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General Land Before Time / Something that always bugged me
« on: March 22, 2009, 01:44:07 PM »Quote from: Malte279,Mar 22 2009 on 11:48 AM
(just imagine Cera doing that).
I can't.
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I can't.
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LBT Fanfiction / Reign: Survival
« on: March 15, 2009, 09:39:41 PM »
Oh wow. I realized I haven't updated in over a month. Sorry about that. It's not that I've forgotten or am discontinuing this fanfiction; I've been doing a lot of schoolwork lately and I've also been grabbed by the accursed WRITER'S BLOCK.
I'm not sure when I will get the next segment up, but I just wanted to tell you all that I haven't forgotten this fanfic. Thanks for your continued interest.
I'm not sure when I will get the next segment up, but I just wanted to tell you all that I haven't forgotten this fanfic. Thanks for your continued interest.
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General Land Before Time / Sweetest LBT Moments
« on: March 01, 2009, 12:22:03 AM »
"The very end of the first movie when the gang get together into the pyramid sort of figure with Petrie & Ducky at the top on Littlefoot."
Agreed, Kor. But what I found sweetest of all was the hatching of Littlefoot. It was a very tender and meaningful scene, and the music is so sweet.
Agreed, Kor. But what I found sweetest of all was the hatching of Littlefoot. It was a very tender and meaningful scene, and the music is so sweet.
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General Land Before Time / Most Dramatic LBT Moments
« on: March 01, 2009, 12:15:01 AM »
4 is one of the only LBT sequels that made me cry. Grandpa Longneck is my favorite of them all, and he almost died.
I feel sick, so I can't elaborate on why I find the following scenes dramatic. Maybe some other time.
-Littlefoot's mom dying
-The first fight with Sharptooth and the earthquake...the earthquake still scares me, even at age 15
-When Littlefoot's mom first strikes Sharptooth with her tail, and then you see her face
-When Littlefoot follows his mother's spirit in the clouds and find the Great Valley
-In movie 7, when the kids learn about why Pterano was exiled. The only scene in a sequel to truly scare me.
I feel sick, so I can't elaborate on why I find the following scenes dramatic. Maybe some other time.
-Littlefoot's mom dying
-The first fight with Sharptooth and the earthquake...the earthquake still scares me, even at age 15
-When Littlefoot's mom first strikes Sharptooth with her tail, and then you see her face
-When Littlefoot follows his mother's spirit in the clouds and find the Great Valley
-In movie 7, when the kids learn about why Pterano was exiled. The only scene in a sequel to truly scare me.
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General Land Before Time / One Of The Best Sequels
« on: March 01, 2009, 12:10:48 AM »
What drove me to like 7 was the characters. I LOVE Rinkus, Sierra and the rainbowfaces. Pterano is cool because he's realistic and has depth. Plus, Michael York, Jim Cummings, and Rob Paulsen are a brilliant combination.
My favorite sequel is 3, though. I did find it preachy, but something about it really makes me like it. I dunno. I also love 4 and 7. Excluding the opinions of this website, it looks like I prefer the underrated sequels. This is my preference:
1 > 3 > 4 > 7 >> 2 > 5 >> 6 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All the others and the TV show. I feel like I should give the "others" a chance, but it annoys me how the movies seem to get more kiddie as they go on.
My favorite sequel is 3, though. I did find it preachy, but something about it really makes me like it. I dunno. I also love 4 and 7. Excluding the opinions of this website, it looks like I prefer the underrated sequels.
This is my preference:1 > 3 > 4 > 7 >> 2 > 5 >> 6 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> All the others and the TV show. I feel like I should give the "others" a chance, but it annoys me how the movies seem to get more kiddie as they go on.
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General Land Before Time / One Of My Favorite Characters
« on: March 01, 2009, 12:05:51 AM »
I remember not liking Pterano when I was younger. I didn't like how full of himself he was. Now that I'm older I see his "full of himself" more as self-righteousness. I also appreciate his depth and how he is one of the realistic LBT characters. Although I much prefer Rinkus and Sierra. *bricked*
My favorite character is Grandpa Longneck. I always liked him because he reminded me of my own grandfather, ever since the second movie. I also love Littlefoot's mom, Rinkus, Sierra, the rainbowfaces, Grandma, and Ali.
*bricked*My favorite character is Grandpa Longneck. I always liked him because he reminded me of my own grandfather, ever since the second movie. I also love Littlefoot's mom, Rinkus, Sierra, the rainbowfaces, Grandma, and Ali.
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General Land Before Time / What's you favorite LBT sharptooth species?
« on: February 28, 2009, 11:59:39 PM »
Fastbiters! Velociraptors are my favorite dinosaur.
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General Land Before Time / Which Villain in LBT are you?
« on: February 28, 2009, 11:56:25 PM »
While I probably am most similar to Strut, I got Rinkus. No disappointments there. 
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1988 Theatrical Release / An Odd Rumor
« on: February 22, 2009, 01:55:04 AM »
A lot of people have said things I were going to say. So, I guess I'll be repeating a few things.
Somewhere I once read that the Great Valley wasn't supposed to literally be heaven, but alluding to or metaphorically heaven. I, too, have heard the rumor that at first the company was going to present the Valley as heaven, but that Lucas and Spielberg decided that would be a scene that would "frighten or possibly even cause psychological damage to young children" so they tweaked it. (This would be one of the disturbing scenes because of the "Heaven = the kids died" equation.)
Just watching the movie now I can see how the GV can be an allusion to heaven, and not the actual thing. I don't think in the released movie the company intended for the GV to BE heaven.
Something gets at me though. I once saw a preview of LBT on YouTube, and I noticed a small snippet that wasn't in the released film. It's at the part at the very end, where they kids are all in that group and they're reaching up toward the sky with Petrie hanging on to Littlefoot. I could swear in the preview they were at that part and then Littlefoot said something like "Now we'll always be together." And something really nagged at me there. The way he said it made me feel like they had died. And then I thought about the rumor.
I KNOW that line wasn't in the movie. So my belief is that the company thought about presenting the Great Valley as heaven, but after deciding it would be too disturbing, it was changed and they took out that line Littlefoot said. Basically, I don't think they meant for the GV to be real heaven.
Somewhere I once read that the Great Valley wasn't supposed to literally be heaven, but alluding to or metaphorically heaven. I, too, have heard the rumor that at first the company was going to present the Valley as heaven, but that Lucas and Spielberg decided that would be a scene that would "frighten or possibly even cause psychological damage to young children" so they tweaked it. (This would be one of the disturbing scenes because of the "Heaven = the kids died" equation.)
Just watching the movie now I can see how the GV can be an allusion to heaven, and not the actual thing. I don't think in the released movie the company intended for the GV to BE heaven.
Something gets at me though. I once saw a preview of LBT on YouTube, and I noticed a small snippet that wasn't in the released film. It's at the part at the very end, where they kids are all in that group and they're reaching up toward the sky with Petrie hanging on to Littlefoot. I could swear in the preview they were at that part and then Littlefoot said something like "Now we'll always be together." And something really nagged at me there. The way he said it made me feel like they had died. And then I thought about the rumor.
I KNOW that line wasn't in the movie. So my belief is that the company thought about presenting the Great Valley as heaven, but after deciding it would be too disturbing, it was changed and they took out that line Littlefoot said. Basically, I don't think they meant for the GV to be real heaven.
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LBT Fanfiction / Reign: Survival
« on: February 09, 2009, 01:20:46 AM »
Thank you for all the comments! I have the next segment up, too.
*-*-*
Rinkus and Sierra glided over a frozen river.
Sierra tilted and began to descend, but Rinkus shook his head. "Come with me first." Sierra followed him as he flew down along the river.
They stopped at the very end, where the river flowed into the opening of a cave. Or, used to flow. An earthshake had struck not long before the cold season started. During the disaster, Rinkus and Sierra flew high above the Mysterious Beyond, safe. They watched the land dinosaurs run and roll, collapsing on top of each other in a frenzy to find safety. Several sharpteeth ran into the cave at the river's end, both voluntarily and by being rolled inside in a helpless heap.Then chunks of cliff broke off, piling down at the cave's mouth, blocking it. Rinkus commented that there were at least a dozen fewer sharpteeth to worry about. Sierra found it amusing.
Now the two flyers were returning to the cave to carry out Rinkus' plan. Rinkus landed, picked up his tail, and began to waddle through the snow, toward the cave. Sierra hovered a moment, letting out a long grumble as he eyed the snow. He reluctantly planted his feet down.
Icy mush shot up his leg. Sierra curled his beak. He hated the cold. He hoped whatever Rinkus would do would be quick.
His friend had taken a step on the ice. Rinkus slipped. He was divided with one foot still on snow; his legs stretched farther and farther until he flipped over backwards. "Ow!" he spun on the ice, sliding into the pile of rocks blocking the cave.
Sierra had his wings over himself to keep from freezing. "Can you pick up the pace?" Condensed breath seeped out from between his clenched beak.
"Oh yes, hold on." Rinkus put his hands on the rocks and heaved himself up. "I'm going to need your help." Sierra lit, glad to get off the snow.
Rinkus had hopped up the rock pile. He picked meticulously through some small boulders, apparently looking for just the right one. When he found it, he rubbed his hands together, grabbed it and pulled. Slowly, slowly the boulder unwedged from the others. Right as it popped out, the one above it crashed down, filling the gap. Rinkus yiped, yanking his tail back.
Above him, Sierra let out impatient grumble. He liked Rinkus; in fact he was the only other dinosaur Sierra liked, but he was too bumbling.
When Rinkus saw there wasn't going to be a rockslide, he picked up the boulder he rolled out and cradled it up to his chest. "Hold this from under me."
"What?" Sierra said.
"Come on." Rinkus heaved his way up another rock, allowing space for Sierra underneath him. The other flyer glared, then flew over.
"I'll put it on your back," Rinkus started, "and then we fly above the river."
"Hoo boy," Sierra muttered.
He flapped higher, and Rinkus let go of the boulder.
Instantly Sierra was thrown down. He flapped wildly, struggling to stay in the air. "This is your plan?"
Rinkus seemed to be surprised that Sierra hadn't fallen. "I've got you," he said, securing his feet around the boulder.
The next few minutes slogged. Rinkus and Sierra ascended, but slowly, and very agonizingly. Rinkus had to hold the rock on Sierra...and Sierra, he was huffing and puffing, straining against the weight pulling him down. He felt like his spine was breaking.
Between all the strangled grunts Sierra said, "Are...we...ungh...high enough yet?"
"Yes, yes!" Rinkus rasped, sounding excited. Like a hatchling grabbing for tree sweets, he lurched over and took hold of the boulder. Sierra sped out from under it, and Rinkus let it drop, sending in plummeting down on the river.
They heard a loud, tinkly crack, saw the ice kaleidoscoping. Hardly a moment later it gave, caving in.
Seeing the boulder fall through and throw up a wave of water cracked a rare smile from Sierra. "Aah." He and Rinkus dived down.
The sound of flowing water raised Sierra's spirits. He hit ground and bent on all fours, barely noticing the snow melting around his hands. He stuck his beak through the hole in the river, slurping up water. Very icy, but fresh and invigorating.
Rinkus landed beside him, assuming the same position. For a moment they drank, gracious to have something fresh at last.
A fish darted by. Too slow for Sierra. The cearadactylus snapped it up in an instant. Tilting his head back to wriggle the fish down his throat, he afterwards said, "Good plan. At least," he began, darkening, "better than what those brats could think of."
"Oh, please don't think about them." Rinkus pulled up, wiping his beak. He stood up, dangled his tail nervously, then asked, "Up for another go?"
"Not on your life!" Sierra yelled, making Rinkus fall on his back. "I nearly broke my back carrying out your little plan. If you want to do it again, do it on your own."
Rinkus tilted his head at Sierra. After a moment he pushed himself back to a stand. "All right then." Rinkus headed back to the rock pile. It took awhile. Short, fat and hunched, the pink rhamphorynchus was not as physically fit as Sierra.
Rinkus jumped on the rocks, searching for a good one. Far off, Sierra saw him freeze.
"I think I heard something," he said.
"Inside the cave?" Sierra asked.
"Yes."
"That's impossible." Sierra flew to the rocks, landing next to Rinkus. "That old earthshake happened a long--"
"Shhh!" Rinkus pressed his ear against the rocks. Sierra waited.
Small scratching noises came from inside the cave, and then, low growling noises.
Rinkus and Sierra spread their wings and fled.
*-*-*
Rinkus and Sierra glided over a frozen river.
Sierra tilted and began to descend, but Rinkus shook his head. "Come with me first." Sierra followed him as he flew down along the river.
They stopped at the very end, where the river flowed into the opening of a cave. Or, used to flow. An earthshake had struck not long before the cold season started. During the disaster, Rinkus and Sierra flew high above the Mysterious Beyond, safe. They watched the land dinosaurs run and roll, collapsing on top of each other in a frenzy to find safety. Several sharpteeth ran into the cave at the river's end, both voluntarily and by being rolled inside in a helpless heap.Then chunks of cliff broke off, piling down at the cave's mouth, blocking it. Rinkus commented that there were at least a dozen fewer sharpteeth to worry about. Sierra found it amusing.
Now the two flyers were returning to the cave to carry out Rinkus' plan. Rinkus landed, picked up his tail, and began to waddle through the snow, toward the cave. Sierra hovered a moment, letting out a long grumble as he eyed the snow. He reluctantly planted his feet down.
Icy mush shot up his leg. Sierra curled his beak. He hated the cold. He hoped whatever Rinkus would do would be quick.
His friend had taken a step on the ice. Rinkus slipped. He was divided with one foot still on snow; his legs stretched farther and farther until he flipped over backwards. "Ow!" he spun on the ice, sliding into the pile of rocks blocking the cave.
Sierra had his wings over himself to keep from freezing. "Can you pick up the pace?" Condensed breath seeped out from between his clenched beak.
"Oh yes, hold on." Rinkus put his hands on the rocks and heaved himself up. "I'm going to need your help." Sierra lit, glad to get off the snow.
Rinkus had hopped up the rock pile. He picked meticulously through some small boulders, apparently looking for just the right one. When he found it, he rubbed his hands together, grabbed it and pulled. Slowly, slowly the boulder unwedged from the others. Right as it popped out, the one above it crashed down, filling the gap. Rinkus yiped, yanking his tail back.
Above him, Sierra let out impatient grumble. He liked Rinkus; in fact he was the only other dinosaur Sierra liked, but he was too bumbling.
When Rinkus saw there wasn't going to be a rockslide, he picked up the boulder he rolled out and cradled it up to his chest. "Hold this from under me."
"What?" Sierra said.
"Come on." Rinkus heaved his way up another rock, allowing space for Sierra underneath him. The other flyer glared, then flew over.
"I'll put it on your back," Rinkus started, "and then we fly above the river."
"Hoo boy," Sierra muttered.
He flapped higher, and Rinkus let go of the boulder.
Instantly Sierra was thrown down. He flapped wildly, struggling to stay in the air. "This is your plan?"
Rinkus seemed to be surprised that Sierra hadn't fallen. "I've got you," he said, securing his feet around the boulder.
The next few minutes slogged. Rinkus and Sierra ascended, but slowly, and very agonizingly. Rinkus had to hold the rock on Sierra...and Sierra, he was huffing and puffing, straining against the weight pulling him down. He felt like his spine was breaking.
Between all the strangled grunts Sierra said, "Are...we...ungh...high enough yet?"
"Yes, yes!" Rinkus rasped, sounding excited. Like a hatchling grabbing for tree sweets, he lurched over and took hold of the boulder. Sierra sped out from under it, and Rinkus let it drop, sending in plummeting down on the river.
They heard a loud, tinkly crack, saw the ice kaleidoscoping. Hardly a moment later it gave, caving in.
Seeing the boulder fall through and throw up a wave of water cracked a rare smile from Sierra. "Aah." He and Rinkus dived down.
The sound of flowing water raised Sierra's spirits. He hit ground and bent on all fours, barely noticing the snow melting around his hands. He stuck his beak through the hole in the river, slurping up water. Very icy, but fresh and invigorating.
Rinkus landed beside him, assuming the same position. For a moment they drank, gracious to have something fresh at last.
A fish darted by. Too slow for Sierra. The cearadactylus snapped it up in an instant. Tilting his head back to wriggle the fish down his throat, he afterwards said, "Good plan. At least," he began, darkening, "better than what those brats could think of."
"Oh, please don't think about them." Rinkus pulled up, wiping his beak. He stood up, dangled his tail nervously, then asked, "Up for another go?"
"Not on your life!" Sierra yelled, making Rinkus fall on his back. "I nearly broke my back carrying out your little plan. If you want to do it again, do it on your own."
Rinkus tilted his head at Sierra. After a moment he pushed himself back to a stand. "All right then." Rinkus headed back to the rock pile. It took awhile. Short, fat and hunched, the pink rhamphorynchus was not as physically fit as Sierra.
Rinkus jumped on the rocks, searching for a good one. Far off, Sierra saw him freeze.
"I think I heard something," he said.
"Inside the cave?" Sierra asked.
"Yes."
"That's impossible." Sierra flew to the rocks, landing next to Rinkus. "That old earthshake happened a long--"
"Shhh!" Rinkus pressed his ear against the rocks. Sierra waited.
Small scratching noises came from inside the cave, and then, low growling noises.
Rinkus and Sierra spread their wings and fled.
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LBT Fanfiction / Revenge II
« on: January 27, 2009, 02:06:20 PM »
Eh, don't worry about it. Life gets all of us, and tends to pull us back from writing as much as we'd like.
I read the first Revenge last night and I am loving the series! For a start, it's pure LBT, and I prefer true-to fanfics over crossovers. In general, crossovers annoy me because suddenly there are all these characters from somewhere else intermingling with another plot. The crossed show/book/something also tends to be something insanely popular like Naruto or Sonic. I dunno, I just don't like the idea of having characters from a different WHATEVER mixing with another whatever. ESPECIALLY when it's something like Naruto against LBT. Totally different worlds. So yeah, I prefer pure fanfictions because I feel like it's staying true to the story and makes it...better. Super Smash Bros. themed fanfics are different, however.
Oh snap, that was a ramble. I'm sorry. Something remarkable about the characters that really struck out to me was how well your portrayed them. One thing about my fanfic that I worry about is that I won't be good enough on sticking to their personalities. All of your characters acted the way they do in the movies and show. They were believable because of that. Whenever they spoke, I thought, "Hey, that sounds straight out of a movie!" You know their personalities so well, you can make the dialogue sound just like them.
Your description was excellent as well! You could work a bit on your comma usage. Otherwise, I was impressed at how well you described the story. You could visualize it, and you also used the right words to express what was going on at the moment. "Plummeting" and "plunging" can be completely different, and you understood things like that pretty well. One of your finest moments in this aspect was when Sierra and Pterano were fighting. It was an excellent fight scene. Very intense, action-packed and well-described. Probably the best LBT battle I've read so far. In fact, now that I think about it, this is my favorite LBT fanfic as of now.
But all this talent would have gone to waste if your storyline didn't work out. Well, it did! You turned the plot of all Rinkus and Sierra fanfictions--revenge--and turned the story into something of your own. The storyline was never boring or dull, and one thing led to another. There was never anything added that was indirect to the story or put in "just because." Everything flowed. And it was definitely exciting! Like I said, there was nothing boring about your fanfic. Whether there was a fight, a chase, or just dinosaurs talking, it all drew me in. One factor that definitely helped my interest was how believable you made the characters when comparing them to the movies/show.
I was even accepting of the romance. I normally despise the romance genre, especially when it's in fanfictions (hypocritically, one of my real-life books has to do with romance...). The reason why I hate romance in fanfictions is because WAAAAAAY TOO MANY fanfics have romance as one of the biggest concepts and it's intensely elaborated, even when it has hardly anything to do with the actual plot. Seeing all these lovefests really gets on my nerves. But you...for some reason I wasn't bothered when you did the Littlefoot/Cera; Ali/Shorty thing. I guess I didn't find it cheesy or pointless. Something tells me this romantic interest will play a big part in the series.
Well, I am taking up a lot of your time for you to read this, LBTFan13, so I better stop before I make the page explode! Overall, great, great job on the first book, and I'll start commenting on the sequel after you post the new chapter.
I read the first Revenge last night and I am loving the series! For a start, it's pure LBT, and I prefer true-to fanfics over crossovers. In general, crossovers annoy me because suddenly there are all these characters from somewhere else intermingling with another plot. The crossed show/book/something also tends to be something insanely popular like Naruto or Sonic. I dunno, I just don't like the idea of having characters from a different WHATEVER mixing with another whatever. ESPECIALLY when it's something like Naruto against LBT. Totally different worlds. So yeah, I prefer pure fanfictions because I feel like it's staying true to the story and makes it...better. Super Smash Bros. themed fanfics are different, however.
Oh snap, that was a ramble. I'm sorry. Something remarkable about the characters that really struck out to me was how well your portrayed them. One thing about my fanfic that I worry about is that I won't be good enough on sticking to their personalities. All of your characters acted the way they do in the movies and show. They were believable because of that. Whenever they spoke, I thought, "Hey, that sounds straight out of a movie!" You know their personalities so well, you can make the dialogue sound just like them.
Your description was excellent as well! You could work a bit on your comma usage. Otherwise, I was impressed at how well you described the story. You could visualize it, and you also used the right words to express what was going on at the moment. "Plummeting" and "plunging" can be completely different, and you understood things like that pretty well. One of your finest moments in this aspect was when Sierra and Pterano were fighting. It was an excellent fight scene. Very intense, action-packed and well-described. Probably the best LBT battle I've read so far. In fact, now that I think about it, this is my favorite LBT fanfic as of now.
But all this talent would have gone to waste if your storyline didn't work out. Well, it did! You turned the plot of all Rinkus and Sierra fanfictions--revenge--and turned the story into something of your own. The storyline was never boring or dull, and one thing led to another. There was never anything added that was indirect to the story or put in "just because." Everything flowed. And it was definitely exciting! Like I said, there was nothing boring about your fanfic. Whether there was a fight, a chase, or just dinosaurs talking, it all drew me in. One factor that definitely helped my interest was how believable you made the characters when comparing them to the movies/show.
I was even accepting of the romance. I normally despise the romance genre, especially when it's in fanfictions (hypocritically, one of my real-life books has to do with romance...). The reason why I hate romance in fanfictions is because WAAAAAAY TOO MANY fanfics have romance as one of the biggest concepts and it's intensely elaborated, even when it has hardly anything to do with the actual plot. Seeing all these lovefests really gets on my nerves. But you...for some reason I wasn't bothered when you did the Littlefoot/Cera; Ali/Shorty thing. I guess I didn't find it cheesy or pointless. Something tells me this romantic interest will play a big part in the series.
Well, I am taking up a lot of your time for you to read this, LBTFan13, so I better stop before I make the page explode! Overall, great, great job on the first book, and I'll start commenting on the sequel after you post the new chapter.
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LBT Fanfiction / What are your favorite LBT fanfics?
« on: January 27, 2009, 01:44:38 PM »
I have only read a few.
I am loving LBTFan13's Revenge series! They're suspenseful, pure LBT, nicely written and true to the characters.
I am loving LBTFan13's Revenge series! They're suspenseful, pure LBT, nicely written and true to the characters.
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The Fridge / What did you get for Christmas 08?
« on: January 26, 2009, 08:33:40 PM »
Hmm...
-The Golden Compass DVD
-Gift cards
-Kitty slippers
:
-A set of nice jeans and a T-shirt
-I saw Twilight at a girl's birthday party and I thought it was...alright.
Guess what I got for Christmas.
-The Golden Compass DVD
-Gift cards
-Kitty slippers
:-A set of nice jeans and a T-shirt
-I saw Twilight at a girl's birthday party and I thought it was...alright.
Guess what I got for Christmas.
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LBT Fanfiction / Fanfictions
« on: January 26, 2009, 08:27:56 PM »
This hasn't been posted on since 2007? Really?
Well, I have recently started a fanfiction trilogy about Rinkus and Sierra. It's called Reign. The plot is the same as pretty much every R&S fanfic out there...it's about them getting revenge on the Great Valley.
The first book is out now. It's titled Survival. As the suggestion, the first book mainly focuses on Rinkus and Sierra trying to survive in the Mysterious Beyond. I can't say too much about what happens because I'd be spoiling a LOT of the story.
Just wanted to say, for anyone who's interested in reading. The Reign trilogy won't be posted on ff.net, as I am having technical issues on that site.
EDIT
I don't intend for the trilogy to be a crossover. I'm trying to stick to pure LBT. And yes, there will definitely be action, and probably a little violence later on, but there won't be total gorefests. I am not the type for things like that, and I usually think bloodbaths are dumb and not helpful to a storyline.
Well, I have recently started a fanfiction trilogy about Rinkus and Sierra. It's called Reign. The plot is the same as pretty much every R&S fanfic out there...it's about them getting revenge on the Great Valley.
The first book is out now. It's titled Survival. As the suggestion, the first book mainly focuses on Rinkus and Sierra trying to survive in the Mysterious Beyond. I can't say too much about what happens because I'd be spoiling a LOT of the story.
Just wanted to say, for anyone who's interested in reading. The Reign trilogy won't be posted on ff.net, as I am having technical issues on that site.
EDIT
I don't intend for the trilogy to be a crossover. I'm trying to stick to pure LBT. And yes, there will definitely be action, and probably a little violence later on, but there won't be total gorefests. I am not the type for things like that, and I usually think bloodbaths are dumb and not helpful to a storyline.
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LBT Fanfiction / The Happy Threehorn
« on: January 26, 2009, 08:00:44 PM »
Looks like I'm bumping this up from the last page.
I found that a nice story. The writing was clear enough so that you could understand and visualize the story, without being so descriptive it's practically a college-level fanfic. I thought the simpler style worked for a fanfic with a concept like yours. I thought that made the story...sweeter.
So, Topsy CAN be nice! I was fooled. I seriously thought he was affected by getting struck, but it turns out a lot different. I suppose it worked though...I was doubtful that one of the kids could hit his head that hard! Now that I think about it, this was my favorite passage from the story:
"Mr Threehorn, Cera’s father was eating some leafs when all the sudden the rock stuck him on the head very hard indeed. Mr Threehorn stumbled and collapsed on the ground blacking out.
“Wow that must have been one knock on the head to make your dad collapse” Littlefoot said with some surprise in his force."
Well, that was a sweet little story. I enjoyed reading it.
I found that a nice story. The writing was clear enough so that you could understand and visualize the story, without being so descriptive it's practically a college-level fanfic. I thought the simpler style worked for a fanfic with a concept like yours. I thought that made the story...sweeter.
So, Topsy CAN be nice! I was fooled. I seriously thought he was affected by getting struck, but it turns out a lot different. I suppose it worked though...I was doubtful that one of the kids could hit his head that hard! Now that I think about it, this was my favorite passage from the story:
"Mr Threehorn, Cera’s father was eating some leafs when all the sudden the rock stuck him on the head very hard indeed. Mr Threehorn stumbled and collapsed on the ground blacking out.
“Wow that must have been one knock on the head to make your dad collapse” Littlefoot said with some surprise in his force."
Well, that was a sweet little story. I enjoyed reading it.
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1988 Theatrical Release / You Just Burst My (Happy) Bubble Don! :-(
« on: January 26, 2009, 01:57:29 PM »
Very interesting commercial, Zilla.
I think they took out Littlefoot saying "Now we'll always be together" because it sort of suggests they all died and went to Heaven. Originally the Great Valley was going to be portrayed as Heaven.
But uh...where's Petrie in that commercial?
I think they took out Littlefoot saying "Now we'll always be together" because it sort of suggests they all died and went to Heaven. Originally the Great Valley was going to be portrayed as Heaven.
But uh...where's Petrie in that commercial?
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1988 Theatrical Release / You Just Burst My (Happy) Bubble Don! :-(
« on: January 25, 2009, 09:05:35 PM »
"It depends on what the footage is. The scenes from LBT were cut from the final release because it showed footage of the five dinosaurs in great peril, along side with more violent T-Rex encounters. Since this was supposed to be a movie for children, footage like that would leave too much of a dark impact on them."
Yeah, apparently some of the people who produced the movie thought these scenes would cause psychological damage to children. This may sound weird, but now that I'm older and understand so much more about this movie, I have a hard time remembering it's a kid's movie.
But it really is a shame that we're not getting those scenes back. [/extremelylate] I personally would have loved to see those deleted scenes. They went more into Sharptooth encounters and showed why the kids had to travel to the Great Valley without any adults. Since they had to put insomething that showed the lack of adults in most of the movie, the only very violent scene that was kept was Littlefoot's mom fighting Sharptooth.
I read somewhere that a lot of the deleted scenes had adults dying, or something like that. I am very interested in seeing what "great perils" the kids ended up in...
Most of this is rambling, but I, too, am disappointed that we aren't getting those scenes in anniversary releases. Then again, now that I think about it, if I'd seen those deleted scenes when i was younger, maybe I WOULD get psychological damage.
Yeah, apparently some of the people who produced the movie thought these scenes would cause psychological damage to children. This may sound weird, but now that I'm older and understand so much more about this movie, I have a hard time remembering it's a kid's movie.
But it really is a shame that we're not getting those scenes back. [/extremelylate] I personally would have loved to see those deleted scenes. They went more into Sharptooth encounters and showed why the kids had to travel to the Great Valley without any adults. Since they had to put insomething that showed the lack of adults in most of the movie, the only very violent scene that was kept was Littlefoot's mom fighting Sharptooth.
I read somewhere that a lot of the deleted scenes had adults dying, or something like that. I am very interested in seeing what "great perils" the kids ended up in...
Most of this is rambling, but I, too, am disappointed that we aren't getting those scenes in anniversary releases. Then again, now that I think about it, if I'd seen those deleted scenes when i was younger, maybe I WOULD get psychological damage.
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The Welcome Center / Hello!
« on: January 25, 2009, 08:40:04 PM »
Thanks for all the nice welcomes!
I wanted to announce that I started my Rinkus and Sierra fanfiction trilogy. The trilogy itself is called Reign. The title of the first book is Survival.
Just wanted to say for anyone who is interested.
I wanted to announce that I started my Rinkus and Sierra fanfiction trilogy. The trilogy itself is called Reign. The title of the first book is Survival.
Just wanted to say for anyone who is interested.
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LBT Fanfiction / Reign: Survival
« on: January 25, 2009, 08:37:43 PM »
Hey, it's RFZT.
Some of you may have read that I was planning to write a fanfiction trilogy about Rinkus and Sierra. I also said it would be awhile, as I am working on other fanfictions at the moment. Well...looks like I lied.
As you could probably guess, this trilogy is centered around Rinkus and Sierra getting revenge on the Great Valley. Like almost every other Rinkus and Sierra fanfiction out there. So I hope greatly that my trilogy will not be too similar to any of the other Rinkus and Sierra fanfictions.
*-*-*
Something was after Sierra. Again.
Sierra felt no alarm when the bush started rustling. He nonchalantly spread his wings and lit right as a fastbiter burst out of the bush.
He wasn't even miffed that the fastbiter abruptly ended his search for creatures that lived under the snow. This had happened so many times, he got used to it long ago.
Still, he knew how high fastbiters could jump. He ascended gradually as the small sharptooth pursued him. Having accelerated enough to get an extra boost, the fastbiter leapt, jaws clamping. It missed Sierra's leg by inches. Sierra smirked and mockingly flapped higher.
The fastbiter wasn't discouraged. The instant it hit ground, it took off again, screeching as it chased Sierra further.
Sierra flew to a cavern, one with many haphazard towers of stone inside it. Jutting up everywhere, the width between one tower to another varied. Sierra entered the cavern, beginning to maneuver his way around the towers. Despite how narrow some of the spaces were, he glided, tipped, and soared his way through. He was a tall, lean cearadactylus, solidly colored brown. His more petit size enabled him to pass through tight spaces.
The fastbiter was still after him. Pounding forth in the snow, it jumped again, this time latching on to the base of a stone tower. It bounced off, soaring to another, farther away tower. It continued doing this, steadily rising higher and higher until it was almost level with its prey.
What Sierra was about to do was getting old. The end of the cavern was nearing. Just one obstacle to go: two stone towers that were close enough to be conjoined. Hardly a space opened between them; there was only a gap puncturing the middle.
Sierra slowed. He timed his next move, waiting for the snarls of the fastbiter to come perilously close.
Right as he nearly felt the fastbiter's breath on his back, he zoomed forward, wheeling on his side and furling his wings. He shot through the tower's gap, barely missing the fastbiter's second bite.
The fastbiter rammed its head through the gap, lunged, and...didn't get farther. Its shoulder were too widely set apart to pass through. Snapping its jaws in frustration, it squirmed, trying to dislodge itself. It placed its feet on the towers and pushed. With a sliding noise, it popped out backwards, then fell hard on its back in the snow.
Sierra chuckled as he heard the snow crunch. Despite him pulling that stunt so many times, it was still kind of funny.
He spread his wings fully, enjoying the relieving stretch. A few seconds later, he crashed into another flyer.
They both cried out, getting smacked backwards. Sierra caught his balance first. He hovered upright, flapping as he looked scornfully down on the other flyer, who was clumsily righting himself.
"Watch where you're going!" Sierra told Rinkus.
Rinkus managed to assume a normal flying position. "I wanted to know if you caught any food," he said.
"What does it look like?" Sierra yelled. "I hardly had any time to look! If it weren't for those stinking sharpteeth we'd be fed a long time ago." He scowled into the distance.
About a foot below Sierra, Rinkus hovered as well, his wings beating heavily. "I found a way to crack the ice," he said.
Sierra looked down on him. "What?"
"It's very simple."
"Then show me!" Sierra glided away without warning. Rinkus followed, flapping noticeably harder to keep up.
An icy wind kicked up, chilling them both to the bone. Sleet began to shower down from the sky, freezing their scales further, adding to the misery. Sierra could hear Rinkus behind him, blubbering.
Sierra shuddered himself. Cold season in the Mysterious Beyond was torture. He wouldn't have to put up with this, not if he'd never dealt with those brats...
Some of you may have read that I was planning to write a fanfiction trilogy about Rinkus and Sierra. I also said it would be awhile, as I am working on other fanfictions at the moment. Well...looks like I lied.
As you could probably guess, this trilogy is centered around Rinkus and Sierra getting revenge on the Great Valley. Like almost every other Rinkus and Sierra fanfiction out there. So I hope greatly that my trilogy will not be too similar to any of the other Rinkus and Sierra fanfictions.
*-*-*
Something was after Sierra. Again.
Sierra felt no alarm when the bush started rustling. He nonchalantly spread his wings and lit right as a fastbiter burst out of the bush.
He wasn't even miffed that the fastbiter abruptly ended his search for creatures that lived under the snow. This had happened so many times, he got used to it long ago.
Still, he knew how high fastbiters could jump. He ascended gradually as the small sharptooth pursued him. Having accelerated enough to get an extra boost, the fastbiter leapt, jaws clamping. It missed Sierra's leg by inches. Sierra smirked and mockingly flapped higher.
The fastbiter wasn't discouraged. The instant it hit ground, it took off again, screeching as it chased Sierra further.
Sierra flew to a cavern, one with many haphazard towers of stone inside it. Jutting up everywhere, the width between one tower to another varied. Sierra entered the cavern, beginning to maneuver his way around the towers. Despite how narrow some of the spaces were, he glided, tipped, and soared his way through. He was a tall, lean cearadactylus, solidly colored brown. His more petit size enabled him to pass through tight spaces.
The fastbiter was still after him. Pounding forth in the snow, it jumped again, this time latching on to the base of a stone tower. It bounced off, soaring to another, farther away tower. It continued doing this, steadily rising higher and higher until it was almost level with its prey.
What Sierra was about to do was getting old. The end of the cavern was nearing. Just one obstacle to go: two stone towers that were close enough to be conjoined. Hardly a space opened between them; there was only a gap puncturing the middle.
Sierra slowed. He timed his next move, waiting for the snarls of the fastbiter to come perilously close.
Right as he nearly felt the fastbiter's breath on his back, he zoomed forward, wheeling on his side and furling his wings. He shot through the tower's gap, barely missing the fastbiter's second bite.
The fastbiter rammed its head through the gap, lunged, and...didn't get farther. Its shoulder were too widely set apart to pass through. Snapping its jaws in frustration, it squirmed, trying to dislodge itself. It placed its feet on the towers and pushed. With a sliding noise, it popped out backwards, then fell hard on its back in the snow.
Sierra chuckled as he heard the snow crunch. Despite him pulling that stunt so many times, it was still kind of funny.
He spread his wings fully, enjoying the relieving stretch. A few seconds later, he crashed into another flyer.
They both cried out, getting smacked backwards. Sierra caught his balance first. He hovered upright, flapping as he looked scornfully down on the other flyer, who was clumsily righting himself.
"Watch where you're going!" Sierra told Rinkus.
Rinkus managed to assume a normal flying position. "I wanted to know if you caught any food," he said.
"What does it look like?" Sierra yelled. "I hardly had any time to look! If it weren't for those stinking sharpteeth we'd be fed a long time ago." He scowled into the distance.
About a foot below Sierra, Rinkus hovered as well, his wings beating heavily. "I found a way to crack the ice," he said.
Sierra looked down on him. "What?"
"It's very simple."
"Then show me!" Sierra glided away without warning. Rinkus followed, flapping noticeably harder to keep up.
An icy wind kicked up, chilling them both to the bone. Sleet began to shower down from the sky, freezing their scales further, adding to the misery. Sierra could hear Rinkus behind him, blubbering.
Sierra shuddered himself. Cold season in the Mysterious Beyond was torture. He wouldn't have to put up with this, not if he'd never dealt with those brats...
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1988 Theatrical Release / Pat Hingle
« on: January 24, 2009, 11:39:56 PM »
Aww!
Rooter was someone I always liked. He was one of the characters with some of the fewest lines, but almost everything he said was pure wisdom. His voice was perfect, too. Something I really loved about Rooter was how he seemed so grumpy and uncaring at first, but ended up being a very kind-hearted character. Now that I think about it, I think he's one of the wisest in all the LBT movies.
RIP Pat, you were a great narrator and voice actor.
Rooter was someone I always liked. He was one of the characters with some of the fewest lines, but almost everything he said was pure wisdom. His voice was perfect, too. Something I really loved about Rooter was how he seemed so grumpy and uncaring at first, but ended up being a very kind-hearted character. Now that I think about it, I think he's one of the wisest in all the LBT movies.
RIP Pat, you were a great narrator and voice actor.