What was in the Great Valley before they came?

LittlefootAndAliTogether · **on:** February 14, 2015, 10:48:20 AM

Personally, I wrote a fanfic where it turned out to be choice 1, and Chomper realizes it and demands to be able to stay as an adult and bla bla bla.

In fact, it almost leads to war, and sort of does, though it becomes a war between liberty and tyranny (my favorite kind!) rather than a war between T-Rexes and Longnecks.

Ducky123 · **Reply #1 on:** February 14, 2015, 03:17:42 PM

No offence meant but could you stop mentioning your fanfics in threads if they're not in the Fanfiction forum? <_<

jansenov · **Reply #2 on:** February 15, 2015, 09:55:28 AM

There must have been a flyer colony at least, since nothing prevents them from getting there, and such a lush food source would not have been ignored.

Coyote_A · **Reply #3 on:** February 15, 2015, 03:13:28 PM

I don't really think that any leafeaters would move into the place if it was crawling with sharpteeth... And if there was no game for them to hunt, predators wouldn't stay there long either. So the first variant doesn't make a whole lot of sense.

LBTDiclonius · **Reply #4 on:** February 15, 2015, 04:04:44 PM

I actually always thought that it was unihabited before the herds came. "That's where all the herds are going" implies to me that it was just discovered (perhaps by a flyer herd spotting it along their way) and that's why there was such a big migration with all the other herds.

Coyote_A · **Reply #5 on:** February 15, 2015, 05:27:02 PM

I always thought that none of the dinosaurs in the original movie were even certain of the existence of the Great Valley. It was just a rumour that somewhere there laid a vast well-protected land with abundant green food. The fact that the gang and their families actually found a place that suited this description was a pure coincidence.

Dashaque · **Reply #6 on:** February 16, 2015, 05:39:27 AM

Quote from: LBTDiclonius,Feb 15 2015 on 03:04 PM

I actually always thought that it was unihabited before the herds came. "That's where all the herds are going" implies to me that it was just discovered (perhaps by a flyer herd spotting it along their way) and that's why there was such a big migration with all the other herds.

This makes sense... but it makes sense that a feel flat teeth were probably wandering around there as well.

Either way I always thought it was cool that the families of the main cast headed there even after separation knowing their loved ones would eventually reach them.

Ducky123 · **Reply #7 on:** February 16, 2015, 06:54:06 AM

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I always thought that none of the dinosaurs in the original movie were even certain of the existence of the Great Valley. It was just a rumour that somewhere there laid a vast well-protected land with abundant green food.

"Some things you see with your eyes, others you see with your heart."

I think this quote is the confirmation that Littlefoot's Mother didn't know exactly where to go. She had hope in her heart that they'd find something like a Great Valley but they could've ended up dying in hunger as well...

Coyote_A · **Reply #8 on:** February 16, 2015, 12:47:04 PM

Aye and if I remember correctly, the original idea was that the "Great Valley" turned out to be an allegory for heaven... But let's not go there. I'm glad they've changed the script.

Dashaque · **Reply #9 on:** February 17, 2015, 03:32:30 AM

Quote from: Coyote_A,Feb 16 2015 on 11:47 AM

Aye and if I remember correctly, the original idea was that the "Great Valley" turned out to be an allegory for heaven... But let's not go there. I'm glad they've changed the script.

I believe Don Bluth came forward and said that this was never actually in the script. I read it on a wiki though.

http://landbeforetime.wikia.com/wiki/The_Land_Before_Time

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Shortly after the information was released, a rumor was spread that all five of the young dinosaurs died, with the Great Valley as an interpretation of heaven, as one of the deleted scenes. However, this has been denied by Don Bluth.