Actually, the original seems to be the only one with a significant amount of serious(non-slapstick) violence in it. I cannot envision any increases in LBT fatalities, especially of any valley residents. I personally believe the problem lies within the trend of decreasing suspense in the sequels just to appeal solely to the little ones. More fights and close encounters with life-threatening situations would appeal to me in further sequels, but deaths(especially onscreen, such as the case with Littlefoot's mother) should not be implemented in further sequels. There still has to be a balance between appeal to older viewers and appeal to younger viewers. It is true children will learn about death and dying sooner or later, but violent and/or painful deaths seem to be taking over the media, even animated material <_<. This is not my personal opinion but is a proven fact I agree with: American society has come to view death as painful and horrible due to the media's exposure of it, and consequently has come to greatly fear it. I'm not placing the blame mainly on films(I love horror films, so condemning such entertainment would be contradicting my own likes
) but on the news instead. All they seem to talk about are disasters, murders, chronic illness(i.e. cancer), and war casualties. Politics is about the only non-violent topic covered. The media sensationalizes such negativity and therefore would give an individual every reason to be afraid of death. It is in human nature to fear death, but to fear death just 'cuz it appears almost everyone dies of murder or car wrecks is unreal. Anyhoo, I'm rambling again
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. There are some things that should be kept as a positive influence on folks of all ages, LBT being one. Again, more fights and upping the suspense would be great, but no explicit or graphic depictions of death, especially murder -_-.
