can often be the voice over part. We see tons and tons of animated fetures get no respect at all. Corse its easy for any given animated film to take a animated film award home as ooops theres far fewer per year made because ooops they take longer to make.
As for fan of animation well i like any and all of it always have always will. Well ok i dont like the looney toon style of animation.
While its true american animation tends to be marketed towards kids by the media look at any of bluths work old disney as well. Theres are not films ment just for the kids but for the enitre family. Land before time is a tricky little film as a kid watchign it you wont pick up on alot of its deapth late ron how ever you relize theres alot about the film that you dont really notice as a kid watching it.
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There is that idiot at my school that thinks LBT and all who enjoy it will find a place in hell with their name on it.
I know the type. Many of these sorts of people are the ones who trolled the imdb boards espeically the first films boards and judith barsis board. During the 3 months i was gone all hell broke loose. Some bozo started attacking nacnybratt who was juddiths tutor and nany back in the day. Calling her such choice things as a pedophile. She darin and half a dozen others spent alot of time getting a fund raiser going to get judith and her mother maria head stones for their graves. For those who do not know judith was the voice of the first ducky she and her mother were murdered by her father in june of 88 shortly after judiths 10th birthday. I dotn go telling people i love this show but if they find out they find out. If some one ever says somethng like they did to nancy ill put em on the ground.
We all have our reasons for loveing this film some like me love it because its animation others litterly grew up with it.
Others see things in the land before time now that their older and relise you know this movie was never ment just for kids (also a reason i love this film series).
I know that some of you are in collage now for various media arts related studies ive seen some of the work you have done. Like defing gravity with petrie. I watched it the other day and bout had to go change my pants. I could not beleive how well done it was. Once i have net on my own comp i want the full scale non youtube vid of that. I loved the part where petire got tossed by the branch and landed right smack on the trex.
So you know what let the idiots have their laughs know and know that you or one of those here will be the ones getting th last laugh when you got a few mill in the bank.
Funny thing about adult animated family film fans they tend to end up being involved in the industry while those who think it is silly end up flipping burgers at the local fast food joint :)
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I agree with you there too, so many people don't even understand just how much work goes into an animated movie...even a ten minute animated cartoon is a load of work. It takes a combination of art and story to make a really great film. LBT, Balto, TLK...all these movies had those two things going for them: gorgeous animation and wonderful stories, emotion and feeling...a good story makes you feel for the characters, it makes you laugh, cry, etc. All of those movies did that for me.
It seems that now a days it's harder and harder to find a good animated movie with both the art and the story that'll touch people in that way. The majority of animated films coming out recently have all shared something in common: comedy. about animals. CGI. Personally, I like traditional animation much more...there's just something about it that CGI can't get right in my eyes, but I like it too...and it's honestly not the type of animation, but like I said, it takes a good storyline too.
Is it just me or are a lot of the animated movies today lacking the emotion of those I grew up with? It's been a long time since a movie gave me the same chills and emotions as the classics I saw as a kid. It's certainly not because I'm an adult, since I still get the same feelings from those classics, and the occasional gem that finds it's way into the theatres. I thought Brother bear was pretty good. ;) I would LOVE to see more trandtional animated movies with the same charm and emotion as our classics return to the movie theatres. :)
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I agree with you there too, so many people don't even understand just how much work goes into an animated movie...even a ten minute animated cartoon is a load of work. It takes a combination of art and story to make a really great film. LBT, Balto, TLK...all these movies had those two things going for them: gorgeous animation and wonderful stories, emotion and feeling...a good story makes you feel for the characters, it makes you laugh, cry, etc. All of those movies did that for me.
It seems that now a days it's harder and harder to find a good animated movie with both the art and the story that'll touch people in that way. The majority of animated films coming out recently have all shared something in common: comedy. about animals. CGI. Personally, I like traditional animation much more...there's just something about it that CGI can't get right in my eyes, but I like it too...and it's honestly not the type of animation, but like I said, it takes a good storyline too.
Is it just me or are a lot of the animated movies today lacking the emotion of those I grew up with? It's been a long time since a movie gave me the same chills and emotions as the classics I saw as a kid. It's certainly not because I'm an adult, since I still get the same feelings from those classics, and the occasional gem that finds it's way into the theatres. I thought Brother bear was pretty good. ;) I would LOVE to see more trandtional animated movies with the same charm and emotion as our classics return to the movie theatres. :)
Nope animated movies between when eisner took over disney till he left lacked any real heart. They were all about getting them hyped up by the media and makign money. Lets nt forget pixar was not goign to renew their contract with disney while eisner was at the helm. TLK was the best disney film ever made while eisner was there and even it pales compaired to land before time and pre eisner disney. Heres hoping the new ceo can do a better job with disney heck who knows maybe they can talk don in to doing another clasic hand drawn film :)
As for cgi i like it and well i do 3d art in 3d studio max my self. While it allows for short cuts in animating a film as you can make use of keyframes vs needing to raw each frame by hand a typical 3d model even ones like i do can take a couple 100 hours.
example the helmet in this forum post for rubies took me about 250 hours total from start to finish
http://www.eventide.net/forums/showflat.ph...ns&Number=94737 (http://www.eventide.net/forums/showflat.php?Cat=&Board=skins&Number=94737)
incase you need to register to view that forum heres a link to the finale ish product
http://spellbound-guild.com/rubiesmodels/n...f/gladhelm7.png (http://spellbound-guild.com/rubiesmodels/novasstuff/gladhelm7.png)
A model such as shrek likely hit the 1000+ hour mark easly
So while the animation part is faster the makign the model part takes longer.
Corse in hand drawn animation each chrector can take much much longer to finish all frames than a cgi model heh.
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Welcome back Akiko. :)
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Wow, that looks really great Novaflare! :blink: I could never do a CGI model like that, I'm awful at computer artwork; the most I've done are the occasional mouse drawn pictures in paint (like my icon) or little pixel avatars for a game called Furcadia. The helment turned out amazing, I can't even start to imagine doing the work that went into it...and I think that's half the problem with people and animation anymore, if people only knew just how much work goes into even the simpliest parts of animation, I think they'd give out a lot more awards to the hard working animators, voice actors, etc. ;)
Thanks Petrie, it's great to be here again, love this place. :)
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There is that idiot at my school that thinks LBT and all who enjoy it will find a place in hell with their name on it.
Same with me as well :(
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@Akiko
Well, there are people who are godly in Photoshop but awful in Paint.
It's just a question of experience and how long you worked on a program.
But then again, your avatar looks really amazing. And done in Paint really impressiv. :yes
@Topic
I haven't talked to my friends about LBT (yet).
But there was one I'm not sure about.
I was invited by a friend, I saw a picture of Ichty that was printed out.
Or it could be from his little brother/sister.
A few days then, I invited him to me. We were playing trading cards and my little brother was watching LBT 9. And my friend was watching it too when i wasn't looking. But we still played TCGs. He also was a bit sad when my brother turned off the TV in the middle of the movie.
So he may liked LBT too like me. But didnt asked him. :( -_-
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All my friends know I like it, only my close friends know I have every DVD and actually participate in a forum about it, but no one ever made fun of me, or looked at me differently because of this. I don't see what's the big deal with you guys, if there are such people, don't mind them.
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All my friends know I like it, only my close friends know I have every DVD and actually participate in a forum about it, but no one ever made fun of me, or looked at me differently because of this. I don't see what's the big deal with you guys, if there are such people, don't mind them.
yeah, first I must say I haven¥t got very much friends, but anyway. One of my bestest friends saw it at my desctop (A picture of littlefoot) but he didn¥t say anything about this. He know that I like it, yeah and he hasn¥t got anything against it.
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I haven't talked to my friends about LBT (yet).
But there was one I'm not sure about.
I was invited by a friend, I saw a picture of Ichty that was printed out.
Or it could be from his little brother/sister.
A few days then, I invited him to me. We were playing trading cards and my little brother was watching LBT 9. And my friend was watching it too when i wasn't looking. But we still played TCGs. He also was a bit sad when my brother turned off the TV in the middle of the movie.
So he may liked LBT too like me. But didnt asked him.
In exchange for having a person of my age with such promising signs of some interest in LBT nearby I might sacrifice my right hand (I'm lefty) :lol:
Really if there are so many encouraging signs you might want to drop a casual note such as: "Those movies are really not too bad", or a question like "Do you know the land before time?" To proceed like that would probably be the best way to encourage your friend to talk about his interest in LBT (if any) rather than provoking a denial by an outright question like: "Do you like the land before time?"
Also in case your friend turns out not to be interested in LBT you would not reveal your own interest too much (in case you are concerned about it) if you proceed with such a casual note or indirect question. At all events I want to encourage you not to ignore the possibility that your friend might be interested in LBT. A lot more could be missed by not trying to find out about it than could be lost by doing just that.
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In exchange for having a person of my age with such promising signs of some interest in LBT nearby I might sacrifice my right hand.
Same here, although I'd rather it be my left hand. Heck, take a toe as well, as long as it means finding a fellow LBT fan :D
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Luckily it was just a figure of speech ;)
Even if there was a land before time fan living nearby I don't see why he or she would require me to maim myself :lol
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Well, I've stuck away from this topic for some reason but now I'm ready to make a post.
Currently, there are 17 people at my school that I know of that know I like LBT. I met an old friend from school online and we got into a...complicated situation which needed immediate resolve. I just gave her my msn ID without thinking about it(landbeforetimelover@hotmail.com) :blink: Big mistake! I really didn't think she'd take it too well, but she did. At first, I lied to her and told her that it was my little brothers account (I don't have a brother and she knew it). she knew instantly that it was a lie. Anyways, she promised not to tell anyone and it was kept quite for a few weeks. Then, one of her friends had a serious computer problem and she gave her friend my msn ID without thinking about it. The other girl didn't mind either. Then she told one of her friends who was a little interested in me about my interest in LBT without my permission. She contacted me and it just went from there. That girl that was interested in me had a guy that had another computer problem and she gave him my msn ID as well. I just counted my contacts and I have 17 people from my school on the list. No one really made a big deal about it. I still am glad that I'm moving and I don't have to go to that school again next year. I just wanna play it safe. In conclusion, I was very surprised by how casually everyone took the news. I am very pleased that no one thought that I was a freak. :D
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Paranoid much, landbeforetimelover? I think you were making a mountain out of a molehill. Anyway, I'm glad that nothing came of it. You'll find most people don't care, unless you pop it in while they're around, then its a whole different story. :bang
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You'll find most people don't care, unless you pop it in while they're around, then its a whole different story. :bang
Yea, I know. One mention of LBT, you'll hear "Feh, I don't care," but the moment it blares up on the screen, "OMG U LYK LBT LOLOL XD UR A BABY!!111one," and that's when they get annoying. <_<
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You'll find most people don't care, unless you pop it in while they're around, then its a whole different story. :bang
Yea, I know. One mention of LBT, you'll hear "Feh, I don't care," but the moment it blares up on the screen, "OMG U LYK LBT LOLOL XD UR A BABY!!111one," and that's when they get annoying. <_<
I try to tell it someone not directly, that I like LBT. I say it to him only in a way, that bring him on the idea I like it. But how I said not directly. When I see for an example, that anyone in the internet or in the real life like LBT, or has something, which has to do with LBT, I ask him if he likes it. And if he sais yes, or: I liked it when I was younger, than I start to speak with him over LBT
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I try to tell it someone not directly, that I like LBT.
I don't even bother. Too many assholes around me that patronize me for it.
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I try to tell it someone not directly, that I like LBT.
I don't even bother. Too many assholes around me that patronize me for it.
I don¥t know what you excactly mean, did I say something wrong? Please explain me :unsure:
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No you didn't.
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No you didn't.
Well, .... okey <_<
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No, you didn't. I meant in my school. I apologize for any offense, Nimrod. :(