The Gang of Five
The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Topic started by: f-22 "raptor" ace on July 15, 2006, 09:21:03 AM
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my favorite would have to be littlefoot my least favorite would have to be rinkus.
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My favorites would have to be the sharpteeth, specifically the dinosaurian types. Honestly, I don't care too much for the main characters. Does that make me anti-LBT?
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^^Seeing as how you actually enjoy the movies, hardly. :)
My fav, as many of you know, is Cera. :^.^:
I have yet to choose my least fav, so give me some time on that. -_-
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Seeing as how you actually enjoy the movies, hardly.
Well, I do like the sharpteeth and the beautiful backgrounds, though the songs tend to irritate me.
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Among the regulars: Littlefoot. Ali is my favorite among the guests and my least fav would be Itchy and Dil.
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I cannot name one favorite degrading all the other characters to "not-favorites". They all have their strengths and their faults and their lovable characteristic features.
Least favorite of all time: Spike. I think he really has nothing to do with the story unless it was the time when he first started to speak and when he saved Ducky. In my eyes, he is just a sybling who tagged along on a great undertaking.
I strongly disagree.
Spike has his way to communicate without words. There are many many scenes in which he does this. His one word in LBT 4 is by no means the only time in which he takes a strong influence on a story. To pick just another example from LBT 4, it is Spike whose trust into Ali makes Ducky, and Petrie (and ultimately Cera against whose opinion Spike stood up) follow Ali into the cave. In LBT 7 it is Spike who finally settles the argument about following or not following Ducky (with all his talking it is not Littlefoot who convinces Cera and Petrie). In LBT 8 Spike is kind of a central character and we do see him in a kind of dilema none of the others was confronted with (until Littlefoot got into a similar situation in LBT 10).
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My Fav always been Cera :) she has a good soul in sorts but bad temper. I like her for how she is :) Plus Triceratops is my fav dinosaur on my list.
For my Least fav it has to be.... well I can't think of any in their own terms they all good.
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Do I have to state my favorite? :lol
I'm not so sure about one being my least favorite, but I think I may actually agree with Nick22. Itchy and Dil were funny at some times, but their characters just weren't very appealing to me.
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Hmm, this is a tough one, for a number of reasons! First of all, the characters have changed so much from the sequels to the late sequels, especially Cera *grumble* (see my Cera rant from a few months ago for details).
In the original, it is extremely hard to choose a favorite character, as I found each dinosaur was very well-developed.
I have always had a liking to Cera's character in the early sequels, namely LBT 2 - 4. Cera posessed a unique, sensitive inside which was often masked by an entertaining outward character, often unwilling to show her true feelings to anyone but the audience.
I must admit, however, I haven't been very happy with how Cera's character has been protrayed from LBT 5 onward. She was fairly Cera-ish in LBT 6 and 9, but a number of flaws were apparent to me in her character throughout LBT 5, 8, 10, and especially 11. 11 was a very strange film for Cera.
I admit, I'm not always fond of the 'chemestry' between Littlefoot and the rest of the Gang at times. I often wonder about the intelligence differences, and why it's so often Littlefoot who is solving problems. I'd like to see the other characters play a more active role in the planning of problem solving in the series. I don't expect them all to be super-intelligent. Perhaps it seems that Littlefoot is Very intelligent, and may a little too intelligent at times.
I do like Spike's character, and believe the series would feel incomplete without him. His role is less obvious, but certainly important, and in some cases symbolic. The idea of a family bond between Ducky and Spike can be directly transferred over to how the members of the gang see each other, for instance.
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My fav will have to be Ali, I know she just appeared in oneof the sequels but still left that "je ne sais quoi" (if this isn't right then pardon my french :D)
As for my least fav, I guess it would have to be Hyp, I just get bored watching lbt 3, so mainly all the plot should be in my least fav list, but I guess he's on top of it =p
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I have one question. If we talk of "least favorite characters" does that mean that we are talking of the most "evil" of all characters or of a character we dislike because he is not important or poorly made etc.
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Fave LBT Character: Littlefoot, always has been, always will be.
Least Fave: Cera, always has been, always will be.
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It's up to you Malte, in your own opinion which character do you dislike the most, it can be because he's evil, poorly made, uninteresting, or whatever, it's up to you =p
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I thought I had replied to this one, but guess I forgot to. ^^
Fav - sure hope you can figure it out ;) I liked him even more before his grammar took a turn for the worse. :p :rolleyes:
Least fav - recent Sharpteeth, and its largely because of the lousy renditions and actions the storywriters and animators create for them
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As for my least fav, I guess it would have to be Hyp, I just get bored watching lbt 3, so mainly all the plot should be in my least fav list, but I guess he's on top of it =p
I actually couldn't decided whether I disliked Hyp more, or Itchy and Dil. Maybe both the same, but I agree, they were all just boring to watch :rolleyes:
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I have got to say, Cera is my favorite char. Unlike most movies, she's no damsel in distress.
As for least... Tria; the most randomly flirtatious character.
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As for least... Tria; the most randomly flirtatious character.
Is she? ;)
I guess some would give that title to Elzy from LBT 5. :lol:
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Elzy or Tria for most flirtatious character. Hmm. You could spend a lifetime figuring that one out.
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Elzy or Tria for most flirtatious character. Hmm. You could spend a lifetime figuring that one out.
Could you?
Unless I'm very mistaken Tria is flirting only with Cera's father. Fair enough if you ask me, they seem to know each other from a long time ago and Cera's father is obviously a single.
Elzy on the other hand is kind of dreaming about Littlefoot's grandpa and making a remark according to which Littlefoot has his good looks from him. However, this too seems pretty harmless to me (while I have read really angry comments about Elzy for that little flirtation).
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Malte, it was a joke.
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To be honest, I missed the joke too :P:
Remember, we have faces to help express sarcasm and other joking/casual emotions. :p
Use em! We can't hear you speak; it's not always obvious what you're thinking. ;) This goes for everyone. The feeling behind a post can be shown more clearly if the emoticons are used. It helps avoid misunderstandings. B)
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I know that, but I figured that what I said was silly enough that it wouldn't be taken as anything but a joke. Sorry.
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There are fools like myself who would take ANYTHING serious unless the speaker has a sign reading "Joking" pinned to his or her face :lol:
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My fav char is Littlefoot the Flathead *remembers when Petrie called Littlefoot a Flathead. LOL*
And my least favorite is... *total silence* ... Ozzy, from the 2nd movie, 'cause like any other villains, he's really mean even with his own bro. So, down with Ozzy! :angry:
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Pterano is my #1 favorite for some unknown reason. I don't really know who my least fav is yet errr...the sharpteeth :P: !
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Pterano is my #1 favorite for some unknown reason. I don't really know who my least fav is yet errr...the sharpteeth :P: !
This thread is almost a year old...
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Aye, but Ptyra wasn't around at that time. It is about one of those questions most peoeple want to deal with and it sure is much better to revive an old thread than starting another one on the same topic :yes
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Favourite characters: Chomper and Spike
Least favourite characters: Cera ( especially in the first movie) and her father.
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Favorties: I can never choose just one. So name me a kid from the LBT sequels and he or she is probably one of my favorites.
Least favorite: Hyp! DOn't ask me why He is just one of my least favorite characters.
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Fave char film (original one) ducky fave char series chomper. Chompers voice actor has given him such much life and a style all his own. Chomper has this really practiced way of speaking makeing sure very thing he says is crisp and clear. You here the ts in don't won't can't etc were as with most other chars and even people you don't hear them so much. We all tend to say i don' know or i won' Chomper is I don't know Or i won't
Fave supporting char hypes father. Mostly do to how he handeled the 2 raptor dinos to ither side. He slashed them both with his thumb claws. Those handy little things had been found broken off in various meat eater fossiles and deep gouges in fossiles as well.
Fave supportign char in series ruby. Shes not a main char imo as we don't have much visable backstory for her. Over the years we know the main 5s backstories as we have been shown them. We also know a fair bit about chomper and other thigns we can make educated assumtions about. Like all assumptions though assuming somethign tends to make a something out of you (u) and me (me) hehe. In other words we will assume something then be proven wrong by what the writers decide to say.
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Favorite: Continuous Character: Ducky (R.I.P. Judith, the original Ducky :cry2 )
Temporary Character: Ali (I really liked the 4th movie, and the character was great :D)
Least Favorite: Rinkus, if there was ever an Iago of LBT it was Rinkus
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Fave supporting char hypes father. Mostly do to how he handeled the 2 raptor dinos to ither side. He slashed them both with his thumb claws. Those handy little things had been found broken off in various meat eater fossiles and deep gouges in fossiles as well.
Did he? :huh:
I don't think Hyp's species even had any kind of claws in the movie. He and his Dad weren't Iguanodons (though there were Iguanodons shown in LBT 3). Assuming that Hyp was (same as Nod and Mutt) named after the species he was supposed to represent I would suppose him a Hypsilophodon, a species without any claws. Claws or no claws, Hyp's father did take on those three Raptors.
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Fave supporting char hypes father. Mostly do to how he handeled the 2 raptor dinos to ither side. He slashed them both with his thumb claws. Those handy little things had been found broken off in various meat eater fossiles and deep gouges in fossiles as well.
Did he? :huh:
I don't think Hyp's species even had any kind of claws in the movie. He and his Dad weren't Iguanodons (though there were Iguanodons shown in LBT 3). Assuming that Hyp was (same as Nod and Mutt) named after the species he was supposed to represent I would suppose him a Hypsilophodon, a species without any claws. Claws or no claws, Hyp's father did take on those three Raptors.
hype and his father were Hypsilophodon And yes they had thumb claws. They were sharp. Claw fragments and tips from both mentioned have been found in trex bones etc. and yes he did slash them both. If you watch carefully in the one scene where he runs towards them he extends his arms outward and as he goes by he slashes at both and brings his arms across his body after.
Linked pic
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/comm...useum_email.jpg (http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0d/Hypsilophodon_Melb_Museum_email.jpg)
note the fingures on the outside of the hands i think they flip flopped the poor fellows hands :)
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At least the Hypsilophodon seems to most likely choice. They definitely weren't Iguanodons. The following LBT 3 screenshot shows two Iguanodons on the right who look very different from Hyp or his father. Moreover it is mentioned in LBT 3 that Hyp's kind doesn't grow very large while Iguanodon certainly wasn't a small species. Hypsilophodon was.
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte2709/Screenshots/vlcsnap-269450.png)
Hyp and his father didn't sport any sharp claws. Their hands didn't look any more dangerous than Ducky's hand for example. I think I recall Hyp's father banging the heads of two raptors together, but I'm quite sure there wasn't any slashing or stabbing movement which would have implied any claw attack.
(http://mitglied.lycos.de/malte2709/Screenshots/vlcsnap-274391.png)
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remember: they avoid blood drawing, so they can't really have an effective slashing =\ =/ and not everything is accurate you know that :p
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remember: they avoid blood drawing, so they can't really have an effective slashing =\ =/ and not everything is accurate you know that :p
This is very much true but don't forget that there are still a few hints of blood and physical wounds in LBT like in LBT 5, the fight between Chomper's parents and that other sharptooth. A think as long as gore is kept too a minimum it's not a bad thing. You can depict violence without having a blood fountain spurting everywhere!
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I don't remember any stabbing or slashing movement from that fight though. It is a long time since I last watched LBT 3 and I don't have my copy at hand right now so I cannot check it out, but I'm quite sure that Hyp's Dad's fighting was more about fists and speed rather than claws.