As many of you probably know, I am making a fanfiction about the original sharptooth. We all know him as a bloodthirsty monster in the film, who was supposed to be even worse, although about 10 minutes or so of the film was cut, much of which featured scenes that supposedly would have sent children screaming out of the movie theater.
I also know that the Don Bluth was very upset at the cuts. We are also very unlikely to ever see what the film's footage was, as it was probably destroyed. I've heard that it MIGHT be possible (on the TV Tropes page, which I take with a huge grain of salt) to even contact him on his site:
http://www.donbluthanimation.com/index.phpI don't know what he intended for the original sharptooth to be, if the film that was released is the watered-down version of him, but if it is possible to ask, and to use that in the story, with permission... hmm. It might work. At least, as far as the characterization of him. So far, I have him on a slow descent into evil and madness, going far beyond the normal killing instincts of a predator. His fatal flaw in my fic: revenge. It will stalk him and hound him unto death. The only piece am I aware of that was cut from the film was something in a junior novelization that involves the tyrannosaurus "with drool everywhere."
In case you are wondering, this was the tropes page in question:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/NightmareFuel/DonBluthThe idea is tempting, I'll admit. A chance to maybe, just maybe make the character as he was originally intended to be. Of course, I would be ascribing names and motives to the tyrannosaurus that were probably not intended by the creator, so that has to be considered as well.
I hope this idea has at least some merit. Or, at the very least, to learn about what was cut, even if the footage itself is gone. If he is available, and at liberty to speak of such things.
