Alright, finally giving you guys my two cents! This was SO amazing to read!! While the original movie script wasn't all that different from the finished movie, this one was another story, and I mean that literally!

Firstly, I'd love to see how this script's solar-system opening scene would have played out. I always loved the space-focused LBT openings--they were so gorgeous. This one really had potential to be among the best of them, with the script mentioning nebulae ("astral clouds") and even specific constellations!

Moving on to Grandpa Longneck's "Great Dinosaur" story, the sharptooth appears much fiercer than in the movie, actually shown grabbing and swallowing a Psittacosaurus. I wouldn't have minded that being kept in there, especially since I'm not recalling a Psittacosaurus ever being shown in LBT before. (I always loved it when these movies expanded their range of species!) Also, this version of the battle between Doc and the sharptooth felt more parallel to a classic Wild West showdown, with emphasis on long shadows and a "spaghetti western rattle" at one point. Could've been fun to keep it that way.

The characters saying that Saurus Rock "wears a necklace" was a bit weird, considering that "necklace" seems too much of a modern word to be in their vocabulary. I'm glad they changed the final version to "a circle of teeth around its neck." There are some similar slip-ups throughout this script, like Cera mentioning her dad serving kelp for dinner. I can't believe they wouldn't have their own word for "kelp" in LBT...wait, come to think of it, they eventually did. By the TV series, they made it clear that seaweed and other underwater plants were known as "water greens." But I guess I'm going to chalk up this kind of thing to the writers figuring they'd work out basic dialogue first and mess with rewording later if they needed to.

(It really annoyed me, though, that this script kept referring to Ducky as a boy. Who could possibly mistake Ducky for a boy? Hadn't these people seen any LBT movies?)

I think I prefer the final version of Doc's first Valley appearance. They had Mr. Threehorn being the only character who was wary of him in the movie, but here Doc comes in and helps everyone gather leaves, and suddenly all the other adults are like, "WHO IS THIS STRANGE GUY?? I'M SUSPICIOUS!!" Overreacting much? Even Grandpa Longneck is unsure--what gives? Since when is the whole Great Valley so xenophobic? However, I do like the way Doc began this script as a quieter type of hero. He doesn't do any dramatic rescues or impressive tail whips (though his tail-whip attack on that leaf in the final movie was really cool). Instead, he puts himself to work harvesting the Valley's leaves all through the day. He's a hardworking guy who quietly does what he can for his community, more the type of hero you'd see in "The Andy Griffith Show" than a western action-adventure. It's more ambiguous whether he really is the dinosaurs' hero of legend or not, whereas the final movie makes it pretty obvious early on that he's the Lone Dinosaur.
It's funny here that Spike, of all characters, is the one who decides the Gang should go to Saurus Rock. Yeah, I can't quite see that happening...this is where I'm gonna bring up Dana and Dinah. I know a lot of people don't like them and have wondered why they were added to the movie at all, but I think they had a purpose. Whenever the Gang leaves the Great Valley, it's usually to help/save someone else: getting Ducky's unhatched sibling back in II, finding water in III, healing Grandpa in IV, and so on. The original version of this script, however, has them going to Saurus Rock just for the fun of it, whereas Dana and Dinah taking off meant they had a real reason to go. I personally never saw what was so annoying about Dana and Dinah, anyway, but I guess that's just me.

I love the concept of the original Saurus Rock--I can just see it, a Frankenstein-ish mashup of all kinds of different dinosaur species! Now, THAT would've been cool! And the way ominous things start happening right after the tooth is broken, it's really like we're looking at the wrath of some powerful ancient magic! That would've been pretty neat for an LBT movie!

I wonder if this forest they keep mentioning is the same forest the Allosaurus finds the kids in during the final movie? Whatever the case, I love the idea of four Ceratosaurus being this movie's sharpteeth so much better! Ceratosaurus is such an underused species, and I would've loved to see not just one but FOUR in LBT! Every scene with them here is great! Though I can't really imagine the part in one chase scene where Petrie holds back a tree to catapult the Gang across a canyon. LBT often defies physics, I know, but little Petrie holding an entire tree down? Nope. Not happening. And the sharptooth battle towards the end of this script has me wondering how long a carnivore can plausibly hold its prey in its grasp without eating it, but that was an exciting scene, regardless, and moments like Littlefoot riding a makeshift "bobsled" were fun. I will say, however, that the mentions of snow and ice kept weirding me out--it's very difficult for me to imagine snow in any pre-VIII LBT movie!

I was surprised that Doc wasn't in this version of the movie all that much. It's more about the bad luck curse than anything else. Doc's screen time in this script is comparable to the Rainbow Faces' in LBT VII--hardly any, compared to most guest characters. It definitely would've added some mystery to the character if they had gone through with this, but the eventual increase in his screen time did a lot to add to the western feel of this movie. The change of name from "Great Dinosaur" to "Lone Dinosaur" was also a more obvious homage to westerns (i.e., the Lone Ranger). While I'm still talking about Doc, something else I noticed was that he comes across a little less...grumpy, I guess, in this version, which isn't a bad thing.

The "magical" assimilation of the sharptooth's tooth into the rest of Saurus Rock confirms the monument as an actual magical entity towards the end! An outrageous moment for LBT, sure, but my young self would've been absolutely wowed.

Overall, I can't decide which version of this movie I prefer! I mean, the fact that I grew up with the LBT VI we ended up getting makes it hard for me to imagine it any other way, but the way this script took things in a spooky/supernatural direction pulled me in. I'm so glad I got to read this! It would be so awesome if other early scripts like this got discovered someday (*cough*VII*cough*)!

Thanks! XD And I am okay with crossovers being ruled out.  You all can continue the discussions without me, I can catch myself up. X)

The only ideas I have for the Rainbow Faces is that they like to study life on different worlds and encourage creativity and ideas to help. Espically the male one who likes to break the rules out of conscience.  I believe they use a space ship piloted by their expedition team or a robot A.I. (Hence why they acted like they were waiting at the end of movie). They use technology that is advanced, but similar to what we have modern day with some future stuff in sci-fi movies.

Definitely agree with all this! I always pictured them as scientists/explorers of some sort, doing research on other worlds and spreading curiosity and imagination among the people they encountered. And yeah, the female one is much more by-the-book about missions than the male.

Since Goldenwind is currently working on exams, I am fine with waiting until that's finished to continue with the roleplay discussion. Take as much time as you need, Goldenwind! It's only the three of us now that Gentle Sharptooth has left, unless anyone else joins in, and there isn't much point in me and Bro discussing this by ourselves. Also, Gentle has made me the new moderator for this RP, as I've mentioned elsewhere, but he's welcome to take back that position if he returns.

@Little Bro @Goldenwind
I'm still shocked that Gentle Sharptooth has left. It seemed so sudden. He will certainly be missed, and I really hope this won't be the last we see of him. I got a PM from him putting me in charge of the Rainbow Face RP, but he didn't mention Yellowbellies Rule. I have reached out to him about this, however, so I will let you know if he responds. For now, I agree with you, Goldenwind, that the best thing for us to do with this RP is stop unless Gentle tells us he wishes otherwise.

He used to be a professional wrestler.

Why are there so many farwalkers in LBT, why don't they just come live in the valley?

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I am actually glad you had us slow down so we could work out the story and character archs. It didn’t bother me, I was elated to hash out what is going to happen before we start.

But if the IRL and you feel you need to aplogize even if I don’t, all is forgiven.

I also want to know if you woukd Co-GM (Moderator) in this RP? It would guve you the experience of running an RP but I would be here to helping co-moderate.  

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I know we are going to learn some fascinating details about the Rainbowfaces (albeit there will always be mysteries) but is there anything we should know about their backstory you and @Little Bro would like to share? If you want to keep it mostly a mystery, that is totally fine, but I wanted to know if I should just be going off “The Stone of Cold Fire” for reference about them.

Thanks for being so understanding, I'm relieved I didn't rub anyone the wrong way. And thank you so much for the co-moderating offer, I would love to do that!

As for Rainbow Face backstories, I've wanted to explore that in fanfiction for a long time, but I never managed to settle on anything to the point where I could start writing. (Unless you count the crummy story that was my very first attempt at fanfiction, never to see the light of day again.) The one detail I ever decided on for certain in my headcanon was that the Rainbow Faces were siblings, but we don't even have to follow that here. For the sake of all of us going into this RP on the same page, it probably works out pretty well that I haven't gotten around to fully fleshing these guys out yet. Unless @Little Bro (I'm going to be genuinely startled if he's given these characters more thought than I have, haha) or @Goldenwind have any specific backstories in mind for the Rainbow Faces, LBT VII is our reference point.

I have realized that we should probably name these characters, for the ease of not having to type "the male Rainbow Face" or "the female Rainbow Face" all the time, which would probably get old pretty fast. Or if we want to leave them unnamed for mystery's sake, we can at least give them code names (or numbers). Any thoughts/preferences on this?
And of course @Goldenwind if you want us to pause our discussion on this RP for you, too, just say the words and we'll do it!

Take as much time as you need on those exams, Goldenwind. Good luck!

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