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LBT Projects / Re: Eatable fanart
« on: March 19, 2021, 11:40:50 AM »
At the moment I feel like I just can't get anything done. :(
I just wanted to show you that I had at least the opportunity to try out my new cutters:

And this cake I baked:

This is nothing more than a little addition to the last post, because it isn't LBT related and I didn't spent  much effort for decoration. I hope I can get my projects started again soon, but until I have the time and opportunity to do it, I just would like to show you, that  I at least was able to get something done during the last months.

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The Fridge / Re: What other languages do you speak?
« on: January 18, 2021, 03:38:49 PM »
German is my native language. I also can understand some texts, which are written in Latin. In the end of 2019, I began to learn Spanish. I often didn't have time to learn it, and then the pandemic came, so I can speak it a little, but not very well. And because some European languages include words from the English and the German language, I can understand them sometimes, Dutch is the best example. I sometimes even watch the land before time in Dutch, because it is interesting to see how lines or names were translated differently in other countries.

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LBT Projects / Re: Eatable fanart
« on: January 12, 2021, 01:09:23 PM »
Thank you!
I got a whole set of them and I can't wait to try it out. :)

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Land Before Time Captions / Oh Christmas tree...
« on: January 11, 2021, 04:03:47 PM »

(I made this screenshot while watching JOTB last weekend.)

When January is nearly over and the Christmas tree is still standing in your living room...



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Land Before Time TV Series (2007) / Re: The FIRST episode you saw
« on: January 11, 2021, 03:51:02 PM »
I can't remember the exact episode, but it could have been The Days Of Rising Water. The first episode I remember clearly is Escape From The Mysterious Beyond. I was so proud of myself, because I had the idea to use a tree as s bridge minutes before Littlefoot made this plan. :lol:

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LBT Projects / Re: Eatable fanart
« on: January 11, 2021, 02:17:31 PM »
This is only Petrie that will be eaten by any sharptooth.
What about "meatrie"? I once stumbled upon this name in a post in the party room section. Who made that post must have been a genius. Maybe I can find it again.
Petrie would become Meatrie! Get it? Because he would become food for Sharpteeth because he can’t fly away! Ha, ha!
Found!

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LBT Projects / Re: Eatable fanart
« on: January 11, 2021, 02:10:49 PM »
Thank you two!
I wish I could have done something in the last weeks, but unfortunately I hadn't time to try out my new---
Maybe it would be better to spread the good news before the bad ones.
I unfortunately hadn't time to try out my new cookie cutters(I hope I translated it right, because I didn't find a better name for it anywhere)which I got as belated christmas presents!

Petrie is the best!
^^
This is only Petrie that will be eaten by any sharptooth.
What about "meatrie"? I once stumbled upon this name in a post in the party room section. Who made that post must have been a genius. Maybe I can find it again.

Poor Petrie indeed. I'd still eat him though. :duckyhappy
Which probably isn't very reassuring for him. :SharptoothAmused
Alright, but wouldn't he be a little crispy? :lol:

Thank you all so much for featuring this in the newsletter! It was the first e-mail I got this year and it couldn't have been better! :)
(I forgot the "t". :slap I didn't notice, that I had transformed myself into an e-mail yesterday. :lol:)

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General Land Before Time / Re: Journey of the Brave five years later
« on: January 08, 2021, 02:32:03 PM »
I've watched it today and here are my thoughts about
The story:
The plot is pretty easy and self explaining. The gang has to cross logs to get on the other side of earth cracks, flees from sharpteeth, gets into arguments, does things it has done many times before, but also some interesting new elements can be found in the film. The film tries to give every main character a few moments in the spotlight, what can be considered as good and bad at the same time. Etta and Wild Arms are also interesting additions to the cast and contribute both their part to the plot. The opening was good, while the end feels a bit too short. XVI is one out of two films that doesn't end in the Great Valley and I largely prefer the other twelve endings.

The animation:
It was okay, but some could have been done better especially the 3D and computer animated elements.
A few scenes with 3D elements that were good in my opinion:


Here come the scenes that could have definitely been done better:






There were also a few other elements, that I didn't really liked.
Elements in the background for example looked a little washed out sometimes.

Not only is here again one of those bad 3D effects, but also a detail that shouldn't have looked so 2dimensional, in my opinion:

His teeth.
How could I forgot about this?

The lava looked pretty realistic.

The water didn't.
The music:
There are many new tracks in XVI and though none of those stands out in particular they were not only a welcoming change from the ones that I had already heard in three or four movies before, but also sounded like The Land Before Time. I remember, that when I first watched JOTB the first thing that stood out for me was the music.

So here is the continuation of the post:
It is just some things that I noticed, while watching it and that I didn't mention in the post yesterday.
First of all, I think the biggest missed opportunity XVI had was in the introduction of the dinosaurs. In III and the other sequels it was the well done and the animals looked a lot more impressing. I did expect the same from this film, but the first sight of a dinosaur was this:

Things look smaller from the air, so why make dinosaur this size small?
How much time has passed between the first and the fourteenth film can be seen here:





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Character Showcase / Re: Littlefoot's Mother Showcase - January 2021
« on: January 04, 2021, 01:46:54 PM »
I never really saw the scene "for the first time", because the first time I heart the story of the first film was when I was reading an illustrated storybook of it together with my grandfather. I remember that I didn't say a word. I was just sitting there, looking at the picture of the dying brontosaurus in the book and asking myself things like: Is this really happening? and What's the point of this?
I'm really surprised of how good I can remember the text that my grandfather was reading out loud for me back then. At this sentence (rough transition from what I can remember): "Mother, please keep talking to me!", but his mother didn't answer. She had died.my grandfather lowered his voice in a sad manner and looked at me as if he wanted to make sure that I was okay and that I was able to understand what had happened. Then he turned the page.
I have to point out that the death wasn't as sad for me as for the people who saw Littlefoot for the first time in the original movie, simply because I grew up with the sequels. I knew that Littlefoot would be fine in the end. I knew that Littlefoot wasn't completely alone, because he was going to make the best friends he could ever ask for.

I think the most efficient method to make a true land before time fan interested in a sequel like 5, 9 or 14 is just to say that Littlefoot's mother is mentioned again. I've already seen that in reviews on websites that sell those movies. For me the moments when she is mentioned again are some of the most emotional and memorable of the whole series, so I would definitely love to see more of them.

I wonder how others see her?
The short screen time she had her and natural behaviour leave room for many different interpretations of her character. I found many different versions of her: ( this might a bit long so I'll put behind "spoiler")
Spoiler: ShowHide
 
How the people who own this book which came out before the film might see her:

How we saw her in the film

How some people who grew up with the sequels might see her:

How I saw her as a young child:



If you are interested in other character interpretations of her I would highly recommend to watch the first film in other languages. I think her character is more orientated on a real dinosaur than on other cartoon characters, so her personality isn't defined by movement. That's why her character can change slightly with her voice actor. I can't speak for all version, but I've noticed that Helen Shaver sounds more quiet than the German voice actor of her for example.

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General Land Before Time / Re: Journey of the Brave five years later
« on: January 03, 2021, 12:14:29 PM »
I haven't watched it for a while, so for me it's an absolutely good idea to watch it again.  Five years are a long time, the time span between the release of the first film and the production of the first sequel. I think that says a lot about how our view on things can change during a few years. @LittleDas75  Would you like to watch it again and to share your thoughts about it with us next week? Maybe you and I could do this together.

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The Fridge / Re: Happy New Year!
« on: December 31, 2020, 05:58:14 PM »
Only a few minutes of 2020 left for me...
Happy new year Gang of Five!!! :celebrate

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The Fridge / Re: What did you get for Holiday 2020?
« on: December 27, 2020, 03:55:10 PM »
Here's my list:
- a book about paleontology
- 2 notebooks
- a new alarm clock
- acrylic painters
- crayons from my grandmother

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Fan Voice Overs / Re: [VO] Concluding the first voice-over project
« on: December 27, 2020, 03:45:23 PM »
Wonderful!
It was really fun to watch it yesterday. Now after hearing it, I fully understand why this project had taken so long. From the echo when the characters stood in a cave to your usernames and this great version of If We Hold On Together in the credits you thought of everything.
The only thing that confused me a bit was the fact, that Cera sounded older than Littlefoot in some of the scenes. Though Cera is the oldest of the gang according to what she said in the fifth movie, Candace Hutson was the youngest voice actor of the cast of the film I think, so it was new to me to hear her speaking with an older voice.
I've already said how much respect I have for your voice acting talent, but I have to say it again: I could hear through your voices how close to your heart this movie and the characters are.
I think it fits 100%.
I have to correct this: This was 110% Petrie.

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LBT Projects / Re: Eatable fanart
« on: December 23, 2020, 12:30:36 PM »
This week I did some American food:

This cookie reminds me of a longneck from X.
My first attempt to do same some art in form of American pancakes:


Poor Petrie... Poor,poor Petrie...
I baked him for a little too long.

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1988 Theatrical Release / Re: An Analysis of the Music
« on: December 22, 2020, 01:22:24 PM »
Thanks for your advice! I didn't think it would be that easy, but I found the tracks!
Here's a complete version of the soundtrack:

https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLn8x8CeVKUoC8IPs0OKpsUjROCSUuLGr8

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Fan Voice Overs / Re: [VO] Concluding the first voice-over project
« on: December 22, 2020, 10:29:58 AM »
When did this project started? 2013? Compared to the few months that I'm here at this forum the time this project took sounds like an eternity. It's nearly unbelievable how much time and how much effort some of you put into this project and from that what I  have already seen and heard I can say that your hard work has paid off.
I always thought that it's not easy for a child actor to voice a character, but I didn't think about  how difficult it is for someone to voice a child character when he or she isn't a child anymore. You not only managed to do this, but also made it feel so lifelike and realistic. It's so great!
I have to say that to see such a huge project finished shows me once again what the members of this forum are able to do when we work all together and that one of the most important reasons why I like the land before time so much are its fans.
Congratulations everyone! :celebrate
I hope that I will get access to the discord server soon, so that I can join the live stream in a few days!

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1988 Theatrical Release / Re: An Analysis of the Music
« on: December 22, 2020, 09:27:55 AM »
Thank you for sharing this with us! I didn't find around 16 minutes of film music from the final/cut film in the soundtrack(https://youtube.com/playlistlist=PLC27AA61779C4BFAB). They include for example the hatching of Spike, the scene where the characters sleep in a footprint and the fight between Littlefoot and Cera. I'm not sure if the two tracks include music from the deleted scenes, because they aren't any longer then the missing piece of the soundtrack, but it would be cool if someone could find out.

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LBT Fanart / Re: Sharpneck Tales
« on: December 13, 2020, 11:34:41 AM »
Very well done! Your video adaptation even includes more little details in the pictures and the voice acting is a great addition to the story. The thing I like the most is the way it stops and Dagara gives us a short explanation of her situation.
I would definitely love to see more! :)

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LBT Projects / Re: Eatable fanart
« on: December 09, 2020, 02:46:04 PM »
The only thing that's missing now is some Great Valley coffee to go with it.
:)littlefoot
:lol So the battle continues...
( I'm sure your Great Valley will never beat my Great Valley tea!  :PLoofah)

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LBT Projects / Re: Eatable fanart
« on: December 09, 2020, 02:36:29 PM »
These look quite tasty!  Now I can finally eat some of the dinosaurs without the gang getting upset over it.  :bestsharptooth
Thanks! Looks like many people here like to eat dinosaurs! I just hope the species cookiesaurus sarae won't get extinct soon.

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