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The Land Before Time => General Land Before Time => Topic started by: Mumbling on June 21, 2010, 02:02:23 AM
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http://www.landbeforetime.com/ (http://www.landbeforetime.com/)
The website always was a flashy website. Sadly enough you cannot reach the /friends part either anymore (if anyone remembers that one).
It now directs you to a website of Universal studios. Guess this is the final sign of The Land Before Time stopping.. :neutral
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Unless the website is under some kind of a makeover, and Universal did not want fans to be treated to that annoying text "Internet Explorer cannot display this page." :rolleyes. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. Seems like all Universal wants to do is let its LBT fans linger without even being courteous enough to give us word on anything :neutral.
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I thought the design of their page at a much earlier state was a lot better. I do not remember when they changed it to the state from where it now has been changed again but on the page of the different movies there used to be an image where footprints of Littlefoot lead from various icons of elements from the movies. It is a long time since this has been changed though. I don't quite recall if LBT 6 or 7 was the last one to be added to that track, but in any case I found it looked better than all the following styles.
In case of this last change I seriously wonder why they changed it at all. Would it have cost them any maintenance or anything to keep it as it was?
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Well Malte they do have to pay for the domain costs, but other than that not much.
That part with the littlefoot footprints is indeed the /friends part I was talking about (you could still access it when you added that part to the url). It was indeed by far the best website they had made for the land before time.
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Perhaps the site has been decommissioned and Universal has now consolidated LBT to archives. I've noticed that LBT seems to be fading from the forefront of any major distributors be they broadcasters or retailers. LBT is hard to come by in shops nowadays and the only UK channel that was showing LBT doesn't broadcast the TV episodes any more. Not good signs :neutral
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Unless the website is under some kind of a makeover, and Universal did not want fans to be treated to that annoying text "Internet Explorer cannot display this page." :rolleyes. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. Seems like all Universal wants to do is let its LBT fans linger without even being courteous enough to give us word on anything :neutral.
I agree with Cancerian Tiger, they might be doing a major update on their website. Like adding the other characters on to it, mostly the supporting, Ali, Shorty, Rhett, Grandparents, Tria, Bron, Cera's parents, Tricia and Ruby's family. Another reason why it could been taken off is their probaly adding LBT14 on there. We'll just have to wait and see if what Cancerian Tiger, and I think is true.
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Guess I'd better move on and make the final plans to preserve our beloved franchise on my site.
Farewell, The Land Before Time. We will miss you. -_-
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Unless the website is under some kind of a makeover, and Universal did not want fans to be treated to that annoying text "Internet Explorer cannot display this page." :rolleyes. We'll just have to wait and see what happens. Seems like all Universal wants to do is let its LBT fans linger without even being courteous enough to give us word on anything :neutral.
I agree with Cancerian Tiger, they might be doing a major update on their website. Like adding the other characters on to it, mostly the supporting, Ali, Shorty, Rhett, Grandparents, Tria, Bron, Cera's parents, Tricia and Ruby's family. Another reason why it could been taken off is their probaly adding LBT14 on there. We'll just have to wait and see if what Cancerian Tiger, and I think is true.
I don't think that is what CT meant.
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Whaaaat I was just on that website like a week ago :(.
We're getting closer and closer to going from a fan-group to an underground cult. :(
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They prepaid for the domain and if the domain itself still works (which it does even though it's just a redirect) then the only explanation I have for shutting down the website is that it is in fact going through major changes. I always hated the website anyways.
Of course they may have just wanted to stop sacrificing the bandwidth for a dead movie series. But they're still making money from it so I don't see why they would close down the site. The cost of the domain is marginal ($14/yr) compared to the profit they make off of one DVD (probably $4 - $5). As for bandwidth, the website didn't receive that many visitors per day. According to my sources, the website only gets around 400 hits per day. But damn. If I can snag that domain, I'm sure we'd be getting a ton more members.
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Doesn't landbeforetime.org redirect to this board still?
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Doesn't landbeforetime.org redirect to this board still?
No, go to it and find out, it's kind of hard to explain.
landbeforetime.org (http://www.landbeforetime.org)
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The domain I gave GOF is www.thelandbeforetime.co.nr. I can barely afford a .com/.org for the many other websites I have. I'm paying out the a$$ for domains (though fortunately I'm only paying for hosting for my business website (though I'm going to pay for hosting on the next site I put up so it will support PHP and MySql and perhaps for TheLandBeforeTime.org for the same reason)).
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We all have to admit this day was coming
for those who think that it's just some site reparing-I'm disagree, anyways even if it is I don't expect anymore LBT movies but I want them MORE THAN ANYTHING
but just admit it-LBT is DEAD
and we fans just will have to hold on here as long as we can, tell others of LBT and maybe it'll live for very long
P.S. sorry for being so pessimistic, it's just so horrible to realize that my favorite movies series just died completely
Offcopic a bit - I personally would spend 100 dollars for new LBT dvd if it was the only way to see LBT 14, if it costed more, like 150 I would work hard to gain some more money and buy it anyway
How much would you guys pay for it? Wha's the maximum price would you pay to see another LBT movie?
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We all have to admit this day was coming
for those who think that it's just some site reparing-I'm disagree, anyways even if it is I don't expect anymore LBT movies but I want them MORE THAN ANYTHING
but just admit it-LBT is DEAD
and we fans just will have to hold on here as long as we can, tell others of LBT and maybe it'll live for very long
^What he said.
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As far as I am concerned LBT has for a long time no longer been dependent on the release of new movies. Many of us have built up their own Great Valleys which no movies or lack of such can take away. The page is just another indicator for facts which we have known for a long time. But does that make the air taste any different? Does the sky have a different color all of a sudden? And does anyone have to abandon all interest and enthusiasm for the land before time just because there won't be another LBT 13 style movie?
I admit I would have enjoyed another season of the TV series with some more explanations for the various unexplained parts. But perhaps even these unexplained parts are a blessing. Gaps left for us to fill.
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Personally I don't see how "gaps left for us to fill" is a "blessing".
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And does anyone have to abandon all interest and enthusiasm for the land before time just because there won't be another LBT 13 style movie?
I'm sure if they made LBT XIV it WOULDN'T be in the same stile, in case you haven't noticed, all sequels are different, some more(LBT 5,7) some less, and they just wouldn't make some boredom with new sequel, trust me, even LBT 13 had something new and special, even though it's least favorite sequel of most of us
Personally I don't see how "gaps left for us to fill" is a "blessing".
I agree, it's rather a curse, they left LBT uncompleted
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Personally I don't see how "gaps left for us to fill" is a "blessing".
It may depend on the personal view, but due to the fact that there are so many obvious stories left to be told there is a lot left for us to tell when it comes to us continuing LBT here on this board.
My main points are just that the news implied through the disappearing of this webpage weren't really any actual "news" and that as far as I am concerned I don't need any further movies to remain a land before time fan and remain active on this board. I do hope for others to share this sentiment as it would not only be better for the GOF, but most likely also better for the individual compared to a spirit of grieving and abandoning enthusiasm.
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I agree Malte279 , it won't stop us from being fans, it's just that LBT didn't really have a proper ending, which is for example LBT 14 could be of all of them being teenagers, and the last scene of is would be all of them being adults with their own children, who are eager for adventures as great as their parents were, but instead of making final sequel or final season in TV series)which wouldn't cost them much) they just completely screwed up(sorry) with LBT, kids who love it and all of us fans
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While I'm very sad that LBT had to end (actually, that should be past tense, as it was long ago that I read the announcement that convinced me it was officially over), and I can't say I'm at all happy with the way they closed it, I'm personally glad they didn't do so by showing the gang as adults or adolescents. At least fanfiction writers have a lot of freedom to create new LBT stories, allowing the gang to continue having adventures and interacting with other characters (both canon and fan-created), and able to portray them growing up and having families of their own as they choose. (For instance, they have no restrictions on the names, gender, appearance, speech habits, or number of the gang's children; what the gang look like as adults; whether their personalities have changed any; who their mates are; whether Petrie, Ducky, and Spike speak any differently as adults; which other characters, particularly the gang's parents and other elders, are still alive, etc.) This allows for more numerous and more diverse fanfictions, which in turn contribute more to keeping LBT's legacy alive.
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Pangaea I would agree, if only these fanfictions were nearly as good as movies, but just admit it, as non-real authors and script writers of these movies we can't really say what it really would be like, all of these fanfics are just our fantasies, I'm angry because it didn't really end, just stopped existing, as I mentioned I would like to see them as adults only in one, final scene(even a couple of minutes would be enough),which would completely put an end to a franchise, not them being adults in action(nooo, never)
and it doesn't mean that there would be no stories for fanfics, people could be making them up, tellings their stories BETWEEN the final scene and them being children, there are also a lot of other characters like Pterano, Guido, Mo and their stories could me expanding in fanfics as well
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I'm personally glad they didn't do so by showing the gang as adults or adolescents. At least fanfiction writers have a lot of freedom to create new LBT stories, allowing the gang to continue having adventures and interacting with other characters (both canon and fan-created), and able to portray them growing up and having families of their own as they choose.
My point exactly.
Of course there could have been a final installment leaving room for no more stories (unrealistic worst case scenario would be the final meteor impact). Some stories (Harry Potter being a notable example) close on a note that does not leave much room for any further stories. Having no real ending attached to LBT does permit us to think of and write stories that could still be canon. Those who really feel incapable of accepting the end of the series can still dwell on the straw that there hasn't been any official ending statement in the series (while it may be something close to fooling oneself to cling to such a straw it doesn't do any harm so long those who cling to that straw do not insist on others to do the same).
LBT hasn't closed the doors for anyone who wants to work with it and in my view there is a lot to work on. We should make something of it. To that effect I disagree with statements that "LBT is dead" as I don't see its "life or death" so entirely dependent on the movies. I don't want to sound too much like I was holding a sermon here, but so long there are fans discussing LBT, writing fanfiction, creating fanart, and being just friends who found to each other because of their shared enthusiasm for the movies I cannot think of LBT as dead.
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Pangaea I would agree, if only these fanfictions were nearly as good as movies
Actually, there's tons of fanfictions I've read I want to see as a movie.
- Twilight Valley
- Out of the Shadows
- Out of the Shadows II
- Sharptooth Valley
- Sharptooth Valley II
- A Sharptooth's Heart
- A Sharptooth's Heart II
- Total Drama Valley
- Total Drama Valley II
- Revenge
- Revenge II
- Revenge III
See there's tons of fanfictions just as good as the LBT movies. Some of these like Twilight Valley, A Sharptooth's Heart, and Out of the Shadows are written long enough they are similar to a movie script they just are styled like one.
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You would like to see such fighting in land before time movies?
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Pangaea I would agree, if only these fanfictions were nearly as good as movies
Are you saying there's no good LBT fanfic? I beg to differ, as I've seen some that are indeed well written.
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Pangaea I would agree, if only these fanfictions were nearly as good as movies
Are you saying there's no good LBT fanfic? I beg to differ, as I've seen some that are indeed well written.
No
I never said that there are no good Fanfictions, I know there are "tons" of them, I even wanted to write one myself, I'm just saying that these fanfictions no compare to movies, because LBT is not a book, which could be expanded,by fans, its a combination of nice view, epic scenes, funny voices of characters,music etc in this part fanficions can never replace the movies
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Ah I see. Okay.
One of the things I like about fanfics is that they generally (with some exceptions from my recollection) have no songs, and the singing is one of my least favorite parts of Land Before Time.
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singing is one of my least favorite parts of Land Before Time.
Why? The singing is the main reason why I watched the 12th and 13th movies.
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I find the singing annoying personally. I used to like it, but around the 6th movie I started to get tired of it. Currently when I watch the movies, I fast forward through the songs.
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Not everyone likes the songs, ScratteLover. But I do like a few of them. :)
Well, every franchise has to end someday. :cry
At least we can keep it with fanart and fanfiction alive.
I just wished they didn't end LBT with a movie like the 13th. It was... just there and without a good ending to end the series.
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Okay, I'm bein' my typically honest self here. If in fact Universal has dropped LBT altogether, I'm very upset with them that they would take a series that so many fans have devotedly followed for years and not even give it a proper ending. Even if the ending was left open for fanfiction (for example, nobody dies but the narration gives it away that the series has ended), at least the series would be given a decent treatment. To end LBT with somethin' like LBT XIII was a mean joke Universal played on its LBT fans. If anybody who is affiliated with Universal is reading this, shame on that organization for the way it has treated its LBT fans! I hope Universal realizes they screwed up on this one <_<.
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I find the singing annoying personally. I used to like it, but around the 6th movie I started to get tired of it. Currently when I watch the movies, I fast forward through the songs.
I don't know,but songs are my favorite parts of LBT movies(most of them) they show the mood of characters, make the whole situation understanding clearer, and because of them I never get bored.
I personally always hated most of songs in Disney movies and always fasfowarded most of them, like 1-st song in Mulan cartoon-BOREDOM) <_<
Or recent Princess and the frog-when you listen to them you undestand they are no compare to LBT songs, most of songs in such cartoon are quite forgettable, but not LBT, and actually I didn't like songs in fisrt sequels much, but when I got used to it I started waiting for every song with eagerness, turning sound higher when they started singing. I think quality of songs much improved with later sequels, some of these songs entertain, some of them make cry, I feel very sorry for you that you don't like songs of LBT,cause comparing to other cartoons songs they are 1-st class level
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I feel very sorry for you that you don't like songs of LBT
Was that supposed to be sarcasm? Everyone has different tastes, y'know... :unsure:
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I find the singing annoying personally. I used to like it, but around the 6th movie I started to get tired of it. Currently when I watch the movies, I fast forward through the songs.
I can imagine why you would feel so about the songs. There's the select few songs that are really nice and emotional songs (Always There, No One Has to Be Alone, etc...), but the majority of the songs are just plain stupid, (Tough, Eggs, Who Needs You, etc...). While I do enjoy hearing the gang sing sometimes, some songs were best left unsung.
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Petrie157578641: Why do you feel sorry for me just because I don't like the songs? Am I supposed to like the songs just because there are people who do like them? What's wrong with me not liking the songs? To point out, not everyone likes the songs. Not everyone has to like the songs. Is me not liking the songs really that big of a deal?
I find it strange to feel sorry for someone just because of a particular taste. That would be like me telling someone who is a big Petrie fan that I feel sorry for them for liking Petrie. That's not how I really feel of course (I like Petrie too), I was just using that as an example. As stated before, everyone has different tastes, opinions, and interests.
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I agree with DarkHououmon, just because someone's friends like music dosen't he or she has too. My friends like Nickleback, I don't. I like Evanescence and The Rasmus, my friend dosen't. Just because one person likes LBT music, dosen't mean everyone dose.
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Cast: "Don Bluth - Director". Wow, i never knew LBT was a movie made by one person. :lol: Ahem. LBT's not dead as far as i'm concerned. Let's keep on hoping for some Japanese company to make an anime out of it. :)
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It was a long shot, but I contacted the tech department at Universal Studios and asked how much they wanted for their domain. I didn't get a response. :p I was hoping one of 'em would spill the beans about whether or not LBT was really dead or if they had any future plans for a new website.
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Well maybe it takes a while before they can respond.
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I feel very sorry for you that you don't like songs of LBT
Was that supposed to be sarcasm? Everyone has different tastes, y'know... :unsure:
No, that;s not sarcasm, I meant that(why do I always get misunderstood here?) I feel sorry for DarkHououmon because he doesn't get such joy, happiness from the songs, which help me out when I'm sad or have a lot of psychological problems
and besides, Songs take really big part of each sequel, which means every sequel is annoying for him at least a bit, and that makes kinda big problem of liking LBT overall
I personally wouldn't be a fan of LBT if I disliked most of it's songs, because some of them are heart of franchise
and P.S. I respect people's opinions and don't force anyone to like what I like
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Here's the thing though: not everyone gets joy from the songs. If you do that's awesome but just because you get something out of these songs doesn't mean everyone will. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, as they say.
Also, telling someone "you feel sorry for them because they don't enjoy what you do" isn't respecting their opinion.
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I don't see Petrie157578641's statement as disrespectful while I do see how it is misinterpreted like that. When he said he was sorry I don't think it was the "you are to be pitied" kind of sorry. Taking joy from something is usually a positive thing and the feeling sorry was the kind of regret for somebody else not being able to share this joy.
Petrie157578641 already clarified his meaning and it is also clear how it was misinterpreted. Now there is no need to impute the mean interpretation of the statement to him when already he has made his meaning clear.
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...because he doesn't get such joy...
He is a she. :lol
Sorry, couldn't resist pointing that out. XD
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...because he doesn't get such joy...
He is a she. :lol
Sorry, couldn't resist pointing that out. XD
I've had people mistake me for a he in the past, largely due to using usernames either more associated with males or are gender neutral. Not a big deal. :p Though I should probably start doing something to make my gender more obvious to avoid confusion.
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I just wished they didn't end LBT with a movie like the 13th. It was... just there and without a good ending to end the series.
Well, with the last line:
"And they knew that more lessons lay before them as they grew in the land before time"
I always had a feeling something was going to be different about The Land Before Time after this one.
Plus, when I ever I hear that line in the movie, a chill would always go down my spine, but I never knew why.
It was probaly cause that line was indeed the last lines of LBT.
But who knows, maybe three or four years after now, they might make another just reboot the series.
Tremors is doing it with fifth after SEVEN years, so after seven years LBT might have a 14th.
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Okay, whoever did the webpage is obviously very lazy at updating it. It hasn't changed since this topic was made. That is just sad.
To me, there's only 2 reasons as to why they would not have updated it by now.
1. The person at hand is generally a lazy prick.
2. They care nothing for the franchise.
Either way, they should get someone else to update it. Seriously, I would expect at least the cast section to be finished by now.
At this point, I'm sticking to LBT Wiki and this forum to be the ones dedicated to preserving The Land Before Time.
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^ They are not updating it. They have shut it down obviously.
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More indication that The Land Before Time has retired.<_< But you know what? Y'all mentioned dinosaur movies similar to Dink, Jurassic Park, and Ice Age 3. You are right. Dinosaurs aren't a popular trend that the multi-media would use nowadays. It's no popular than vampires or any other cliched romance movies. I will say that dinosaurs are popular among SOME kids but I think they'd rather listen to Miley Highrus, Justin Boober, and Soulja Boobs. (Maybe Lady Gaga too.) And if they had a choice to pick one out three video games, LBT, Pokemon, or kingdom hearts for the DS, Obviously they'd pick Pokemon.
And as far as reptiles go, Dragons have been more popular than classic dinosaurs anyway. I think they are getting even more popular now. Take How to train Your Dragon for example compared to Ice Age 3. Dinosaurs in my opinion, are like classical ideas that are similar to Frankenstein, The Blob, and Godzilla. ( The Land That Time Forgot (1918) anyone?) A new generation starts every few years. I don't think this generation truly cares about investing their money on dinosaurs as they did back then.
But that won't stop me from liking Dino's! :D
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Obviously they'd pick Pokemon.
I know I'm not one of those people. They should stop making that, and work on LBT more.